Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 188 Flames soaring into the sky

"Oh! Why hasn't Brother Gao left yet? Miss Qi Yi is here too! Brother Gao! This is your fault! How could you let Miss Qi Yi stay in such a dangerous place for so long? We can't defend this cold wind outlet any more! I am staying here to buy as much time as possible for you and the people living nearby to retreat to the county town and the Earl's Mansion! Don't you see? There are so many barbarians outside the city that I can't even see the end of them. I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of them! You better leave quickly!"

Liu Feiyun put on a set of armor while talking, but he dared not look at He Qingqing next to him anymore! Fortunately, He Qingqing was called by Gu Qingya to choose armor, which made Liu Feiyun, who was worried about gains and losses, feel much calmer.

But Gao Jinda's face turned even paler after hearing what Liu Feiyun said, and he spoke more fluently.

"Tens of thousands!? We can't hold out with just tens of thousands! But when I was hiding, I heard from the barbarians who entered the city that it wasn't just tens of thousands who came back! It was hundreds of thousands! Moreover, they were starving wolves who had been hungry for who knows how many days and were already mad with hunger! No! Qiyi! You have to leave quickly! Uncle Qian! Take Qiyi away now! The sooner the better! Leave!"

After Gao Jinda finished speaking, he said to another guard, "Uncle Sun! Let's go to the No. 1 warehouse quickly!"

Gao Qiyi was now regretting and fearing. She regretted that she shouldn't have listened to her mother and come to Lengfengkou to watch the snow! She was afraid that if she didn't leave before the Northern Wilderness Barbarians broke into the city, what would happen? Those were the terrifying Northern Wilderness Barbarians! She was a weak woman! What if! ... I didn't dare to think about it!

But at this time, instead of protecting me and escaping, my brother wanted to go to the No. 1 warehouse! What was he doing? Did he think I was a burden and didn't care about me anymore?

Her legs went weak and she almost fell down. She asked in a trembling voice, "Brother...Brother! What...are you...doing...in the...warehouse?"

"Brother Gao! What are you going to do..." Liu Feiyun was also puzzled. Was Gao Jinda dizzy? Why didn't he run away for his life at this moment, but went to Warehouse No. 1?

"My silly sister! My great Master Liu! Warehouse No. 1 is filled with food, wine and meat that have just been transported! That's tens of thousands of kilograms of food, wine and meat! If we don't destroy it now, will we leave it to the barbarians to eat and drink their fill before coming to kill us? They are starving now!"

Liu Feiyun suddenly realized it! At the same time, he was filled with shame and self-blame: Such a simple truth, why didn't I think of it earlier! The large amount of supplies stored in this city cannot be left to aid the enemy!

"Brother Gao! Thanks for your reminder! These food, wine and meat must not be left to those barbarians! And not just food, wine and meat, everything that may be used by the barbarians, as long as it can be taken away, take it away, and try to destroy those that cannot be taken away! Brother Gao! There is no time to lose, you must immediately organize all the unarmored soldiers, militiamen, and civilians! Go and do these things! We will try our best to buy you more time! As for Miss Qi Yi! Let Guard Sun take you to chase Xiyao and the others right away! It's too dangerous here for you!" While Liu Feiyun was speaking, he had already put on a full set of armor.

A moment later, fires broke out in many places in the city, and the fires became more and more numerous and fiercer. At the south gate of the city, carriages that were originally used to transport supplies, now carrying carts of wounded soldiers and important supplies, began to file out and retreat southward. Groups of local militiamen also desperately spread out to the surrounding villages, anxious to inform the people there to quickly hide the food and flee southward.

In the largest training ground in the middle of Guancheng, hundreds of armored soldiers were ready for battle! Among these hundreds of people, nearly 200 were wearing iron armor, and more than 200 were wearing leather armor. However, among these armored soldiers, there were less than 100 Tiger Power Iron Guards, less than 200 local soldiers, and the remaining nearly 100 people could only be selected from some local warriors to make up the numbers.

Liu Feiyun looked at these armored soldiers and secretly felt lucky. If yesterday had not been the day of rotation, with the arrival of more than a hundred people, even if the city had stored more armor, there would be no one to use!

"Everyone! The Northern Wilderness Barbarians are coming in full force! They are now a group of hungry wolves! They are determined to break through the pass and come to our house to steal food! And now the only thing we can do is to block them as much as possible! So that the elders and villagers behind us have time to hide in the fortified city! I won't say anything else! I, Liu Feiyun, must be the last person to leave the city! Everyone follow me!"

After Liu Feiyun finished speaking, he led nearly four hundred soldiers towards the northern city wall.

More than a dozen ladders have been put up on the northern city wall, and the soldiers of the Northern Wilderness Barbarians are climbing up continuously, attacking the city like ants.

Under the city wall, a diagonal wall of corpses had formed. Originally, it was several feet high from the ground to the top of the city wall, but now it was less than two feet.

Meng Chong sat slumped in a corner of the city wall, feeling increasingly miserable:

These barbarians from the northern wilderness did not use normal siege methods to attack the city. Instead, they simply consumed human lives, arrows, rolling logs, stones and other equipment in the city, and consumed the physical strength, energy and lives of the soldiers defending the city!

Although it was difficult for these unarmored Northern Wilderness barbarians to cause effective damage to the armored Iron Guards, the exchange ratio between the two sides was at least ten to one. However, these Northern Wilderness barbarians had no intention of stopping and continued to pour in to attack the city.

At this rate, it won't be long before the slope of corpses will be flush with the city wall! By then, Guancheng will be really undefendable! But now, most of the dozens of soldiers who originally guarded the city wall have died in the battle, and only a dozen are left. I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for half a quarter of an hour before the barbarians climb onto the top of the city wall.

Suddenly, flames rose in the city, and then the flames became more and more numerous, from one place to several places, then to more than ten places, and finally to dozens of places. For a while, flames were everywhere in the small city.

"What are those?... The directions of the various warehouses!... Damn it! Why didn't I think of it earlier! There are still so many supplies in the city! How could we leave them to the barbarians! Fortunately, fortunately! Finally someone thought of it!" Meng Chong couldn't help but blame himself.

"Ah! Wolf God! I finally made it!" A barbarian shouted, jumped onto the city wall, and swung his sword at an Iron Guard soldier, but only a streak of sparks came out, and then he was killed by the soldier. But the soldier was obviously exhausted, and after the sword strike, he staggered and almost fell.

However, once the first barbarian climbed the wall, a second one soon followed! A third one! More and more barbarians climbed the wall, and in a blink of an eye, there were dozens of them, and they started a melee with the few remaining soldiers guarding the city.

Meng Chong struggled to stand up and shouted, "Brothers! Today is the day we will die in the service of the Earl! Kill! Fight until you die!" Then he was about to draw his sword and fight again.

"Commander Meng! Brothers! Reinforcements are coming!" Shouts rose again in the city!