Chapter 260 - Stalemate (2)

The next day, the stalemate continued. With Yang Xian's order, the archers were now more focused to wound all the soldiers rather than just shooting randomly. This lowered their shooting rate but increasing their accuracy. At the same time, the infantry placed on the wall was experiencing higher pressure due to the increasing amount of soldiers who managed to climb.

Fortunately, they were able to hold on well.

"Strategist Yang, the east wall is asking for reinforcement!"

Yang Xian waved his hand. "Ask the archers to begin rapid shoot."

"Yes!"

By changing the strategy between the archers and infantry, Yang Xian controlled the city's condition to make sure that no wall was breached. Wars could last for days or even weeks, so he had to make sure that they made no mistake. Even a single mistake could lead to a fatal result.

They could not afford it.

'It's been two days since you lit up the smoke signal, but you still haven't returned?' Yang Xian looked at the north with frown. He was still worried for Wei Liuying, but he couldn't possibly depart back to the dry lands and searched for her. Two days were enough to reach Prince Ji Sheng's City from the location where Xiong Tribe camped out.

Yet, Wei Liuying still hadn't come.

There were also possibilities that Wei Liuying was somewhere outside and unable to come inside, so yang Xian tried his best to calm down.

Gong!

When the gong sounded, it marked the end of the third day of the battle. The two sides were still at stalemate, but the number of casualties on the two sides increased. It was even more so for Xiong Tribe who realized that the number of the soldiers in their side lost great deal.

"Your Highness, we won't be able to fight if this continues."

"Taking over a city is more important than taking this city," another soldiers chirped in.

Prince Lian looked at the soldier coldly. He knew very well that they needed to bypass this city if they wished to enter. However, the biggest problem lies in the fact that if they chose to ignore this city, they might get trapped in two sides.

At that time, it was unknown what would happen.

"Your Highness, there's a messenger from the back."

"Give it to me."

Prince Lian took the cloth and read the word. His eyes widened when he read the content then he looked at the commanders. "Have you seen Strategist Liu anywhere?"

"No."

"Strategist Yang also unexpected sneak in to the troops back then."

"We have only seen Strategist Yang around."

Playing with the cloth, a smile formed on the corner of Prince Lian's mouth. "Send people to the north. We'll bypassing the city tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Prince Lian was in a good mood. Even though the battle resulted in more losses for them, he had gained another piece of good news from this piece of cloth. It would be more than enough for him to recoup the losses that he had experienced all this time.

"is it not too hasty, Your Highness?"

"This is the best time. Isn't Prince Ji Sheng also someone who cares for his subordinate a lot. I want to see whether the news is true or not," Prince Lian replied while humming a song.

His subordinates couldn't say anything and chose to stay silent. It would be better if they didn't say anything or they might not be able to face the consequences.

…

The next day, Yang Xian noticed the enemy's movement almost immediately. He furrowed his brows. "It's too fast."

"Isn't fast good?" Gao Ling asked with questions.

"In this case, no."

"Why?"

Yang Xian no longer replied. The number of troops that Prince Lian had was still more than enough for him to last much longer in this place and tried other tactics to win over the city. Directly bypassing the city was the same as courting death no matter how many soldiers they left behind to take care of this place.

He couldn't understand what was in Prince Lian's mind right now.

"There must be something that made them confident to bypass the city right now," Yang Xian said unhurriedly. He looked at Prince Ji Sheng. "Take 5000 soldiers and open the south gate. I'm coming out with you and we'll attack with pinch attack."

"The area is all lower ground there."

"It doesn't matter."

"Xian, you're not allowed to make hasty decision," Prince Ji Sheng warned.

Yang Xian looked back at the third prince with his clear gaze. "The soldiers they left behind to take care of Prince Ji Sheng's City are only the soldiers from other tribes with part of their soldiers. I'm sure that Commander Zhao and Lady Gao will be more than enough to ensure the city didn't fall. They only need to follow the same strategy that we have agreed upon before."

Looking at the enemy's movement, what Yang Xian said was correct. With that number of enemies, there was a low chance that the enemy would be able to breach Prince Ji Sheng's City's defense.

But….

"How about reinforcement? We're not the only one who can ask for reinforcement," Prince Ji Sheng asked.

"There's no reinforcement," Yang Xian replied. "From the moment the smoke signal was lit, it meant that Liu Ying had arrived in their headquarter and managed to instigate battle. I'm sure that the damage she did there would be more than enough to create catastrophic losses on Xiong Tribe's side."

His tone was cold and indifferent. It was as if he had no intention other than reporting what happened to Prince Ji Sheng. There was no longer any sign of nervousness and worry that he showed just yesterday. Yang Xian had completely sealed all of his emotion deep into his heart. 

He couldn't show his weakness in front of others, especially when it was in a dire time like this.

"In that case, we'll go with that plan."