Immortal Refiner

The next morning, the horse market in Wangyuan City.

Li Qing and Qi Kang walked out with a horse under the watchful eyes of the horse dealer.

"Let's go to the imperial capital!" Li Qing was the first to climb on the horse and hurried towards the west gate.

Qi Kang was nervous. This was the first time he rode a horse in his life. He clenched the reins with both hands and did not dare to let go.

Fortunately, the horses sold in the horse market were relatively docile. They were all horses for pulling goods, not fierce horses, and riding them would not be too difficult.

Just when the two walked to the middle street and were about to go out of the city gate.

There were suddenly several loud noises from the east gate behind them, as if it was bombed by artillery shells.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

These loud noises made the ground tremble slightly.

Soon, there was a rapid ringing of bells at the city gate, which was a message that someone was attacking the city.

"The Liang people are coming! The Liang people are coming!"

"It's a crossbow, a three-bow crossbow! The Liang people brought several three-bow crossbows!"

"Hold the gate! Hold the gate!"

The central street of Wangyuan City leads directly to the east and west gates. When the bell rang, the peddlers and civilians on the street were cleared out immediately, and no one could be seen on the huge street. M..

However, the next moment, one after another, figures in armor rushed out from both sides of the street and headed directly to the direction of the east gate.

The Wuli Army, this army composed of martial artists, is well-trained. Facing powerful siege weapons, they can't see a trace of fear on their faces.

Among the crowd, several Wuli Army captains climbed up the city wall at the first time. They were agile and climbed up quickly with the help of their hands and feet on the towering wall.

Li Qing's eyes were fixed on one of the figures who climbed up the city wall. It was a woman, with a heroic look, long hair tied up, light armor on her body, and a thin sword hanging from her waist.

This person was Qian Hong, the captain of the Thousand Forces, whom Li Qing had seen before in the army, and the only woman in Wu Li's army.

As if she had noticed something, Qian Hong subconsciously looked behind her after climbing up the city wall.

From a distance, she glanced at Li Qing, but because of the distance, and because Li Qing's temperament and appearance had changed a lot, he was no longer the honest, dark-skinned blacksmith apprentice.

For a moment, Qian Hong did not recognize him, but felt a little familiar, but could not remember it.

Before she could continue to recall, the city wall was bombarded by the powerful crossbow again.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Even such a solid and heavy city wall was shaking violently under such bombardment.

The faces of several centurions on the city wall were a little solemn. They looked at the tens of thousands of Liang army about a thousand meters away from the city gate, and their hearts were slightly lifted.

"It's so powerful from such a distance. The craftsmanship of the Liang craftsmen is really amazing."

"Even if we are internal force warriors, we will be killed on the spot if we are shot by this crossbow."

"Humph, this crossbow may be useful for attacking the city, but it's wishful thinking to use it to shoot us."

"That's right. Although the weapons of the Liang people are not bad, as long as they dare to approach the city, we will rush in and kill them a few times, and we will still mess up their morale!"

Qian Hong did not speak. She frowned slightly and looked at the crossbows in front of the army. I don't know what she was thinking.

With the continuous bombardment of the crossbows, the city gate seemed to be lost several times, but in the end it was held up by the warriors behind the city gate with brute force.

But all this has nothing to do with Li Qing.

Just now, when he noticed that Qian Hong, the captain, turned around to look at him, his heart tightened slightly, and he turned around quickly and rode towards the west gate.

Although he had been in the polar night world for a long time and his appearance had changed a lot, it had only been four months here, and he didn't know if Qian Hong could still recognize him.

No matter what, he didn't want to stay in Wangyuan City any longer, and immediately waved his whip and rushed to the city gate.

Fortunately, the west gate was not closed at this time, and everyone who left the city was allowed to pass, and even their identities were not checked, which was very relaxed.

In this way, Li Qing and Qi Kang successfully left the city, brought a lot of food supplies, and rushed towards the direction of the imperial capital.

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However, in the next few days, the situation in Wangyuan City took a sharp turn for the worse, and the people who were originally confident became panic-stricken.

It was only because in these few days, the three-bow bed crossbows of the Liang army were constantly increasing, from the initial three gates to eight-gate bed crossbows!

Under the continuous bombardment, even the sturdy gate of Wangyuan City was blown open several times. Even if a large number of warriors desperately resisted behind the gate, they could not resist such a terrifying force to destroy the city.

However, the warriors of Wu Li Army were not vegetarians. Whenever the Liang army tried to attack from the city gate, the warriors of Wu Li Army would go out of the city to fight.

Under the leadership of more than a dozen centurions who were internal force warriors, they cooperated with other warriors of Wu Li Army and forcibly killed and repelled the Liang army, which was far more numerous than them, causing considerable casualties.

In the end, the situation was stabilized.

The Liang army was able to break the city, but could not attack it. The Wu Li army was also smart and did not pursue it deeply. After driving the Liang army out, they immediately returned to the city.

After several battles, the losses of the Liang army were even more severe.

Just like that, the two sides fell into a stalemate again.

All this news was heard by Li Qing. When he heard that the gate of Wangyuan City was breached, he was glad that he had left the city early and was not affected.

Then, nearly ten days passed, and Li Qing and Qi Kang finally came to the center of the hinterland of Fengguo, close to the imperial capital, Shengtian City!

The scenery here is very beautiful, far from the scenery of the desert. Even in winter, the climate is quite pleasant and the air is very humid.

The two rushed all the way from Wangyuan City and were already exhausted.

At this moment, Shengtian was in front of them, and they could already see the towering city wall from afar. Li Qing couldn't help but get excited.

"We're here, let's get ready to go into the city." Li Qing looked at the city wall that was as solid as Wangyuan City and whispered softly.

After so many years in this world, this is the first time he has been close to the imperial capital.

Not only him, Qi Kang's face was also full of excitement. He was really tired in the past ten days. He was sitting on the horse and bumping all the way. He didn't know how uncomfortable it was.

At this moment, looking at the famous Shengtian City in front of him, how could he not be excited?

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