However, the number of troops gathered at the western gate hadn’t decreased, on the contrary, there were even more than at the northern gate because there were still parts of the army joining the main force which had not yet arrived.
At that moment, there were more than two hundred thousand soldiers that gathered at the western city gate. But Mo Jie felt cold in his heart. Setting the city on fire was an extremely cruel method. Mo Jie couldn’t help but appreciate the strategy. That tactic was unprecedented in history of the continent and it proved to be extremely efficient. It seemed like his five hundred thousand strong army were prisoners inside the city they had just captured.
“Open the gate, three thousand elite cavalry go and clear a path to the Duan Ren Border.” said Mo Jie while still remaining indifferent. This time, he didn’t send five thousand but three thousand troops.
As before, these troops opened the gate and left without hesitation.
However they ran straight into an ambush and Liu Cang Lan could be seen with his troops on the horizon.
The Mo Yue troops understood that Mo Jie had seen that there was a high possibility of it being a trap. Going to the western city gate was actually falling deeper into their trap. A moment before, outside of the northern gate there might not have been enough traps to stop the entire army, there may have only been a single trap. However they had fallen right into the enemies hands.
“General Liu Cang Lan, you are extremely smart. I am now thoroughly convinced.” said Mo Jie while looking at Liu Cang Lan in a cold and detached way.
At that moment, the Xue Yue troops were still firing arrows. There was an endless rain of fire flying through the sky.
Because the tower blocked their sight, the Mo Yue troops couldn’t see how many people were waiting outside. They could only see an endless stream of fire on the horizon.
“I am not the one who organized this strategy.” said Liu Cang Lan coldly while slowly raising his hand.
“General, if it was not you, who was it?” asked Mo Jie stupefied.
“Lin Feng.”
Liu Cang Lan then waved his hand down. At that moment, a huge volley of arrows turned into a storm that ravaged the two hundred thousand of Mo Yue troops.
Under that storm of burning arrows, a huge number of troops were killed without the chance to fight back. At the same time, the arrows set the corpses and the ground on fire which created a sea of fire which spread and burned even more people alive.
When Mo Jie saw that the Xue Yue troops were about to shoot another volley of arrows, he already knew that it was impossible for him to escape.
“Die.” shouted Mo Jie. The Mo Yue army turned into a fearless war machine and moved towards the city gate to fight the arrows head on.
At that moment, everybody was cursing a single name: Lin Feng.