When the Yan defenders returned to the city walls, they found the ground beneath them covered, dense and crowded, with powerful Qin soldiers.
Many of them were directly throwing incendiary bottles upwards.
The soldiers of the Yan capital were unfamiliar with this item, but those who had fled with the Crown Prince Dan were acutely aware of the destructive power of incendiary bottles.
Therefore, as soon as the Qin soldiers hurled them onto the city walls, shouts erupted from the defenders.
"Dodge, hurry and dodge, don't get hit by that bottle!!"
"Dangerous, that bottle is extremely dangerous!!"
"Scatter, scatter quickly, don't get too close!!"
The last time Crown Prince Dan's army suffered a defensive defeat, it was precisely because they were too close together.
When the Qin soldiers' incendiary bottles were thrown, the defenders reacted, but they had no space to evade.
As a result, they were defeated in one battle, suffering countless casualties.
Now, seeing the incendiary bottles, these people instinctively wanted to scatter, unwilling to be caught in their blast.
Many more were utterly bewildered.
They had no idea what an incendiary bottle was, nor its destructive capabilities.
So, when the incendiary bottles were thrown, many simply stared, showing little reaction.
At most, some would evade a bottle to avoid being directly hit.
However, the blast radius of an incendiary bottle extended far beyond the small space they could dodge into.
After evading by mere inches, the incendiary bottles exploded at their feet.
"Boom!!"
The next moment, the fragments of the incendiary bottles shot out, striking them.
Simultaneously, fierce flames erupted.
Many Yan soldiers were instantly engulfed in the inferno.
Some didn't even have time to react before their entire bodies were ignited.
"Help, help, please save me!!"
"Ah, I don't want to die! Save me, I don't want to die!!"
"Water, there's water! Quick, help me extinguish the fire!!"
Fire and water are merciless; when flames rage, no one can withstand them.
Many soldiers were plunged into extreme fear at this moment.
Fortunately, some other soldiers were prepared.
Some chose to distance themselves from the burning soldiers to avoid being caught, while others brought water, ready to help extinguish the flames.
Even more secretly descended from the city, no longer wishing to defend it.
Regardless of their choices, the appearance of the incendiary bottles greatly weakened the Yan forces defending the city.
At this point, the Qin army had begun battering the city gates.
This made the Yan generals instantly anxious.
"Hold the line, you must hold, do not let them break through our city gates!!"
"Loose arrows, hurry and shoot, suppress them, suppress the Qin army!!"
"Our city gates cannot fall, we must defend them to the death, if our gates fall, Yan is lost, and we will be a fallen nation!!"
For the ordinary soldiers, their desire to defend was not particularly strong.
Having fought to this extent, with Lin Tian's army so powerful, stubbornly defending felt more like a willful march towards death.
Soldiers were not eager to do such a thing.
But it was different for the Yan generals. Lin Tian had explicitly stated his intent to exterminate the Yan nobility.
Such a declaration was a huge stimulus to all the generals.
The so-called Yan nobility referred to them.
This meant that if Lin Tian breached the city, they would undoubtedly perish.
Under such circumstances, they naturally had to resist to the end.
Therefore, they not only mobilized a large number of soldiers to the city walls but also stationed a significant force behind the city gates.
Those soldiers stood ready, awaiting the clash with Lin Tian's army.
Lin Tian had anticipated this.
When his soldiers breached the gates of the Yan capital, he was the first to charge in.
The first to greet him were the Yan archers.
Archers at the city gate were immensely threatening.
Once they unleashed their arrows, many soldiers would inevitably be felled.
However, they were not facing ordinary soldiers, but Lin Tian.
Upon seeing them, Lin Tian drew his sword without hesitation.
Concurrently, the Yan generals within the city were shouting loudly:
"Loose arrows, hurry and shoot!!"
"Shoot him down, shoot them down!!"
"Stop them, absolutely do not let them charge through, we must defend our Yan!!"
Various roars echoed continuously, and this was their reaction even before recognizing Lin Tian's identity.
If they had known who Lin Tian was, their response would have been even more frenzied.
However, their frenzy, in Lin Tian's eyes, seemed like futile effort.
With a single sword strike, a beam of sword energy shot towards the archers.
Immediately after, a large number of archers fell.
Then, Lin Tian, riding his warhorse, advanced again, swinging his sword once more, and another wave of archers cried out in agony.
It was as if, before Lin Tian, there were rows of straw men, ripe for his slaughter.
Such an act of slaying was effortless for Lin Tian.
It was the same way he had slain enemies on the battlefield before.
But for the Yan soldiers, it instilled immense terror.
Lin Tian was like a Grim Reaper from hell, easily punishing their soldiers.
Their soldiers were utterly incapable of resisting.
Fortunately, his might, though great, could not kill everyone at once.
The Yan soldiers further back finally loosed their arrows.
A dense volley of arrows flew towards Lin Tian.
From all directions, a thick swarm, completely encircling him.
Anyone else facing such a situation would have certainly perished.
At this moment, the Yan generals, overjoyed, let out loud shouts:
"He is dead, he is definitely dead this time!!"
"With such fierce arrows, he cannot possibly withstand them, he is surely dead!!"
"I recognize him now, he is Qin's Lin Tian, he will die here, and this war, we have won! Yan has won!!"
Lin Tian's appearance had caught the Yan soldiers by surprise.
That he would charge at the very front of this battle was also something the Yan generals had not anticipated.
The thought of Lin Tian dying here, leaving the Qin army leaderless, filled many Yan generals with elation.
They couldn't wait to lead their soldiers out and slaughter the Qin army.
However, a small portion of the soldiers were not as optimistic, their expressions remaining grave.
These were the individuals who had, from a distance, witnessed Lin Tian's prowess on previous battlefields.
They understood the terrifying power of Lin Tian's combat abilities.
Until he fell, no one could be certain of the outcome.
Therefore, they stared intently at Lin Tian, waiting to see how he would meet his end.
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