Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

So, even knowing that it's pointless to say so, Hou Yuxiao still couldn't help but reiterate these pointless words through Hong Kui. After Hong Kui finished speaking, Hou Yucheng, with his tacit understanding, immediately spurred his horse forward, lifted the Demon Blade Black Extinction in his hand, with Divine Origin swirling around him, and bellowed with rage:

"A bunch of spineless cowards, thinking they can hold back my Hexi Iron Cavalry by cowering behind city walls, what wishful thinking! Brothers of the Zhaoyang Army, follow me to the kill!"

In battles involving armies of martial artists, the strength of the commanding officer is often crucial for breaking the enemy lines, hence they must lead the charge—leading by example is a necessity.

As soon as Hou Yucheng's words fell, he leapt from his horse's back, like an arrow shot suddenly toward the city walls.

His action undeniably announced that the siege battle had officially begun!

"Kill..."

"Brothers, charge…"

"A reward of a hundred thousand for the first to scale the walls!"

"A reward of a thousand taels for every enemy killed."

"A promotion of three ranks for killing a hundred foes!"

"Charge..."

With roars, over a million from the Hexi army released their cultivation at once, their towering vital energies instantly gathering together and forming into a vast tidal flow that rushed from the ground into the sky, quickly consolidating into a blood-red cloud that spread for dozens of miles.

Although the entire army roared, those who actually charged out following Hou Yucheng were only about four hundred thousand from the Zhaoyang Army on the left side. It was not that the Red Flame Army and the Hong Miao Army didn't charge, but that Hou Yucheng's shout was only directed at the Zhaoyang Army.

Storming a city also required strategy, not blind recklessness.

The Zhaoyang Army, consisting of four hundred thousand riders on high-grade war horses, surged forward. Though their momentum was not as fierce as the Red Flame Army's, it far surpassed the soldiers of Nanjiang on the city walls. Their overwhelming vital energies quickly blanketed the sky above the city battlements. From the Zhaoyang soldiers, volleys of crossbow arrows were shot towards the great city gates in dense rows. Despite the gates' sturdiness and being unbreachable, the sheer force of the arrows, coupled with their overwhelming numbers, still caused the entire city wall to tremble wave after wave, a sensation most acutely felt by all who stood upon it.

"Don't worry, they can't break through the gates, we just need to hold the walls!"

With a sharp shout from Qing Xuan, the soldiers snapped out of their daze. They all gripped their weapons tightly, eyeing Hou Yucheng who had charged to the top of the walls and was carving out a breach, their pupils flashing with shock.

The blade light slashed by Hou Yucheng was as fast as lightning, and even under the suppression of the vital energies from the Nanjiang Allied Forces, the dark sword Qi he unleashed still stretched three to four miles, sending cobblestones flying through the streets inside the city. The soldiers on the wall simply couldn't resist; the lucky ones managed to dodge, while those too slow or weak were slaughtered instantly by the blade's swift slash, not even having the time to cry out in agony.

"Hahaha, you bunch of rotten fish and shrimp, thinking to block the grand Hexi army, are deluding yourselves! Brothers, dismount and mount the city tower, follow me to break through the wall and wash these Nanjiang rebels in their blood!"

Hou Yucheng, with a single slash, forced back hundreds of soldiers and surveyed the ramparts with an assertive gaze that intimidated nine out of ten soldiers to avoid meeting his eyes. His expression naturally grew even more imperious.

At his command, the Zhaoyang soldiers who had reached the base of the walls charged up like mad, climbing frantically. The first to ascend were the Commanders, with Cultivation at or above the Grandmaster Realm. They followed Hou Yucheng, opening one breach after another on the wall, creating openings for the Zhaoyang soldiers below to climb up.

"Arrogant Hou Yucheng, meet your death!"

Nanjiang had its share of experts, too. It was easy for perceptive individuals to figure out Hou Yucheng's intentions, so they wouldn't let him break the situation so smoothly. Soon, three high-level experts from the Yinyang Boundary of Nanjiang closed in around Hou Yucheng.

Although Hou Yucheng was at the Three Realms of Yuan Dan, facing three high-level experts from the Yinyang Boundary should be unrealistic, even with his superior martial arts skills and techniques. But the experts he confronted were from Nanjiang's Yinyang Boundary, and at that moment, all four were unable to utilize their full Cultivation due to the suppression from the mighty vital energies of the army.

In the moment the three bright attacks approached, not a trace of fear could be seen in Hou Yucheng's eyes; he was instead eagerly ready to test his mettle. Suddenly, his eyes snapped open, his Demon Blade enveloped in black aura as he drew it against the three enemies. In less than half a breath's time, three inky black Sword Qi streaked toward the heads of the three people beside him at incredible speed.

The blade was like lightning, the wind it brought with it so intense that even the Hexi soldiers beside Hou Yucheng could clearly sense it. As the fierce gale swept across the land, the weapons in the hands of the three Yinyang Boundary experts changed expressions the instant they touched the blade light.

"So fast!"

"How is he so strong?"

"There's something strange about this blade!"

Each of the three experts exclaimed, clearly shocked by the terror of Hou Yucheng's three strikes. Though they retreated swiftly backward, they did not move far and still encircled around Hou Yucheng, apparently only startled by the three slashes which hadn't caused them much actual harm.

However, even so, the sight inflamed the passions of the Hexi soldiers, their expressions growing even more exhilarated.

Three Yinyang Boundary experts got driven back by the second-in-command after a single encounter.

Today, we'll surely breach the city!

The morale of the Hexi soldiers soared as they continued to furiously push into the interior of the city walls. With more soldiers climbing up from below, it didn't take an hour before the ratio of Nanjiang to Hexi soldiers on the wall reached approximately four to one.