Many soldiers of the Arab Empire felt threatened by the archers from Great Qin within the city.
Even so, they did not cease their assault.
In their eyes, though danger lay ahead, victory would be theirs once they charged through.
With this thought, they charged forward without any hesitation.
As they showed no hesitation, the archers under Lin Tian's command certainly did not either.
They were very familiar with this style of killing.
Because of this, when the people of the Arab Empire charged in, they immediately loosed their arrows.
A large number of arrows flew out from the city gate, killing a multitude of Arab Empire soldiers.
This volley of arrows caused many Arab Empire warriors to die on the charge.
Yet, even so, they did not stop their advance.
It was only after charging for a hundred breaths of time, with nearly ten thousand soldiers fallen, that they began to sense something was wrong.
"No, we can't keep charging like this. If we continue to assault like this, all our soldiers might die under their arrows!!"
"Surely not, General. If we just charge a bit more fiercely, we can definitely break through their defenses and truly kill our way in!!"
"I know that, but doing so would result in a massive number of casualties among our soldiers, something I absolutely cannot allow!"
"Therefore, let our shield-bearers go first!!"
After the general of the Arab Empire gave this command, the other soldiers, though somewhat dissatisfied, immediately carried out the order.
Consequently, a large number of shield-bearers stepped forward, charging towards the city gate defended by Lin Tian's army.
The appearance of the shield-bearers indeed shifted the tide.
Originally, it was difficult for these Arab Empire soldiers to break into the city, but with the shield-bearers, they truly managed to push through.
Of course, this push through was more akin to forcing their way in.
They paid the lives of many soldiers for it.
Lin Tian's army had never encountered this kind of combat.
Because of this, they were truly surprised by the charging tactics of the Arab Empire soldiers.
Thus, many of them looked towards Lin Tian, awaiting his command.
At this moment, Lin Tian was deep in thought.
After a few breaths, Lin Tian spoke.
"Since they enjoy charging so much, let's give them a little more hope!!"
"Prepare the firebombs!!"
"Your Highness, are we using firebombs now??"
"Yes! Let them first believe that we can only fight them with external means. When they truly engage us in close combat, they will understand what true despair is!"
"Now, we will use firebombs to drive them back!!"
"Yes!!"
Hearing Lin Tian's words, no one else had any objections.
Every single one of them took out their firebombs.
The people of the Arab Empire were very surprised by this, not understanding what the meaning was behind Lin Tian's army taking out strange bottles at this moment.
However, even if they didn't understand, it didn't stop them from attacking Lin Tian's city.
Therefore, after a moment of hesitation, they continued to charge towards Lin Tian's army.
When they were only a few dozen meters away, Lin Tian finally issued his command.
"Throw!!"
With the word "Throw," not only did the army behind Lin Tian move, but the Qin army on the city walls also acted.
Without any hesitation, they directly threw the firebombs in their hands.
As a large number of firebombs were thrown, they instantly caused explosions.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!"
Intense explosions echoed, accompanied by the sound of shattering glass.
Following this, fierce flames directly ignited the soldiers of the Arab Empire.
Vast flames instantly covered their entire bodies.
That scene exceeded the expectations of the Arab Empire soldiers and filled them with genuine terror.
They had not expected such fierce flames to suddenly appear on their bodies.
The bone-gnawing burning sensation caused many of them to let out agonizing screams.
"Ah!! Save me!!"
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!!"
"Quick, help me, put out the fire!!"
Although the soldiers of the Arab Empire were very warlike, in the face of such fierce flames, their warlike spirit appeared extremely weak.
Every single one of them could not endure the burning of such ferocious flames.
Because of this, their fighting spirit was completely crushed.
Seeing those ferocious flames, they had only one thought in their minds!
Escape, escape from here!!
Only by escaping would they have a chance to live, only by escaping would they not be burned by the flames.
Especially those who witnessed their fellow Arab soldiers being burned alive, the urge to retreat became even stronger.
"Retreat! Fall back now! Quickly withdraw!!"
"The enemy has fire, the enemy has strange fire, we cannot advance any further!!"
"Our condition is not good today, we cannot continue fighting!!"
As the words "condition is not good" were uttered, the other soldiers of the Arab Empire did not hesitate and immediately retreated.
For these warlike individuals, their combat readiness was extremely important.
If their combat readiness was gone, they were indeed not suitable for further fighting.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Arab Empire behind them immediately understood the thoughts of the soldiers who had charged to the front.
They began to withdraw.
Even their general understood that this was not the time to continue fighting.
Subsequently, Lin Tian's second wave of firebombs arrived.
The terrifying firebombs exploded once more within the crowd.
A large number of soldiers once again died under the firebombs.
Although the destructive power of this second wave of attacks was not as great as the first time the firebombs were thrown, its deterrent effect far surpassed the first.
The Arab Empire's forces retreated even faster at this point.
Soon, all the soldiers of the Arab Empire retreated from the city, falling back further and further.
Lin Tian's soldiers quickly closed the city gates again.
The closed city gates declared the failure of the Arab Empire's army.
Their first assault on the city had failed.
This was a considerable blow to the soldiers of the Arab Empire. Although many were unconvinced, an equal number were dejected.
They felt that the strength of Lin Tian's army was beyond their imagination.
The entire course of the battle was also not as they had expected.
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