The Xi Qi grand army surged forth like a tidal wave, with each wave of attacks like the wild wind before a storm, pressing the defenders of Chaoge city walls to the point of breathlessness. From the scorching sunshine, through the chill of the night wind, to the first light of dawn, the brutality of the battle exceeded everyone's imagination.
Arrows rained down from atop the city walls, each one charged with the determination and courage of Chaoge's defenders. Every thunderous clang of the siege machines seemed to declare the impregnability of Chaoge. Huge stones and boiling oil continuously poured down from the battlements, setting Xi Qi's siege ladders and battering rams ablaze.
