It's already started.

"Today...... It's going to be the longest day. For some reason, that famous sentence suddenly sounded in the mind of Shallow Water Qing.

yes, the longest day......

Chapter 13: The Battle

The North Gate Pass, as the pass that the Tianfeng people have attacked the most times in the past ten years and has not been able to win, once firmly blocked the footsteps of the Tianfeng people from the pass, defending the dignity and glory of the water stopping country. This huge military fortress lies on the line of Broken Dragon Mountain, and it also lies in the hearts of every Tianfeng warrior.

For many years, the bones accumulated in front of this city by the Heavenly Wind people are enough to fill the city.

As the giant city that the people of the water stop rely on the most, there are 30,000 soldiers stationed at the North Gate Pass. Since the beginning of the war, the expansion and reinforcement works have not stopped.

The outer city wall, which is built with large stones one meter square and poured with cement, is 15 meters high, 2 meters thick, and 3,000 meters wide. Its buildings are majestic and majestic, tall and magnificent.

In order to resist the attack of the Tianfeng people, the trees in front of the city wall were cut down, and the area from Hutouling to Beimen Pass on the left side was cut into a bare mountain wall.

The huge walls were preceded by special low walls, sprinkled with thistles, and traps were created to protect the foundations of the city in case the enemy could attack the walls with siege equipment such as rams.

As for the gate of the North Gate, it is made of fine iron, weighing dozens of tons, and it takes ten soldiers to push it open. The gate is nearly half a meter thick, even if it is smashed with a battering ram, if it is not smashed thousands of times, I am afraid that it will be difficult to destroy. In front of the gate, there were even more traps and thorns, and just the guards at the gate put a full three hundred soldiers on hold. Their mission: to defend the gate to the city with their lives and swords.

After the outer wall of the North Gate, a higher inner wall and an urn city were built, as well as a female wall for the protection of archers, a tall command tower and a shooting tower.

In addition to the standing weapons for defending the city, such as stones, rolling logs, bows, and trebuchets, there is also black oil invented and used by the people of the water stop to defend the city.

If the shallow water had been here, of course he would have known that this black oil was the oil known as black gold in his own world in later generations, but today, in Zhishui, black oil is used as one of the most effective defensive weapons.

Splashing the walls with them, making them slippery and difficult to climb, and igniting them with fire if necessary, and burning the huge walls are the most important means used by the water-stoppers to protect themselves.

On top of that, there are the huge heavy trebuchets.

As the landlord of the North Gate Pass, the people who stopped the water cut down almost all the trees that could be cut back into the city, and all the stones that could be removed were also moved back to the city, which was bound to make the besieging side unable to find any resources to use.

In the face of all kinds of facilities, it is no wonder that Tianfeng people are at a loss in the face of the North Gate Pass.

Today, however, the North Gate Pass will be its first and final major test ever.

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On the far horizon, a thick, long black line slowly appeared.

With the rumbling sound of war drums, breaking through this quiet sky, echoing outside the nine night clouds, the black line gradually appeared in front of the world, so that people saw a grand and shocking scene.

A huge phalanx of more than 50,000 foot soldiers formed a turbulent wave on the earth, moving forward in a neat and rhythmic rhythm. With each step, the ground shook slightly, as if an earthquake was coming.

The endless sea of people, the sea of steel armor, the black wave swept in, and even the air was a little heavy and depressed.

The soldiers in the front row, holding a spear in their right hand and a shield in their left hand, were under the iron face shields, leaving only a pair of gloomy and cold eyes, looking at the city.

They were the toughest soldiers, stoic, enduring, and fearless of death.

Assault Battalion!

The soldiers of the 3,000 assault battalion formed the first line of the siege of the city, and their spears pointed to the sky, reflecting brilliant brilliance in the sun, intimidating people's souls, moving people's minds, and messing with their morale.

Behind the assault battalion was an infantry phalanx of different arms. They also looked solemn, with an unyielding fighting spirit and will, and came to this battlefield.

They stopped a hundred meters away from the front of the city, stared at the city, gasping for breath, like hungry wolves, and the air began to fill the air with an eerie atmosphere of slaughter.

The soldiers at the head of the city were a little stunned by the huge momentum of the enemy at this moment, until a soldier who reacted quickly finally shouted at the top of his voice: "The enemy has attacked!!"

Alarm bells are ringing.

The alarm bell is the rallying call, and the defenders of the North Gate Pass took up their weapons at the first time, put on their armor, and ran to their posts one after another according to the arrangements they had previously drilled.

Above the quiet city, in a blink of an eye, there were patches of guns in front of the trees, and in front of the originally empty shooting holes, the same gloomy faces and cold eyes appeared.

The defenders of Beimen Pass are veterans who have been trained countless times in the Great War, and they are as cold-blooded, as cruel, and as murderous as the Tianfeng soldiers. Maybe they are lacking in morale, in confidence in the war in their country, but at this critical moment, they still know how to stand up.

Morale is a very strange thing, and if you can calculate it by points, then there is not much difference between a morale of 100 points and a morale of 80 points. As long as it does not fall below the passing line, then the soldiers will fight bravely, and they will fight to the death.

On the city wall of the North Gate Pass, several generals on horseback also appeared one after another. They instigated their horses to gallop across the city, shouting loudly and giving various orders to boost morale, while carefully watching the approaching Tianfeng army to see what the opponent was up to.

And on top of a tall tower in the inner city, Fan Jinzhong, the town guard of the north gate, was raising his "clairvoyance" and carefully looking at the enemy army in front of him.

"It's the Dragon's Tooth Army, and there's a Gale Town, all of which are old rivals. It's strange, why did you only use the troops of three towns to attack us this time?" Fan Jinzhong's voice was calm and calm, and he did not panic at all.

"It seems that he is eager to make a difference. A general replied from the side.

"Not really. I know Hongbei Ming, he is not a greedy person. Although the Tianfeng Army is strong, it is stronger than cavalry, not footmen. In the past, when attacking the Triple Heavens, it was the Furious Flame himself who came to attack with the three armies of the Storm, and the time was half a month, and no matter whether they succeeded or failed, they all retreated. But this time, there was not even half of the troops, and the attack was launched before the rainy season, which is even more unreasonable, let alone unreasonable. ”

In Guanlan Continent, after the rainy season every year, there will be a period of good weather in the eastern region.

During this time, the temperature is moderate, the air is humid, the water is abundant, and in two months, the harvest season is the season.

Since the rainy season has just passed, the trees are moist, not easy to burn, and not conducive to fire, and the sand is rich in water, which is better used to deal with the black oil of the North Gate.

Therefore, this is also the most favorable time period for the attacking side.

Almost every year at this time, the Celestial Wind Army would launch a large-scale attack on the Water Stoppers, trying to open the way to the Water Stop.

But today, things are starting to change.

The Celestial Winds attacked ahead of the rainy season, not after it.

This point made Fan Jinzhong unable to figure it out no matter what.

Putting down the clairvoyance, Fan Jinzhong muttered: "There is no time, no location, and there are no people. It is taboo for soldiers to fight and attack in a hurry, how could the Tianfeng Army make such a big mistake? Hongbei Ming, are you already proud enough to deceive me that there is no one at the North Gate? Or do you have other plans?"

This time, no one replied to his words.

……

According to the usual practice, before each attack, the Tianfeng Army would send soldiers to shout at the city gate, advising the other side to surrender, damaging the other side's morale, and encouraging everyone to fight bravely.

But this time is obviously very different from the past.

Without any announcement, the assault began the moment the soldiers arrived at the gate.

The first to attack were hundreds of heavy catapults in the army.

Hundreds of boulders weighing more than 1,000 catties flew into the air like meteors at the same time, and after drawing a shocking parabolic curve, they smashed into the city head of the North Gate Pass with a thunderous force.

It was a daunting, shocking scene, with a rain of stones in the air, with the roar of death, falling into the city. Not to be outdone, the defenders of the North Gate Pass also fought back ferociously with catapults.

Stones fell in the crowd, destroying the walls and taking lives, blood spraying and shooting flowers of death.

Just at the very first moment of the start of the war, there were already batches of fighters who fell.

Some of them are already veterans of battle, while others are new recruits. Some people have killed countless enemies and are full of ambition, while others may still hold a record of not killing a single chicken and are eager to make a contribution.

However, at this moment, together they became the first victims of this heroic battle.

The main target of the Catapult of the Heavenly Wind Army is the city wall, while the main target of the Catapult of the Water Stopping Army is the opponent's catapult.

The purpose is different, and the tactics are slightly different.

The catapults of the Heavenly Wind Army almost always smashed and attacked one part, so in just a few minutes, they almost smashed a certain position at the head of the city into an absolute empty area. The catapults of the water-stopping army spread among the opponent's army in all directions.

After the catapults were smashed into broken wooden shelves by the other party, a large number of archers immediately stepped forward and sent angry arrows into the sky.

Like the screams of death, the sharp arrows roared and rushed into the sky, breaking through the sky, incinerating all things, and turning into a black tide of death and rushing towards the city.

Arrows are less powerful, but they do more damage.

Patches of arrows rained down on the city, widening the empty space by a few points, and at the same time, the first siege teams were finally dispatched.

The first siege team that attacked under the rain of arrows was not a soldier who climbed the city, but a peculiar team of engineers.

Some of them had shovels in their hands, others held crow's beaks for drilling, and some pushed large siege rams large enough to dig the foundations, open the gates, destroy the towers, and break through the city defenses, and began to rush under the city walls at the risk of death, using the relative empty space created by the ranged troops to carry out earthwork on the low wall that protected the city foundation.

They cleared traps, swept away thistles, smashed the foundations of walls, and knocked down low walls, paving the way for the advance of the soldiers behind them with their lives.

Whether it is the Tianfeng people or the water stop people, they have already summed up a set of corresponding siege and defense experience in the years of war.

Every year, everyone comes up with a new tactic, and the next year they crack each other's tactics.

Fighting each other, communicating with each other, learning from each other, each of them is already too familiar to be familiar anymore.

Just as Hongbei Ming knew how his opponent would deal with it next, Fan Jinzhong was equally familiar with everything in front of him.

Everything developed in the direction they expected, and Fan Jinzhong could even see the scene where the Tianfeng Army finally completed the demolition of the low wall and attacked together, but suffered heavy casualties under the fighting of his own sniper soldiers.

Everything was no different from before, the only thing he couldn't understand was why Hongbei Ming was in such a hurry to carry out this winless war.

Then, his cold language uttered a cold tone: "Order, send five hundred sword and shield men at the head of the city on the left, and prepare to roll wood and stones, and the enemy will launch a strong attack at that point." ”

With the rapid demolition of a small piece of low wall, a favorable point of attack appeared, the horn of an all-out attack finally sounded, and a large number of soldiers let out a frenzied roar, bombarding with a kind of earth-shaking, rainstorm and thunder, Fan Jinzhong's face finally appeared a trace of unbelievable surprise.

"All-out attack? It turned out to be an all-out attack...... Is he crazy?"

Chapter 14: The Warrior (2)

At the beginning of the war, the casualties were so great that no one could accept them.

The Celestial Wind Army launched a fierce attack from various positions on the city wall, and the sky was covered with haze, which was a rain of arrows blocking the light.

The Celestial Wind warriors indulge in the primeval wildness that comes from the depths of their bodies. They shouted and screamed, brandished spears and knives, and then scrambled up the ladder and struck at the head of the city.

The blank section that was smashed out by the Slingering City was the main attack position of the Tianfeng Army, and it was also the place where the battle was fought the most fiercely and the death toll was the largest.

Flags fluttered over the city, and defenders from all directions pounced on it. And under the city, the dense sea of soldiers and people who can't see the end at a glance is also swarming towards here under the cover of the chariots.

The tall siege tower that can allow a small team of elite soldiers to jump directly from the top of the tower to the head of the city to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders, and the ladder cloud cart that can bring the soldiers directly from the ladder to the head of the city, all the siege equipment that the Tianfeng army can get their hands on swarmed up, vowing to open a gap in the city wall in front of them to the city.

As a result, in this land with a radius of only a few tens of meters, in just half an hour, hundreds of warriors had already fallen. There are people who are windy, and there are people who stop water.

A small area became a meat grinder, and life kept filling in and bursting out.

Those who come in are all whole, and those who go out have mostly lost the luster of life.

The blood-colored banner fluttered in the wind at this moment, and the soldiers ran and shouted angrily, dancing vigorously to raise their last fighting spirit, and swaying the blood and tears under the shadow of the sword and gun.

The wails filled the air, and even the generals who were far behind could personally feel the fierce fighting from the front.

Fan Jinzhong's brows furrowed more and more, and it was obvious that the development of the situation had greatly surprised him.

Dozens of ladders were concentrated on the left side of the city wall, and the soldiers fearlessly clinged to their steel swords, fighting their opponents in the rain of arrows. The casualties were so heavy that a thick stack of corpses had accumulated under the walls. If the fight continues as it is now, it won't be long before the Heavenly Wind Army can step on the bones of its own people and enter the city.

With a loud buzz, a heavy iron crossbow as large as an arm shot out under the ejection of the strong ballista, and slammed into the stone wall of the city wall, piercing the chest of a water-stopping warrior and firmly anchored to the city wall.

The huge iron cable drove a super wide ladder about five meters wide in the catapult of the iron crossbow, which was already densely filled with Tianfeng soldiers.

The large wide ladder smashed into the city head with a ferocious posture, and the two huge iron hooks automatically lowered when the wide ladder fell, hooking the city wall, and countless soldiers on the ladder launched a fierce and awe-inspiring attack on the defenders of the city at this moment. For a while, the sailors in this area were killed on their backs, and a large number of Tianfeng warriors rushed to the city, shouting slogans of victory and waving their swords of slaughter.

"It seems that Hongbei Ming is really planning to play with us. Fan Jinzhong sighed and shook his head.

One of the generals said: "There are more than thirty soldiers of the Heavenly Wind rushing to the head of the city, and if this continues, it will be a matter of time before this place is occupied." ”