Chapter 34: Siege and Defense
Hua Mulan suddenly found that there were no more cold arrows shooting at her, narrowed her eyes slightly like a clear spring, and lightly opened her red lips: "Have you given up yet......
She breathed a sigh of relief, only then did she feel that her tense muscles had begun to sore, and the tiredness that penetrated deep into her bone marrow hit her, and she had to put the big sword at her side, and not far from her, the carved arrow that she knocked pierced through the pillar of the city tower and submerged into the tail of the arrow.
I didn't expect that there would be such a powerful marksman among these Beiyi people, could it be that this is the Jebe that the Beiyi people have been rumored for a long time, but they have never seen it with their own eyes? Hua Mulan took a deep breath, and a trace of worry suddenly appeared.
This Beiyi tribe is really extraordinary.
In history, Torre was the fourth son of Temujin, but in the Glory of Kings, he was Temujin's most loyal confidant and favorite general, and the only one among the Beiyi people to hold the title of "Jebe".
She turned her gaze to the city again, it was still as peaceful as water, as if the sky would fall without the slightest wave of indifference, but every Tang Jun who took her gaze couldn't help but cheer up, but she didn't see the person she was most concerned about.
"Is he gone......"
Hua Mulan was shocked, and breathed a sigh of relief abnormally, her eyes finally revealed a hint of vague gloom.
"It's good that he can at least survive that way. β
"You don't have to be buried with me as an idiot on the Great Wall, and I don't need to protect him......"
The girl muttered to herself, as if to convince herself that his departure was a good thing in every way, as if trying to forcibly suppress the sorrow that had welled up in her heart.
It's just that the expectation in her heart turned into disappointment after all, in her opinion, he shouldn't have been such a person, she hoped that he could survive, but not as a coward or a deserter, maybe her expectations were too high......
After all, not everyone can see death as if they were like her.
She sighed and refocused her gaze on the Beiyi Iron Rider who was about to move below.
For some reason, it's a little sour.
Her heart hurt so much that she couldn't calm down anymore, but her eyes became more and more cold, and even the plain hands holding the double blades around her waist looked a little white, and a few beautiful green tendons were stretched.
Whewβ
With another desolate wolf howl, the cavalry of the Beiyi people seemed to be cut by a giant ship, and moved out of the way to both sides.
Behind them, the steppe warriors with scimitars and cowhide shields on their backs were revealed, pushing portable siege towers and ladder carts made of mechanical techniques, shouting neat trumpets, and forcing towards the city walls.
Mongolia is a regional collective term for the nomadic peoples of northern Beiyi.
The Qiyan Department is the majority of Mongolia, although the Beiyi people do not have the inheritance of mechanical arts, and even the magic spells mastered by the Changshengtian Shaman are relatively shallow, which is an important factor why Beiyi is backward and even Khorezm people can catch up and bully them.
However, since Temujin defeated Zamuhe and led thirteen Mongol tribes, including Zatajan and Taichiwu, and formally established his position as the Khan of the Mongol tribes in the north of Beiyi, he obtained many secret records through various means, such as plundering and buying with heavy money.
Although these secret scrolls are far inferior to the secret scrolls of Jixia Momen, and even the secret scrolls mastered by some Tang Dynasty giants are inferior, with the development of time, they have been able to establish such portable siege engines, and since then, the shortcomings of the nomads who are not good at attacking cities have been completely broken by them.
It is foreseeable that the Mongolian iron horsemen who come and go like the wind will dominate the entire Beiyi steppe and be crowned as the real king of Beiyi Khan!
The completely suppressed Tang people couldn't stop them from approaching the Great Wall at all, once there was an outcropping Tang army, they would immediately be sniped by the sharpshooters hiding in the enemy army, seeing that the siege tower was about to set up the city wall, Hua Mulan raised her right hand, and then smashed it down with a fist.
It was as if the giant was screaming like a thunderbolt with all his might, and slashed the tomahawk in his hand on the rope of the winch, and with the loud sound of the collision of the machine springs, three huge crossbow arrows roared out, directly piercing the siege tower.
The Beiyi people let out a terrible scream, and at this moment, three crossbow arrows pierced through more than a dozen people and nailed them to the siege tower.
"This is the Tang people's city defense weapon?" Temujin let out a sneer, "and how many more people can be killed." β
Torre said disdainfully: "I'm afraid the Tang people are already poor in donkey skills, the Han people are busy with infighting, although the territory of the Tang Kingdom is large, it borders on Chu, Han, Shu and Song, and their main energy is used in infighting, how can they be able to defeat my sons and daughters of the beggar department." β
The siege tower is still advancing, even if the crossbow arrows are nailed and more than a dozen people are killed or wounded, what is the use? A full 10,000 Beiyi iron horsemen, that is, scarecrows, let the crossbow shoot and kill, shoot for three days and three nights, and how many people can be killed after running out of ammunition and food?
As for destroying the siege towers, it is even more fantastical!
Although this special siege tower is assembled, it is blessed with magic spells, it is extremely strong, and even a simple fire extinguishing device is installed, so it is not even afraid of fire attack, let alone just adding such a meager weight. Even if the entire siege tower is nailed with crossbow arrows, it can still move forward.
However, the next moment, there was another roar, and three more thick and powerful crossbow arrows pierced the towering siege tower again.
The six siege towers were actually not bad, and they were nailed into them by crossbow arrows.
At this time, the corners of Mulan's mouth showed a smile full of sarcasm: "Idiot!"
She raised her hand again and fell hard......
Boom β
Six majestic men cut the ropes, and under the cover of night, those Beiyi people did not notice a crucial point at allβthe end of each crossbow arrow was connected to a tough rope.
At the end of the rope, there was a boulder hanging from each other, and as the rope that originally hung the boulder was cut, the rope was instantly tightened, and the huge gravity suddenly acted on the siege tower.
And the position where these crossbow arrows were fired was impressively from both sides of the city wall, cross-firing.
Therefore, with the fall of the boulder, those siege towers suddenly made a loud noise, and then, under the frightened gaze of countless Beiyi people, they slowly but firmly overturned in the central direction.
Boom β
All six siege towers fell.
Those who were originally hiding in the siege tower, were stoned to death in an instant, and the grassland men who broke their legs and hands let out a terrible scream, like a sharp sword across the sky of the entire Beiyi army, and slashed down, making the morale of the Beiyi people fall to the bottom in an instant.
"I ...... Grass"
Not only did the Beiyi people not react, but even the vast majority of the Tang people didn't know what was going on, but when they saw Mulan's confident smile, the cheers suddenly burst into a tsunami!
On the other hand, the Beiyi people were in chaos, and the vast majority of people were wondering what had happened, why did the six siege towers suddenly overturn?
Don't...... Is this the will of the Immortal Heavens?
Thinking of this, the Beiyi people suddenly panicked.
Temujin's face was pale, and he was silent as if he were suppressing a volcano ready to erupt. Torre was silent, silent, he could see the rope clearly, but he had no idea what the rope could do.
So at the moment he chose to shut up.
Rarely, Torre realizes that being uneducated is a terrible thing.
......
A handsome young man with a turban wrapped around his head stood beside the two raunchy mechanics, nervously holding a spear wrapped in a layer of yellowed cloth in his hand, and with a roar, the siege tower collapsed.
His face was overjoyed, his fists clenched, and finally revealed a rare youthful posture, and he jumped and said, "Master, we succeeded?"
The voice was a little immature, like a young man, but he was dressed in tatters, and the mechanic with sloppy greasy and long hair corrected: "It's not 'us', it's us!"
The young man still smiled gently, even if ordinary people had already opened their mouths in the face of this insult: "Oh, is there a difference?"
The young mechanic said proudly: "The difference is big, you are a cheap ...... Hmph, the two of us are Tianzong Mechanics who are about to enter Jixia to study, but they are just dealing with some stupid barbarians, so they are naturally handy. β
Although the young mechanic is arrogant, he can see that his heart is not bad, and when he said the word 'cheap seed', he obviously swallowed it back again, and the proud Tang people even looked down on the vast majority of Han people in the Western Regions, let alone the demon seed hybrids.
Speaking of which, the level of these two mechanics is poor, but they still think very highly of themselves, especially the young man, whose mouth is still as stinky as eating stool, or he would not have been sent by Mulan to repair the water wheel.
The young man had a wistful look on his face: "Jixia ......"
"Hmph, don't think about it, Jixia won't accept you like this...... Hum. "The young mechanic is still on his toes.
The young man was not annoyed, but he felt that the grumpy organ master was actually very similar to his younger brother, and said with a smile: "But I heard that Jixia does not discriminate regardless of race, and treats anyone equally, even the barbarians in the south have successfully entered Jixia to study, and the demon seed half-breed will not be looked down upon." β
The juvenile mechanic said: "This ......"
The slightly older mechanic twisted his sparse black beard and said unhappily: "Zhao Hao, don't talk nonsense, prepare the oil and burn the ladder car, and then be proud." β
The ladder is not as nonsense as it was filmed in the TV series, if it was really a group of people carrying ladders and starting to attack the city with ants, it would be purely looking for death.
A real ladder resembles a right-angled triangle, with rolling logs at the bottom, which can be propelled forward, and the right-angled side is aimed at the city wall, and it is covered with hooks and locks, which just forms a slope that soldiers can climb, and is a siege weapon.
Even if the enemy hits it with a battering rod, it may not be able to push the ladder back away, but this ladder has only one weakness, that is, it is afraid of fire, and if it is burned with fire oil, no matter how tough the wood is, it will be ignited.
And they happen to have a projector that specializes in throwing fire pots, of course, it can also be used to throw stones, but it is really difficult to find qualified stones in this big Gobi for a while, and the projector they made is relatively delicate and accurate, but it can't bear the weight of large stones.
"Zhao Hao, calibrate the accuracy, report the coordinates. "The older mechanic began to adjust the projector.
As soon as the young mechanic poked his head out to check the position of the other party's ladder again, a sharp arrow flew past his scalp, which frightened him and scolded him loudly.
"Damn, these shit guys shoot too accurately. β
"What should we do? Our oil canister projectile must also have the most basic coordinates to come in handy. β
The young man said tentatively, "I may be able to try to suppress them." β
"It's up to you? no kidding. The boy said disdainfully.
"I can try. "Young people are rarely stubborn.
"You ......"
"Let him try. The older mechanic showed a smile, "I know you, you go out to hunt every day, you have a harvest every day, you are a good hunter, you are the one hundred miles, right?"
The young man smiled slightly, pursed his lips a little nervously, and untied the spear he was carrying.
"Father, bless the child. The young man muttered to himself, sticking the muzzle of his gun out of the battlement wall.
There was a sneer from behind, it was the young mechanic, his snarky seemed to have become a habit, and he couldn't help but say, "You can hit people from such a distance?"
The young man ignored him, and the words came out of his mouth.
The older mechanic grabbed him violently, frowned, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, this is not a fire gun, it's a demon path mechanism." β
The young mechanic's eyes widened suddenly.
......
Hua Mulan on the head of the city breathed a sigh of relief, everything was as they had rehearsed during the day, although there were many enemies, as long as they burned their ladders again, even if there were many enemies, they would not be able to break through the Great Wall tonight.
After all, at night, even by starlight, it is extremely difficult for these Beiyi people to select warriors who can accurately climb the city with the help of arrows like the Beiyi cavalry who came to attack last time, especially in this inland area where night blindness is extremely common.
"I didn't expect these two scrapwood mechanics to be as useful as he said. β
Thinking of him, her mood went down again.
She couldn't help but look back, but there was still no familiar figure.
......
Temujin clenched his fists, and if they were really stopped from staying overnight on the Great Wall, then Shattered Leaf's army would have plenty of time to react, and even if they did break the Great Wall, they would probably lose more than they gained.
After all, this 10,000 horses is half of the military strength of his beggar army, and if he loses too much and hurts his vitality, not to mention that the several khans who had called him brothers and sisters before, even the Mongol tribes that were nominally subservient to him, were very likely to jump out and rebel.
But just go back?
No kidding!
Temujin's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness like a wolf king's rebelliousness, I, Temujin, will never fail!
"Torrey, stimulate your bloodline, aim at the Tang people's city defense equipment in the east, and the two Ben Khans in the west will solve it personally. β
Torre was slightly stunned, then gritted his teeth.
"Yes, Great Khan. β
From his body, the power of the blood veins that flowed suddenly blaze, a pair of amber eyes instantly turned into the vertical pupils of a beast, and the hot power like lava suddenly rushed out of his veins, and the surface of his body immediately bloomed like green tendons like small insects, and the whole person was already like an ugly monster at this moment.
He gritted his fangs and twisted out a carved arrow and placed it on the bowstring.
And as he drew his bow and arrows, a burst of flame power covered it, and the strings were like a full moon, and the arrows flew outβ
Boom β
With a bang, the arrow in mid-air suddenly turned into a fire tornado, and in an instant, it hit the position of the two mechanics and the young man, and the next moment, a violent explosion suddenly swept away.
At this moment, with a crisp gunshot, Temujin's shoulder suddenly exploded with a ball of blood, and his face instantly became more and more gloomy, covering his wounds, like a wounded wolf: "The whole army will attack! On the day of the city break, there will be no one left!"
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Mulan's face changed suddenly: "Oh no!"
It's really bad, because in order to avoid being accidentally ignited by the fire arrows of the Beiyi people, all the fire oil collected from the town is stored in the location of the crossbow, where there is a shed roof, which can defend against the attack of arrows and even catapults, which was originally the safest place, but I never thought about it......
"It's over...... The Great Wall is over. β
Mulan's body seemed to have suddenly lost its strength.
......
The young mechanic stared at the godless young man who had dug himself out of the ruins and was covered in black, and smiled: "Thank you, Baili." β
Baili Moran.
"Hey, this is the first time I've thanked someone. The boy muttered with some dissatisfaction, "Eh, I don't seem to feel in my legs, can you help me see what's going on?"
Baili didn't speak, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, although the young man was stubborn, but his temperament was not bad, although the contact time was very short, he knew that this was a person who was more than ten times better than those murderous pioneers and vagrants.
The young man finally realized something, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes: "Where is Lao Ye?"
Lao Ye is the older mechanic, his senior brother.
Baili glanced back at the ruins that were still burning, and did not speak, but the young man did not grieve, but laughed happily: "Haha, this old thing is finally dead." β
"He's a fool, he dreams all day about going to Jixia, and I actually know that he's been such a waste for the rest of his life, and he can fix a waterwheel. β
"It's good to be dead, the province is daydreaming every day. β
The young man's voice gradually became smaller, and he finally said with a sad face: "Baili, do you think I'm fucking back, I feel so sleepy, I want to sleep......"
Baili was still silent, he didn't know what to say, because the lower half of the other party's body had disappeared at this time, and the section of the wound was scorched black by the flames, and even the blood was gone.
No one survived such a serious injury.
But the fact is too cruel for him to speak.
The boy finally closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth showed his usual mean smile: "I'm going to die?"
"My special Zhao Ritian will die too......"
His voice gradually became inaudible, and Baili finally couldn't help but clench his fists, but he didn't expect the young man to suddenly widen his eyes again, and said disdainfully: "I have a book in my arms, which is the source of the two of us, we don't have this talent, but since you have a mechanism creation, you may be better than us." β
"Take it, remember to go to Jixia for me in the future, and tell the people there that there was once a genius who didn't bother to go to that bullshit Jixia at all!"
A roar was full of unwillingness, and at the moment he blurted out, the young man's stubborn fire of life finally burned to the end.
Baili silently carried the spear on his back, took out the yellowed page from the other party's arms, and finally said, "I will." If I could really get in, I would tell all the people there that there was once a man named Zhao ...... The genius of the day, he said he didn't want to go to your bullshit at all. β
......
The walls were broken.
I'm afraid that even Temujin himself didn't expect that the arrow was hit crookedly and landed in the most undesirable place.
The raging torrent of iron horsemen was waiting for the flames to be extinguished, so that they rushed directly through the collapsed gap, and no one paid any attention to the so-called ladder, because if the Beiyi people did not ride horses, they really could not talk about good soldiers, and they were not used to it.
The Tang army was in a panic and set their sights on their "banner".
The corners of Mulan's mouth at the head of the city felt this gaze, and suddenly a smile bloomed, and she suddenly opened her hands, and the two blades suddenly rose, and they were controlled by her.
Then, to everyone's surprise, she silently inserted her twin blades into the pillars of the city tower behind her, and then pulled out the big sword behind her back.
"Father, I'm still disappointing you......"
"But that's what I really am, and before I die, I'm going to use my own swordsmanship. She muttered to herself, "Only one sword's swordsmanship." β
She suddenly raised the giant sword in her hand, and the boundless brilliance suddenly spread outβthe blade bloomed!
"Guardians of the Great Wall!"
"Follow me, meet the enemy!"
The girl's voice was not as calm as it always was, and it seemed a little hysterical, as if a fire had ignited the flames in the hearts of all the soldiers, and they silently followed the girl and rushed down to the city.
Go for the fate of death - death!
ps: Tribute to the one who once left, the Mulan who will never come back, she only holds a single sword, she is like Ruiwen in League of Legends, she is evidence of piracy by some irresponsible studio, so she was obliterated.
Whether she has become stronger or weaker, may the veteran players always remember the days when she once accompanied us in the struggle.
Single-sword Mulan: "Hello, welcome to the Glory of Kings." β
Twin Swords Mulan: "...... Farewell, my past. β
Besides - this chapter is very long.