Northern Heaven Horseshoe Disease Chapter 51 Battle on the Stone Bridge
Everything was as Li Yan said, before sunset, the east gate of Huaizhou was broken by the East Vietnamese army again.
At that time, Wei Tian supervised the battle at the North Gate, and after noon that day, the North Gate was once attacked by the East Vietnamese Army when only Jiang Yong and more than 20 scouts were left, and if Wei Tian did not lead 300 defenders to arrive in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
After breaking the enemy's attack, Jiang Yong's big face full of blood stained was unprecedentedly ashamed when facing Wei Tian, his right hand tightly grasped the handle of the knife, and his left hand never knew how to put it.
Wei Tian saw all this in his eyes, and only said one sentence: "Jiang Yong, if I can survive this time, your hundred scouts, I will pay you back!"
Jiang Yong suddenly burst into tears, crying and nodding his head again and again, like a child who had been greatly wronged and was comforted by his elders.
Finally controlling his excitement, Jiang Yong looked around, but he didn't see the figure of that person, and his face suddenly changed again.
Wei Tian saw through Jiang Yong's heart at a glance, stretched out his hand to pat him, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Zhao Yi is fine, he led eight hundred people to guard the west of the city." ”
Jiang Yong stretched out his big hand and touched his head, smiled honestly, and said, "General Wei, in fact, I want to ask, why did you pick Zhao Yi's kid to take with you? And let him lead 800 people to guard the west of the city? He has been in the army for less than a month." ”
Wei Tian glanced at Jiang Yong in surprise and said, "You don't know?"
Jiang Yong was puzzled, stretched out his big hand and touched his head, and said with a stunned face: "What do you know?"
Wei Tian stared at Jiang Yong for a while, then finally nodded and said, "In that case, let's not be busy talking about this, let's discuss the next plan first." ”
Jiang Yong's face immediately became serious after hearing this, and he looked at the surrounding city walls, the corpses of the soldiers on the city wall were scattered, short swords, broken spears and arrows were everywhere, and the blood stains on the city wall had turned dark black, as for what the smell was, Jiang Yong couldn't smell it anymore.
Many of the remaining 200-odd soldiers were wounded, but the most important thing was physical and mental exhaustion, and their morale was extremely low.
The young and strong people who were recruited to help the defenders defend the city are still alive and collapsed under the city wall, and only a few can still go up the city wall to help clean up the battlefield.
Jiang Yong hesitated for a long time, and finally said softly with courage: "General Wei, judging from the current situation of our army, at most it can withstand the two attacks of the East Vietnamese Army. ”
Wei Tian knew that what Jiang Yong said was the truth, this was the case in the northern city, and it was not the same in the eastern and southern cities, and the Dongyue army in the western city should be waiting for the moment when the other city gates were breached, and then take advantage of the situation to kill and defeat the defenders in the city in one go.
Wei Tian looked up into the distance, thinking that on the other side of the mountain, the battle should be over, Jinghu gave him the order to hold on for three days, but he only held on for less than two days, and he was about to be destroyed.
However, as long as he can completely annihilate Liu Ba's army, he Weitian will die in this Huaizhou City, and it will be worth it, but it is a pity that these 5,000 good men are gone.
Wei Tian turned to look at Jiang Yong, and after the soldiers around him walked over, he whispered a word to him.
Jiang Yong was silent after hearing this, and the hesitation on his face was undoubtedly revealed.
Without waiting for Jiang Yong to answer, Wei Tian added softly: "Someone has to explain the situation here to the general and the prince." ”
Jiang Yong thought for a while, and finally hugged his fists and responded: "Yes!"
Zhao Yi looked at the willow tree by the ditch, the long catkins had already pulled out the tender green leaves, a gust of wind blew, swaying, if Cui Shusheng was here, he would probably be a poet and make a few lingering poems.
Zhao Yi has also read a lot of poetry books since he was a child, under the persecution of the teacher in the palace, but that is just reading, reading poetry and making poetry, although it is only a word difference, but there is a world of difference.
Zhao Yi, who was being aroused by the scenery in front of him, suddenly raised his head and looked intently in the direction of the West City Gate, and clenched the armor-piercing knife in his left hand.
After breaking through the city gate, the East Vietnamese army, which had stopped at the city gate, finally began to move.
After Zhao Yi passed the order to prepare for battle, his heart sank, he knew that another city gate was broken by the East Vietnamese Army, I don't know if it was the east gate guarded by Wei Tian, or the north gate guarded by Jiang Yong, one was the burly scout battalion commander, and the other was an ordinary-looking Shenfeng military captain, no matter which one fell, Zhao Yi felt uncomfortable.
The people in the west of the city fled to other places the moment the East Vietnamese army broke through the city gate, and there were not many people left in the city.
The west side of the city was empty.
The shouting and killing of the East Vietnamese army sounded at the west city gate, and the sound shook the sky, and the faces of the 800 soldiers hiding in the private houses changed after hearing it.
Amid the shouts of killing, a group of East Vietnamese troops holding tall shields appeared in the sight of the defenders, and were walking towards the deep ditch step by step, followed by a large group of soldiers.
Zhao Yi stared closely at the group of East Vietnamese troops holding tall shields, thinking sharply about what the other party was going to do, and at the same time ordered the skullers and archers to prepare to meet the enemy.
The sound of the enemy's shouts and footsteps was like a torrent of great strength, constantly impacting the mental defense line of the 800 defenders.
The East Vietnamese army stopped on the west bank of the deep ditch, about a stone's throw from the hiding place of the eight hundred defenders.
Zhao Yizheng was puzzled that the East Vietnamese army was shouting loudly, but he did not immediately attack the side of the deep ditch, and suddenly saw a burst of smoke rising behind the group of soldiers holding tall shields, he suddenly understood, and immediately shouted loudly: "Everyone exit the house, quickly!"
Accompanied by Zhao Yi's voice, rockets were shot from the military formation of the East Vietnamese Army, like a fiery snake covered in flames, flying into the houses on the east bank of the deep ditch.
Rows of houses soon rose with thick smoke, and the fire burned quickly with unstoppable momentum.
While the defenders on the east bank fled in a panic from their houses, the East Vietnamese troops on the west bank of the deep ditch launched a charge, and groups of East Vietnamese soldiers desperately rushed towards the only stone arch bridge.
After all, the 800 soldiers were all well-trained Shenfeng troops, and after a short period of panic, they quickly formed a defensive formation, and when the East Vietnamese army was approaching the stone arch bridge, the arrows on the crossbows and arrows left the string and shot into the chest of the East Vietnamese army running at the front.
After the Chu army finished firing a round of arrows, it immediately ushered in more arrow clusters of the East Vietnamese army, and the Chu army, which had no time to dodge, fell to the ground one after another.
In less than a cup of tea, the Chu army on the east bank of the deep ditch had no arrows available, but the East Vietnamese army had already stepped onto the stone arch bridge.
Zhao Yi didn't hesitate any longer, holding the armor-piercing knife in his hand, and roared: "Brothers, I'd rather die in battle than let the East Vietnamese Army cross the stone bridge!"
After speaking, Zhao Yi took the lead in rushing towards the East Vietnamese army.
The living Chu Jun didn't expect this strange boy to be so afraid of death, when Zhao Yi was appointed by Wei Tian as the commander of the defenders in the west of the city, although the army commanders and even the commanders did not say it, but there were a lot of criticisms in their hearts.
Seeing that the main general had stepped forward, those Chu troops no longer hesitated, and they all rushed towards the East Vietnamese army behind Zhao Yi with swords.
Zhao Yi was full of energy, and when he was only ten steps away from the East Vietnamese Army, he jumped up, and then held the knife in both hands and slashed out fiercely, and the East Vietnamese Army, who had already crossed the stone bridge and ran in front, was suddenly split in half by the sharp knife momentum, and blood was sprinkled all over the ground.
Such a sharp and powerful sword posture has never been seen by many soldiers, and they can't help but be frightened.
After Zhao Yi landed on the ground, he rushed into the East Vietnamese Army, and the armor-piercing knives in his hands were the most straightforward slashing and chopping.
When the Chu army saw that their young general was so brave, it immediately aroused the fighting spirit in their hearts, and they howled and rushed into the East Vietnamese army, like a hungry wolf that was aroused to be ferocious.
The offensive of the East Vietnamese Army was slightly blocked.
It seems that he did not expect that the Chu army would have such combat power after a day and a night of fierce fighting, and the East Vietnamese army was caught off guard as soon as it came up, and gradually lost its previous indomitable momentum.
The commander of the Dongyue army who attacked the West City Gate was a middle-aged general, surnamed Zhao, from a wealthy family in Yuzhou, and this time he followed Huyan Zhuo to attack Chudi, thinking that he would take this opportunity to make some military achievements, and then go home to live a life of teasing his grandson, and no longer do this laborious and laborious errand.
God really favored him, and actually let him get the first credit for breaking the city, and General Zhao, who was already thinking about his leisurely life in the future, never thought that in front of this deep ditch, he would encounter fierce resistance.
The young general who suddenly appeared and the knife in his hand actually gave him a chilling feeling, even during the previous siege and bloody battle, he had never felt this kind of feeling.
The general surnamed Zhao secretly took a breath, showed a calm expression, and was about to give an order, when one of the adjutant generals beside him said at this time: "General Zhao, adjust the bow and crossbow." ”
The general surnamed Zhao waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "No, there are only so many people on the other side, they are already in the twilight of their journey, they are just dying, at this time, how can it damage the prestige of my Dongyue." ”
Then the general surnamed Zhao raised his voice a few points and ordered: "Let the shield armor soldiers come up, I want to see how long this young man can last." ”
The group of East Vietnamese troops, armed with tall shields, began to move forward, followed by a long line of spearmen.
The East Vietnamese army that crossed the stone bridge was all killed under the interception of the Chu army, Zhao Yi slowly walked up to the stone bridge, and then stood with a horizontal knife, one person and one knife, without a trace of blood.
The Chu army behind Zhao Yi suffered a lot of casualties in the bloody battle just now, and there were only about 200 people who could still fight, but whether they were injured and fell to the ground, or they were standing with swords, their eyes were hot and their expressions were high.
The worship of heroes in the military has been a tradition since ancient times.
Facing the shield armor soldiers of the East Vietnamese Army, Zhao Yi squinted his eyes, took a deep breath, and then suddenly exerted force under his feet, and people rushed towards the shield armor soldiers like arrows off the string.
The shield soldiers changed their formation in time, and the soldiers in the middle stopped and made a gesture against the shield, while the soldiers on both sides moved forward quickly, their purpose was to trap Zhao Yi.
Zhao Yi rolled around, and then the armor-piercing knife in his hand slashed horizontally, only to hear a bang, the knife momentum hit the tall shield, and the shield and the soldiers behind him flew upside down, but immediately the shield soldiers next to him blocked in time.
And before Zhao Yi could get up, a few spears suddenly pierced into the gap between the shields closest to him, and the cold light of the spearheads flickered, like a few poisonous snakes that suddenly sprang out.
Zhao Yi rolled over and rolled to the side again, dodging the assassination of the spear, and at the same time, the armor-piercing knife in his hand slashed horizontally again, and a more powerful knife momentum hit the tall shield, and the shield armor soldier who was split suddenly flew out with a human shield upside down.
It's just that this shield armor array is too strong, and the soldiers holding the shield are not only infinitely powerful, but also cooperate with each other quite tacitly, and the spears that stab at any time are even more unguardable.
Although Zhao Yi slashed the shield armor many times, he still failed to break this shield armor array, and he had already suffered several injuries on his body, all of which were stabbed by the spear.
The more in this situation, the more Zhao Yi was motivated, he tore off a piece of his robe, wrapped the armor-piercing knife with his palm, and a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes stared at the tall shields around him, and a subtle smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
On the east bank of the stone bridge, the remaining more than 200 soldiers all watched the fierce battle on the other side with wide eyes, silent, but they all gritted their teeth and looked angry.