Chapter 449: Fierce Battle
Instead of throwing off their armor and kneeling to beg for mercy, the Lannister soldiers rushed into Harrenhal to discover this. And at this moment, the people who were lying in ambush on the city wall got up one after another, each carrying a round bucket in their hands, and without hesitation poured the liquid in it towards the door.
Pools of black asphalt poured on the Lannister soldiers who were caught off guard, causing them all to let out a terrible scream and roll on the ground.
"Ah!!h
"Help, help!"
"It hurts me! What is this ?!!?"
At the same time, the soldiers who were originally in ambush in the room also rushed out, the front row rushed to the crowd with shields and crouched down to block the shields in front, and then hundreds of soldiers with spears in the back stabbed through the gaps in the shields!
The soldiers who were already burned by the asphalt and half dead couldn't care about defense at this time, and they frantically looked for water one by one, or they rolled on the ground and were directly stabbed to death, which also made the entire army fall into an extreme panic.
"Damn, it's a trick!" Jimmy naturally knew at this time that everything was fake, the cursing on the city walls, the fleeing soldiers, all this was a ruse to lure him to attack!
"My lord!" hundreds of soldiers in front of us have been splashed with asphalt, let's withdraw!" the young general reported to Jimmy, whose handsome face had become distorted, "Retreat?!" he said in a hoarse voice, "We're going to lose hundreds of men if we retreat now!"
"But..."
"But what?!" exclaimed Jimmy, looking frantic, "it must be brought down! so that the dead are meaningful! Squeeze out all those who have been splashed with asphalt, and let the people behind rush in and kill them all!"
Jimmy couldn't help but fight at this point, and if he retreated, the city would have been defeated and he would have lost so many soldiers in vain, and once Tywin came, disobeying the military order alone would be enough to cut off his head. But if you succeed in taking it and catch Ivy Crane, the most wanted man, it will at least make up for it.
At this time, the city gate fell into a stalemate, and the Lannister soldiers who rushed in first were all asphalted, and the dead and wounded were all blocked at the door, and the soldiers behind could not enter at all.
And even if a few are lucky enough to squeeze in, facing the circle of shields and spears, there is basically only a dead end. And this is what Li Lingyi is willing to see, he just wants to eat away at these 3,000 people step by step, using the narrow city gate to send reinforcements, and Jimmy's reluctance to retreat!
Li Lingyi was also a member of the circle formation at this time, and he was standing in the direction of the city gate. On the one hand, he can personally stand in the most dangerous places as the leader to boost morale, and on the other hand, he can also maintain stability and will not let the circle be easily broken through.
As for the current situation, in Li Lingyi's opinion, the generals on the opposite side have gone completely crazy, this kind of attack is completely a tactic that is taboo for soldiers, the wounded soldiers blocking the road and the narrowness of the city gate are limited to only a dozen or twenty soldiers rushing over at a time, and rushing over to face the gun array is only a dead end, so it will not take long for the three thousand troops to be consumed.
The most important thing to do now is to retreat immediately, so as to maximize the stop loss. But the other side didn't, but a frantic dash, hoping to break through the gun array and let more Lannister soldiers pour in.
In the face of this result, Li Lingyi is of course happy to hear it, after all, it is he who benefits. As for the other side, he is now a crazy gambler, and he doesn't stop in time after losing, and he has to press all the capital up, hoping to win back all the losses in one hand.
Is this possible? Of course not.
Soldiers are the ones with the shortest average lifespan, and this is not true at all. It doesn't matter if you're a teenager or a battlefield veteran in your thirties. But once the general misjudges on the battlefield, there is only one defeat.
For example, now, Jimmy gave the order to attack with red eyes, but the soldiers on the front line had stopped, they were not fools, and the piles of corpses of their comrades in front of them had already made them understand that the battle had been lost.
Knowing that he is dead and still not hesitating, is there such a situation? Yes, very rarely. Unless there is no way to retreat in the face of a broken family, or the personal charm of the general is too high, everyone is willing to die for him. But now it's clear that neither of them can be matched.
Originally, their lord wouldn't let them fight Harrenhal, but now that the general was still attacking under the heavy losses, the soldiers must have been unhappy, and they all shrank back, obviously not wanting to fight.
"My lord, the soldiers have lost their will to fight, and it will be too late if they don't retreat!" the little generals dissuaded Jimmy, the smug expressions on their faces were now gone, and they all had bitter faces, and they didn't dare to count how many of their men died.
"One, one, a bunch of shit!" Jimmy's face turned pale, his lips trembled, he could also see that he was defeated, or defeated, so many people died and he couldn't take Harrenhal, so what awaited him?
At this time, Li Ling in the city saw that the enemy was retreating, and immediately ordered the city gate to fall. It is impossible to pursue, after all, it is now a big advantage, but once the chase is out, it loses the overwhelming advantage of the gun array, and it is too easy to be overturned by the Lannisters on the plains.
But if you don't chase it, you don't chase it, but you still have to continue to kill. As soon as the city gate was closed, Li Lingyi immediately ordered everyone to pick up bows and arrows and go up to the city wall, and began to shoot indiscriminately at the Lannister soldiers fleeing in confusion below.
Because they had no training, most of Li Lingyi's men couldn't shoot accurately at all, but they couldn't stand the crowd! The whole mobilization of two or three thousand men, women, and children all picked up bows and arrows and went up to the city wall, and this was the easiest way to shoot from top to bottom, and many arrows could always hit under the random arrows.
"Archers! Shoot them!" Jimmy shouted as he looked at the crowd on the city wall, but no one left him, and all the soldiers were busy fleeing, which was a complete dispersal of cohesion.
Seeing this, Jimmy also knew that the situation was gone, and his expression darkened, and he looked at the city wall with resentment, and shouted, "Ivy Crane, I will definitely kill you in the future!!
This heart-rending shout was so loud that it even overwhelmed the running sound of the soldiers, which showed Jimmy's indignation. And after he finished shouting, he turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard a strong wind from behind, and as soon as he turned his head, a spear suddenly pierced his neck, and pinned him to the ground with a click!
"Ahh Click......"
"Your Excellency!"
Jimmy's eyes widened and he covered his neck with his hands, but within seconds he rolled his eyes and died.
Seeing this, everyone on the city wall immediately cheered, and Li Lingyi, who threw the gun, was also smiling, "Hmph, the voice is loud enough, I'm still worried that I can't find you as a little leader." ”