Chapter Forty-Six, The Great War

In the north tower of Winter Cloud City, spies came to report that the wild people had advanced twenty miles in the direction of Winter Cloud City, and they might launch a general attack on Winter Cloud City from both land and water directions in three days, that is, on the 23rd of this month.

Tonight, the moonlight is bright, Lan Bingyun has led a team of spies to quietly approach the camp of the savages, ten miles away from the camp of the savages, Lan Bingyun flew into the air, reconnoitring the camp of the savages in the air, and checking the deployment of the enemy. She saw that some of the wild tribesmen had already moved by night, and hurried to the path on the other side, and the path led to the river, where a hundred warships were docked. Each of these ships could hold about three hundred soldiers. If the ships were full, there should be 30,000 people.

By the time I got back to Winter Cloud City, it was already the morning of the next day. After Lan Bingyun reported the enemy's deployment to Zhao Shouyan, she went to the room on the side of the city tower to rest, and she stayed up all night in order to find out the enemy's intelligence.

On the morning of the 21st, Xiao led the assassination team towards the camp of the wild people. In the middle of the night, the assassination team led by Xiao had already ambushed around the camp of the savages, and if the leader of the savages could be found, Kui Muzhen, and he could be successfully assassinated, then the enemy army would definitely be in chaos without a leader! Even if the enemy did not retreat, the time to attack Winter Cloud City would be greatly delayed.

The thirty assassination soldiers led by Xiao met Xiao outside the camp, and Xiao stealthily crept into the enemy's camp, looking for the tent where the enemy leader was located in the dense tents. Finally, in the center of the camp, Xiao found a unique tent, which was larger than the tent next to it, and there were more guards outside the tent, as many as twenty or thirty. Thinking that this must be the tent of the enemy leader, he quietly bypassed the guards in front of the tent to the curtain of the tent, and then gently lifted the curtain a little, and squeezed in with his body inside. Inside the tent, there was a small table with a few plates of leftover beef and sheep bones on it. And behind the table, there was still a majestic man, who was holding a wine bottle, facing the sky on his back, already asleep, snoring.

Seeing that this big man was wearing a precious tiger skin and a delicate dagger hanging from his waist, he thought that this person was probably the enemy leader! He appeared in shape, clenched his double-edged spear and stabbed it towards the big man's chest. Before he died, the big man struggled to sit up, and shouted for help in the wild language! Xiao was immediately spotted by the barbarian soldiers in the camp! A group of wild soldiers chased after him! Fortunately, his thirty soldiers shot arrows from outside the camp, luring most of the wild soldiers in the camp away, and Xiao was able to climb out of the enemy camp and escape all the way back to Winter Cloud City on horses that had been prepared in the distance. However, the thirty soldiers under Xiao were surrounded by the enemy, and they were attacked by the dense arrows and crossbows of the wild army, and they were all killed!

But Xiao killed not the leader of the wild tribes, but the general who commanded the 60,000 wild infantry. Since the enemy infantry general was assassinated, the lieutenant general under the general served as the infantry commander. However, the enemy's military camp was still unstable, their general was killed in the heavily defended tent, and the assassin was able to stealthily touch into the tent, it seems that this Winter Cloud City is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! They have to start to fear Winter Cloud City.

After Xiao returned to Winter Cloud City, the wild army also began to march towards Winter Cloud City, driving all the way straight in, and arrived outside the vast north gate of Winter Cloud City on the afternoon of the 23rd!

The situation in Dongyun City was critical, Zhao Shouyan commanded the defenders on the city wall, preparing to meet the enemy, and he had already asked his soldiers to close the four city gates. Dianpu also led 5,000 soldiers armed with swords, shields and spears to guard outside the north city gate. And the main direction of attack of the wild people is also the north gate of Winter Cloud City, and all their ground troops and cavalry are also gathered outside the north gate. And seeing that there were not many guards at the North City Gate, all the wild soldiers were tense and eager to try, eager to rush into Dongyun City to plunder.

As the horn of the wild tribe's attack sounded, the first to rush to the north gate was the 5,000 heavy cavalry of the wild people! These heavy cavalry were all wearing heavy armor and holding two-meter-long maces, and even the horses under their seats were wearing strong armor! The heavy cavalry was used to forcibly break the formation, and they used the powerful impact of the heavily armored horses and the weight of the mace in their hands to knock the opponent's defensive formation apart and break down, giving the opponent a heavy blow! Even if the defenders of Winter Cloud City wore armor and used shields to protect them, they would inevitably be injured.

Looking at the five thousand heavy cavalry rushing towards the north city gate, Dian Pu felt that the ground was shaking slightly, and he and the soldiers behind him clenched their weapons. On the north city wall, Song Yiqian was directing the archers to shoot at the heavy cavalry that rushed over, but the heavy cavalry and the horses were wearing heavy armor, and the arrows shot from the north city wall could not hurt them at all! At this time, it was the turn of the fire attack troops commanded by Zhu Xinyan to play a role. Zhu Xinyan commanded twenty trebuchets. These trebuchets can project wheel-sized rocks with a layer of sackcloth that is soaked in oil and ignites when caught on fire. Zhu Xinyan ordered the stones on the trebuchet to be set on fire and projected them! Song Yiqian also told the archers to stop shooting arrows, and instead let the soldiers use the bed crossbows on the city wall to cooperate with Zhu Xinyan's fire attack troops.

The huge burning stones projected from the northern city wall and the thick iron arrows fired from the bed crossbow all attacked the heavy cavalry of the wild tribes! One of the heavy cavalry was hit by the nearly two-meter-long iron arrow shot from the bed crossbow! Even the horses and men were shot through! And the piercing iron arrows hit the horses of the heavy cavalry behind them, and the horses that were shot immediately fell and rolled over, and threw off the cavalry riding on it. And a heavy cavalry next to him was shot down by the burning boulder and dismounted! But the burning stone did not stop, but continued to roll rapidly, knocking down the heavy cavalry in the rear, and the men and horses knocked down! Another burning stone fell in front of a heavy cavalryman, which frightened his horse to a halt, and the frightened horse also threw the cavalry on its back to the ground! In order to avoid the thick crossbow arrows fired from the city wall, a heavy cavalry crashed into the heavy cavalry on the right... Under the combined attack of trebuchets and bed crossbows, all the 5,000 heavy cavalry of the wild tribe were scattered, many of them were shot through or stoned to death, and the ground was also littered with the corpses of enemies and war horses. And the burning boulders also set fire to the dead grass on the ground in the late autumn! In the fireworks, the heavy cavalry of the wild tribe suffered heavy casualties, and it was difficult to take care of their heads and tails.

The leader of the heavy cavalry hurriedly ordered to gather the scattered heavy cavalry, so that the heavy cavalry could quickly cross the attack on the north wall, and when they got close to the north wall, the trebuchets and bed crossbows on the north wall could not attack them!

Seeing that the heavy cavalry lost the first battle, Mu Zhenling, the leader of the wild clan, hurriedly ordered to send another 5,000 light cavalry to support the heavy cavalry in front!

The light cavalry wore light leather armor, armed with bows and arrows, and hung scimitars on their waists, and the horses sat down without armor, so the light cavalry was much more flexible than the heavy cavalry, and the horses ran much faster than the heavy cavalry!

The wild light cavalry stretched out their bows and arrows on their horses, and as they went, they shot arrows at the northern wall. Due to the high flexibility of the hussars, it was difficult for trebuchets and bed crossbows on the northern walls to hit them. In the face of the arrows shot by the light cavalry, Song Yiqian on the north city wall was also prepared, he ordered all the soldiers on the city wall to lie down to avoid the rain of arrows, and then let a team of soldiers with shields go up to the city wall, use shields to protect Zhu Xinyan's fire attack troops, and let Zhu Xinyan's fire attack troops continue to play an offensive.

At this moment, the fire attack troops under Zhu Xinyan's command also changed their materials, and the boulders that were originally ejected by the trebuchet were quickly replaced with smaller wooden barrels, and the barrels were filled with fuel. Zhu Xinyan ordered all the barrels on the trebuchet to be set on fire and thrown out! Since the barrels were much lighter than the previous stones, they were also thrown farther. These burning barrels were indirectly blasted by the light cavalry units and burned a large area of the ground! For a moment, all the ground hit by the burning barrels turned into a sea of fire. Many of the light cavalry's horses were out of control for fear of the flames, and they fled back! The raging fire on the ground also blocked some of the cavalry. And the heavy cavalry and light cavalry that had crossed the sea of fire had no way back! They could only shout as they accelerated towards the northern gate. However, when these cavalry were less than 100 meters away from the North City Gate, they all sank into the ground with their men and horses! It turned out that Zhao Shouyan led his soldiers to dig a trench more than 200 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 2 meters deep outside the North City Gate last night. The trench was covered with branches and straw mats, and covered with dust and dead grass, so that if you don't look closely, you really can't tell that it's a trap.

Seeing that all the cavalry rushing in front had fallen into the trench, and the cavalry behind them were also on guard, they all jumped across the trench one after another, and then rushed towards the north city gate in front of them! And the Dianpu guarding the north city gate had already set up a formation, he asked the front row of shield soldiers to squat down in a row, and protected the big shield in front of him, and the spearmen in the back row raised the spears more than three meters long at an angle of 60 degrees, close to the back of the front row of shield soldiers, forming an impermeable, Great Wall-like defensive formation! This defensive formation has two layers, and the outer layer is lined up in a long line to block the enemy cavalry. The inner formation besieged the city in a semicircle, encircling the north gate.

When these wild cavalry all rushed over and approached the first layer of the defensive formation of Winter Cloud City, they all urgently stopped their horses! They didn't dare to move forward! Because they all knew that the spearmen behind the shields raised their spears diagonally, which was specially used to block their cavalry, and as long as they dared to leap their horses and escape, their horses would be stabbed by these sharp spears!

Facing the defensive formation set up by the waterfall, the wild cavalry was at a loss for a while, and they didn't know what to do, so they all wandered downstream of Winter Cloud City.

Seeing that the time had come, Song Yiqian, who was on the city wall, hurriedly ordered the archers to go to the city wall, shoot at the wild cavalry under the city, and let other soldiers carry stones and throw them under the city wall! The wild cavalry was taken by surprise, except for a few heavy cavalry, almost all the light cavalry who rushed to the north city wall were shot to death! And many of the heavy cavalry under the city wall were also stoned to death, and they were crushed and scattered.

Seeing that his cavalry was almost completely wiped out, the leader of the wild clan, Kui Muzhen, exclaimed loudly: "How is this possible! These elite cavalry of mine were defeated so quickly? Dongyun City seems to know very well about the deployment of our troops! Could it be that there are any of their spies in our army? The number of our troops is several times that of them! I don't believe that we will not be able to capture Dongyun City this time! All the infantry obey the order! Attack all! Crush Dongyun City!" Kui Muzhen sent out all 60,000 infantry, leaving only 2,000 guards by his side, it seems that he can't wait and wants to swallow Dongyun City in one gulp!

The 60,000 Wild Clan infantry, all wearing heavy armor and roaring with swords and shields in hand, surged towards Winter Cloud City like a tide!

Looking at the 60,000 wild infantry rushing in front of him, and the dust rising behind them, Dian Waterfall swallowed nervously, and he and the soldiers behind him could see that the small stones and gravel on the ground were all shaking, as if an earthquake was coming!

In the face of the 60,000 infantry rushing wildly, the bows and arrows, trebuchets and ballistae on the northern wall also looked very weak. Seeing that the enemy was outnumbered, Zhao Shouyan hurriedly opened the north city gate, let the Dianpu and his soldiers who were guarding outside the north city gate retreat into the city, and then quickly closed the north city gate. And Dianpu and his soldiers all went up to the city wall to prevent the enemy from climbing the wall to attack the city! While Zhu Xinyan's fire attack troops temporarily withdrew from the city wall.

Zhao Shouyan ordered the soldiers to resist more than ten thick tree poles and resist the city gate. In a few moments, the enemy army was already in the city, and these wild infantry were mixed with siege troops, and the siege troops were resisting hundreds of ladders, ready to build the city wall.

Dianpu hurriedly led his soldiers to throw stones under the city wall to prevent the enemy's ladder from climbing the city wall. And the ladder that had already set up the city wall was also quickly filled with wild soldiers! Dianpu ran to a ladder and struggled to knock down the ladder full of enemy troops. Not far away, a cloud ladder also set up the city wall, and the wild soldiers on the cloud ladder immediately climbed the city wall and fought a bloody battle with the defenders on the city wall! Dian Pu hurriedly ran over to help, and shouted loudly, "Don't let these wild people cross the city wall! Everyone must stop them here!" But the enemy is outnumbered, there are only 5,000 defenders led by Dian Cheng on the city wall, and the wild people under the city wall are still building cloud ladders on the city wall, and they can't last long at all!

At this time, Zhu Xinyan led his fire attack troops to climb the city wall again, and these soldiers were holding barrels full of fuel in their hands. Zhu Xinyan ordered all these barrels full of fuel to be thrown off the city wall! The wooden barrels that were thrown off the city wall were all smashed, and the fuel in them flowed to the ground, and Zhu Xinyan used pyromanism to move along one end of the city wall, spewing flames under the city wall while moving to the other end of the city wall. A fire broke out under the city walls in an instant, and the wild soldiers next to the city walls were either burned by the fire or forced back by the wall of fire. The wild soldiers who were burning under the city wall were all crowded and trampled on each other, screaming and screaming, and scrambled to escape from this sea of fire! And many of the ladders that the wild soldiers had set up on the city wall were also burned by the fire, and many wild soldiers jumped off the ladders one after another in order to flee for their lives! For a while, all the wild soldiers retreated some distance, intending to wait for the fire in front of them to be extinguished before stepping forward.

"Well done! Xinyan! You've helped me a lot!"

Kui Muzhen, the leader of the wild clan, saw in the distance that his army of 60,000 could not approach the north gate of Dongyun City for a while, and he scolded angrily, "What a group of rice buckets! Tens of thousands of people were actually forced to retreat by thousands of people! It's really useless! You have to force me to use the ancient giant beast!" Although Kui Muzhen was dissatisfied, he still had a back hand to deal with Dongyun City, and he said to the soldiers on the side, "Go! Release the crushed boar!"

Not long after, Dianpu saw a giant wild boar running in the direction of Winter Cloud City on the city wall! This broken boar was more than four meters tall, and its sides and abdomen were covered with leather armor that was not afraid of fire. Dianpu remembered the description of the broken boar in the "Mystery of Things". The Broken Boar is huge, powerful, and extremely hard with a pair of fangs and a skull! It is best at breaking rocks! And the Broken Boar that rushed in the distance was just as described, it ran all the way towards Winter Cloud City, and trampled all the wild soldiers in its way!

The Broken Boar does not choose to hit the North City Gate, it will run wherever it goes! If something blocks its progress, it will hit something! In an instant, it will run under the North City Wall! But it did not slow down, and slammed straight into the North City Wall in front of it! There was a loud noise from the North City Wall that was hit, and several narrow cracks were knocked open! But the Broken Boar did not stop, it took dozens of steps back, ready to hit the city wall again, while the wild soldiers on the side hurriedly hid to both sides, for fear of being injured by it by mistake!

Standing on the city wall, Dianpu thought, "If you let it hit it a few more times, this city wall will definitely collapse!"

The crushed boar under the city wall took a few dozen steps back, and once again rushed towards the point of impact!

When the Broken Boar ran to the city wall and was about to hit the city wall again, Dianpu also grabbed the dragon scale sword and jumped off the city wall! When the Broken Boar just hit the city wall, Dianpu also fell on its back! Dianpu clenched the big sword and stuck it hard on the back of the Broken Boar, inserting the big sword into half of it! When he wanted to insert all the big sword into the back of the Broken Mountain Boar in order to inflict more damage on it, the Broken Boar shook violently because of the pain! And spun in a circle, trying to turn the Dianpu on his back upside down. The waterfall held the big sword in one hand and the mane on the back of the broken boar in the other, and climbed on the back of the broken boar.

And at this moment, the archers of the defenders on the city walls also began to shoot the crushed boars. The enraged Broken Boar didn't care about the waterfall on its back, it howled like a frenzy, and slammed into the city wall again! And the waterfall looked at the many cracks on the city wall, and he concluded that the city wall could no longer withstand the third impact of the broken boar! If the broken boar successfully hit the city wall this time, the city wall would definitely collapse! So the waterfall raced against time to stand firm on the back of the broken boar, and then grabbed the big sword with both hands again and thrust it down! The one-meter-three long dragon scale sword was all inserted into the back of the broken boar! But the Broken Boar endured the pain and did not stop its four hooves, but continued to run towards the city wall in front of him! Dian Waterfall grasped the hilt of the big sword with both hands, and then gritted his teeth and used his strength to eat, and then picked it up with all his strength! With a roar from the waterfall, the big sword inserted into the back of the Broken Mountain Boar cut a large piece of the back of the Broken Mountain Boar! A thick black liquid instantly rushed out, splashing several meters high! And the Broken Boar also let out a terrible roar, and fell under the city wall just as it was about to hit the city wall. And the waterfall is also tired and panting.

Although the crushed boar was dead, the wild soldiers not far away surrounded it, and the flames under the city wall were almost extinguished. Dian Waterfall was immediately surrounded by the wild soldiers, he stood on the corpse of the broken boar, clenched the big sword in his hand, ready to fight to the death with the wild soldiers!

At this moment, a long thick rope on the city wall hung down and landed in front of the waterfall. Song Yiqian shouted on the city wall, "Hang Immortal, quickly hold on to the rope, and we'll pull you up!" The wild soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, trying to drag the waterfall down, but they were shot by the archers of the defenders on the city wall, and they couldn't get close to the waterfall for a while.