67. Prepare for the third day
In contrast, Lin Lang was not easy, and it was not easy to rely on the city wall to defend. The coordination of the opposing archers and infantry was perfect, and if you were not careful, someone would take a ladder to kick up the tower, and every time the opponent attacked the tower, a gap would be torn open in the defensive line, and a frantic fight ensued. There are tragic hand-to-hand battles on the tower all the time, and the people who are killed and disabled often roll down to the bottom of the tower, and sometimes play a role like a rolling stone in the process of falling.
The sound of shouting and killing mixed with screams lingered outside the city tower for a long time.
With wave after wave of the enemy's never-ending attacks, Hua Wushan felt tremendous pressure. Our side is already small in numbers, and every time we lose a soldier, we will be separated by a huge gap in the comparison of troops. Although Hua Wulin and his hidden guards tried their best to take advantage of their accustomed hand-to-hand combat, after all, there were only a few dozen people, scattered throughout the city tower, a drop in the bucket. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers defending on the city tower, although he was anxious, he was helpless.
Fortunately, Yilan's strategy of arranging the nursing home in the city played a huge role. Although the city gate changed hands several times, the number of enemy troops who managed to enter the city was limited.
Although most of the enemy troops who rushed in were good in kung fu and knew how to cooperate, most of the guards were also good at martial arts, and with the excitement of a large number of people and huge rewards, most of them struggled to step forward and annihilated the enemy troops who attacked the city countless times.
After paying the huge price of countless deaths, the other party finally broke through the city gate again, "Quick, rush in, rush in first." With the sound of shouts of killing, boiling oil and falling rocks, and the threat of death, countless people rushed into the city again, and immediately scattered in all directions, and ran quickly towards the city gates on all sides. Their purpose was simple, to occupy the gate area, to open the gates from within the city, and to welcome their own army in.
However, before they could discern their direction, thousands of people had already divided them into countless small pieces in an organized manner, and swords, guns, swords, and halberds beckoned one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they saw their companions lying on the ground in batches. Of course, there is resistance, but two fists are hard to beat four hands, hundreds of people are not proportional to the number of tens of thousands, it is not bad to be able to kill a few people to avenge themselves, and the enemy troops who rush in will inevitably die under the knife in the end.
Seeing that it was getting late, the soldiers were already exhausted. However, the elite troops who had breached the city gate at great cost and sent into the city still did not send any signal, and their morale had suffered a huge blow.
"Prince, it's getting dark, let's withdraw first." A general called.
At the end of the day, there were already two or three thousand soldiers who rushed into the city, but there was no response. The city gate could not be attacked for a long time, and there were heavy casualties. Feng Xiyue, the prince of the Northern Dynasty, was about to blow up his lungs, such a stalemate greatly affected the morale, and if he returned in vain today, it would be even more difficult to win tomorrow, but launch another round of charge? It's no longer possible.
"Collect the troops, withdraw." It was almost gritted and spit out, full of humiliation and unwillingness. "General Chen, check it out for me, is there a mistake in our information? Could it be that there are more soldiers in the city? Even if there were 5,000 soldiers left in the city, it would be impossible for those of us who rushed in to have no news at all. According to the pre-war intelligence, after removing the casualties and the people on the castle tower, they should be gone. Well, what the hell is going on, the people who rushed in were all elites, thousands of people, and it was impossible to lose them in vain. The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and Tie Qing's face no longer had the demeanor of the prince in the past.
General Chen Jian Chen is the most famous general of the Northern Dynasty, with great achievements and fame. This time I accompanied the prince to come, that was to make sufficient preparations, and easily took the Longshan Pass, I thought that the small Fancheng was not to be afraid at all, but I didn't expect the attack to be so difficult. In two days, the 100,000 army has lost more than 30,000 people, and most of them are elites, even if they can take Fancheng tomorrow, it is far more than the opponent's battle losses, and this battle can be regarded as a defeat.
Although today's casualties are very large, the already disparity in forces has made the gap even greater. However, it was also a great relief to see that yesterday's strategy had been extremely successful, and that many of the people in the city, encouraged by money and victory, expressed their willingness to climb the tower to help defend the city, which greatly alleviated the overstretched deployment of troops.
Stepping on the afterglow of the setting sun, Hua Wulin and Lin Lang finally stepped down the tower, their robes were soaked with enemy blood today, their braided hair was loose, and their faces were full of exhaustion.
Yilan, thinking of Yilan, Hua Wushan walked like a fly, and went to the inner courtyard. A thin, pale girl leaned against the door, looking forward to it. "Ylan, I've made you suffer." Hua Wushan hugged Yilan tightly into his arms. "We won, although it was difficult, but we did not fail in our mission."
Yilan's response was equally enthusiastic, and he pressed his lips tightly to Hango Lonely's blood-stained face, on his lips, "Are you hurt, tell me, you're safe." ”
"Yes, I'm fine, as long as my Ylan is okay, I'll always be fine." Ignoring the eyes of his subordinates around him, Hua Wulone's eyes were red, and he muttered softly, hugging Yilan tightly.
"Sixth Master, let's change your clothes first, don't scare Miss Yilan." Lin Lang's eyes were red next to him, and his wife and daughter-in-law were still standing in the room, he didn't kiss passionately like Hua Wulian in the past, but he also signaled with his eyes that he was okay.
The generals retreated to the next door to change their clothes, and when they came back, the food had already been set in the room, and Yilan also changed his clothes and leaned on the bed, but compared to yesterday, it was even weaker and distressing. "I told you to stop worrying about things on the battlefield, why didn't you listen." Hua Wushi sat on the edge of the bed and checked Yilan's pulse, her brows tightly entangled.
"Chasing the wind said that you and I agree with each other, so what do you say tonight?" Yilan didn't want to listen to the words telling him to stop worrying, so he took a sip of the porridge that Hua Wushan handed to his mouth, and asked vaguely.
"You really don't care about your life." Hua Wushan sighed, "We will set off immediately after dinner, General Lin will lead 1,000 cavalry to go tonight, and another 50 of our hidden guards, led by Chafeng." ”
"Tell Ah Cheng to go with all the people in his team, and the rest of the hidden guards only need to protect them to enter smoothly, be sure to investigate the specific location, and draw a detailed map. General Lin only needs to bluff, save his strength, and don't cause big casualties. Yilan listened to her proposal, and her eyes, which were already not open, immediately flashed, and her originally weak voice became several points louder.
"Yes." Zhufeng and Lin Lang stood up at the same time and responded with their fists clenched.
"Yilan, when they come back, chase the wind, chase the shadow, Ah Cheng and Ah Long will send you back overnight." Hua Wulin sent another spoonful of porridge to Yilan's mouth, this time his tone was already an order.
"How to get there? Horseback riding? Ride? Wu Lone, do you think that with my current situation, eight or nine hundred miles, I may be able to hold on? Ilan smiled innocently, as if he were telling someone else's joke.
"You, what do you want?" Hua Wushan was no longer able to hide his pain and remorse.
"Why do you want to go? If the army is defeated, I need to leave, and if I win, I can recuperate here. It's better to stay and stay by your side, I have a better chance of survival. Yilan rubbed Hua Wulone's hair dotingly and smiled.
Lin Lang, who was eating with his head covered on the side, Chafeng, Chasing Shadow, Ah Cheng, Ah Long and others all stood up and gathered in front of the bed, "Yilan, we don't have many soldiers left, only less than 10,000 people, and there may be some more losses at night, we have lost more than half of them in the past two days." Aaron said beside him.
"Trust me, I'll win." Yilan pushed Hua Wushan to stand up, but he was only helped to sit up straight. But this did not affect her firm eyes full of victory belief swept towards everyone.
"Yes, we will win." Hua Wushan only felt that his chest was full of enthusiasm, and Yilan's sacrificial support made him feel the impulse and passion of the young general when he led the troops for the first time five or six years ago, yes, he had made sufficient preparations, as long as he had firm beliefs, he would definitely be able to win. Hua Wushan spit out the most resolute sentence.
"We will win, we will win." Passion is contagious, especially when it comes to unity, and everyone speaks in unison.
"Sixth Master, let's go and prepare first." There is no need to eat this meal anymore, Lin Lang, chasing the wind, Ah Cheng hugged his fists, turned around and walked out.
They went to attack the enemy at night, but the main purpose of the day was not to kill the enemy, but to investigate the location of the enemy's rations and troop deployment, and to disturb their rest as much as possible.
Outside the opposing barracks.
The sentry was attacked by Hanago's Silent Guard, and died without making a sound.
When Lin Lang's thousand cavalry appeared outside the barracks, their infantry had just returned to camp. The cooks were cooking dinner, and most of them were lazily sitting around the campfire, tending to wounds, or waiting for the meal to begin. It is really defenseless against enemy attacks.
The rain of arrows came without warning, and the barracks were suddenly in chaos, and the cries and cries suddenly resounded in the sky. Then there was a dusty sky, and countless cavalry rushed into the camp, and the torches were lit as they passed the campfire, and then the tents were set on fire.
The cavalry was so fast that before they could organize a defense, the cavalry had already rushed into the barracks for a long distance, and the pots that had just dropped rice were kicked over, the tents were set on fire, and the medicine bandages prepared were brought under the horses' hooves and trampled at will, and everywhere was in shambles.
Obviously, they did not aim at slaughtering vital forces, but only went on a rampage, did not engage the soldiers in close combat, but only tried to run every inch of the camp on horseback.
"Defend, defend, organize the defense, one team of three, stop them from the east. Protect the master ledger, protect the master ledger. Chen Jian is not a generation of famous generals, and after a short period of chaos, he immediately organized an effective defense, and whistles of different lengths sounded everywhere.