Chapter 22: The First Battle of the Defending the City
Under the cover of trebuchets, the Hegis army carried the siege ladder and pushed the siege tower, "ho ho" and killed the city head loudly, and the Hong Lie army also beat the war drums, the drum beat slowly at first, a bit like the sound of a human heartbeat: dong - dong - 10,000 archers were in place on the city wall with the sound of the drums, although they braved the raging stones but did not open the bow, the men and horses of Hegis advanced dozens of meters, and the drums gradually intensified, the archers put the arrows on the strings, still remained silent, and the next moment, the Hegis army finally entered the shooting range of the bow and arrows, The drums of the Hong Liejun army were also unprecedentedly intense, accompanied by the sound of the snamura drums that filled the sky, and the 10,000 archers shouted in unison: "Kill! ”
This time it was a sky full of arrows and locusts covering the head of the Heggis army, crackling and falling on the wooden ladder and siege tower, since the other party had already expected the defenders to take this method, so the protection of the Heggis soldiers was also very tight, everyone took off their shields from their backs and raised them above their heads to resist, after such a delay, their marching speed slowed down, and many people were also shot in the shoulders and thighs by the impenetrable rain of arrows, as soon as someone fell to the ground, there were immediately companions to fill his position, Before the two sides could face each other, no one spoke out on the battlefield, the wounded were silently carried down, and the living people had no distractions, and they each started a fight in the air.
I observed behind the Pheasant Trench and came to a conclusion that the Honglie Army lacked the means of effective containment against the Heggis, and if it continued like this, sooner or later the Hegis would be attacked at the foot of the city wall, and then the other side would use the siege tower to kill the head of the city, and it would be a fierce battle of the heart, which was the last thing I wanted to see. Seeing that the Hegis army below was about to stand all kinds of siege tools at the foot of the city wall in the rain of arrows, and the soldiers of the Hong Lie Army had already begun to prepare for white-knuckle battles, they all swept their eyes over me intentionally or unintentionally, especially Li Jian's Xinzhou army, just heard that the sword god killed Chen Zhiyuan among the ten thousand troops, and one person scared off Tai Lang, but when I saw it today, I was approached by other people's soldiers in the city, but this thing can only hide in the middle of the city and shrink, and the legend is completely different, I can't help but have a suspicious look on these people.
I didn't think anything of it, but Zhang Shilei couldn't stand such a gaze anymore, his face was as red as if he had been whipped over, and said cautiously: "Fifth Young Master, is there anything inconvenient for you to come forward now?" ”
I said, "Why do you ask that?" ”
Zhang Shilei said: "Shouldn't we do something?" ”
I didn't know what to say, Shi Cundao's face sank and said: "This battle has just begun, won't the sword god defend the city after he doesn't help?" He turned to me and whispered, "If you can not do it today, don't do it, otherwise the soldiers will really not be able to fight the battle of relying on the surname Cheng, you don't let them down once or twice, what about three or four times?" What if you're not there or your sword is ineffective? ”
I smiled and said, "This is grandpa, you are arrogant, I naturally can help a little, so that we can kill a lot of people, can't we die a lot?" ”
Shi Cundao shook his head and said: "People are not afraid of death, but if they are all afraid of death, it will be terrible!" ”
I shook my head too, only a wry smile. In fact, I've been anxious for a long time, since the first wave of Heggis attacks just now, I've tried to summon the sword qi, but recently they've become more and more difficult to figure out, not as tried and tested as before, as for what others think of me, I really don't care, although I can't help but be fluttering when I'm proud, so I don't feel any shame now, my sword god was originally picked up, my original intention was to let Hegis retreat and end this war as soon as possible, I didn't think as far as Shi Cundao at this juncture, I just want to minimize the casualties of my own people.
While speaking, the first cloud ladder of Hegis has been set up on the wall of Shinshu City, the soldiers on both sides are clamoring loudly, the people in the city shoot fiercely below, the Hegis soldiers in front of the ladder are holding their shields with difficulty, while climbing quickly, while constantly calling the companions behind them to cover themselves, those people are holding crossbow arrows in their hands and constantly pulling the trigger upward, this short crossbow seems to be also special for siege, and the power is extremely large at the middle distance, which can well achieve the suppression effect, for a while, Hong Liefang stretched out his head to shoot arrows, and the Hegis people leaned out to send crossbows, I listened to a few pops, and a few people on each side fell to the city together, and I subconsciously closed my eyes...... If nothing else, the latter will enter a process that is familiar to both sides: the attack that should be attacked, the defense that should be defended, the attacker set up a ladder and went straight up; The defenders did everything they could - cold arrows, stones, hot oil...... But at this moment, my dantian suddenly moved, a wave of unstoppable sword qi rushed in, I was overjoyed in my heart, suddenly stood up, one hand pressed on the city wall in front of everyone's eyes, and jumped out of the wall with a jump, everyone saw that I was about to fall to pieces, and couldn't help but exclaim together, but as soon as my body reached the air, it was suddenly suspended steadily at the head of the city, I turned back to Zhang Shilei and said: "Look at the fifth young master to give you a long face!" ”
The martyrs of Hong were shocked and then delighted, especially the Xinzhou soldiers, who were speechless: "See, it turns out that the sword god can really fly!" And those veterans of the Chinese army showed a look of having seen the world: "What is this, rare and strange!" ”
I didn't think about what I should do before I took off, and then I saw that the first few Heggis warriors who put the ladder on the city tower in the middle of the air suddenly had an idea in their hearts, I signaled the Hong martyrs at the head of the city to retreat, stretched out his hand to grab the top of the ladder and lifted it up, and returned to the air, these people only felt the cloud vapor fog in front of them, and when they looked down, they realized that they and others had been five feet off the ground, and they were all frightened and changed color, and they all said that the Heggis soldiers were fierce, but they also scored the time, and he may not be afraid if you take a knife on his neck, But being carried to the sky by someone is another matter, these hands and feet are all firmly coiled on the ladder and do not dare to move, as for the crossbow arrows in their hands, they have long forgotten to the clouds.
I bowed my head and grinned, and said, "What do you want me to do with you?" ”
These people lined up on the ladder, one looking at the soles of their feet, and the top man was shocked and angry, and shouted: "You let go of us......"
"Okay." I let go as I said, the ladder fell straight down, those people screamed, fortunately not confused and did not let go, the ladder fell from the sky, the huge habitual surname made the ladder feet deeply inserted into the ground, and the ladder on the ladder also survived, but the hands and feet were shocked to disobey the call, and could only tremble slowly out of the ground. The Hong martyrs were surprised and amused, and many of them waved and shouted at me at the top of the city.
Under the city, seeing that the Heggis army was about to attack the approach, I was stunned in the local area for a short time, but there was no order from the commander and did not dare to stop, and he rushed up again, those huge siege towers were as high as the city, and they were about to border the city wall, I waved my hands horizontally, and a sword qi swung away, and the siege towers within a radius of 100 meters were all scattered, and even the ladders that were erected were cut off a lot, and the enemy troops who were originally hiding behind the siege towers had no barrier, and were shot by the defenders of the city with bows and arrows. The body swept sideways, and the palms kept slapping out, and the siege towers that posed a threat to both sides of the city gate were also slashed one by one, and the Hegis army that was originally clustered under the city suddenly became a mess, but the stone projectiles from the trebuchet above the head were still threatening the safety of the Hong Lie army, and in just a few minutes, more than a dozen shells grazed my head and smashed into the city wall behind me, I relieved myself and intercepted a few of them, but the symptoms were not cured, and I groaned a little that there was a way - those stone bullets smashed in an arc, and the trajectory was obvious, It is similar to the sword qi of people, I used my hand to hold out a sword qi to send them back the same way, those stones bloomed everywhere in the rear of the Hegis army, and smashed the trebuchet that sent them to a pulp, and for a while the sound of wood breaking was endless, and the treasure that Heggis relied on to siege the city was almost hit by the destruction surname, I flew to the sky above the other party, and smashed the siege towers that had not yet had time to be sent to the battlefield, and then stood at the head of the city and looked at the opposite side with cold eyes.
At the beginning of the war, Hegis lost most of his equipment, like a beast that has lost its claws, a large number of infantry can only be huddled together under the city, and the symbolic surname shouted a few times and was immediately dispersed by the defenders, but it seems that he does not want to stop there, he let some soldiers rush to the front to cover semi-suicidally, and secretly transferred 10,000 archers to form two phalanxes under the city.
10,000 bows and arrows formed countless pockmarks in mid-air, densely stabbed and fell, the two armies shot at each other, in this case there is no accuracy at all, its purpose is actually more like the firepower cover in modern warfare, but these 10,000 arrows are obviously purposeful - they are almost all coming for me, I concentrated, hit the top of the head with all my strength, the magnificent sword qi spurted out from the bottom up, like a large ball of cotton wool washed up into the sky by a fountain, 10,000 bows and arrows lost their strength before they fell, and they scattered in the sky, Just like the fireworks that bloomed, at this moment, not only the martyrs of Hong Martyrs, but even the enemy generals unconsciously looked up, shocked by this scene and speechless. I looked down at the soldiers below, waved my hand like all pretending to be forced prisoners, and said lightly: "Go back, you can't come up!" ”
The morale of the Hegis army finally dropped to the freezing point, although the drums shook the sky, but the soldiers' footsteps were vain, and the arrows shot out were also crooked and weak as if they were afraid of hurting people. His attack formation had not yet been assembled, and the defeat was almost instantaneous.
The defenders of Honglie, who had thought that there would be a bloody battle, watched the enemy retreat like flowing water, and after a moment of stunned, they let out bursts of cheers. Perhaps it was some kind of tacit understanding, and the cheers finally converged into four words: Long live the sword god. Although the people of Shinshu Castle did not witness how I retreated from the enemy, they all understood what was happening when they heard these four words, and the whole of Shinshu boiled at the same time...... I stood at the head of the city with my hands behind my back, watching the soldiers gather their admiring eyes towards me, and at the same time I felt the sword qi gradually receding, and those fellows rushed to my feet, looking up as if there were a thousand words to confide in me, and the crazy enthusiasm made people flock to my feet, I stood on the battlements with almost no place to stand, half of my body was leaning out of the city, I danced and shouted downward, but every word was drowned out of the excited voices before I could finish it, and finally someone realized that I seemed to have something to say, He waved his arms vigorously and said, "Everyone be quiet and listen to what the Sword God has to say to us." ”
Then, when the crowd suddenly fell silent, they finally heard what I said, and it was only four words over and over again, and I said:
"Don't squeeze, I'm!"
I owe you a big chapter.,These chapters are not easy to write.。
(To be continued)