Chapter 112: Heaven to the Left, Hell to the Right

Concentration of forces is the most important and simple criterion in strategy.

The popular armed forces are like a raging fire on the prairie fire. They are scattered and hidden, they attack suddenly, they are agile, they appear and disappear from time to time, and they use all means to strike and weaken the enemy, so that the enemy faces resistance everywhere, but everywhere it is unpredictable.

--- On War

The moon moved in the night sky on the grass, and as soon as spring began, flying insects swirled around the bonfire, and occasionally a few threw themselves into the fire, stirring up the last sparkle of life, fluttering and whirling, and then disappeared into the night sky. The horses were eating the night grass and snorting uneasily... Sentries marched to and fro, patrolling cavalry galloping on the outskirts of the camp, heavy horses' hooves trampling on the wet grass after the snow had melted, and splashes of mud and grass could be seen in the distance by the campfires.

Su Wen and the vanguard had already set out, hiding behind a dirt slope where the snow had melted and exposed the meadow.

On the bank of the river not far behind, more soldiers held armored weapons, and under the cover of the river embankment, they cautiously entered the position by the river. Su Wenmo held a long stubble that had grown overnight, and his melancholy, calm gaze under the two sword eyebrows watched each team of soldiers walk over. Stained with mud

Shoes were on the slippery grass, people were slipping, and people were smiling and laughing.

Eighty miles is surrounded by rivers on three sides, and the distance between the river and the city wall is very close, so close to the river that it is within the range of the bed crossbow. The defenders of the city had the advantage of cavalry, and the outside of the city were all cavalry, and they did not carry siege equipment. On the southern city wall facing the steppe, there were not many patrols and garrisons, and the west wall leaned against the river bank, and the sparse bonfires on the city wall showed the laxity of defense.

The defenders of the city had patience, waiting for the other side to gather an army, besiege the city and 55 siege battles.

Any negligence on the battlefield is fatal....

The darkness before dawn came as scheduled, Su Wen looked around at the people around him, Ling Yunfei and several of his subordinates were warriors who had proven themselves in the Flower Language Grassland; Xiao Liu led the border city to select more than 20 fast archers, and the heavy cavalry with big shoulders and round waists served as heavy infantry; To Su Wen's surprise, Zhao Shu, who was the most cowardly, insisted on her identity as an immortal master, and followed behind her with two fierce maids who were promoted to the rank of thief and responsible for the guards of the county government.

In the dark night, Su Ji stood up, her thin figure was very inconspicuous, and the woman named Nie Yuanqing next to her was obviously familiar with night battles, and she was dressed in black to hide her perfectly in the dark. Liu Taozhi held a shield in his left hand and a spear of Ares in his right hand.

A ball of light bloomed in front of Su Ji, unlike the other immortal master who needed to gather momentum for a long time, the ball of light grew larger in the blink of an eye, emitting dazzling light like the sun. The people who were notified in advance quickly turned their eyes away, otherwise they would really be blinded.

There was an exclamation from the head of the city, and in the blink of an eye, the sound of the warning gong sounded, and at the same time, the ball of light suddenly collapsed into a point, and a deafening explosion sounded at the root of the city wall in the distance, followed by a small-scale explosion continued to sound at the root of the city wall next to the city tower, smoke and dust rose up, a large amount of rubble smashed out, and the earth was shaken and trembled.

In the earth-shattering explosion, Su Wen waved his hand, and although the daredevils were staggered, they still stubbornly jumped out, trying to overcome their fear, and covered the hellish city wall...

The task of the death squad was to seize the collapsed wall, build bridgeheads on both sides of the wall, and wait for the large army to follow up and advance to the city gate.

Su Wen led the people to climb up the collapsed city wall with their hands and feet, breathing in the choking dust, and suddenly found that there was no enemy nearby, and laughed at himself, who could survive the explosion?

The team lit torches, under the leadership of Lao Zhu, went straight to the west city gate, the defenders on the city tower were frightened, a chaos, sparsely hiding behind the arrow battlements, there were dozens of sleepy-eyed soldiers were running to the city wall in panic.

Su Wen took the lead and rushed over, and the people on the city wall were nervously looking at the dense torches under the city. Those approaching the collapsed walls were unaware of the approach, and their eyes widened in horror until the spear crossed their throats, their hands clutched their necks, and their mouths were no longer sound. I watched a large group of people run by.

The sound of the bowstring sounded, Su Wen stopped, and with the blessing of the incomparably sharp artifact arrow cluster, the lightly armored archers on the city wall were slaughtered in an instant.

Several burly warriors in heavy armor and lances were killed from the head of the city along the horse road, chopping melons and vegetables along the way, and pushing down the dozens of people who reinforced the city.

"Dang" sounded, and the first heavily armored sergeant received an arrow from his waist, and the other party hurriedly did not draw the bow, and the arrow was bounced out by the heavy armor, which aroused the ferocity of this person. shouted: "Don't run!" regardless of the number of people on the other side, he lifted the lance, smashed his head and face, splashed a puddle of blood, and sighed when he raised the lance: "Alas... Poor warrior!"

The archers who rushed to the city wall to support them were all archers, and they couldn't withstand this group of wolf-like heavy armor soldiers.

The heavily armored soldiers brandished their artifacts and slammed into the crowd at close quarters, while the others cleared the city and condescendingly released arrows for cover.

Safety is guaranteed, there are not many enemies, Zhao Shu finally has a safe space to play, a burst of immortal magic shoots, firelight flying in the night sky, the fight is good-looking.....

There was a creaking sound from the gate hole, and Su Wen knew that the city gate had been captured by heavily armored soldiers.

A streak of blood appeared on the eastern skyline, and it suddenly brightened. The soldiers looked at each other as if they didn't know each other, blood soaked through the armor, and even scraps of flesh hung on the armor, dripping with blood.

Taking advantage of the morning light, Su Wen looked at the situation in the city, Eighty Lipu was a small city. There were eight streets in the city, and the huge explosion at the west gate disturbed the people. The soldiers defending the city were anxious for reinforcements, and the people did not want to be enemies of the local county soldiers, so they fled in other directions. The soldiers were blocked by the people who dragged their families and mouths, every street

The mouth is full of people. Strangely, there are no enemies in a large area near the city gates.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a large group of men and horses in ambush outside the city entered the city gate and advanced along the streets standing in a phalanx.

Su Wen frowned suddenly, the enemy's soldiers were originally mixed with the people, pushing each other. Someone raised a knife at the people, causing a massive chaos, and the people also had bows and arrows and other weapons in their hands, and the people who were slashed and injured then began to fight back. Some chased and cut down the people, others chased and cut the soldiers, and melee broke out in various parts of the city almost simultaneously.

"They're done, hurry up and raise the banner of the county soldiers!" Su Wen didn't figure out the situation, he was still in a daze, and Zhao Shu shouted. The county soldiers who entered the city later also became anxious under the city, and many people in their own towns had relatives in the city, and even people from their own city.

Su Wen had an idea, ran down the city wall, and began to arrange for each local to bring a squad and shout the slogan "Down with the invaders" into battle. He also arranged for the person with the horn to be only responsible for shouting, "The county government has an order, it is forbidden to harass the people, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" When he was done, he found that there was a large group of people around him.

"My lord, what are we doing?" Ling Yunfei was covered in blood, licking his lips, and only grabbed a bow and arrow. It was easy to wait for him to finish arranging, and said loudly: "Everyone is waiting for the battle merits." ”

The rest of the people were eagerly awaiting his orders, there was no easier battle feats than these two days, and there was no more powerful general than the guy in front of them. It's just lying down and counting the money, a heavy-armored sergeant lifted his face armor, smiled at Su Wen, and lifted two bloody heads: "My lord, it's only two!"

Sweating, sweating profusely, rolled down his back, chest and cheeks.... Look at this group of armor soldiers, almost everyone has their hair tied to their heads, rolling around bloodily. "Hey, you guys, do you want to be so perverted? Why are you cutting off people's heads?"

exposed his ignorance again, and Zhao Shu reminded him in a whisper, "Heads for battle merits!"

Sweating more, after the city is broken, in addition to the enemy, I am afraid that the heads of the people in the city are tied to their waists, and it is not good that there are their own people.

The sky is brighter, the morning sun is like blood, and the eighty-mile shop is shrouded in blood, noisy and weird....... The people on the walls were waving, as if someone was coming this way along the wall.

The roads in the city were impassable, and the enemy finally got smarter, and some people came from the city walls, and some people stuck to the roots of the city walls, and came to support them in two ways.

Several voices sounded at the same time, and they all said confidently: "Give me a few people, and I'll go and push them back." ”

Su Wen wiped his wet forehead, leaving pink blood marks on his palms. Did I kill someone.....?

"Cut off the left ear, forbidden to take people's heads!" may not have much effect, but finally left an extra glimmer of life...."Since they have all entered the city, why do you need the city wall?" "Follow me!" Su Wen waved his arms and led the people into the alleys of the city.

The enemy in the city received an order to reinforce the West Gate, and most of the people were blocked by the people in the streets, and they were killed in chaos. As soon as the people were scattered, they ran into the border city soldiers who rushed into the city, and the loud shouts of the local county soldiers encouraged the people and won the support of their fellow villagers, and the battle quickly turned into a people's war to seek revenge from the outsiders.

After a year of hard work, it was easy to reunite the family for a few days. I planned to go to the county town with my family to celebrate the Midyear Festival, and then pack my bags and leave home to start a new wandering, and the responsibility to the family allows these men to overcome homesickness, endure loneliness, and give everything.

The men were stunned by the sudden arrival of the foreign army a few days ago, and although the city gates were closed, there was no place to disturb them. The men just silently sharpened their knives and guns, and let their wives and children stay at home to prevent accidents. I was frightened for a few days, and the fierce battle outside the city yesterday made people's hearts rise even more.

The explosion in the early hours of the morning completely broke everyone's nerves, and the men who couldn't sleep all night wanted to go out of the city with their families to escape the military disaster, at least stay away from the western city wall.

Unexpectedly, these outsiders used swords against the people, and the people who suffered the most in the riots were the frail children and women. Pushing and trampling, arrows that don't grow long, and the corpses of children and women in the streets stir up the blood of men throughout the city. The chaotic resistance and counterattack, though dispersed by the regular army. Adult men and women had served in the military, and with the leadership of the local county soldiers, they were quickly organized into a regular army, with five people in a group, and they followed the county soldiers to kill back.

When the advance was blocked, these men led the county soldiers through the streets or climbed onto the roofs. Condescending archery...

With the shouts of killing, the groans, the cries of women and children, the shouts of the old men, the slogans of the soldiers, and the chaos quickly spread throughout the city, and the battle was staged in every street and alley. The people have long known that outsiders wear black clothes and black armor, and it is easy to distinguish between friend and foe. A group of black-clad soldiers walked through the alley tremblingly, and several feathered arrows came from the rooftops, windows, and out of nowhere. Someone was hit by an arrow, and the sound of cursing and groaning mingled.

"Come into the yard and close the door!"

The soldiers were horrified by the harassment, and the strong desire to escape drove them into the courtyard. I was taken aback first, there were people in the house! rushed in, and saw a few people cowering in the corner of the house, subconsciously releasing arrows, and someone poked them with spears, until the other party didn't move, and then I saw that it was a few old people and children...

The corpses on the ground stared at themselves with frightened eyes, as if to satirize the cowardice and cruelty of these people! Most of the soldiers had participated in the war for the first time, and had never experienced a man-to-man battle, and they were as kind as the boy next door the day before, and when they were bored, they would also communicate and chat with the local people, and today they would go into the house and kill people. The strong condemnation of conscience caused some of them to weep bitterly, cursing the arrangement of the bastards......

Several men found the bodies of their loved ones on the streets, their hearts were about to explode, they were hated and sad, and they couldn't breathe. They tore off their clothes, revealing their hairy chests, and yelled that they had the ability to rush at Lao Tzu! They grabbed their weapons with trembling hands, covered their eyes with tears, wiped them hard, and followed the soldiers running through the streets to rush to the enemies in the streets....

The young woman cried hoarsely, and held in her arms the pale child who had been squeezed by the crowd..... The county soldier who ran next to her picked up a knife on the ground, and the woman was startled, her eyes hiding horror and anger. The county soldier was a little embarrassed, flipped the knife over, and handed the handle to her: "Little sister-in-law, take a weapon to defend yourself, those foreign grandsons haven't finished killing yet!" The woman, who knew by her accent that he was from her native country, did not speak, but turned over and stood up, tied the child to her body, picked up a bow on the ground, and strode down the street towards the city.

The soldier wanted to remind her that the child was gone, but he opened his mouth and swallowed the words back from his mouth.

。。。

The enemy's command finally gave up the march from the city, and ordered the soldiers to run to the nearest city wall first, and there was a fireproof gap between the city wall and the dwellings, which was conducive to assembly and advance.

Looking down from above, Su Wen's troops all entered the city, divided into countless squads and walked through the streets and alleys. A large number of enemies gathered under the city walls and marched towards the west gate one after another.

More and more enemies converged on the west gate, on and under the city walls, inside and outside the west city gate, crowded with people everywhere, and everywhere was black and oppressive.

Su Wen split the large army into small units to fight separately, which was equivalent to taking the initiative to cut off the entire command system. Su Wen thought about it, and the large army went in to encircle and suppress the enemy who was dragging in the city, and a situation of more fighting and less was formed locally.

The key at the moment is to strike, at least to hold off the enemy gathered at the West Gate, so he did not go far, and quietly hid in the alley with a hundred or so elites. The warriors held their breath, resting and nervously waiting for orders.

There was a small two-story building near the city tower, and Su Wen stood in the dark part of the room upstairs, squinting his eyes, staring intently at the crowd gathered at the head of the city.

The commander of the other party appeared on the city tower, as well as the immortal master with bandages on his shoulders and languishing, and the enemies were very red when they saw each other, Su Wen bit his lip, and both hands were trembling.

Although the few people next to the commander were dressed in the clothes of ordinary soldiers, they were calm and magnificent, and they were holding some strange non-standard weapons in their hands....

A middle-aged man in brocade clothes, emotional, pointing fingers, as if he was arguing with the commander about something.

Behind the middle-aged man in brocade, there stood a beautiful young man in white clothes, holding a long sword in his arms.

"Xuanyuan Yu, that's Wu Zhiliang!" Su Wen couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he saw a familiar person, this guy is really going to use a sword? Cold weapons war bows and spears are the protagonists, hammers and axes are for heavy armor soldiers, and soft and brittle long swords are really not suitable for dealing with armor. The outfit and weapons are a little out of place in the environment.

Su Ji looked at the dense human heads on the city wall, picked up the delicate spring flowers in the flower screen on the table, and sniffed it, the room was filled with fragrance. There were a few embroidery stands on the table, probably the embroidery room of the girl's house. "It's too big, isn't it?

Su Wen turned his back to her and looked at the window, listened to her words, twisted the crooked heel of his shoes, and spread his hands in confusion. "Aren't you afraid of killing on the glacier?" the tone was impatient and dissatisfied, although he never mentioned it, but the slaughter of the mountain tribes has always made him angry...

"Don't yell at me, it's inexplicable!" Although Su Ji often tried to communicate with him, she always felt as if there was a gap, and it turned out that the problem was here. Su Ji also just arrived that day, and found Su Wen on the flying car. He did not participate in the massacre, and even learned about the massacre when he arrived in Xiqu Mountain Country, and had already explained to Ling Yan and obtained Ling Yan's understanding.

She didn't bother to explain further, she only felt that she had been greatly wronged, and her little face wrinkled.

Su Ji's reaction was a little intense, and the atmosphere in the room became delicate.

The fighter plane was fleeting, and she fulfilled her promise, which was already a great help, and she couldn't ask for more. Su Wen slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, eager to have powerful powers, like immortal arts, artifacts, and bombs. Incomparable, never-before-seen desire....

"Sorry, I'm too impatient, thank you anyway. As he spoke, Su Wen thought to himself, if I were still alive, he turned around and walked out the door.

Nie Yuanqing, who had not spoken, was about to say something, but he had already walked out, and he was afraid of revealing his whereabouts, so it was not easy to call him. A trace of anger flashed on her pretty face, and she said to Zhao Shu: "Why is this person so reckless! There are at least three immortal masters above, is he looking for death?"

Zhao Shu pursed her lips and said noncommittally: "He wants revenge!" followed Su Wen and left the house.

Since no one begged her, she didn't bother to help, and secretly scolded a boring self-esteem, Nie Yuanqing sneered, and Liu Mei raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Ji: "Watching him die?" Su Ji didn't answer, pouting to herself.

A crossbow arrow announced the beginning of the battle, and the commander fell on his back, a bloody hole in his eyebrows, and the crossbow arrow hit the cartilage on the bridge of his nose, and most of the steel arrow burst out of the back of his head.

Where did the arrows come from? The city and the city are full of their own troops?

The people on the city tower panicked, and those immortal masters turned their eyes to the houses in the city, the distance was more than 70 steps, how could there be such a fast arrow? There was no time to react.

Sure enough, the troops sent to search met the enemy at the entrance of the alley, and the dozen or so people who rushed into the alley let out a few screams and then fell silent. More people rushed into the alley with shields, which was not wide enough for only six or seven people to pass side by side. In the middle of the alley lay several corpses. The corpse was full of feathered arrows, but there was no enemy in sight.

When they cautiously walked to the location of the corpse, several figures suddenly flashed at the end of the alley, and at the sound of the bowstring, a row of powerful heavy armor-piercing arrows shot over. The soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to block, and they were horrified by the tremendous force coming from the shields. When they cautiously advanced to the bottom of the alley, they found a road on the left and right. Left or right?

A row of words written in blood on the wall, "Heaven to the left, hell to the right" next to it is a bloody dandelion....