Chapter 898: Thunder Strikes and Thunder
A red sun rises, and the light of the morning sun pours on the earth.
Knock knock knock!!!!
The sound of mighty war drums swept up from the outside of the city of Jilan, like a huge wave overlapping and overlapping, covering Jilan.
This kind of momentum, and the people of Lancheng are unheard of, from the soldiers at the head of the city, to the old and weak women and children in the city, all of them seem to be trembling, even Zhu Bao, the county guard, is a little shocked.
"How many soldiers and horses do you have to have in this black oppressive piece?"
"Such a powerful war drum sound, at least hundreds of war drums can make such a sound!"
"It's horrible!"
"Can we really stop it?"
"What should I do?"
"They're going to attack, what are we going to do?"
Whether it is the people in the city or the guards at the head of the city, at this moment, they all show a sense of fear.
"What time is it?"
Huang Zhongce stepped forward immediately, and Lan Cheng, who was in front of him, asked in a low voice.
A personal soldier next to him took out a pocket watch and looked at it: "General Huiyu, it's already three o'clock in the morning!" ”
"Blow the trumpet!"
Huang Zhong slowly pulled out the command sword at his waist and said loudly: "Attack!" ”
"Woo woo woo !!!"
The sound of the horn sounded.
"Attack!"
Zhang Ren on the front line personally led the army, and the soldiers pointed directly in front of the city gate.
"Archer!"
"Shoot!"
"Push the ballista up, prepare, shoot!"
"Second round bow and arrow coverage!"
"Come again!"
The Dongzhou Army is the main force of the pastoral army, there were tens of thousands of troops at the beginning, and then the elite was retained, and the ruling was ordinary and strong, and now those who remain are elite veterans, plus Zhang Ren's training is moderate, and the cooperation between each other is very tacit, the first wave of attack, the bow and arrow and crossbow arrows formed a covering blow.
"Gear!"
"Get down!"
"Raise your shield!"
"Find cover!"
At the head of the city, looking at this dense rain of arrows, they panicked one by one.
A poor horse, although there are some civil strife battles, but the lack of large-scale bow and arrow attack mode, it is not easy to make a pair of bows and arrows, such a large-scale arrow rain cover, they are unheard of, and they are a little frightened all of a sudden.
"One more round!"
Zhang Ren's eyes were like lightning, and he saw that the people in the city had no experience in parrying in the face of such a bow and arrow cover, and the first wave had obviously injured many people, so he had to make persistent efforts.
"Archer, up!"
"Shoot the arrows!"
"The bed crossbow is wound quickly, the second round of shooting, fire!"
The second wave of the covering offensive quickly began.
"Barbarian King, this shepherd army is too extravagant, waste so many bows and arrows, if we have so many bows and arrows......!" The Wuxi barbarian army who was pressing the formation in the back was a little shocked when they saw this scene, everyone had bows and arrows, but with such a large cabinet scale coverage, Wuxi Barbarians would never be able to take it out.
"This is the war of the Central Plains!"
Shamoke said in a deep voice: "The barbarians and the Han people have fought countless wars, but we can only engage from the flanks, and never dare to fight head-on, the most important point, whether it is weapons and armor, or long-range bows and crossbows, they are far from being in a hurry!" ”
This is a fact, a fact that must be recognized, the barbarians are hiding in the deep mountains and forests, whether it is weapons or equipment, they are very backward, and even some people are still making wooden weapons, but they don't know that the world has developed so that they can't recognize it.
"Second battalion, third battalion!"
"In!"
"Under the cover of bows and arrows, attack!"
"No!"
The captains of the two battalions took the order.
Knock knock knock!!!
The drums of war grew louder.
"Well car, push it out!"
"Go up the ladder!"
"Rush over!"
The war began to enter a state of white-edged transformation.
"Knock them down!"
"Throw stones!"
"Stone them to death!"
"Pour tung oil!"
There are indeed a lot of casualties on the city, but the soldiers are not ornamental, they still have strength, and a few Zhu Baoai generals can be regarded as having some organizational ability, and they will soon organize a counterattack.
Moreover, for this battle, Zhu Bao almost looted the entire Qiqi in Jilan City, and stored a lot of strategic materials, especially the equipment for defending the city, rolling wood, stones, tung oil, and so on, which were constantly transported from under the city by the people.
The battle lasted almost four hours.
It was already 10 p.m.
Zhang Ren looked up at the sky, and then looked at the hour on the pocket watch, his eyes swept by, a whole day of strong attack, the morale of the surrounding soldiers, if they can't attack for a long time, the morale will inevitably fall, and at this time it has to slow down.
"Where's Shamoko?"
Zhang Ren asked suddenly.
"In the back!" The pro-soldier replied.
"Let him come and meet me at once!"
"No!"
Shamoke soon came immediately, and bowed a Han salute: "Meet, General Zhang Zhonglang!" ”
"Barbarian king, our soldiers have been attacking for a day, they are exhausted, and they need to rest, but this battle has oppressively pressed the enemy's forces on the city, and if they are withdrawn, it will restore their morale, so I hope that your barbarian army can attack on our behalf, attack and Lan City at night, harass them and do not let them rest, wait for us to rest for the night, and directly launch a general attack tomorrow to break through and Lan City in one fell swoop!"
Zhang Ren said in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
Shamoke said: "It's General Zhang Zhonglang, our barbarian army doesn't have much experience in siege, I have also seen your attack, your attack is orderly, I know that your mother's generals are all trained, I hope you can send some generals to assist us in attacking!" ”
"No problem!"
Zhang Ren smiled.
For the first time, he felt that Shamoke was very smart, stealing teachers on the battlefield, and he could still speak so openly, this was not just studious, but shameless and studious, and he would become a great weapon one day.
"Substitution?"
At night, the battle was still fighting, Huang Zhong, who was standing on the lonely mountain, stared ahead, although he couldn't see it very clearly, but it was wrong to hear this sound, it should be a barbarian attack.
"Report to the general, Zhang Renzhonglang is back!"
"Let him in!"
"No!"
Zhang Ren strode in, took off his helmet, and said: "General, and Lancheng's perseverance cannot be underestimated, in today's battle, the soldiers who died in our fall are only eleven or twelve-year-old men, and their main force is not pulled up now, which is enough to show that they will defend to the end!" ”
"It's a bit of a sin!"
Huang Zhong paced back and forth: "The lord often says that population is the foundation of development, and the population is not large, after this war, I am afraid that most of the young and strong people will be lost here, even if they are defeated in the future, it will be a troublesome thing!" ”
"Gotta figure it out!"
Zhang Ren nodded: "If it goes on like this, I dare to guarantee that there will not be a single person in the city who will survive, once it is really angry and kills the red eye, we will not look at how old these teenagers are on the battlefield, and those who should be killed will still be killed!" ”
"Now I can only watch Thunder Tiger!"
Huang Zhong raised his head and looked ahead: "If the Thunder Tiger can successfully break through, while they are not paying attention, the thunder blows and kills Zhu Bao, and this battle can end as soon as possible!" ”
"I don't doubt the combat effectiveness of the Battle Tiger Battalion, but the surrounding mountains are rugged and difficult to walk, and it will take them at least two or three days, two or three days, with the alternating battles between me and Shamoke, by tomorrow at the latest, those miscellaneous soldiers on the head of the city will be exterminated!"
How many people he killed today, Zhang Ren can't count them, even if he has been on the battlefield for a long time, he is a little unbearable, and more is scolding Zhu Bao for his lack of morality, he has no troops, so he sent these young soldiers to the battlefield to die, which is simply a lack of great virtue.
You must know that even if it is Zhu Bao's descendants, in front of the elite herdsmen, they can't escape anything, these young miscellaneous soldiers, whether it is physique, combat awareness, or military formation, are all far from heaven and earth.
Isn't sending these young soldiers to the battlefield to send them to death?
"I believe in Thunder Tiger!"
Huang Zhong said: "Tomorrow at the latest, he will definitely be able to enter the city, you have a good rest for the time being, the battle of the night battle, it should be accepted by the Wuxi Man, let them play their strength first, I will personally go to supervise the battle, the lord will do everything possible to ask Wuxi Man to participate in the war, but it is not for a mere Qi Qi, the Qi Qi is just a place to test their combat effectiveness, I have to see for myself, how much combat power they have, and it will be convenient to use in the future!" ”
"What if Thunder Tiger can't break through and Lan City tomorrow?"
"Then kill!"
Huang Zhong said fiercely: "On the battlefield, I don't care if they are elite soldiers or young soldiers, military law does not hurt the people, as long as they fight, they are all enemies, there is no emotion to say, even if they are slaughtered, they must be broken as soon as possible!" ”
"Okay!"
Zhang Ren sighed, he couldn't bear it and didn't do it, those are two different things, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, even if he has benevolence, he will not have the benevolence of a woman.
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On the mountain road north of the city.
"Chenyue, can this road enter the city?" Lei Hu has been on the wrong path for three days, and it took a day to get in, and he has not been able to touch it, which is the shortcoming of the away battle, and he is not familiar with the terrain enough.
"Brother Huzi, believe me!"
Chen Yue is the leader of the Chenxi tribe of the Wuxi barbarian tribe, and he is also a general under the command of Shamoke, leading 3,000 warriors of the Chenxi tribe to fight with the Thunder Tiger.
He and Lei Hu have known each other for a long time.
At the beginning, Lei Hu suddenly intervened in the civil war of Wuxi Man, and got acquainted with Sha Moke, who was the one who pulled the strings, if it wasn't for the fact that Wuxi Man produced a male lord like Sha Moke, in fact, Lei Hu wanted to push Chen Yue to the position of the barbarian king.
Chenyue's strength is not as good as that of Thunder Tiger, but in the mountains and forests, when it comes to the ability to distinguish the way and guide the direction, even if it is three Thunder Tigers, it is not as good as one Chenyue.
Chen Yue said: "I have carefully looked at the surrounding environment, I am sure, there is a way to enter the city smoothly, today we walked a few roads, although they are all mountain streams dead roads, but the direction is right!" ”
"I believe in you!"
Lei Hu nodded: "It's a pity, there are no mountain people around, if you can catch a few to be guides, it will be much more convenient!" ”
"This kind of place, ordinary people don't dare to live!"
Chen Yue suddenly made a move, pinched a poisonous snake on the palm of his hand with his bare hands, took out the dagger in a slippery manner, broke the snake's belly, took out the snake gall, ate it directly, and then threw it away: "This Fangyuan beast is infested, the wolf howls endlessly, and the poisonous snakes are endless, even if it is the people of our tribe, they dare not choose such a place as a place to live, and they can't prevent it day and night!" ”
"Chen Yue, you are amazing!" Lei Hu's eyes sparkled: "How did you catch that snake accurately at night!" ”
"Smelled!"
Chen Yue replied: "I used to see a lot of people in the mountains, and their smell is more special, you can smell it as soon as you smell it!" ”
"Awesome!"
Lei Hu clapped his hands.
"Captain, there's no way ahead!" Spies debrief.
"No way again!"
Lei Hu frowned, he seemed a little anxious in his heart.
"It's not a road, it's a dangerous road!"
Chen Yue went to see it in person, and then came back and said to Lei Hu, "What is blocking us in front is the steep slope, there is a gap between the steep slopes, along these concave and convex stones, we can climb over, we climb from this mountain, it is estimated that it is already in the city!" ”
"Are you sure?"
"Don't doubt my sense of direction, I've seen the map, I've seen the map once, I can remember that the terrain around here, although the initial entry is relatively large, but the direction will not be wrong, behind this, it must be Helan City!"
"Climb!"
Lei Hu pondered for half an hour, and immediately decided: "We don't have time, even if it's an adventure, we have to try it!" ”
"Brother Huzi, let the people of our Chenxi Department go to explore the road first, although you are also familiar with the mountains, but it is difficult to guarantee that there will not be some snakes, insects, rats and ants in these stone crevices, in this regard, the warriors of our tribe are more familiar than you!"
"Okay!"
Lei Hu nodded: "Han Xian!" ”
"In!"
"Bring all the ropes and give them all to the warriors of the Chenxi Division!"
"Yes!"
As a mountain battalion, the Zhanhu battalion is very well equipped to climb the mountain, with iron hooks, climbing ropes, and footboards...... And so on! ”
"It's still you Han people who are rich, with these things, this mountain, to us, is a small matter!" Chen Yue said with a smile.
This is really not bragging, Chen Yue used the equipment of the War Tiger Battalion, first let the most elite people climb up with their bare hands, and then threw down the rope, and the three thousand warriors under him, in less than two hours, have successfully climbed up, and then the people of the War Tiger Camp also climbed over.
Before dawn, there was a period of the darkest time, and the sky and the earth were dark.
On the hill, Lei Hu and Chen Yue stared at the large mansions in front of them, which had already entered Helan City.
"Han Xian, shoot thunder and arrows!"
Lei Hu said in a deep voice.
"Good!"
Han Xian bent his bow and set up an arrow, the arrow of this arrow was a little different, with a whistle, and then there was a small flame, rolled up with the thickest fire oil.
Shout!
A loud sound burst through the sky, and then many people saw small flames streak across the sky.
"Attack!"
When the thundering arrow was shot, the signal had been sent, and the thunder tiger directly gave an order, and the tiger went down the mountain, and thousands of soldiers rushed into the city......
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At night, Huang Zhong personally supervised the battle, the offensive power of the barbarian army was very satisfying, although they were not familiar with the siege, but they could not deny their strength, it took a night, almost two or three percent of the troops on the city were consumed, killing was a river of blood, and slaughtering was a mountain of corpses.
"Thundering arrows?"
He heard a sharp voice, looked up, and his eyes lit up: "Immediately pass on Zhang Ren!" ”
"General, I'm here!"
When Zhang Ren saw the thundering arrow, he was already able to leap out of the camp, the soldiers could rest, he couldn't rest, he waited all night, and he could be regarded as waiting for the thundering arrow.
"Gather all the soldiers immediately and attack!"
"I've already beaten the drums and gathered the generals, give me half an hour, I'll attack directly!"
"Good!"
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When the day dawned, the battle in the city began.
Zhu Bao realized it later, but this person was very afraid of death, even when the city was the most dangerous, the most elite three thousand soldiers were defending by his side, but he encountered the fierce tiger of Thunder Tiger.
Thunder Tiger's war tiger battalion, plus Chenyue's three thousand Chenxi warriors, seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses, rushed in, invincible.
The war lasted for three hours, and it was not until the afternoon that it gradually stopped, but there was smoke everywhere, and Lancheng had been breached, and Zhu Bao was pierced through the heart by an arrow from the thunder tiger and died in the main hall of the Taishou Mansion.
The elite soldiers in the city were almost slaughtered by the soldiers and horses led by Lei Hu, killing several streets and bloody.
The soldiers and horses at the head of the city were jointly attacked by the Dongzhou Army and the Wuxi Barbarian Army, and they were killed.
The blood seemed to envelop the city beyond breath, the corpses were piled up like a mountain, and most of the young and middle-aged people were almost wiped out in this battle!