Chapter 1264: Heroes cherish heroes
The rest of the Jizhou army also finally completed the throw, but their strength was strong and weak, and those with strong strength could reluctantly throw the fierce oil canister closer to the catapult, while those with weaker strength were much worse.
However, regardless of the distance, these fierce oil canisters have completed their mission, and the continuous deflagration of hundreds of fierce oil canisters is also extremely shocking.
At this time, the color was just dawning, and when it was half-light and half-dark, the fierce burning illuminated the land as if it were day, and it was so shaking that it was difficult for people to open their eyes.
There were only a few fierce oil canisters that fell to the edge of the catapult position, but the raging fire still swallowed some catapults, and the Bingzhou army that rushed up couldn't care about dealing with these Jizhou troops at the moment, and turned to go all out to put out the fire.
In fact, the Jizhou army that threw the fierce oil fire canister had no lethality, and their remnants would no longer pose any threat to the Bingzhou army, and the Bingzhou army concentrated all its efforts to fight the fire, more to rescue the catapult.
The use of extremely flammable badger oil and pine resin can make it deflagrate extremely violently, but due to the limited amount of oil, if there is no ignition, the deflagration will be extinguished quickly, and the stamina is insufficient.
However, if the canister of oil detonates in the middle of a crowd or in the presence of firecrackers such as wood, firewood, and grass, the consequences will be different, and when these flammable materials are ignited, they will cause a larger fire.
The catapults were all made of wood, and the fire was difficult to control, and the state army rushed forward desperately, on the one hand, to extinguish the fire, and on the other hand, to evacuate the catapults that had not yet been affected to safety, and the scene was chaotic.
However, under the extinguishing of the soldiers of the Bingzhou army, the fire was finally controlled, and there were about more than ten catapults that were burned, and the loss was certainly not, but it had no impact on the overall situation, and among the infantry battalions, there were at least more than 100 catapults that could be used normally, and there was almost no impact on the battle plan.
After Qiu Lin was killed, the two hundred cavalry he brought were all killed in battle, and none of them survived, perhaps they went out of the city this time, originally with the determination to die, even after throwing the fierce oil canisters, none of them turned their horses' heads and fled to the city.
In fact, in this case, there will be no result in escaping, and under the siege of the Bingzhou army, it is almost more difficult to escape back to the Xindu City than Deng.
Therefore, none of these Jizhou troops chose to escape, they were either buried in the fire, or they fought to the end with the Bingzhou army, and died of exhaustion, except for a few who were burdened, everyone else refused to surrender and died on the battlefield.
The casualties of the Bingzhou army were even more severe, more than 300 people were killed in the battle, more than 100 people were seriously wounded, and more than 300 people were seriously injured, and most of these casualties came from the fierce oil fire canister, the deflagration of this thing was really terrible, in the center of the deflagration of the fierce oil fire canister, almost no one was spared.
In order to block the advance of the Jizhou cavalry, these Bingzhou troops bravely and fearlessly rushed to the front, even if they were in the midst of the fire, they all held on, they did not retreat, they did not speak grandiosely, there were no heroic deeds to sing and cry, but at the moment of crisis, with their flesh and blood to build a copper wall and iron wall, swore not to retreat, defending the position of the catapult.
Without their persistence, it is likely that the catapult position would have been reduced to a sea of fire, and all the catapults would have been doomed. It was their unhesitating sacrifice that allowed the catapult formation to suffer only minor losses and not affect the overall situation at all.
Yanghu's face was extremely solemn, and the battle only lasted about a pillar of incense, but the danger was vivid, although Yanghu had made full defensive preparations in advance, but he still underestimated the determination and unexpected means of the Jizhou army to fight desperately, and almost caused a catastrophe.
Yanghu ordered the bodies of those fallen soldiers to be properly collected, and at the same time, for those who were responsible for the soldiers, they also arranged for the doctors in the army to diagnose and treat them, even if they were seriously injured and dying, they should also try their best to rescue them.
These nameless soldiers, at the critical juncture, they did not consider the loss of their lives, but the safety of the entire catapult position, they were worthy of the heroic soul of the model strong men in the army.
This is the true nature of a team, on the battlefield, what is needed is such a fierce warrior who is not afraid of death, only an army composed of such warriors is worthy of the title of iron-blooded hero, only they can truly conquer and be invincible.
When the bodies of these martyrs were carried down, all the soldiers of the state army were collectively silent, silently saluting, which could be regarded as their last journey to send the robes.
At this time, a hissing scream broke the silence on the battlefield, and everyone looked up to see that it was a soldier of the Bingzhou Army holding a ring-headed knife, pounced on Qiu Lin's corpse, and was extremely sad and angry, if it wasn't for other soldiers to stop him, he would probably chop Qiu Lin's body into meat sauce.
"What's going on?" Yanghu stepped forward and asked.
The soldier wept silently and said, "My brother has just been burned to death by fire, and it was all caused by this thief, even if he dies, how can he avenge so many brothers who died without cutting him with a thousand knives!" ”
Yang Hu glanced at it, presumably the soldier's younger brother was one of the three hundred victims, and the soldier was eager for revenge, and what he did was not difficult to understand.
Yang Hu motioned for him to let go, and said calmly: "Brother Ling died in the war, and I am also deeply saddened, but although Brother Ling is still honored, he is a hero of our state army, and we will always remember him." As for this enemy general, he is already dead, even if you cut him with a thousand knives, your brother will not be able to come back to life. On the battlefield, each is his master, but as a warrior, he still deserves our respect, come, carry him down, and bury him. ”
Although Qiu Lin is an enemy general, but his courage to die is still admired by Yanghu, this sneak attack, whether it is successful or not, Qiu Lin and other two hundred people are destined to not be able to go back, he is like a special Jing Ke, embarked on the road of assassination, has put life and death aside, generous and sad, without hesitation.
On the battlefield, no one will ever sympathize with the weak and cowards, only the strong and warriors, in order to get the respect and reverence of the opponent, the so-called heroes cherish heroes, although Qiu Lin destroyed more than a dozen catapults, killed more than 300 soldiers and states, but his heroic and fearless actions, or won the appreciation of Yanghu, and it is reasonable to bury him.