Chapter 44: The Great War Southwest

This night, because the moon did not go to work, it was very dark and dark, and it was difficult to see a trace of light.

Whether it is the trapped camp at the head of the city and the foot soldiers in the southern Xinjiang, or the barbarian halberds and barbarian armies camped under the city, it is a sleepless night.

The generals such as Meng Yu, Meng You, and Meng Wu in the eastern, western, and southern camps of the southwest county were all convening their subordinates to discuss the siege plan, and what they wanted was no longer a bounty and promotion, but a kind of man's dignity!

Among the three large battalions, Meng Shu was in charge of the east gate, which was composed of barbarian halberds and barbarian elites, and was the most powerful of the three siege teams.

In addition, Meng Wu's subordinates are mainly cavalry, so tomorrow the siege battle Meng Wu can only participate in the form of auxiliary, Meng Yu and Liu Jiang are stationed in the camp, in case Wang Ling suddenly sneaks attack, naturally they can't participate, in fact, Meng Yu and Meng You two armies participate in the siege battle.

The general divided the task to each battalion, and the general of each battalion summoned the lieutenant to clarify the task, and conveyed it layer by layer, from the chief general to all the soldiers, everyone was gearing up, waiting for the dawn to come, in order to repay the humiliation of breaking the camp today!

In a large tent in Meng Huo's army, dozens of generals were discussing the details of the siege.

"I've been to see the siege ladder, the siege ladder is three zhang high, there is a hook at the front end, the moat is one zhang wide, the open space in front of the city wall is about five feet, I calculated, the siege ladder is just placed in the middle of the moat, which requires the lower plate to be strong, I think the moat should be padded at least two layers of boards, and the two layers of boards should be nailed with horizontal strips, especially the upper layer of boards should be nailed before and after to prevent skidding. The three knots of the golden ring, this matter will be handed over to you. Because Meng Shu was shocked by the power of Zhao Yun's solo ride at noon, he also took it seriously, and then instructed his left and right arm, the Golden Ring Sanjie.

"Don't worry, general! I'll nail the bar tonight! Seeing Meng Huo's serious face, Jinhuan Sanjie hurriedly replied in a deep voice.

"Not only do you have to nail the wooden sticks tonight, but you must nail the nails firmly tomorrow when you lay the planks on the moat, don't neglect these details, you have to pay attention!" Meng Huo's eyes lit up and he reminded, "Tomorrow, according to the usual practice, the army of 50,000 will be divided into five teams, the first team and the second team will follow the Golden Ring Sanjie and Meng Fei to charge, the third team will follow, the fourth team will cover with bows and arrows, and the fifth team will defend the camp, taking turns to attack and strive to break the city in the shortest time!" ”

Speaking of this, Meng Xu's eyes were a little round, "If you break the southwest county town and capture Chu Yi, so that Wang Ling's gang has no flank assistance, it will definitely not lose its strength." When the time comes, the king will share the bounty equally, including me! But the ugly words are ahead, if anyone dares to slack off tomorrow, they will not be spared! ”

"There is no problem with the distribution of the bounty, but if the captain is unfortunately killed, then who will be in charge."

The captain of the first team is named Meng Fei, full of tendons, powerful and powerful, originally a hunter in a small tribe in the barbarians, but he was accidentally favored by Meng Yu, seeing that he was excellent in martial arts and able to fight tigers, he gave him the surname Meng, and ordered the special class of barbarian halberds!

"If I die, the Golden Ring Three Junctions will take over the command, and the Golden Ring Three Junctions will be replaced by Meng Fei, and so on!" Meng Yu knew what Meng Fei meant, so he replied.

The desolate sky finally turned white, and the smoky gray morning light shrouded the earth, and the time finally came!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A huge war drum sounded in the main camp of the east gate, the soldiers of each battalion gathered like ants, and quickly arranged a formation in the large camp.

When fighting between two armies, whether it is a siege or a field battle, war drums and command flags are needed to direct the battle, especially at night, and the sound of war drums is even more important.

At this time, Meng Shu was not on the wooden platform, but took a dozen horses to inspect the southwest county, in fact, Meng Shu has a clear understanding of the situation in the southwest county from many channels, but today is the first time to see it with his own eyes.

The southwest county town is not high, the city wall is about two zhang and five feet, the wall is not wide, the city head can only accommodate two carriages in parallel, the moat under the city is only one zhang wide, it does not look deep, but the river is full of spiked wooden stakes, once it falls into the moat, it will definitely die! On the whole, the southwest county town looks very old, and can only barely have a little defensive function, but the city is densely packed with soldiers, or with bows and arrows, or carrying knives and guns, or preparing wooden boulders, vigilantly watching the barbarian soldiers outside the city gather.

Knock - Knock - Knock -

The earth-shattering drum sounded again, but it was not hurried, but it was very low and powerful, and it was so moving that the eyelids of the defenders at the head of the city involuntarily jumped with it.

Meng Fei and Jinhuan Sanjie each led 10,000 barbarian soldiers to attack from the east and south, leaving only the west gate, which seemed to give the defenders in the city a chance to flee and prevent the soldiers and civilians of the southwest county in despair from being burned.

Only Meng Yu knew that Meng Wu led tens of thousands of foot cavalry and waited a few miles away from the West Gate, while Meng You led a large army to press the formation in the rear to prevent the soldiers in the city from going out of the city to assault! In this battle, the barbarians dispatched 100,000 troops and vowed to capture the southwest county seat!

Gao Shun and Liao Hua each held swords and guns, standing on the head of the city, looking solemnly at the barbarian soldiers like a tide to kill out of the camp, led by three thousand crossbow shields, because the arrows on the city were like rain, constantly threatening the siege army, the task of the crossbow shields was to defend and suppress the archers on the city.

Gao Shun broke the array of spears, thousands of archers pulled the string of the hand loosened, the arrows were like a rain, overwhelmingly shot to the city, and the bow crossbow shield soldier ran against the big shield, within a hundred steps from the city wall to fix the big shield on the ground, there are iron thorns under the big shield, when not in use in the shield, the iron thorns are pulled out and inserted on the ground, in addition to the big shield left and right There is a folding bracket on the left and right, pull it out and can also be fixed on the ground, except that it is not all iron, and the shield does not have spikes, otherwise it is almost the same as the big shield used in the trap camp.

A shield wall was quickly formed under the city wall, and the barbarians hiding behind the big shield began to raise their crossbows to shoot at the city, and the arrows above and below the city were like rain, intertwined, forming a flying arrow net, but because the barbarians were shooting from below to the top, the strength was too great, and soon the strength was greatly reduced, and the arrows were also suppressed by the southern Xinjiang army under the command of Gao Shun.

At this time, I saw that the battle flag on the barbarian command platform changed, and the drum sounded again, rapid and rhythmic, this was the order to charge! Meng Fei held a steel knife in his hand, lifted his shield and walked quickly, and shouted to the rear: "On the siege ladder!" ”

Since the ramming wood has not yet been assembled, all siege ladders were used in the first attack today, and I saw 7,000 soldiers carrying 100 siege ladders to the head of the city.

There were also many soldiers in the ranks who carried long planks that were to be laid over the moat, and the planks had long iron nails at both ends, which were hammered into the dirt.

Most of the soldiers were carrying small round shields, but the round shields were not big shields, and the casualties began to slowly increase, and soldiers kept falling from arrows while running! However, despite the increase in casualties, Meng Fei still took the lead, inspiring the soldiers to fight bravely!

In the past, the bounty was distributed by the general, and there was no chance with ordinary soldiers, but this time it was different, the gold could actually fall into the pockets of the soldiers, so the barbarians shouted loudly and killed without fear of death!

Gao Shun shot a barbarian with an arrow, and suddenly found that the barbarian was rushing towards him fearlessly under the inspiration of Meng Fei, and he couldn't help but think thoughtfully.

Meng Fei blocked the arrows, and the first group of men and horses rushed through the giant shield defense line, and arrived at the city wall, dozens of barbarian halberders rushed up with the ladder, hanging the giant hook at the top of the city bricks, and the lower end was on the horizontal strip of the wooden plank on the moat, these details ensured that the siege ladder would not be easily overturned.

Meng Fei stuck the big knife in the armor on his back, ravaged up, holding a shield in his left hand and climbing with his right hand, climbing the ladder and rushing towards the city. Meng Fei walked like a fly, blocked the arrows, rushed to the battlements, and stabbed several spears at him at once.

Meng Fei threw away the shield, drew the big knife, and the big knife slashed wildly, cutting down the five or six soldiers defending the city, seeing that there was a gap in front of him, Meng Fei seized the opportunity and jumped on the city wall, becoming the first barbarian general to climb the city wall.

The barbarians under the city suddenly cheered, and after a while, cheers also broke out at the south gate, and dozens of people also climbed the city wall with the support of Meng You's army, but from the order of these cheers, it can be judged that Meng Fei was indeed the first to climb the city wall.

"I'll meet!" Liao Hua volunteered, Gao Shun glanced at Liao Hua, nodded, and continued to command the soldiers to defend the city.

Liao Hua took the Pu knife, brought more than ten personal soldiers, and came to pick up Meng Fei.

"Liao Hua, the general of the Southern Xinjiang Army, is here, and the enemy general An dares to run rampant?!" Liao Hua saw that Meng Fei slashed a soldier with a knife, blood splattered, and he couldn't help shouting angrily, and with a twist of the Pu knife in his hand, he slashed at Meng Fei!

Liao Hua has been in Chu Yi for a long time, and he controls the command and training of most of the infantry, but he often only ends up cleaning the battlefield, answering the military horses, and guarding the city.

"Humph!"

Meng Fei saw that Liao Hua's blade was calm and powerful, and a momentum arose, and he snorted coldly at the moment, and with a dance of the steel knife, he intercepted Liao Hua's Pu knife, only to hear a sharp sound of gold and iron ringing, which shook people's eardrums.

Liao Hua squinted and took a few steps back, praising his good strength, but Meng Fei didn't dare to despise Liao Hua and gathered his senses.

At that moment, the two of them tried their best to fight together, with two knives at the same time, you came and went on the edge of the city wall, the cold light flickered, and the dust under the feet of the trampling was dazzling.

The two of them shook their spirits, and after fighting for thirty or forty times in a row, Liao Hua felt that Meng Fei's knife skills were superb and extremely powerful, and he lacked stamina for a while, and was crushed down.