Chapter Ninety-Five: The End of the Hero
This strange woman with unparalleled stunts is also cunning and radical in personality, and it is not surprising that she does something unexpected to ordinary people.
But it's not that simple to learn the art of war, and it's even more difficult to make a name for yourself, not to mention that she's still a girl.
Obviously, Le Yingqing didn't care about these problems, so she packed up her things and set off with the army.
And just half a day after the brigade left, the Lelin army also sounded the siege horn.
Outside the east gate of Guanxian County, Le Lin Taishou Cao Zhiyong personally led 50,000 soldiers to open the formation, rows of tooth flags were waved in the wind, and 50,000 soldiers and horses were arranged in a nine-square grid square.
The war drums of the Chinese army beat on the high platform, the standard-bearer kept giving orders, and the soldiers and horses of the whole army moved with the orders.
Outside the city, the sky was full of dust, and the vigorous and powerful shouts of the foot soldiers spread out wave after wave like a stormy wave.
The iron shield thumped to the ground, and rows of ladders and siege engines hid behind them.
Moo, moo, moo......
A low horn sounded, and dozens of catapults were pushed in front of the formation, all of them quite old and primitive catapults, like seesaws.
Dozens of people work together to agitate one, one end of which is placed with a boulder weighing up to 1,000 catties, and the crowd pulls the cable to lift it, and after the other end falls, it is filled with more than 100 catties of stones, after aiming, one end of the cable is loosened at the same time, and the 100 catties of heavy stones are suddenly thrown out by inertia.
Bang bang bang ejection sound echoed, dozens of catapults were put into battle at the same time, the power was quite terrifying, a hundred pounds of stones like a meteorite landing, smashed on the city wall and made a thunderous explosion, a smash is a pit, smashed to the city tower guards is even more terrifying, can smash people into mud in an instant, can not resist at all.
Fortunately, although the catapult is powerful, the weakness of this classic car is also very obvious, that is, it is quite labor-intensive to start, and the speed is slow.
After several rounds of catapults, the tower was reduced to ruins under the impact of the boulders, and the power of the catapult was comparable to that of death, and almost no soldiers in the city dared to stand.
Le Jinghui put on armor and went into battle in person, personally came to the first front, holding a leather whip, and whipped the shrunken soldiers one by one: "Get up for me, the enemy foot soldiers advance, and all the archers are in place!" ”
The heralds quickly galloped on the castle tower to deliver orders, and soon re-established the morale of the army.
Le Jinghui is an excellent general, he must take the lead in all battles, and having him in the whole army is like taking a reassuring pill, and morale is naturally high.
"Positioning arrows!" Le Jinghui let out a low roar, and immediately a team of archers bent their bows and arrows, shooting out bright red feather arrows.
With this marking, the archer can clearly see that once the enemy foot soldier enters this area, the archer can shoot with all his might.
Bang bang bang......
The footmen made a sound of neat pace as they moved, and they slowly advanced until they reached the location of the arrow, and everyone sprang up like crazy.
"Kill!" Nearly 10,000 troops rushed out like wolves, rushing towards the city with great momentum, and the ladders and siege vehicles followed closely, and the battle began instantly.
The defenders on the tower also quickly counterattacked, and thousands of arrows rained out, and the enemy troops outside the city fell in an instant.
However, this was only the beginning, as the enemy vanguard rushed to the city, the enemy archers also went into battle, supplementing the vanguard with long-range fire.
Le Jinghui has experienced a hundred battles, and he naturally knows the coordination of troops on the battlefield well, just when the enemy infantry began to erect the ladder, his soldiers began to throw big stones and rolling wood and even gold juice under the city.
Both sides showed their strengths, and the battle soon became white-hot, and it was not long before the enemy army ascended the tower.
The hand-to-hand battle began, and the defenders condescended to occupy an absolute advantage, like harvesting straw, cutting down one when they came up.
Of course, the enemy army also has people with outstanding military strength, who rush up to the castle tower and desperately defend the ladder to buy more time for their follow-up companions to climb the city.
And at the same time as the two sides continued to see, the enemy's siege vehicles were not idle, and dozens of people worked together to drag the chains that hit the pillars, shouting and constantly attacking the city gates.
On the city tower, Le Jinghui fought bloodily, and his beard was covered with blood.
"General, General!" A general rushed over and grabbed Le Jinghui and said, "The city gate won't last long, the general should withdraw!" ”
"What to withdraw, the front army has just been gone for half a day, and now it is retreating, who will stop the enemy in pursuit?" Le Jinghui pushed away his subordinates and said: "It will be dark in less than an hour, let the brothers hold on to Lao Tzu, and gather crossbowmen to shoot the siege vehicle with all my might." ”
"Whoa!" The Overseer was reluctant, but he was obliged to do so.
The battle continued, and the enemy launched a fierce attack, several times attacking the tower, but they were all forcibly repulsed, and after going back and forth like this many times, they finally lost nearly 10,000 men and horses, and had to order the withdrawal of troops at dark.
The corpses under the city piled up and flowed like a river of blood, and Le Jinghui's side also suffered heavy casualties, losing more than 5,000 troops, but fortunately, he successfully held out until dark.
It is inconvenient to attack the city at night, and both the enemy and us are tired, so it is not surprising that it can be repaired overnight.
Le Jinghui ordered to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time paid attention to the movements of the enemy army, and after confirming that the enemy army had collected his troops, he began to bury the pot and cook, which completely relaxed.
One night is enough time for him to do a lot of things, and the 20,000 horses who raided Pingyong can capture Pingyong tomorrow morning.
On the side of Guanxian County, the damage to the city defense is already very serious, and even if you stick to it desperately tomorrow, there is no possibility of holding it.
Moreover, after taking Pingyong, Chen Ziqian had to gather his strength to rectify the internal hidden dangers, and he did not have so much energy to deal with the Lelin army, which shows that Guanxian has lost its strategic significance for them.
In that case, why bother to ride the rest of the men and horses for such a ruined city?
Anyway, it has bought enough time for the front army, so it is better to take this opportunity to give up the city in advance.
Le Jinghui is not a rigid and reckless man, he knows very well how to be flexible, and after the plan is formulated, he will leave a team of 1,000 people and continue to pretend to be defensive on the city tower, and the remaining more than 10,000 people and horses will go out of the west gate overnight and go straight to Pingyong.
In the middle of the night, when the night sky was full of stars, Le Jinghui rode a horse at the front of the team, holding a brocade bag in his hand, which contained a military book.
He knew that his little sister had recently become obsessed with the art of war, and had been trying to find a way to collect it, and this was the remnant of an ancient book that he had looted the entire Guanxian County tonight and accidentally found from a large family.
Mei Zizi hung the brocade bag on the horse's back, and Le Jinghui was about to urge the team to speed up the march, when suddenly, an arrow flew in secret.
Burst!
The arrow hit Le Jinghui's chest accurately, and he was shot off the horse with an arrow, followed by a shout of rushing to the sky.
"Kill!" In the darkness, the sound of shouting and killing came from all directions, and the rolling iron hooves were even more terrifying like a tsunami.
More than 10,000 people on Le Jinghui's side were in chaos in an instant, the scene was noisy, many people ran around, and the team was cut off by the iron horse.
"Protect the general, protect the general!" Several cronies and subordinates shouted, and the shield bearers hurriedly protected Le Jinghui.
Le Jinghui was supported by someone, and coughed up blood in his mouth: "Don't mess up, line up in place to resist the enemy." ”
"Look, General." One of his cronies pointed to the iron riders circling back and forth, and saw that they had no intention of pounce.
Le Jinghui scanned back and forth with a straight face, he really never dreamed that such a secret and temporary plan could actually be ambushed.
Obviously, he missed the 10,000 cavalry of the vanguard of Lelin's former army.
This team rushed straight to Xinting and Xiaohu in the morning, and there was no intention of covering up the killing, obviously trying to capture them alive.
"Le Jinghui, do you still recognize the old man!" On a mound, an old man in his fifties was riding a horse, and a general beside him was holding a strong bow and aiming at Le Jinghui.
Le Jinghui looked up, and the expression on his face suddenly became complicated: "Zhang, Zhang Taishou...... Y-Why are you!? ”
"You still have the face to ask me?" Zhang Guangzhi's face was full of anger, and he pointed at Le Jinghui and scolded: "I have treated you like a brother all these years, and promoted you from a pawn to a lieutenant all the way, Le Jinghui, you are a disloyal and unrighteous person, I am not thin on you, you dare to betray me!" ”
"Your Excellency, have you ever received my letter?" Le Jinghui was aggrieved in his heart, Chen Ziqian promised him that as long as he successfully won Pingyong, Zhang Guangzhi could still hold the position of Taishou, and a large part of the reason why he was willing to surrender was because of this.
Zhang Guangzhi didn't buy it and said: "You are embarrassed to believe it, as far as you are a villain who sells the lord and seeks glory, do you think I will still believe it?" ”
"You!" Le Jinghui felt aggrieved in his heart, and spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot.
Zhang Guangyi sneered: "Everyone listen, I am Pingyong too guarded by Zhang Guangzhi, and I came to recover Pingyong on the order of the assassin history, and you mistakenly believe that the villain and the assassin history are enemies, this is not your fault, you are still too late to abandon your weapons and surrender, if not, today and here are the places where you are buried!" ”
Tens of thousands of foot soldiers looked at each other, and they were a little wavering when they heard this, after all, Zhang Guangzhi was their Taishou before, and he still had enough authority for them.
Several cronies around Le Jinghui were indifferent, and some people anxiously shouted when they saw this situation: "Don't listen to him, our army has arrived in Pingyong, and he is now just a lackey of the assassin history, everyone will follow me to cover the general and kill the general......"
Burst!
An arrow flew in, and before the man could finish his sentence, an arrow pierced his throat, and he fell to the ground and died after a few convulsions.
"Who else wants to disobey?" Zhang Guangzhi sneered again and again, with 10,000 elite cavalry around him, he was not worried about these foot soldiers resisting at all.
The faces of the cronies around Le Jinghui were resolute, and one of them arched his hand and said: "General, without further ado, we will cover the general to kill him immediately......"
"Don't waste your efforts, there are so many cavalry, we can't escape." Le Jinghui shook his head and said with a serious face: "Zhang Guangzhi is now subservient to others, it is the time when soldiers and horses are urgently needed, everyone should stop sending me to death, as long as I surrender, Zhang Guangzhi will not embarrass everyone." ”
"General!" Several cronies burst into tears when they heard this, they had followed Le Jinghui for many years, and as soon as they heard this, they knew that Le Jinghui had the intention to die.
Le Jinghui smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't want to serve it in the future, you can find an opportunity to get out and go back to continue to serve my lord!" ”
After speaking, Le Jinghui pushed everyone away, stood up strongly, took two steps and shouted: "Zhang Guangzhi, you and I have been clear before, Le has a clear conscience, today you and I are our masters, Le Mou's skills are not as good as others, there is nothing to say about defeat, but if you think that you can humiliate me if you win, it is wishful thinking!" ”
Le Jinghui laughed, and the hero pulled out his sword at the end of the road and killed himself......