Chapter 121: The Bloody Battle (1)

Although Chen Cheng's troops marched quickly, the scattered Huns ran faster. Linrong City has already received the news of the enemy's attack, but what is the use of knowing it? The tired horses ran back to report the news, and only bought half a day for the city. However, even such a precious half a day was wasted in the quarrel between the princes and nobles of the Huns.

The elites of the clan were all taken away by Shan Yu, and the rest of the city were all old and small. The Huns claimed that women and children could get on their horses and shoot bows and arrows, but could they deal with the Han people who had traveled more than 600 miles to kill them?

There are still some of the nobles' cronies, but they are all their property, and they are thrown out to fight the enemy? Hmph, that's impossible! Linrong City is high and thick, and the enemy may not be able to enter it. Throw your own elite samurai out, and you may lose it directly.

The nobleman who had a little insight couldn't help but think of the story of Huo Quai's 800 cavalry serving the Huns' lair to a pot. Many people were blushing and thick-necked, and began to accuse each other, some saying that the troops should not be sent at this time, and others saying that the Sulbu Gudu should not be involved at all, and just as they were arguing, the soldiers stumbled in and wailed, "The enemy has been killed outside the city!" ”

The tent suddenly fell silent, and the soldier who was staring at him with dozens of pairs of eyes fell to the ground and stammered: "Enemy... Enemy ......."

Prime Minister Zuo, who was wearing a gold collar around his neck, shouted: "What are you panicking about? How many enemies are there? ”

"Yes..... There are about a thousand rides! ”

The look of fear on Prime Minister Zuo's face disappeared, and he laughed and said: "But a thousand cavalry dare to attack Linrong, those people are really bold!" ”

He shouted to the nobles in the big tent: "There are still four thousand soldiers and horses in the city, and they have trampled them to death!" ”

The big tent suddenly became noisy, "Yes, but a thousand people, I'm afraid of his eggs, let's go out of the city and kill all these killers!" ”

"Kill, kill, kill them!"

"Mouth.... Well, but there are more than 10,000 slaves in the city, what if they take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble? ”

"Then kill the slaves in the city first! Especially those Han'er, I heard that most of the enemies who attacked were Han Chinese, so let's kill all the Han people established first! ”

"Nonsense! If we kill all those men, who will raise us horses and milk us? Is it you, is it you, is it you? I'm not going anyway! ”

"Then kill half of them!"

"That's a good idea!"

Outside Linrong City, Chen Cheng was looking at this famous Xiongcheng in Shuofang County. Linrong City, like many counties in Xiliang, was established because Emperor Wu went north to defeat the Xiongnu. Although it is not as majestic as Luoyang City, it is also a strong city. The walls look very high, and there are some defenders faintly on the top of the city, which is difficult to deal with.

Chen Cheng rode a horse and looked back and forth under the city wall, but couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Linrong is a strong city, but it has fallen into disrepair for a long time, and the Huns are not good at defending the city, and the city wall collapsed in several places and did not repair it. If you look closely, the Huns in the city took some knives, guns, bows and arrows, not to mention that there are no bed, crossbow and slap rods and other equipment to defend the city, and even wood and stones are not prepared.

In the golden sunset, you can see that there are many defenders on the city, but most of them are old and weak, and they are all panicked. If you really want to fight, it only takes a little time to wipe them out.

He returned to the army on a horse, and smiled at Yang Qiu and the others; "The Huns look very flustered."

Yang Qiu laughed, pointed at the Huns at the head of the city with a horsewhip, and said arrogantly: "I didn't expect them to have such a day!" ”

He said to Chen Cheng: "Ming Gong, the Huns don't dare to go out of the city to hand over the troops, then please order the siege of the city, I am willing to take the soldiers and horses of the headquarters as the vanguard!" ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's getting late now, and the soldiers are very tired, we have retreated ten miles to the village, let the soldiers rest for one night, and then attack the city tomorrow." ”

Yang Qiu said with a fist: "Hey, hey, I can't wait!" ”

They were laughing and scolding at the city for a while, and were about to leave, when there was a sudden commotion on the city. Chen Cheng didn't bother to pay attention to what the Huns wanted to do, the chairman once said, "He fights him, I fight mine", since the battle plan has been formulated, then implement it according to the plan.

Xu Rong suddenly exclaimed: "Lord, look! ”

Chen Cheng turned his head and saw a group of Hun soldiers escorting more than a dozen people to the city. He felt inexplicable, the soldiers were coming to the city, and the Huns didn't organize the army to fight, which one is this?

A noble-looking Hun shouted a few words at the city, and the Hun soldiers at the head of the city moved together and cut off the heads of the people who were being held. More than a dozen human heads fell, and headless corpses were thrown out and fell under the city walls.

Chen Cheng raised his eyebrows, looked left and right, and smiled: "The Huns are really interesting, do you think that we haven't seen dead people?" ”

However, the faces of everyone on the side were ugly, Yang Qiu gritted his teeth, and the green tendons on his hand holding the horsewhip burst out. Chen Cheng looked at it and said with a smile: "What's wrong with all of you?" There's a big battle tomorrow. ”

Yang Qiu looked left and right, pulled out the day, and shouted: "You translate for Ming Gong!" ”

The Huns at the head of the city were still chirping and screaming, and there were bursts of screams in the city. That day, his face was a little more ugly, but he lowered his head and didn't say a word. Yang Qiu became more and more angry, whipped the whip one by one, and said angrily: "Call you to translate and translate, are you deaf?" ”

Chen Cheng restrained the smile on his face and said to that day: "Yang Taishou asked you to translate for the translator, then translate it well." ”

That day, he peeked at Chen Cheng and lowered his head again. The screams in the city continued, and Yang Qiu stared at the day fiercely, his hand already pressed on the hilt of the sword. Chen Cheng said in a deep voice: "That day, I will say it one last time, you will translate for me what the Huns said at the head of the city." ”

The tone of his voice was very flat, but that day's body shook suddenly, he raised his head and looked at Chen Cheng pitifully, but Chen Cheng just looked at him indifferently.

They said...... said that we called, and they first killed all the Han people in the city.... ......... all."

"What?"

That day, he lowered his head and said softly: "Kill them all!" ”

"Oh," Chen Cheng looked at Linrong City, "that is, they are killing Han people now?" ”

That day did not dare to raise his head, and said in a mosquito-like voice, "Yes." ”

Chen Cheng felt a sense of absurdity in his heart, as if what was being staged now was an absurd drama. He was tempted to just leave, but some violent force broke through the barriers of reason, filling his entire chest with the desire to kill.

Riding back and forth twice in front of the army, the screams in the city grew louder and louder. The soldiers in the army talked in low voices, informing each other about the events in the city. Chen Cheng looked over in front of the battle, and saw that the eyes of the soldiers were about to erupt with anger.

Yang Qiu threw the horsewhip to the ground fiercely and shouted: "Envoy, the Huns are so rampant, after they capture the city, they will definitely be killed!" I'll take my headquarters and go forward immediately! ”

He pulled out the Han sword and pointed at Linrong City, and just as he was about to give an order, Chen Cheng had already taken the lead and said: "Yang Qiu, you lead people to prepare, and when the city gate opens, you will kill it!" ”

Yang Qiu was stunned for a moment and asked, "How can the city gate be opened?" ”

Chen Cheng didn't answer, but jumped off the horse, pointed to the collapsed place on the city wall, and said loudly: "Xu Rong led people to dismount and rob the city with me, and Li Kan took elite shooters there to cover!" ”

Xu Rong and Li Kan responded loudly and rode in the direction of the southwest corner. Chen Cheng had already taken the first step in riding his horse to the edge of the trench. The trench had not been cleared for a long time, it was filled with things, and it had lost its role in guarding the city. After Chen Cheng dismounted, he easily stepped over, and the bowstring on the head of the city sounded continuously, and dozens of black dots broke through the air and nailed to the shield in his left hand.

Chen Cheng lowered his head, raised his shield, took three steps and made two steps, and quickly ran to the bottom of the city wall. The bows and crossbows of the city were fired in unison, shooting him from the front and back, left and right to the dense ground full of arrows. After he ran to the city wall, the city lost its shooting range, and several Huns looked down, but more than a dozen arrows shot up, hitting them in the face.

Li Kan led the dismounted soldiers into three columns, and then fired freely at the city. He himself held a large yellow crossbow and stared at the city. Xu Rong shouted loudly, took the lead, rushed through the trench with his shield, and came to the bottom of the city wall.

Seeing so many enemies rushing over, the Huns couldn't help but panic, they had always dominated the steppe with cavalry, and they didn't know how to fight after getting off their horses. These people had never thought of defending the city before, nor had they thought of repairing the city's defenses. The wall at the collapsed site, even with the soil that had been temporarily filled, was only a little more than two meters high, and the people standing below climbed it.

The Huns flocked to the collapse to shoot arrows, but instead Li Kan commanded the crossbowmen to shoot many of them. The commanders shouted loudly for the Huns to obey the orders, but their orders often contradicted each other, adding to the confusion on the city walls and leaving the Huns at a loss.

Arrows roared, and corpses fell from the walls screaming, with many arrows stuck in their bodies. The elite of the Huns had already been taken away by the Marquis of the Bones of the Beard, and except for the personal troops of the leaders of the nobles, the rest of the people couldn't even make up a few decent pieces of armor. Chen Cheng kicked several corpses together and stacked them with his feet, and then stepped on the pile of corpses and rushed to the top of the city.

The Huns at the head of the city were shooting at the crossbowmen led by Li Kan, but they didn't expect someone to suddenly rush up. Before they could react, they had already been chopped over several people by Chen Cheng with a knife. Several Hun veterans rushed towards Chen Cheng with spears, he protected his body with his shield, and pounced on him with a fit.

The spear stabbed into the shield with a dull sound, but instead of achieving the piercing effect, it was bounced back. These old soldiers were old and frail, and their strength was not enough, they were blocked from attacking, panicked in their hearts, and in a hurry, they were shot to death by Chen Cheng with a shield, and several were hacked to death by the ring head knife. The old pawns had a look of fear and panic on their faces, and they hurriedly stepped back.

However, the city is crowded with people, where is the room for them to retreat?

Chen Cheng held a shield in his left hand and a ring-headed knife in his right hand, and the shield blow and knife slash were used alternately, rolling the heads of the people killed on the city.

"Dang!"

The ring head knife was blocked by a scimitar, Chen Cheng's strength in his hand increased by two points, and the blade pressed down the scimitar, cutting off the opponent's neck violently. The warm blood splattered, turning the shield on his hand and the iron armor on his body even more red. The head of the city is more than one zhang wide, and can accommodate five people side by side. Chen Cheng killed another person, but a spear suddenly stabbed at his front door on the side.

He was clad in double iron armor that could withstand even the piercing attacks of his spear. There were only a few spears piercing him, and most of them could only leave a small mark. Even if it pierces the iron armor on the outside, it will most likely stop at the chain mail inside. Even if you pierce the iron armor and get lucky enough to get through the gap in the chain mail, that bit of damage is acceptable.

The strong wind was blowing, and Chen Cheng's body was faster than he was thinking. The shield in his hand protected his left, and the ring-headed knife in his right hand slashed at the tip of the spear. "Rub", the blade and the tip of the gun slammed together, sputtering a little spark. In the flash of light, he didn't think about anything at all, but just took a step forward with his tempered instinct, and the blade slashed out.

It wasn't until the ring head knife slashed into the enemy's face that Chen Cheng reacted, this move just now was "blocking the counter". As the proficiency of one-handed weapons increases, the speed of the move will become faster and faster, so I can inadvertently use this magic skill that is known as invincible heads-up.

He pulled out the ring head knife, stepped forward again, and successively used "blocking and counterattacking", slashing one enemy after another. The corpses fell off the city wall one after another, and when Xu Rong rushed to the city with a sword and shield, he saw Chen Cheng alone beating a group of enemies and constantly retreating.

Although Chen Cheng was already killing in a big killing, he still felt that the weapon was a little uncomfortable. Sword and sword shields are certainly the most skillful weapons, but the Ringhead Blade is so short that you have to get close to the enemy every time to make an effective attack. However, if you change to a combination of a short spear and a shield, it will certainly increase the distance of the effective attack, but because there is only one attack action, the combat efficiency is not as high as that of the ring sword.

It was already dark, and the Huns who had arrived in the city stood under the city walls, drew their crossbows, and shot arrows continuously. Many of Xu Rong's soldiers were hit by arrows, but the armor on their bodies well offset the damage of bows and arrows, and the bows used by the Huns were not strong, so that many people were hit by more than a dozen arrows, and they were shot like porcupines, but they could still move freely.