Volume 1 Descendants of the Phantom Dream Chapter 42 Beacon Fire
At this moment, the soldiers on both sides of the city wall were in a battle, and the crossbowmen were hesitant, not knowing where to shoot. Last time, the Cao army suddenly retreated, and the defenders of Yangping Pass had no time to dodge, so they suffered a big loss from the crossbowmen, and if this method is used again, I am afraid that it will have little effect.
Just when the commander of the bow and crossbow battalion was in trouble, he saw Xiahou Yuan leading 20,000 soldiers to support, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to report the situation.
After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan shouted loudly without hesitation:
"The bow and crossbow battalion obey the order, target the city wall, shoot indiscriminately!"
Yang Ren was in the middle of a fierce battle, and suddenly heard the sound of countless arrows breaking through the air, he was shocked, he never expected that Cao Jun would ignore the life and death of his comrades, and directly start shooting with a bow and crossbow. The Cao army who climbed to the top of the city wanted to cry without tears, and they inexplicably became the humanoid shields of the defenders, with arrows stuck behind their backs, and they did not blink their eyes. More than a dozen waves of crossbow arrows were fired, and the soldiers on both sides of the city wall fell to the ground one after another, and Yang Ren had no choice but to order to dodge again.
However, this time Yang Ren noticed a situation, but wherever there were torches, arrows were particularly dense. His heart moved, and he hurriedly shouted to the soldiers:
"Extinguish all the torches at the head of the city, and keep only one for me!"
Hearing Yang Ren's order, the soldiers hurriedly extinguished the nearest torch, but the last torch was snatched by Yang Ang.
"Yang Ang, what are you doing, give me the torch quickly!"
Yang Ren already understood that now that the city was dark, the last torch was the only light, and it was also the best target for Cao Jun's crossbowmen. But the torch was snatched away by Yang Ang, and he was very anxious.
"Big brother, don't worry, I will definitely guard the torch and complete the task assigned by Mr. Fazheng!"
Yang Ang said that, and immediately ran around the city wall with a torch and waved it, he usually didn't talk much, but today he finally said a lot.
"Cao thieves, your grandfather Yang Ang is here, if you have the ability, shoot at grandpa!"
Seeing that the people on the city wall extinguished the torches, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but admire, this Yang Ping guard still has a lot of brains. Later, he saw someone shouting provocation at the city wall with torches, and he was immediately angry.
"Shoot him, shoot him for me!"
The crossbowman had just gone through more than a dozen rounds of shooting, and was replacing the arrows, and his arms were already sore and weak, but when he heard Xiahou Yuan's order, he had to do it, and in a hurry, the scattered arrows shot towards the moving torches, but none of the arrows hit Yang Ang.
"Hahaha, Cao Jun's cubs, don't you have the strength, hurry back to find your mother to feed you!"
Since coming to Yangping Pass, Xiahou Yuan has failed again and again, and has been teased again and again. At this time, he couldn't attack Yangping Pass for a long time, and when he heard the curses on the city wall, the anger in Xiahou Yuan's heart couldn't hold back anymore. He decided to shoot the hateful enemy on the walls himself.
"Bring me a bow and crossbow!"
As soon as Xiahou Yuan's words fell, a soldier handed over a bow and crossbow arrows. Xiahou Yuan did not dismount, he grabbed three arrows, put them on the string at the same time, and then stretched the crossbow string vigorously, and lowered his head to aim at the moving torch.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"
The three arrows were like meteors slicing through the darkness, shooting towards Yang Ang in three directions at the same time. As a military general, Yang Ang certainly has an extraordinary sensitivity to danger. He ducked his head and dodged the fatal arrow, but the other two didn't have time to dodge. With two thuds, an arrow struck his right rib soft armor, and an arrow hit his right hand wielding a torch, and he couldn't help but weaken his arm, and the torch came out of his hand, fell to the city wall, and he quickly fell to the ground.
"Mighty, mighty......"
Seeing that Xiahou Yuan shot down the arrogant figure on the city wall, the 3,000 crossbowmen shouted in unison, which immediately made Xiahou Yuan spit out the evil breath in his heart. He was about to give the order to continue the siege, when the torches on the walls were moved again.
After Yang Ang was hit by the arrow, he knew that there was a sharpshooter under the city, so he kept crawling forward. This time, however, he learned to be obedient, and instead of running as desperately as before, he only allowed himself to hide under the wall, and raised the torch with his left hand and shook it.
Seeing that he couldn't shoot Yang Ang anymore, Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to throw away the bow and crossbow in his hand.
"Blow the trumpet and continue the siege!"
As a new round of siege warfare began, Yang Ang was a little anxious, he had to protect the last torch, and he couldn't help at all. He had no choice but to pull out the arrow on his body and slowly crawl towards the watchtower. Except for him and Yang Ren, no one knew that a large amount of hay and fire oil had been prepared in the highest sentry tower on this city wall, and with only a little flame, the sentry tower could form a fire in an instant!
The position where Yang Ang fell was at the corner of the city wall, and as long as the city wall was not lost, Yang Ang was safe. Time is slowly passing, life is slowly falling, he waited anxiously, and I don't know how long it took, he finally heard Yang Ren shouting:
"Yang Ang, it's time to ignite, hurry up and light the fire!"
It's finally time! Yang Ang was very excited, he hurriedly threw the torch in his hand towards the sentry tower, but because he was hit by an arrow, he lay on the ground and could not exert all his strength, the tumbling torch flew towards the sentry tower, but was blocked by the railing of the sentry tower and fell on the steps of the sentry tower. In an instant, the steps of the watchtower were covered with arrows.
Sure enough, there were crossbowmen watching the movement of the torches. Yang Ang was helpless, he looked up, faintly, his comrades were fighting bloodily, and his eldest brother Yang Ren was also defending the city wall with his life, and his own task was not yet completed!
"Big brother, take care!"
Seeing Yang Ang's figure appear again at the strange torch on the city wall, Xiahou Yuan felt an inexplicable worry in his heart.
"Shoot a torch volley!"
As soon as Xiahou Yuan's words fell, 3,000 crossbow arrows roared towards Yang Ang, but he ignored them. He quickly grabbed the torch on the stage, and then rushed to the watchtower with all his might.
"Yang Ang!"
At this last moment, Yang Ang heard his brother's shout, and he smiled with satisfaction, because he had protected his comrades, protected his brother, and successfully completed the task. The watchtower instantly ignited a raging fire, lighting up the night sky with Yang Ang.
"Ah......h
Yang Ren was so sad that in the firelight, he saw Yang Ang's fallen figure, but he couldn't do anything but vent his anger on Cao Jun around him!
"Not good!" Seeing the fire in the city tower, Xiahou Yuan was shocked, but he didn't understand what the problem was. He only knew that Yang Ang's desperate efforts to set the watchtower on fire must be a signal, a signal that a storm was coming!
Hearing the sound of fighting from afar in Yangping Pass, Zhang Wei's 3,000 cavalry had long been unable to bear it, and now seeing the fire at the head of the city, Zhang Wei immediately ordered.
"Target Cao Jun's camp, rush me!"
As soon as Zhang Wei's words fell, the 3,000 cavalry shouted in unison and rushed towards Cao Ying. It turned out that after Zhang Wei attacked Cao Ying last night, he did not return to Yangping Pass directly, but hid in the mountains twenty miles away from Cao Ying according to the Fa Zheng strategy.