Chapter 44: Street Fighting

Isn't she the blind old woman next door, how did she get here?

Liu He suddenly felt very weird. Because the open space in front of it is now basically closed on three sides. The front is the widest road in town, but it is blocked by a wall array; Several walls are folded in a labyrinth of houses on either side, except for a gap on the left. The gaps between the houses on both sides are also blocked with earth, wood, and stone, and the streets and alleys beyond the main roads are even more winding and complicated...... Baitan Town is like this, just to prevent a large group of people from unfolding, so as to facilitate street fighting.

How could a blind old woman get around such a complicated road, could it be that she had been guarding the city gate for a long time?

"Ahh Ahh Her clothes were ragged and dirty, her hair was messy like straw.

"Kill Xianbei, kill Xianbei..."The old woman shouted a few words vaguely.

Guan Yu, who followed Liu He, stretched his neck and shouted: "The city gate is about to break, the Xianbei soldiers will rush in immediately, hurry away!" ”

At this time, Liu He said: "Death is not a relief for her. ”

"Boom!" The gates finally fell. First a crowd of chaotic civilians poured in, and soon they were driven away by the cavalry and fled everywhere. Amid the sound of hurried horses' hooves, a troop of horsemen rushed into the city, and when the first rode past the hunched blind old woman, he swung his spear and stabbed him.

But the enemy cavalry quickly reined in their horses and stopped the attack, because they were not facing the road they imagined could be charged, but a wall. These earthen walls were not high enough to be climbed with bare hands, but the cavalry could not go straight ahead.

Liu He retracted his head, leaned his back against the earthen wall, silently listening to the movement of the horse's hooves, waiting for the other party's decision. For a short moment, he felt as if he had been waiting for a long, long time.

How will the Xianbei people react? It is said that the nomads are very alert and run fast together in suspicion. When they perceive a possible ambush, they may immediately turn around and leave the dangerous place...... If they retreat in the face of difficulties, Bai Tan Town will be equivalent to singing an empty city plan, which is not a bad thing. Because Liu He is not sure that he can win this Xianbei soldier now, it is better not to fight the battle that cannot be won.

But Xianbei people don't necessarily run away when they see something. They are strong and may not be easily intimidated; What's more, the appearance of Baitan Town doesn't look like a place for elite soldiers.

At worst, the Xianbei people retreat first and then try to find a breakthrough from somewhere else. If the battle starts to spread from other directions, street battles can also be carried out, but the terrain is not as favorable to Liu He as it is from the main gate.

He leaned against the wall and pondered for a moment, then took a long breath and suddenly jumped onto the wooden bench. As soon as he looked away, he saw the spear-carrying cavalry who had assassinated the blind old woman looking ahead. Liu He immediately pulled the bowstring and "snapped"! The sound of the strings sounded without hesitation, and only twenty or thirty paces away, an arrow was shot in the face of the guy with unmistakable accuracy.

The guy didn't have time to scream, and fell directly from the horse. When the other enemy soldiers reacted and hurriedly took the arrows, there was another string sound, and one person was shot again.

Suddenly, without warning, Liu He killed two people in a row, and jumped straight down from the wooden bench. He hurriedly picked up the plank shield and put it above his head, and the dozen or so people behind the wall also hurried to learn to lift the plank. Sure enough, a moment later there was a crackling sound of strings, and dozens of arrows whizzed overhead, some nailed directly into the wall.

Outside the wall, "wow, wow" screamed, Liu He did not show his head, only listened to the sound of horses' hooves. Listening to the movement, the Xianbei soldiers did not attack, and then there was a rain of arrows.

A moment later, several torches were thrown on the roof, and one of the houses was thatched, and a fire immediately broke out.

Liu He moved the round stool to a place, climbed up and looked at it carefully, and saw that the Xianbei infantry had already followed and arrived at the city gate. A military commander on horseback was pointing and painting and shouting loudly. Liu He didn't say a word, drew an arrow and put it on the bowstring first, suddenly stood up, pulled the bow, released the arrow, and did it in one go without stagnation, "pop"! The guy who was gesturing was off the horse. Liu He immediately shrank back after shooting.

"Hansheng, Yun Chang! Shoot their boss for me! Liu He shouted.

At this moment, the pot exploded outside, and all kinds of incomprehensible shouts and strange screams were in an uproar, and then many footsteps were heard, and the infantry army should have come up.

When Liu He heard the movement, he waved his hand and shouted in a deep voice: "Let's go." So he ran away with the people around him.

They didn't stop, and expertly followed the wall for a while, pushing open a door and entering. The others closed the door and guarded the door, and Liu He climbed straight up the wooden stairs. He gently pushed open a small window in a messy room, which had an excellent view, and the middle road was a long stretch within a hundred paces. The bow in his hand was not strong enough, but within fifty paces he was confident that he could hit the target.

Looking down from the window, sure enough, a large group of Xianbei infantry poured into the earthen wall alleyway, and some of them couldn't wait to climb over the wall. It is best to climb over the wall, and as soon as you climb the wall, your whole body is exposed to the firing range.

"Smack"..."Smack"... The sound of the bowstring flicking the air is rhythmic! The arrows are not missing, the armor is useless, and at such a close distance, Liu He specializes in shooting his face and neck, not to mention that many foot soldiers have incomplete armor.

However, after a few shots, the target was exposed, and the Xianbei archers immediately returned fire, and their archery skills were relatively accurate, and arrows kept flying in from the small window. But that couldn't solve Liu He. He first showed his head to take a look, immediately dodged, and then went back to the window to fire the arrow, and the time was very short. Bows and arrows are not firearms, and it is difficult to hit fast-moving targets with only a small window.

After a while, a rocket wrapped in oilcloth beckoned up, and the roof caught fire.

Liu He released another arrow, and saw several Xianbei soldiers running towards the door below, hurriedly sliding down the stairs, and shouted to the old man with gongs and drums: "Knock the gong, knock hard!" ”

"Bang bang bang ......" is comparable to the noise of the ugly gong sound.

Liu He tied his bow to his back, drew his saber and shouted, "Kill!" ”

Led the crowd out the door.

A thin wall diagonally opposite suddenly collapsed, and the lower half of that wall was deliberately so thin that it could be collapsed with a single flying foot. Immediately, he saw Guan Yu taking the lead, holding an iron halberd and a tiger rushing out of the mountain with a group of people, and immediately blocked the entrance of the wall.

Right next to Liu He's coming out, a wall also collapsed! I saw Huang Zhong holding a wooden shield in one hand and a ring-headed knife in the other, and recklessly squeezed up with the wooden shield to open the way, and slashed with a sword. Liu He carried a sword and went up with the people in the house to kill the generals.

For a while, most of the Xianbei foot soldiers were blocked in the wall formation on both sides, and the two ends were frantically beaten. Such a group fight, neither mobile nor unfolded, is like a fight in the streets and alleys. The Khitan soldiers in the middle tried to climb over the wall, and there was chaos in the wall array.

Huang Zhong's shield blocked, and he raised his knife to kill people, crying and calling his mother. Liu He likes to cooperate with this kind of fierce general, let him rush to the front and work hard, and he will help make up for the leaks by the side......

"Brute!" Huang Zhong scolded, slashed when he met, and struck on the helmet of a Xianbei soldier with a bang, which actually made the man faint.

At this moment, he suddenly saw a Xianbei soldier behind him stabbing up with a spear in Huang Zhong's abdomen, Huang Zhong didn't notice it, even if he wore a layer of armor, but if he was violently stabbed by melee combat, he couldn't directly stab into his intestines?

When his companions needed him the most, Liu He was quick to move, stepped forward and grabbed the spear one by one, the spear was very strong by the inertia of the other party's body, Liu He couldn't hold it, the spearhead stabbed into his chest at once, and with a "ding" sound, he felt the depression of the fish scale armor in his chest.

The Xianbei soldier grabbed the spear shaft with both hands, and stabbed out a large gap in front of him, Liu He didn't say a word, he stepped forward and slashed with his face, the metal impact of the blade and the helmet, and the tearing sound of flesh and bones...... sprayed Liu He's face and chest with blood. The screams seemed to ring in my ears, and they were literally screaming.

The generals on both sides rushed forward, unstoppable, and the Xianbei army planted a big heel in this small corner. There was a bloody road in the dirt alley, and the people were simply stepping on the corpses to advance gradually, the walls were stained with blood, and the air smelled disgusting and the wind was miserable.

In the outermost earthen alley, some Xianbei soldiers saw that the situation was not good and escaped over the wall, but most of the people who were blocked inside were killed and wounded.

The rest of the Xianbei army retreated to the gate of the city, like a frightened bird. There were sporadic screams in the alley, and the wounded Xianbei soldiers inside had been mended on the spot. Obviously, there is no such thing as a prisoner in such a war, and it is a knife to see it.

The fierce and frantic fighting seemed to cease in an instant, and the chatter of the Xianbei people could be heard in the distance, and the wheezing and coughing sounds in the alleys here continued, and the people were tired. Liu He sat against the wall for a while, only to feel that his arms were sore, and his right hand was trembling. He shook it lightly, reaching out and wiping the blood from his palms back and forth on the ground.

Outside, the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps could be heard in the distance, and it was clear that the soldiers in the town were not capable of taking advantage of the victory.

After a long time, the soldiers came out of the wall formation one after another, and looked around, and there were no enemy soldiers in the direction of the city gate. The flames of the houses on both sides were so thick that the smoke billowed into the sky, and almost all the houses that were set on fire were burned to the ground. The crowd was gossiping, some were talking, some were crying for help, and some were calling for their companions to save people.

At this moment, I suddenly saw Liu He, who was covered in blood, walking out. The surroundings were a lot quieter all of a sudden, and the people who had been slack and crowded together in a mess got out of the way one after another, allowing Liu He to walk through the middle.

Suddenly, people's faces were filled with awe, and their eyes unconsciously focused on him.

"General Liu!"

"Liu Jun envoy ......"

Liu He didn't speak, just nodded tiredly in response.