Chapter 47: The Bloody Battle of the Crouching Tiger Pavilion (1)
The leatherman Zhang Ji guessed correctly, after the women and children in the town evacuated, the Hun cavalry of the brigade appeared outside the 'Crouching Tiger Pavilion' in less than an hour, but he miscalculated one point, it was not a cavalry thousand-man team that came, but a whole three.
When the large group of cavalry roared in, even the cobbler, who had always been indifferent, became solemn. Everyone understands that it is no longer a question of whether to hold on or not, but a question of how long these more than 300 old and weak soldiers can hold on.
The Hun cavalry did not attack immediately, but kept galloping around the town wall, and let out a series of strange shouts, exerting psychological pressure on the defenders of the town. The town wall of the Crouching Tiger Pavilion is more than one zhang high, six feet thick, it has been dilapidated after wind and rain, although the villagers in the town have been repairing day and night these days, it is just barely blocking the broken place, at this time in the encirclement of thousands of horses and thousands of troops, like a small boat tossed in the raging waves, it may be broken at any time......
Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, was very smart, unlike other Xiongnu nobles who only knew how to rob things, he preferred to rob people, especially craftsmen with craftsmanship; There is always a time when the looted things run out, and if there is a craftsman who can make things, then he can get a steady supply of iron, so he wants to get a complete 'Crouching Tiger Pavilion', especially the blacksmith inside.
All the people in the Crouching Tiger Pavilion who can hold knives and guns are already guarding the wall, facing the siege of thousands of troops and horses, all of them are very nervous, some young teenagers are even trembling, but they still hold the weapons in their hands, Yan Zhao Nan'er, there are only ghosts who died in battle, and there are no surrenderers. And those old people who are impaired are sitting in groups of two or three beside the firewood piles in the Crouching Tiger Pavilion, they are now the most calm people, a lifetime of hard work, a lifetime of hard work, at this time can be put down, each of them has a fire in their hands, once the Crouching Tiger Pavilion is lost, they will light the fire together, and turn themselves and their homes into raging fires!
At this time, Xiao Yi was leaning on the town wall nervously and with a hint of excitement, the scene of thousands of horses and thousands of troops, which could only be seen in blockbuster movies before, now really appeared in front of his eyes, even if he was surrounded by enemies, it still made his blood boil, maybe deep in his heart he had always longed for such a fight......
Just as he was stimulated by the pre-war depression and wanted to look up to the sky and howl, the cobbler Zhang Ji appeared beside him like a ghost, and handed him a bow at the same time, a strange bow!
As soon as the bow was in hand, Xiao Yi felt extraordinary, the bow body was black and shiny, the texture was tight, it was actually made of metal, and the two lifelike five-clawed dragons on it twisted and staggered to the two ends, the bowstring was connected to the dragon's mouth, the weight was at least three times that of an ordinary riding bow, and the inside of the bow was engraved with the word 'Absolute Shadow'. The whole bow is dignified and murderous, and you can see that it is not ordinary.
"The name of this bow is called: 'Shadow Treasure Carving Bow', the copper tire iron arm, indestructible, the bowstring is made of the main tendon on the body of the giant python in the deep mountains, the force is 5 stones, within 150 steps, it can shoot through 3 layers of heavy armor, it is a first-class killing weapon in the world!" patted Xiao Yi's shoulder, and the cobbler continued with a solemn face: "Make good use of this bow, don't let the treasure be dusted." With that, he turned around and returned to his place, making the final preparations before the battle.
Looking at the back of the cobbler leaving, he touched the Shadow Treasure Carving Bow in his hand, although it was the first time to start, it made him feel a sense of familiarity connected by flesh and blood, as if the bow should be his own, and the bow seemed to know that he had met the Allah of destiny, and there was a crisp sound at the bowstring, and the bow was in hand, hunting the heroes......
In the array of bullhorns, a Hun cavalry rushed out of the array, a piece of iron armor cold light flashing, look at the outfit at least a centurion and other leaders, after galloping three times outside the city wall, draw the bow in the hand, back hand an arrow shot, Ming Di cut through the sky, nailed to the middle of the gatehouse of the Crouching Tiger Pavilion, other Huns in the distance immediately cheered in unison, like a pack of wolves howling.
The Hun centurion stood a hundred paces away, this distance was absolutely safe in his opinion, it was difficult for the Han people's bows to shoot so far, as for the crossbow arrows, the kind of killing weapon was only equipped in the elite troops of the Han army, and a small Crouching Tiger Pavilion was impossible to have, besides, even if it was, the distance of a hundred steps could not shoot the target, at this time, he shouted loudly to the city in broken Chinese: "Listen to the Han people inside, the Great Hun Zuoxian King has the virtue of a good life, as long as you give your property and surrender out of the city, your lord guarantees the safety of your life, If not, after the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left ......"
At this time, the old pavilion chief was standing at the highest point of the city wall, the atmosphere of the enemy pressure not only did not make him feel afraid, but aroused his pride when he fought in the desert, before he died, he could also have a happy bloody battle, slashing the Huns, no regrets in this life, and said to the old man selling fish next to him in a heroic tone: "Old man, show the flag!" ”
'No! The old fish seller strode forward, and as soon as he waved the flag in his hand, a black flag was displayed on the city in the murderous aura in the sky. The military flag is five feet in size, with a large 'Han' character on it, and a line of small characters next to it, 'Captain of the Crouching Tiger Pavilion in Yuyang County, Dahan', the Han Dynasty is red and black, so the military flags are all black, and at the same time, the old pavilion chief secretly made a shooting gesture to Xiao Yi who was standing beside him.
Receiving the gesture, Xiao Yi immediately drew his bow and arrows, and with a soft shout from the two slender ape arms, the 5-stone Peerless Shadow Treasure Carving Bow was pulled into a half-full moon shape, the bowstring sounded like a thunderbolt, and a wolf's tooth arrow shot out suddenly at an incredible speed......
At this time, the Hun Baihu was still loudly persuading him to surrender, and the arrow cluster shot directly from the mouth, piercing the neck, blood gushing out, the dead body fell off the horse, and the Hun cavalry who were roaring loudly in the distance was also in a commotion for a while......
Under the banner of a black wolf's head in the cavalry array, Liu Bao was confidently waiting for the people in the town to come out and surrender, in his opinion, the small Crouching Tiger Pavilion only knelt down and prayed in front of his three thousand iron horsemen, but the centurion who was shot in an instant made him angry and frightened, angry that a group of Han people dared to confront their own army, and was shocked that he didn't expect that there were condor archers in a small town on the other side, you know, a hundred steps away, can accurately hit the moving target, and the strong arrow cluster pierced through the neck, This is something that only the Condor Shooter can do; And the Condor Shooter is also extremely rare in the savannah......
The wolf's head shook and swayed, with a low horn blowing, the Huns began to attack, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves came from the east, west and north together, only the south side did not have horses, the siege was missing one, the tactics of the Huns were very insidious, with the desire to survive to tempt the people in the town to escape from the gap in the south, and once they reached the wide plain, it was the world of the Hun cavalry, they could shoot and slash at will like chasing prey.
The war horse galloped, and instantly rushed to within a hundred steps, the Hun cavalry began to fire arrows frantically on the horse, the arrows continued to hit the low town wall, the defenders from time to time someone screamed that the arrow fell, and the rest of the people set up the dismantled door panel to resist, under the cover of the bow and arrow, a team of Hun soldiers were like wild wolves, with the rope of the lasso horse to cover the battlements on the city, bite the steel knife, climb up, staring at the blood-red eyes, screaming and waving the knife to chop the guard. Another group of Huns dismounted and walked on foot, holding a wide cowhide shield in one hand and a thick log in the other, and rushed towards the north gate of the town......
Responsible for defending the north gate is Xiao Yi, at this moment he waved the phoenix wings and gold boring, on the city wall to fight bravely, boring the front of the blood gushing like a spring, the head rolled down, in a moment to kill more than a dozen people, the clothes on the body were stained red with blood, under his leadership the men who did not worry about living also with the simple weapons in their hands to kill the enemy, everyone was not afraid of death, for a time both sides were killed and wounded, shouting and killing, screams, the collision of weapons sounded into a ......, from time to time in the fierce battle there were injured guys holding the Huns and falling down the city together, and they died together... …
At the same time, the defenders of the Crouching Tiger Pavilion began to shoot arrows at a rapid pace to try to prevent the enemy from approaching the city gate, but the Huns' cowhide shields were unusually thick and the effect was not obvious, and the Hun soldiers quickly rushed to the gate and began to ram the gate violently......
"Boom! Boom! Knock knock! Under the impact of the giant tree, the already old gate immediately crumbled, although the people inside tried their best to resist, but to no avail, seeing this scene, Xiao Yi, who had already killed the red eye, yelled: "Throw the wine jar!" ”
In an instant, the men who live without worries braved the dense rain of arrows under the leadership of the shopkeeper Cao Fatzi, and frantically threw dozens of jars of the strongest Wushuang wine to the position of the gate, with a burst of strong wine fragrance spreading, a fiery wolf tooth arrow shot from Xiao Yi's hand, and the sky-high fire quickly flooded everything near the gate, and dozens of Hun soldiers were burned ghosts crying wolf howls, rolling all over the ground but still unable to extinguish the flames on their bodies......
"In addition to drinking, spirits can also be used for ignition!" After shooting the rocket, Xiao Yi held a bow in one hand, touched his nose with the other, and said softly to himself.
On the other two sides, Da Niu and Ma Liu led people to also start a bloody battle with the enemy, 64 pounds of wolf tooth stick danced like flying, like a mad tiger, hit the wall to climb the enemy's brains burst, the corpse was blurred with flesh and blood, and he didn't care about the number of knives in his body, and the tannery Zhang Ji's continuous arrows were even more common, one arrow and one life, and the bowstring sounded like a chain......
Finally, under the fierce resistance of the defenders, with a low sound of horns, the Huns who had suffered heavy casualties left the dead bodies all over the ground and retreated like a tide; Although the Huns were temporarily repulsed, in a bloody offensive and defensive battle just now, the defenders of the town also lost more than a third, and most of the rest were wounded......