Chapter 74: Soldiers Descend on the City
Ascending the north gate tower of Anyang County, Li Yaowei saw a piece of black oppression, the horse's hooves stepped on the vast earth, rolling up dust and smoke, and the flag became more and more dazzling under the scorching summer sun. The Turkic army of 50,000 was menacing, and the blades of the cavalry on horseback were cold and dazzling in the sun.
"Governor, the fortifications are in place." A general came to report.
Chen Liwan nodded, "Has the military intelligence been sent?" ”
"Sent out!"
Chen Liwan's solemn expression was half relieved, and his hanging heart could be regarded as landing: "Our soldiers are less than 20,000, we can't fight the enemy hard, we can only defend the city, as long as the reinforcements come, the Turks can only retreat." ”
"When the Turkic army came here, did the other cities in Xiangzhou fall?" Li Yaowei was a little dazed.
Chen Liwan sighed: "Maybe, I hope it's not......"
"Governor, there should be a surplus of bows and arrows, and my guards and the soldiers of Luozhou can also help a little." Wen Yuqi and their martial arts are quite strong, and I believe that it is not difficult for them to draw a bow and shoot arrows.
"Uncle, we want to protect you!"
"It's okay, I can protect you." Fifth Yao supported Li Yaoji's decision.
Chen Liwan glanced strangely at the fifth Yao dressed as a swordsman, and thought: This Li Gongzi is really a strange person, a scholar marries a wife who practices martial arts. Then the guards were called and more than a dozen sets of bows and arrows were sent.
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The breath of war was very solemn, and the black and oppressive enemy troops rushed to the city gate, Li Yaowei couldn't help but think of the first sentence in the "poet ghost" Li Heshi's "Yanmen Tai Shouxing": Black clouds crush the city and want to destroy it. Standing on the high city tower, Li Yaojie clearly felt the momentum of the enemy army wanting to destroy the city wall, and the feeling of suffocation before the fire of war burned. All the soldiers here know that war represents bloodshed and death, and no one knows whether they can stand in one second, and no one knows what the situation will be in the next second.
Only those who have never been on the battlefield hope for war, and only those who have experienced the baptism of war know how precious and beautiful peace is.
In less than ten minutes, the Turkic 50,000 soldiers stopped at the foot of Anyang City in a neat and neat phalanx, and a big man with an open chest and exposed breasts slowly walked to the front of the military formation on horseback, and shouted towards the Anyang City Tower: "Chen Liwan, I didn't expect it, I'm back again!" ”
Chen Liwan frowned and whispered to himself: "Qi Luo Grei? Then he shouted: "Zirogli! Last time you hugged your head and ran away! Here it is again this time? ”
Chirogli laughed: "Last time was last time, this time, my Turkic army came and was invincible, do you think you can still hold it?" ”
Hearing this, all the hearts were cold, and it seemed that the other cities in Xiangzhou had fallen.
Chen Liwan must boost morale, "So what? This is the grave of your Turks! ”
"Tell the truth!"
"Your eloquence has improved, it seems that you have learned Yayan well, or just keep me Datang!"
Yayan is the standard pronunciation of ancient Chinese, similar to modern Mandarin.
"Haha, no problem, when I conquer your Datang territory, I will live in Chang'an!"
Chen Liwan disdainful: "Then it depends on whether you have this ability!" ”
The snacks before the fight are the most fun, and Li Yaowei has a feeling of watching a play. But it didn't take long, after all, it was so purely shouting from the throat, and after shouting a few words, it was hoarse, and the Turkic general Chirogli began to command the army to attack the city.
The Turkic army formation still relied on the front troops to hold huge shields to cover the fighting equipment such as chariots and ladders, while the main force was two or three people holding a huge shield to reduce the weight to a minimum. The entire Turkic army was like a pangolin covered in scales, advancing inch by inch.
Li Yaowei and Fifth Yao were also a little apprehensive when they saw this formation, hoping that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would be able to repel the invaders. All the soldiers on the city wall drew their bows until the full moon, and the arrows were ready to be attacked, and the cold arrows were aimed at the Turks beneath the city.
Chen Liwan waited patiently, and after the Turkic army entered the firing range, he raised his hand and waved it down suddenly: "Release!" ”
Woohoo! Thousands of arrows turned into lightning at the same time, and shot straight towards the Turkic army. In order to deal with the bows and arrows of the Tang Dynasty defenders, the Turks specially made a giant shield with a few inches of thick wooden planks, and the arrows could not penetrate at all, only a few unlucky people were killed by the bow and arrow through the gap between the two shields.
Chen Liwan also noticed that something was wrong with them, "Stop archery!" Catapult stone-throwing! ”
The range of catapults is not as good as that of bows and arrows, and this is the best time to play.
One huge stone after another was thrown from behind the city wall and smashed into the Turkic army, and in an instant, hundreds of people were smashed into meat pies, and flesh and blood flew everywhere!
Fortunately, the distance is far enough, Li Yaojian can't see clearly, otherwise it would be uncomfortable again.
However, the disadvantage of the catapult was that the rate of fire was too slow, and the Turkic army quickly rushed to the city gates.
"Cast!" Chen Liwan ordered. However, this time the order was to have some of the soldiers of the city wall pick up stones and sandbags and throw them down, and the Turks under the city wall were smashed into a paste by the stones falling from the head, and the city wall was covered with corpses, all of them with severed heads and waists.
There were also archers on the Turkic side, constantly firing arrows, interfering with the city wall of the Tang Dynasty defenders, some soldiers were unfortunately wounded or killed by arrows, but one fell, and others filled the position.
"Archers, shoot Lao Tzu their bow troops." Chen Liwan shouted, turned to Li Yaowei and said, "Gongzi Li, it's dangerous here, why don't you go down first?" ”
"It's okay, Governor, your task is to command the defense of the city, not to care about me as an ordinary person." Li Yaoyu picked up a bow and arrow from the side of a fallen soldier and shot it straight down the city tower. He didn't have the strength to draw his bow and shoot at a distance, but he could still shoot under the castle. Fifth Yao drew his sword and stood closely beside him, keeping his eyes on the front to prevent the sharp arrows from coming.
Shout!
"Wow! I shot someone! Li Yaoyu couldn't help but be very excited when he saw a sharp arrow he shot, like a blind cat touching a dead mouse, piercing the throat of a Turkic! Then he bent over and almost threw up.
The people around him, including Chen Liwan, understood that he was probably not used to such a scene, but he was even more moved, this person endured the discomfort in his stomach, and personally pulled the bow to kill the enemy, who said that scholars are useless? That's what useful scholars are!
If before, Li Yaowei would not dare to kill anyone, but now, in the face of the national enemy, he can't care about anything else, plus the heroic scene of the Tang soldiers uniting as one and swearing to defend the city to the death deeply touched him! What boy doesn't want to go into battle one day? Look at what Yue Fei said, Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood! What a courage that is!
After taking a deep breath for a while, the discomfort in his stomach and heart almost subsided, Li Yaoyu stood up and continued to draw his bow and shoot arrows......
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[I still couldn't cope with depression, and for several years, I was tortured over and over again...... The update may be affected, but it will not be interrupted, at least there is one update, this is my festival ......]