Chapter 153: Capture the City (2)
Saraswati struggled to her rise up the wooden steps, and was immediately held back by several guards, who ignored the rockets falling from the sky, and tried to get the defenders back to their positions with that sharp shout.
"Come up, stop them, quick!"
Perhaps it was a queen, or perhaps it was a woman, but her efforts paid off, and the defenders, who were in the process of changing their guards, ended their state of chaos and returned to the city wall under the leadership of their respective officers, just in time to meet the attack of the mountain people.
The day was not yet dawn, and at this time the defenders were not in a good position except for a height and the cover of the city wall, and the torches planted in the city exposed their figures, so that the mountain people in the darkness could see clearly, and the rockets fired from the mountain wall increased this tendency, they were not only aimed at the human body, but also the rough wooden shelves of those who stood on them.
Fortunately, they all knew that they were facing a life-and-death situation, and there was nowhere to escape, and the defenders, under the personal command of their own queen, burst out with great combat effectiveness, and suddenly caused some casualties to the mountain people.
The darkness and the blocking of the branches made most of the arrows shot by the defenders lose their accuracy, but those who climbed the tree body always had those who could not dodge, and the wail of the arrows falling from the arrows would also affect the minds of the attackers.
A young Qingshan citizen who was close to him watched his companion fall, and his heart was shocked by the painful and tragic situation, and he couldn't care about holding on to the tree trunk, so he suddenly turned around and ran.
Before he could go far, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and he stopped in a daze, only to see a tall shadow rushing towards him, and a white light from the lance danced, like a bright moon on the horizon, illuminated his eyes in an instant.
"No!"
As a voice sounded, he was pounced on, and the white light swept over his head and stopped where he had just been.
Kang Laosi quickly stood up and clasped his fists and saluted: "Pre-Lang Jun, my lord has orders that military law will not be implemented in this battle." ”
Yang Yu's war horse slowly stopped, and the long lance was upside down in his hand, the snowy lance shone in the darkness, and the face that couldn't see clearly was an ice-like cold speech.
"Why?"
"If you have not been taught, you will be punished by ignorance."
Kang Laosi's hands were sweating, for fear that the other party would start if he didn't agree with him, after all, there was no clear temperance relationship between the two sides, and he usually looked at a smiling person, but he seemed to have changed his appearance on the battlefield, and he didn't have any warning when he started, so he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Okay, so-and-so got it." Yang Pre replied simply, then turned the horse's head and gave an order: "Rush all those who have run away, and don't hurt anyone unless they encounter resistance." ”
The instructions were passed down one by one, and the fifty wanderers immediately dispersed, along the outskirts of the city, intercepting the fleeing mountain people, and then driving them over, and soon, hundreds of people were gathered.
Seeing that they were very cooperative, Kang Laosi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and when he turned his face, his expression had become extremely solemn.
"Let them all crouch here, go and find the heads of the various tribes, and let them see with their own eyes what warriors and cowards are like." He deliberately said it in Ka, which immediately caused a commotion.
The mountain people who were driven together were reluctant to hear that they were going to be humiliated like this, but the wolf-like Tang cavalry around them gave them a great shock.
The disposal of these people also inspired the mountain people who were besieging the city, not many people were willing to show their cowardice in front of the clansmen, and the casualties on the left and right would be made up according to the standards of the Tang people, even if they died in battle, it was worth it.
Kang Laosi led people to play the role of supervising the battle, this kind of actual combat with low intensity is the best way to train the team, the organization, discipline, and combat methods are most intuitively expressed, and blood and corpses can be used as a reference, so that they can understand in the shortest possible time why the things emphasized by the Tang people will become an invincible hero.
The attack of the mountain people unfolded in an orderly manner, and the archers on both sides fired at each other across the walls, and the bright traces of fire that shot from the mountain walls from time to time painted a wonderful picture.
Only Yang Pre, who is sitting on a horse, will glance at the direction of the city from time to time, driving away and fleeing the mountain people is not his main job, when the task is assigned, his cavalry is left at the end, attacking the city, naturally it is not the turn, everything can only wait, waiting for the moment when the city gate is opened.
Liu Ji and his people rushed to the section of the city wall that had been surveyed in advance, which was facing the Peacock River, as the main source of water in the city, and a tributary entered through the city wall, perhaps for this reason, the nearby section of the wall was a little shorter than other places, about three meters high.
The siege of the mountain people deliberately avoided this section, and with the great increase in frontal pressure, the defenders here could not be idle, and a considerable part of them were transferred to reinforcements, and the others were also trying to shoot in the direction of the mountain people.
A woman who is not military savvy has done her best.
"Dismount and line up."
Liu Ji stopped his horse, slapped it on the buttocks, and drove the horse towards the Peacock River, and the men behind him did the same, and soon, a team of horsemen, all turned into foot soldiers, and stood still in front of him.
There are no torches, and everyone can only look at it roughly, Liu Ji didn't plan to engage in any tactical mobilization, but simply mentioned a few key points.
"See, less than two people tall, after the crossbowmen have shot a round, I will go first, remember, in my ranks, wearing the best armor, you must rush to the front, otherwise it is better to take it off and give it to other brothers."
After speaking, he beckoned: "Action." ”
The crossbowmen in the procession immediately untied their bows or crossbows from their backs, and rushed forward without fear, and at a distance of about ten paces, they drew their bows and arrows, aiming at the figures on the top of the city, which stood out in the firelight.
And faster than them is Liu Ji himself, behind him, Zhang Wuyuan and Xu Guangjing are not slow at all, dozens of people quickly came to the city wall, the two of them held hands, formed a hollow tic-tac-toe with each other, and then the body half squatted, accumulating strength on the legs, ready to build a ladder.
Liu Ji left about seven or eight steps of running space, at the moment when the crossbowmen let go of the string machine, they accelerated forward with all their might, Zhang and Xu stared at his footsteps, and before they were about to hit the city wall, they padd his right foot, and they used their strength together, and suddenly lifted up, and Liu Ji, who was in full armor, suddenly rose into the air, and suddenly appeared in front of the defenders.
A Nepalese soldier who had just rushed over when he saw that the situation was not right, and before he could lean out of the city wall, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, with bright armor and bright red tassels, as if falling from the sky, and suddenly made him stay there.
The full strength of the two senior Mo swordsmen, coupled with his own acceleration, made Liu Ji's body fly over the city, and under the reflection of the torches, it was indeed a bit like falling from the sky.
This is completely unintentional, this is the first time people have done this, and it is normal that the strength is not in place, at the moment, where can he care, fortunately, in this way, this step of climbing the wall is omitted.
When Liu Ji was in the air, he pulled out the horizontal knife on his waist, in order to reduce weight, he did not carry his own Mo knife on his back, and after a short period of time in the air, his whole body fell to the city wall with a whirring wind.
At the same time, with a wave of his hand, he slashed the sluggish Nebora soldier into a detachment, and "Gollum" fell off the wooden ladder.
"Boom!" Ground thud.
His feet made a loud noise as he stepped on the wooden steps.
"Mamu Nur!"
"Mamu Nur!"
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This scene made the surrounding mountain people excited, and they all let out sky-shaking cheers, which resounded in the night sky.