Chapter 19: The Bloody Battle of Salt City

This Zhang Yao was still in anger, and suddenly heard Lin Yi shouting under the city tower to attack the city, he was shocked, and said sharply to the soldiers guarding the city beside him: "Quick, go and inform the defenders of all gates, be sure to guard the city strictly, and wait for Mr. to rescue." In addition, remember that you must never go out of the city recklessly, and those who dare to leave the city without permission will be killed. ”

Although Zhang Yao was not lightly angered by this Lin Yi, and he also lost face in front of the officers and soldiers of the three armies, after all, he was a general who had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he knew that he could not act rashly at this time, so he still suppressed his anger.

At this time, Lin Yi's army was already surging over like a tide with the sound of "dong dong" war drums, followed by the heavy sound of the horn, which was like a death note that filled the heaven and earth, indicating the death and blood that was about to come.

At this time, although it is early in the morning, the heaven and earth are indeed full of murderous atmosphere, so that people can feel the sense of urgency from afar, if there are recruits who have just entered the camp at this time to see this appearance, I am afraid that there will be a sense of fear and trembling discomfort, not to mention the recruits, even the veterans at the head of this city also secretly swallowed their saliva, their hands are tightly holding their weapons, and their eyes are wide open to look at Lin Yi's army downstairs in this city.

In the sound of the vast horn, this Lin Yi's army was moving densely towards Yancheng, Zhang Yao could see clearly on the head of the city, it was a very imposing army, the soldiers were all holding long knives, spears and long bows, and the long knives were flashing with a little cold light under the pressure of this black cloud; The spear pointed to the sky, like a dense forest, which made people shudder.

At the forefront of the list are the true warriors who are not afraid of death, and they rush towards their targets like madmen with broadswords and spears in their hands; In the middle are the siege ladders and siege troops, they are the second echelon, responsible for seeing the opportunity to be ready to attack the city at any time; Further behind were the archers and other more powerful siege engines, such as catapults, wells, etc. The entire siege team is orderly, coordinated, and domineering.

The horses roared, the cold was pressing, and in the blink of an eye, a thick murderous aura came to the face, pressing on every soldier, everyone's face, making people feel breathless.

At the beginning, when Zhang Yao and Lin Yi were arguing, the soldiers were still full of voices, laughing or exclaiming from time to time. Now the huge momentum of Lin Yi's army and the feeling of shaking the ground and shaking the mountains have really reached the hearts of every soldier on the city tower. In an instant, the city was silent, and everyone was waiting for the arrival of the great battle.

After all, Zhang Yao is a general who has experienced a hundred battles, and he is also slightly calm at this time, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Prepare the archers, wind the arrows, draw the bow, listen to my orders, and prepare to shoot a salvo." After finishing speaking, he pressed the big knife in his hand and was ready to give orders at any time.

As soon as the garrison sergeant heard this, he pulled the string with a longbow, held his breath to calm himself, and stared at the tide army downstairs in this city, just waiting for Zhang Yao's order, he was ready to shoot a salvo, and he had to let Lin Yi taste the taste of this ten thousand arrows.

The sergeant who rushed to the front was a dead soldier who was not afraid of death, and when they saw that the bow and arrow were full, they were not afraid, and they wanted to rush up directly through the ladder with a hideous face.

Zhang Yao saw that the time was ripe, so he waved his sword, and then shouted: "Shoot." ”

In an instant, ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and the feather arrows were like overwhelming rain flowers, covering the entire sky in a blink of an eye, and they fell densely towards the death squad in the front row of Lin Yi.

When Lin Yi saw this appearance, he also calmly shouted under the city tower: "Don't panic, the archers in the back row are ready, give me a full bow." After Lin Yi's archers and siege equipment were ready, I saw Lin Yi wave his big hand, and suddenly the arrows from downstairs rushed to the city like a tide.

The rain of arrows on both sides covered the entire battlefield, and the soldiers were doing their best to avoid the rain of arrows, and no one wanted to die here. Only Lin Yi's first row of death squads had no one to dodge the rain of arrows, and they gritted their teeth and rushed forward directly.

The powerful feathered arrows could take away the lives of several soldiers almost in the blink of an eye, and this life was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye on the battlefield, as if it were a very insignificant thing. The rain of arrows was mixed with the muffled sound of the arrows and the creepy screams.

In Lin Yi's army, from time to time, rows of sergeants will fall, most of them are the death squads in the front row, but soon, there will be new sergeants who will go to fill the gap; At the head of Yancheng City, from time to time, a sergeant fell from the high city tower, accompanied by the terrible scream and the ensuing shattering ending.

The war, just like that, began without hint and without warning.

Death wielded his scythe, reaping the lives of one sergeant after another on the battlefield. Blood and death continued to spread, enveloping the entire Salt City in ruins of blood and fire. The flower of life withers quickly, and how many of these people will be remembered by posterity? It's just a simple stroke of "the battle of Yancheng, how many people died".

People can't help but sigh that life is so fragile.

Because of the fearless charge of the death squad, Lin Yi's main siege army was slowly approaching the city wall.

Lin Yi marched in the starry night this time and came to attack Yancheng, just to take advantage of the fact that the Yancheng fortifications had not yet taken shape. Therefore, before the war, Lin Yi had already given a death order to the soldiers of the three armies, to attack the city with all their might, and the sooner Yancheng was captured, they would be able to rest one day earlier, so they must take Yancheng before Song Ruoyu's reinforcements arrived, otherwise the situation would become very tricky at that time.

Knowing this truth in their hearts, all the soldiers charged straight forward, wanting to take Yancheng as soon as possible and show their military might.

The drum rumbled, not only the loud horn, but also the dozens of drums in Lin Yi's army were also beaten loudly at this time, which was deafening.

On the top of the city tower, Zhang Yao saw that Lin Yi's army was so brave, so he ordered the soldiers to use oil fire, rolling stones and giant trees to deal with the enemy army instead. The huge wooden rolling stones of the city tower carried the aftermath of the wind and fell straight down, killing dozens of people directly on the spot. That Lin Yi was also unwilling to lose the wind, and with a wave of the military flag, the 10,000-ton boulder of the catapult roared towards the city tower, and it was directly smashed out of the gap between the edge of the city wall on the city tower.

Not only the boulder, but also the well under the downstairs was also in full swing at this time, under Lin Yi's methodical command, hundreds of powerful crossbow arrows were directly pierced and shot at this city tower, and dozens of people would die tragically almost every instant, and the appearance was very miserable.

The city was already full of dead soldiers' corpses. The dead soldiers fought desperately before their deaths, but their corpses after death would be regarded as shelters or tramples, their corpses were trampled on, but their souls went to the Yellow Spring together.

The battle continued to heat up, and the sky was gradually turning to noon, and the shadow of the sun was about to emerge from the dense black clouds.

The soldiers on both sides were exhausted at this time, and one side came in a starry night, and began to attack the city without even resting; On the other hand, I was tired all night, and at this time I was also at the limit. Coupled with the rising temperature at noon, the two sides also slowed down their speed at this time, and their movements were also sluggish.

The soldiers on both sides were frightened by the bravery of the other. Needless to say, Zhang Yao's self-defense is to defend this Yancheng no matter what, since they entered this Yancheng, they have been coexisting with Yancheng, and if Yancheng is lost, their lives will naturally not be guaranteed; That Lin Yi paid attention to the speed of the soldiers, and he also gave a death order to take Yancheng, otherwise what awaited them was a dangerous situation.

Not only that, there are many people in the city, they are hiding in their homes at this time and dare not come out, if the city is broken, even if Lin Yi is a benevolent general, it will inevitably cause the situation of displacement of the people, it is their relatives of a country.

When Zhang Yao thought of this, he was even more red-eyed. After slashing an enemy who was about to go to the city with his broadsword, he shouted to the soldier: "Brothers, hold on, you must defend Yancheng to the death, and wait for reinforcements from your husband." ”

The air was filled with the smell of vomiting blood.

Looking at their former siblings, the Pao Ze brothers became a corpse in front of their eyes in a blink of an eye, how could this be acceptable to the soldiers of the two armies, so they were also red-eyed one by one, as if they were crazy people constantly waving the weapons in their hands, killing the enemy.

One after another, one after another, people kept dying, and the tragic situation made everyone present tremble in their hearts, and then they also had a strong fear of war.

Looking at the continuous casualties of his soldiers, Lin Yi also frowned slightly, thinking about whether he should temporarily avoid the edge and wait for a break at noon before attacking the city.

Just as Lin Yi hesitated, a scout hurriedly rode to Lin Yi's side and reported: "General Qiyu, there is an unknown small group of enemies who are harassing the rear of our army. The casualties of the rear army are not yet known. ”

When Lin Yi heard this, his brows tightened, looking at Yancheng, which had turned into a sea of corpses, and finally gritted his teeth and said in his heart: "It can't be like this, the casualties are too big." Then he said to the general beside him: "Order all the armies, Mingjin to collect the troops, repair at noon, and then come to attack the city after my general order." ”

When Zhang Yao was killing fiercely, he suddenly heard the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing troops from Lin Yi's array, and he couldn't help but wonder for a while, and then he really saw that Lin Yi's soldiers did not charge Yancheng again, they all slowly retreated with a vigilant face.

When Zhang Yao looked at this, he guessed in his heart that Lin Yi must have marched too fast and did not inquire about Cai Jian's whereabouts, this must be Cai Jian leading the army in the rear to interfere with Lin Yi and solve the danger of Yancheng.

After a while, the crowd receded, leaving only a few thousand corpses under the salt walls.

At this time, the sun finally emerged from the black clouds, and the sunlight suddenly sprinkled the entire battlefield, illuminating Yancheng.

Zhang Yao was on the head of the city, his whole body was covered with blood, and he sat down tired, silently looking at this Lang Lang tomorrow and the sea of corpses under the city, but a few tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes.

The sun came out, but unfortunately they couldn't see it......