Chapter 331: Conquering the Royal Capital
Although there is no wide and flat road in the country of Bori, most of its people live along the coast, and the city is only a few dozen zhang away from the coast, and the coast is straight, and it can be reached in a straight line in the northwest direction to the capital of the king of Bori. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wei Chi Xunyu led the Zhendong army to the east along the coast, in order to achieve the hard-won effect, the whole march was rapid, and in less than three hours, he ran forty miles to the capital of the king of Bori.
Just visiting the capital of the Boli king, the Zhendong army is full of suspicious expressions, this is the rich flowing oil, with a pure gold throne, the maids are all ornaments of gold flowers and miscellaneous treasures, and the Buddha statues in the palace and Buddhist temples are all crossed to the gold of the Bori country?
The earthen wall, which is less than a foot high, looks like a simple pile of earth, and there are no decent stacks in the mud wall, just some wooden fences. As for the city gate, it is even more ridiculous that the wooden planks are spliced together, probably because the handicraft and the tools for cutting the wood are not good, the surface of the gate is rough, the edges are not straight, and the gaps between the wooden planks on the faΓ§ade are clearly visible.
There were quite a few Bori soldiers standing on the castle tower, looking at their thin physiques, dark skin, most of them only wrapped in a burlap around their waists, and holding miscellaneous weapons that seemed to be incapable of lethality.
The soldiers of the Zhendong Army shook their heads, and broke the city, it is estimated that in addition to the palace, there is nothing to rob in the city, and General Wei Chi also let them plunder for three days, and it is too long to plunder for an hour.
Looking at the low earthen wall, which can be climbed as long as one turns over, many soldiers hurriedly made a bunch of ladders yesterday, and they don't need it at all.
The three lieutenants and a group of lieutenants gathered around Wei Chi Xunyu and discussed: "The city wall is too short, we can't use the ladder, judging from the combat strength of the Bori army yesterday, our army's bow and crossbow can defeat it with a salvo, and it is estimated that it is no problem to go down with a drum." β
"It seems that the people of Bori are quite poor, and after entering the city, it is estimated that they will not be able to rob much money, and the soldiers will inevitably complain after the war."
Wei Chi Xunyu thought for a while and said: "It depends on whether the palace of the king of Bori is as rich as it is rumored, and if so, half of the money in the palace will be distributed to the soldiers." β
According to the original plan, after the city was broken, the soldiers could plunder the city for three days to obtain wealth, and the treasures in the palace were transported back to Andong by the South China Sea Fleet to His Royal Highness King Yan except for half of the treasures in the palace and the South China Sea Fleet.
However, looking at this dilapidated Boli royal capital, as long as you are not mentally retarded, you know that the people in the city are poor, and it belongs to a typical country where the royal family is rich and the people are poor. Continuing with the previous division, the soldiers would not agree.
The generals nodded, and with scores up and down, the whole army could work together and lay the foundation for the next calmly conquered the entire Borneo.
"Knock Knock ......"
The war drums of the Zhendong army thundered, and the 3,000 soldiers, in addition to 1,000 people, raised their bows and crossbows, and took arrows to fill the bowstring and aim at the capital of the Boli king.
"Puff puff ......"
The bowstrings drawn in the hands of the Zhendong army were shot in response to the order of Wei Chi Xunyu, and the two thousand arrows formed a small black cloud in the air and climbed upward with a whistling sound, reaching the highest point of the range and then running in an arc towards the city wall.
The Bori soldiers on the city walls looked up in horror at the arrows whizzing in the sky, they had never seen so many arrows used to kill the enemy in their lives. On his dark face, beads of sweat with the size of water droplets couldn't stop flowing down, and his body was shaking and he couldn't hold his weapon.
What's worse is that the Bori soldiers on the tower have almost no shields in their hands, and they have no armor on their bodies, so they are defenseless against the arrows that come at them.
When the arrows came, there was a howl on the wall, and the soldiers who had been killed and wounded almost covered the narrow wall. In the face of waves of arrows from the Zhendong army, the surviving Bori soldiers were desperate and threw down their weapons and jumped off the castle tower to flee into the city.
Wei Chi Xunyu couldn't help but shake his head, such a weak army could also establish a country in Borneo, which was far away from its neighbors and was wild.
Glancing at the impatient soldiers, Wei Chi Xunyu waved his raised right hand in the expectant eyes of the soldiers of the whole army.
The 2,500 infantrymen who had been ordered were like floods that opened the gates, and they were too lazy to climb through the low earthen walls, and rushed straight to the city gates.
The axemen rushed to the city gate first, and with a few axes, he knocked down the weakly defended plank gate. As soon as the city gate was broken, the swarming Zhendong army quickly passed through the city gate, roared and rushed into the city, and cut down people when they saw them.
Frightened by the arrows of the Zhendong army, the Bori army had no intention of resisting and ran towards the location of the palace or temple, praying for the protection of the Buddha and the king.
Ordinary people huddled in houses made of coconut leaves and wood, trembling in fear as they listened to the roaring shouts of the Zhendong army outside.
Hearing that the city gate was breached, the Tang army rushed into the city to send people to collect the routed troops in the city to strengthen the defense of the palace.
I heard that in the Zhenla country in Haibei, the army rode elephants to fight, and had the potential to blow dry and pull the enemy on the battlefield. The king of Boli, who was in a hurry, immediately sent fourteen sharp soldiers to fight in the palace on the three elephants that he had originally used to travel and ride on his own in the palace, and sent a strong general to lead the troops and horses to assist the elephants in attacking.
King Bori knelt in front of the Golden Buddha in the Buddha Hall in the palace, and prayed to the Buddha constantly, and the savage and fierce Tang army was captured by the huge elephant and collapsed without a fight, relieving the danger of the imminent fall of the royal capital.
The Zhendong army, who rushed to the palace, was startled by the three elephants that suddenly rushed out of the palace, the elephant's huge body, heavy and powerful giant feet, the earth shook every step of the foot, and the loud mooing sound resounded all around.
The first time they saw the elephant, the soldiers of the Zhendong Army charged at a sluggish pace, and they all looked up at the elephant with frightened faces, and the two shiny tusks on both sides of the elephant's trunk shook the hearts of the soldiers of the Zhendong Army, and they slowly retreated unconsciously.
The fierce and brave Tang army was so frightened that the morale of the Bori soldiers who followed behind the elephant and on the walls of the palace was greatly boosted, and the archers drew their longbows and shot at the Zhendong army.
The elephant slaves, who had never fought against elephants and were frightened before the battle, saw that the Tang army was frightened by the elephants under their seats, and they were so ambitious that they controlled the elephants to attack the Tang army upright.
Nearly three feet tall elephant strode on four legs like a trot, although there are only three elephants, the momentum is not lost to a thousand horses across the battlefield.
The four elephant soldiers on the back of the elephant used their bows and arrows to shoot the Tang army downward, and the Bori army, which followed closely behind the elephant soldiers, rushed up to cover the kill.
The officers and men of the Zhendong Army were ununited for a while, and everyone was afraid of the elephant's advancing four-legged and snow-bright tusks, and they were beaten back by the Bori army.
When he heard that the attack on the palace had changed, he led the cavalry to arrive, and saw three elephants arrogantly attacking his own soldiers, and one soldier was trampled by the elephant and died tragically.
Wei Chi followed Yu with great hatred, led the cavalry around the back of the elephant, and slaughtered the Bori army that followed the elephant's attack, and the general Bori wearing armor was even more provoked by him.
With three elephants participating in the battle, the Tang army retreated in the confrontation, and the Bori army thought that it had a chance of victory, and its morale suddenly rose. No, the beautiful moment was killed by the cavalry led by Wei Chi Xunyu in less than two quarters of an hour.
More than 3,000 Bori troops rushed out of the palace were powerless in the face of the Tang cavalry, and the main general was killed on the spot by the fierce Tang army, and the rest of the soldiers intended to return to the palace and hold on.
How could Wei Chi follow Yu's life to make these Boli people get their wish? He led the cavalry Shun Boli into the palace.
Facing the rout of the foot soldiers killed by the Tang army, the three elephants and the twelve elephant soldiers and three elephant slaves above were alone in the face of the cold and sharp eyes of the more than 1,000 Tang army tigers and wolves who had calmed down, and they couldn't help but be frightened physically and mentally.
"Damn, I was frightened by the weak Bori man driving a three-headed beast." The lieutenant scolded, and ordered: "Soldiers, shoot the three beasts and the Bori on their backs into hedgehogs with bows and crossbows. β
"Whoa!"
The soldiers who had been ordered took their bows and crossbows from their waists, mounted their arrows, and aimed them at the three elephants that could not advance or retreat.
The elephant slaves and elephant soldiers wept and lamented, "Buddha, why did the beautiful moment leave so quickly? β
The elephant also felt that his life was threatened by the equipment in the hands of the strangely dressed humans in front of him, and let out a wailing sound, turning his huge body to escape, while the elephant slaves and elephant soldiers threw their weapons and wanted to surrender.
Looking at the dozens of soldiers who died tragically on the ground, the lieutenant did not hesitate to order the arrows to be released.
More than 1,000 arrows came straight at them, and the panicked elephant soldiers and elephant slaves were pierced in the heart, and fell off the elephants one after another. The three elephants, who had been tied into hedgehogs, raised their noses in pain, hissed in their faces, and fell to their knees with a thud, smashing up a cloud of dust.