Chapter 172: Bloody Battle on a Rainy Night (I)
In the noisy rain curtain, the sound of horses' hooves made by nearly a thousand Hun horsemen galloping on their horses was like thunder when listening to Han Ning who was lying next to the mud pit at this time!
At this time, Han Ning took a closer look at Li Yanzhao's foresight. If you are paralyzed because of the rainy night, this wave of Hun cavalry suddenly attacks to the front, and the more than 3,000 soldiers in the camp will be destroyed in an instant!
As the hooves of the Hun cavalry rushed closer and closer, the Lingju county soldiers who were guarding the camp wall at this time also showed a frightened look. The vast majority of them are still facing real war for the first time. The rumbling of horses' hooves, from far and near, was like the note of Hades' urging, and the sound struck on their hearts. As the sound of the horse's hooves got closer and closer, it grew louder and louder. Among the soldiers of Lingju County who were guarding the camp wall, they were already full of fear and panic.
Gao Sima, who was driven to the shelves, also knew that it would be difficult to defend this camp wall with only these rabble under his command. So after settling down in the camp for a while, he picked out the veterans who had joined the army among the two thousand. And they will serve as generals and above among the two thousand people. Han Ning was also worried that he would not be able to fight, so he specially ordered the treasurer to allocate a batch of weapons and equipment to these Lingju county soldiers.
At this time, on the camp wall, the veterans were already standing in the front row of the camp wall with medals and ring swords. Behind them were the unreliable farmers who were still trembling. Yang Guangzhu and Wu Bin, the two former robes, were also standing in the front row at this time, shoulder to shoulder, their eyes were solemn, looking at the dark night of the horses that gradually became louder.
As the rain of arrows covered by the noisy sound of the rain curtain approached, the county soldiers began to shoot arrows one after another on the camp wall. The veterans in the front row raised their shields one after another, leaning the bottom of the medallion against the top of the camp wall, trying their best to shield the unprotected soldiers in the rear. However, there are still soldiers who are constantly being hit and arrows falling. With the rumbling of horses' hooves outside the camp and the whistling feather arrows flying in the air, the newly enlisted Lingju County soldiers who saw the robes falling around them began to gradually waver.
The cavalry experience of the Huns has been perfected. On rainy days, the flight path of the feather arrow will be deviated due to rain and wind direction. However, they were always able to make corrections in time, accurately and viciously walked around the camp, and accurately threw waves of feather arrows on the camp wall and the heads of the Liangzhou troops behind the camp wall.
The crossbowmen of the Liangzhou Army had basically been transferred to Jincheng County to assist in defending the city, and there were basically no crossbowmen in the camp at this time, so in the face of the feather arrow attacks of these Hun cavalry marching around the camp, the generals in the battalion had no good way for the time being. The veterans at the head of the camp wall could only raise the medals in their hands as best they could, and then instructed the recruits behind them to keep their bodies as low as possible in order to shield themselves from the ubiquitous rain of arrows.
Many soldiers under the camp wall also protected Han Ning, Li Yanzhao and other generals one after another, they turned their backs to their respective generals, and then raised the round card in their hands. From time to time, there was a muffled sound of arrows shooting into the wooden medals, but these generals were also fearless, and let the guns and arrows rain around them, and still commanded and dispatched without changing their faces.
With the increase in casualties on the camp wall, the psychology of those soldiers in Lingju County has gradually changed from shaking to collapse. When one of the young soldiers saw that one of his comrades in the front row had been shot through the throat by an arrow, and then fell to the ground struggling while covering his bleeding throat with his hands. He leaned down to inspect Tong Ze's injuries, but in the darkness of the night he saw the pair of eyes wide open with fear and despair.
As the magnitude of the struggle gradually decreased, until he did not move, the soldier finally ushered in death. However, his eyes, full of fear and despair, brought infinite shock to the young soldier beside him.
The young soldier reached out to pick him up, and then probed his snort. However, the outstretched hand touched a viscous liquid, and at the same time, there was a strong smell of blood, which frightened the young soldier and immediately withdrew his hand.
The sound of arrows breaking through the air continued to be heard, mixed with the dark night and the continuous rain curtain, which made the new Lingju county soldiers who were still on the camp wall at this time fearful. They are honest farmers who toiled in the countryside and lived in the mountains and rivers for the rest of their lives, how could they have the firm will to face this bloody battlefield everywhere? The Hun cavalry outside the camp still kept shooting arrows into the camp, and at the same time galloped back and forth, and let out a nonsense howl similar to a wolf's howl, which added a little fear to the hearts of these peasants who had just taken the soldiers.
The young soldier could no longer bear the great fear and pressure, and he screamed and jumped off the inner camp wall, and immediately ran towards the depths of the camp. His escape exacerbated the collapse of these hard-willed peasants, and as he jumped off the inner wall, the soldiers of Lingju County, who were guarding the camp wall on the southeast side, began to flee by jumping over the wall.
Han Ning, under the support of a group of guards on his side, heard the noise and shouts at the camp wall on the southeast side, and his heart sank, and he hurriedly looked at the southeast camp wall, but saw the soldiers on the camp wall jumping off the wall one after another and then fleeing towards the center of the camp. This move made Han Ning's hair stand upside down in an instant, he looked at the camp wall in the southeast, and then coldly squeezed out a sentence in his mouth: "Order Li Sima, those who escape from the battle, kill!" ”
One of the guards beside Han Ning led the order, he held his shield and quickly ran towards the southeast side of the camp wall. Before he could get closer, he heard an angry cry mixed with the sound of rain and arrows breaking through the air.
"Those who escape from the battle will be beheaded!"
With this command, the guard watched the Guangwu soldiers not far in front of him step forward one after another, and there were bursts of begging for mercy and the dull sound of blades entering flesh under the camp wall.
Seeing that Tong Ze, who jumped off the camp wall and escaped, was beheaded one after another, the county soldiers who were still on the camp wall stopped their actions one after another. stared blankly at the dark shadows that fell to the ground under the camp walls.
An emotionless voice came from under the camp wall: "Brothers, fighting is death, and fleeing is death." Why don't you die on the battlefield, and you can still earn a mouthful of food for your wife and children at home! If this camp wall can't be held, you will fill it in, and Li will fill it! Today is our duty! The wall is in the people, if the wall dies, Li is willing to die with the kings! ”
Hearing this shout, the camp wall had become silent from the noise of the square. Only the sound of the rain that gradually became smaller, and the still arrogant sound of arrows breaking through the air.
Gao Sima Fang, who was holding a shield on the camp wall, saw that the recruits in the rear had jumped off the wall and fled, and his heart was already extremely panicked. Hearing Li Sima's words under the camp wall, he felt that there was no way out now, so he had to shout: "Ben Sima has decided to fight here!" I ordered the good men in the county not to run away from the battle, not to say anything about their own death, and to bring their wives and children to be ridiculed by others! Gao swears here, I will stick to this place, never take a step back, if you see Gao retreating, you can behead me! ”
Gao Sima's voice fell, and he heard the camp wall behind him, and Fang Cai's voice laughed heartily: "Gao Sima is worthy of my heroes in Guangwu County, and it is really a blessing for Li to be able to fight side by side with Gao Sima here." Gao Sima and rest assured, if Hu Lu dares to climb this wall, and he can't fight with all his strength, Li will immediately go to the wall to help! ”