Chapter Ninety-Eight: Fight to the Death
"Give it to me!" Suoqiu roared, "Kill a witch and a bounty of one or two." Those who block the city gates, I ask the saint to be knighted! ”
Zheng Jun got the order, and they were like being beaten with chicken blood. The dozens of witches were frightened and hurriedly retreated outside the city gate. Seeing this, the soldiers who rushed to the front immediately divided into two sides and pushed the door, trying to close the door before the enemy troops.
The shouts of the enemy were getting closer and closer, almost drowning out the squeaky of the jack as the shaft turned. Many of the soldiers who pushed the door showed panicked expressions, and their steps became hesitant.
With his left hand in front and his right hand behind, Sochu stood in the center, ignoring the sharp arrows whizzing in his ears. Everyone saw that the coach was working so hard, and the strength came again. With a muffled "boom", the gate finally closed in front of Suochu's eyes.
Then, the crowd scrambled to lift the beam. Just as the crosswood was about to snap onto the deadbolt, there was a loud bang on the door panel, knocking the crosswood to the ground and sweeping down a large number of people. Then, amid the terrible neighing of the horses and the dense clashing of metal, another crack opened in the gate.
Sochu's eyes widened with rage, and the blood on them seemed to be about to crack. With a long roar, he jumped into the air with a soldier who had just gotten up, lifted Changge high, and stabbed directly into the mouth of the enemy who had already leaned out half of his body through the crack in the door.
Zheng Jun, who was a little stunned just now, quickly came back to his senses and followed the example of the boss. For a while, the cracks in the door were full of Changge dancing, and the first wave of the enemy's momentum was scolded. At the same time, the archers at the head of the city were finally in place. Under the strong suppression of the rain of arrows in the sky, the sneak attack team had no choice but to retreat. Zheng Jun in front of the door took the door and bolted it in one go!
Zheng Jun suddenly erupted in thunderous cheers, like stars holding the moon, surrounding Suo Qiu, who seemed to be the incarnation of the savior.
The heralds carried the good news to the west of the city as quickly as possible. With a long sigh of relief, he ordered a few soldiers with loud voices to shout at the head of the city: "The sneak attack on the east of the city has failed!" The sneak attack on the east of the city has been defeated! The sneak attack on the east of the city has been defeated! ……”
Soon, the offensive outside the city weakened to the point that it gradually stopped. Countless torches flickered in the dark night, and there was only a terrible silence except for the crackling and burning sound.
After about a stick of incense, the sound of rustling was heard, and the torches began to gather, retreat, and gradually extinguish. Soon the earth fell silent again, and the glow of the waning moon once again painted everything a dark blue hue.
Looking up into the distance, Chang Gengxing was crumbling in the direction of the retreat of the Holy Sixth Division, as if foreshadowing the final fate of Wei Hou.
At this time, Ji Yijiu, who got the news, hurried over, and bowed down as soon as he saw him: "Everyone knows what happened just now." It was the widow who failed to restrain the Zhou people, and I hope Zhou Zhao will forgive me. ”
"The king has no need to blame himself." Di Tu hurriedly grabbed the other party's hand and said, "It's really Wei Wu who stirs up discord, you and I must not be fooled!" ”
"Yes, yes." Ji Yijiu nodded again and again. After this battle, he also completely recognized the situation. Originally, he was still wondering, if Wei Hou won, will he still be the king? Now it seems that the old man is determined to put him in the same pot as Dudu.
"Although the king is relaxed, there is not much time left for the marquis. When we finally win, we have to settle accounts with him! ”
Zhou Tianzi and Sheng Zhou Zhao stood side by side for the first time, and the first rays of sunlight from the east erupted from behind them. It seems to indicate that the "dualistic politics" system, which has been painstakingly managed, has finally seen the light of day.
Before the two could further consolidate their "revolutionary friendship," the drums of war sounded again. The marquis, who had been cornered, launched a general attack. The vanguard pulled a huge tree trunk over with several modified chariots, and rushed towards the city gates, escorted by soldiers on both sides with their shields raised.
And Wei Hou himself, regardless of his advanced age of eighty or ninety, personally drove the chariot to the edge of the range of Zheng Jun's bow and arrows, and stared viciously at the head of Luoyi City.
"Crazy, crazy, Wei Hou is completely crazy." Ji Yijiu said with a bitter face, "He's really playing with his life!" ”
Digging Tu gritted his teeth, full of adrenaline, and threw himself into the final battle.
Zheng Jun took advantage of the commanding height and smashed stones down. Even if the siege team had a shield to protect it, it could not withstand the impact of falling from the sky. However, the enemy is like a dead man, knocking down one and immediately making up for one. Stumbling like this, they eventually rushed to the bottom of the city.
After a loud "boom", the city gate of several thousand catties trembled. The fragile parts of the door axle and the horizontal bolt began to twist one after another.
Suo Qiu looked at this posture and sweated in his heart. He ordered all the great wood and copper found in the city to be piled up on the door. At this time, the second shock came as promised. The piles were shaken and rubbed against the ground, making a screeching sound.
In this way, the enemy persevered. 10 times, 20 times, 30 times...... The guards who were stoned to death outside the door had already accumulated corpses, but the guards had no intention of giving up. Sochu looked at the gates, which had been badly deformed, and had to start preparing for the worst.
Just when the battle situation was getting more and more stalemate, Xian Ke ran up to the city panting, and finally brought the news that he had been waiting for. On the Western Front, the Qin people had no trouble stationing into the defenseless Hojing. On the eastern front, the Marquis of Jin and the Duke of Lu had completely surrounded Chaoge, but for the sake of the same surname and the immortal country, there was no general attack.
Before he could rejoice, there was a crisp sound of a giant tree tearing below, and the city gate fell to the ground with a bang. He was in a hurry and shouted, "Find the silk and write these down!" ”
Unbeknownst to Socho under the city, he let the pre-arranged archers shoot at each other. The enemies who hit the city gate originally raised their shields to guard against attacks from the high places above the city, and they were caught off guard by the front of them. Zheng Jun seized this fleeting opportunity to slaughter all the guards who were fighting in the front.
The follow-up guards couldn't keep up for a while. Taking advantage of this gap, Sochu sent a team of long shields to rush out of the door, and the entire doorway was clamped up like an iron bucket. And Wei Hou raised the command flag from afar, the drums in the army beat loudly, and the chariots of the Holy Sixth Division began to charge.
The archery team of the Zheng army at the head of the city also began to exert its might. It turned out that the infantry had a small target, and one shield was enough to protect themselves, while the vehicle had a large target, and under the suppression of the high-altitude arrow rain, they suffered heavy losses. The occasional few who rushed to the door by luck didn't put much pressure on Suochu.
However, despite the clarity of the situation, Wei Hou still pressed the chariot soldiers to rush forward wave after wave. Digging out overlooking the battlefield like a slaughterhouse, I can't help but feel kinship. He even suspected that the other party did it on purpose. The old thing knows that the general trend has gone, and he would rather let the Holy Sixth Master die than fall into the hands of Xin Zhou Zhao, and his heart can be punished.
The nobles of the Zhou royal family were also dumbfounded. In the early years of the Spring and Autumn Period, wars were often of a ceremonial nature, and the epidemic point was up. This kind of tragic war of annihilation did not emerge in large numbers until the Warring States period. If the descendants of this game had written the history books, the Battle of Luoyi would have become a landmark event.
Xianke finally wrote the silk book. He snatched it and tied it to the arrow, and drew his bow into the air and shot it. The arrow cut through an extra-long parabola and landed accurately in front of Wei Hou's chariot.
This is the last hope for an end to the carnage.
Digging Tu clenched his fists, and his heart was tormented by time as if he were counting seconds. Although the figure in the distance was about the same size as Dian'er, it was vaguely recognizable that someone handed the silk book and read it to Wei Hou. In the end, there was a loud sound of gold in the air, and the Holy Sixth Division, who had survived, retreated like a tide.
After a long time, the battlefield fell silent. But the Marquis rode forward and came to the city of Luoyi in a lonely car.
"Ji ~ digging ~ sudden ~ , you can't die well!"
He had experienced the stubbornness of the old man, so he didn't plan to respond, and let the old man perform a one-man show.
Wei Hou really opened his firepower, and his mouth was full of vicious words, completely abandoning the elegant image he had accumulated in the first half of his life. scolded and excitedly, a mouthful of old blood sprayed on the car rail, and the guards hurriedly hugged each other in a panic.
The stubborn old man pushed away the others, just like he did at the Zhu Ji Conference. Seeing that Uncle Zheng was unmoved, he threw out a killer move: "Ji Digtu, if you get a demon girl, don't think about getting out!" ”
The scar was uncovered again, and his face suddenly became solemn.
"That day's assassination was just the beginning!" Wei Hou sneered, "Since you dare to fight me with the help of the power of the demon girl, you are destined to be entangled in her curse. You can be proud for a while today, but you will still be eaten up in the end......"
Hearing this, he chuckled in his heart, it seemed that it was no accident that Nie Rang came out of the Holy Sixth Division. His hatred is not only from within Zheng Guo, but also from the outside.
So how did Zhong Ji die?
"Wei Hou, you make it clear!" Di Tu finally couldn't help but talk, "What did you do to Nie Rang and Zhong Xi?" ”