Chapter 9: Cloud Gathering
A black cloud storm that stretched for dozens of miles and was sinking down over the castle in Kyoto, as if it was about to directly crush the majestic city below that had stood on the earth for six hundred years. The autumn wind whistling in the sky www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" hunting, but it can't blow this black storm in the slightest.
Under the Zhongshen City, the ragged people were forced with knives by the Tuliao people, one carrying a bag of sand and soil, staggered to the moat, dozens of steps away, someone accidentally fell, and he couldn't get up again. The people wept and wailed, and in hoarse voices, they kept shouting, "Don't kill me." At the head of the city, the old general frowned, his expression was grim, the tears were rolling in his eyes, but they never dripped down, and the command of "release the arrow" was on his lips, but he couldn't shout it for a long time.
"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows! Shoot these untouchables for our family! Long live Your Majesty for the sake of the Emperor! The old general turned around sharply and stared at the eunuch who was giving orders loudly, but he couldn't say a word of objection. At this moment, I don't know which is more important, the hundreds of thousands of people in the city, or the millions of lives in the city. Human life, once taken to the scale to be weighed, is worthless.
Arrows rained down on the people under the city, like mowing grass, reaping their lives. Many people fell crookedly and were shot dead in the moat, and the last small section of the moat was actually filled alive with the corpses of the captured people. The Tuliao people under the city saw that they were almost filled, and began to push the siege equipment such as crash cars, ladders, and stone throwers slowly forward. Time was pressing, and the siege equipment of the Tuliao people was also extremely rudimentary, but it still made the soldiers defending the city panic.
At the head of the city, a tragic drum sounded. The side door opened, and Wang Shao led two thousand cavalry to rush towards the Tuliao people. The Tuliao people were also prepared for a long time, and immediately sent escort cavalry to meet the enemy. When the old general at the head of the city saw that the Tuliao people were not flustered and responded in time, he knew that it was difficult for Wang Shumi to return. The old general ripped off his cloak, pushed away the soldiers who were beating the drums, picked up the drumsticks and personally cheered for them, and the passionate drum sound of "Dong Dong Dong ......" not only boosted the morale of the army, but also revealed the desolation of the strong man who would never return.
Outside Zhongshen City, these Tuliao cavalry are indeed elite, and the cavalry led by Wang Shao fell off their horses with more than 100 horses, while the Tuliao people only lost more than a dozen horses. The assault of the cavalry was immediately thwarted, and every step that came close to the siege engines was a loss of dozens of men. The old general saw that the battle situation was unfavorable at the head of the city, and his subordinates suffered heavy losses, his teeth were clenched, and his eyes were full of anger. After shouting the drummer to continue beating the drum, the old general rushed to the front of the bed crossbow defending the city in a few steps, "All the bed crossbows adjust their orientation and fire at the rear team of the Tuliao cavalry who rushed over!" ”
The soldiers at the head of the city hurriedly pushed the bed crossbow in a group and laboriously adjusted the direction, "Ready!" Put! "A special crossbow arrow more than one person long roared towards the Tuliao cavalry, a Tuliao cavalry could not dodge, even the people and horses were smashed out, the one next to it was shot through, and the heavy crossbow arrows fell to the ground and smashed over two or three horses, obliquely inserted on the ground, immediately became an obstacle, effectively intercepting the rear of the Tuliao cavalry.
However, only a few crossbow arrows had the greatest killing effect, and most of the crossbow arrows only stopped a few horses when they landed, which only brought a certain amount of confusion to the Tuliao cavalry and delayed the offensive of the Tuliao cavalry, but it had no great effect. Wang Shao is also a battlefield general, seeing the chaos in the rear of the Tuliao cavalry, knowing that the opportunity cannot be lost, he hurriedly shouted loudly, led his cavalry to smoke the war horse under his crotch, and took the opportunity to forcibly shake off the intercepted Tuliao cavalry, and went straight to the siege equipment.
On the top of the city, "Hurry up and load the crossbow arrows again!" Make use of all the strength to breastfeed! The old general ordered the soldiers to reload the bed crossbow, but unfortunately the bed crossbow was fired too slowly, and the winch could not be turned unless pulled by two oxen. The old general anxiously walked back and forth on the city wall, frowning and thinking of how to give a little more support to the cavalry under the city.
"Old General! My subordinates can make a ten-stone strong bow, and they can shoot the siege equipment of the Tuliao people on the city wall, so why don't I send rockets to create chaos for the Tuliao people, and also cover the robes under the city. When the old general heard this, he turned to look at the young general who came to ask for battle, this young general had a helmet and armor, his temples bulging, his tiger back and his waist, and he was exceptionally strong. The Turks are five hundred paces away, can you shoot them? Have you cultivated the Iron Arm Divine Power? Who are you? The old general's face was happy, and he asked again and again, "So that the old general knows that his subordinate's real name is Yue Pengju, and he has just cultivated this iron arm magic power a few days ago, so he can pull away the powerful bow of this family, and five hundred steps should be no problem." The young general replied with an oath.
"Wow, there is another tiger general in our army, come on, come on, come forward and try." The old general stroked his palms and laughed, and let the young general go to the city wall. "The old general Rong tried to shoot an arrow first." As he spoke, the young general took the arrow, pulled the bow, the bowstring of the thickness of the thumb was slowly pulled apart, the young general's arm span was amazing, the bow was more than one person high, he opened the bow like a full moon, aimed for a moment, shouted "in", and the arrow flew out in response.
I saw that one of the Tuliao cavalry galloping under the city suddenly screamed in response, and even the people and horses were shot through by an arrow twice as thick as an ordinary arrow. "Good!" The old general cheered loudly, and the young general's face suddenly turned red, and he said straightly: "A certain general who wanted to shoot the Tuliao general with white feathers on his head, but unexpectedly, this horse was fast, so he dodged, but he shot the Tuliao cavalry behind. "No hindrance, no hindrance. Shoot rockets quickly. "The old generals encourage the younger ones.
Wang Shao, who was attacking under the city, led the cavalry team at this time, and had already rushed into the team of siege equipment in the city, and was pouring fire oil on it. Under the chaos, the flames of the fire folds brought were too small to cause a fire for a while, and everyone's anxious foreheads were sweating, and Wang Shao secretly made a mistake. At this moment, suddenly I only heard a buzzing sound in my ears, a rocket was plunged straight into the ladder in front of me, the tail of the arrow was still trembling, Wang Shao was overjoyed: "Hurry up, pour fire oil on the rocket!" "As soon as the oil was poured on it, it became a raging fire in a moment. Then he did so, Wang Shao led people to pour fire oil, and the young general at the head of the city shot rockets to ignite the fire, and after a while, other siege equipment were ignited.
As soon as the old general at the head of the city saw that the matter was done, he hurriedly ordered: "Archer! Gather all the archers here and prepare to receive the sons of the city into the city. Ring the bronze cymbal, and call the gold to collect the troops!! Wang Shao under the city saw that the big thing had been accomplished, and immediately ordered a breakthrough, turned the horse's head and rushed to the city gate, but the Tuliao people were finally fast, and they had sent a large army to surround Wang Shao's department.
Several generals at the head of the city looked at each other, and someone came up to ask if they wanted to send troops to rescue. The old general said with a sad face: "There is no army to send in the hands of this general, and all the cavalry capable of fighting have been sent. The eunuch of the prison army also ran over at this time and shouted sharply: "Don't open the city gate again, in case the Liao people rush into the city, our family can't afford it." When the soldiers heard the words of this eunuch, their faces were full of resentment, but no one dared to squeak, because this eunuch represented the current day.
When the young general next to him who made a ten-stone strong bow heard this, he didn't care that his arm was trembling because of the continuous opening of the bow, so he insisted on opening his bow and shooting the Tuliao cavalry under the city, wanting to help the king Xianggong under the city to kill the siege. The old general shouted: "Stop him, or his arm will be ruined." "Hugh wants to stop me, I am desperate to scrap this arm today to cover Wang Xianggong to get out of the encirclement!" The youngster's eyes were red, and he was still desperately firing his bow and arrows. "Stop him, if you lose your arm, who will snipe the general of Tuliao in the future!" Stop him! This is a military order! Several soldiers had the courage to pull the young general and drag him down the city, but the young general was exhausted at this time because of the continuous firing of ten stone strong bows, otherwise how could ordinary soldiers pull him.
"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows, cover the breakthrough of the king!" The matter was helpless, and the old general could only give this military order, but at this distance, no arrow could shoot to the Tuliao people, and it fell to the ground far away. Seeing that the Tuliao people surrounded Wang Xianggong more and more tightly, the old general reached out and touched his eyes hard, turned his head and couldn't bear to look at it again.
Wang Shao rushed desperately in the middle of the battle, but when he reached more than 200 steps away from the city gate, he was surrounded by the Tuliao people, and it was difficult to advance an inch. The crossbow can barely be shot at this distance, but it is a drop in the bucket. "I will fight today, I think I will die, the old general is guarding the city, and there is no need to come to the rescue! All generals, sacrifice themselves to serve the country! Wang Shao saw that there was no hope of breaking through, and shouted in the direction of the city wall, "Sacrifice yourself to serve the country!" "Fight with the Tuliao dog thief!" All the officers and soldiers responded in unison. The Tuliao people who surrounded them from all directions were like wolves, gradually submerging Wang Shao's general banner.
The old general at the head of the city couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted loudly: "Are there any generals who can snatch back the body of the prince and the prince?" This marshal will save his life, and when the time comes, he will definitely show His Majesty, ensure that his official is promoted to the third level, and reward 10,000 silver coins. ”
As soon as he finished saying this, someone responded in a loud voice: "Old general, mark your wish." The person who came was a big man, nearly two meters tall, with big tiger eyes and a big face, a body of tendons and flesh that protruded outward, and a thin military uniform that was propped up. The old general was just about to answer, but he heard someone shouting: "Wang Xianggong is a real hero, how can the corpse be left outside, and he is willing to take it back!" "There is another person, but this person is surprisingly black, more than one meter eight tall, very strong, with a leopard's head and eyes, sword eyebrows upside down, and a beard on his mouth.
"Where do you two live?" The old general asked, "There is no official position. The two replied together. The old general was stunned for a moment, so he had to ask: "You two report your names, and this commander will make a merit for the two of you." The taller strong man replied: "Mark Ran Tuhu." "Subordinate Captain Chi Yong." "Okay, okay, how many soldiers and horses do you need to go here?" This time, it was Wei Chiyong who replied first: "There is no need for soldiers under the subordinates, only one person." Ran Tuhu pondered for a while and said: "I don't need soldiers to go into battle with me, but I must send a small number of soldiers to the city gate and beat drums and make noise to attract the Tuliao people to guard." It is convenient for me to take advantage of the chaos to enter the battle, and I can successfully retrieve the body of the prince and the prince. ”
"Okay, you two go together, I will send soldiers to attract the attention of the Tuliao people under the city gate, and you two will kill through the side gate. As long as the corpse is retrieved, it is not allowed to fight. I will give each of you a black steel fine armor, and a horse with armor, you two are in danger here, and the Tuliao people have accurate archery, and they need to guard against cold arrows. "Yes", "yes", the two took the order and left.
"Pass my general order, select 2,000 elite soldiers, go out of the north gate, with your back to the city gate, closely lined up, and beat drums and noise." After a while, the drums beat loudly, and the armored soldiers poured out from the north gate of Ping, lined up in formation. The Tuliao people did not know the details, so they only divided the cavalry garrison, and observed for a while, unwilling to immediately attack the close formation of the foot soldiers with their backs to the city wall. At this time, the Tuliao cavalry besieging Wang Shao in front gradually converged, and the cavalry of the Ping Zhou Dynasty who attacked slowly became less and less. At the side gate where no one was paying attention, two black horsemen rushed straight from the side at the fastest speed to the Tuliao cavalry besieging Wang Shao.
The two of them urged the war horse under their crotch, and the horse was as fast as the wind, galloping into the formation of the Tuliao people. Ran Tu Hu shouted loudly, the big iron gun in his hand swept left and right, Ran Tu Hu was brave, and anyone who was hit by his iron gun was swept off the horse. Occasionally, there were Tuliao people who parried it, but they couldn't withstand his strength, and the weapon was directly smashed and bent, spit blood, and fell off the horse. None of Ran Tuhu's subordinates had a combined general, and they drove straight into the center of the battle formation of the Tuliao people.
Wei Chiyong is also brave to advance, he is extremely dexterous on the horse, not only can avoid the chopped blades, but even can make the skillful force grab the spear that pierces the thorn, and then throw it back violently, and his subordinates are also unmatched, next to each other will die, touch and hurt. The two of them went one after the other, covering each other and killing into a heavy formation.
The old general saw it really at the head of the city, and the Liao people were originally tightly surrounded, but after the two of them rushed like this, they suddenly loosened a little. The old general couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Such a brave general, he actually succumbed to the soldiers and could not be reused." I only hope that after this battle, Your Majesty will be able to make great efforts to govern the country, rectify military affairs, enable the capable to go up, and the mediocre go down, and revitalize the dynasty. The old general sighed secretly in his heart as he spoke.
The two people under the city went straight into the encirclement of the Tuliao people, and along the way, they killed and injured countless people. When the two rushed into the center, they saw that there were only more than 100 cavalry of the Ping Zhou Dynasty standing in a circle, surrounded by dead corpses, mostly soldiers of the Ping Zhou Dynasty, and few corpses of Tuliao people. Ran Tuhu shouted loudly: "We have been ordered to pick up Wang Shao, Wang Xianggong will return to the city, can you know where Wang Xianggong is now?" When more than 100 soldiers heard this, they cried bitterly in unison: "Wang Xianggong is still killed in battle, only the body is desperately protected by us, but the head is cut off by the Tuliao people. When Ran Tu Hu Yan heard this, he suddenly became angry, his face was full of blood, and he shouted: "The Tuliao dog thief deceives people too much, Brother Wei Chi, you take the body of Wang Xianggong and kill it first, and I will go to recover the head." Where is the head of the prince now? A soldier pointed to the distance with his hand and said, "It should be the team of men and horses under the banner of the golden wolf who cut off the head of the prince and the prince, and they are retreating to the rear, thinking that they are in a hurry to ask for merit and reward." ”
Ran Tuhu fought hard in the chaotic army for a while, found the direction where the golden wolf banner went, and rushed towards the Tuliao cavalry with a dozen horses. Yu Chiyong carried the body of Wang Xianggong on his back, tied it firmly with a rope, turned the horse's head and rushed back to kill.
At this time, the surrounding Tuliao people had already been killed by this dark man, and no one dared to stop Wei Chiyong head-on, and they all rushed over from the side. Wei Chiyong was also aroused at this moment, and he tore off his helmet and threw it out, smashing the attacking Tuliao cavalry head-on. He was wearing his hair loose at the moment, covered in black steel armor and a face like black charcoal, really like a black-faced demon god, which frightened everyone in the Tuliao cavalry who was fighting. Wei Chiyong clamped his legs on the belly of the horse under his crotch, made the steel lance with one hand, and made the snatched saber with the other hand, and the lance bayonet chopped all the way to the city, and the Tuliao cavalry next to him were knocked off their horses one after another.
Wei Chiyong killed all the way through the Tuliao army array, and the Tuliao people did not dare to chase after him, and ran to the city, Yu Chiyong shouted: "Hang down the rope quickly on the city!" After picking up the body of Wang Xianggong, Brother Ran is still looking for the head of Wang Xianggong in the array, and will wait for a certain person to kill back to answer Brother Ran. As he spoke, he untied the rope and handed over the body of Wang Xianggong to the soldiers who came to answer him, and he turned his horse's head and was just about to leave, but a soldier shouted: "Wait, General Zhong saw that the mount under your crotch was unbearable, so he gave you his yellow horse to ride." "A soldier brought a yellow horse behind him. Wei Chiyong was overjoyed, put on a yellow horse, and arched his hand: "Thank you General Zhong for me, even if you give up your life, you have to take back your head, if not, you are willing to raise your head and pay for the death of Wang Xianggong." As he spoke, he grabbed the horse's belly, and rushed straight to the Tuliao army formation.
At this time, Ran Tuhu had already caught up all the way to the team of Tuliao elite cavalry that cut off the head of Wang Xianggong, and when he rushed closer, he saw that this team of Tuliao elite cavalry was fighting the golden wolf banner, and he knew that this was the golden wolf elite cavalry of the Golden Horde Court, and it was the most elite cavalry of the Tuliao people. Ran Tuhu shouted: "The dog thief is gone, leaving the head of the prince and the prince." "Straight to this team of men and horses to kill, this team of Tuliao cavalry is really elite, suddenly attacked, unhurriedly turned the horse's head, the first person rode a red war horse, and the handsome team accelerated to meet it. Ran Tu Hu urged the horse to rush up, but he didn't prevent the war horse under the crotch from being an ordinary product, and he couldn't support the big man in the armor on his body after fighting for a long time, and suddenly the war horse stumbled during the run, and knelt down directly in front of him, Ran Tu Hu was caught off guard, fell off the horse, and Wei Chi Yong, who caught up behind, saw this scene very clearly, and secretly said that it was going to be bad.
The horses of this group of Tuliao people were fast, and as soon as Ran Tuhu got up from the ground, the Tuliao people riding red war horses had already rushed in front of him, and immediately the Tuliao people raised their knives and cut them. Ran Tuhu only saw a flash of knife light in front of him, he knew that it was not good, it was too late to dodge, and Wei Chiyong, who came from behind, closed his eyes and said in his heart: "Brother, wait for a certain to take revenge on you." But I heard a thunderous roar in my ears, and when I opened my eyes, it was when Ran Tuhu was dying, and suddenly a roar broke out, this roar was as loud as the thunder of the Nine Heavens, and the war horse of the Tuliao people was actually frightened by the roar of the thunder around him, and after being frightened, he stood up and jumped wildly, and the Tuliao people on the back of the horse obviously did not expect this, and they panicked for a while, and were busy controlling the war horse under the crotch. Ran Tuhu took the opportunity to make the spear directly pierce the Tuliao people on the horse, and then made the spear fall off the horse, and turned over on the horse's back. The red foal still struggled, but it couldn't withstand Ran Tuhu's huge strength, so he had to be obedient.
Ran Tuhu got on the horse and saw that Wang Xianggong's head was tied to the back of this horse, and he immediately laughed. This team of Tuliao cavalry was shocked by what happened between the lightning and flint, and they didn't expect that the brave and invincible captain would be stabbed to death as soon as they first fought, so they watched Ran Tuhu laugh wildly and stepped on the war horse, and forgot to step forward to encircle it for a while.
Ran Tuhu hurriedly turned the horse's head, rushed back, and met Wei Chiyong, who rushed to answer, the two of them were together, and then killed the remaining soldiers of the Ping Zhou Dynasty, and broke through with the last bit of men and horses. The Tuliao people had been killed by the two of them at this time, and they didn't dare to come up to intercept them along the way, so they only chased after them with arrows.
The Tuliao cavalry chased all the way to the city, and the old general at the head of the city shouted: "Release the arrows, release the arrows, and shoot back the Tuliao people." "When I arrived at the city, the bed crossbow could also be powerful, and suddenly the large and small bed crossbows and countless bows and arrows at the head of the city were splashed like rain in the Tuliao people's array, and the Tuliao pursuers were shot back.
The soldiers who received the soldiers under the city had already opened the city gate and let the two of them enter the city with the rescued soldiers and horses. The old general ran down the city wall and personally greeted the two at the city gate.
"Yes, yes, you two are really brave, and these two good horses will be owned by you from now on. The two of you go down to rest, recuperate, although it is a small victory over the Liao people for a while, you still have to raise enough strength to prepare for the big battle ahead. Your merits have been written down by the generals, and after the battle, you will send someone to ask your majesty for credit. The two of them took the order and left, passing by the eunuch of the prison army, but somehow did not salute. After the two of them passed, the eunuch Huang snorted coldly: "Vulgar martial arts, no courtesy." The Tuliao people are really incompetent, making the children famous. ”
When the old general heard this, he couldn't help but say: "At this time, the wind is surging, and it is the time when heroes are highlighted and boasted in the world. Huang Jianjun doesn't have to worry about small things. The Tuliao people will officially attack the city later, and they still need to rely on the soldiers to defend the city with their lives. I don't know that at that time, Huang Jianjun still feels that the Tuliao people are incompetent? The soldiers next to him couldn't help but laugh when they heard the old general teasing the eunuchs of the prison army.
On the one hand, the old general arranged for someone to sew Wang Shao's body together, and on the other hand, he sent someone to his home to report the funeral.
Suddenly, I heard a desolate wolf cry from outside the city, but it was the Tuliao people who were angry because they were burned with siege equipment and damaged some men and horses, and directly ordered the soldiers to attack the city.
The curtain of blood and fire slowly opened in the sound of the wolf's horn.