When the first rays of sunlight shone on the city of Luodu in the morning, in the terrible wolf horn of the Tuliao people, the siege of the day began again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, the Tuliao people attacked particularly fiercely, not only the "explosive arrows" were shot at the head of Luodu City in large quantities, but the cannon fodder soldiers of Shimaizhou were also driven by the Tuliao cavalry supervision team, and rushed to the city of Luodu desperately, erecting siege equipment such as ladders. The Tuliao people have always been like this when attacking the city, and they are accustomed to using cannon fodder to consume the rolling wood and stones of the defending side. If necessary, they would even drive away the people of Pingzhou who had been captured to eat and use them as cannon fodder to fill the moat. However, it has been more than two months since the siege of the city, and the people of Pingzhou who have been captured have long been exhausted, and they are all in the moat of Luodu City that has been filled with corpses and bags of sand.

The Tuliao people are cruel, but Li Sinai is not a good person. At the beginning, he saw that the Tuliao people used the people of Pingzhou to fill the river, and directly said to the hesitant soldiers defending the city, saying: "There are only tens of thousands of people in this city, but in this Luodu city, there are millions of Dingkou, and many soldiers' wives and children are also in the city. Can't you bear to shoot the people under this city, so that the Tuliao people fill the moat, storm the city, and ravage and kill millions of people in this city, and your wives and children!? ”

In order to protect more people, they did not hesitate to raise their bows and crossbows, roll wood, and kill the people of Pingzhou who were filling the river under the city. However, from beginning to end, Li Si Nai never mentioned sending troops out of the city from the east gate of Luodu, and made a detour to the west gate to rescue these people. Of course, if you do this, you will never save too many people, but you can save a lot, after all, there are a large number of bows and crossbows in the city, if the Li family's soldiers and horses are not entangled with the Tuliao people, they can still withdraw in time. But how could Li Sinai be willing to let his own soldiers and horses go out on adventures, in his eyes, of course, his own soldiers and horses are more important. The people are nothing but pigs and sheep who can pay taxes and pay grain.

Li Si Nai is a typical heroic thinking, all people and things are measured by interests, and where there is a choice, he must choose the side that he thinks has the greatest interests in his heart.

What's even more ridiculous is that among the people who were forced to risk their lives to fill the river for the Tuliao people under the city of Luodu, there are many large families, who educate their children on weekdays, and will talk about the deeds of the heroes in the world with envy, and then deliberately tell their sons about the way of thinking and the way of choosing interests, hoping to teach their sons that one day they can become those heroes.

It's a sad story. These big families, before their son could become a hero, he died first under the choice of the hero. I don't know if they will regret it after they die, when they come to the king of Yama, and they taught their sons the style and way of thinking of those heroes.

Luodu City, the number of Tuliao people attacked the city, and the Li family finally barely defended it to this day after paying a heavy price. However, the truly tragic defense of the city has only just begun. Because the Tuliao people felt the threat of the Dingbei garrison, Commander Ashina Blackback decided to speed up the progress of the siege and be sure to take Luodu City in advance.

This is another funny story, the Li family ministers were looking forward to the support from the Weibei battalion, and the long-awaited Weibei battalion finally gave the Tuliao people a sudden, and destroyed 3,000 Tuliao cavalry in a battle, giving the Li family ministers in Luodu City a great reassurance. Unexpectedly, this stimulated the Tuliao people to accelerate the siege of the city, I wonder if this is considered a self-digging grave?

Next, the offensive of the Tuliao people became more and more fierce day by day, and even as time passed, the Tuliao people also introduced large siege equipment from the battalion. Yes, the Tuliao people, who have never been accustomed to siege cities, actually built a large siege machine this time.

Before the invasion of the Pingzhou Dynasty by the three-way army of the Tuliao people, the combat mission set by the Western Route Army was to capture the Longwei Xiongcheng of Xijingluo. The army of the western road of Tuliao turned to attack a big city like Luodu, and brought a large number of craftsmen with the army in advance. These craftsmen are all craftsmen who can build siege equipment that have been taken away from the Pingzhou Dynasty in previous years.

It has been more than two months since the Tuliao people besieged Luodu, and the reason why they have not started a large-scale siege before, is mainly to wait for these siege equipment to be built. Although the Tuliao people rely on cavalry to dominate the world, they are not conservative, and they have an amazing ability to accept advanced and powerful combat methods and combat equipment. Especially this generation of Tuliao emperors is extremely enlightened.

The Ashina Emperor knew that the Tuliao people lacked siege equipment, so he summoned those craftsmen a year in advance and asked them to offer the siege equipment they made, and for the best of them, he would also give generous rewards. Not only that, but this Ashina Emperor also tried his best to defy public opinion, personally ordered, and personally supervised the Tuliao cavalry to learn to use these siege equipment.

For this matter, many nobles and elders among the Tuliao people still have quite objections. At that time, in Tongwan City, some yin and yang strange words began to circulate, saying that the ancestors relied on riding and shooting to defeat the grassland of 10,000 miles and break through the Zhongshen City of the Pingzhou Dynasty, why bother to learn more siege equipment used by these weak and incompetent Pingzhou talents. This Ashina Emperor is also extremely iron-blooded, hearing the opposition among the clansmen, he is too lazy to talk nonsense, directly raises the butcher knife, kills one of the elders who shouted the loudest, kills him on the spot, and distributes his wife and daughter's property to the soldiers who are skilled in learning siege equipment, and then completely eliminates this opposition.

Under the iron-fisted promotion of this iron-blooded Tuliao emperor, now the Tuliao people can finally master the use of siege equipment proficiently, and they leave the best craftsmen to the Western Route Army, and only some craftsmen in the Middle Route Army and the Eastern Route Army. Last winter, under the stimulus of Emperor Tuliao's vigorous reward, craftsmen finally built a super-large stone cannon, which can fire stone projectiles weighing more than 80 catties and shoot more than 300 steps.

At this time, under the city of Luodu in Xijing, the Tuliao people spent two months cutting down large trees, and finally built five of these super-large stone cannons, pushed them to the west of Luodu City, and bulldozed a high slope to the top, and began to bombard the walls of Luodu City. The first stone bullet hit the tower of Luodu City, and directly smashed the leakage platform to a pulp. The five stone cannons each fought three rounds, and the soldiers and horses of the Li family in Luodu City fell into a panic directly.

Li Sinai was afraid that he would be hit by this stone bullet, and he no longer dared to discuss matters on the ground, so he convened a meeting of the generals in the underground silver cellar of the imperial city to urgently discuss how to deal with this powerful stone cannon. Rest assured, the silver coins in this silver vault have long been spent by Wang Songcheng, and they have not been left for the Li family at all. However, this also saved the Li family's troubles, so they didn't have to pick them up, they moved in the tables and chairs directly, and began to discuss countermeasures in this underground silver warehouse.

The Li family discussed and discussed, and finally came to the conclusion that a death squad must be sent to kill the siege of the Liao people and destroy the five stone cannons. Although this will not fundamentally solve the problem, it can at least delay the Li family for another two months, and at that time, the weather will gradually become colder, and the Li family, as the defender of the city, will have more advantages.

The countermeasure was discussed, but who would lead the troops to kill the death captain became a big problem. Logically speaking, although this task is full of dangers, it is definitely a great opportunity to establish prestige among the generals of the Li family, and if he can successfully return, he will definitely establish great prestige among the generals.

The generals of the Li family who understood this section began to look at Li Xinxiao, which means that this matter must be done by you, and it is not appropriate for others to go. Why do everyone want Li Xinxiao to go? Because he is the eldest son of the Li family and the future heir, this credit is only suitable for him to get it. If you change someone else, you will inevitably be suspected of having a high merit and shaking the lord at that time. Of course, Li Xinxiao didn't have to really kill him, he just needed to go to the city and stand there under the escort of his own soldiers, and send his Flying Tiger Battalion general to kill the Flying Tiger Battalion.

It's a pity that Li Xinxiao has his own thoughts. Outside the city, the number of Tuliao people is surrounded by thousands of elite horses, unstoppable, and he thinks that the soldiers and horses of the Flying Tiger Battalion under his command are by no means the opponents of the Tuliao people, and if he personally takes people out of the city, it will definitely be a situation of ten deaths. Therefore, Li Xinxiao didn't want to take risks, but when he saw that the generals all looked at him, he knew that he had to make a statement. So, Li Xinxiao coughed and recommended the general close to him, Lu Renjia, saying that he could fight habitually, how to do it, and he could take on heavy responsibilities.

Li Sinai saw that his eldest son, who had high hopes, gave such an answer, and he was naturally very dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and only said lightly: "Renjia was injured by a 'blasting arrow' when he was defending the city the day before yesterday, and this battle is related to the life and death of my Li family, how can I send an injured person to lead the army." "Li Xinxiao, you have lost points in your father's heart, as the future heir of the family, while enjoying the rights, you must also fulfill your obligations when the family is in danger. you

These words are obviously shirking, you are used to being a son of the world, and you are used to enjoying rights, probably forgetting your obligations.

Li Shiluan next to him saw that his eldest brother shirked and refused to die for the Li family, and intuitively felt that his opportunity had come, so he immediately stood up and said in a loud voice: "Father, I am willing to take the black armor long knife battalion under my command to give it a try!" Li Sinai was still very happy to see that his second son was not afraid of hardships and dangers to stand up for the family, and then said loudly: "Okay, but your black-armored long knife battalion is all foot soldiers, and it is difficult to attack quickly. ”

Li Shiluan was overjoyed, hurriedly gave a military salute, and said happily: "Thank you father!" ”

Li Xinxiao was secretly proud of his Mingzhe self-preservation, but when he heard that his father gave his second brother five thousand Xuanjia cavalry, the jealousy in his heart suddenly burned, and he couldn't help but say loudly: "Second brother, this battle is full of dangers, nine deaths, don't be reluctant, if you lose your life, you can stop the big event!"

This work is jealous again, have you forgotten your cowardice just now when you refused to die for the Li family in order to save your own life? Man's jealousy is like this, he has no ability, and when someone else takes over this dangerous work, and sees that others get a little benefit, they will immediately become jealous, and they will be angry that they have not received that benefit, and completely forget that they are not capable of doing this dangerous work at all. Brother, as much effort as you give, you will get as much benefit, it is useless to be jealous.

I'm jealous, what's wrong with you? Well, brother, I'm not saying you don't want to be jealous, you have the right to be jealous. What I want to say is that this negative emotion of jealousy will affect a person's judgment of things in an all-round way, and if you leave it alone, over time, it will inevitably lead to a bleak end of failure, even if you have succeeded, you will fail again. There are countless such cases. I'll just say that if you just like to be jealous, then I don't have a problem, and remember to add this when you find the reason for your failure in the future.

The third brother, Li Peisong, has always been the first to look at the eldest brother, and at this moment he also said: "Second brother, don't be reckless." "Brother, you are also stupid, the Li family has reached the critical moment of life and death, how can you still live if you don't work hard? This is the time when you have to fight for your life, and you have nothing to do with being strong.

At this time, Li Wudi, who had been silent, suddenly stood up and said in a loud voice: "Go together!" ”

Seeing that this little son was so brave, Li Sinai was of course very happy, and immediately nodded in agreement. Li Shiluan said happily: "Fourth brother, I won't say much when I am an elder brother, if I am grateful, I will talk about it when I come back victorious!" Li Wuyi didn't react, just nodded. Li Shiluan knew that this fourth brother had been silent since he was a child, except for practicing martial arts and cultivating the original qi, and going into battle to fight, he didn't say anything at all, so he didn't say anything.

On this day, after everyone in the Li family discussed, in order to ensure that they could successfully destroy the stone cannons of the Tuliao people outside the city, the Li family secretly practiced for several days in the city of Luodu, specifically practicing how to break through the siege of the Tuliao cavalry, rush to the hillside, and destroy five stone cannons. Luodu City is dozens of miles in radius, and although the stone cannons of the Tuliao people hit far, it is difficult to cover the entire Luodu City. The Li family found a place where the Tuliao stone cannons could not smash it, and secretly practiced a coordinated assault operation there for several days.

The Li family was in full swing to counterattack, and the Dingbei garrison regiment was not idle. Commander Xiao Liu continued to go upstream of the Turbid River every day, except for the 1,500 soldiers he brought with him, Commander Xiao Liu kept the news tightly sealed from the outside world, and even Wang Zhuangbiao didn't know what he was doing. On this day, Li De got up before dawn as usual, took a "Humvee", a small shovel, and a big basket on his back, and today he also took Wang Zhuangbiao and rushed to the horse walking field of the Tuliao people.

This time, Li Deyi took Wang Zhuangbiao, and the two dug a pit together, Li Deyi dug the pit three or five times, and Wang Zhuangbiao went down with an iron shovel, which was a dirt pit. Li Deyi had to remind: "Dig a little deeper, don't dig so deep, otherwise you won't be able to explode later!" Wang Zhuangbiao listened and quickly collected some strength. It didn't take much effort for the two of them to dig twenty pits, and Li Deyi took out the iron eggs from the basket and buried them in the pits one by one.

After practicing stone-beating for so many days, Li Deyi's hit rate still does not exceed fifty percent, and he has no choice but to ask Wang Zhuangbiao for the last fatal blow. After all, this gold brick stunt is Wang Zhuangbiao's ancestral trick, Li Deyi has practiced for so many days and the hit rate has not gone up, Wang Zhuangbiao slightly lost two stones to measure the distance and feel, and he has been able to achieve 100 shots.

In fact, the main reason is that Wang Zhuangbiao's realm is too high, and he has already entered the transcendent realm, where is Li Deyi, a rookie who has not achieved great success, can compare.

After burying the iron eggs, the two quickly evacuated to the hillside and hid. Li Deyi is the size of a normal person, and it is easy to hide. Wang Zhuangbiao can't do it, he is as thick as four or five Li De bundles, even if he is lying on the ground, he still shows a large section, so that people can see the abnormality from afar.

Li Deyi looked at Wang Zhuangbiao's big lump helplessly, and finally gritted his teeth, drew his knife and waved his hand to cut down a few handfuls of low bushes, all of which covered Wang Zhuangbiao's body. Now, looking at it from afar, there is an inexplicable bulge on this hill, and there is a large bush. Finally hiding Wang Zhuangbiao, Li Deyi put some dog tail grass on his head, exposed his two eyes, and stared at the flat ground below.

After a short time, the sound of Herod's horse whistle was heard in the Tuliao camp not far away, followed by the sound of horses' hooves. Tens of thousands of war horses rushed out of the Tuliao camp, like a torrent, into this large area of flat land.

Wang Zhuangbiao lay on the back of the slope and saw this scene, swallowed his saliva, and whispered: "Thieves kill talents, there are so many war horses, each of them is a good horse, and the Tuliao dog cavalry is really generous." ”

Li Deyi whispered: "Don't worry, after a while, I'll help the Tuliao people get some infantry out, hehe." ”

The two waited patiently for a while, and the large group of Tuliao war horses finally walked to the place where Li Deyi buried the iron egg.

In order to improve the lethality, Li Deyi summed up the experience of past tests, divided the twenty iron eggs into two rows with three steps on the left and right, and buried them along the route of the Tuliao people's horses, and buried one every five steps before and after. Such a burial, according to Li Deyi's experience, should be able to cause maximum damage to the horses of the Tuliao people.

After several days of careful preparation, it was finally the most critical moment.

Li Deyi stabbed Wang Zhuangbiao next to him with his finger and motioned for him to start acting. Wang Zhuangbiao grabbed two stones, took aim, and then hit them out.