Chapter 68: The Choice (Part II)

As he walked, the marching commander Shi Sun Donglin noticed that something was not quite right. The official army of Meng Yuan held torches high and slammed into the western wall of Qizhou City. The large and small artillery of the attacking side also beckoned to the west wall. But the baggage battalion where he was quietly turning north, and every guy who came over to carry the ladder had a flash of determination in his eyes.

"Where are we going?" Reaching out and grabbing a thousand-commander, Sun Donglin asked in a low voice.

"Straight lady thief, just go, why do you ask so much?" Commander Zhang Han swung his shoulders and threw Sun Donglin's arm into the air. "Stay where it's cool, don't make trouble for Lao Tzu..."

"I, I'm just asking, asking..." Sun Donglin's face immediately turned into a purple eggplant, and he withdrew his arm in a daze. is different from the situation where the marching chief Shi of the Huai'an army holds great power, and his marching chief Shi is an ornament used by Ni Wenjun to decorate the façade. Therefore, in the entire Ni family's army, from top to bottom, few people are willing to give the slightest respect.

"What about returning the military division, I don't even understand how to attack the west..."Another commander hurriedly walked by, glanced at Sun Donglin, and counted down disdainfully.

Give the dummy? … Sun Donglin's eyes instantly widened. The defenders at the head of the city are already at the end of their crossbows, even if they attack directly, they are both stable this time. and then secretly send a strange soldier from the north of the city to climb the ladder, Xu Shouhui is afraid that he will be in danger tonight...

Just as he was stunned, Ni Wenjun's voice came from not far away, "Strategist, you follow me, let's go to the north together." ”

"Uh, oh, I understand..."Sun Donglin was stunned, and replied reluctantly.

"Here's for you, bite... Don't make a sound..."Ni Wenjun rode over and bent down to stuff a wet wooden stick directly into his mouth.

There was a sour and smelly smell, which immediately rushed straight to Sun Donglin's brain. However, he did not dare to spit out the stick. Walking one after another was originally the rule of sneak attacks. Ni Wenjun stuffed his 'title' directly to him, which itself represents a kind of intimacy. If he dares to sweep Prime Minister Ni's face in public, it won't be long before he dies without a place to be buried.

Forcibly enduring the tumbling of his internal organs, he followed Ni Wenjun's tail and continued to sneak north. First, he made a big circle from a distance, and then took advantage of the lively fight in the southwest to quietly approach the north gate of Qizhou City.

"Bow coming..."Ni Wenjun dismounted from a long distance, took a two-and-a-half-stone walking bow from the guard, carried it in his hand, and quickly approached the city wall.

More than two hundred carefully selected archers followed, as agile as foxes in the jungle. In just a few breaths, he had already come to the vicinity of the north gate, and with the help of the firelight in mid-air, he quietly pulled out the horn bow.

"When...... Dangdang...... Dangdang——"The defenders who were anxiously listening to the movement in the west of the city in the enemy tower at the north gate found that there was an enemy outside the city, and hurriedly pulled the alarm bell desperately.

After two or three knocks, a wolf tooth arrow more than three feet long volleyed into the air. "Click...", and the thick hemp rope tied to the bell was shot into two sections.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——!" There was another rapid rain of arrows, and the Tianwan soldiers near the big bell were all shot like hedgehogs, and they were desperate on the spot.

"Archer cover, death squad, go to the city..."Ni Wenjun drew his rounded bow again, shooting a defender who tried to run to the west of the city to report the news, from behind to the city. At the same time, he whispered a command behind him.

Zhang Han, the commander of the thousand commanders, who had already had a tacit understanding, nodded vigorously, and led his soldiers to push the ladder cart forward quickly, three steps and two steps, and leaned the ladder against the city wall, and then pulled the mechanism on the ladder hard......

The iron hook attached to the top of the ladder suddenly fell, hooking the city wall to death. Zhang Han, the commander of the thousand, spit out the title, held the saber in his mouth, held the shield in one hand, grabbed the ladder with the other, and climbed towards the top of the ladder like an ape.

The total number of defenders on the northern wall was only about 200, and none of them were elite. In the face of the sudden blow, there was a sudden chaos. Some shouted and ran forward to try to overturn the ladder, some opened their throats and shouted a warning to the west, while others dropped their weapons and turned to flee.

Ni Wenjun carefully selected the archers and found them accurately, and after two rounds of coverage, there was no longer a standing defender on the city wall. Only under the eaves of the enemy tower and inside the enemy tower, there are still a few survivors making a final struggle.

But their struggle was doomed to be in vain, and the fighting on the west wall was fierce, and the sound of cannons, firecrackers, and grenade explosions completely swallowed up the alarm near the north gate, and no one could notice them in a short time.

A large gun was fired not far behind Ni Wenjun, smashing dozens of scattered bullets into the enemy building. The two strings of light balls hanging at the entrance of the enemy building were instantly shattered, and the entire enemy building was completely plunged into darkness.

"Damn, whoever opened the fire, who told you to open the fire..."Ni Wenjun was furious, turned his bow and arrow, and aimed it at the location where the sound of the gun sounded. But he saw his dog-headed military Sun Donglin's eyes straight, his body trembling, trembling, and his pale face was not half bloody.

"When this battle is over, Lao Tzu will clean you up..."Seeing the latter's mischievous appearance, Ni Wenjun's murderous intent decreased by more than half. Turning his bow again, he shot a three-foot-long arrow into the dark enemy tower. Immediately, he pulled out his steel knife and shouted loudly, "The whole army is pressed, and within half an hour, the north gate must be opened for me..."

"Yes—" More ladders quickly approached the wall, and one after another dropped the iron hooks. Bands of dead men climbed up the ladder as fast as raccoons.

There was no need to hide anymore, and the defenders on the western city wall, if not hearing the warnings from the northern city, would at least notice that the lanterns had all been extinguished. And now that they have divided their troops to come to the rescue, I am afraid that they may not be in time. After all, the troops in Chen Youliang's hands are thin, and it is impossible to get another reserve army.

The fact was just as they expected, as soon as the lantern in the enemy tower in the northern city was extinguished, Chen Youliang was on the west city wall and immediately sensed the crisis. "I'll leave it to you..."Throwing the Lingqi into Zhang Dingbian's hand, he opened his throat and shouted loudly, "Come a few people, come with me to Beicheng... Knock down a few thieves fishing in troubled waters..."

"Third brother, it's too late..."Zhang Dingbian's reaction speed was no slower than Chen Youliang. However, he made a diametrically opposite judgment, "There are only two hundred defenders over there, in case the thieves are attacking the west just now"

"Can it be delayed for a moment..."Chen Youliang glared at him fiercely, and interrupted loudly, "Zhang Dingbian and Zhang Bixian will lead the Iron Guards to stay here, and the others, come with me..."

"Yes...", someone responded loudly on the blood-soaked red city walls. Immediately, dozens of warriors covered in blood carried weapons and quickly approached Chen Youliang. The latter, on the other hand, turned around and rushed to the north wall first. While running, he shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, if it is a sound from the west to the north, this side of Xicheng will be safe for the time being." Everyone withstood me, and after this round, the Huai'an army will arrive soon..."

The first half of the sentence may be very reasonable, but the second half of the sentence is completely about quenching the thirst of the plum. However, the warriors on the west wall of Qizhou City were instantly aroused again. One by one, they bent down, lit grenades, and threw them out of the city one after another.

Two gunners filled the muzzle with a wooden shovel for gunpowder. The third gunner, picked up the wooden cone and smashed it into the barrel several times, then pulled out the wooden cone, bent down, and pushed the four-pound cannon to the arrow stack, aiming at the enemy troops outside the city near the northwest side.

A red light erupted from the muzzle of the "boom" gun, sweeping diagonally towards the row of archers outside the city. The red light suddenly expanded as it approached its target, enveloping the entire platoon of archers.

In just forty paces, the archers didn't have time to react. They lay on the ground like wheat straw that had been smashed by hailstones, and they died horribly one by one.

"Whoa..." "Whoa..." "Whoops...", several big gunners opened fire one after another, beating the archers who might threaten Chen Youliang into a mouse. Taking advantage of the brothers' desperate exchange for the opportunity to return, Chen Youliang's legs continued to accelerate, and the whole person rushed over the horse's face, flashed the arrow stack, turned the corner between the west and north city walls, and in the blink of an eye, he was already close to his destination.

On the north city wall, there are already many traitors from the Ni Department. The remaining 20 or so defenders had no way to retreat, so they could only use their bodies to protect the city gate under the enemy tower and prevent Zhang Han and others from approaching. However, their defenses were so thin that in just a few blinks, they had already been torn apart by the traitors.

"Cut the rope, cut the rope..."Chen Youliang's eyes were on fire, and he opened his throat and reminded loudly. The iron gate behind the city gate weighs more than 10,000 catties, as long as the lifting rope on the wheel is cut, in a short time, the traitors of Ni will not want to lift it again.

His shouts immediately attracted the attention of the anti-thieves. A centurion let out an angry shout from his mouth, led ten of his men, and turned his head to kill him.

"Looking for death..."Chen Youliang shouted, and the steel knife slashed obliquely, slashing out a bolt of lightning. The centurion who was trying to perform a miracle was smashed out of the city with weapons and turned into a pile of meat with a "bang".

Two traitors rushed after him, one left and one right, trying to flank him. Chen Youliang flattened his steel knife and swept his waist. The bright blade drew a strange arc before the opponent slashed at him. The two traitors broke their stomachs and fell to the ground screaming.

"Give me death...", Chen continued to scream, swinging his steel knife and cutting off half of his opponent's head. Then he quickly rushed to the corpse of this person, stabbed forward with the tip of his knife, and stabbed into the heart of the fifth opponent. The narrow walls provided him with great protection, so that every time he came forward to fight him, there were no more than three rebels. But he became more and more courageous, and he did not have a general under him.

"When—" A cold arrow flew from under the city and hit him in the left chest. Chen Youliang was pushed back a few steps, and then his sword fell, cutting the arrow shaft embedded in the iron armor into two pieces. The stainless steel plate armor produced in Huaiyang is extremely tough, and it is impossible for cold arrows from a long distance to pierce it. As a special benefit for senior generals, Chen Youliang's plate armor is also lined with a gold silk soft armor also produced in Huai'an. Even if the plate armor is damaged, the soft thin steel wire can provide a second layer of protection, completely isolating the stray arrows.

"When..."Another feather arrow flew and shot Chen Youliang's thigh. The surname Ni has a kind of head-to-head..."He quickly rushed forward a few steps, hiding his body behind the arrow stack, and at the same time opened his throat to challenge, "What kind of hero is it that a hidden arrow hurts people, there is a kind of head-to-head." Chen Ye let you have an arm..."

Ni Wenjun is already winning, where will he agree to such a stupid request? Pursed his lips, sneered and continued to release arrows. But Chen Youliang didn't give him a chance to aim again, and quickly rushed to the horse face closest to him, sticking to the inner wall, and fighting with the rebels around him.

He was born in a family of sons-in-law, although he was looked at differently by his peers around him when he was a child, but he was full of food and clothing when he was a child and a teenager, and his foundation for practicing martial arts was also very strong. Therefore, regardless of size and knife skills, they far surpass the opponents around them. Three knives and two knives, having already killed through the encirclement, stepping on a pool of blood, approaching the enemy building at full speed.

The remnants of the more than a dozen defenders under the enemy tower were also immediately boosted when they saw their own general Jingo sacrifice his life to come to the rescue. Half of the brothers blocked Zhang Han to the death, and the other few raised their steel knives and slashed at the ropes on the wheels.

"Shoot them, shoot them, not a single one will be left..."Seeing this, Ni Wenjun's eyes were so angry that his eyes were split. didn't care about letting go of the cold arrow to sneak attack Chen Youliang, commanded the archers under his command to adjust the angle, and came to cover the enemy in all directions.

The dense feathered arrows flew into the air, and then quickly turned around and fell. Several warriors who were raising their knives to cut ropes were instantly shot into hedgehogs, and they fell down one after another with their eyes open.

The traitors of the Ni Department around the wheel were also overturned by this round of arrow rain. The rest were stunned and instinctively retreated. In the midst of this lightning and fire, in the pile of corpses near the outer wall, another Tianwan warrior suddenly jumped. Rush to the side of the wheel in three or two steps, and shove the sparkling grenade downward. Then he opened his arms and covered the whole person with the grenade.

"Pull him away, pull him away... Take out the grenade, twist, the twist is still very long...", the commander of the thousand years, Zhang Han shouted hysterically, and forced his brothers to protect the wheel with a steel knife. However, how can the thieves around them have the courage to look at death as home? They moved their legs tremblingly, and they couldn't get even a step closer for a long time.

"Boom..."The red light flashed, and the wheel that lifted the iron gate and the body of the warrior exploded at the same time, and it was torn apart.

"Kill Chen Youliang..."The eyes of the commander Zhang Han immediately began to redden, and he turned his head like a gambler who had lost everything, leading the traitors on the city wall to pounce on Chen Youliang, the general of Jinwu.

The reel was blown up, and the north gate could no longer be opened. But killing Chen Youliang has the same effect. This person is the backbone of all the Qizhou defenders, and killing him will make it easy to break the city.

Although Chen Youliang is brave, he is not the overlord of Western Chu after all. Faced with waves of enemy troops rushing by, they were soon forced to retreat. Behind him, there were dozens of rebels who had just been thrown off, howling and rushing forward, eager to chop him into meat sauce immediately.

"I'm Chen Youliang, Jinwu General Chen Youliang..." was stabbed three or four times in succession on the armor, and Chen Youliang finally sensed that something was wrong. He spat out a mouthful of blood, tore out his throat and shouted, "Lao Tzu is the ruling Jinwu, the ruling Jinwu of the Tianwan Kingdom." To be an official is to be a ruling Jinwu, and to marry a wife is to marry Yin Lihua... Enough, enough... Come, kill Lao Tzu, see Lao Tzu die first, you die first? …”

"Phew—" A shot from close range interrupted his madness. The rebels who were blocking behind him to make a bargain were staggered by scattered bullets, and they howled miserably.

Chen Youliang also suffered more than a dozen bullets. Thanks to the double protection of iron armor and gold silk soft armor, it was not beaten into a sieve. But the intense pain still made him turn around, and he yelled at the person who opened the fire, "Straight thief, you don't have long eyes? … If it weren't for Lao Tzu"

"Matter, matter urgently..."Taishi Zou Pusheng put down the smoking big gun, lying on the arrow battlement on the inside of the city wall, panting like a bellows.

Note: Today, Saturday, there is a change. Tomorrow too. The double shift will continue from Monday.

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