Xia Zikai had already put on his armor, and when he heard this, his face changed, and he hurriedly strode out of the tent.

He was a little uncertain in his heart, he couldn't figure out what to do, but after thinking about it, he thought that Yang Husheng's location was closer to the White Eagle Peak than himself, and with his ability, if he couldn't do anything about the situation on the White Eagle Peak, then it would be useless to go by himself, and it would be better to guard against the city wall.

Thinking of this, I became resolute in doing things.

Xia Zikai walked out of the big tent, and there was already chaos outside, but Xia Zikai governed the tenth guard, and the army was very strict, and no one dared to act rashly without an order.

Xia Zikai ordered in a deep voice: "The first, second, third, and fourth thousand households are stationed under the city wall, and the order is that these four thousand households will immediately go to the city wall to defend!" In addition, the 5th to 9,000th households, which are closest to the city wall, immediately open all of them, assemble their troops under the city wall, and stand by at any time! Summons all the remaining thousand households, all assembled! Transfer to Simon! ”

He said a complete order, and a personal soldier came out to answer loudly, and finally Xia Zi said calmly: "Order all the defense troops to fight to the death, and never take a step back!" But those who violate the order will be killed! One person escapes and kills the entire small flag! Three people run away and kill a general flag! A small banner man escapes and kills a hundred households! ”

Xia Zikai's 100-household pro-soldiers were all Han soldiers, and Rao was that they had no sympathy for the Jurchen slave soldiers, and they were also jumped by Xia Zikai's words like a prison, and their hearts were all in a daze, and they responded loudly.

After several of the pro-soldiers who gave the order galloped away in the direction of the city wall, Xia Zi thought for a moment and said, "Wang Chongguang! ”

A general wearing a three-layer foam nail cotton armor came out of the ranks, and saluted with crossed hands: "The last general!" ”

This Wang Chongguang was the day when Nurhachi and Jin captured Suli Hewei, and together with Xia Zikai, came to join the person who was the internal response, the two were classmates, fellow villagers, and had a deep relationship. It's just that Wang Chongguang didn't have such a great opportunity as Xia Zikai, first showed his face in front of Nurhachi and Jin, and took over the command of the Suli River Wei Han Army by taking over the command of the Suli River Wei Han Army, and finally had the courage to ask Lian Zining. In the end, he was given the high position of commander of the 10th Guard.

After Xia Zikai became the commander, he put Wang Chongguang in the position of his own personal guard of the hundred households, and held the authority of the hundred households with the official rank of the thousand households, which was also the only one in the Wu Yi army.

Xia Zikai frustrated his teeth and said, "You took your personal guards and went to the city wall to supervise the battle, but you were passive and sluggish. Those who escape from the battle will be beheaded on the spot! ”

Wang Chongguang said loudly: "The last general obeys orders!" ”

He ordered most of the guards away, and was about to leave, when he was a little worried: "My lord, I went with the guards, what should you do?" ”

Xia Zikai smiled pleasantly: "Don't worry, I am walking alone among the tens of thousands of Jurchen slave soldiers, and they don't dare to touch a single cold hair of me!" ”

After Wang Chongguang led the people to leave. Xia Zikai stepped on the war horse and said to the remaining soldiers of less than ten people: "Let's go, let's go to the army to inspect and inspect!" ”

He left on horseback with such a small number of soldiers. After inspecting the station of the thousand households near the city wall of the tenth guard, sure enough, these Jurchen slave soldiers were afraid and dependent on his feelings, and when they saw Xia Zikai swaggering like this, his face appeared as usual, and they were much more stable.

Xia Zi opened his eyes and saw that he had received the effect, and with a wave of his hand, he led people to the city wall again.

At this time, he could already hear a deafening shout of killing coming from outside the city wall!

At this time. Ali Heman was already 10,000 foot soldiers who led the vanguard army and killed them under the city walls.

Because there is no defense, and the time for preparation is too short, it directly leads to the fact that within the distance of about two miles between your Manhe River and the city wall, Wu Yijun does not have any fortifications, in fact, the distance between these two miles. It can make a big fuss, and if it is used well, it can cause great damage to the enemies below! …,

But alas, everything is just if.

And the Jurchen slave soldiers at the head of the city could only watch the enemy below keep approaching until the city wall was over.

The thousand households who had been granted the city wall smashed their fists on the battlements of the city wall, and their hearts were full of chagrin.

It's not that they don't want to give the order to snipe, but because these Jurchen slaves don't even have a bow or an arrow!

When the 10th guard was first formed, this guard had already been clearly positioned - cannon fodder! Even if Lian Zining made all kinds of measures later, it was just to make them more loyal and more combat-effective cannon fodder. It's cannon fodder, it's not a long-range unit or something else, in cannon fodder, it doesn't need to spend too much money and effort, so a huge part of them have only one weapon and equipment - waist knives. In order to prevent the Jurchen slave soldiers from rebelling after they had bows and crossbows, which were far more dangerous than swords, the Jurchen slave soldiers were not equipped with bows and arrows, except for some Jurchen slave soldiers who had been confirmed to be loyal, such as Tutara.

This directly leads to the long-range power among the Jurchen slave soldiers, which can almost be said to be pale, or even none!

Although most of these Jurchen slave soldiers were born in Orion, they were basically all good archers.

Facing the Jianzhou Jurchen army below, they had no tricks at all.

Seeing this scene, Ali Heman laughed even more in his heart, seeing that the people in the city didn't even have bows and arrows, and their clothes were ragged, his heart was already full of contempt and disdain at this moment, and he had already forgotten the previous warning of Nalan Jiancheng. He secretly said in his heart: "Lord Wanhu is too careful, just this little waste, I'm afraid it's not enough for me to kill, why send a large army?" ”

Alihe is full of Guta Yinde, and he is also from the Baishui Jueluo Department, but he and Guta Yinde's temperament is very different, Guta Yinde is thick and fine, and he seems to be a rough man, but in fact, he is very meticulous in his heart, and he is also very scheming. Ali Heman, on the other hand, is purely a fierce general, in fact, most of the Jurchen generals are like this, and Ali Heman also has the same characteristics of these fierce generals - rudeness, recklessness, and meritorious service!

And at this moment, the heart of meritorious service has the upper hand.

Originally, Nalan Jiancheng arranged for him to carry out a tentative first, but Alihe Man decided to put all his troops on it!

He shouted, "Shoot arrows! ”

Dozens of soldiers with loud voices had already been selected, and when they heard Ali Heman's order, they all shouted in unison.

Under the shouting and scolding and orders of the officers, these herdsmen took out the bows they were carrying, and their bows were varied. Most of them are made by themselves, but these bows and arrows are strong enough. Enough to take advantage of, and the hit rate is high enough, although because most of them are big bows and heavy arrows, the range of the Jurchens' bows and arrows is not high, only about fifty meters, but the distance of fifty meters is enough.

They all drew their bows and arrows. Shoot towards the walls.

The humming and vibrating of the bowstrings converged into one piece, like countless flies flying in, buzzing in the air.

What kind of spectacular scene is it for tens of thousands of people to shoot arrows together?

The dense feathered arrows covered the city like a dark cloud, and because the distance was so close, it was not a throw, but a direct shot, and if you looked down from the sky, you could see that these feathered arrows formed a black line with a width of hundreds of meters. He nailed it straight to the city.

As early as when the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers below opened their bows and arrows, the officers of the Wuyi Army on the city wall had already shouted: "Dodge!" Avoid! ”…,

Some of the clever Jurchen slave soldiers hurriedly ducked under the battlements of the city wall, or simply squatted behind others.

But there are still many Jurchen slave soldiers who can't dodge. At that moment, they were nailed into it by heavy arrows, and the cloth clothes on their bodies could not resist the sharp heavy arrow arrows at all, you know, although the bow is their own, but these heavy arrows are uniformly distributed by Nalan Jian. The heavy arrows made by the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau of the Jurchen Military Department are full of weight, and the arrows are also very sharp.

The cluster of arrows pierced the cloth and drove into the muscles, penetrating the flesh more than two inches deep, and the entire arrow squeezed into it with a small section of the arrow. The muffled sound of arrows entering the body and the screams of the Jurchen slave soldiers resounded through the city walls.

In this round of arrow rain alone, there were more than 100 Jurchen slave soldiers killed and wounded!

Ali He laughed wildly and pointed to the city wall and shouted: "Don't shoot directly, replace it with a projectile!" Shoot! Shoot me these rebels! ”

Although he is reckless and rude, he is not brainless, and he is also skillful in arching horses. It was very keenly to find that the effect of direct fire was not very good, because the upward shot from the bottom up and the blocking of the battlements of the city wall made the direct shot very selective.

Another round of volleys, this time many people dodged, but because the Jianzhou Jurchen army took a projectile this time, bypassing the protection of the city saucer, so that the casualties of the Jurchen slave soldiers at the head of the city were even more heavy.

And then another round!

After three volleys, the casualties of the Jurchen slave soldiers on the city reached more than a thousand!

Relying on the long-range archery power alone, it brought heavy casualties to the Jurchen slave soldiers at the head of the city!

After all, the Jurchen slave soldiers were slave soldiers, not the formally trained Wu Yi Army, not only because of the huge gap in combat effectiveness, but also in terms of combat quality and morale, they were not at the same level at all, and they suffered such a heavy blow.

As soon as the battle began, deserters appeared.

Fortunately, at this time, Wang Chongguang arrived in time with his own soldiers.

happened to collide head-on with the deserters, Wang Chongguang gave an order, and those deserters were immediately arrested, and the soldiers were able to kneel on the ground.

There was an instant silence on the city wall, and everyone's eyes were focused on this place.

Wang Chongguang hissed and shouted: "The commander has an order, resolutely resist, and it is absolutely not allowed to take a step back!" The city is in the people, the city is destroyed and the people are dead! The Lord has ordered the four thousand households to go up to the city wall to resist, brothers, those who bravely kill the enemy, those who become officials, and those who flee from the battle, this is how they will end! ”

He pointed at the deserters with his hand, his face full of murderous intent: "Behead me!" ”

"Slash!"

All the soldiers roared in unison, raised the long-handled saber in their hands, the saber fell, blood splashed, dozens of heads rolled on the ground with a gurgling face, blood sprayed out from the broken part of the neck, splashed far away.

The effect of this murder was immediate, and everyone was shocked and their hearts were awe-inspiring.

At the same time, the four thousand households stationed under the city wall, after receiving Xia Zikai's order, also rushed to the city wall along the horse road, and the arrival of reinforcements also brought confidence to the Jurchen slave soldiers.

The situation has settled down.

And this time. Ali Ha Man also changed his strategy.

Originally, the Jurchen slave soldiers who bullied the city did not have long-range weapons, so the strategy of the Jianzhou Jurchens was very successful, and they were able to cause huge casualties by relying on the continuous splashing of arrows. If it goes on like this, the first person who can't stand it must be Wu Yijun! But when Ali Heman saw the 20,000 armored foot soldiers who were approaching behind him, his heart suddenly sighed!

He was worried that his first merit would be snatched away by others!

Climb to the top of the city, this is the great achievement! And at this moment, in his heart, the contempt and disdain for the Wu Yijun in the city prompted him to make a decision. …,

He secretly said in his heart: "Anyway, Lord Wanhu doesn't treat these people as anything, as long as they can take down the city." It's worth it even if they're all dead! ”

He raised his hands in the air and shouted, "Raise the ladder and attack the city!" ”

Dozens of ladders were erected from the crowd and erected on the city walls.

These ladders were all made by the Jianzhou Jurchens this afternoon, they were very simple, they were all made by cutting down the big trees in the surrounding forests, and they didn't even have time to peel off the bark of the big trees, but these ladders were strong and hard enough. And also firmly enough to be fastened to the city walls.

The Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers began to climb one after another, crawling towards the city like ants.

And it was at this time that Xia Zikai was surrounded by his own soldiers. Came to the city walls.

Wang Chongguang hurriedly went up to report the situation, Xia Zi let out a long sigh of happiness, secretly glad that he was not too late.

He patted Wang Chongguang on the shoulder and said, "You did a good job!" Keep up the battle here! I'm going to take a walk up the castle! ”

"My lord, no!" Wang Chongguang's face changed when he heard this, and he persuaded: "The goal on the city tower is extremely obvious, don't take risks easily!" ”

"Don't worry!" Xia Zikai smiled slightly: "The Jianzhou Jurchen army just came, and I didn't expect to attack the city at all, and things like trebuchets would never be brought, otherwise." This time has long been used, above the city tower, safe and worry-free! ”

After that, he led people up to the city tower.

The tower is not high, only two floors and three feet, but it is a commanding height here. With the dazzling fire above and below the city, it is enough to see the surrounding situation clearly.

Seeing the black pressure outside the city that could not be seen at a glance, Xia Zikai couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He didn't know the strength of the Jianzhou Jurchen army before, but now when he saw so many troops under the city, and then looked at the brightly lit Jianzhou Jurchen camp in the distance, he couldn't help but estimate their number in his heart to go up to a new level.

But it's still how to deal with it at the moment.

He saw that many young real slave soldiers were all using knives to cut the junction of the ladder and the city wall, and he cursed in his heart, and said quickly: "Go and give an order, don't destroy the ladder, let those Tartars attack and fight with them in close combat!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

The soldiers took the order and left.

After giving this order, an unspeakable sadness suddenly swelled up in my heart.

In Wu Yi's army, the purpose of defending the city can be reduced to having to put the opponent on the city wall to achieve in close combat, which is his tenth guard, right?

He is the commander of the first guard, and he can access a lot of information that others can't touch at all, although he joined the Wu Yi Army late, but the previous battles of the Wu Yi Army have left a file, which records the situation of these battles in detail. Lian Zining copied all these files from the swordsmen and pencils, commanded the envoys to read them one by one, and asked them to go through them from time to time in order to learn something from them.

Xia Zikai knew his own affairs, knew that he was inexperienced, joined the army late, and had low prestige, so he looked very carefully, and every time he read about Wu Yijun's first battle to defend the city, he was fascinated.

At that time, Wu Yijun was in stark contrast to himself now - there were cannons, firearms, bows and arrows, gold juice, and trebuchets, and long-range offensive methods could be said to be endless. Consume you!

And now, the cards in my hand are too few!

So much so that they had to be so embarrassed that they deliberately gave up the advantage of the city wall and put the enemy on to fight again!

He took a deep breath, this battle is completely different from previous battles, in the past, it was his own side in weapons, and he had an absolute advantage in time and place, but this time, his side was so down! …,

Nothing, everything seems to be reversed.

The only thing to rely on is people!

Use this sea of people to compete with these elite Jianzhou Jurchen army!

Then, Xia Zikai issued several orders one after another.

I have to say that Lian Zining is still very discerning, this year's time, Xia Zikai has followed the experience in the Wuyi army, and he has also grown very much, and with a few orders, the defenders on the city wall suddenly have the backbone and become orderly.

At this time, those Jianzhou Jurchen herdsmen who were like wolves and tigers, with red eyes and screaming, had already raised their maces and jumped up to the city!

The Jurchen slave soldiers, who had already held their stomachs, immediately brandished their waist knives and slashed them fiercely.

The waist knife slammed into the mace and the iron bones, and sparks flew everywhere! The sound of the waist knife slashing into the human body, the dull sound of the blade cutting into the flesh, and the piercing gurgling sound of the bones rubbing, made people listen to a burst of tooth acid, the sound of the mace and other blunt objects smashing on the human body, and the sound of broken bones, and the screams of people after being injured, mixed together, bringing a huge wave of sound on the entire city wall!

The two torrents collided violently, almost like this, and the tenth guard showed a decline.

The attack is the herdsmen of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the defense is the slave soldiers who have just transformed from herdsmen and hunter farmers, the difference in physical fitness and strength between the two is similar, the tactical literacy is average, and there is no gap in even the killing skills. While being knighted and promised, and coveting the loot such as weapons and armor that are about to arrive, it is all courage.

But the gap in weapons and equipment between the two sides is too great!

A Jurchen slave soldier brandished a waist knife and slashed at the enemy, but was blocked by the mace of the Jianzhou Jurchen soldier, and then smashed it to the left, which smashed on the head of the Jurchen slave soldier, and the whole head burst open immediately, red and white scattered and splashed, and the fragments of the skull rolled out on the ground with a gurgling grunt.

And this scene is constantly being staged.

The fighting skills on the battlefield are not so fancy, that is, mechanical chopping, receiving, chopping, and receiving, so that heavy weapons can undoubtedly exert greater power.

Compared with their opponents, the Jurchen slave soldiers were like a duel between light infantry and heavy infantry, and they were really inferior.

This is just the beginning, and it is already in full decline.

But the number of Jurchen slave soldiers is too much, enough to offset this advantage, and every Jianzhou Jurchen soldier almost has to face three or five Jurchen slave soldiers!

This has also led to a large number of casualties. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )