Chapter 20: The Battle of Shancheng (6)

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The old city of Shancheng looked like a besieged lion in the night, trying its best to fight the enemies around it. From time to time, fireballs streaked across the sky, either into the city or into the crowd outside the city.

In the crowd of black presses, huge trebuchets were erected high, like fierce beasts looking down on Shancheng in the distance, spitting out large stones or fireballs to Shancheng again and again.

The sound of "boom" sounded from the area near the trebuchet, and then there was more fire in the sky, a huge trebuchet was blown up, the bottom shelf was blown up, and the entire trebuchet "boom" dispersed and smashed to the ground, making the surrounding ground visibly shake!

Shortly after the first explosion, the second, third, and fourth sounds...... Explosions began to sound one after another, resounding throughout the field.

Qiu Tiger looked into the distance from the city wall, only to see that in the place where the trebuchet was, one after another flames erupted from the ground, and in the hazy night, you could see the Tuyuhun soldiers guarding the trebuchet like frightened rats, holding their heads and scurrying around.

"Whoa!" Another trebuchet was hit, and its tall body fell from the sky and smashed into the ground with a "boom", kicking up a large cloud of dust.

Seeing another soldier die with the enemy, the rat swept out the enemy who pounced fiercely in front of him with tears in his eyes, and his lean body wandered among the enemy, and the spear in his hand was like a swimming dragon, and the spear saw blood, tearing open the enemy in front of him, and led his own people to kill one trebuchet after another.

A grenade was swept back from the air by the enemy in smoke, and an older veteran immediately flew forward to hold the grenade, and then shouted at the spear raised by the enemy on the opposite side, and let the spear pass through his chest with a "swish".

"Damn, go die!" The veteran gritted his teeth, his whole body passed through the spear to the front of the enemy, and he hugged the other with both hands, and roared angrily and rushed towards the dense Tuyuhun soldiers guarding the nearest trebuchet.

"Boom"!

In the hurried eyes of the Tuyuhun soldiers, a flame rose in their eyes, and then a huge explosion sounded, and the old soldier was blown to the ground, and those Tuyuhun soldiers near the explosion were also dead and wounded, and a huge gap soon appeared in front of the trebuchet.

The mouse gritted his teeth and shook his spear to the side of the gap, turned his face and shouted to the Shancheng defenders behind him: "Rush, avenge the brothers!" ”

The red-eyed defenders of Shancheng loudly turned their inner excitement into meaningless screams, rushed towards the enemy who was already in disarray, raised their weapons and fought against the enemy.

The rat knocked back one of the nearby enemies with one hand, and threw another grenade at the trebuchet not far away.

With a "boom", a huge explosion occurred as soon as the grenade landed on the trebuchet, killing and wounding the Tuyuhun soldiers who were operating the trebuchet below, and the trebuchets attacking from outside the city to Shancheng were reduced by half at once, reducing the huge pressure on the battle above Shancheng.

Qiu Tiger felt that there were a lot of falling stones or fireballs in the sky all of a sudden, and looked up, only to see that under the moonlight, only three of the original eight trebuchets were now standing outside the city, and with the flames blooming in the night, many Tuyuhun soldiers were swallowed by the flames, and the formation was a little chaotic.

"Brothers, the other party's trebuchet has been destroyed by more than half of our people, it's time to fight back!" Qiu Laohu shouted loudly, the long knife in his hand cut down, separating an enemy in front of him from the middle, and a stream of blood sprayed directly on his body, and in the night, the whole person was bloody, like a devil who came out of hell, carrying a long knife, and killing the enemy who climbed the city wall.

Xiao Xintian rode on his horse, looked at the group of Tang troops rushing left and right near the trebuchet from a distance, snorted coldly, pointed to the remaining three trebuchets with an expressionless face, and ordered the subordinates next to him: "Send out our 1,000 cavalry to eat that part of the Tang army, and we must not lose another trebuchet!" ”

Soon, a thousand cavalrymen rushed out of the Tuyuhun army, wearing black armor and carrying cold and shining weapons in their hands, and rushed directly into the battlefield.

This cavalry was like a cold torrent, as soon as it entered the battlefield, it divided the Tang army that was rising into a small part, and then surrounded them with a fierce attack, killing all the 100 or so people who had been separated, and then continued to run to the next place.

The rats saw that this black torrent was raging everywhere on the battlefield with extremely high efficiency, like a killing machine, and everywhere they went, the Tang army died under their knives as if they were being cut grass!

A thousand Tuyuhun cavalry looked at everyone on the battlefield as if they were looking at something insignificant, and there was not the slightest fluctuation in their eyes, only coldness and an unseen dead silence. It's a team dedicated to killing!

Seeing this, the rat's face became very solemn, and he immediately shouted loudly for his people to gather back and prepare to retreat.

"Little general, there are still three trebuchets that have not been dismantled, why did they leave so quickly?" A soldier next to him turned his head and asked, his face covered in blood, his left arm empty, just casually bandaged. At this time, he was slashing an enemy under his knife, gasping for air and looking at the mouse with some dissatisfaction.

The rat glanced at the dense Tuyuhun soldiers in front of him, especially the people guarding the layers around the four trebuchets, even if they threw the grenades themselves, they probably couldn't throw them on the trebuchets. looked at the killing machine team that was killing towards him, and said with a gloomy face: "Our task has been basically completed, don't make unnecessary sacrifices, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of running out of firewood!" Remove! That's an order! ”

The sound of dense horses' hooves sounded from behind him, and a rush of wind sounded behind his head!

The mouse turned its head to the left, and a spear flew from behind him, just grazing his face.

"Humph!" The rat snorted coldly, pulled out one of the last two remaining grenades, pulled the lead, turned around, and threw it at the Tuyuhun cavalry who was running menacingly.

The "boom" grenade landed in the middle of several cavalrymen in front and exploded, instantly blowing up several people in front of them, including men and horses, and even the cavalry behind were affected.

The rat looked at the approaching defenders and his own men, waved his hand, and shouted, "We retreat!" ”

Looking at the Tuyuhun cavalry who quickly woke up from the explosion, the rat and his three subordinates stood in place, took out the last few grenades, pulled the lead, and threw them directly into the middle of the enemy who was about to pounce.

"Boom", a burst of fire was set off among the Tuyuhun soldiers, several grenades exploded at the same time, and the huge lethality and shock wave affected the people and horses near the explosion area, many soldiers were injured and fell to the ground, and even the cavalry almost fell off their horses.

The Rat and three other Cloud Breaker soldiers followed closely behind the retreating defenders, shielding them from enemy pursuits.

Looking at the enemy who had already moved away quickly, Xiao Xintian suddenly said: "Mingjin collects his troops and fights again tomorrow!" ”

The subordinate next to him was stunned for a moment, and asked cautiously, "What about the north gate?" Need to call them back? ”

Xiao Xintian raised his head and looked at the north gate of Shancheng, and found that the sky over there was a little orange, and there were occasional fireballs flying in the sky, so he said: "Come back, you won't be able to capture Shancheng tonight!" ”

The horn of Mingjin's retreat sounded, making the Tuyuhun soldiers who were chasing the rats and those who were trying to climb the tall city wall a little stunned.

"Collected troops?" The rats were the last to step into the city gates, and when they looked back into the distance, they saw that the crowds of the enemy heard the sound of the trumpet, and immediately gave up the attack, and retreated into the army.

The Tuyuhun cavalry, who had been chasing outside the city gate, looked coldly at the drawbridge that was slowly rising, and when they heard the horn of the troops coming from behind, they all turned their horses' heads silently, and then ran back in the direction of the army in an orderly manner.

The rat looked coldly at the retreating group of cavalry, until the city gate was closed, then he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and looked back, only to see that there were more than 1,000 people, but now there are less than 200 people, and everyone is more or less injured, and some are seriously injured. As soon as they returned to the city, the qi that supported them disappeared immediately, and as soon as the eyes of the whole person were closed, they fell to the ground with a "plop", which frightened the people next to them and immediately lifted the fainted person and sent him to the city for treatment.

The mouse tilted his head sideways and looked at an arrow stuck in his shoulder, stretched out his hand, and pulled it out hard, "hiss" The whole person immediately gasped, the bow and arrow were pulled out of his shoulder, and the arrow was still stained with some minced meat. The rat immediately took the white towel from the man next to him, bandaged the wound on his shoulder, and then breathed heavily a few times, and strode up to the top of the city wall.

The enemy's attack came and went as fast as it came, like a tide, and it retreated at once, and the night was quiet again, and if it were not for the corpses and wounded all over the city walls, it would not have been obvious that a great battle had just taken place here.

The mouse saw that Qiu Laohu was standing aside, and commanded his subordinates to send the wounded down, his **** was surrounded by a layer of white scarf, which had traces of blood oozing out, which should have been injured during the previous battle.

"Call for support." The mouse leaned up, came to Qiu Laohu's side, looked at the unconscious young soldier who had lost a leg on the stretcher, and whispered.

Qiu Lao Hu turned his face to look at the mouse, and then replied, "It's been called a long time ago, but it is estimated that it will be five days before the support arrives." Qiu Laohu raised his head and glanced at the Milky Way in the sky, his face a little worried.

The mouse looked at the autumn tiger and stood in place, wanting to speak and stopping.

"Say whatever you want." Qiu Laohu turned his face to look at the mouse and asked.

The mouse then told the veteran Ling Xiaoyun about it one by one, and talked about it until many veterans later died with the enemy with grenades, and Qiu Laohu let out a long sigh.

"At that time, because he had to carry out a mission, he left his son and wife on the Gobi, and then they could not be found again. This matter has always been Lao Ling's heart disease. However, I really can't imagine that Providence would make people so good! Qiu Laohu sighed a little abruptly: "This time I really killed a lot of old friends!" ”

After speaking, Qiu Laohu lowered his head and was silent, looking a little depressed between his eyebrows. The rat didn't speak, just looked quietly into the distance. Five miles outside the city, the Tuyuhun army was setting up tents and lighting bonfires.

"By the way, I know that you Cloud Breakers have a habit of keeping a list of the people in your team." Qiu Laohu suddenly said to the mouse who was looking at the distance in a daze, took out a booklet from his arms, and handed it to the mouse: "In this booklet, the names of all the soldiers in our Shancheng are handed over to you now!" ”

The mouse looked at Qiu Laohu in fear and shock, and found that he had a smile on his face, so he took the booklet tremblingly, and his lips moved a few times, but he couldn't say a word, only felt that the thin booklet in his hand was as heavy as Mount Tai at this time.

At this time, Qiu Laohu's deputy general walked over with someone on his face, and he saw Qiu Laohu standing here, so he grinned and wanted to laugh, but accidentally pulled the long scar on his face, "whoosh", and then walked in front of Qiu Laohu: "General, the north gate is guarded!" ”

Qiu Laohu nodded heavily and patted the deputy general's shoulder: "It's hard work!" ”

He didn't continue to ask about the casualties at the North Gate, and he knew how fierce the battle was on the North Gate when he saw the injuries that the deputy general was about to cripple!

The deputy general looked around for a moment and asked the others around him: "What about Lao Ling and Lao Qi, Lao Tzu is also a person with scars on his face, let them come out to see it, so as not to be said by them to be old and white-faced?" ”

There was silence all around, and no one answered. The adjutant general looked at everyone's expressions, and knew what was going on, and his heart suddenly became sad, and a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out, his eyes were reversed, and the whole person fell straight to the back.

Qiu Laohu was shocked, and immediately stepped forward to hug the deputy general, and asked someone to call a stretcher and carry him below for treatment.

"Lao Li and Lao Ling, they were the first to follow me, we were born and died together, although there is a distinction between superiors and subordinates, but they are like brothers and sisters, better than brothers, but now they are separated by yin and yang, Lao Li and Lao Ling's feelings are the deepest ......" Qiu Laohu said to the mouse standing next to him.

"Boy, do you think we're heroes?" Qiu Laohu suddenly asked the mouse with wide eyes.

"If you are not heroes, then who can be heroes in this world!" The mouse was stunned for a moment, looked at Qiu Laohu, and then looked at the Shancheng defenders who were busy or injured and fainted, nodded heavily, and replied seriously.

"Not bad! This Shancheng Lao Tzu has been guarding for so many years, and finally guarded himself from a nobody to a hero! ”

Qiu Lao Hu laughed, patted the mouse on the shoulder, shook his head, and walked down the city wall with his hands behind his back, leaving the mouse standing alone, watching the back of Qiu Tiger gradually disappearing into the night with a blank face. (To be continued.) )