Chapter 138: The Far East Campaign (4)
"Wu Qimai, if you don't go to recapture the sea li, what are you doing here?"
Su Erhu asked angrily.
"Great Khan, my 2,000-strong artillery team was wiped out without firing a single shot. The Yan army knows how to use spells to make the cannonballs explode on their own, and this is how my artillery team was wiped out. Also, the artillery fire of the Yan army was so dense that we couldn't get close at all. What can I do with the Great Khan? ”
"What? The artillery team was completely wiped out, this must be your command error, exposing the artillery team to the range of the Yan army's ballistas, you waste, go back and settle accounts with you. The artillery team chose to set up guns at a high place and bombarded the wall for me. ”
"Great Khan, don't wow."
"You leave me alone."
The angry Su Erhu whipped Wu Qimai on the back, Wu Qimai shivered in pain, and let go of the hand that was holding Su Erhu. The Dongrong artillery team quickly set up its guns and was about to fire. But Jebeli shouted, "Stop firing." The cannon at the front, fired alone, the others retreated. ”
Surhu looked at Jeberi angrily, but out of trust in Jeberi, Surhu still didn't stop Jebeli.
Boom, a ballista was shattered with the sound of explosion, but the Yan army on the other side of the wall did not fire a single shot. This scene stunned Surhu and all the others, and all the gunners quickly left the ballista. What the hell is going on, is it really Yan Jun's spell as Wu Qimai said?
"Great Khan, now the artillery team is using thunderbolts sent by the Cui family, why don't we try the original shells."
"Are you suspicious? The artillery team listened to the order and used the old shells. ”
This time, the thunderbolts fired by the Dongrong artillery team exploded one after another at the wall, and Su Erhu was annoyed and angry.
"Damn Cui Ci, what kind of stuff did you get me, who the hell are you?"
"Great Khan, there must be something wrong with Cui Ci, but now we should recapture Haiqizi, quickly!"
"Jebeli, I appoint you as the governor of the capital, and I will give you another 30,000 horses, and you must retake the sea before dark."
"Don't worry, the Great Khan, Jebeli will not let you down, the Great Khan, please come back."
Su Erhu gave him a fierce look at Hai Lizi and turned back to the Great Khan City. Jebeli ordered a heavy bombardment of the wall, and at this time, the ballistae of the Flying Tigers also opened fire with the Dongrong artillery team.
"Grand Governor, there are not many old shells left in the artillery team, what should I do?"
The commander of the Dongrong artillery team anxiously reported to the preparation that due to the hurry, there were not many shells with him, and even fewer old ones.
"Is there anything else in the warehouse?"
"No, it's all new shells."
"Gather all the shells and slam the gate to open a gap."
"Obey."
Boom, boom, the gate of the wall finally couldn't resist the bombardment of thunderbolts, and fell to the ground with a bang.
"Warriors, charge! Kill! ”
Jeberi seized the opportunity to give the order, and 30,000 cavalry rushed forward towards the wide gap. The thunderbolts fired by the Flying Tigers were even more dense, forming a network of fire in the distance, middle and near. The cavalry of the Rong tribe rushed into the fire net at the end of their lives, and every moment there were pieces of cavalry that were blown away, and countless cavalry were thrown out of their horses every minute. The undead cavalry struggled to their feet, brandishing their scimitars and rushing forward, but it didn't take long for them to fall in a raging rain of shrapnel.
Jebeli was so anxious that he waved his battle flag again and again, and the Dongrong cavalry launched a continuous wave charge of 1,000 people one after another. The open space in front of the hill was beaten into a pot of porridge.
In this era, the cavalry has always been the king of land warfare, even if there is a ballista block, it will still not completely stop the cavalry, because the advantage of cavalry speed can not be eliminated, unless Niu Tianci creates a machine gun, otherwise the ballista alone will not work.
The Rong cavalry, who had worked hard to break through the three blocking nets, rushed into the gap with a shout, but the scene in front of them made their hearts instantly cold. Behind the gap is not a flat river, but a series of trenches, and low walls have been built on both sides of the road, which is a huge pocket, and the bottom of the pocket is a defensive line composed of dozens of iron-walled cars. The fast-running Dongrong cavalry didn't have time to reduce the speed of their horses, so they rushed directly to the trench, hoping to use their horse speed to cross the trench and rush to the defensive line. But the width of the trench was just enough to stop the galloping horses, and the earth from which the trench was dug was piled up on the opposite side of the trench to form a slope.
The horses that flew in the air slammed into the slope, and the men and horses slipped to the bottom of the ditch screaming together, and were pierced by the spikes at the bottom of the ditch. The courage of the Dongrong soldiers is admirable, and they still rushed forward without hesitation in the face of the situation of death and life. Soon the first trench was filled with the corpses of men and horses, and the Dongrong cavalry who rushed over quickly rushed to the second trench with the corpses of their comrades. In this way, the Dongrong cavalry finally filled the three trenches at a very heavy price, and they roared to the last line of defense.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Hei Shui Liang gave an order, and the iron wall car suddenly turned into a hedgehog. Arrows are like rain, impermeable to the wind. In the middle was the sound of thunderbolts fired from small ballistas and hand-thrown bolts.
One by one, the Dongrong cavalry screamed and fell to the ground, they had nowhere to hide, and they couldn't hide, so they could only rush forward desperately. But the arrows shot by the Flying Tiger Army were so dense that it didn't look like they were shot by people, but splashed out. Sharp arrows flew everywhere in the wide pocket array, and the layers of corpses on the ground were densely packed with arrows like wheat had grown.
The Dongrong cavalry rushed to the next layer and rushed up to the top, and the ground of the pocket array was slowly increasing. The corpses of the men and horses also hindered the footsteps of the cavalry that followed them, but they still howled and rushed towards them.
A few Dongrong cavalrymen rushed to the iron wall car, and they hit the iron wall car straight with arrows all over their bodies.
Knock knock, the sound of collision became more and more, and the iron wall car kept shaking, but the efforts and hopes of the Dongrong cavalry were still shattered by this line of defense, and so far no Dongrong cavalry has been able to break through this last line of defense.
"The pressure on the Iron Wall Vehicle's defense line was too great, and the soldiers around the pocket array were ordered to start attacking. The artillery intensified its bombardment, and not a single Dongrong cavalry was allowed to cross the defensive line. ”
Guan Changyun calmly gave a new order. Following his order, countless soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army appeared on the walls on both sides of the pocket array, and they kept shooting arrows and throwing thunderbolts. The Dongrong cavalry, which was running at great speed, fell in an instant. The wave-like charge commanded by Jebeli was smashed to pieces like a wave hitting a reef.
The sound of artillery gradually stopped, and the battlefield that was still chaotic just now was silent. All the 30,000 cavalry of the Blue Wolf Division arrived in front of the wall and in the pocket array, and Wu Qimai knelt on the ground, praying silently with tears in his eyes.
He looked at the sun that was sinking in the west, and then at the 30,000 cavalry lined up in a neat formation behind him, and he called the three captains to him.
"I need warriors who are not afraid of death, not much, just three thousand. Give me a thousand each, and I will break through the walls. ”
"Grand Duke, we can't blow up those walls without the help of ballistas."
"When our ancestors didn't have ballistas and thunderbolts, didn't they defeat the Yan army one after another? Why, now that you don't have the courage to leave the ballistas and thunderbolts? ”
"No, we want to know how the Governor will blow up the wall."
"Employ people, use 3,000 warriors who are not afraid of death, and tie them up with thunderbolts immediately, which is the kind of thunderbolts given to us by the surname Cui, and I will use 3,000 warriors to blow up the wall."
"Metropolitan Governor, this~~~"
"This is an order, give me three thousand men at once."
In a few moments, three thousand horsemen stood in front of Jebe. Jebeli looked at the three thousand cavalrymen and said loudly: "All of you will not live, but your death will be exchanged for the victory of Dongrong, and in exchange for the strength of Dongrong." You are the pride of your ancestors, the pride of your fathers and aunts, the pride of your wives and children, and the pride of the wolf god. You are all my brothers, and you are all sons of the Sirius God. For the sake of Dongjung, for the sake of your Abba and your mothers, your wives and children, and for the sake of the wolf god in our hearts, Pontul asks you to blow up that wall. Your souls will have eternal life, and your parents will have wives and children who will be part of the Golden Wolf Tribe. My brothers, sons of the Sirius, obey my commands and accomplish this glorious task! ”
"Sirius God! Sirius God! Sirius God! ”
The three thousand cavalrymen raised their arms one by one and shouted, and there was no fear of death in their eyes, only fanaticism and madness.
The red sun slowly fell in the west like a ball of fire, and the afterglow reflected the sea in golden light. The golden afterglow also sprinkled on the hill, and the Flying Tiger Army, which had been fighting for a day, was taking turns to eat and rest. Guan Changyun and Zhang Deyi were also constantly patrolling the defensive line.
"After tonight, it will be easy, as long as you survive tonight, the handsome will come. At that time, we will be able to conquer Jingyuan and regain the lost territory together with the marshal, and we will enter the old camp of Dongrong to capture Surhu. Lao Qin, what do you want to do when you win? ”
Guan Changyun asked Qin Wuyang with a smile. Qin Wuyang touched his head and said, "I'm not as lucky as you, and I will enter the command of the big marshal all of a sudden." I kicked the big marshal to Yamudun with one kick, and I thought I was doing a good thing for the Zhenbei Army. I didn't expect Dashuai to be such a capable person, Dashuai didn't remember my grudges, and gave me the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and let my iron egg enter the martial arts hall. I, Qin Wuyang, am not a fool, and I know more about Entu. I've been following Dashuai all my life, as long as I don't close my eyes, I'll follow Dashuai. ”
"Haha, yes, that's what I thought. It's really fun to follow the handsome, and I don't have to be as aggrieved as in the past. Lao Qin, your iron egg is good, I think the big handsome treats the iron egg as his own brother, and the iron egg's kung fu is taught by the big handsome, I really envy you. ”
"Hahaha, you should also hurry up and marry a daughter-in-law and have a son, and let the handsome teach him when the time comes."
"Yes, yes, when this battle is over, I will marry a daughter-in-law. Lao Qin, when the time comes, you will give me a good staff officer. ”
"I can't do this, let's let Mrs. Dashuai help pick one for you."
"It's okay, I'll talk to Dashuai when I go back, I must find someone like Xiaoyue."
The two of them walked as they spoke, reminding the sentinels to keep an eye on them. By the time the sun had completely set over the horizon, 3,000 Dongrong cavalry with thunderbolts strapped to their bodies and horses had already assembled, waiting for the order to attack. In the darkness, three thousand pairs of eyes were staring at the Flying Tiger Army's defensive line. (To be continued.) )