Chapter 113: The Battle of the Royal City (6)
Ji Yan silently watched the countless enemies on the river cross the moat and rush to the city like ants, and secretly counted in his heart: "There should be one or two thousand people over, right?" ”
"About two thousand. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Ji Qing, the leader of the pro-guard team who had been following him, said in a low voice.
"Hmm!" Ji Yan nodded slightly: "Wait until there are more than three thousand people across the river, and then let the bed crossbow fire the fire feather spear." ”
"The grease has already burned, what's the use of firing the Fire Feather Spear?" Ji Che asked puzzled.
"What do you think this king is doing by throwing so many outsiders over?" Ji Yan said with a smile.
"Isn't it the smell of wine that affects their morale?" Ji Che was even more puzzled.
"Hahahaha!" Ji Yan couldn't help laughing: "You are really imaginative! ”
"There are more than 3,000 enemy soldiers crossing the river!" Ji Qing reminded loudly.
Ji Che ignored the usefulness of the outsiders anymore, and said in a loud voice: "Light the feather spear and fire!" ”
The feather spears had already been tied to oil-soaked linen, and when the soldiers heard the order of the commander, they quickly lit and launched them, and the nine feathered spears with fire flew to the other side of the river with a "whine".
In an instant, the riverbank was again a sea of fire, enveloping countless enemies, and the terrible screams reached the ears of the defenders on the city walls. After two days of city defense, they saw that the lives of each one disappeared, although the dead were all enemy soldiers, but they also deeply felt the cruelty and ruthlessness of the war.
A large part of these soldiers came from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and they had eaten in the same pot as these burned soldiers, and they felt the same way as their plight. If it weren't for the failure of the last contest and being sent to the Zhou room by the Duke of Eastern Zhou, perhaps, the person who screamed in the fire at this moment was himself. They no longer had the same euphoria as they had in the previous fire. Instead, he showed a look of panic and unbearable.
"Order Chen Kai to attack!" Ji Yan calmly gave an order.
Ji Che now finally understands the role of fine wine, it turns out that it is the method of fire, and he secretly sighs in his heart, what kind of head should the Son of Heaven be? After receiving the order, he immediately asked the herald to issue a royal order, and then asked puzzledly: "Enlighten my king, the last general will drink alcohol all year round." I often spill wine into the fire, but I've never found it to be lit. ”
Ji Yan smiled and said, "What kind of wine are you drinking?" It's all pressed, less than 20 degrees. It's about the same as white water, how can it be burned? What kind of wine is Outsider? It was a distilled sorghum wine, at least 30 degrees, and even more than 40 degrees at the best level. Naturally, it can be lit. ”
"What twenty degrees. Thirty degrees? The last general has never heard such a statement? Ji Che became more and more confused.
"I'll tell you slowly in the future, now let's command the battle with peace of mind!"
With a "squeaky rattling" sound, the thick city gate opened a gap, Chen Kai rushed out with a thousand cavalry first, and then divided into two teams to pass through the two side gates of the urn city, and pounced on the more than 3,000 enemy troops who had just crossed the river.
Lin Fangzheng rushed to the city with the siege troops like a rainbow, and suddenly heard a miserable scream behind him, and turned back in shock. The eyes are full of fiery red, why is it burning again? He suddenly discovered something even more troublesome: the siege party had only crossed the river with more than 3,000 people. The large army behind was stopped by the fire, and with such a small number of troops, ladders and other siege equipment were not transported, how could the city be attacked?
The more than 3,000 soldiers who crossed the river also stopped, staring blankly at the fire on the other side of the river, unable to understand how the fire was burned. Could it be that the invasion of the royal city angered the gods, so they sent down heavenly fire to punish us invaders? With the help of the gods, how could the royal city be broken? Such a thought popped up in the hearts of countless people, and a wave of fear swept through the entire army, and the originally high morale was instantly lowered.
At this moment, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves sounded, and countless cavalry rolled over.
The demoralized foot soldiers, against the imposing cavalry, the battle was a one-sided slaughter from the beginning.
Lin Fang was a rare warrior in the Eastern Zhou army, otherwise he would not have been appointed as the main general of the siege. He knew that he would not be spared today, and he danced the two short axes in his hand like a mad tiger, guarding his whole body tightly. Although the cavalry of the Zhou Chamber used long weapons, they could not help him for a while.
However, the other soldiers were not so lucky, after the two cavalry interspersed several times, countless corpses fell on the ground, and those who survived were gradually isolated into small pieces, blood splattered, stumps flying, and it was only a matter of time before the team crossing the river was slaughtered.
"Surrender and don't kill, surrender and don't kill!" There was a loud shout from the city.
Ji Che also went out of the city to the edge of the battlefield, holding a bronze sword and shouting, "Surrender, my brother!" ”
All of these soldiers who had crossed the river had known him before, and even some of them had been his subordinates, and after hearing his shouts, they hesitated a little and put down their weapons, and the black press fell to his knees.
Seeing that the general trend was gone, Lin Fang shook his head and threw away the double axe, and said in a loud voice: "General Ji, please be kind to these soldiers!" After saying that, he drew his short sword and wiped it towards his neck.
Chen Kai just rushed in front of him, the spear in his hand quickly stabbed out, and then swept slightly, knocking the short sword in Lin Fang's hand away.
Lin Fang couldn't beg for death, so he sat down on the ground and sobbed with his head sobbed.
He was originally Ji Dan's younger brother, born in a big family in the Eastern Zhou Principality, since he was a child, he loved to dance knives and guns, and when he grew up, he was even more strong and brave. A few years ago, in order to enhance his strength, Ji Dan married the eldest daughter of the Lin family, who had thousands of private soldiers, and made the twenty-year-old Lin Fang the leading general of his headquarters. Lin Fang really lived up to his brother-in-law's high hopes, and after three years of hard work, he trained more than 10,000 troops to become the ace army of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
This is the first time he led his troops to fight at the age of twenty-four, and finally waited for the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and when he set off, he was full of ambition and promised Ji Dan that he would be the first to climb the city wall, but unexpectedly the battle was defeated as soon as it started, not only three thousand excellent archers were burned dead and wounded by a fire, and then a round of arrow rain when filling the river took away thousands of his troops, and now more than three thousand soldiers surrendered, and I don't know how many were burned to death in the fire, it was really miserable!
With such a record, how can I go back and explain to Ji Dan? How do I go back to meet my wife and children at home? Do you tell them that you didn't kill a single enemy, but you lost tens of thousands of soldiers?
"Lin Fang, General Lin, don't come unharmed!" Ji Che came to him and said in a loud voice.
Lin Fang didn't raise his head and continued to sob.
"I said, are you a woman?"
"You're a fucking talented woman!" Lin Fang raised his head, and flames erupted in his red eyes.
(To be continued.) )