Chapter 3: Gambling on life
"Childe, be careful!"
"Childe, it's too dangerous here."
"Childe, let's get out of here."
The hometown blocked Yuan Fu with a big shield in front of Yuan No, and he was so anxious that he yelled repeatedly, but Yuan Fu turned a deaf ear, he was completely shocked by the tragic siege battle in front of him.
More than a dozen of Cao Jun's ladders have been erected.
A group of Cao soldiers climbed up the ladder.
The soldiers of the Yuan army at the head of the city smashed the rolling wood and stones as if they didn't want money.
There were constantly Cao soldiers who were hit by rolling logs and stones, screaming and falling down.
For the Cao army besieging the city, what is even more terrifying is the defender's wolf tooth slap and yaksha, every time it is smashed, it will inevitably harvest the lives of a large group of Cao army soldiers.
Under the city gate, Cao Jun's pointed head has also been erected, and under the hard pull of Cao Jun's auxiliaries, it is hitting the Shouchun City Gate again and again.
The soldiers of the Yuan army at the head of the city poured pot after pot of boiling gold juice down, so hot that the soldiers of the Cao army, who were holding large shields and responsible for protecting the auxiliaries, screamed miserably.
The smoky stench soon began to permeate.
However, Cao Jun was not powerless.
"Uhh An extremely terrible scream suddenly sounded from behind Yuan Fu.
Looking back, Yuan Wei saw that one of his soldiers had been knocked to the ground by a giant crossbow arrow with a thick arm, the crossbow arrow shot into his chest, penetrated his heart, and then nailed his body to the horse road, red blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth like a fountain.
The soldier screamed only twice, and then died of rage.
"Whew!" The terrible sound of breaking the air suddenly came from the back of his head, and Yuan Wei didn't dare to dodge, he felt a chill on his right cheek, and then felt slightly numb, and touched his hand, but found that his hands were full of blood.
Turning his head a little dazedly, Yuan Fu was surprised to see that more than a dozen towering siege towers had advanced to the outside of Shouchun City, only a dozen steps away, and the giant bed crossbow erected on the siege tower was condescending, and was firing rows of giant crossbow arrows at the head of Shouchun City.
In addition to the giant bed crossbow, there are hundreds of Cao army archers on the siege tower, who are constantly pulling their bows and releasing arrows, pouring a rain of arrows into the city, and in an instant, the soldiers of the Yuan army at the head of the city are like wheat grass cut down by a farmer with a sickle, falling down in rows and falling in a pool of blood.
On one of the siege towers, a member of the Cao army looked at him fiercely.
The next moment, the general of the Cao army pulled out the iron-tired bow again, and another arrow shot at Yuan Wei.
Yuan Wei watched the wolf's tooth arrow rapidly enlarge in front of him, and wanted to dodge, but found that his legs were as if they were filled with lead, nailed to the ground and did not move.
Is this going to die? Yuan Wei looked dazed.
It's hard to cross over once, and before you have time to do anything, you're going to die again?
Just when Yuan Wei was thinking that he was going to die, a large shield covered with iron suddenly appeared in front of him.
Listening to a loud "bang", the wolf's tooth arrow pierced through the iron skin of the big shield at once, and the remaining strength was inexhaustible and continuously pierced through the three layers of wooden planks of the big shield, and the wolf's tooth arrow cluster flashed with a dark and cold glow directly from the inside of the big shield, and Leng Sensen's arrow was only a millimeter away from Yuan Fu's cheek.
The hometown general Yuan Fu saved Yuan Fu's life.
"Protect Childe!" More than a dozen family soldiers rushed up one after another and built a human wall in front of Yuan Fu.
Many of Yuan's auxiliaries were knocked to the ground by Yuan Fu's soldiers, and the city suddenly fell into chaos.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Yuan army at the head of the city threw disdainful, contemptuous, or angry glances at Yuan No, waste is waste, and nothing can help except add chaos.
Yuan Wei was deeply stung by the eyes of the soldiers of Yuan Jun, and made a crazy decision in an instant!
Yuan Wei pushed away the soldiers who were blocking in front of him, strode in front of Ji Ling, and said sharply: "General Zhang, our army is too passive to fight back like this, we must launch a counterattack!" β
"Fight back?" The corners of Ji Ling's mouth suddenly bloomed with a touch of contempt.
The two lieutenants behind Ji Ling also looked at Yuan Fu coldly, thinking that this boy was really naΓ―ve.
Figure it out, now it's the Cao army attacking the city, we are defending the city, going out of the city to counterattack? Are you kidding?
"Yes, fight back!" Yuan Wei didn't care at all, and said loudly, "We must destroy the siege equipment of the Cao army, especially the pointed head and the siege tower, otherwise the Shouchun city gate will not be protected, and the Shouchun city will not be protected!" β
Yuan No's voice fell, and a loud bang suddenly came from the city gate hole below, and then the entire city tower began to shake violently, Ji Ling and the two deputy generals behind him all changed their faces, although they looked down on Yuan No's son, but they also admitted that what Yuan Noi said made sense, Cao Jun's pointed head and siege tower were too threatening.
However, this does not mean that Ji Ling approved of Yuan No's suggestion.
"It's easy to say, how to fight back?" Ji Ling asked contemptuously.
"We attacked from the water gate, there is some disconnect between the front and rear echelons of the Cao army, as long as we move fast enough, it is enough to completely annihilate the first echelon and destroy all the equipment before the second echelon of the Cao army arrives!" Yuan Wei waved his fist and shouted hoarsely in the chaos of the army, "As long as the siege equipment of the Cao army is destroyed, the offensive of the Cao army will collapse." β
"Attack from the Watergate?" Ji Ling's heart moved slightly, this is quite a surprise subtlety in the art of war.
Turning his head to look outside the city again, Ji Ling found that there was indeed a bit of disconnect between the two attack echelons in front and behind Cao Jun, and it was estimated that it was because Yuan Jun had never been able to shrink back in the past half a month, so Cao Jun was a little careless.
Ji Ling is also a veteran general of the battlefield who has experienced a hundred battles, and it can be seen at a glance that although it is extremely risky to go out of the city to counterattack, once it is successful, it will cause a heavy blow to the Cao army, and after destroying the siege equipment of the Cao army, in the next three or five days, the Cao army is afraid that it will not be able to organize a decent offensive.
Ji Ling's gaze immediately fell on the two lieutenant generals behind him.
The two lieutenants turned their heads in unison, not daring to look at Ji Ling's gaze.
Obviously, neither of these two lieutenants dared to lead their troops out of the city to fight back, because this was almost a mortal mission.
Yuan Wei saw the expressions of the two deputy generals in his eyes, and while sneering, he suddenly stepped forward and shouted: "General, this son is willing to lead the troops out of the city to fight back." β
"You?!"
"What?!"
The eyes of Ji Ling and the two lieutenant generals fell on Yuan No.
"Childe?" Yuan Fu, the general of his hometown, and more than a dozen family soldiers were also a little surprised.
Ji Ling stared at Yuan Fu coldly, and said, "Childe, you need to know that there is no joke in the army!" β
Ji Ling is really a little tempted, if Gongzi is really willing to lead the army out of the city to fight back, it will undoubtedly greatly boost the morale of the soldiers, then this counterattack may really be successful.
"My son is willing to make a military order." Yuan Wei also let go, he decided to bet on his net worth.
If he wins the bet, he will have a chance to gain the support of the soldiers of the Yuan army, and the plan to change his life against the sky may be implemented, even if he loses the bet, it is just a small life, and it will not be worse than now anyway, right? Because according to the established history, he still has only a dead end.
"Okay, Ben will give you 800 elite soldiers!" After Ji Ling finished speaking, he waved at Yuan Wei again, and said loudly, "General, I would like to wish Gongzi a victory!" β
"I wish Childe a victory!"
"I wish Childe a victory!"
Behind Ji Ling, the two lieutenant generals followed for a long time.
After getting up, when the two lieutenants looked at Yuan Fu again, there was no longer any contempt in their eyes, no matter what, the warriors who were willing to die were worthy of respect.
What's more, whether the prince is still the eldest son of the emperor is especially worthy of respect.
This time, Ji Ling did not perfunctory Yuan No, he really gave Yuan No 800 elite soldiers.
Under the contemptuous or disdainful gaze of the eight hundred elite soldiers, Yuan Fu turned over and climbed onto an abandoned ox cart, and then shouted hoarsely: "I know, you all look down on me. β
I have to say that Yuan No, the son-in-law, has a good voice.
Yuan No's voice was extremely rich, and the roar he emitted was like the roar of a lion, with extremely penetrating power, coupled with the echo effect of the city walls and buildings in the city, it was easy to overshadow the noise of the soldiers.
"You must want to ask, have you ever killed anyone? Can you hold the ring head? β
"I can tell you responsibly that before today, I have never killed anyone, and I don't want to lie to you, the ring head knife weighing more than ten catties is indeed too heavy for me."
After speaking, Yuan Fu pulled out the ring knife on his waist and swung it twice with difficulty.
The ring head knife worn by Yuan Nuo is not a treasure knife, but a large number of standard ring head knives equipped in the Yuan army, the length of the knife is one hundred and ten centimeters, the width of the blade is about eight centimeters, the back of the knife is half a centimeter thick, the straight body, oblique front, no grid, the weight is about four kilograms, which is equivalent to Han Jin, that is, sixteen catties, for Yuan No a modern person, it is indeed a bit heavy.
Seeing that Yuan Nuo claimed to be like a marketman, he was completely unworthy of the superiority of the son of an ordinary family, and he did not shy away from the weakness of his own small strength, and the eight hundred elite soldiers gathered laughed one after another, but after laughing, they inexplicably felt that Gongzi did not seem to be as annoying as they imagined.
"I, Yuan Wei, have never killed anyone, but I know that if Shouchun is broken, Cao Jun will kill all of us, not only us, but also our wives and children, they will all become Cao Jun's swords, don't think I'm scaring you, three years ago, Cao Cao waved his army eastward, slaughtering four counties and nine counties in Xuzhou, and Surabaya didn't flow."
Yuan No's voice was originally very penetrating, and after getting through the initial tension, his speech became more and more incendiary.
The expressions of the eight hundred elite soldiers gradually became serious, and everyone's eyes focused on Yuan No, and they began to listen attentively to Yuan No's speech.
"I, Yuan No, am not a warrior with infinite strength, and I can't even lift a knife, but I, Yuan No, am still willing to step on the battlefield without hesitation, because ......" Yuan No's eyes gradually became hot, and his voice became more and more passionate, "Because, there are relatives in Shouchun City who are worth protecting with my life!" β
With just one sentence, the emotions of the eight hundred elite soldiers were ignited in an instant.
Yes, there are their parents, wives and children in Shouchun City, and there are people they are worthy of protecting with their lives, whether Yuan is the eldest son of the emperor and is willing to fight with his life, what can they be greedy for?
"For our parents!" Yuan Wei suddenly raised his knife and howled.
"For parents!"
"For parents!"
"For parents!"
Eight hundred elite soldiers raised their swords one after another, and the mountain shouted in response.
"For our wives and children!"
"For his wife and children!"
"For his wife and children!"
"For his wife and children!"
Yuan Wei smiled, turned around, pointed his head knife at the outside of the city, and then roared loudly with all his strength: "Kill them, kill them, kill them!" β