The smoke and dust rolled, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the green mountains faintly appeared, this Wolong, which had been sleeping for hundreds of years, seemed to be awakened by blood and gunpowder smoke again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning of the Han and Tang dynasties hundreds of years ago, there were also countless soldiers who fought bloody battles inside and outside the Great Wall, and finally threw their heads and spilled blood in exchange for a glorious and prosperous era. And hundreds of years later, Huaxia Nan'er is once again qualified to stand on the Great Wall, watching the enemy roll in the tide, drawing the blade in his hand to fight with the enemy, nourishing this land with his own blood, and nourishing this dragon that needs blood and sweat to nourish.

"Mongolian Tatar trebuchet!" The soldier on the enemy tower in the distance shouted loudly. The atmosphere on the entire Great Wall froze for a moment. And Xu Chen didn't care about the battle in full swing right under him, and quickly ran along the stone steps full of barren grass towards the enemy tower.

The enemy tower is located on the top of the mountain, it is a good place to overlook the entire battle situation, compared to this enemy tower, the enemy tower where Xu Chen was before could only see the Mongolian army attacking on the hillside, although it was safer, but in the end there was a gap in the field of vision, especially the movement of the Mongolian army in front of the canyon.

"It's a trebuchet, but luckily it's not a return gun." Xu Chen saw the trebuchet pushed by the Mongols below the cliff, and his face showed a complicated expression. The Mongol Tatars moved out the trebuchet, which means that this battle will be more difficult, but it is not a giant trebuchet like the return cannon that can even directly collapse the city wall, otherwise even if the flesh and blood of these 800 soldiers are strong, they will not be able to support a round.

After all, the first brigade marched forward in a hurry, and did not carry flying thunder cannons and artillery at all, and there was no way to cause much damage to this trebuchet, and the only way up the mountain was blocked by the Ming army itself, and now the two sides are tugging at the intersection, and it is impossible to send a commando to destroy the trebuchet, not to mention that the Ming army has a total of 800 people on the mountain, even if it forms a commando, it is not enough for people to stuff their teeth, and the gains outweigh the losses.

So the harder days are coming.

"Avoid the stone bombs, withdraw the people, everyone retreat, and no counter-charge is allowed without an order from a certain in the future!" Xu Chen patted the shoulder of the herald beside him, and immediately stretched out his hand and pointed downward, "The crossbowmen are holding down the formation, blocking the road, and not allowing the Mongolian Tatars to catch up!" ”

Although the Mongolian Tartar's trebuchet is not very powerful, it will be smashed down with a split head and a face, and even the steel and iron bones will be half of their breath. It was nothing less than a nightmare for the Ming soldiers who were exposed. What's more, Xu Chen knew that the Mongols valued this Gubeikou, so he didn't dare to hope that the Mongols were fighting with the Ming army at this time, and this group of desperate Mongolian Tartars dared to throw stones directly at their own people. After all, the Ming army only had a total of 800 people, while the Mongolian Tatars had tens of thousands, and it was also very cost-effective to exchange hundreds of dead and wounded for more than half of the Ming army.

In order to facilitate the movement of people on the trench and the city wall, the Ming army hung down the rope ladder at the head of the city, and also set up fortresses and steps in the gap of the Great Wall in the distance, so that it can be convenient to go up and down, and will not leave a way for the enemy to attack after the trench is lost.

In order to be faster, Wang Yizhou directly reached out and grabbed the rope ladder and slid down the rope ladder, while the rest of the crossbowmen and firecrackers did not care about safety at this time, and all followed Wang Yizhou and turned over and descended the city wall. Xu Chen just wanted to say something, but he still shook his head and took back the words that came to his mouth.

After all, what these young people did was not wrong, if they were still caring about the lives of the crossbowmen and firecrackers at this time, I am afraid that those brothers who were still fighting with the Mongol Tatars in front of them would be difficult to withdraw, and the losses would be even greater.

Looking at the figures that jumped into the trench and turned around and turned out, Xu Chen sighed from the bottom of his heart, he began to think about it now, this is not good, that is not good, could it be that this person is still old after all?

"Rush forward!" Wang Yizhou didn't care what Xu Chen was thinking at this time, and he didn't have time to care about what he was thinking, this young man's eyes were red, but the pace under his feet was not slow at all, he walked through the rocks, and soon rushed to the front line, the divine arm crossbow in his hand was raised, and the trigger was pulled suddenly, and the arrow whistled out, piercing the chest of a Mongolian soldier in front.

And the Ming soldiers who were fighting fiercely with this Mongolian soldier glanced back, although they were a little surprised why the crossbowmen and firecrackers were on top, but they still nodded gratefully, and just wanted to rush forward, Wang Yizhou grabbed her wrist: "The brigade commander has an order, retreat immediately!" ”

"What?!" The soldier also had red eyes and looked at Wang Yizhou in disbelief.

Wang Yizhou did not hesitate to shout at the surrounding soldiers: "Retreat, the brigade commander has an order, retreat!" ”

The soldiers of the Ming army all turned their heads in surprise, and the crossbowmen and firecrackers had already stepped up, forming a line of fire to death. Before Wang Yizhou finished speaking, all the enemy platforms on the Great Wall sounded the golden gong, and no one hesitated at this moment, and ran towards the direction of the trench.

The Mongols also heard the sound of the Ming army, but it was difficult to get close because of the blockage of the crossbowmen and firecrackers.

"Don't panic, retreat slowly!" The leaders and ten generals who led the team shouted, and the originally scattered retreat formation slowly stabilized, all the soldiers covered each other back to back and kept retreating, while the rest of the crossbowmen and musketeers were shooting on the city wall to cover the retreat of the Ming army.

The Ming army took the initiative to get out of the way, but the Mongols did not take the initiative to pursue, but the retreating Ming soldiers were taken aback, but before they could come to their senses, there was a sudden whistling sound overhead.

"Trebuchet, quick, into the trench!" The pupils of the head and the ten generals contracted suddenly, and the soldiers in the front row had already reached the edge of the trench, and hurriedly jumped into the trench, running along the trench to the bunker under the city wall or directly into the hole that had been dug in the trench, so as to avoid being directly hit by the stone bullets of the trebuchet. And the soldiers of the Ming army behind also ran forward quickly.

Seeing that the stone bullet had been smashed down on his head and face, and the smoke and dust were billowing down, Wang Yizhou roared, and the trench was already close at hand, so he simply bent down and rolled directly into the trench. And a stone bullet happened to be smashing right where he was standing.

Leaning on the wall of the trench and listening to the whistling sound of stone bullets, Wang Yi breathed a long sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to hold his chest, his heart was beating at this time, and the whole person seemed to be sluggish. He knew very well that he had just brushed shoulders with death, and as long as he was half a beat slower, it was very likely that he would be directly run over by a stone bullet.

"Why are you stunned, waiting to be smashed! Come on! One of the chiefs yelled, patted him on the shoulder, and took the lead into the nearby cavern.

"Fortunately, I dug this thing in advance, and it can really save my life when it is critical!" Wang Yizhou also reacted, and hurriedly followed in, a cave can fit three people, so it is still very wide for two people to hide in it, "I don't know where the brigade commander learned." ”

Du Tou subconsciously glanced at the direction of the city wall, and whispered: "How could our brigade commander come up with such a wonderful trick, let us directly show His Majesty's will when we dig the trench, this is all Your Majesty's will, let the Ministry of Engineering draw the drawings in advance, let's just read the book according to the book!" ”

Wang Yizhou laughed, and just as he was about to speak, a roar came from outside: "The Mongolian Tartars are up!" ”

Du Tou and Wang Yizhou glanced at each other, and they picked up the guys and rushed outside.

The Mongols were really determined to take this Gubeikou, and the trebuchet had just finished throwing stones, and the second group of Mongolian soldiers had already rushed up with a roar, and there were also a lot of them. Behind them, a crowd of black oppressors could be seen, and it was clear that the third group of Mongol troops was also preparing. After all, there were tens of thousands of Mongol troops under the mountain, and even a wheel war was enough to exhaust the Ming army.

The only thing that can make the Ming army breathe a sigh of relief is that the mountain road is rugged, and the Mongol trebuchet can carry up the kind of small trebuchet, which is difficult to cause any damage to the reinforced trenches and city walls, as long as people can dodge in time, they just send a net of stones up the mountain, and even become a weapon for the Ming army to resist the attack of the Mongol army.

"Throw the stone down and off the Mongol tartars!" One of the leaders shouted loudly, and the stone in his hand flew out first, just as it hit the forehead of a Mongolian soldier who was struggling to climb, and the Mongolian soldier screamed miserably, reached out to cover the blood-spattered forehead, staggered back, and crashed into the soldier behind, and the Mongolian queue was suddenly chaotic.

Seeing that this stone was so effective, the soldiers of the Ming army picked up the stone and threw it down, and for a time the stones rained down on the hillside, and the Mongol army retreated in a hurry. But after that, it was not the trebuchet but the crossbowmen who came up, and thousands of crossbowmen aimed at the mountain and released their bows and arrows at the same time, and the arrows roared to the top of the mountain, whether it was on the city wall or in the trenches, the soldiers quickly looked for a place to hide, and even those who could not find it hid behind the shields.

Since Xu Chen was selected to preside over the task of fighting to the death with the Mongol Tatars this time, he naturally arranged and thought about it in every way, after all, even if he had the experience of the battle of Hecai Town, he did not dare to pin everything on the dangerous terrain of Gubeikou. Including Ye Yingwu also thought so, so in the holy decree given to Xu Chen at the beginning, many defensive strategies were also attached, and digging a trench as the first line of defense was one of the strategies.

What Ye Yingwu gave Xu Chen was another way of laying out trenches that were still useful even in the era of thermal weapons in another time and space, including digging cat ear holes and tunnels, although it was time-consuming and laborious, but Ye Yingwu also knew that for the Ming army, which was dominated by farmers, digging the ground should also be regarded as a basic skill, not to mention that in another time and space, there are often people on the Internet who say that earthwork is the national skill of the Chinese nation.

Look at the Great Wall on these mountains, and that's true.

Therefore, Ye Yingwu also relieved himself to hand over all the methods of trench warfare and trench digging to Xu Chen, and today, it seems that in the face of primitive long-range attack equipment such as trebuchets and arrows, the trench undoubtedly shows a strong ability. The Mongols attacked for so long that they basically used all the means they could come up with, but there was still no way to break through the trench guarded by only two or three hundred people, not to mention that there was a Great Wall wall behind the trench.

"Be careful, canister of kerose!" I don't know which sharp-eyed one was the first to shout, and the soldiers of the Ming army on the entire Great Wall and the trench looked up at the same time and saw the parabola drawn in the sky. Because the trebuchet is not large, the projectile stone can only throw the gravel in the net pocket, so this oil tank is not large, but for the defenders who are not many people, it is still deadly, especially many people still carry gunpowder and thistle, once a person is ignited by the oil is likely to cause an explosion.

The oil tank quickly smashed down on the ditch and the city wall, and the flames were burning, but fortunately, the Ming army had burned all the plants and trees under the Great Wall cleanly, so it did not cause a fire, but some weeds on the Great Wall that had not had time to be cleaned up burned in this flame, and soon turned into ashes and drifted away with the wind. Because most of the soldiers of the Ming army have already hid in the cat's ear hole in the trench or the enemy tower and the beacon tower, there are not too many casualties, only one fire pot happened to fall on the edge of a beacon tower, the fire rushed into the beacon tower with the whistling mountain wind, so that more than ten Ming soldiers were burned.

After this batch of fire pots, two more fire pots came one after another, and the walls of the Great Wall had been burned to a terrifying black in the beating flames, exuding a burning smell. It's just that the Great Wall still stands majestically here, just like the Chinese soldiers on the Great Wall who protected it a hundred years ago.

"Kill!" In the low sound of the horn, the Mongolian soldiers of the brigade launched an attack again, and in order to cover them, more Mongolian crossbowmen also rushed up, obviously the first charge of the Ming army sent crossbowmen and firecrackers to forcibly cut off the contact between the Mongolian army and the Ming army, so that the Mongolian commander also ate a trench and a wisdom, saying nothing to give the Ming army this opportunity.

The crossbowmen and firecrackers of the Ming army naturally did not hesitate to return fire, and arrows and iron bullets rushed towards the enemy like a tidal wave. At that time, when the first brigade went north as a forward, it carried a large number of bows and crossbows and arrows to make up for the disadvantages of inconvenient carrying heavy firearms such as long-distance flying thunder cannons, and after receiving the order, although the first brigade threw down all the heavy firearms, it still carried a lot of light firearms, after all, after the first brigade was dispatched at that time, it actually did not fight with the Mongolian Tartars too much, and did not reveal its whereabouts along the way, so it was still sufficient in arrows and gunpowder.

The Mongolian soldiers in the front row kept falling, and the people in the back came up directly, there was no Mongolian soldier roaring, only a figure looking up at the top of the mountain, only a black flag dancing in the wind and getting closer and closer. The charging Mongol army was like a yaksha from hell, trying to cross this last line of defense to the light.

"Don't rush out!" Dutou and the ten generals ran back and forth in the trench, and all the soldiers subconsciously held their breath and looked at the Mongols who were getting closer and closer.

After all, the number of Ming troops on the top of the mountain is still too small, and this time the Mongols even did not hesitate to use crossbowmen to cooperate with the army to charge, Xu Chen wanted to use the original hand to retreat people at any time, it was not so easy, a little carelessness could make two or three hundred people in this trench die on the hillside. In the face of the continuous slaughter of Mongolian Tatars, even if these two or three hundred soldiers alone can kill two or three Mongolian soldiers, they will not be able to stop the Mongolian army that is still rushing upward.

Therefore, Xu Chen simply pulled the battle line closer and gave up the defensive line at the intersection of the mountain road that exposed himself too much. After all, fighting along the trenches, the Ming soldiers were familiar with the way, and they could get support on the city wall at any time, so it was still easy to repel the Mongol Tatars.

The Divine Arm Crossbow in Wang Yizhou's hand has been rewound, and Wangshan (author's note: crosshair) of the Divine Arm Crossbow has put a Mongolian chief who is walking forward quickly, as long as he gives an order, he dares to guarantee that this Mongolian crossbow cannot run forward for five steps. And the crossbowmen and firecrackers who followed Wang Yizhou to rush down the city wall also took a deep breath and aimed at the target. The Mongolian Tartar crossbowmen had been making their crossbowmen majestic, just to be able to beat the Mongol soldiers hard after they got closer.

But at this moment, a black shadow suddenly appeared in the sky, and one arc after another cut through the sky, and the burning flames came into everyone's eyes, and also made the pupils of all the soldiers of the Ming army who were waiting for the battle dilated suddenly!

"Oil canisters!"

"Dodge!" The voices of the heads and the ten generals have changed their tunes.