Chapter 373: The Flames of War

On the city wall, from time to time, there were Great Xia soldiers who couldn't dodge, and were smashed by huge stones falling from the sky, and their bones disappeared in an instant, turning into flesh and mud.

For a moment, the sound of crashing, shouting, screaming, shouting, and the sound of bones shattering was all over the city wall. The catapult attack was only a prelude, followed by the closing of the Dogron cavalry phalanx.

The speed of the siege of the dog Rong barbarian cavalry is not fast, through yesterday's feint, they have also learned some lessons, in the past they were to use the speed of horses to gallop into the enemy, disrupting the formation, but now it is not good, now it is a siege, so they still pay attention to a certain degree of discipline, they pay attention to the formation and the connection and cooperation between the phalanx.

The dog barbarian cavalry in the formation advanced slowly, step by step, of course, this also had something to do with the armor on the dog barbarian horsemen. The dog Rong barbarian riders are not like the Great Xia soldiers who wear leather armor, they are light and convenient, they wear iron armor and iron armor, and they sacrifice their speed while protecting themselves well, in order to minimize losses.

However, this also makes the dogs look very clumsy when they move. The Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry uses 10,000 people as the basic phalanx, and then 20,000 people form an offensive swallow front formation, followed by a middle formation composed of 30,000 people, and finally a rear formation composed of 50,000 people.

The first siege of the city is often tentative, but the dog Rong barbarian cavalry is very unreasonable, as if it is about to break the Shuitian County City today, and 40,000 people are thrown into it at once, and there are 20,000 people in the front battle alone, and its momentum is terrifying enough.

"The enemy is beginning to attack the city, prepare bows and arrows, prepare to roll logs and stones-"

The shouts of the generals and commanders on the wall came and went, coupled with the roaring stampede of the enemy phalanx outside the city, the atmosphere was tense to the extreme, and everyone present tensed their nerves, and a fierce battle was about to break out. "Boom, boom—"

The boulders were still smashing against the city walls, and the Great Xia soldiers were hiding behind the arrow stacks, each clutching their weapons, their expressions both nervous and frightened.

In the face of so many enemies, under the deterrence of such strong pressure, no one can easily come down. When the front formation of the Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry was only a hundred meters away from the city of Shuitian County, the creepy catapult finally stopped firing, but immediately after the shouting of killing under the city, the Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry accelerated its pace and began to attack the city.

"Listen to me!"

Yue Hu looked at the dog Rong Barbarian riding under the city, his eyes were full of seriousness, his brows were also furrowed, he leaned over and shouted condescendingly. Knock, knock, knock - the footsteps outside the city were getting closer and closer, and the cold sweat on the faces of the guards was getting more and more, and the hands of the people holding their weapons were trembling unconsciously.

No one spoke, and the city was deadly silent, except for the sound of wheezing and the sound of neat footsteps outside the city. This silence before the battle is more uncomfortable and oppressive than when the battle is going on, and the tension cannot be released, but can only be held in the heart, which makes people almost crazy.

When the vanguard of the dog Rong barbarian cavalry was only fifty meters away from the city wall, Yue Hu finally gave the order to attack, he used all his strength, waved the command flag in his hand, and shouted at the same time: "Release the arrow!" ”

"Arrows, arrows—"

Nearby, officers in the distance repeated his orders in unison. With a chorus, the Great Xia Qi Brush, who was originally hiding behind the arrow stack, stood up and fired a salvo at the Great Xia soldiers under the city. Buzz - Arrows are as dense as raindrops. For a while, I saw a row of black clouds floating out of the city, and it fell rapidly towards the canine barbarian cavalry phalanx under the city.

"Jingle ......"

"Pounce, pounce, pounce!"

The sound of the clash of iron weapons, the piercing sound of armor piercing, and the heart-rending screams were all connected under the city, and in just an instant, hundreds of people fell to the ground after being shot by arrows in the phalanx.

But this did not affect the speed of the Dog Cavalry, and the dense soldiers seemed to be emotionless machines, forgetting life and death, forgetting fear, and moving forward mechanically.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows, keep the arrows!"

Amid the shouts of the Great Xia commanders, the Great Xia soldiers launched the second, third, and fourth rounds...... Salvo. Soon, the soldiers were also numb, just arrow after arrow kept shooting downward, at this time there was no need to aim, the city was overwhelmed with enemy troops, every arrow shot, as long as the force was strong enough, almost could shoot and hurt the enemy.

It's just that even under such a dense rain of arrows, the dog Rong rode on the corpses of his companions and still advanced to the city of Shuitian County. The ladders that had been prepared were erected one after another, and then the dogs and barbarians swarmed up like ants.

At this time, the rolling logs and stones prepared at the head of the city came in handy, and the soldiers threw the rolling logs, smashed the stones, poured the burning oil, and held long bamboo poles to pick up the ladder. The top and bottom of the city wall seemed to have exploded, people shouted and neighed, and from time to time you could see the half-climbed dog Rong barbarian riding screaming and falling down from the air, just like dumplings.

"Shoot the arrows—"

The front of the dog barbarian cavalry is attacking the city, and the 30,000 people in the middle have already entered the firing range, with the shouting of the dog Rong barbarian cavalry general, 30,000 dog Rong barbarian cavalry, 30,000 strong bows and crossbows are in unison, and the bows and arrows are fired out at the same time.

The strength of the bow and arrow of the dog Rong is far better than that of the Great Xia soldiers, because the physical strength of the dog Rong is much better than that of the Great Xia soldiers, the range is long, the power is great, and the lethality is strong, which is terrifying. Thirty thousand arrows fell from the sky, how terrifying. The Great Xia soldiers on the city wall didn't see what was going on at all, and suddenly realized that it was dark, and when they looked up, it turned out that it was the arrows that covered the sky and blocked the sun.

At this time, if people want to dodge again, it is too late. In just an instant, the Daxia soldiers who smashed the wood and stones and poured the fire oil on the city were shot into hedgehogs, some fell directly to the ground and died, and some were planted from the city to the city, and the situation was unbearable.

"Set up a shield, set up a shield, watch out for the enemy's bow and arrow!"

The tower is the highest, and it has not been affected by the bow and arrow of the dog Rong barbarian, Yue Hu condescended to see it clearly, the other party only one round of salvo will cause his own side to lose more than hundreds of people, if it is hard to resist, I am afraid it will not take a few rounds, and the tens of thousands of people on his side will have to be explained on the city wall. He was also speechless in his heart while watching the battle, and sighed that the Dog Rong Arrow Array really deserved its name, the city wall of Shuitian County City was not very high, but it was difficult for ordinary arrow arrays to shoot up, and even if they could be shot, the power would be greatly reduced, and the Dog Rong Barbarian Arrow Formation was too terrifying, and it could have such power a hundred meters away from the city wall, which was incredible.

Hearing Yue Hu's words, the Great Xia soldiers raised their shields one after another, so that the threat of the opponent's arrow array was weakened, but due to the inconvenience of movement, their counterattack against the siege dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry was also greatly weakened.

It didn't take long for part of the city wall to be broken through by the Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry, and a large number of Dog Rong Barbarian Horsemen climbed up the ladder and started a face-to-face close battle with the Great Xia defenders on the city wall.

The dog Rong arrow array is strong, and when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, the dog Rong barbarian cavalry is more brave and good at fighting than the Great Xia soldiers. Dog Rong is a country that has been fighting for many years, their living conditions are poor, but their physical strength and endurance are far superior to those of the Great Xia soldiers, God is always fair, the heavens did not give them superior living conditions, but they gave them a strong physique, they fought all year round, and the consumption was large, so the weapons and armor were equipped with weapons and armor to be backward than the Great Xia, but the soldiers were extremely brave in the battle, and they had the strength to die when they fought together.

"Arrows, arrows, arrows—"

The herald's herald's orders came and went, continuously, followed by the sound of the bowstring.

"Smack, smack, smack!"

Ten thousand arrows rained down on the city walls. The dog Rong barbarian rider who ran in front bore the brunt, hundreds of people were shot by the arrows that flew down randomly, and many dog Rong barbarian riders were hit by dozens of arrows or even dozens of arrows in their bodies, like hedgehogs fell into a pool of blood, and could not get up again, and the dog Rong barbarian riders behind seemed not to see, stepping on the corpses of their companions and continuing to rush forward. The dogs were extremely strong and strong, and many of them could continue to charge and fight even if they were hit by several arrows as long as they did not hurt the vital point, and the arrow array could not stop their impact.

Soon, the dog Rong rode under the city wall, a cloud ladder was erected, the swarming dog Rong rode like ants, at this time, the rolling wood on the city wall came in handy, large and small stones, rolling wood continued to fall, the dog Rong riding who climbed the ladder was hit by it from time to time, screaming and falling down the ladder, after landing there was no time to moan for help, and was trampled into a pulp by the companions who rushed up later.

On the battlefield, life seems so insignificant, and the big living person who was alive just now is likely to turn into a bloody corpse in the blink of an eye. The madness of the dog Rong rode was stimulating the nerves of every Great Xia soldier, including Qiu Zhen. Seeing that the arrow array, rolling wood, and rocks could not stop the rush of the dog Rong barbarian, Qiu Zhen raised the order flag again, ready to give the order to pour fire oil

This siege battle, from the morning to noon, the offensive of the dog Rong cavalry finally began to weaken, its front line of 50,000 dead and wounded has been more than half, and although the Great Xia casualties are few, there are also about thirty percent of the attrition, the city wall is full of stumps and broken arms, corpses are stacked, piled up, blood flows like a river, and the smell of blood in the air is disgusting. By the time the battle had been fought, the soldiers on both sides had been exhausted, and for both sides of the war, all that remained was suffering.

Next, all the surviving soldiers in the front retreated, and were replaced by 50,000 soldiers in the rear to continue the siege. Even with the short gap of the middle position, the dog Rong rode and did not give the Great Xia defenders time to rest.

At this moment, the arrow array of 30,000 people in the middle was launched again, and dense arrows rained down on the city. In an instant, the arrows covered the corpse, turning the walls of the city into a sea of arrows.

Due to the previous loss of the opponent's arrow array, this time the Great Xia defenders did not panic too much, and people scattered, or hid behind the arrow stacks, or ran down the city wall to hide under the wall, or set up shields to block the arrow rain. Finally, the arrow array of the dog barbarian cavalry passed, but the siege of 50,000 dog barbarian horsemen began again. Looking at the dense pressure of the dog Rong barbarian riding under the city swarming to climb the ladder, the defenders of Great Xia were a little desperate, people felt that this was simply an offensive and defensive battle with no chance of winning, the difference in strength between the enemy and us was too great, and it was simply impossible for them to resist the attack of these 100,000 people.

At this time, the Manpower of the Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry into the siege of the city was more, except for the main general and his personal guards, almost all of the cavalry of the Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry went to the battlefield, and the cloud ladders set up were connected in a row, and tens of thousands of Dog Rong Barbarian Horsemen climbed up to the city like crazy like wild beasts, and the Great Xia soldiers who defended the city also used all the city defense weapons that could be used.

The rolling wood and stones that flew down from the city were as many as hail, and the arrows that flew down were like raindrops, and the dog Rong man who fell from mid-air was like a dumpling, but such a strong attack still could not stop the rush of the dog Rong horseman, and it was not long before the dog Rong rode rushed to the city, and the dog Rong man who had just come up did not even have time to wave the weapon, and was pierced by several or even dozens of spears on the face, and fell down on his back.

But then the dog Rong rode frantically against the many spears and pounced over, and while being stabbed into a hornet's nest, he also successfully overwhelmed countless defenders, buying time for his companions who followed.

Under such a deadly style of fighting as the dog Rong barbarian cavalry, the Great Xia soldiers gradually couldn't parry, and more and more dog Rong barbarian horsemen gathered above the city. When the Great Xia soldiers are on the defensive, they still have an advantage, and once the enemy attacks the city wall and becomes a face-to-face confrontation, the Great Xia soldiers are not the opponents of the Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry at all, often two or three Great Xia soldiers can not defeat a Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry, and the advantages and disadvantages of both sides on the battlefield are suddenly divided.

"Follow me!"

Seeing that the city of Shuitian County was in danger, Yue Hu also had red eyes, he shouted, and rushed to the front first, the long knife in his hand kept waving, and every time he cut it, he would take the life of a dog Rong barbarian.

"Kill!"

At this moment, Liu Lian couldn't help it, he was not a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, although he had never killed anyone, but on such a day, he was numb, he seemed to be able to accept death, just yesterday, one of his personal guards blocked an arrow for himself, but he was an arrow in his eyebrows, and he died on the spot, which was really difficult for Liu Lian to accept.

But there is no time and opportunity for Liu Lian to accept the cruel reality, because death is already moving towards him, and he has to pull out his long knife and bravely fight against fate.

I'm not a scholar without a fool!

Liu Lian clenched his fists, grabbed a long knife, and then bravely rushed towards the dog Rong barbarian riding on the head of the city, seeing that a dog Rong barbarian horse had just climbed up from the cloud ladder, Liu Lian roared angrily: "Go to death!" ”

He shouted, the long knife had already slashed towards this dog Rong barbarian horseman, the barbarian horse had a scimitar in his mouth, and before he could react, he was immediately slashed down by Liu Lian, I don't know whether he is dead or alive!

After Liu Lian slashed down the dog Rong Man's ride, he was immediately stunned, his face was full of blood, this blood was not his, but the dog Rong Man just now, just for a moment, he reacted, and then continued to rush towards the other dog Rong Man.

"My lord, danger, you quickly retreat to the castle tower!"

Seeing Liu Lian fighting like crazy, his personal guards were also taken aback, and then went up to stop Liu Lian, their eyes were full of pleading, they came to protect Liu Lian, if something happened to Liu Lian, their fate would not be very good.

"Our brothers are still fighting, where can I retreat, look at our feet, this is Shuitian County, the place of our Han people, how can we let the barbarians get involved, dodge! Seeing his guards blocking his side, Liu Lian was furious, and very unceremoniously pushed his guards away, then shouted loudly, and stared at a dog Rong Brute Rider again.

"Well said!"

Obviously, Yue Hu heard this, he laughed, cut off the head of a dog Rong barbarian, and then dropped the head of Shuitian County, and at this moment, all the Great Xia soldiers were also tired, hearing Liu Lian's words, they suddenly had a kind of proud anger in their hearts, proud that they were a country of etiquette, and angry that such a group of barbarians still wanted to touch the land of Great Xia.

The Great Xia soldiers were angry, they were not afraid of death, they rushed forward without fearing death, no matter who was in front of them, they had the courage to face it, because they didn't want Liu Lian to let such a weak scholar look down on, because it was such a young scholar Zhuangyuanlang, he was also fighting with the dog Rong barbarian on the front line!

"Sons, fire oil, burn them!"

As soon as he repelled the attack of a wave of dog Rong barbarian cavalry, Yue Hu immediately shouted, and the fire oil that had been prepared for a long time was once again put up, ready for battle!

Some of the people have rushed up the city wall, but many more are still climbing the ladder and waiting under the city wall. The oil is hot, not to mention being poured on the head, even if the oil droplets stick to the skin, it can burn a big blister.

It's just that in an instant, the screams on the ladder and under the city wall are one after another, and countless dogs and barbarians are burned with fire oil and even their faces are peeled off, revealing blurred flesh and white bones, which are so miserable that people can't bear to witness. This is not over, after seeing that all the oil was poured down, Yue Hu waved the order flag again, half of his body leaned out of the tower, and shouted by pulling his neck: "Put rockets, some oil!" ”

With his order, the soldiers of Daxia lit the arrows one after another, for a while, the rockets on the city wall were all over the place, and the fire oil was sticky, and with the falling of the rockets, the border city suddenly turned into a sea of fire, followed by a terrible scream. Those dogs who were not affected by the fire oil or were only burned were in the midst of the fire, and they were burned all over the body, screaming again and again, and their screams were so terrible that the Great Xia soldiers on the city wall felt terrified, and the air was filled with a thick smell of burnt skin and meat. The commander of the Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry obviously did not expect such a situation, and was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ordered all the Dog Rong Barbarian Cavalry who were besieging the city to withdraw immediately.