【187】Pit you to death
Zhou Yi also clenched the sword in his hand that had never been stained with blood, and now that the opposite side was attacking, although he would not make contact with him, he also had to make a gesture to show it.
Looking at the Liao army below, the drumbeat of the attack is very rhythmic, really, Zhou Yi can faintly hear some of this, and there is an urge to sway his body together.
He turned around, and the trebuchet behind him had been prepared, and although there was no Victory No. 1 steel cannon, he had brought the Victory No. 1 bomb! This kind of weapon that is easy to transport and does not explode easily, Yanjing is a good battlefield for his experiments.
"Come on, come on, come on, Lao Tzu wants you to show you what modern warfare is, so that you short-sighted mud legs will have nightmares when you sleep at night, and you will never have the heart to fight with me from now on." Zhou Yi snorted coldly.
Yelu Dayi saw that the city wall opposite was silent, and the Song soldiers standing on the city wall didn't even pull up their bows, which made him wonder in his heart, but now there is not so much time for him to think about, Yanjing must get it!
The phalanxes on both sides of him moved, and the cavalry was useless at this time, because there were no soldiers on the opposite side to let him charge, so it was basically no lethality. Advancing were infantry ranks, spears in one hand and shields in the other, attacking in a neat pace.
From this command, Yelu Dashi may have had a lot of experience in training and siege of the army, and the shield could withstand the feathered arrows and other arrows shot from the tower, while the team behind could take advantage of the opportunity to open the way in front to keep the construction machinery close to the city wall.
Of course, this is the general way of playing, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with playing like this. The mistake is that the generals they meet today are not in order. It's because he doesn't understand military common sense at all, so he doesn't play cards according to the routine, which makes people unguardable.
The team began to move forward. Zhou Yi stared at their actions with blazing eyes, but he was not afraid, nor nervous, he had already experienced too many big scenes, the siege was actually more nervous than the defender, he had fought all the siege battles, and this siege battle was naturally not a problem.
After a while, a phalanx of the Liao army suddenly disappeared in place. A huge pit pitted their entire team, and the ground was a bamboo stick placed by Zhou Yi, the bamboo stick was inserted in the lime, and the lime was soaked in the water, which either did not fall, and if it fell, it would definitely be skewered and cooked, even if it was not skewered, it would not take long to flutter in the lime water, and it was estimated that it would be choked.
The white choking smoke coming out of the hole and the screams of the soldiers made it feel like hell. Jerod's eyes widened. Eyes splitting. This scene in front of me is really incredible!
And Zhou Yi saw that the first trap had taken effect, and he was immediately happy. Step on it, step on it, as long as you step on all the traps and come to the city, I promise to give you a big gift.
Suffering such a big setback at the beginning was definitely a big blow to the morale of Yelu Dayi's army, but Yelu Dayi would never retreat when he encountered such a setback, he shouted loudly to boost morale and let the soldiers continue to move forward.
But it was obvious that he underestimated the number of big pits, and one after another big pits appeared, and before the army could go out ten zhang away, there were already five phalanxes that fell into the pits, and that was a full five thousand soldiers!
Who can bear the loss of 5,000 soldiers in vain before the battle began? Yelu Dayi has already made up his mind in his heart, he doesn't dare to command the battle on the opposite wall, he must be brought to the bottom of the city tower to avenge these innocent dead soldiers with a thousand cuts!
Their troops bypassed the craters, and the many surviving soldiers could not help but look down as they passed by the pits, which did not know what to look at, and they were startled to see the broken corpses, floating in the white and red liquid, indescribably disgusting.
This incident dealt a great blow to Yelu's righteousness, and it was the most helpless war he had commanded since he joined the army. Simply not being able to touch the opponent, how does this undermine the confidence of a soldier?
But then he seemed to get a little comfort, because after the team bypassed these big pits, they walked a distance of twenty zhang in front and did not encounter any more big pits, and they only needed to go another fifty zhang in front of them, and they could prepare for the siege of the city.
But his good idea ended here, because they were greeted by a big pit, really, exactly the same big pit as before, Zhou Yi guaranteed that the construction technology was excellent, the height, width and depth were the same, and even the water inside came from the same river.
So Jerod lost another 5,000 soldiers, and the 130,000 troops he brought with him were 10,000 less before he could start.
Yelu Dayi is going crazy, how can such a battle be fought? He looked at the calm ground some distance ahead, trying to find any clue from it, but no, nothing, and the dirt in the cracks in the stone didn't look like new.
"There should be nothing ahead, right? There must be only so many traps, right? He tried his best to comfort himself in his heart, as long as there is no more such a big hole in front of us, we can still fight happily!
Psychological comfort worked, really, because there was no such big pit in front of it, which made the corners of Yelu Dayi's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, that's right, let's attack the city well, right, what does it mean to dig so many pits?
The Liao army walked a little way ahead, there were no pits, it was good, everyone was relieved, but the ground was slippery and greasy, I don't know what it meant, and there were a lot of rags, it felt like a disaster scene, and there seemed to be something wrong with this rhythm.
But as long as there are no pits, there are rags on the ground or something that can be overcome, although there is still a bit of a bad smell, this smell is like something, yes, it is like the smell of ink that has been exposed to the air and has been stained with water.
It doesn't matter, although the smell is a little pungent, not to say that it can be tolerated, at least it can be tolerated, move on. And Jerod's righteous idea was that there was still no movement on the city wall. Isn't this a song about the empty city? Actually, there are no soldiers in this city? That's right, it should be like this, if there are soldiers, he will definitely send troops out to fight me, it's because there are not many soldiers, so they make these tricks, want to consume our troops, haha, this is all thought of, Lao Tzu is really a genius, the Song army upstairs, wait to bear the wrath of Da Liao.
Just when he wanted to get into trouble, there was a young man upstairs who shouted at the top of his voice: "Hey, the one who takes the lead below, report your name, I wrote it in the book of life and death, I am afraid that the Hades Palace will not accept you later." ”
Yelu Dayi woke up, and then the Queen Mother, seeing the appearance of a young man, couldn't help laughing, I didn't expect that the defender of the city was actually a child, the Great Song Dynasty was still too child's play, no wonder even the remnants of the Liao State were able to beat the Song army to the ground.
"Huangkou Xiaoer upstairs, don't be rampant, when I capture the city, I will definitely break your body into ten thousand pieces, and it is you who will die, not me." Not to be outdone, Yelu responded.
Zhou Yi took out a very large bow and arrow, and the strength of this bow and arrow was as high as three stones, that is, one hundred and sixty catties, so that a powerful bow could only be used by characters like the legendary Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba. Zhou Yi felt that this should not be considered a bow and arrow, but a crossbow.
"Since you don't believe it, forget it, and I'll burn you." Zhou Yi took out a huge arrow, and then set the tip of the arrow on fire. The winch activated, and the feather arrow was aimed at the crowd below, and it was fired.
Yelu Dayi looked at Zhou Yi's actions, and suddenly laughed, what is the use of an arrow, he still has an army of more than 100,000.
But suddenly, his face changed, and he looked down at the slippery ground and the rags that emitted a foul smell, and suddenly realized that it was not water on the ground, but oil!
"Withdraw, withdraw!" He shouted.
But the speed of the feather arrow was much faster than his reaction, and before everyone could carry out the order of Jeruda, the feather arrow fell to the ground, a few feet away from the front army, but it was enough.
The speed of the flame burned very fast, so fast that people couldn't react at all, almost instantly, the flames had spread to their feet, and the panicked soldiers did their best to start running to the back, and the soldiers behind didn't know what was happening in front, and the reaction naturally couldn't keep up.
In a corner where no one noticed, Yelu Dayi asked the sky speechlessly, is this world changing too fast or I am too old to keep up, how can there be such a war in this world, and can I still fight happily?
But the pace under his feet did not stop, he was faster than others, because he was running to the side instead of retreating, and the most important thing was at least, the so-called galloping horses to share the prosperity of the world...... While the soldiers were still scrambling to retreat, he was out of the flames, and looked at the soldiers struggling in the flames with pain on his face.
Everyone's clothes are burning, they are wearing armor, which is not easy to take off, and it is still hot when they burn, and these soldiers know what it means to live rather than die. Some of them had already reached the side of the big pit that had killed countless of their companions in the back, and were about to go around, but they were hit by someone behind them, and they involuntarily fell down, falling into the lime water, and the boiling temperature made him want to die.
Zhou Yi looked at all this with an expressionless face. (To be continued......)