Chapter 279: Pressure
In the city of Mangyuan, the General's Mansion Military Festival Hall. More than a dozen main generals of the Mangyuan army gathered here, although there are many people, but the indoor atmosphere is relatively depressing, it seems that under the recent successive defeats, the morale of the Mangyuan army has been greatly damaged! An Shixian's face was a little pale, and his cheeks were much thinner than two months ago, looking at the generals under his tent looking like they had defeated the rooster, he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy, and the boss's hall was silent, but he frowned and said: "Princess, I didn't expect this Liu Fa to be so sharp in his ability to use soldiers at such a young age. Now the city of Mangyuan is low and difficult to defend, and the number of troops in the city is less than 10,000, and the food and baggage are almost lost. In such a critical situation, how can the public solve it? ”
After a while, no one responded, and a general stood up and said: "General, Mangyuan's troops are insufficient, and now it has reached such an urgent point, and when it is so dangerous, please also ask the general to quickly send warriors out of the encirclement to the south prison to ask for reinforcements!" ”
When an adjutant general heard this, he shook his head and said with no confidence: "This is impossible!" Now the situation in the South Prison must be very clear to you, Qin Gongzi is now attacking Zhang Ye with heavy troops, and he has not even fought hard, with his character, he will not retreat if he can't attack it, and now he is using troops again, you really don't think about it if you want them to send troops to rescue, more importantly, alas, my Mangyuan city is too shallow, it is difficult to hold, when the barbarians attacked in a big way, it only took one day to break the Mangyuan, even if Qin Gongzi sent troops to rescue, can we hold on until the rescue troops arrive! ”
A lieutenant smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Exactly, Qin Gongzi's position is unstable now, and it is the time when he needs to hold the army firmly in his hands, even if Mangyuan City is in danger now, how can he be willing to send reinforcements!" ”
"Is it true that I have no way to live?"
An Shixian looked up to the sky and sighed, his heart was extremely sad, he glanced at Ye Qiqi, who had been silent beside him, and asked again: "Does General Ye have a good plan?" ”
Ye Qiqi shook his head silently, and only after a while did he say: "No matter what the city lord wants, the last general will swear to follow." ”
"Swear to follow, swear to follow ......"
An Shixian's face became even more ugly, he smashed a tea cup fiercely, and roared: "Can you say something nice, you know death, don't you know how to survive, get out, a bunch of waste, get out!" ”
Everyone had complicated faces, and they didn't know what to say, and then under the leadership of Ye Qiqi, they all hugged their fists and retreated, seeing that the hall was deserted again, An Shixian was a little sad, maybe he really had to face Liu Fa.
Just after noon, the earth began to shake faintly, a slow, rhythmic tremor. Most of the soldiers on the head of Mangyuan City are veterans, and their faces suddenly became solemn: The Chenguan army is here, and most of them are infantry, and it seems that they are ready to start attacking the city! The city suddenly became tense, and the rolling logs, stones, ash bottles, and cannons quickly moved to the side of the wall, ready to be thrown; The stove was also lit, and a large amount of oil and water began to heat up in the hanging pot above; The soldiers of the plains at the head of the city are also all unsheathed and bowed, nervously preparing for the upcoming fierce battle!
Due to the most open terrain in Beicheng, this will also be the main battlefield for the attack of the Chenguan army, so An Shixian and Ye Qiqi transferred the most elite Mangyuan army to Beicheng, and the two personally guarded Beicheng.
Although it was early spring, there was no warmth, the air was full of slaughter, and there was a lot of snow on the land of the South Prison, which lacked sunshine, and the weather was so cold that it seemed to freeze people's minds.
Suddenly, a bitter cold wind swept over the ground, and the remaining snow on the ground flew into the air and rolled wildly. In the cold wind, a long black line appeared steeply on the horizon in the distance, and Ye Seventeen's fingers on the city wall suddenly moved involuntarily! Then the black line gradually became clear, and gradually expanded into a large black patch. Ye Seventeen's breath suddenly became heavy: God, look at this posture is simply dense and covering the sky and the earth, the main army in the north has not ten thousand, but also eight thousand! It seems that Liu Fa is planning to conquer Mangyuan City as soon as possible! Ye Qiqi couldn't help but look at An Shixian, and saw a heavy look on An Shixian's face.
An Shixian saw that Ye Seventeen's face was a little solemn, a fake smile appeared on his face, and he said calmly: "General Ye, don't worry, as long as you have no fear in your heart, even tens of millions of people will regard it as idle!" ”
Ye Qiqi nodded, secretly admiring: An Shixian is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran, and his nerves are really big enough, but he doesn't know that An Shixian's back has already been wet with cold sweat at this time!
The army of Chenguan was approaching, and the army was mixed with a large number of siege equipment, ladders, toad carts, and some strange things.
Outside the city of Mangyuan, Liu Fa rode the front army, standing under a big banner, looking at an old man with an unnatural face, and smiled slightly, no surprise, that person is An Shixian, really like his two sons, it is disgusting.
"Dying throes!"
Liu Fa grinned, looking at An Shixian with disdain, An Shixian saw Liu Fa under the banner at first sight, although he knew that Liu Fa was young, but he didn't expect that Liu Fa looked even younger than his eldest son An Qiusheng, thinking of the two and his son died tragically in the hands of Liu Fa, An Shixian's face became more and more gloomy, looking at Liu Fa from a distance, the indescribable killing intent, distorting his face, if someone who didn't know the details looked over, he thought An Shixian had a stroke!
In the anger of An Shixian, gradually, the army of Chenguan approached, and the soldiers and horses of Chenguan were very fast, and they stopped about five hundred steps from the city wall. After adjusting the formation slightly, the bed crossbow and trebuchet were left in place and quickly launched, while the rest of the Chenguan army began to advance rapidly towards the city.
"Whoosh ......"
There was a roar in the sky, and the trebuchets of the dust pass began to wield their might, and these giant long-range ultimate weapons with a range of nearly a thousand steps in the Cold Weapon Age immediately showed their great power.
"Click......", a series of huge explosions shook the sky, and the hard rammed earth walls of Mangyuan City couldn't help but be smashed into debris, leaving huge and ugly deep pits. As for the soldiers of the Mangyuan Army who were hit, there seemed to be no choice but to immediately turn into a pile of flesh and blood pies!
The powerful giant crossbow bolts flew like an angry dragon with a raging flame, and the arrow towers and battlements on the top of the city were their targets, and the precise fire dragon arrows roared and crashed into the arrow towers and battlements, splashing a large amount of wood chips and mud powder that exploded and flew in an instant. As for the soldiers of the Mangyuan Army who were affected, their armor was torn, their bodies penetrated, and those in the middle were killed immediately. Fang only attacked in one round, and the walls of Mangyuan City were a little crumbling and full of holes.
Indeed, the destructive power of these powerful siege machines brought by Liu Fa to deal with the stone city walls is extremely amazing for a city like Mangyuan, which is based on rammed earth!
An Shixian's complexion changed greatly, when the trebuchet was in the hands of the party, when he attacked the dust pass, he caused a large number of casualties to the dust pass troops, but he didn't expect that the retribution was unpleasant now, and when it was applied to himself, the damage to the city wall of Mangyuan City was so terrible.
Once again, he hated and sighed, without strong walls, there was no way to defend this plain.
And the giant crossbow brought by Liu Fa this time has always been the target of making him talk, and the destruction of the battlements and arrow towers of Mangyuan also made An Shixian's mind rise.
Gradually, the siege troops of Chenguan stopped about 200 paces below the city, and rows of barbarian marksmen began to train in formation. It seems that while the giant crossbow and trebuchet are constantly ravaging the Mangyuan army, the powerful marksman under the command of Qingyunfei will also join the ranks of the abusers!
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ……”
The dusty soldiers held Gordon and shouted loudly. The earth-shattering shout was like a landslide and the earth cracked, and the Mangyuan army couldn't help but change color in shock. Immediately afterward, with the roar, there was a wave of arrows from the dusty army that covered the sky and the sun.
"Lie down, hide!"
Ye Qiyi saw the locust arrows flying in the air, his face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but shout loudly.
"Snatch ......"
The arrows swooped down instantly, and the city was instantly as loud as a chaotic symphony. From time to time, a hanging pot is overturned by arrows.
"Boom!"
"Ahh
It was just an arrow, which caused a roaring fire, and the soldiers of the Mangyuan Army were terrified and had to fight in the rain of arrows. Immediately afterwards, the second and third waves of arrows of the Chenguan Army came one after another, and all the exposed surfaces near the head of Mangyuan City were deeply cultivated again.
This first wave of arrow rain was the usual practice of the Chenguan army: not to hurt the enemy, but to demonstrate to the enemy and the residents of the city, in order to show the powerful attack power of the Chenguan army. Therefore, the accuracy of this wave of arrow rain is not very important, the important thing is coverage.
After covering the shot, the Chenguan army watched the city head adjust the angle slightly, and immediately launched a new wave of arrow attacks. This time it was much more accurate, and the continuous rain of arrows was almost every time and whistled back and forth between the battlements, and the Mangyuan army who was a little careless in dodging would be hit by an arrow immediately and killed on the spot.