Chapter 21: Marching into Shangdu
Eventually, the dust had calmed down, and a mound of earth had risen high between the two armies.
The Golden Dragon's blow not only destroyed the entire city wall, but also turned all the main generals and more than 30,000 soldiers into dust.
Fear is inevitable, however, after fear, there is more anger and the protection of the land.
The main general is killed, and the deputy general is replaced, this is the law in the army.
I saw the adjutant general pull out his saber and shout at the soldiers behind him: "The soldiers of the western border, guard the western border, drive out the barbarians, avenge the Hou Ye and the general, rush!"
"Kill!"
For a while, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the army of the western realm poured out densely.
Ye Gucheng's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he shouted, "Archer." ”
Whining!
A dull horn sounded.
Xuanyuan Xue burst out, "Archer, prepare!"
The archers at the back moved forward, and in an instant, the bow drew the string and pointed angrily at the sky.
"Shoot!"
Shout!!!
The dense rain of arrows quickly obscured the light, and in the darkness, the cavalrymen of the western frontier fell on their backs and suffered heavy casualties.
Ye Gucheng's face was expressionless, and he continued to wave his hand, and shouted violently: "The cavalry attacked." ”
Xuanyuan Jianhong, under the urging of the horn, took the lead and led the beast cavalry regiment to meet the enemy cavalry.
The two torrents advanced at high speed, however, as they were about to collide, the horses of the Western Cavalry seemed to be frightened and desperately wanted to stop.
At this time, the cavalry in the west was tragic, most of them were thrown away because of inertia, and more of them collided with each other, and the momentum of the rainbow was devastated.
At the same time, the Beast Cavalry plunged into the enemy cavalry, like an invincible arrow, instantly tearing the chaotic Western Cavalry Regiment into pieces.
The ferocity of the beast was fully released, or bitten or patted, or thrown or hit, and everywhere it passed, whether it was a man or a war horse, they died tragically.
The knight sitting on the beast cooperated with the beast's movements, with spears in his hands, sweeping, picking, and stabbing, and slashed the enemies in sight.
The lethal beast cavalry quickly killed the Western Cavalry without suffering heavy casualties, and then turned its attention to the infantry.
The tragedy on the battlefield didn't seem to set off a ripple in Ye Gucheng's heart, only to see his big hand continue to wave forward.
The shield infantry led by Xuanyuan finally attacked with all their troops.
"Shield!"
Roar!
The square lineup, accompanied by the roar of the fighters, began to turn into a horizontal line formation, and in an instant, the pace was neat, and the landing was powerful and slowly advancing forward.
This is the enemy killing formation of the Northern Barbarian Xuanyuan warriors, and this set of formations was also taught by Ye Gucheng himself to today's Huaxia warriors.
The Chinese infantry shield array that shocked the mainland also kicked off.
There is no doubt that the lethality of the shield soldiers is not weaker than that of the beast cavalry regiment, the shield in the left hand is fierce, the spear in the right hand is stabbed, every blow will definitely take away a fresh life, once someone falls, the back row will fill the position as soon as possible, and the soldiers in the west will retreat again and again, and no one can break through this thick defense line.
From a distance, it looks like rows of bulldozers, and everywhere it passes, it is devastated and decayed, leaving only a cold corpse.
This was a war without suspense, and the defenders of the western frontier who had lost their main commander began to suffer one-sided defeats without tactical cooperation, coupled with repeated obstructions, and low morale.
This massacre lasted all day!
When Ye Gucheng stepped into the territory of Kouyang Pass, it was already the second day.
In the square, 30,000 Western prisoners were quietly squatting and kneeling, but most of them's eyes were full of anger and hatred.
Ye Gucheng couldn't be more familiar with this kind of look, but he didn't care, and looked at everyone from afar: "I don't like to kill, and of course, I won't refuse to kill." You have only two choices, surrender or die. ”
"Phew!" a middle-aged man who looked like a general suddenly stood up and scolded angrily: "You barbarians, don't try to make us submit, we people from the West will not surrender." ”
"Yes! We will not give in to the barbarians. ”
As if infected, more soldiers stood up.
Ye Gucheng looked at all this coldly, suddenly smiled toothily, and said slowly: "Kill." ”
Countless sharp arrows instantly extinguished the angry scolding.
The eyes of the defenders of the western frontier began to turn red as they looked at their comrades who had fallen in pools of blood, and hundreds of people stood up in a flash.
"Kill. Ye Gucheng's tone didn't seem to have any emotion.
Another rain of arrows set off a rain of blood.
At this moment, no one dared to stand up again, but most people's eyes were full of hatred.
"I am not a benevolent person, never have been, you want to die, I will never refuse, but, if you want to live, you must make a choice. At this moment, Ye Gucheng seemed to have become a cold-blooded animal, staring coldly at the captive in front of him, and continued: "Kneel, lie on your stomach, surrender, live, otherwise, die." ”
The defenders of the western border looked at each other, but no one did what Ye Gucheng asked.
"My patience is limited, count to three, and if I don't kneel down and surrender, I won't be killed. ”
The defenders of the Western Frontier were in their hearts, but they still remained the same, as if they wanted to keep the final bottom line.
"One. ”
Someone in the crowd began to hesitate.
"II. Ye Gucheng's voice improved significantly.
Many of the captives trembled slowly.
"Three. Ye Gucheng's eyes suddenly turned cold, and his hand was slowly raised.
The archer speed will be full of arrows.
Eventually, the crowd, unable to bear the pressure, began to kneel on the ground, and then the rest of the people surrendered.
Ye Gucheng looked at all this coldly, for a long time, slowly stepped forward a few steps, and said indifferently: "I know you hate me, but I don't care, I just need you to remember one thing, don't think about betraying me, it will only be more painful than death." ”
The guards of the Western Realm looked at the distant figure and breathed a sigh of relief, at this moment, they realized that the person in front of them was not a person at all, it was a devil!
West, Shangdu.
The Marquis, Gao, and Huang generals of the Western Territory were killed, and the Kuyang Pass fell! The barbarians attacked the capital all the way.
When Li Yueli heard the news, her eyes turned black and she fainted.
The prosperous capital was quickly shrouded in gloom, and many children and families of official families packed up and wanted to escape.
Li Yueli saw that the situation was chaotic, and her younger brother was young and ignorant, so she had to come forward to preside over the overall situation, but fortunately, there were still more than 10,000 garrisons in Shangdu, and the situation was quickly controlled.
At the same time, Li Yueli also sent cavalry from all walks of life to transfer troops to the border city, in order not to make the people of Shangdu panic, but also strictly ordered not to enter or leave.
For a while, the people who thought about fleeing were indignant, but they were helpless!
Zhang Yi and Wasp knew that there was no way to escape, so they had to continue to hide in the city with their subordinates and wait for an opportunity.
And so they spent two more days in the midst of gains and losses.
I have to say that Ye Gucheng's secrecy work is very well done, even now, the people in Shangdu don't know that he is the leader of the army.
In fact, the reason why Ye Gucheng chose to keep it secret was also out of the protection of Zhang Yi and others, if the defenders of Shangdu knew the truth, he was afraid that the forces he had worked so hard to manage would be collapsed.
And this point, he will never allow, because he knows one thing deeply, if he wants to fully control the West, he cannot do without the help of the natives of the West.
For this kind of people, the best choice is naturally to live in the lowest slaves and poor families, because only this kind of people will not have much resistance, to put it bluntly, if life is good, no one will care about the identity of the ruler.
A month later, the Huaxia army officially pressed the border, of course, the lead was tens of thousands of troops from the west.
Facing Li Yueli's cold eyes on the city wall, the soldiers in the western realm lowered their heads in shame.
In fact, Li Yueli's mood is also extremely complicated, she hates not only these soldiers who betrayed the western border, but also those defenders who disobey the yang and yin, and after transferring troops for help for so long, only more than two support troops have arrived.
Now, there are only 30,000 defenders in Shangdu, but the enemy army, looking at the dense fierce soldiers, Li Yueli has the city to hold on, and she has no confidence in her heart, after all, from Kouyang Pass to Shangdu, you have to pass through several cities, obviously, these cities have not been held!
Just as the defenders of Shangdu had different expressions, a dragon groan swept away.
"Ahh
"It's not good, the dragon is coming, run away. ”
The people in the upper capital city screamed and scurried around, and even worse, they were so frightened that they couldn't walk, and they sat on the ground, nervously looking up at the huge golden dragon soaring in the sky.
Of course, there are also sharp-eyed people who see a person sitting on the dragon's head.
Go to the army to strategize, and attack the heart first.
Ye Gucheng didn't want to kill in Shangdu, so he chose to deliberately fly in Shangdu with a dragon, and he wanted everyone to remember this scene.
Now it seems that he has succeeded!
At least, most of the defenders have begun to retreat, after all, they rarely go to the battlefield, naturally there is no bloody defenders who have been fighting on the border all year round, plus there are tens of thousands of surrendered troops in the enemy formation as a reference, and surrender is not unacceptable.
Soon, Ye Gucheng, who had circled around Shangdu, returned to the square formation, patted the golden dragon a few times, and signaled to play by himself.
The golden dragon realized, and suddenly flew into the sky and disappeared from sight.
Li Yueli stared blankly at the enemy commander under the city, and her face suddenly became extremely pale.
"Ye Gucheng... When this name appeared in the mutter, Li Yueli's eyes suddenly became extremely cold.
Ye Gucheng's mood at the moment was also extremely complicated, looking at the beautiful face on the city wall, his eyes didn't dare to look at him.