Chapter 266: Bloody Mountains and Rivers (11)
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The sound of the war drums of "dong dong" broke the silence of the Guandu camp, and also surprised the Xiliang Iron Cavalry lurking outside the camp, and almost lost their position.
"Ren Jun's guy is so vigilant, it's hateful!" Seeing that his whereabouts were revealed, Li Li cursed to himself, and then the big knife was proudly hinged and ≡ Niu Bao
Hearing this, the 10,000 Golden Lion Iron Guards moved and slaughtered out of the darkness. But seeing that the cavalry of the Golden Monkey Guards took off the reins of their hands one after another, let the horses dive and gallop, each took off the bow and arrow from his back, put the bow on the string in one go, and then opened his bow and shot without hesitation. There is no need to unify the order to release arrows, nor do you need the command of the generals, only with the habitual gallop shooting, the cavalry of the 10,000 cavalry almost at the same time gallop and shoot arrows, the action is unprecedentedly consistent, the arrows shot out in the night sky naturally form a dense and unventilated strike formation, longitudinally in rows, horizontally in rows, criss-crossed, forming a rain of arrows covering the Yuanmen tower. This is the cavalry and archery skills of the most elite cavalry in the Xiliang Army, and it is also the famous combat skill of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which is unique in the world.
The horse's hooves flew and the arrows burst through the air. At first hearing the overwhelming sound of horses, the defenders on the east gate of the Guandu camp woke up from their drowsiness, and when they saw the black pressure outside the gate and a piece of iron horses galloping, they all changed color in an uproar, hurriedly got up, picked up weapons and were about to fight with the enemy troops who attacked and robbed the camp. However, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry did not approach the Yuanmen, they picked up their weapons in panic and set up a posture, waiting for not the Xiliang Cavalry, but a rain of arrows like dark clouds.
The scream of "whoosh" slanted down from the sky above the heads of the defenders, and when the defenders looked up when they heard the sound, thousands of sharp arrows rushed to their faces: "Puff puff———!" ”
The sound of sharp weapons breaking the body continued to sound. The terrible screams spread one after another, each louder and more terrible. Only this first round of mounted fire. The defenders on the tower of Yuanmen City paid huge casualties, and most of the 2,000 defenders of the right battalion were killed and wounded. made the originally dense defenders suddenly become sparse. However, the cavalry attack was not over, and after the first round of arrows successfully killed more than 1,000 defenders, the second round of arrows followed and roared, once again dealing a devastating blow to the defenders.
After the two-wheeled cavalry shot, there were very few defenders on the gate, and there were less than 100 sergeants still standing. The thatched towers were riddled with holes by sharp arrows, and the wind lanterns hanging from the beams were struck by stray arrows, and the oil lamps were shattered. The remaining flames spread rapidly, rushing down the lamp oil spilled on the pillars and onto the ceiling. The thatched grass was extremely flammable, and when it caught fire, it ignited the thatched castle tower in an instant, and the raging fire immediately dispersed the darkness and illuminated the wilderness within a two-mile radius around the gate.
At this moment, the fire on the city tower was soaring, and the screams on the plank road of the city tower were repeated repeatedly, and many of the defenders who were hit by the arrow were not killed. Still dying, longing for someone to come and rescue them in time. Sure enough, they waited for reinforcements, and watched the main general Ren Jun lead 2,000 soldiers of the right battalion and 500 personal soldiers to rush up to the city tower. It's a pity that these reinforcements didn't come to save them, but jumped directly over their bodies or stepped on their bodies and ran towards the gate.
Obviously, at this moment, the importance of Yuanmen is far more important than their wounded soldiers, who are about to die. Therefore. General Ren Jun, who has always loved soldiers like children, didn't look at them at all after going upstairs, and quickly led the army to take over the defense of Yuanmen. Shoot the Xiliang Iron Cavalry who is about to rush to the front of the gate.
Outside the gate, the general of Jin Yiwei who led the army to kill at this moment was the deputy commander Shi A. After two-wheeled shooting. Shi Ah had already led his army to sprint to a distance of fifty paces from Yuanmen, and the remaining fifty paces were instantaneous. Unexpectedly, just as Shi Ah raised his sword and swooped his horse, a stray arrow flew in front of him, and he immediately brandished his war knife to protect his whole body, and rushed forward in the rain of arrows. But the cavalry around him did not have such good skills as Shi A, and immediately more than 100 cavalrymen fell head-on, fell to their backs, and fell to the ground and died. Moreover, the casualties continued to extend, and some of the cavalry behind were planted with men and horses??????
In the blink of an eye, Shi Ah took the lead in rushing to the front of the gate. Just when he was about a foot away from the Yuanmen, he saw Shi Ah suddenly raise his arms and throw the war knife in his hand, and then stood on the horse's back, stepped on the horse's head, jumped with the help of the horse's sprinting force, and rushed straight to the wooden stake wall on the left side of the Yuanmen. At that moment, the sword he had just thrown slammed into the chest of the archer on the wall; The archer was standing right above the head of the wall where Shi Ah had climbed, and he was about to shoot Shi Ah with an arrow, but he was unexpectedly pierced through his chest by a war knife and nailed to the stake of the wall behind him, and he vomited blood and died without even screaming.
The wall nearly three feet high was by no means something that Shi A could jump on with the help of a war horse. What a Shia! But the moment he threw himself on the wall, he drew his saber with his right hand like lightning, and with the help of his body, he stabbed the saber into the stake, and then grabbed the saber with one hand and swung it up, jumping onto the wall in a graceful volley flip. Amazingly, he landed right in front of the archer, who had been pierced through by his sword.
It's too late, it's too soon. The moment he jumped on the wall, Shi A's figure had not yet stood firm, but he had already pulled out his battle knife, and then he soared in a flash, avoiding the rush and assassination of the two defenders in front and behind, the war knife flipped over, and Shi A, who was half-squatting on the wall trestle, instantly attacked and killed the two people who were sandwiching him. Immediately, he held the blade horizontally, and the long-handled war knife was danced by him vigorously, turning left and right, and fighting a foothold among the defenders who swarmed up.
Shi A's bravery greatly encouraged the cavalry of the Golden Lion Guard, who rushed over. But seeing that the three hundred personal soldiers under Shi A's tent avoided the gate one after another, they detoured back to the left side of the gate, took advantage of the gap between Shi A's entangled defenders at the head of the wall, took out the iron hook and rope from the leather bag on the horse's back, and threw the iron hook while riding the horse to dive, and when he was close to the wall, he jumped up and grabbed the rope along the stake of the wall, and jumped on the wall in a few breaths to join the battle at the head of the wall.
As Shi A's personal soldiers jumped onto the wall one after another, the pressure on the defenders on the left side of the tower increased greatly, and the pressure on Shi A, who was originally fighting alone, decreased sharply, allowing him to get out and turn around and kill the gate tower.
"How can this guy be so strong!" Witnessing the scene of Shi Ah climbing on the wall, Ren Jun was shocked and couldn't help but sigh in amazement. Then he asked the general beside him: "This Xiliang Iron Cavalry that sneaked up and robbed the camp is the Jin Yiwei Iron Cavalry under the command of Emperor Li Li of the Jin Dynasty, do you recognize this person?" Could it be that this person is Li Zhi, the slave of Megatron? Others call Li Zhi "General Fei", but Ren Jun scoffs at this and still calls Li Zhi a "slave". Slaves, maggots also. It can be seen from this that Ren Jun called Li Zhi a "slave", which was indeed insulting, and it was a wise move to deliberately belittle the enemy generals, destroy the prestige of others, and increase his own morale.
The general was already shocked by Shi A's bravery, woke up when he heard the sound, and said with a flustered expression: "General, general, as far as the last general knows, the flying general, uh no, the slave Li Zhi is good at using iron chains more than two zhang long as weapons, and I heard that he is nearly a foot tall, with ape arms and bee waist, and the ability to fly eaves and walk on walls. If the person in front of him was Li Zhi, then he didn't need to jump onto the wall with the help of his sword just now, he just threw the chain and could climb the city tower. Therefore, the person in front of him is not Li Zhi, if the last general is not mistaken, this person should be Shi A, the personal disciple of the great sword master Wang Yue. ”
"Shia? But the commander of the guards around His Majesty and the brother of Shi Lian of the Central Protector Army? Ren Jun asked in surprise.
The general nodded in response: "What the general said is not bad at all. It is said that Shi Lian, one of the two Praetorian Guards around His Majesty, was Shi A's subordinate brother (cousin), and Shi Ah was five years older, but although the two were brothers of the same clan, they had different aspirations. General Shi Jian followed His Majesty in his early years, but Shi Ah followed his master Wang Yue to be under the command of Emperor Liu Xie, who believed that Liu Xie was the orthodox emperor of the world, while the other princes were unjustifiable. However, when Emperor Li Li of the Jin Dynasty took charge of the Chang'an court, Wang Yue's master and apprentice joined his command together, and after that, he was deeply appreciated by Li Li and entrusted with important tasks. Shi A in front of him is the current deputy general of Jin Yiwei, although he is a deputy general, he has already worshiped the general and made a marquis, and he has won the trust of Emperor Li Li of the Jin Dynasty, and is a loyal eagle dog under Li Li. ”
Ren Jun nodded lightly after hearing this, and sighed softly: "Earlier, His Majesty said that there were many fierce soldiers under Li Li of the Western Jin Dynasty, and there were many generals, and a certain person did not believe it and was deeply suspicious of this. I don't admit it, but I saw it with my own eyes this time, what His Majesty said is true, the generals under Li Li are really tough and abnormal! After saying that, Ren Jun's face showed deep worry, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but look at the gray area thirty steps behind the Yuanmen, which was the only way to the Chinese army's big tent and grain depot. At this moment, there is not a trace of trampling on these gray areas, but the yellow areas that are twisted between the brown areas are full of footprints, very messy, and interspersed with clearly visible horseshoe prints.
At this critical moment when Yuanmen was about to be captured, Ren Jun set his sights here, and it is not difficult to see that he has high hopes for this gray area, and even pinned the safety of the entire camp here.
"All the soldiers will be killed with me!" Just when Ren Jun was slightly distracted, he suddenly heard a loud shout, and immediately he followed the sound and saw a familiar figure. In particular, the black armor and the mount under the crotch of the man were particularly eye-catching, the black armor did not reflect in the firelight, and the golden mount was even more tall and mighty, and the two scarlet eyes as big as eggs were much brighter than the firelight, which made the hairs stand on end, and they were terrifying.
As the golden mount got closer and closer, Ren Jun finally recognized the origin of this strange beast mount, which was the world-famous divine beast Jin Lion.
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