Chapter 4 Trade-offs (7I)

The bow in his hand was just an ordinary step bow, and Li Xu was not sure that he would show mercy to the two old men. The tip of the arrow trembled in front of his eyes, and he aimed at Niu Jinda, who was standing outside the enemy army, and before he could let go of his fingers, Niu Jinda's body suddenly shook and disappeared into the crowd that rushed forward.

Xu Zi suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart, although he knew that Niu Jinda and the long-handled thick-backed three-ring knife in his hand might appear by the city wall in a quarter of an hour, but he still did not want to let Lao Niu's life die in his hands. He quickly changed his tone and turned his bow and arrow towards the profiteer Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang, who was walking outside the queue, also seemed to have a premonition, and his body quickly shrank behind the pro-soldiers. Asahiko's hand had to let go, and she shot a strong man carrying a giant tree with a feather arrow. The man screamed and fell, and the giant tree broke free and tripped five or six of the people around him.

Feathered arrows flew out one after another on the walls of the enemy tower and the side of Yuliang Road, shooting more than a dozen rebel soldiers. The formation on the Fish Leung Road was a little chaotic, but it soon returned to normal. Those who were not shot lifted a huge log from a pool of blood, the hoplites walking in the front row erected a moving wall with their shields, and more than 300 strong men of different armor shouted in unison and raised their weapons in high hands.......

The next moment, Niu Jinda appeared in Xuzi's sight again. Before Asahi could wind up the feather arrow, his body disappeared into the crowd again. He and Zhang Liang had already passed Wu Heimin's scolding and knew that Xuzi was on the city tower. The arrow that took people's lives a hundred steps away on the grassland had already left a deep impression on the two heroes. The two of them didn't want to be carried down before they got close to the city, so when organizing an attack, they tried not to make themselves an obvious target.

Li Xu didn't have time to deliberately find a target anymore, the enemy army came up too fast, and he needed to use the fastest speed to inflict death. Another man carrying a giant log fell under his feathered arrows, followed by a dead man with a plate axe. Asahiko quickly bent her bow and shot another guy with a double-ended short spear, but the armor he was wearing was clearly a treasure. The armor-piercing arrow only shot half an arrow, and was blocked by the inner padding of the armor. "Ahh The spear-wielding man cut off the feathered arrows with his hands, and raised half of the shaft of the arrow to the city and roared in demonstration. Xuzi quickly shot another arrow, this time right in the throat.

The ironclad warriors with huge shields approached the walls again, and instead of climbing upwards, they quickly dispersed to the sides of the group. The heavy giant tree finally came in handy, and several rebels worked together to put one end of the giant tree on the wall. At this moment, two or three strong men carrying wood were shot down. But the rebels in the back row ran over on their corpses, braving the cold arrows on the city walls, and put another giant tree on the head of the city.

Two giant timbers form a perfect diagonal bridge between the city walls and the Fish Beam Avenue. The third giant tree had approached, but the ironclad footmen had no patience to wait, and they jumped onto the wooden bridge and rushed up the slope to the top of the city, followed by the men in all kinds of armor, screaming like wolves pounced. In an instant, the rebels rushed up more than 30 people, one of them shouted, pointed to the north with a horizontal knife, and everyone immediately turned around and quickly pounced on the enemy building.

"Good time!" Yu Wenshi and a group of brothers met him, and a fierce battle immediately broke out between the two sides. The group of guys with mixed armor and weapons who pounced on them were not in an orderly formation, but all of them were good. Yu Wenshi and quickly stabbed two opponents to death with a long lance, and two of the guards around him fell at the same time. A gap immediately appeared in the neat formation, and the warriors of the rebels immediately seized this fleeting fighter plane, rushed forward regardless of life and death, and rushed the formation of the guards to pieces.

Along the slope of the giant trees, more rebel dead poured up. Someone was shot by a cold arrow, and at the moment of falling, he actually pounced on Yuwen Shi and his personal guards, and planted the city wall together with the other party. Some people carried weapons in the small city to defeat one against two, but they did not fall behind at all.

"You're here to sweep the formation!" Li Xu shot the last armor-piercing arrow and threw the foot bow to Zhang Xiu. Yu Wenshi couldn't stand it, and the group of dead soldiers who followed behind the ironclad foot soldiers to lead the battle were all outlaws. They are the heroes of the rivers and lakes hired by Li Mi and Yang Xuangan, and the two armies are fighting in formation, and these people have no effect. In a small space, these people have far more experience in killing than the brothers in the Xiongwu camp.

A strong man with a thick-backed machete rushed up, and Xuzi rushed forward half a step, stabbing him in the throat with a black knife at the moment when the opponent's arm was just raised. He turned quickly, and the power of the black knife swirling along his body pulled out of the enemy's throat. Blood gushed like a fountain, interfering with the other rebel's vision, and Asahiko's black knife swept against the man's neck, sweeping the head and iron helmet into the air.

"Kill him, kill him!" Asahiko heard his enemy shouting, and more people rushed towards him. The brothers around him fell one after another, causing him to break through the enemy siege at once. He slashed down the enemy in front of him, but he didn't have time to retreat. On the flanks, in front of them, and diagonally in the back, there were people rushing with weapons held high.

Zhou Daniu slashed down his opponent, pounced forward, and desperately protected Li Xu's flank with an iron shield. An axe and a horizontal knife slashed at the same time, smashing Zhou Daniu's arms numb. "Ahh He cried, holding his shield in both hands and squeezing out desperately. Suddenly, he felt a slight pressure in front of him, and an enemy disappeared from his sight. The other looked at him in horror, his mouth wide open to see the small lobes of flesh in his throat. Zhou Daniu knew the reason for the enemy's panic, continued to push forward with both hands, and then kicked out from under the shield. This is a bad trick for fighting in groups on the road, and it is still effective in front of the two armies. There was a huge resistance from the front of the iron-clad boots, and the enemy screamed and fell down the wall on their backs.

"Protect the general, protect the general!" Team Zhou was shouting at the soldiers. He no longer had time to count how many enemies he had killed. He is the head of the pro-soldier team, and he usually eats, wears and lodging higher than the other teams, but if he watches the main general die in front of the two armies, according to military law, all he and all his pro-soldiers will be martyred.

More of the brothers of the Xiongwu Battalion wanted to break out of the enemy tower to meet the battle, but there was no room for more people on the narrow walls. When an enemy soldier falls, a new one immediately pours up on Yuliang Road to take his place. One of the defenders fell, and the two sides had to go through a lot of fighting for a foothold.

"Protect the Prison Guard, protect the Prison Guard!" Yu Wenxin's shout was as hoarse as Zhou Daniu's. The situation of their team is worse than that of Li Xu's team. Since the formation was broken up by the enemy army, the generals have fallen into a situation of fighting on their own. Everyone is good, but the enemy's style of play is too ferocious, almost exchanging lives for lives. The home of the Yuwen family will not be suitable for this kind of outlaw play, and people will be cut down or pushed down the city wall in a row. Yu Wenshi's side is getting more and more empty, and the enemy army is bullying forward, and the long lance can no longer exert its power......

Yu Wenxin threw his spear and shot over one of the oncoming enemy soldiers. He leaned down and picked up a ring-head knife and slashed another opponent to death. Then he quickly leaned towards Yu Wenshi and tried to replace Yu Wenshi and the long lance in his hand with his own weapon. Before the master and servant could approach each other, several of the rebel dead soldiers roared and pounced.

The Scholar and the Shakespear stabbed one of them in the chest. "Ahh The Scholar raised his wrist and elbow, trying to throw out the dying man. The enemy who surrounded him seized the opportunity of his companion's life in exchange for his life, and the double-edged broadsword slid against the lance and quickly slid towards the Yuwen and his wrist.

Yu Wenshi and Abandon Lance, raise his leg, and kick the enemy in the crotch. He felt himself hear the sound of eggs shattering, and saw the outlaw with his broadsword spitting blood. But the outlaw didn't fall, and opened his arms and hugged Yuwenshiji's shoulders. Then, Bai Sensen's reddish teeth opened and closed and bit down on his throat.

Yu Wenshi and his head were tilted, and his neck fled from the wolf's mouth at the last moment. The other party quickly tilted his head, and his teeth grabbed a piece of flesh on the edge of the Yuwen Shi and the neck guard. The heart-rending pain caused Uvenshi to scream loudly, and he spun around in an attempt to throw his opponent off the wall. His opponent hugged his shoulders and his legs were clamped together, firmly clamping his waist.

"Save me-!" Yu Wenshi and shouted. Clench your hands into fists and slam them at your enemy's back. The tremendous force shattered the internal organs of the biter, and blood flowed from the nostrils, ears, and eyes, but the teeth and limbs refused to let go as if they had been glued to the body of the Uven.

Yu Wenxin is still entangled with others, and the other brothers of the Xiongwu Battalion are also in a bitter struggle. After a few breaths, Yu Wenshi felt his steps begin to float, and his whole body power flowed quickly down his neck. "Help me!" Yu Wenshi and shouted in horror. He had thought of countless ways to die for himself, including drinking and drowning, falling into the river and drowning, and being assassinated by the enemies of the Yuwen family, but he never thought that he would be bitten to death at the end of a battle.

"I hope my father won't be embarrassed by this!" In the next moment, the desperate Yu Wenshi moved his already limp legs and approached the inner city wall little by little. There are no sandbags on that side, so it's relatively easy to jump. Just as a smile appeared on his face, the enemy's head suddenly flew high.

"Poof!" I couldn't see anything but red. Yu Wenshi felt someone pull his shoulders and took a few steps back, he reached out to wipe the blood in front of him, turned around, and saw Li Xu wielding a black knife, blocking the two rebel soldiers who rushed up.

"I will definitely repay you!" Yu Wenshi said to himself in his heart. He picked up a ring-headed knife and wiped the eyes of Yu Wenxin, who had fallen at his feet. The enemy has taken control of half of the wall opposite Yuliang Road, but the small half of the wall and the entire enemy tower are still in their own hands. The enemy troops rushing up the city wall were dismantling the sandbags between the two sections of the city wall under the command of a Jianghu Langzhong, and Li Anyuan tried to organize manpower to block the other section of the city wall, but was entangled by the enemy troops climbing up the ladder.

"Guys move in on me, get rid of them!" Li Xu stood on the city wall and raised his sword and shouted. He was red all over his body, and he didn't know how much of it was his own and how much was someone else's. Zhou Daniu, the pro-soldier team, was holding a shield and a knife, standing on his left side, and Zhang Xiu, the captain of the pro-soldier school, didn't know when he had the courage to deliberately disobey the general's order, rushed out of the enemy building, and stood on his right side with a horizontal knife. The two of them also wore colors, but the smiles on their faces were full of pride.

"Move closer to General Li Lang and kill the enemy!" Yu Wenshi raised his knife and shouted, stepped forward quickly, and squeezed between Zhou Daniu and Li Xu. Four people lined up in a row, shouting and squeezing towards the enemy. Four knives and a shield echoed each other, forcing the enemy in front of them to retreat a few steps.

The brothers of the Xiongwu camp squeezed forward one after another, squeezing behind Li Xu and Yuwenshi and the flanks, forming a small phalanx. The phalanx moves back and forth, knocking down one enemy after another. The gap around them gradually widened, and more people rushed over to fill the space that Robe Ze had exchanged for his life, and recapture the lost city inch by inch.

In the distance, enemy troops also climbed several city walls, and the captain defending the city waved his flag for help. Li Xu and Yu Wenshi couldn't get out, so they could only try their best to urge the phalanx and strive to solve the battle in front of them as soon as possible. But things didn't go as they had hoped, and new rebel soldiers rushed to the city through the sloping bridges made of giant logs. The diagonal bridge, which the rebels had piled up with their lives, was rudimentary, but it kept the enemy replenished. ,

More than half of the three hundred heroes of the rivers and lakes were consumed, and Li Mi beat the war drums in the army, and drove those strong men with green cloth and only cloth armor on their bodies to the city wall. These people are braver than the heroes of the rivers and lakes, death seems to have become a sought-after beauty in their eyes, as long as someone in the front row falls, someone in the back row immediately fills his place. In an instant, the enemy and the enemy pushed and slashed each other with weapons, and the front line was constantly changing. As for what hatred there was between the people and what the two sides were fighting for, nine of the ten dead people did not know anything about it.

"Reserves, reserves all press!" Li Xu slashed down an enemy, turned around, and shouted at the enemy tower. The wounded horn who stayed in the enemy tower waved the order flag, and in Liyang City, Qin Gang, who was anxious to join the Ming Fa army, immediately rushed to the enemy tower with everyone. Following the long ropes, they climbed up quickly. As soon as everyone climbed the enemy tower, they immediately joined the warband.

The defending side of the army is replenished much faster than the enemy's army. The role of Yuliang Road is finally fully embodied. Wave after wave of warriors in green cloth Baotou came up, this group of warriors without armor was far less powerful than the previous high-rollers, but they were better than the number of people, and the next batch was immediately replenished.

The sun in the west couldn't stand the bloody smell on the battlefield, and sank little by little. The wind blew the blood mist into the sky, and dyed the clouds crimson. The sunset will continue to expand the red world, dyeing the mountains and rivers in the distance, dyeing the Yellow River red, and dyeing the blood light above and below the city wall. On the city, which was dyed red by blood and sunset, the number of corpses continued to increase. The soldiers on both sides were so stumbling over the corpses that they couldn't take a step, but they stepped on their robes or the enemy's mutilated bodies, waded through blood, and used their lives to create more obstacles for each other. No one can lose, and there is no tomorrow for the losing side. There is no father and son on the battlefield, and at this moment, even if it is a biological brother standing in front of him, he must not hesitate to cut it down.

Li Xu felt that his arm had lost sensation, and the black knife was getting heavier and heavier. The brothers around him changed again, except for Zhang Xiu, Yu Wenshi and Zhou Daniu, who were closest to him, everyone else was unfamiliar faces. But the enemy continued to come, as if they did not know fatigue.

When Qin Gang stood beside him and replaced Zhou Daniu, who had fallen into a semi-frenzied state. Asahiko knew that the reserves had run out. The defenders of the other walls may rush over, but they can't withstand the insane war of attrition. He knew that he might not have a chance to win, but he didn't want to abandon the city and flee.

He didn't want to lose to Li Mi, he didn't want Yu Wenshiji, Niu Jinda, Zhang Liang and others to look down on, and he didn't want Yang Fuzi and his mentor to be disappointed.

Niu Jinda and Zhang Liang both stood in the distance and commanded, and did not join the front-line fight. The defenders were finished, and their faces showed intolerance and pity. But they didn't intend to persuade Xuzi to surrender, since the moment they met this heavy boy on the grassland, they knew that this person was a well-known man. On the battlefield, if you are a friend, you will give each other a ride, and there is no need to humiliate the other party in a desperate moment.

The sky slowly began to darken, and the remaining defenders who were holding on to the enemy building were less than two hundred men, and they were still holding on. The lightly wounded men in the enemy tower grabbed their bows and arrows, and tried their best to give their robes the last support. The rebel soldiers in Qingbu Baotou still couldn't complete the set goal, the black knife in front of them was too crazy, with it, the defenders seemed to never be crossed.

Niu Jinda and Zhang Liang looked at each other, sighed and raised their weapons. It was getting dark, and the two had no more time to delay. Asahiko is exhausted. Either of them can end the battle if they come forward. But they were a little hesitant and didn't want to do it themselves.

Suddenly, there was a violent sound of horses' hooves in the distance. Niu and Zhang were stunned, thinking that they had heard it wrong, and turned their heads to look around almost at the same time. In the dark red sunset, they saw a waving red flag. Behind the red flag, there were countless cavalrymen in khaki armor.

The cavalry in front of him quickly rushed towards Li Mi, and the rebels who had come to intercept him rushed and turned on their backs. The second wave of cavalry rushed along the path of the first wave of horses, spreading fear and confusion throughout the battlefield. The third wave, the fourth wave, the fifth wave, galloping war horses, raised high horizontal knives, like a forest knife bush, is the rolling smoke and dust brought up by the horses' hooves.

"Kill, don't go Li Mi!" In the smoke and dust, countless soldiers shouted in unison.

"Brothers, cut down the enemy!" Li Xu raised the black knife and shouted. Reinforcements finally arrived, arriving on the battlefield a day ahead of schedule. Li Mi is finished, and he will not have a chance to turn the book. The elite of the rebels were concentrated near the city wall, and his central army only had thousands of people carrying wooden shields and bamboo spears temporarily, and it was impossible to block the onslaught of the cavalry in a hurry.

Li Mi's flag was cut down, and Han Shixu was embraced by his own soldiers and withdrew from the battlefield. The cronies of the two were not satisfied with each other, and they did not do anything to rescue each other, but retreated far away than the race. Seeing that the Lord would set such an example, the strong man with the shield, the archers who served as supporters, and the warriors who supported the ladder, made a move at the same time, and fled, the farther away the safer. The soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion came, and it is said that there were 300,000 of them. With a fortified city in front and an army of 300,000 armed to the teeth in the rear, they no longer had any chance of winning.

The enemy forces on Yuliang Road retreated like a tide. The enemy army at the head of the city did not need to be driven away at all, and jumped down by itself. Niu Jinda and Zhang Liang are both veterans of the rivers and lakes, and there are countless ways to control the defeated army. But at this time, none of their methods worked.

"Let's go!" Niu Jinda let out a long sigh, turned around and jumped onto the inclined wooden wall, and rushed to Yuliang Liangdao along the flow of people, Zhang Liang threw a meaningful glance at Li Xu, and also turned around and fled the city wall.

Hundreds of enemy troops suddenly dispersed like flies, catching everyone in the Xiongwu camp off guard. For a moment, they actually forgot about the pursuit. Standing on the city wall, watching the enemy troops fleeing in all directions, I was at a loss.

"We won!" I don't know who gasped and said the first sentence.

"We won!" Someone dropped his weapon and crouched beside the corpse at his feet, holding his head in his hands.

"We won!" Countless people cheered loudly, and the cheers were mixed with sobs.

Asahiko poked the city wall with a black knife to support herself from falling. He saw the battle flag rising high in the distance, and heard the thunderous cheers above and below the city. The victory came so suddenly, he didn't feel the slightest joy of victory.

Gasping loudly, he cast his gaze into the distance. He saw Niu Jinda, who fought and retreated, Zhang Liang, who fled in panic, and saw the battle flags, weapons, ladders, and war drums dropped by the enemy.

Farther away, where the sun was setting, he seemed to see a strand of gray hair, fluttering in the wind.

Drinker's Note: Merry Christmas.

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