Chapter 61: Dark Arrow
Early the next morning, Qin Ruoan sent his cronies back to Yongguan to report on the battle situation, and I learned that in just one hour of fighting, no less than 1,000 soldiers from the Northern Desert were killed, and countless others were injured. And among the injured people, there is also the Emperor of the Northern Desert - Hu Yanzhuo.
Two guns, one hour, a thousand lives, and countless injuries. Is this really what I made artillery appear in this era? But without artillery, the people who die now may be these Tianyu soldiers in front of me......
Just when I was still struggling with whether artillery should be in this era. Countless catapults, carts, ladders, bed crossbows...... As soon as the siege equipment was prepared, it suddenly appeared on the sand field outside the city gate.
Hundreds of catapults approached at the same time, and the only artillery on the city wall could not suppress them all. The catapult traveled a hundred meters outside the city wall and reached its attack range. Stones of all sizes rained down from the sky, and the soldiers who operated the artillery were injured, and under the pressure of the stones, the soldiers could not get close to the artillery at all. The soldiers who did not have time to evacuate were buried alive by the stones that came from the sky.
It turned out that after learning that Wangyong Pass had extremely lethal artillery, the Northern Desert Army immediately decided to divide its troops into two routes, one led by Hu Yanyang, blocking outside the Wangyong Pass and cutting off all connections between Wangyong Pass and the Guanwai. All the way, led by Hu Yanzhuo, went around the Luoshui River to Wangyong Pass, attacked back and forth, and eliminated the defenders of Wangyong Pass.
This is basically correct from my previous judgment.
However, the Northern Desert army, which was preparing to enter the pass from the Luoshui River, found a large number of Tianyu soldiers ambushed on the riverside, as well as two powerful artillery pieces. So, they hid in the woods, misleading us that they had made a detour to Luoxia Pass, and tried to lure the Tianyu soldiers on the Yushui River to increase Luoxia Pass.
However, the Tianyu soldiers who intercepted on the banks of the Luoshui River did not evacuate, and these 100,000 people hid in the woods to make siege machinery, while looking for opportunities to seize the Luoshui River.
Yesterday, I accidentally learned of the Northern Desert's plan, so I asked Qin Ruoan to send someone to the woods to investigate, but it alarmed them. That night, the soldiers of the Northern Desert on the bank of the Luoshui River divided into two routes, all the way to divert the Tianyu firepower guarding the intersection, and took the opportunity to cross the river all the way. But he was recognized by Qin Ruoan and General Yuan, and he stubbornly guarded the intersection and did not pursue. Beimo had no choice but to attack on a large scale, but in the end, he was forced back by artillery.
In fact, the Northern Desert rushed to cross the Luoshui River is to make two preparations, a move to transfer the tiger away from the mountain to open the Tianyu soldiers on the bank of the Luoshui River, if successful, the 100,000 soldiers and horses will come to besiege Wangyong Pass as soon as they cross the Luoshui River.
But after the failure, they still took the risk to rush across the Luoshui River, but in fact, they were attacking the west. Draw all our attention to the banks of the Luoshui River, so that Huyan Yang can unknowingly transport the siege equipment made these days to Wangyong Pass.
Although I had been guarding Wangyong Pass for more than ten days, I really didn't expect that a group of cavalry in the Northern Desert would be able to produce such sophisticated and powerful siege equipment.
"Your Highness, the general and the general Yuan are back!" General Wu proposed, "Hu Yan Yang is so big to attack the city, it must be inevitable, plus Hu Yan is seriously injured, the Northern Desert should have given up the plan to enter the pass from the Luoshui River." ”
"Impossible!"
"Impossible!"
I spoke at the same time as Saya. It seems that we still have a tacit understanding, and the tacit understanding of Hu Yanzhuo is so the same.
Zhuangyuan Xun explained to General Wu for us: "At present, attacking the city and crossing the river is quite difficult for the Northern Desert, and the general can think of asking His Highness to lower the general of the cavalry and General Yuan to look back at Yongguan, and Hu Yanzhuo can also think of it." Once the strength of the Luoshui River is weakened, even with the help of artillery, it may not be able to hold the wide Luoshui River. Even, Huyanyang's large-scale siege of the city was to allow us to withdraw the army on the Yushui River to Wangyong Pass, and the purpose was to attack the east and the west and transfer our troops. ”
"Since the siege of the city and crossing the river are quite difficult for the Northern Desert, in case the Northern Desert gives up crossing the river and goes all out to attack the city, can the 6,000 people in Wangyong Pass withstand the 200,000 troops of the Northern Desert to attack the city?"
Zhuangyuan Xun said disapprenously: "The so-called eggs can't be put in one basket!" Even if Bei Mo had given up on the plan to cross the river, once they found that there was no one to defend on the Luoshui River, it was very likely that they would turn back and cross the river. Moreover, there are 200,000 troops in the Northern Desert, and they can probably stay part of them on the Luoshui River, and once we evacuate, they will immediately cross the river. Even catch up with our withdrawn centaurs, disguise themselves as them, swagger up to you, draw their scimitars......"
"So what now?" General Wu asked anxiously.
"Don't worry, don't worry!" I comforted General Wu, and I was also comforting myself: "There are still a few rows of lafa* fifty meters outside the city wall. They won't be able to get over for a while. "But as soon as these platoons are blown up, how can the six thousand soldiers and one artillery piece of Yongguan withstand the attack of hundreds of thousands of Northern Desert troops.
Under the cover of the catapult, the soldiers of the Northern Desert marched forward mightily, but we were so crushed by the stones that we didn't even dare to show our heads. Seeing it, the brigade was in the minefield.
That day, the picture of Huyankan and countless Northern Desert pioneers being killed by the * explosion suddenly flashed in my mind, and I don't know what I thought at the time, I just didn't want to see so many people die in front of me, even if I don't kill them, they will kill me. Looking at the neat rows of cavalry, I had only one thought: "Don't go any further, go back, go back quickly." ”
However, a miracle happened! All the horses turned around and ran back, no matter how much the soldiers on the horses whipped, they did not get even a step close to the wall. All the siege equipment that had been pulled by the wagon also turned around and drove back.
Everyone was stunned, including Hu Yanyang, who was standing on the high platform to command, and me, who was standing on the Guan Tower. I held Xiao Ye's hand, holding it tightly, and I was almost speechless with excitement: "Those horses... It seems like...... Listen to me! ”
"You say...... You made those horses go back? Xiao Ye was closest to me just now, and she heard my muttering, but she couldn't believe it, "How can they hear it so far away?" ”
yes, my voice is very small, how do those horses hear it? But I have a feeling that those war horses in the Northern Desert did retreat only after hearing my words.
To prove my reasoning, I jumped down the building, landed in front of a horse, and said to it, "Call! ”
"Boom...... "The horse really gave me a response.
Fearing that this was a coincidence, I untied the reins of it and said to it, "Run!" And sure enough, the horse ran "...... click".
"Come back!" I shouted again. The horse, which had not been running a few paces forward, turned around and ran back.
"Run!" Later, Xiao Ye, who was chasing after her, also shouted at the horse, but the horse ignored it.
"Horse, you can understand me, right?" I asked the horse.
I heard the horse say to me, "Yes! But Sayo said that he only heard the horse bark.
In the past, I only knew that all the animals saw me either lay down and did not move, or ran far away, just like the ten tigers on the top of the ghost king would lie at my feet, snakes, insects, rats, mosquitoes, and all the animals I hated never came near me. But I don't know that the horse can understand me, and I can hear what it is saying from its call. And yesterday's little sparrow, I'm pretty sure by now, we were in conversation.
Then I tried to talk to all the animals around me, and without exception, all of them could communicate smoothly. I've also found that animals that are in my line of sight, even if I don't even move my lips, can sense what I want to say as long as I think about it.
It's amazing! No wonder when Mo Qian first saw me, he said that I could make a hundred beasts a subordinate.
I asked the birds in the sky about Huyanzhuo's injury, and they told me that Huyan's burn was so severe that he couldn't even stand up, but he still ordered the Northern Desert army to attack the city with all his might. On the Luoshui River, a large number of soldiers from the Northern Desert were eyeing each other, and the Tianyu soldiers who could only guard the riverside evacuated, and they immediately crossed the river.
"My life is almost gone, what city to attack and what river to cross!" Hu Yanzhuo was in a dense forest less than ten miles away from me, and he could be seen as long as he crossed a small hill. But at this time, Xiaoye, Master Kim Jae was afraid that I would be in danger, so they all stopped me and forbade me to see him.
The horses of the Northern Desert did not obey the call, and the huge catapults and carts of stones were all transported by manpower, and often the catapults were bombarded into waste wood before they could reach its attack range, and then burned to the ground.
The battle fell into scorching, and the cavalry of the Northern Desert turned into infantry in a phalanx, and under the cover of the shield, they marched towards the gate of the city, however, how could the shield be the opponent of the huge artillery, and the shield and the remnants flew away.
Soon, several rows of pulls* were pulled up. I sat in the gatehouse, and although I couldn't see the situation outside, I could guess how tragic the battle was outside just by listening to the loud explosions and the screams of the soldiers in the Northern Desert.
As soon as the minefield passed, it was not far from the city wall, and after dodging the rain of arrows falling from the city tower, there were still many soldiers from the Northern Desert who rushed to the city wall, and climbed the city wall with flying claws and hooks, seeing that people were about to climb up. Once they climb the city tower, the soldiers on the city tower will be flawless and then release arrows to deal with the Northern Desert soldiers who are running towards the city tower on the battlefield, so that more Northern Desert soldiers will climb the city wall, and at that time, the Wangyongguan city wall will become a sword contest field, and at that time, the number of people far less than ten times that of the other side will be defeated.
General Wu rushed into the gate tower and reported to me: "Your Highness, the enemy army is attacking!" ”
"Light the firecrackers and throw them down." The firecrackers are filled with *, which are not powerful enough to blow up the city walls, but they can be thrown directly from the city walls, and those who are climbing up will not be spared.
The attack of the Northern Desert was once again repulsed. In the evening, snow fell from the sky, and it became heavier and heavier, burying the corpses of those soldiers of the Northern Desert on the vast battlefield into white hills. If you hadn't witnessed the brutality of the daytime battle, how beautiful this snow-white and quiet world would be.