Chapter 125: Yumen Snow (2)
"Alert!"
The jade door closed, and the tired soldiers still leaned quietly against the female wall with their weapons in their arms, as if they had not heard the team's order. And the team did not rush them.
The shouts from below the city were still loud, but they could no longer stimulate the numb nerves of the defenders of the city.
A soldier covered in blood pushed another soldier next to him, covered in blood, and asked:
"Fifteen, how many times is this today?"
The soldier on the other side seemed to have no strength to answer, and after a long moment opened his anxious lips and replied:
"Who knows? Today is more fierce than ever. Eighth or ninth? ”
"yes, these brutes are like they're crazy today."
A voice continued.
What does that mean? It shows that our Chen Guogong fought the Ganzhou Tubo thieves in the east and couldn't resist it. Perhaps, tomorrow Chen Guogong's army will arrive tomorrow! ”
The voice was full of reverie. "Chen Guogong is coming tomorrow" has become a pillar of belief for the soldiers to stick to. Although Chen Guogong still did not come day after day.
"Isn't it a day that has passed?"
The soldiers thought so. In the longing for his homeland and the fierce war, under the deliberate propaganda of the veterans, Li Guangyan's force has been infinitely amplified by the soldiers of Gua Sha and Guasha, and he has become an invincible military god.
The sound of bangs sounded, and the soldiers who had been sitting on the ground suddenly had the strength to stand up from the ground.
"Shoot!"
The rain of arrows covered it again, and the Tubo soldiers who were attacking on their backs shot a person on their backs.
"Concentrate on the opponent's siege ladder."
Li Jiyan's voice sounded, and without Li Jiyan's command, the archers with strong crossbows began to shoot down at the Tubo soldiers carrying the ladders, and one by one the ladders fell to the ground, pressing the Tubo soldiers who were twitching their hands and feet, and the siege ladders that fell on the ground were immediately lifted up and then rushed forward, but they always fell to the ground again after a short time of rushing.
"Good, good. Beware of concealment! ”
As if it had been rehearsed, as soon as the words fell, the trebuchets of the Tibetans began to wield their might, and then the big bow began to shoot long arrows at the juncture. * The soldiers skillfully hid behind the women's walls and soft fences, but there were still people who did not escape the diffuse rain of stones and arrows, and fell to the gates.
Every time a soldier fell to the ground, Li Jiyan's heart twitched. There were tens of thousands of enemy troops under the city, but the defenders on the Yumen Pass were one less when they fell. However, Li Jiyan's heart ached, and when he heard the sound of heavy objects smashing against the city, the bows and arrows of the Tubo army were also thinned. Li Guangyan roared, and the soldiers stood up one after another and continued to shoot arrows at the city. Although the Tibetan army still had a large number of archers to cover, the rain of arrows was far from being able to suppress the city for fear of accidentally injuring their own soldiers who were climbing the city.
On the siege ladder, the Tibetan soldiers held their scimitars in their mouths and climbed up with their hands and feet, trying to take advantage of the time in the city to climb up the pass. Seeing that the juncture was in sight, the soldiers who climbed at the front seemed to have seen the endless grasslands, herds of cattle and sheep, and hundreds of slaves. Then he saw a dark shadow.
"Smash!"
The prepared sassaga smashed down the climbing Tubo soldiers like dominoes. Then, the prepared fire oil was poured down, and the Tibetan soldiers who were waiting on the edge of the siege ladder were so hot that they cried wolves. This fire oil is black oil that flows from the underground in the nearby mountains, and the magic is that it is inexhaustible, and it is extremely flammable, so you can find it at a point. This was discovered by Shi Jingfeng when he was exploring the surrounding terrain, and after discovering it, Shi Jingfeng was overjoyed and took a lot of them to store in the pass, which really came in handy when defending the city.
* Although the means of defending the city are abundant, they cannot stand the Tibetan soldiers from attacking upwards without fear of death. Li Jiyan hated that there were so many trees outside the Yumen Pass.
"Kerose!"
* The soldiers defended in an orderly manner under the command of Li Jiyan, and groups of soldiers shuttled back and forth, either transporting arrows or filling vacancies.
"Archers in a team! A hundred to the right flank. ”
Seeing that most of the archers had been damaged, another group of archers came out of the corridor and stood on the city in the rain of arrows. A hundred soldiers were also quickly reinforced to the tight right flank. looked at the Tubo generals who were directing the attack of the Tubo army under the pass. Li Jiyan said in a deep voice:
"Bow here!"
A three-stone iron tire bow was handed over to Li Jiyan. Li Jiyan measured the wind speed with his hand, took out a long arrow from the quiver and set it up, guarded the dantian, calmed down, and slowly pulled the bow.
The Tibetan generals under the city still didn't know it, shouted loudly, and commanded the soldiers to attack the city. Li Jiyan narrowed his eyes, as if he even saw a handful of hair on the birthmark under the other party's eyes. The arrow rotated with the rotation of the Tibetan general, and the other party's face turned, and suddenly stopped, as if to say something to the general behind him. Li Jiyan's hand loosened, and the long arrow shot out like lightning.
As if seeing the frightened gaze of the general behind him, the general turned his face and immediately showed an expression of disbelief.
The last thing he saw was an arrow getting bigger and bigger, shooting straight at his forehead.
The Tibetan general was shot by the powerful force of the arrow and fell off his horse, a long arrow hit the forehead, the person was already exhausted, but the arrow was shaking freely.
The Tubo army, which had lost its main general, was in chaos for a while, but the morale of the city's * was greatly boosted, and the Tubo soldiers who were about to climb to the pass were killed. Li Jiyan saw that the time had come, and ordered sharply:
"Blow the trumpet!"
The cavalry hidden nearby was killed under the leadership of Shi Jingfeng, and the Tubo army sounded the horn of retreat. Shi Jingfeng took the lead and entered the retreating Tubo army.
As soon as the pressure was light, the defenders on the closed suddenly felt like they were out of strength. A soldier who had not known how many layers of blood had been spilled on his body sat on the ground with his spear and habitually asked:
"Fifteen, how many did you kill this time?"
There was no response from the side.