Chapter 60: The Battlefield Is Fierce
The city tower became a sea of corpses and fire, not only the siege army of Da Liang, but also the northern army of Daming Town, which was taken advantage of the opportunity to pull down from the city tower, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt corpses mixed with the smell of blood, which was really unpleasant.
Ji Ruhuan's long whip danced tiger and tiger, dealing with the siege of the Daliang army, but it was more flexible than the big sword and long sword, which really surprised Wu Yuexuan, not because of how powerful Ji Ruhuan's whip technique surprised him, but Wu Yuexuan didn't expect that Ji Ruhuan, a boudoir woman, would actually have a good whip technique.
But soon Wu Yuexuan figured it out, Ji Ruhuan is the daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion, but the Zhenguo Mansion does not have a mother-in-law, and Ji Ruhuan is proud of herself, and she can teach and teach her the most, I am afraid that it is General Ji himself, it is not surprising that she can dance with a knife and a stick.
Moreover, if you think about her 'glorious history' in Kyoto, I am afraid that she would not have been able to make such a big name without a few hands.
The Daliang siege infantry surged up in waves, and lost under the city tower in waves, which was obviously much heavier than the Zhenbei army defending the city.
In this kind of siege battle, the cavalry that Da Liang was proud of was powerless, and could only wait for the siege infantry in front to capture the city gate first, and the cavalry could play a role.
And Da Liang's various siege weapons are far inferior to Da Ming, only relying on the courage of Da Liang's soldiers to keep rushing towards the city tower, even if there are many of them, according to this way of fighting, it is really as General Ji said, if you want to capture Hengyang City, I am afraid it is not so easy.
The scorching city battle lasted for almost an hour, and the offensive of Da Liang had gradually slowed down, Wu Yuexuan cut off a Da Liang soldier who had attacked the city, and said with a wrinkle, "How can you fight so hard today? I always feel that something is wrong." ”
On the side, Wu Tong took the time to open his mouth and responded, "Look at this way of playing, this Da Liang is determined to capture the East Gate today." ”
Someone responded, "Hmph, it's not so easy to take the east gate." ”
At this time, a long and rapid horn suddenly sounded in the distance, and someone could be heard running and shouting from the city tower, "The arrow rain is coming, the iron shield air defense, the arrow rain is coming, the iron shield air defense is ......."
As soon as I heard the shout, I saw the rain of arrows flying densely towards the city tower.
The soldiers were trained to raise their shields in their hands, one by one, to block the rain of arrows.
"Beware of the stone cannons. ”
Someone suddenly shouted, and then there was a wail from the castle tower.
The Daliang cavalry downstairs in the city suddenly separated on both sides, and dozens of stone throwers hit the ground at the same time, and one by one the boulders flew towards the city tower, smashing into the Zhenbei army on the city tower that was completely defenseless and was using a giant shield to defend against the rain of arrows.
The boulder was mixed with a rain of arrows, which suddenly made the originally orderly city tower chaotic, mixed with the shouts of many people, "How can there be stone cannons in Da Liang." ”
The Daliang siege soldiers under the city also took the opportunity to swarm up and launched a more fierce attack.
The war drums on the castle tower are also becoming more and more dense, and the generals scattered all over the castle tower are running around, shouting and commanding the Zhenbei army that is chaotic because of the sudden stone artillery attack on the castle tower.
More and more dead and wounded were carried down the city tower one by one, and some people quickly made up for them.
Originally, Ji Ruhuan relied on the long whip in his hand flexibly, but he was more than able to deal with it, but the hard battle for an hour was almost the limit for Ji Ruhuan, who had no training and was only thirteen years old.
Ji Ruhuan had already begun to lose his physical strength, and the long whip in his hand gradually began to become sluggish, and when Da Liang's sudden arrow rain stone cannon flew up the city wall at the same time, Ji Ruhuan suddenly became in a hurry.
Looking at Ji Ruhuan, who was in a hurry, Wu Yuexuan shouted, "Protect the county lord." ”
The guards who were originally around Wu Yuexuan instantly surrounded Ji Ruhuan, blocking the rain of arrows flying for her.
But a boulder mixed with a rain of arrows flew towards them, but they couldn't avoid it, seeing that the boulder was about to fall on top of Ji Ruhuan's head, two of them flew up to block the rain of arrows, and the other two directly used their arms to catch the falling boulder.
Taking advantage of this gap, the secret guard in the back had already thrown Ji Ruhuan towards Wu Yuexuan on the side.
Ji Ruhuan first heard a click, then heard a muffled snort, and came back to his senses that he was already in Wu Yuexuan's arms.
Looking at the position he was just now, the two people who were blocking the stone for him had been crushed by the boulder, and the two of them pushed her away, one of them was crushed under the stone, and the other was trying to move the boulder.
Those are Wu Yuexuan's secret guards, all of them are secret guards who came from Kyoto with her, they rode horses together, traveled together, and laughed together.
She remembered one of the people who was pressed under the stone, saying that Wu Yuexuan had promised him to marry a maid in the courtyard, and when he went back this time, he would be able to marry his daughter-in-law, and he could marry before her and Wu Yuexuan.
But now, the flesh and blood are blurred, and there is no breath.
There were countless casualties under the city tower, and Ji Ruhuan's eyes didn't blink, but at this time, his eyes were red and he was completely stunned.
If it weren't for themselves, if it weren't for themselves, they wouldn't have died at all.
The bearded man came from not far away and yelled, "Why are you still bringing a in the way, get her down quickly." ”
Looking at the few people who were crushed to death and injured, the beard said with red eyes while going over to help move the stones, "One by one, the heroes were killed by a girl." ”
But it turned out that the bearded man just saw the scene where several people worked together to save Ji Ruhuan, the helmet on Ji Ruhuan's head fell off in the chaos, and just spread out a green silk, a wide armor, lined with her delicate little face, it was difficult to know that she was a woman.
Wu Yuexuan put his arm around Ji Ruhuan, who was still in a stunned state, withdrew from the shield erected by the soldiers, and waved the long sword in the other hand to retreat towards the entrance of the city tower.
Wu Tong walked quickly to Wu Yuexuan's side, waved his sword to block the rain of arrows for the two, and said, "Son, take the girl down, I'll block it." ”
It wasn't until he got to the bottom of the city tower that he heard a muffled snort again, and Ji Ruhuan came back to his senses, but it turned out that this muffled snort came from Wu Yuexuan's mouth.
Ji Ruhuan looked up at Wu Yuexuan, only to find that he had an arrow stuck in his shoulder.
"Are you hurt?" Ji Ruhuan held Wu Yuexuan and spoke.
Wu Yuexuan opened his mouth and said, "Minor injury, it's fine." ”
Soon Wu Tong also followed down the city tower, followed by Wu Yuexuan's secret guards, two bloody secret guards who were pressed by the boulder were carried down, and one also broke his leg.
With that kind of appearance, Ji Ruhuan couldn't bear to look at it anymore, turned her face away, her eyes were sour, the water in her eyes flashed, and she couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.
It's all useless for themselves, if it weren't for saving her, they wouldn't have died, they originally wanted to help, but they didn't want to hurt their lives.
Most of the people in Hengyang City have been evacuated, and only some of them who are unwilling to leave either stay at home and stay closed, or they have come to the city downstairs to help take care of the wounded.
Soon someone came over to treat Wu Yuexuan and the injured secret guard, but Ji Ruhuan just stood there dumbfounded, motionless, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Ouch, my little ancestor, I finally found you, how did you come here in the blink of an eye, the general is worried about death, hurry up and go back with me." ”
As soon as Li Zhi came over, he opened his mouth to complain, looking at Ji Ruhuan's stunned appearance, he said worriedly, "Miss, are you okay?"
At this time, Wu Yuexuan had already taken care of the wound, and when he came over and saw Ji Ruhuan's appearance, he raised his uninjured hand, wiped away the tears hanging from Ji Ruhuan's eyes, and said, "Why are you still crying?
It's not that he hasn't seen Ji Ruhuan crying, he has also seen Ji Ruhuan cry in the past for the sake of Chen Xiaohouye.
But it was the first time he saw such a silent and expressionless tear, and a feeling of distress surged in his heart inexplicably.