Text: The Struggle of Great Powers_Chapter 181 A Thousand Sails Race to the Sea
By the time all the generals and officials of Beichen Kingdom gathered, the sky was already slightly bright.
When everyone entered the counseling hall, Xiao Chen was already sitting on the dragon chair and waiting. Looking at his subordinates one by one, walking into the main hall and standing in his place, Xiao Chen didn't know what to say in his heart.
There are many generals under his command, civil officials are like clouds, and the soldiers are even more on the edge of the sea. But even so, it resists the power of the crowd. Just like this one, the enemy has more than a dozen players to besiege him. The number of troops sent is as high as nearly 10 million, which is not something that a Beichen country can resist at all.
"The enemy has gathered an army of three million at the Hachi fortress, ready to attack the Hachi fortress at any time. Let's talk about how we do it! Xiao Chen looked at the crowd below and said.
When everyone in the hall heard the news, they all frowned. With an army of three million, plus four million at sea, it can be said that the number of enemies that Beichen Kingdom is facing now has reached seven million.
However, how many troops does Beichen Kingdom have in total?
It was expanded to 800,000 infantry troops, 70,000 cavalry troops, and 200,000 sailor troops. In addition, the second-line garrison has a strength of 400,000 single sword soldiers, and the servant army now has 500,000 troops. An army of two million is a lot, but it's still not enough to see!
Moreover, except for the regular army of Beichen Kingdom of 1070,000 and the 200,000 servant army, most of the rest are unbearable! Not to mention the second-line garrison, it's just a recruit who hasn't been on the battlefield.
Only 200,000 members of the servant army are the elite who have been fighting with the Beichen Army all year round, and the rest of the 300,000 are all urgently recruited during this period of time. Their combat effectiveness is only a little stronger than that of the garrison, but they are still overwhelmed!
"King Qiqi, the only way we have at the moment is probably to forcibly recruit new soldiers!" Xun Yu sighed, stood up and said.
Xiao Chen did not immediately express his position, forcibly recruiting new soldiers is indeed not a good way. Forcibly recruiting new soldiers is to pull up the strong man, and then issue a knife, and put on a leather armor to go to the battlefield as cannon fodder. Although the current population of Beichen Kingdom is large, it is impossible to consume it like this.
Besides, this time there is a gap of nearly five million with the number of enemy troops, and how many strong men do you have to pull. Moreover, it is estimated that his strong Ding has enough, and Beichen Kingdom should run out of food in a few months.
"Prime Minister, the difference between the strength of my Beichen Kingdom and the enemy army is too big now. Even Lazhuang Ding can't make up for this gap! ”
Yue Fei looked at the people around him who were frowning, and stood up and said to Xun Yu.
"Alas~!" Xun Yu sighed, and then said: "Apart from this method, I really can't think of how to resist the attack of the enemy's nearly 10 million army. ”
"Prime Minister Xun Cheng's words are wrong, although our army does not have many troops, but most of them are elite troops, and we still have some chances of winning this war." As soon as Xun Yu finished speaking, Yue Yun next to him would not be a sentence.
Xun Yu rolled his eyes and despised Yue Yun fiercely. Your own army is an elite, isn't the enemy? The big guys are all strong people who have been killed in countless battles, and a few of them are rubbish!
"Yun'er, don't say more if you don't understand!" Yue Fei is also very embarrassed, this kid knows about martial arts every day, and he doesn't know how to care about anything else, alas~!
"Okay, let's discuss what to do! Wen Ruo's proposal, I also know is the best way. However, I will not take it until the most critical moment. ”
Xiao Chen sat on the dragon chair, looked at the people of His Highness, and said in a deep voice. If it really reaches the step that Xun Yu said, the future Beichen Kingdom will definitely not be as beautiful as it is now.
Maybe the fame will be greater, but the strength will definitely not be much stronger.
"King Qiqi, the last general asks for an order to lead troops to support General Zhang Han!" Yue Fei stood up first and said.
Xiao Chen frowned and said, "Uncle Yue, you're gone, what should you do north of Donglin City?" ”
"Don't worry about this king, the last general will look at Hao Zhao, this person, his strength is extraordinary. If the king let him lead the army, the last general believes that Hao Zhao will never let the enemy kill him! Yue Fei said with a firm face.
This is a fact, and I have to admit that Hao Zhao's defense is indeed not comparable to ordinary people.
"Okay, since the generalissimo said so, let Hao Zhao command the 500,000 army in the north. The generalissimo mobilized 200,000 men from the rest of the country to support General Zhang Han! ”
"No! The end will obey! ”
"This is the first crisis that my Beichen Kingdom has faced, and there will be many more dangerous situations in the future. I hope that everyone can share the same hatred, defeat the invading enemy, and let them know that my Beichen Kingdom is powerful! ”
"The ministers must do their best to serve the king on the battlefield!"
On the morning of the next day, Yue Fei led an army of 200,000 urgently summoned and marched towards the west.
These 200,000 horses, including the 100,000 troops of Licheng, the 50,000 horses stationed in Annan County, and the 50,000 troops of Xiping Pass. Among the 200,000 people, there are not many elite troops, only 100,000 are elite troops, and most of the rest are soldiers who have never experienced a battle formation.
However, at this time, Xiao Chen and Yue Fei couldn't take care of it so much. As long as there are soldiers, then make the best use of them.
Just when Yue Fei was leading the army to march, the largest war in the Beacon Fire Continent was also ushered in outside Hachi City.
The three million coalition troops did not pull all the troops outside Hachi City in one go. However, even so, 1.8 million enemy troops were gathered under Hachi City. The soldiers of the Beichen Kingdom standing on the city wall looked at it with a careful liver wow wow wow cool.
After countless battle formations, he became an elite veteran. But this doesn't mean that the soldiers are really not afraid of anything, after all, they are still humans.
One million enemy troops gathered under the city walls, looking black and oppressive. The whole world was covered by armor of various colors. A huge phalanx, neatly arranged, towards the city wall.
Zhang Han looked at the enemy army below, and he was also worried in his heart. I really don't know how to fight, an army of three million, even if you stand and let your subordinates cut it, it will be very tiring.
Now it was a siege battle, and Zhang Han couldn't think of the scene of the three million army on the city wall. Fortunately, however, there were not many siege weapons in the enemy's army.
In particular, there are only one or two hundred catapults and bed crossbows, which are not as many as Hachine. The rest of the nest cars or something, that's not at all. There are only countless suggested ladders, and a huge number of troops.
The battle started in an instant!
Dozens of 10,000 people in a phalanx, lined up in a large array, slowly pressed towards the foot of the city wall. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers carried ladders of advice, followed by archers in the back.
Seeing this, even Zhang Han, who was born in a nobleman, couldn't stand it and scolded. Bullying people, it's really too bullying, and in one breath, he pulled out five or six hundred thousand troops to attack the city together. Nima, you!
"Quick, catapult ready!"
"Put!"
The enemy army began to attack the city, and the Beichen army naturally did not dare to be idle. The six or seven hundred catapults in the city were ready in an instant. It's just that there are only more than a hundred that can hit the enemy, and the rest are scattered on other city walls, and there is no way to attack.
However, more than a hundred is not less.
With a bang put! The boulders were thrown into the sky by catapults in an instant. With a dignified whistling sound, it pierced through the sky and smashed towards the enemy forces below.
"Bang bang bang!"
Huge rocks, from high in the air, the huge inertia of the carrier, directly smashed into the crowd. As for why it was so accurate, it was thanks to the large array of enemy troops.
The target of a few dozen people may be small, and the chance of a catapult hitting it is also small. However, with a large array of 10,000 people neatly lined up, such a big target, if it still misses, those who rub the catapult can wipe their necks by themselves.
The coalition forces also have bitterness that they can't say, and they are all given by the Beichen Army. There is a large array, and although it will be attacked by catapults, it is better than facing countless bows and arrows.
In the end, no matter how powerful the catapult is, it is impossible to kill a large number of people in one go. But if there was no cover of the military formation and the shield was lost, the archer of the Beichen Army in the city would definitely jump three feet high with joy.
With a garrison of more than 100,000 people, the archers must be at least about tens of thousands. The besieging army had no array, no shield, and could only be tortured to death by the archers of the Beichen Kingdom. That's a distance of 200 paces, such a long distance, when their own army rushes to the city, the Beichen army is enough to shoot dozens of rounds of arrow rain.
At that time, the casualties will only be greater, and it is better to carry the catapult now, at least the casualties will be much smaller.
As the boulders fell, a small gap would appear in the coalition's 10,000-strong army array. Those were some unlucky children who had been hit by catapults, and it was impossible to survive under such huge stones.
Even if you wipe it, by the time the battle is over and the battlefield is cleaned, you'll be bleeding to death.
The feeling of hard resistance catapult is very uncomfortable, and the frightening atmosphere is really annoying. Watching his unlucky companion around him be smashed into the ground by a boulder in an instant, he couldn't find a trace. Anyone who sees it won't laugh twice, and no one knows if a boulder will fall on their head the next moment.
The distance of 500 steps is not far or close, and the more than 100 catapults of the Beichen Army have only thrown nearly 20 rounds. More than 3,000 boulders, although they did not kill a few enemies, still had a little impact on the morale of the enemy.
The coalition troops finally endured a distance of more than 100 paces, and at such a close distance, the catapults of the Beichen Army did not dare to throw stones at will.
The distance was too close, and according to the inaccurate attack range of the catapult, the Beichen army still did not dare to take risks. Besides, after two hundred steps, do you bastards think that this is the end of it?
The more than 40,000 archers over there were not used to eat dry food, so the catapults still obediently smashed towards the enemy troops who were about 500 paces away.
The coalition forces burst into flames as soon as they rushed there two hundred paces away. The large array of 10,000 people turned into a straggler group in an instant.
At this time, it is not as good as the moment when he was tortured by the catapult before, the attack power of the catapult is very strong, but his fire speed is slow. If you look at other archers, it's almost four or five seconds to be an arrow feather. If you can rush to the foot of the city wall as fast as possible, you will be able to take fewer arrows.
"Buzz!"
Just as the coalition army formation had just dispersed, the big guys hadn't run away. There was a buzzing sound in the sky, and those who were familiar with the battlefield knew that this was the soldier of Beichen Kingdom who had begun to shoot with bows and arrows.
A puff of arrow feathers in the sky, and after a moment, they plunged headlong into the crowd that had just dispersed.
Suddenly, more than a dozen blank areas appeared at the foot of the entire city wall. It can be said that there are no humans alive there, and tens of thousands of arrow feathers are no joke.
The coalition soldiers finally paid the price of a few thousand men, and they were just about to run. But before he could take two steps, there was another buzzing sound overhead.
For this, the coalition soldiers could only scold the archers of the Beichen Army in their mouths, and at the same time did not forget to greet the archers behind the army.
Seeing the archers of the Beichen Army shooting so happily, aren't you in a hurry? Do you dare to come over quickly and suppress the archers of the Beichen Army!
The archers, who had been thinking about it all the time, did not come up when the allied soldiers rushed to the foot of the city wall. Just far behind, slowly strolling.
Without the cover of archers, the siege infantry of the coalition army suffered heavy casualties. So far, more than 15,000 people have fallen in the hands of the archers of the Beichen Kingdom alone, and countless people have been injured.
A series of simple ladders were only built between the female walls on Hachi City. Then, an allied soldier began to climb up the ladder towards the city!
"Where's the Rolling Stone, and the Golden Juice! Hurry, hurry! ”
"Fuck, the archers are coming here a few times, there are too many enemies!"
"My day, your mother, dare to be tired of being crooked!"
As soon as the two sides fought, the entire Hachi city wall and the city were full of shouts of fighting.
"Wow!"
A pot of gold juice that had been boiling for a long time was overthrown by a few soldiers from the women's wall. The golden soup looks like real gold. Still, the stench tells us that gold doesn't stink that much!
A pot of gold juice was poured directly on the heads of dozens of coalition soldiers under the city walls. Suddenly, there was a wail under the city walls. Several coalition soldiers were directly ignited by the golden juice.
Fierce wars do not stop because of the few who die.
The battle continues, the blood flows, and the king is moving forward!
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