Chapter 24: The Battle of Dawn (7)

Tang arranged everything, and sat alone on the city wall, leaning against the hard stone wall, playing with the badge of the Golden City Guard, looking into the distance from time to time.

At this time, it was very bright, Jin Shi settled the team, and ordered to be vigilant, and he carried dry food and water to Tang.

Jin Shi handed the things in front of Tang, Tang shook his head, patted the ground beside him, and said, "Sit here." ”

Jin Shi sat down next to Tang, staring at the golden badge in Tang's hand, Tang smiled and said, "Do you want it?"

Jin Shi wanted it, but he knew that Tang attached great importance to this thing, and this thing was really valuable, and he couldn't afford it, so he said, "I don't want to." ”

Tang saw through Jin Shi's mind and said, "When this war is over, go to school! ”

Jin Shi had never thought about the problem after the war, what he was doing now was what he wanted to do the most, he knew that the war would end after all, hold Shimang Town, and as soon as the large army arrived, the balance of victory would be tilted towards the Chu and Jin Empire.

Tang also said: "Only by going to school will you understand the wider world, and you can get the best guidance and methods by cultivating there." ”

Jin Shi asked, "What about the captain, where will he go when the war is over?"

Tang said seriously: "I should stay in the army, although our country's army is strong, there are many problems, and it will take a lot of time to change." ”

Jin Shi made up his mind and said, "Then I will stay and continue to follow the captain." ”

The corners of Tang's mouth lifted and said, "Jinzi, how old is this year?"

Jin Shi didn't answer, and when he hesitated what to say, Tang said: "According to the time calculation, you should be eighteen years old this year, right?" But looking at you, I still think you are a child, and sometimes I really suspect that you lied about your age to join the army. ”

In fact, Jin Shi didn't lie at all, he was in an extremely bad state at that time, and the ghost sent him to the recruiting office and clamored to join the army, and the person responsible for recruiting didn't ask his age at all, but gave him a chance, and he passed inexplicably. When he came to his senses, he was already moving materials in the logistics office, and of course his age had to be hidden, and it would not be good if he was returned.

Jin Shi lowered his head, not daring to reply, but Tang didn't care, and said: "Jinzi, you have been doing a good job, go and see the world outside the battlefield after the war! ”

Jin Shi has never had ambitions and desires, after the border war, he finally has the goal he yearns for, and this goal is about to be achieved, after reaching it, he wants to maintain the status quo, follow Don and Nordin and follow the team.

While talking, their ears suddenly began to buzz, and Tang and Jinshi instantly got up and looked into the distance. In the distance, a group of cavalry was running in full force, and a large number of infantry followed.

Don turned around and shouted to the city: "Enemy attack, prepare for battle, prepare for battle." ”

Ma Duo, who was resting, turned over and hurriedly organized a team to fortify. Nordin also led the team, fully armed to the city tower, and the little madman directly stuffed Jin Shi with a large bundle of arrows.

Tang stared into the distance with a solemn face, and Jin Shi asked, "Strange, why is the enemy's formation so chaotic?"

Tang explained: "It's bandits, after the border war, this area is a safe haven for bandits, I didn't expect so many people to nest in just a few years." ”

Nordin said: "I guess even the enemy doesn't know how many bandits there are! It should be the Aosi Empire that promised great benefits to let all the hidden bandits come out, and they came so quickly." ”

The knead of the golden stone joints clicked, and the Dahe Village incident was a group of bandits, and they instantly hated it, shouting: "Bow and arrow ready, kill as many as you want, kill them until they don't dare to come to our territory again." ”

"Yes. The roars of the warriors shook the sky, and they were slaughtered. The siege of the city did not earn the vanguard, and the defense of the city must be the first meritorious.

The enemy cavalry did not mean to stay, and wanted to break through the city gate in one breath, Jin Shi and Tang stared down, and when the cavalry approached, they shouted in unison: "Release the arrows." ”

A rain of arrows beckoned to the cavalry, even heavily armed heavy cavalry could not withstand such a dense attack, and there were always a few arrows inserted into the gaps in the armor, or pierced into the horses, and fell to the ground in an instant.

When the warriors were shooting right, Tang and Jinshi shouted again: "Stop firing arrows and defend the array." ”

The warriors quickly raised their shields to defend, and when everyone raised their shields, the enemy rain of arrows arrived, crackling on the shields.

There was no support on the castle tower, and the enemy cavalry soon approached the city and began to break through the city gates, and there were many military mages among the cavalry, and the earthen walls were quickly broken, and the heavy cavalry rushed desperately in, but they were hindered by the mages of the rock system. The Chu and Jin Empires not only have many Gang Qi warriors, but also have a higher proportion of rock mages than the two empires, which is fully displayed at this time.

There was the cover of bows and arrows, and the infantry also advanced, and unlike the cavalry, a large part of the infantry was made up of bandits, as you can tell by looking at the haphazard ranks.

Tang shouted to Jin Shi: "I attack far, you attack close." ”

After nodding violently, Jin Shi shouted: "Divide into two columns, one column to release arrows, and two columns to defend." ”

Tang issued the opposite order, one column to defend, and the second column to release arrows, so as to effectively defend and attack, and reduce the pressure on the city gate.

The first wave of attacks was quickly repulsed, and Tang Chongcheng shouted downstairs: "Ma Duo, the heavy cavalry is ready to counterattack." ”

Mado immediately organized a queue and formed a triangular formation with him as the leader, which was the simplest and most practical, even in such a small space as the city gate.

The second wave of attacks came quickly, almost no stop, the first wave retreated, the second wave immediately attacked, they also knew what Shimang Town meant, at this time the second stronghold was in full swing, if they recaptured Shimang Town and abandoned the second stronghold, this war still had a chance for them.

The second wave of city gates was finally breached, but it was only deliberately stopped by the Rock French Division, in order to save physical strength, after all, the enemy's military mage had not yet begun to attack.

Ma Duo led the counterattack, destroyed the enemy's vanguard in an instant, and rushed out of the city gate to kill a circle before returning to the city.

The second wave retreated, and the third wave of attacks followed, not giving people a chance to breathe, Jin Shi's hand pulling the arrow had begun to tremble, this was a protracted battle, but he didn't dare to be careless, and shouted: "One column, two columns, change positions." ”

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the team can be effectively preserved and the attack can be effective.

After three waves of attacks, the enemy's military mages dispatched, vigorously targeting the city tower, Jin Shi and Tang passively counterattacked on the city tower, the battle at the city gate was fierce, fortunately, there were enough rock military mages, and after replacing the second team of military mages, they finally held the city gate and repelled the enemy's attack.

So repeatedly, constantly defending, constantly counterattacking, constantly counter-charging, I already remember how many waves of enemy attacks were repulsed, and the Aosi Empire became tired and cautious in organizing the attack, and the warriors of the Chujin Empire also became numb to attack.

The enemy undoubtedly suffered heavy losses, and the castle tower was fine, but the heavy cavalry of Maduo suffered a lot of losses because of the counter-charge.

Until the evening, the enemy finally stopped the attack, Tang ordered to hurry up and clean up the battlefield, especially the arrows, which had long been gone, and the arrows used in the first few waves were all recovered from the attack spacing, but fortunately, the spacing between the enemy's attacks became longer, so there was the possibility of recycling.

At this time, the corpses at the gate of the city have been piled up, and they can only move on the enemy's corpses, and the corpses are also natural protective fences, which can effectively hinder the enemy, and as the main task of the defender, they will naturally not spend a little effort to clean up.

The enemy stopped the attack and assembled and adjusted in the distance, and Tang stared into the distance with a sad face, his face full of exhaustion, and the armor was covered with scratches.

Jin Shi was also not very comfortable, and was hit by an arrow in his arm, and at this time the fat tiger and the little madman were helping him remove his armor and pull out the arrow. The fat tiger hugged Jin Shi's arm vigorously, and the little madman grabbed the arrow and said, "Hold back, it's not that it hurts through the wound." ”

Jin Shi squeezed out a reassuring smile, so that the little madman was relieved to pull out, the little madman blindfolded Jin Shi, gritted his teeth and pulled out the arrow, and the blood flew all over him. Jin Shi's whole body trembled, but he didn't make a sound, and this kind of injury was not a big deal except for a little pain.

Fat Tiger wrapped the cloth strip prepared in advance several times until no blood penetrated, and Fat Tiger asked, "Are you okay?"

Jin Shi shook his head and said, "It's not a big injury, it's okay." ”

Jin Shi put on his armor and moved his tired body, and when he was sure that he was able to move, the fat tiger and the little madman returned to their defensive positions. The team formed by Tang was the youngest of the three of them, the little madman was 19 years old, the fat tiger was 18 years old, and Jin Shi was only 14 years old. Thinking of this, Jin Shi suddenly remembered that Tang had asked his age just now, could it be that they had already been suspicious?

Jin Shi shook his head and smiled, thinking that it didn't matter, anyway, he was 14 years old this year, and he knew that it was impossible to kick him out of the army.