Chapter 204 Siege Mountain
The five hundred soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion were fully armed and formed a turtle back defensive formation. They do not seek to break through the encirclement, but only want to exhaust the enemy's living strength to the maximum extent to vent their resentment.
Facing the well-guarded Xuanwu Battalion's turtle back defense formation, the Julu Minister Ge formation failed to break the formation in several strong attacks, but instead caused dozens of casualties on his own side.
The high priest was also a battle-hardened strategist, and when he saw that the attack could not be forced, he transferred dozens of stone throwing machines and prepared stone bombs wrapped in sulfur to break through the turtle back defense of the Xuanwu camp.
The warriors of the Julu Department struggled to push the stone thrower down near the Xuanwu camp barracks, and skillfully debugged and installed, and the first sulfur stone bullet was ignited and was thrown into the Xuanwu camp formation with billowing yellow smoke.
The impact of the falling boulder smashed half of the shield hand of the Xuanwu Battalion into the ground.
The burning smoke of the sulfur did not disperse for a long time, choking the nose and eyes, causing a panic in the Xuanwu camp.
But their nightmare has only just begun.
The first brimstone bullet was only a test firing of a stone thrower, and dozens of subsequent stone throwers were also equipped with stone stone bombs.
The high priest gave the order: "Light the fire!" ”
The samurai of the giant deer, standing by the side of the stone thrower, lit a row of brimstone bullets in unison with torches.
"Launch!"
"Ignition!"
"Launch!"
The high priest's order was like a talisman, and each salvo of the stone-throwing machine threw dozens of brimstone bullets into the Xuanwu camp.
After a few throws, dozens of casualties had been inflicted in the Xuanwu camp, and there was a wail in the smoke of sulfur burning everywhere.
The commander of the Xuanwu Battalion could no longer judge the casualties of his subordinates, and his command banner could not be transmitted everywhere in time in the smoke.
He could only command the turtleback defense formation through war drums and passwords to continue to shrink the formation.
The high priest next to the stone thrower saw that the fourth batch of brimstone bullets had been loaded, and he waved his hand again: "Ignition!" ”
"Chirp-"
The fire-spitting dragon descended from the sky and flew into the barracks of the Xuanwu camp.
Su Xiao glanced at the situation on the ground, and he saw that the five hundred soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Battalion outside the Xuanwu Battalion barracks had all been tied up and their heads were in different places, and the scene was terrible and shocking.
The turtle back defense formation formed by the Xuanwu camp also smoked everywhere, and it was about to collapse.
Su Xiao commanded the fire-spitting dragon to fly behind the stone-throwing machine, causing the fire-throwing dragon to spit out a long flame.
The snowy plateau calls the flames of the fire-spitting dragon divine punishment, which shows the horror of this flame.
Under the flames of the fire-spitting dragon, dozens of stone-throwing machines were wiped out in an instant. Half of the Giant Deer Warriors standing next to the stone thrower didn't have time to run away, and they all died in the flames.
When the high priest saw the tragic death of dozens of his subordinates, he cried out in grief: "Where are the siege ballistas? Shoot that beast down for me!" ”
Su Xiaoxing has always been cautious, he knew that the fire dragon was most afraid of the blow of the siege ballista, so after burning the stone thrower, he flew into the Xuanwu camp barracks, and shouted to the commander of the Xuanwu camp in mid-air: "Brothers of the Xiangxiong Division, I have come to save you." ”
With that, he caused Charizard to spit out a flame and burn a large gap in the wall to the west of the barracks.
Seeing this, the commander of the Xuanwu battalion lost no time in ordering his subordinates to evacuate along the gap.
Along the way, Su Xiao covered the evacuation of the Xuanwu battalion in the air.
Because General Baturu was suddenly given to his death and the new generals had not yet been handed over, the garrison at Liming Pass could not stop the sudden change in time in the face of the Xuanwu battalion. On the contrary, they have actually been strictly guarding against the Julu Division.
The original defenders of Dawn Pass saw the sudden assembly of the Giant Deer Tribe, and they spontaneously stopped the Giant Deer Tribe's samurai from rampage in Dawn Pass.
The commander of the Xuanwu battalion and his subordinates soon came to the city gate. Su Xiao's fire-spitting dragon spewed a flame at the city gate with all his might, and in the blink of an eye, only half of the city gate was burned under the flames.
The soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion tore down the broken city gate and left the city one after another.
The incident happened suddenly, and Lei Zhe's army, which was stationed outside the Dawn Pass, did not receive an order to block the Xuanwu battalion.
As soon as the commander of the Xuanwu battalion left the city gate, he ordered his subordinates to move quickly towards the Twin Peaks.
By the time Lei Zhe's order reached Gong Liangyu, the remnants of the Xuanwu Battalion had already traveled fifty miles to the west.
After Gong Liangyu received Lei Zhe's order, he immediately ordered the six tribes of wind, forest, fire, mountain, yin, and thunder to pull out the camp and go to the foot of the twin peaks.
When Gong Liangyu's army of more than 20,000 came to the arrow platform, he saw Su Xiao riding a fire-spitting dragon alone under the arrow platform.
Su Xiao said proudly to Gong Liangyu: "Ahead is the Holy Land of the Moon God Temple, and outsiders are not allowed to carry weapons up the mountain. ”
Gong Liangyu said: "We are just ordered to go up the mountain to pursue the rebels, and we will not disturb the monks of Xishan, please get out of the way!" ”
Su Xiaodao: "The first one in the West Mountain is now a guest at the Sun God Temple, and then he will go to Drifting Snow City to meet the Khan." Are you not afraid that the Khan will blame you for trespassing on the holy land like this? ”
Gong Liangyu said: "The general will not be subject to the order of the monarch outside!" His Highness wants me to destroy the Xuanwu Battalion, and I can only spare no effort to complete this order. ”
At this time, all the elders in the west also learned about Gong Liangyu leading a large army to surround the entrance to the mountain.
The five hundred soldiers under the command of the Xuanwu battalion all gathered at the gate of the Xishan Courtyard and did not force their way in.
Elder Yan Shi took all the ascetics, and Yan Zhong came all the way to the mountain gate with dozens of guards from the Ruling Division. After the two of them opened the courtyard door, they saw that the commander of the Xuanwu Battalion was still able to restrain his subordinates to do nothing against the Xishan Courtyard.
The two were quite satisfied with the approach of the commander of the Xuanwu Battalion. They asked the commander of the Xuanwu Battalion to stay where he was, and the two of them immediately went down the mountain to mediate with Gongliangyu.
The reason why Gong Liangyu has not let the army attack Xishan is also to wait for Lei Zhe's news.
Inside the Dawn Pass, Lei Zhe was interrogating Tuoba Yannan and Tuoba Liangji.
His spy at Dawn Pass told him that the siblings had taken down Li Zhiyu and Li Zhien in one fell swoop the night before, but somehow the siblings let them go.
This made Lei Zhe begin to doubt the loyalty of the siblings to him.
Tuoba Yannan defended: "We didn't let Li Zhiyu leave Dawn Pass, they were finally besieged in the urn city, and when they saw that they were about to be captured, a red-winged vampire king suddenly came and took them away. ”
Lei Zhe said: "Where is the Minghong knife I want?" ”
Tuoba Yannan knew that he was at a loss, and whispered: "The Ming Hong Knife was also taken away by the Vampire King!" ”
Lei Zhe sneered: "Can it be a vampire king who can also use a knife?" What's the use of it robbing me of my knife? ”
Tuoba Yannan said: "My subordinates don't know! ”
Lei Zhe said: "What do you know? How did Prince Huayan die? Didn't you promise that the Nether Flame he was given was the most powerful flame in the world? ”
Seeing that his sister was reprimanded, Tuoba Liangji was arrogant and humiliated, and said loudly to Lei Zhe: "The ghost fire of the Netherworld comes from the Netherworld, and it is not something that belongs to this world at all. It can incinerate all things, more than all the flames in this world. ”
Just when they were arguing, Lei Zhe received a tip-off that Su Xiao rode the fire-spitting dragon to help the Xuanwu camp break through and go out of the Twin Peaks.
Lei Zhe was furious when he heard this, and he immediately ordered Gong Liangyu to go to the West Mountain to exterminate the Xuanwu camp, but he never thought that the people on the West Mountain would dare to stop the army from going up the mountain.
Lei Zhe said to the herald: "According to the original law, those who harbor criminals are guilty of the same crime. The order goes down and lets Gongliangyu go up the mountain, who dares to stop and kill without mercy! ”
Elder Yan Shi regarded the honor of Xishan as more important than his own life, and he led people to resolutely disagree with Gong Liangyu leading troops up the mountain.
Yanzhong was originally a "manager" pretend. The "manager" grew up in Jiaozixing, and since he was a child, he regarded his grandmother as an anomaly, and he had no feelings for Xishan Villa.
Yan Zhong even persuaded Elder Yan Xi to accept Gong Liangyu's proposal to let all the soldiers of the Xuanwu Battalion go down the mountain, and if those soldiers refused, Gong Liangyu would lead troops up the mountain to help Xishan assess the bandits.
Elder Yan Shi brought out the floating leaves to talk about things. He pointed out that the Xuanwu Camp was the first clan in the West Mountain, and if they were tortured and killed by Gongliangyu under their noses like this, they would be afraid that they would not be able to make a difference when the floating leaves returned.
Yan Zhong showed more attention to immediate interests, and he was worried that if they blindly blocked it, it would definitely anger Gong Liangyu.
If Gong Liangyu ordered a strong attack, it would inevitably cause someone on the West Mountain to be accidentally injured. Therefore, there are many people in the Xishan Courtyard who support Elder Yanzhong.
Just when Elder Yan was stubborn, Gong Liangyu received an order from Lei Zhe to attack.
He read Lei Zhe's order in public, and then said to Elder Yanshi: "If you want to live, stand aside." ”
Yan Shi faced the murderous Lei Zhe army, sweating nervously. But he still bravely stood in front of the arrow platform, crossed the sword in front of his chest and said: "Whoever wants to go up the mountain today must step over me." ”
After Yan Shi finished speaking, he looked back at the ascetics he had brought, and found that most of them were not standing with him.
Yan Zhong took the opportunity to persuade the ascetics to make them all feel that they had made a serious mistake against the Red Gold Khan.
After Yanzhong's persuasion, Elder Yanshu became a loner, and the ascetics who came with him all turned their backs on him at critical moments and sided with Yanzhong.
Yanzhong said to Gong Liangyu: "Your Excellency General, Elder Yanzhong of Xishan promises you that our Xishan departments will not prevent your soldiers from going up the mountain to suppress bandits. As for Yan Shi's obstruction, it is his personal behavior, and it has nothing to do with us, and you can do what you want to do. ”
When Elder Yan Shi heard Yan Chong's words, he looked at Yan Zhong with contemptuous eyes and said, "I didn't recognize what you are until today. ”
Yan Zhong said: "I am thinking about all the disciples on the West Mountain. If you want a lifetime of fame, I will fulfill you, and I will bear the notoriety! ”
Yan Yan said: "When the first adult returns, I see how you will explain?" ”
Yan Zhong shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to see it!" ”
"Chirp-"
The fire-spitting dragon let out a high-pitched sound.
Su Xiaoqi rode on the dragon's back and said: "The floating elder will take revenge if he has revenge, you will not have a good life in the future if you offend him." ”
Gong Liangyu laughed and said: "We are the best warriors of the Chijin Khanate, as long as the Khan gives an order, we will not give up until the goal of the Yellow Spring is achieved." It's impossible to scare us with a few empty words! ”
Su Xiaodao: "You know that my dragon flame is very hot, and it is only in the blink of an eye to kill you." You're all dead, does it still make sense for you if your army exterminates the enemy? ”
Gong Liangyu said: "As a soldier, every order of the khan should be fulfilled by swearing. It is not a pity for me to die, but the decree of the Khan must be carried out. When I die, I will have my own lieutenant to succeed me as manager. The adjutant general died in battle, and his own commander took over as commander-in-chief; After the thousand-commander, there are centurions and ten-necks. In order to fulfill an order, all of us 20,000 men can die. ”