Chapter 234: The Edge of Life and Death

"Whew-"

The low sound of the horn sounded, deep, melodious, and shook the heavens and the earth.

A large number of archers came to the north gate and the west gate of Jian'an City with neat steps, and there were 5,000 people on each side, with bows and arrows, staring at the city wall.

One of the generals shouted, "Projectile, target the wall, prepareβ€”"

"Put!"

Under an order, a large number of arrows rose into the sky, covering the sky and the sun, flying into the sky, and then falling downwards after the kinetic energy weakened, falling on the city wall like rain, the defenders of the city wall raised their shields to block, but there were always parts that could not be stopped, and the arrow rain was too dense.

"Ahh

One after another screams rang out, one after another, tearing hearts and lungs, making people's scalps tingle.

This was followed by the second round, the third round.

No one could take a look out of the city under such a dense rain of arrows, let alone fight back, those who did not die shrank into a ball to reduce the surface of the arrows, and protected them with shields, seeing the tragic appearance of the people around them wailing after being hit by arrows, many people collapsed, shouted and rushed out, trying to leave, and were shot and fell by the rain of arrows falling into the sky.

The battle was fierce in an instant.

The rain of arrows did not stop, one after another, suppressing the survivors on the city wall and unable to fight back.

At this time, Cheng Chuliang and Yu Chi Baoqi each led a thousand people, carried the ladder that had been prepared long ago, rushed over, set up, the two of them took the lead, holding a shield just in case, and quickly climbed up, the archers were worried about shooting their own people, and the arrow did not stop, but extended to the city.

There were not many people on the city wall, and when they saw that the arrow had lost its extension, they came to their senses at the shouts of the officers, and they all looked at it, and the opponents were already climbing the city wall, and they were so shocked that they picked up their bows and arrows and shot them, and some of them took spears to stab, looked at them with knives, and even pushed the ladders.

The battle to this moment is even more bloody and cruel, no one can take tricks, and the fight is bloody and decisive.

Cheng Chuliang blocked two arrows with a shield, quickly climbed up, saw the spear stabbed over, smashed it away with a shield, rushed up quickly, assassinated the other party with a horse lance, and assassinated two people in a row, took the opportunity to climb up the wall, saw a person shooting with a bow, and quickly raised his shield to block.

"Duh!"

The feathered arrow hit the shield, and the tail of the arrow buzzed and trembled, and it was extremely fierce.

If there is no shield, Liang will definitely die at this time, a wave of anger rushes straight to the top of the head, turns over the city wall, and the horse lance sweeps through the thousands of troops, and kills several enemies who rush up, and then a backlash, and slashes a few people, and roars, like a mad lion rushing up.

The nearby enemies didn't care about the people who climbed the ladder, and they slashed at each other, trying to block Cheng Chuliang, but Cheng Chuliang's combat effectiveness was good, and the tiger and tiger dancing with a horse lance danced in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, he killed a good person, no one could stop him, and the soldiers on the nearby ladder took the opportunity to swarm up.

With the help of his comrades, Cheng Chuliang's combat effectiveness increased greatly, and he shouted: "Kill in the back!" ”

"Obey!" The soldiers turned their swords and struck the other side.

Cheng Chuliang fought alone in one direction, killed up, and shouted: "Yu Chi Baoqi! ”

"Funeral, Lao Tzu has already been killed." From another city wall, Yu Chi Baoqi roared not to be outdone.

"Hahaha, kill!" Cheng Chuliang roared angrily, like a thunderbolt, startling the enemies in front of him to retreat.

Outside the city, An Guogong was overjoyed when he saw this scene, and decisively ordered the archers to stop shooting, mount their horses and assemble, and wait for the city gate to open and enter the city.

Next to him, Li Junxian observed the battle on the city wall, and said with emotion: "The number of enemy troops is really small, and the two generals are also brave, it is not a problem for Jian'an to take it, An Guogong, congratulations." ”

"Tongxi, Tongxi, we are all left-hand troops." Stubbornly laughed.

"That's right, you and I are under the command of the Marshal on the left side, regardless of each other, the army is coming from afar, people are sleepy and tired, and we urgently need to take a good rest and recuperate, and leave the battle behind to the old man." Li Junxian said with a smile.

Stubbornly comprehended, and said with a smile: "After entering the city, you take the army to just have a full meal, have a good rest, and leave all the affairs to me to handle, and you are familiar with the road, don't worry, but the soldiers are fast and fast, and the army must set off after dinner, and rush overnight, may it be done?" ”

"Look down on me?" Li Junxian was suddenly unhappy.

An Guogong saw that the city gate was opened, and the soldiers who had been on standby for a long time rushed in, and without worrying about explanation, he said excitedly: "The city gate is open, rush in, kill-"

"Kill!"

Countless soldiers around him also roared excitedly, beating their horses and rushing forward.

Li Junxian didn't rush, looking at the city with emotion: "The combat effectiveness is really beyond expectations, how many big victories does this fierce warrior have to win before he can feed it?" It seems that I am here, and the country has brought talents out, I don't know how my son is? As he spoke, he looked to the east, expecting a great achievement and worrying about his safety.

An Guogong rushed into the city gate with people, and saw Cheng Chuliang and Wei Chi Baoqi, who were excited to meet them, and praised: "The two generals are brave and incomparable, and they attack the city wall at the same time, regardless of each other, there is a battle behind them, and it is not too late next time, General Cheng Xiao, take a thousand people to take down the other city gates, close them for me, and hold them." ”

"Obey." Cheng Chuliang clenched his fists and hurried away with people.

"General Wei Chi, take your people to take the barracks and granaries, be quick to prevent them from burning down!"

"Obey!" Yu Chi Baoqi also rushed forward with a large army.

"The others came with the old man and entered the city to defend the mansion." An Guogong shouted, full of spirit, rushed up in the lead, caught a few simple questions from a common person, and rushed to the city to defend the mansion.

A group of officials of the city guard mansion learned that the city gate was lost, they were already panicked, and went out to wait under the leadership of the Taishou, and when they saw An Guogong coming, they had luggage, and their attitude was extremely respectful. As he spoke, he held the roster high above his head.

The roster records the information of the people, and the roster represents the Jian'an City.

An Guogong knew the rules, motioned to a captain next to him to step forward to take it, and said: "I also know the current affairs, since this is the case, Taishou will stay for questioning, and the others will go to the street as soon as possible to appease the people and avoid misunderstanding and killing." ”

Since Jian'an has taken it, everything in the city belongs to Datang, and there is no need to kill it again.

"General Xie is benevolent!" Taishou Gao Yishan thanked him and said it to everyone in Goguryeo, and everyone nodded one after another, saluted Anguo Gong and left.

An Guogong walked into the city guard mansion, sat down on the head of the office, Gao Yishan also followed, waiting below, his face was a little complicated, An Guogong asked: "The surname Gao is a royal family, you surrender to the Tang Dynasty, the consequences are very serious, right?" ”

"The general asked, in the next is just a partial room, out of the house, however, once the news is sent back, it is really serious, but I don't want to die in the next, and I also defend the city until the last moment, and I am loyal to the court, and I ask the general to be merciful and spare my next life." Gao Yishan said truthfully.

"Is there still food in the city?" An Guogong asked.

"There are about 5,000 stones."

"What about all kinds of weapons, money, and defenders?"

Gao Yishan said truthfully: "There are about 1,000 knives and guns, about 10,000 feather arrows, and some shields and armor, all of which are leftovers, and the good last time the king let them all take away, the defenders in the city are only a thousand people, and they are not elite, and the silver in the treasury of the city guard mansion is less than 10,000." ”

When An Guogong heard that this was the case, he was full of expectations and confidence in the battle ahead, and asked some more about the situation, and some captains came to report that all the other city gates had been taken, and the barracks, granaries and other warehouses had also been taken.

Jian'an took it, it's time for Stone City.

Spreading out the map and looking at the location of Shicheng, An Guogong's eyes were full of war.

……

In a dense forest outside Dandong City.

Li Yixie stared at the city in front of him with a pair of blood-red eyes, the forced march day and night in the past few days, the troops were sleepy and tired, but no one complained, and even the spirit was extremely excited, just because the credit of taking the city and capturing the king of Goguryeo alive was too great, and it was big enough for people to fight with their lives.

A scout hurriedly came over, clenched his fists and said, "General, the king of Goguryeo and his entourage are less than a mile away from the city, and if someone goes up to negotiate first, I'm afraid the city gate will be opened." ”

When everyone around them heard this, their spirits became more and more excited, and they all looked at Li Yixie.

Li Yixie looked at the large army resting in the woods behind him worriedly, there were only 3,000 people, but there were still about 3,000 people around the King of Goguryeo, and they went too fast all the way, many people fell behind, and were cut down by Li Yixie's people, and many people starved to death and fled.

But you have to fight!

Finally followed here, it was impossible to give up the opportunity, Li Yixie looked at it, summoned the officers above the rank of captain, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone knows the importance of this battle, this general will not go into details, only emphasize one point, there is no room for mistakes, do you have opinions?" ”

"Obey!" Everyone said, their eyes were firm, chasing all the way here, if you give up at this time, isn't it in vain?

"Very good, your team quickly returned the same way, and informed the main army that we are preparing to attack the city, even if the last person fights, make sure that the city gate is in hand, and wait for the army to come, go." Li Yixie looked at the scout.

The other party saluted solemnly and hurried away.

"Come on, let's sum it up." Li Yixie squatted down, took out three stones and put them on the ground, and said: "We have 3,000 people, after entering the city, the general will bring 1,000 people to the front, and you will arrive later, resist the two wings, finish the zigzag defense, hold the city gate without loss, and wait for the army." ”

Everyone nodded one after another, concentrating their forces to defend the city gate and waiting for reinforcements is a helpless move, and it is also the only choice, if you attack the city, the enemy will take the opportunity to close the city gate, and everyone will be in the urn in the city.

Li Yixie continued: "The sword and shield soldiers are in front, the spearmen are in the center, and the archers are behind, if the enemy infantry comes up, the sword and shield soldiers are responsible for defense, the spearmen are responsible for assassinating from behind, and the archers are responsible for clearing the enemy on the city wall, remember, don't kill too quickly, delay time, and don't give the enemy cavalry a chance to rush up." ”

Everyone nodded knowingly, no one sent it right, since it was a delay in time, of course it was necessary to control the field.

"If the enemy cavalry arrives first, the speed is not fast, then the threat is not great, the sword and shield soldiers cut the legs of the horses, the spearmen are responsible for assassination, the archers are responsible for shooting and covering, if the cavalry rushes too fast, scatter, let them rush over, behind them is the city wall, they can't die, the archers are responsible for making up the kill, what's not clear?" Li Yixie asked.

Everyone shook their heads, and their fighting spirit was high.

Li Yixie smiled with satisfaction: "Everyone, this battle will definitely leave a name in history, you and I will be praised by future generations, Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose, even if he dies, he must kill a hero's reputation, if anyone is a deserter, Lao Tzu can't care about killing you, and future generations will also poke the bones, and generations will not be able to raise their heads." ”

"Understood!" Everyone nodded knowingly, their eyes frenzied.

"Remember, once the army enters the city, everyone follows me into the east gate, and the king of Goguryeo will inevitably flee back from the east gate when he learns that the city is broken, and such a great merit must not be escaped."

"Obey!" The crowd roared into orders.

"Time is pressing, the army is assembled, ready for battle." Li Yixie shouted.

The troops moved quickly, and before the assembly was completed, scouts came to report, and Dandong City opened its gates and welcomed the King of Goguryeo into the city.

The fighter plane appeared, and everyone's eyes looked at Li Yixie feverishly.

Li Yixie was also so excited that he couldn't help himself, his eyes lit up, he pulled the horse's head, and shouted: "Brothers, take Dandong City, capture the King of Goguryeo alive, and make a name for yourself in the world. ”

"Drive!"

"Drive!"

The soldiers rushed forward one after another, and the three thousand men were like a flood that had been released from the floodgates, rolling and galloping.

The horse's hooves roared, shaking all around.

The army of the King of Goguryeo, who was entering the city, found something unusual and panicked, but the officials in the city came out to greet them, and they were polite, so how easy was it to enter the city quickly? Especially the army that has survived until now has already broken its guts, rushing towards the city gate like a frightened bird, huddled together.

This panic is even more chaotic.

When the troops finally cleared the order, when the troops entered for most of the time, Li Yixie had already led the army to chase and kill, and the enemy troops were so frightened that they accelerated to rush forward, for fear of being killed if they were backward, and some generals came out to reprimand, asking the troops not to enter the city again, to avoid the city gate being unable to close, but closing it outside the city means death, no one is not afraid of death, and continue to rush forward.

Once a person is in a hurry, his own people will cut it in the same way.

But everyone is a forbidden army, it is the pro-army of the king of Goguryeo, and the defenders of the city saw that everyone was going to play with their lives, where did they dare to really block, so they had to open their mouths to let the army enter the city, praying that time would be in time.

The army finally came in, and the defenders were ready to close the city gate, but they found that the opponent was following and killing, and it was too late at all, so they were immediately shocked, and they retreated and scattered, Li Yixie took the lead, and the fighting spirit was soaring, and the horse lance flew up and down, instantly killing several enemies who were in front of him, and shouted: "Kill!" ”

"Killβ€”"

The soldiers yelled excitedly, followed and rushed forward, while lowering their bodies and slashing the enemy in front, the war horse was psychic, and directly knocked the enemy in front of them into the air, at this moment, three thousand people crushed the past like a torrent of steel, and killed all the enemies in front of them to the ground.

Li Yixie led the army to rush to the entrance of the street, pulled the reins of the horse and stopped, and shouted: "Below, deploy on the spot"

"Obey!"

The soldiers dismounted one after another, the sword and shield soldiers drove the war horses in front, and the reins were tied together to avoid running around, which invisibly became a barrier, which could prevent the cavalry from colliding to a certain extent, and the spearmen lined up on the spot to defend, as for the archers, they did not care about the formation after dismounting, and shot at the city wall.

There were still many enemies on the walls, and many of them archers were firing cold arrows.

Li Yixie watched many people on his side fall from arrows, and his heart was dripping blood, but in order to defend the city gate, losses were inevitable, and he pointed to a sword and shield captain and shouted: "You take a hundred people to rush up and kill the archers." ”

"Understood." The captain nodded, and rushed to the city wall with a hundred men.

The archers on the city wall immediately focused on taking care of these hundred people, everyone had a shield, it was not easy to shoot, but the speed of advancing was much slower, at this time, the archers on their side took the opportunity to suppress the enemy archers, and these hundred people took the opportunity to quickly rush to the entrance of the steps.

At this time, more soldiers rushed into the city, according to the plan to set up defenses, many archers did not wait to dismount the bow one after another, the number of people, the enemy archers were suppressed and it was difficult to raise their heads to counterattack, the hundred people took the opportunity to rush to the city wall, chased the archers, frightened the other party quickly fled.

Seeing that the situation was reversed, Li Yixie waited a little with his heart, and looked in the direction of the main street with sharp eyes, an enemy army was rushing over, it was infantry, not cavalry, the situation was better than expected, if the cavalry charged, it would be very troublesome, and shouted: "The archers continue to shoot the enemy, and the others are ready to fight." ”

The soldiers also saw the rushing enemy, and the sword and shield soldiers lined up one after another, blocking in front of the spearmen, with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, staring at the front.

Li Yixie held a horse lance in his hand, rushed up and fought, like a raging Menghu, the horse lance tiger was windy, flying up and down, and put down several people in a blink of an eye, the soldiers saw Li Yixie so vigorous, brave, and inspired by the fighting spirit, and looked at the rushing enemy with wide eyes.

A lieutenant shouted: "Stabilize the formation, don't rush forward, fight together, kill!" ”

When the words fell, the captain used his shield to block the knife cut by one person, and a spearman next to him took the opportunity to stab, and a shot pierced the opponent's waist, and then struggled to collect it, the blood soared, and the other party fell down with a scream.

Other sword and shield soldiers also raised their shields to block the attack, like a human wall, and the spearmen shot from a narrow, limited space, the gun was like a poisonous snake out of a hole, ruthless, vicious, and deadly.

The arms cooperate in combat, and the combat effectiveness is terrifying.

In the blink of an eye, there was a layer of corpses lying on the ground, but there were too many enemies, the sword and shield soldiers put the shield in front, crouched down, blocked it to the death, and did not let the enemy cross the defensive line.

At this moment, the wall of flesh is like a steel hedgehog, and if it hits it, it will die, and the formation is as stable as a rock.

Li Yixie was even more crazy in front, covered in blood, a horse lance tiger and tiger wind, sometimes like a dragon out of a hole, piercing the enemy, sometimes like a tiger claw, tearing the enemy's vital points, sometimes like a tornado sweeping, sweeping a large area, no one can catch a move.

Li Junxian, as the former commander of the Hundred Cavalry Division, Li Er's personal bodyguard, is known as the tiger general, and his son Li Yixie has won the true inheritance of his father.

In a moment, the streets were stained red with corpses, blood staining the streets.

But there were too many enemies, and perhaps they received some kind of order and began to play with their lives.

All of a sudden, Li Yixie felt a little tired, and took time out of his busy schedule to take a look, the defense line was dangerous, and several places were killed by the enemy, but fortunately, the soldiers filled it with their lives, barely blocked, Li Yixie's horse shook, his body exploded, rushed to one of the gaps, and killed several enemies in three or two.

With the assistance of Li Yixie, the soldiers worked together to stabilize the gap again, Li Yixie rushed to another gap to continue to rescue, and saw that the two wings were also fighting in his busy schedule, but the pressure was much less, and he could hold on, so he waited in his heart, and continued to fight bravely, while looking forward to the arrival of the main army as soon as possible.

As if hearing a prayer, a thunderous voice came from the city gate: "Li Yixie, you kid can't do it, Lao Tzu is here to help you." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up." Li Yixie saw that it was Cheng Chumo, and he was not polite.

Cheng Chumo led people to rush into the city, and as soon as he saw Li Yixie's posture, he shouted: "Spread out, rush out from the junction in two ways, and shoot!" ”

The zigzag formation is not arc-shaped, nor circular, there is a gap in the joint, although it is not big, but it does not affect the cavalry to rush in, Cheng Yanjin rushed over with a troop, and went straight to the main street, the enemy on the street saw the cavalry rushing over, the speed was very fast, where to dare to block, turn around and run.

Cheng Chumo led the army to chase and kill without hesitation, and the crossbow continued to sound, shooting the enemy to the ground.

Li Yixie looked at this posture, worried that the credit would be grabbed by Cheng Chumo, and then looked at the gate of the city, the large army was rushing in, and there was no need to defend it, so he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, act according to the plan." ”

Everyone understood, untied the reins of the war horses, turned over, rushed forward along the main street, and went straight to the east of the city.

Li Yixie desperately beat his horse to catch up, and saw that Cheng Chumo was fighting with the enemy cavalry who rushed over, and the road in front was blocked, and he couldn't pass, so he pulled the horse's head and rushed into the fork in the road with his troops, and found a road parallel to the main street to continue to rush forward.

Generally speaking, the city gate is symmetrical, and is connected by two avenues, east, west, north and south.

Constantly encountered enemy obstacles along the way, Li Yixie did not love to fight, and led the army to retreat and continued to rush in the direction of the east gate.

The people in the city were so frightened that they hid in their houses, closed the doors and windows and did not dare to come out, the streets were in a mess, full of things that the people had thrown away in a panic, Li Yixie rushed to the front, changed his peace of mind uneasily, and returned to the main street, and saw a large army fleeing frantically.

"It's them, chase them down!" Li Yixie was overjoyed.

The soldiers were also in high spirits for a while, desperately beating their horses, their eyes flashing red, and the archers even released their arrows directly.

The enemy army quickly divided into a team to block the attack, and one of the generals shouted with a large sword: "Who is coming?" ”

"The one who killed you." Li Yixie roared angrily, rushed up and hit, and the horse lance flew like a streamer.

The other party was frightened, and struggled to slash towards the horse lance, Li Yixie calculated the other party's move, and the other party cracked in the air, and the horse lance stabbed forward like lightning, so frightened that the other party quickly dodged sideways, Li Yixie had already rushed past the other party on horseback, and his backhand was a horse lance swept over.

The other party was furious, but had to swing the knife to block first, at this time, a cold arrow flew over, just hit the opponent's shoulder blade, the pain pumped straight away, and the strength was discharged, unable to block Li Yixie's horse lance, the sharp blade slashed at the opponent's waist, the armor was cut down, and he fell off the horse.

A large number of soldiers rushed over, and the war horse, no matter who it was, stepped on it directly.

"Ahh

The other party screamed miserably, and was soon overwhelmed by countless war horses.