Chapter 436: The Battle of Yiling (Two Hundred and Sixty-Four)
(Foreword)
Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.
(Text)
Obviously, I have no intention of arguing with Zhao Haoyu anymore.
"How...... Li Ruina and Zhang Xinran are not with you? "I deliberately changed the topic so as not to affect everyone's emotions.
"Cheng Yin, Zhang Xinran and Li Ruina are still in that agency." Cui Li said.
"Well, at least it's safer than here, and I'm relieved that they're there."
At this moment, I saw that Xia Cheng had led two thousand soldiers to the towering city wall, they were neatly arranged, each with a longbow in his hand.
I saw through the broken gate that the enemy's army was also eyeing Yiling Pass. At such a critical moment, Xia Cheng suddenly shouted loudly into the distance: "It seems that Your Excellency has to capture my Yiling Pass, and today I swear here: I will guard this pass and never let you easily conquer it." ”
Xia Cheng suddenly waved his left hand, and the soldiers on the city wall moved neatly, pulling the bowstring in his hand full.
"Who are you? Where is the boy who fought Ben before? Could it be that the army changed its commander in just a few hours? Could it be that your boss has fled, and only a few of you are still resisting? Ben Jiang might as well say to you bluntly that he will not be able to capture your Yiling Pass today, whether you believe it or not, this is the fact in front of you, of course, Ben will not oppress you with the strength of his own troops, I can give you a chance If you abandon the pass and surrender now, Ben will promise you that it will not hurt you and your soldiers at all, how about it? ”
Obviously, Lu Xun has a good grasp of this battle, and what he is thinking about now is not how to win, but how to end this battle with minimal losses.
"Surrender? The general wouldn't be joking, would he? Rhetorical question, General, if you were in my position, in the face of the surging enemy army, would you ever decide to surrender? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, why should I surrender when the general has never thought of it? Although the general is smart, he is inevitably a little forgetful, and I just said that I will do my best to defend Yiling Pass, so how can I go back on my word? If the general wants to capture my Yiling Pass and let his horses come, he doesn't need to be clever enough to understand and use words to make our army surrender. ”
Xia Cheng sternly refuted Lu Xun's suggestion.
The wind came from afar and blew the dust on the battlefield, and there seemed to be tension in the air. Although the enemy army did not officially attack, I could already feel the huge sense of oppression.
"Ben General didn't just want to get Yiling Pass through words, but wanted to give you a chance, but who knew that you didn't appreciate it, since it was useless to say so much, I want to see what you have to keep this Yiling Pass. Don't forget, although this Yiling Pass is tall and strong, but after all, this is built by my Eastern Wu, and I know all about the organs, structures, and weaknesses inside. Lu Xun waved the feather fan in his hand and signaled the army to attack immediately.
Seeing that the enemy's army was in full formation, and the soldiers were ready to attack with their blades in hand, it seemed that the Wu army would soon launch a general attack on Yiling Pass. The deafening sound of drums resounded through the sky, and it seemed that it could drive away the great earthquake.
"Cheng Yin, it seems that this time Soochow is serious."
The enemy came towards our army, like a fierce tiger showing its sharp claws.
"This time it's not just the enemy who is serious, we're fully prepared. Fighting between the two armies is inevitable, and all we have to do is to dominate the victory of this battle as much as possible. I said.
At the same time, the shouts outside the array gate became louder and louder, and even the array gate kept shaking. The vanguard of the enemy army soon came under the walls, and the archers on the walls of our army quickly counterattacked. Bows and arrows rained down like a torrential rain, blocking the enemy's vanguard attack, but if it was just that, it could not stop the main force of the Wu army.
Sure enough, the enemy's infantry erected shields to block our bows and arrows, and under the cover of the infantry, the enemy's troops quickly approached the Yiling Pass where our troops were guarding.
All this is just like when we attacked Yiling Pass before, the soldiers of the Tiger Shield Array opened the way to block the bows and arrows like a rainstorm, but at that time, the enemy army at least had huge swords and strong winds to help, and now we have almost lost all the mechanisms of Yiling Pass, even if the mechanisms that were discovered before, they are the key to the whole battle and cannot be easily used.
I looked at Xia Cheng on the city wall, and there was no panic on his face, obviously all this was in his thoughts. With a wave of his left hand, our archers immediately stopped attacking.
"This Xia Cheng general, I had expectations for you before, but I didn't expect it to be so vulnerable. Do you expect those archers on the walls to stop our army? It's a bit too child's play, isn't it? Lu Xun said loudly.
Obviously, Lu Xun's words were not just to count the Xia City, but to improve the morale of the whole army, so that the pace of the enemy's attack would be accelerated.
Xia Cheng on the city wall did not answer Lu Xun's words, but suddenly held the "Heavenly Dragon Spear". It seems that he did not give up and waited for this moment to come.
Just when Xia Cheng was holding the "Heavenly Dragon Spear", Lu Xun seemed to be alert, but just when he was about to think about how to deal with it, the flood of the alluring city rushed towards him, and soon the city wall of Yiling Pass became an ocean in front of him, and the soldiers of Eastern Wu could only retreat.
"Xia Cheng's plan succeeded? Soochow retreated? Cui Li shouted happily, but how could the change in the battle situation be as easy as Cui Li thought.
Lu Xun waved the feather fan in his hand, and suddenly the wind did not stop, and the fierce wind blew the oncoming water away, as if forming a protective ring to wrap the army of the Wu army.
"Cheng Yin, we forgot that the enemy army still has a mechanism to create a strong wind, but it's a pity that our 'Tianjing Fan' fell on the battlefield, otherwise it could have played a key role here. It's all my fault. Professor Wu blamed himself.
In the past, because Professor Wu was injured by the enemy, the "Tianjing Fan" in his hand accidentally fell on the battlefield, but now is not the time to blame each other, we must find a way to solve the current crisis together. Either way, I believe that all of us will leave here, and this belief binds us together.
(End of chapter)