Chapter 226

The length of the ladder can reach the opposite side of the river, but the ladder can only be used by infantry and archers, and the cavalry and those fierce beasts cannot cross, so if they want to attack the city, they must first have a part of the people rush over, cut the lock and put the drawbridge down, the whole process is by no means easy to complete, it requires many people to unite and cooperate, and the action must be fast, otherwise if it drags on for a while, there will be more casualties.

Once the drawbridge is lowered, the front, which is not too wide, cannot be passed by the Snow Country army at the same time, so the siege is due to a moat, and the Snow Country side has a disadvantage. Not to mention that there are 150,000 troops now, even if there are another 150,000 people, it will be difficult for the Snow Country army to conquer this city before there is a suitable way to cross the bridge, but the situation is the same from other places.

This moat was not as wide as the natural rivers, but it was wide enough to pose a problem for the army of Snow Country. The Snow Country Commander's trip is to personally survey the terrain and make corresponding countermeasures, otherwise a blind siege will only increase the damage of his own side.

When the Snowpiercer army appeared, the soldiers in the city who were in charge of delivering the message blew their horns, and the whining could be heard from afar. The familiar sound made many people aware of the arrival of the enemy army at the same time, and many people on the training ground wanted to see the formation of the snow army on the city wall, but it was a pity that the current city wall was not something they could climb casually.

Under the orders of a general in the city, the original defenders on the city wall had already wound their arrows and were ready to attack at any time.

Zhao Wu and his generals were on the city tower, looking at the enemy formation from a distance of less than two hundred meters. On a chariot in the center of the enemy formation, a white-bearded old man was sitting tightly, his gray-white eyebrows were weathered by wind and snow, revealing a murderous aura for no reason, this old man was Xu Tianyi, the commander of the Snow Country army.

On both sides of it, the generals of the snow country sat on their horses in different ranks, and they were all majestic. General Na Hong was in it before, and at this time he looked domineering, although he was looking up from below, but his eyes were full of provocation. It didn't seem to take those Night Kingdom generals on the city tower in his eyes at all, especially when he saw Zhao Xu, this person was even more smiling.

Sensing General Nahong's actions, Zhao Xu's face was gloomy, and he couldn't wait to jump down from the city wall and fight the other party to the death. And Zhao Wu next to Zhao Xu was much more indifferent at the moment, during the observation of the enemy army, Zhao Wu's eyes never changed, and it can be said that there was no trace of fluctuation.

Next to Zhao Wu, some of the other generals looked fierce, and some looked worried. From the castle tower, they had a good view, and the formation of the Snow Country army was unobstructed. There are only tens of thousands of soldiers, and he doesn't know when the main force of the enemy army will arrive, but Zhao Wu knows that with tens of thousands of people now, whether the other party can touch their city gate is really one thing.

Those generals who had similar thoughts to Zhao Wu were all indifferent at the moment, and only a few generals were worried that once the Snow Army attacked, they would be ruined and killed, and their faces were a little nervous.

"General Zhao, don't come to harm!" At a distance of two hundred meters, Xu Tianyi, the commander of the Snow Country Army, greeted Zhao Wu, obviously the two knew each other in advance.

"Marshal Xu is in good health," Zhao Wu replied with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I haven't seen him for many years, General Zhao's temperament has become more and more powerful, and the old man admires it. ”

"Marshal Xu, why do you say this, Zhao is just older, but he is much worse than the marshal. ”

For a while, the two lords greeted each other politely.

I have long heard that Zhao Xu also has an elder brother, who is on the side of the night country, General Hong looked at Zhao Wu carefully at this time, but he didn't see the reason, that temperament was just more mature than Zhao Xu, and it was not as powerful as their boss said, so he was very unimpressed.

"This time, the old man personally led an army of 200,000 to attack the city, I wonder if General Zhao Wu is willing to surrender?"

"The two of us have our own missions, and Marshal Xu doesn't need to say much about the surrender. Seeing that the other party wanted to surrender, the smile on the corner of Zhao Wu's mouth disappeared, and his face sank to directly dispel the other party's thoughts, and at the same time warned his own sergeant Zhao Wu not to have an avatar.

"In that case, then you and I will compete on the battlefield. Marshal Xu's expression was clear, thinking that the Zhao brothers were unwilling to surrender, Marshal Xu already knew the attitude of the royal family of the Night Kingdom. In his opinion, perhaps the Night Kingdom has surrendered to the Luo Tian Nation.

"Lord Marshal, his subordinates are not talented, and they are willing to go over and call for battle. After Zhao Wu expressed his attitude, General Hong suddenly got off his horse, and then directly detoured to the front of the chariot and asked Xu Tianyi for battle.

"Quasi," since the other party does not surrender, Xu Tianyi has no other way.

"Yes," General Hong, who had already made great achievements, gladly accepted the order, and under the strange gaze of a group of generals, he turned over and rode his mount and ran straight ahead.

"The contemptible Hong Sihai is the vanguard general of the Snow Army, I don't know which general in the city dares to fight?" General Hong parked his mount not far in front of the drawbridge, and shouted at the generals in the city with a provocative face, domineering.

After the first two battles, General Hong's momentum was very high. The armies behind him saw Hong Sihai calling for battle, and shouted in unison in the rear. "General Hong is mighty, General Hong is mighty. "Cheer for Hong Sihai to weaken the momentum of the night army.

Under the shouts of those snow soldiers, more than a dozen generals in the city were restless, and several generals with fiery personalities couldn't stand the provocation from the snow army.

"General, my subordinates are willing to ask for battle," a few generals in a company asked Zhao Wu for his life, and a few others were silent. Generally speaking, those who can be generals are seventh-order martial cultivators, so General Hong must have the strength of seventh-order martial cultivators, and in terms of realm, he is the same as most of the night army generals on the city tower, but those night army generals don't all have the courage to fight with General Hong below.

"General, my subordinates are willing to go alone. After the others asked for their lives one after another, Zhao Xu, who was standing next to Zhao Wu, spoke directly.

"Well," it was only at this time that Zhao Wu nodded in agreement, "As soon as you leave the city gate, life and death depend on your personal strength." ”

Zhao Xu had long been appointed as the vanguard of the Night Army, and at this time, others did not dare to question Zhao Wu's words.

"Yes, the last general will take the order," Zhao Xu agreed, then turned around and left, went down the stairs next to the city tower in a hurry, and then ordered someone to prepare a mount for him.

Zhao Xu's guards had already been ordered to wait under the city, and now that Zhao Xu gave an order, the guards directly brought the horse. At the same time, the soldiers who had received the order to defend the city opened the gates.

Zhao Xu drove out of the city on a horse, and the people in charge of the drawbridge in the city were ordered to lower the drawbridge.

With the fall of the suspension bridge, Zhao Xu's figure gradually appeared in front of Hong Sihai's eyes. As soon as it seemed that the person was Zhao Xu himself, after a burst of shameful laughter, Hong Sihai said majestically: "Who is my Dao, it turns out that he is a defeated general." ”

As soon as Hong Sihai finished speaking, the suspension bridge between the two had been put down. Catching up with Hong Sihai's contemptuous expression, Zhao Xu was angry.

"Drive," shouted, and the horse rushed out directly with Zhao Xu, "Today, either you die or I die." ”

With a shout, Zhao Xu had already made up his mind to fight Hong Sihai to the death.

"Hugh is rampant," snorted coldly, Hong Sihai didn't care about Zhao Xu's words at all.

The two fought that night, and Hong Sihai knew Zhao Xu's strength best. Although Zhao Xu is strong, he is definitely not stronger than himself, thinking like this, Hong Sihai roared, "Drive", and immediately drove his horse to catch up.

One was holding a knife, the other was carrying a spear. With a bang, accompanied by the neighing of the two horses almost at the same time, the two officially fought.

You come and go, you attack and I block, and in a blink of an eye, the weapons of the two have collided several times. Following the distance drawn by the two horses, no one got any advantage in a round of fighting.

Zhao Xu rode his horse and rushed towards the formation of the Snow Army, and Hong Sihai rode his horse to the suspension bridge. Under the countless gazes, the two tugged at the reins almost at the same time. The two trained horses understood what their master meant, and they turned their heads and rushed towards each other again.

The two people sitting on horseback were even more imposing at this time after a one-time fight. After a while, the weapons of the two collided again. At the same time, the two colts simply slowed down to give their masters time to fight.

I saw Hong Sihai swinging a spear to take Zhao Xu's front door, the spear was approaching, and Zhao Xu leaned back on horseback to avoid the gun. At the same time, the Pu knife in his hand slashed and swept away with a gust of wind.

After failing to strike a blow and not daring to resist the opponent's edge, Hong Sihai suddenly withdrew the spear in his hand, and then bravely resisted the spear forward on the Pu Dao, and blocked the advance of the Pu Dao with the help of the horse, and the two separated.

They didn't run as far as they had just done, and the two horses drove a distance and then turned back at the same time, and the distance between them was greatly reduced.

Looking from afar, Zhao Xu's sword in his hand was as powerful as a thousand catties at Hong Sihai, and the attack was extremely fierce.

Catching up with Zhao Xu's attack, Hong Sihai put the gun across his chest, and then pushed it upward, his hands constantly exerting force.

With a bang, the weapons of the two collided, only to see Zhao Xu's offensive stopped. When the knife was collected, Pu Dao was even more vigorously swung away by Hong Sihai, and without waiting for Zhao Xu to make a move, Hong Sihai turned the spear in his hand, and the spear was aimed at Zhao Xu on the horse.

When the two horses kept closing the distance, they saw that the head of the spear was about to stab Zhao Xu in the abdomen. A trace of surprise flashed on Zhao Xu's face, but he quickly calmed down again, and quickly withdrew the Pu knife, almost when the spear was still an inch away from the abdomen, the Pu knife in Zhao Xu's hand had been erected upright.

Holding both hands on the long handle, and then using the handle against the head of the gun, pushing the head of the gun to the outside of the left ribs, Zhao Xu forcibly made it impossible for Hong Sihai to attack him as originally intended.