Seventh Night: Sunset Storm Earthquake
Returning to the dream realm of power, the storm was already on the third pole, and the mob army slept fairly soundly, so they were even more convinced that they had achieved an overwhelming advantage over the Eastern Navy. At this time, the storm was crowded with people inside the Guan, and the three armies were preparing to launch an attack on the Eastern Navy outside the Guan.
In the dream of the East China Sea team, the people came out of the "night tent", and fifty East Sea archers were waiting anxiously outside.
"Morning!" Huang Zhi greeted these people cordially, "Did you sleep well last night?" Ready to get started? ”
The archers did not dare to answer loudly, but raised their crossbows in their hands to indicate that they were ready.
Sima Fuqiang walked out after Huang Zhi, looked at the high-spirited soldiers, and nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, let's start then!" ”
Huang Zhi took out a stone and a half bow from his weapon bag, and then drew out five more arrows, walked forward a few meters, and came to the edge of the cliff, where the Storm Earthquake Pass was below.
This was exactly his plan, using this cliff to the west of the storm to ambush a small number of archers, and condescendingly striking at the mob army lured into the pass.
Sweeping his gaze around the 1,500 square meters under his feet, Huang Zhi immediately noticed that several armored mob army generals were pointing at the Eastern Navy below the mountain on the north wall.
Turning his head and gesturing to the fifty archers behind him, these people quickly stood in two rows, the back row was on standby, while the front row took a few steps forward and stood beside Huang Zhi, targeting the first wave of strikes on these generals.
"Shoot!" With Huang Zhi's order, thirty arrows roared towards the north wall at the same time.
The Ranger General, who was leading the reinforcements of Tyranno, heard the sharp wind coming from behind him, and he immediately realized that the situation was not good. "Lie down!" He only had time to utter two words, and then he threw himself on the ground.
With dozens of sonorous metal crashes of "clanging", he felt several arrows hit his back fiercely, and he felt quite painful, this is because he is wearing chain mail that can resist arrow attacks, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable.
In front of him, the three generals from other cities were not as lucky as him. Although they also have the same style of chain mail protection on their bodies, they still haven't escaped this catastrophe. One person was hit by an arrow in the door, lying on the ground and moaning incessantly, blood constantly coming out of his mouth and nose, and he was afraid that there was no possibility of living like that. There were also two people who were directly pierced through the neck by the arrow from the chain mail that could not be protected, and the blood spurted like a spring, and they died on the spot.
Experience had taught him that the enemy was quite close to him, barely twenty meters away, to make the arrow have such a powerful impact.
But after twenty meters, isn't it still within the range of the storm gate, is it a defection of his subordinates? Impossible, he knew that there were no archery masters of this level in the mob army. But how did the enemy manage to get so close to launch a bow attack on them?
Too many questions crossed his mind.
"Shoot again!" Huang Zhi quickly reached for an arrow, and this time his target was the ranger general who had escaped.
This time, the Ranger General had no chance of surviving, the range of protection of the chain mail was limited after all, and his legs and feet were full of arrows, like two cacti, and the bleeding alone was enough to kill. Although it was a little late, he still followed a few people around him to Huangquan after all.
In the two attacks, the supreme commander of several reinforcements of the mob army was all killed, and the soldiers in the pass were still stunned to look at the messy north wall, not even knowing where the two waves of arrows rained down from the sky came from.
"Target the north wall, free attack!" Huang Zhi gave the third order, and at the same time began to "roll call" the soldiers at the head of the wall one arrow after another.
In addition to the mob commanders on the north wall, there were about thirty or so ordinary soldiers, and if these people were not eliminated, the Eastern Navy under the mountain would not be able to climb the north ramp smoothly. This was just a repetition of the previous night's raid, but this time things were a little easier thanks to the cooperation of fifty archers.
Once the scale of the arrow strike is formed, the lethality is quite amazing, and in the absence of shield soldiers in the pass, almost no one can resist this asymmetrical attack, but after two rounds of fire, there is no one standing on the north wall.
Huang Zhi saw that the effect was even better than expected, and immediately turned the direction of the bow and arrow, and shouted at the same time, "Target the gate, attack from many places!" ”
The mob soldiers had just discovered that the unbelievable enemy attack was coming from the cliffs to the west, and they were in a state of confusion without their commander, some wanted to return fire with bows and arrows, others only wanted to take refuge in their houses, and some simply opened the south gate and fled.
Those who vainly attempt to counterattack will only be attacked by Huang Zhi's condescending priority, and there is no chance to contain the firepower of the Eastern Navy; Those who tried to escape from the south gate ended up congested there because there were too many "like-minded" partners, and became a fixed target for the archers of the Eastern Navy, and died faster; Those who had taken refuge in the barracks had been spared for the time being, but they would soon face even more painful conditions.
What awaited them was not only the continuous shooting of fifty archers, but also the other dreamers of the Tokai team had nothing to do. After Du Ziteng and Li Erhu attacked yesterday afternoon, they began to prepare for today's battle, not only bringing fifty archers to climb the cliff, but also hoisting several barrels of fire oil up. At this moment, the waning moon was carrying large wooden barrels and struggling to throw them into the storm level below, and then his companions threw torches and lit them.
A moment later, the Storm Pass had turned into a purgatory of blood and fire, with burning oil and spreading blood flowing everywhere, and the black smoke produced by incomplete combustion rose to the sky at a height of 100 meters with a pungent scorching smell, just like the beacon fire at the border pass, like crying and complaining.
This pillar of smoke was also a signal for the general attack of the Eastern Navy, the second battalion that had already been prepared under the north ramp took the lead under the leadership of Chen Chuang, and the new battalion was also closely followed by Liu Yuanzhi, and the soldiers of the two battalions easily rushed to the storm pass, but did not receive any attack.
At this time, except for the archers led by Huang Zhi, the rest of the dreamers had already returned to the ground in the pass through the rope and began to sweep away the surviving soldiers who dared to resist, and opened the north gate with their hands, allowing Chen Chuang and them to enter the pass.
Similarly, Li Erhu, who had been waiting impatiently in the bushes west of the Storm Gate, immediately led the "trapped camp" to rush out, aiming directly at the 2,000 dragonless mob army under the ramp. And his boss Du led the cavalry team to detour back to the other direction, forming a trapping posture with the "trapped camp" from the southeast to encircle the enemy army.
Like their commanders, these two battalions of the Eastern Navy, who had the upper hand in yesterday's battle, had to choose to "flee" against their will, and their disdain and hostility towards the mob army were suppressed for a night, and then they were able to explode.
The cavalry battalion took advantage of its speed to charge and intersperse, and after killing one in and one out of the enemy camp, it was also able to drive back the few mob troops trying to break through from the southeast.
The "trapped camp" adopts an oppressive style of play, unrestrained but orderly, and the confidence and momentum of victory exuded by everyone alone make the mob soldiers facing them lose their fighting spirit.
Due to the loss of their commander, the two thousand mob army was obviously more sluggish to react, and they actually watched the 1,000 East China Navy form an encirclement of them, and let the other side slaughter them, without any measures to deal with it, which can be regarded as a miracle in the history of the war on the East Continent. They are like sheep facing a pack of wolves, with no numerical superiority, but they are huddled and just want to escape.
Several deputies did not know that their main general had died en masse at this time, so they still fantasized about waiting for them to come and take command, so they all gave up on breaking through and counterattacking, and slowly retreated to the north with their respective troops, until they were directly below the southern ramp.
At this time, the south gate of the storm gate behind them suddenly opened, and a large number of soldiers quickly poured out of it. Several lieutenants of the mob army breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that their main general would come out with the defenders in the pass to rescue them.
But they never thought that the sound of killing in the pass just now, and the smoke butts were everywhere, which was clearly a sign of the attack on the defenders in the pass, even if the two sides had already divided the victory and defeat at this time, it was impossible for the mob army that was attacked by surprise to win.
By the time several lieutenant generals noticed that the "reinforcements" coming out of the pass were not their men, the 2nd Battalion of the Eastern Navy had already rushed to them from top to bottom, completely completing the encirclement of them.
What followed was the unilateral hunting of the same number of sheep by the wolves, which naturally ended in the destruction of the sheep. The confrontation between the Pleasant Goat and the Big Big Wolf can only be staged in fairy tales, and the sheep in reality cannot escape the fate of becoming food for the wolves. Although the Eastern Navy does not eat people, it wants to continue the victory and glory with the flesh and blood of the enemy, and use the flesh and blood of the enemy to become the nourishment for the growth of the recruits.
The battle ended in the afternoon, and the mob army ended up with only a few hundred soldiers left, and the actual number of dead was not much, estimated to be less than a thousand, and many more were lying on the battlefield with missing arms and legs, bleeding profusely, waiting to die.
Li Sha couldn't bear to look at these ordinary soldiers, but she couldn't help them. The seriously wounded of the Eastern Navy alone would take a lot of her time to help, and by the time her own wounded were processed, three to five days would probably have passed, and by that time the seriously wounded of the mob army would have died.
She had to put forward her opinion to Huang Zhi, "Can we make our soldiers not so ruthless, you also know that the vast majority of soldiers are innocent." ”
"I know, but you should also understand that we didn't deliberately mistreat the captives. To be merciful to the enemy during the battle is to be cruel to oneself, and our Eastern Navy defeated the opponent's 4,000 men with 2,000 men, if we were not ruthless, it would be our people who are lying there today. Huang Zhi comforted her helplessly.
Li Sha was stunned for a while, and had to admit that what Huang Zhi said was the truth, so she was silent speechlessly.
Although she has been the person of her dreams for more than five weeks and has participated in dozens of battles, she is still a military doctor. The so-called healer's parental heart, she still can't face the war as tough as her teammates, and can't ignore life.
It's her strength, but it's also a disadvantage as a dreamer. Huang Zhi couldn't do anything about it, fortunately, the girl never said anything, that is, because this battle was too bloody, so she would complain at this time, but she would not become a burden to the East China Sea team.
The two of them were sitting on the cliff west of the Storm Gate at this time, and there was only one clean land here, which could allow the people in their dreams to enjoy a moment of tranquility after the war.
The two of them forgot about the blood-stained earth under their feet for a while, the refreshing mountain breeze was blowing in their faces, and the sun was quietly setting behind them. On the left, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, like this incomprehensible world, and no one knows what is behind the mountains; On the right, in contrast, is a vast plain with a radius of hundreds of miles, and the endless view is refreshing, and if the road ahead can be so smooth, all suffering will no longer be feared.
Taking advantage of this atmosphere, Huang Zhi hugged Li Sha in his arms and gently stroked the girl's back, "It's okay, sooner or later it will pass." Don't forget, this is just a dream, these people are not real life. Ma Qiang and Ren Wei and I have been thinking of a way, and we must have a chance to get out of this world! ”
"I know, I know." The girl whispered in his arms, "Don't change your goals because of my feelings, I'll get over it." ”
Huang Zhi wanted to say something, but found that any of his words were so redundant. Promises are illusory, the future is still in a fog, and repeatedly saying "I will make you happy someday" will only make people tired after all. Love, bread and survival, the former is not able to separate from the latter two reading power of the possibility of existence, to say that the love of life and death can become the eternity of love, that is just the words used by the painful to comfort themselves.
All Huang Zhi can do is to hug his lover tightly at this moment and embrace his happiness.
After a while, the sound of even and soft breathing came from his arms, and Huang Zhi looked down, only to find that Li Sha had fallen asleep on his shoulder. In the course of an afternoon, the girl had treated more than a dozen fatally wounded people in a row, and she had already exhausted her physical strength, and she was just holding on. Thinking that Li Sha would have to treat a large number of seriously injured people tomorrow, Huang Zhi couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
Originally, he planned to carry the girl back to the tent and lie down, but when he thought that she had just fallen asleep, Huang Zhi was afraid of waking her up, so he could only maintain his current posture and continue to sit on the cliff and blow the wind.
After some time, he felt that his shoulders had completely lost sensation. At this time, there were steady and powerful footsteps behind him, judging from the rhythm, the person who came should be Zhang Wei.
"What? Planning to continue blowing the wind here? Don't have dinner yet? It turned out that Zhang Wei came to call the two to dinner.
Huang Zhi hesitantly glanced at Li Sha in his arms, compared to the important surname of rest, eating is also as important. But when he saw the girl's tired appearance, he still couldn't bear to wake her up.
Zhang Wei got closer, only to find that Li Sha fell asleep in his brother's arms, and with a twist of his mind, he opened his mouth to remind, "Brother, the mountain breeze is very cold, if you plan to see her catch a cold, just continue to sit here, it doesn't matter if you eat less meals." ”
Huang Zhi made up his mind, gently picked up the girl, and walked towards the tent that the dreamer had set up in the open space behind the cliff.
Early the next morning, the Eastern Navy, which had finally completed the victory of the storm gate, began to plan the next battle plan -- the battle on the northern plains of the storm county.
Spreading out the map, Sima Fuqiang pointed to a circle of city passes around the northern plains on the map, except for the storm pass in the upper right corner, which has fallen under the control of the Eastern Navy, there are still four military facilities in this area that need to be captured, all of which are indispensable. As long as any of the gates are left unoccupied, it leaves a chance for the mob army to make a comeback, after all, this place is really far away from Donghai Town, the base of the Dream Man, and they can't always take care of it.
"These places are definitely going to be played, and the problem now is that we have to prioritize them." Sima Fuqiang pointed to the other four places except for the Storm Earthquake Pass.
Huang Zhi looked at the specific locations of each city pass on the map, and then pointed to the easternmost point and said, "The storm is the closest to us, let's start from here first." ”
Sima Fuqiang shook his head, "Personally, I think it's better to put the violent departure at the end. ”
He moved his finger to another city outside the Storm Departure Pass, "You see, the officials and soldiers of the Duzhou Mansion are confronting the Storm Departure Pass here. Even if we don't move them, there will be no extra troops left to reclaim the Storm Pass, so I suggest that we deal with it at the end. ”
"Then let's start with the Storm Harvest Warehouse first." Feeling that the captain was reasonable, Zhang Wei also put forward his own suggestions, "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the combat effectiveness of the army is important, but the supply should not be neglected." We have come all the way here, and although we have brought some rations, we are afraid that if we have to conquer so many cities in a row, I am afraid that it will still be a little insufficient. ”
Sima Fuqiang nodded and expressed support for Zhang Wei's suggestion, "I understand, although the Storm Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but after taking the Storm Harvest Warehouse, we can be regarded as having a foundation in Storm County and can support us to fight for a long time." Let's start with the storm of abundance. Liu Changshi, let me introduce some information about the storm warehouse. ”
Liu Yuanzhi was ordered to step forward and make a simple description for everyone, "The Fengcang was not established by the mob army, in fact, it was also a cangcheng set up by the Dongzhou Imperial Court, and its scale and shape are completely consistent with the Weinan Cang, you can refer to the shape of the Weinancang to formulate a battle plan." If you want to talk about the difference between the two, Weinancang is backed by a big mountain and faces the official road, and there is a visual blind spot, which can allow the Eastern Navy to sneak up to a distance of dozens of meters for a sneak attack; The storm is located in the Great Plains, the surrounding is unobstructed, the east-west and north-south two official roads form an intersection at the gate of Cangcheng, and it is not easy to use the means of sneak attack. ”
"Hehe, do you still grudge that we used a sneak attack to take away your tail Nancang?" Zhang Wei quipped.
Who knew that Liu Yuanzhi turned his head and replied very seriously, "I remember, but I don't hate." The last general has been convinced of the means of the adults, and if you do it again, you will definitely be able to change a way to take the tail Nancang, and the end will still not be able to hold it. ”
Huang Zhi walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Yuanzhi, there is a saying that says, 'A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a general who doesn't want to win a battle is not a good general!'" ’”
Sima Fuqiang and Zhang Wei glanced at him when they heard this, this guy actually tampered with Napoleon's famous sayings.
Huang Zhi smiled disappreliantly at the two, and then encouraged Liu Yuanzhi, "Although you are not as good as us now, you must have such a belief that one day you will be better than us!" ”
He turned his head to look at Du Ziteng and Chen Chuang on the side, "And the two of you, please also remember this." This is the belief that a good general should have! ”
"What about the second tiger?" A voice next to him couldn't help but interject and asked.
"You...... Forget it, don't like to use your brains. Huang Zhi's answer caused a burst of laughter from everyone.
(To be continued)