Chapter 241

"My lord, the drawbridge ......" Before the soldier could finish speaking, Zhao Wu waved his hand to signal him to stop, and then explained to the soldier: "Blow the horn." ”

The soldier didn't know why Zhao Wu was still like this, but he still gladly accepted the order to retreat, and soon the horn sounded on the city tower again, and Zhao Wuxin's instructions were directly conveyed.

Receiving a specific signal, people kept emerging from the water in the hundreds of meters long river in the moat outside the city, and then they slashed at the ladder that the Snow Army had originally erected.

Under the attack of sharp weapons, the ladders broke one by one, and before the snow army on the ladder could find out, many people had fallen into the water, and those soldiers who crossed the river from the ladder fell into the water one after another.

Until someone exclaimed. "There are people in the water", many snow soldiers only found that their ladder was gone, and the long ladder was directly broken in the water. The generals of the Snow Army, who had not participated in the battle, rushed to Wen Xun, and they were surprised to find that there were many people in the water and those weapons attacked their ladders to cross the river, and in a blink of an eye, the suspension bridge and many ladders were destroyed by the ambush soldiers in the water.

After confirming that they were not mistaken, several generals of the Snow Army suddenly turned pale, as if they had lost all confidence, and their emotions became extremely chaotic.

On the chariot, Xu Tianyi stood up high at this moment, his face was not as calm as before, and he no longer felt that they were still victorious.

"Marshal, what should I do?" asked a general hurriedly when he returned from checking the situation.

"The enemy has cut off our way across the river, and our army is now in a worrying situation, a worrying situation. After a brief analysis, Xu Tianyi paced left and right on the chariot. frowned, looked helpless, and directly showed with practical actions that it had no countermeasures at all.

The general saw that their commanders were like this, and he had no idea of what he wanted. Just now they knew that they would be able to win by going in, but now there was a situation that was extremely unfavorable to them, and there was no solution to what their marshal wanted.

"Is there a spare ladder?" Xu Tianyi asked after a long time. This time, they still missed an important detail, since they could let people cut down the chains, why couldn't the other party let people cut down the suspension bridge, such a small detail made the originally trendy Snow Army instantly lose hope of winning.

The current situation is something Xu Tianyi doesn't want to see, but the facts are in front of him, and he can't help but admit it.

"Yes, but not much, what does the marshal mean?" a general looked behind him, spotting the presence of a ladder in his sight. It is possible that they lowered the suspension bridge earlier than expected, so there were still some ladders left.

"Marshal, do you want to take the ladder?" asked another general.

"No," the white-bearded old man said with a solemn expression: "Protect those ladders, the archers will go to the river first and shoot the ambushes hidden in the water with arrows at will, and then the old man will make plans for the rest of the matter." At this time, Xu Tianyi knew that he must not act rashly, otherwise once the remaining ladder was destroyed, all hope would be gone.

"Yes," a general immediately ordered to ride his horse to the archer's location, and then conveyed Xu Tianyi's order. There were still many archers left of the Snow Army, lined up one after another on the banks of the river. Following the instructions of those officers, one by one they took bows and arrows and shot at the water.

Before the arrival of the archers of the Snow Army, the Night Army was already on guard, and their familiarity with the river was countless times stronger than that of the Snow Army. After destroying the ladder according to Zhao Wu's previous plan, they dived directly into the water, and then swam all the way to the outside of the battle line, continuing to lurk and wait, because Zhao Wu still had a follow-up plan.

Zhao Wu had previously considered that the Snow Army might have unused ladders, so he specially explained that those people should stay in safe waters and be on standby at any time. Regardless of whether the Snow Army is defeated or continues to march from now on, their mission is to create as much chaos as possible.

While the archers of the Snow Army were shooting arrows at the river, Zhao Wu, who came to the city tower, saw that the plan had been basically achieved, and immediately told the heralds and soldiers on the left and right to shout out the news of the collapse of the drawbridge.

When the heralds received the order, they shouted loudly: "The drawbridge is broken, and the snow army cannot cross." The ladder is gone, and the snow army can't retreat. Fearing that the soldiers on both sides at the city pass would not be able to hear, several heralds shouted with all their strength, one after the other.

The soldiers of the Snow Country who shouted were frightened, and the soldiers outside the city gate who had not yet entered the city looked back one after another, only to find that their retreat was gone, and they suddenly lost seven points of strength, and one by one the Snow Army stopped and did not dare to move forward, and the people in front of them scrambled to look back and back, trying to see what was going on, and someone in the crowd kept exclaiming, "The drawbridge is gone", like the howl of a lost dog.

Before the generals around them gave any orders, many of the snow troops did not know whether to advance or retreat, and they could only stand in fear.

Fear spread like a plague through the Snow Army's camp, and by the end, more and more Snow Army couldn't help but shout, "The drawbridge is broken." The voice gradually spread forward from twenty meters outside the city, until it reached the ears of the Snow Country generals on the battlefield inside the city.

When they heard what was going on, the generals who were already full of confidence looked suspicious and kept asking the ordinary soldiers who were sending the message what was going on. The only information they could get was that the drawbridge was broken, and the city gate was now blocked by soldiers, and they couldn't look back to see what was going on, but they all realized that they were in danger.

Thinking of the impact of the broken drawbridge on their side, each of the Snow Army generals realized that they were in danger. There were more and more voices coming from the rear, and they gradually became uninterested in fighting, just wanting to know what was going on in the rear as soon as possible.

Even the generals of the Snow Country were full of doubts in their hearts at the moment, not to mention those ordinary soldiers, they were even more flustered at the moment, and they had no intention of fighting at all, and some of the Snow Soldiers kept turning around to see if there was anyone behind them. If there is no one, they will run to the back as soon as possible, and they will not have the will to fight the night army.

On the other hand, on the night army's side, many sergeants didn't understand at first. Until he heard clearly what those snow soldiers were shouting, Zhao Xu immediately understood that Zhao Wu's plan was successful, thinking that there were only tens of thousands of snow troops coming over, and they were all surrounded and waiting for them to be slaughtered, Zhao Xu, who had been waiting for a long time, was excited in his heart at this moment.

When the night army generals not far away came over, Zhao Xu shouted to them with an excited expression: "The general has used a trick to cut the suspension bridge and all the ladders of the Snow Army to cross the river, the main force of the Snow Army cannot cross the river, and all the soldiers will rush with me to the end." With a shout, Zhao Xu felt extremely happy, until now, Zhao Xu finally felt that they had the certainty of winning, and this feeling was strong from the beginning.

After Zhao Xu's indignant explanation, the generals of the night army understood one by one, it turned out that their general used a strategy to cut the suspension bridge outside, and then completely cut off the rear army of the snow army from the retreat of the front army by destroying the cloud ladder, and divided the snow army into two parts at once.

According to Zhao Xu's meaning, there are not many people in the snow army entering the city now, and the main force of the snow army is still on the opposite side of the riverbank. When they gradually figured out what Zhao Xu said, the hearts of the generals of the night army jumped, and they all had a premonition that they had won.

When the dawn of victory came, the generals already understood that the front army of the Snow Army was the target of their slaughter, and one by one their mood rose from the bottom to the sky, and they couldn't help shouting loudly, "Kill." ”

As the night army generals shouted one by one, the adjutants and ordinary officers in the night army shouted one after another, and for a while, the night country side shouted and killed. Under the unprecedented high morale, even the already injured sergeants burst out with tremendous strength at this moment, beating the opponents who were obviously stronger than them to the ground.

"The drawbridge is broken, and the main force of the Snow Army can't come over. ”

"The ladder is broken, and the snow army can't retreat. ”

There were constantly shouting in the night army, and all the night soldiers gradually understood that there were not many snow troops crossing the river now, and the snow army no longer had the equipment to cross the river, as long as they killed the snow army who crossed the river, they would win. After understanding the current situation, the night army not only has a high momentum, but also a stronger fighting spirit.

On the other hand, on the snow army's side, under the condition of the night army shouting loudly and fighting back, they all understood their respective situations, there was no way out, no reinforcements, especially now that they didn't even know the specific situation in the rear, many snow troops felt that the night army in the city was more numerous than them.

In the case of their own suspicions, and the fact that there are no generals to boost morale, the Snow Army, from generals to ordinary soldiers, has no intention of fighting, and if it weren't for the Night Army pressing too hard, they would simply give up resistance.

By this time, the Snow Army had no morale at all. The army's morale was scattered, and the formation became chaotic, causing many night troops to successfully rush into their defense line, killing the unmotivated snow army without leaving a piece of armor, it can be said that the defeat of the snow army is only a matter of time.

The screams and the sound of weapons colliding on the battlefield intensified, the night army in front rushed too hard, but the sergeants behind the snow army could not keep up, the situation appeared one-sided, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the snow army had no chance of winning.

After a short while, the night army had already advanced the battle line a few meters, and many squares rushed into the formation of the snow army, disrupting the defense line of the night army, and those snow troops who were isolated, whether they were cavalry or infantry, had no chance to attack, and the night army that rushed up directly behind surrounded them.

With the unity and cooperation of the Night Army, their isolated Snow Army had no ability to resist, and died one after another under the weapons of the Night Army, and the battle situation was very tragic.