Chapter 242

The casualties of the Snow Army were increasing by hundreds, and the situation below was the same, and the situation above the city was not much better. After receiving the news that the drawbridge had been broken, many of the Snow Army returned to the river, and then saw that the drawbridge and the ladder were gone, and the ten-meter-wide moat swallowed up all their courage like endless darkness, and even the brave warriors could not keep their composure at the moment.

The morale of the army is sluggish, the morale is low, and the generals of the Snow Army are uncertain without instructions, which makes the Snow Army in an extremely dangerous situation at this moment.

Contrary to the situation of the Snow Army, the morale of the Night Army increased greatly, and even the most ordinary soldiers burst out with great strength, and the Snow Army fell one after another, and the situation was completely tilted to one side. If Xu Tianyi doesn't make any more moves, then what awaits the Snow Army will be a big defeat.

The good news from the city continued to reach Zhao Wu, and the current situation also appeared earlier than expected, but there was not much difference except for the earlier time, and it could be said that everything was under control. Next, Zhao Wu wants to see whether the snow army advances or retreats.

For various situations, Zhao Wu has corresponding countermeasures, and only hopes that the worst will not happen.

On the side of the Snow Country's rear army, those archers fired indiscriminately at the river, panicking, and some people unknowingly used up the arrows in the quiver barrel, and ended up staring at the river. Originally, it was their snow army that drowned in the river or drowned, but no matter how the people in the river requested, they all regarded it as a target, and they didn't even let go of the corpses.

Many of the corpses were bloody, and the scene was disgusting, and the surface of the river had long been stained red with blood, and there was no light in the light of the fire and the moonlight. The river is a mess, if there is a night army can still hide in the water at the moment, it is really a kind of ability, and the river is no longer a place for people to stay.

On the riverbank, Xu Tianyi was no longer on the chariot, accompanied by several generals, Xu Tianyi patrolled left and right along the riverbank, and the generals next to him kept reporting their own situation.

Looking across the river, there was no general to command the snow troops on the opposite bank, and all of them stopped, and the formation was chaotic and undisciplined. Marshal Xu was very dissatisfied with the performance of those soldiers, but he did not change the countermeasures of those soldiers' behavior.

For those soldiers, as long as they thought that there were no reinforcements after rushing over, they did not have the courage to move forward, and no matter how the commanders shouted, they just stayed where they were.

There is a large snow army thirty meters from the city gate to the river bank, and all the snow troops are looking at the generals on the other side of the river bank at the moment, and those generals can only let them go inside first, and it depends on how Xu Tianyi decides.

"Marshal, what should I do?" I'm afraid that the soldiers in the city are already in chaos at this moment, and if they don't go to support again, the snow army in the city will definitely not be able to hold out for long," listening to the shouts of killing coming from the city. Several generals who did not participate in the battle were nervous at the moment, and the defeat of the former army was not half beneficial to them.

Once the former army is defeated, then they can only meet the defeat, and the current situation is very unfavorable for them. By now, these generals have completely lost their previous spirit, and if their strength is not stronger than those ordinary soldiers, they are not even better than ordinary soldiers.

"Marshal, there are still a lot of ladders over there, why don't we send someone over to get them back, and then let the soldiers pass through them?" A general suddenly noticed that there were many ladders leaning on the city wall, and immediately made a suggestion.

Following what this person pointed out, Xu Tianyi also looked over there, there were ladders everywhere on the hundreds of meters long front, but the ladders used to climb the city were different from the ladders used to cross the river, and those ladders were two or three meters shorter than the ladders used to cross the river. But the point is that there are still soldiers who dare to cross the river, and I am afraid that once the ladder is erected, there will be more soldiers who flee back than soldiers who want to go over.

Turning to look at the phalanx of infantry behind him, since the drawbridge was broken, the front column had retreated several meters away without anyone in command, although it was to give way for the archers to shoot, but it was not only because of one aspect.

Xu Tianyi couldn't see that his soldiers had no fighting spirit, even if the ladder was erected, those soldiers would still not rush over like before, but they retreated so far away from the riverbank, and it also affected the soldiers on the other side of the riverbank. With a long sigh, Xu Tianyi fully realized that the destruction of the suspension bridge had brought them an irreversible situation.

The plans they discussed before were all related to crossing the river, but now they failed on the suspension bridge, Xu Tianyi didn't want to accept the facts, but everything was in front of him and he couldn't accept it.

"Marshal, is our army advancing or retreating?" After a long time of receiving new instructions, one of the generals couldn't help but ask again. As a result, before Xu Tianyi could speak, a series of shouts suddenly came from inside the city, "The Snow Army has been defeated." ”

The voices grew louder and louder, and a tidal wave poured towards these soldiers near the city gates. The will of many of the Snow Army, who were already under great pressure, collapsed directly, and everyone moved uneasily, thinking about running away one after another, and even those who had not crossed the river on the other side of the river bank became very uneasy.

"Run," frightened, I don't know which soldier suddenly couldn't help but shout out his inner thoughts, and at once set the whole pile on fire like a guide fire*, all the panicked soldiers' fighting spirit collapsed, and those snow troops outside the city gate just wanted to flee to the other side of the river bank at the moment.

The snow army was in chaos, and those with good eyesight ran directly towards the ladder leaning against the city wall, and many people rushed up to scramble for the ladder, taking the ladder as their lifeline.

When the snow army in the city heard the sound, the ladder they used to go down the city wall was being moved by the people below, and in panic, some people immediately shouted to the others in the city: "The ladder has been moved by them, and we can't get down the city wall." ”

With such a shout, the snow army on the city wall was still in the mood to fight, and they ran to the city wall to look down, and saw that the people below were carrying the ladder, some of the snow army took advantage of the ladder facing them and hurriedly turned over, and some of the snow army were facing the defenders while looking for a place with a ladder to go down.

There was great chaos under the city wall, and under the scrambling of many soldiers at the same time, some of the ladders were directly dismantled by them, and some soldiers who were injured and ran towards the river with the ladders in their arms. When they lowered the ladder together, one by one they were horrified to find that the ladder was not as long as the riverbank, and they became terrified again.

Fortunately, some of the quick-witted men among the deserters quickly tore off their belts, and then beckoned the others to tie the two ladders together, so that the length of the ladder would reach the opposite side of the river.

The division of labor was extremely efficient, and the result was that the ladder tied together was large enough to reach the opposite side of the riverbank. After the two sides of the river were connected, the deserters who tied the ladders together pushed and scolded, scrambling to get there first. People are crowding people, and even if they can bear the weight of the Enyun ladder when they are tied up, there are still problems under their constant pressure.

First some of the locations were badly deformed, then there was a strange noise, and then the ladder either broke off or simply dispersed, and the soldiers above would fall into the water screaming. In terms of water nature, Wu Xiu is no different from ordinary people, there is a big difference between knowing water and not knowing water, but there are too few people in the Snow Army who know water. Even if someone can swim a few meters away, they will still be dragged down by others.

The embankments on both sides of the river are very smooth, and there are few protrusions for them to grasp. And even if some of them can grasp the protrusion, the more people are pulled, and one by one they will sink under the water.

Of course, there are some people who can escape to the opposite bank of the river, but they are stepping on other people's bodies all the way, and there are still too few people who can escape to the other side of the riverbank. The situation of the snow army outside the city was too chaotic, and when the snow army at the city gate found that the people behind them had fled, they immediately dispelled their inner thoughts and turned around and ran towards the river bank.

"Escape," a shout sounded under the city, many soldiers who had never experienced war finally turned into a plate of scattered sand, and even the generals of the Snow Army had the idea of running away at this moment. During the battle, they constantly avoided the sharp edge of the night army generals, and kept thinking about how to retreat.

The defeat was like a mountain, the snow army was crushed, and these generals did not change the situation of the battle from front to back, and the battle lines of both sides were constantly pushed forward by the night army. For the Snow Army, who were bent on escaping, the tall city gates had become narrow at the moment, making it impossible for them to get out of the city quickly.

People crowded people, I don't know how many snow soldiers died at the feet of their own people, the cavalry of the snow army is the biggest cause of their own casualties, those horses want to escape and even their masters can't control it, as a result, more and more snow troops die under the hooves of the horses.

After the Snow Army lost its fighting spirit, it was self-defeating, and the Night Army slaughtered these soldiers of the Snow Army who had no fighting spirit.

Many night soldiers were unwilling to stop with all their physical strength, and the weapons in their hands kept swinging towards the snow army, eager to kill all the snow army in the city. Especially the original border army, there were too many brothers who died under the chaos of the snow army that night, and now they have the opportunity to avenge the dead brothers, they are not merciful at all, just like the snow army chased them that night.

The Snow Army at the gates of the city was faced with a massacre, and they were frightened by the rushing Night Army, and any resistance became weak.

Seeing that there was no room for maneuver in the battle situation, Xu Tianyi, who was on the other side of the riverbank, was powerless to change the overall situation, and he didn't need to think about it anymore: "Quickly build a ladder for them." Seeing that his own sergeants were defeated, Xu Tianyi finally issued a military order to those generals who had been waiting for a long time.

"Yes," the generals were instructed, and when the ladders were built on the other side of the bridge, the people on the other side of the bridge noticed the situation and rushed over immediately. It was a mess, no matter how many generals tried to stop it, it was useless, and everyone had only one idea to escape to the other side of the river bank as soon as possible.