readx;? Chapter 12: The Boy (4)

Perhaps, I didn't expect that Han Kuangmei, who usually takes good care of her family, would let them die. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Perhaps, I thought of Han Kuangmei's scheme, but I was willing to do it. Han Kuangxian, the commander of the right army, and Han Dewei, the head of the guard, quickly selected 2,000 soldiers from the army who had not yet been infected with the cold, and after a full meal, they pounced on Lijiazhai again.

"Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock, knock knock......" The sound of the drum was earth-shattering, shaking the treetops and falling ice. The soldiers from Youzhou, under the command of the five commanders and Han Kuangxian himself, were divided into three waves, one after another, and slowly leaned towards the ice wall.

Each wave consisted of two battalion heads. Each battalion was filled with 300 soldiers. Han Dewei, the head of the pro-soldier capital, led more than 100 strong men armed with ghost-headed broadswords to line up on the halfway slope 300 steps away from the ice wall. If someone dares to retreat to this human wall after the drum sounds, he will be greeted by a knife in the head.

Summing up the reasons for the losses suffered in the battle with the defenders yesterday, Han Kuangxian looted almost all the large shields in the camp before leaving. Therefore, at the very front of each battalion at this moment, dozens of tall shields were erected. The iron sheet wrapped around the outside of the shield is reflected like a mirror by the rising sun of early spring. Hundreds of "mirrors" spread out on the hillside, and the cold light was layered on top of each other, making everything in heaven and earth lose color!

The soldiers who did not have their shields lined up in a sparse column, following closely behind the shield-bearers. In addition to the weapons in their hands, each of them carried a large coarse bale of hay on their backs. As the feet moved, the hay bales kept going up and down. Looking at it from above, it looks like a swarm of dung beetles rolling dung masses!

"Grandma, what are they going to do, light a fire and boil water?" On the ice wall, Hu Yancong was confused by the strange dress of the Youzhou Army, his eyes widened, and he looked around for someone to consult.

"Hehehe......" The crowd erupted in a relaxed laugh. Although I couldn't guess the intentions of the enemy, whether it was Lijiazhai Xiangyong or Taihang Mountain heroes, they didn't feel the slightest pressure.

They had already taught the enemy a lesson yesterday, and they would definitely be able to teach the enemy a second time today. Facts have long been proven, the so-called elite of Youzhou, in fact, is just the same thing! It is also a nose and two eyes, and it will die after being hit by a knife, and it will cry out in pain after being hit by an arrow. As long as you can give them a few hard hits, you don't care what tricks they play.

However, soon, the laughter of the big guy became bitter.

The Youzhou army made a dark move, and they put the shield in their hands at the head of the city.

The rising sun of early spring hangs in the southeast, and the bright shield is erected in the north of the ice city. The shield was opposite to the ice city, and a cold light rose from the oblique bottom, and in an instant, the soldiers of the Han family on the head of the city were almost unable to open their eyes.

Hu Yancong was tall and ornately armored, so he was taken care of by several "mirrors" at the same time, and his eyes were so shaky that he couldn't see. "Grandma, Han Kuangmei, you bastard. If you have a kind of hurry, rush over and die, and dangle it around with a broken mirror, what kind of ability is it?!" Raising his right hand to protect his eyes, he pointed to the outside of the ice city with his left hand, and scolded. Tears, snot, and snot flowed non-stop.

"Han Kuangmei, bastard! If you have a kind of rush over and die, dangling around with a broken mirror, what kind of ability is it?!"

"Han Kuangmei, bastard! If you have a kind of rush over and die, dangling around with a broken mirror, what kind of ability is it?!"

"Han Kuangmei ......"

The heroes of the green forest from Taihang Mountain have always been the only ones who are the masters of Hu Yancong. They also ripped their throats apart and repeated the scolding over and over again.

However, no matter how hard they tried to scold, the Youzhou soldiers on the hillside turned a deaf ear. Just continue to hold the shield high, in a scattered formation, a **, slowly upwell, upwell. The cold light reflected on the shield became brighter and stronger, swaying, swinging, sweeping from east to west, and then from west to east, stimulating the defenders to dizziness.

Tao Dachun couldn't bear it anymore and took the lead in commanding the bed crossbow to attack the enemy. Three thick bed crossbows pounced on the stacked shields with the sound of the wind, one missed, and two hit. The giant shield that was shot was instantly torn apart, and the sharp crossbow arrows were not able to pick up the Youzhou soldiers hidden behind the shields, and continued to fly, where they passed, blood poured down on the hillside and spilled two eye-catching vertical lines.

Several Youzhou soldiers, who were unfortunately covered in blood, jumped away screaming, waving their hands and wiping them on their faces. However, the Youzhou soldiers, who were not affected by the bed crossbow, turned a blind eye to the blood thrown in midair. They continued to follow the other shields, clutching their spears, swords, and bows, and marched silently. Everyone's eyes flashed with determination and madness.

"Bah!" Two more crossbows broke away from the city and roared into the sea of shields. One failed, and the other nailed a Youzhou Ten General with a shield to the ground. The hapless ten generals held the crossbow in their hands, screaming and struggling, spinning. The two blood-stained legs, with the crossbow rod as the center, were drawn in a circle and a circle.

A guy dressed as a vice-head ran over quickly and ended his pain with a knife. Immediately, he slashed the crossbow rod with two more brushes, and easily scooped up the shield from the pool of blood. After an instant, a hole was shot in the middle, and the shield stained with blood all around it was raised again by the deputy head, and it was held high above the head. A few of the soldiers who had been screaming and hiding to the side quickly regained their courage, approached closer, and followed behind the deputy capital. Like a swarm of foraging ants, they have found a new leader again.

"Squeak squeak-" The Li Jiazhai auxiliaries hiding on the inside of the ice wall shouted loudly, dragging the rope that pulled the crossbow string on their shoulders. The loaders at the head of the city stared at the markings on the ballistas without blinking, hoping that the string crossbars would get closer to the markers sooner.

As soon as the bar crosses the designated marker, they can hook the crossbow string with a trap and reload the arrow.

However, the string crossbar seemed to be frozen, and it took a long time to move an inch. When the ancestor Lu Ban created the crossbow car, he couldn't bear it. It only gives it amazing lethality, but deprives it of reload speed and accuracy. Therefore, no matter how much the loaders roar and swear, they can't make the speed of the string crossbar "crawl" faster. (Note 1)

Taking advantage of the gap between the loading of the ballista car, the Youzhou army outside the ice city continued to advance. Soon, they came to a hundred and fifty steps away from the ice city.

That's the attacking side, the last line of safety. Further on, there is an endless stretch of ice. In order to create trouble for the attackers, last night, the villagers of Lijiazhai used the melting snow water to "repair" the ice surface again. All the footholds that could be found with the naked eye yesterday are now completely covered in ice. From one hundred and fifty paces to the base of the ice wall, a huge crust of ice froze out of the entire hillside, smooth as a mirror.

However, the wisdom of the commander of the Youzhou Army once again shocked the soldiers on the defending side. I saw that someone at the rear of the team waved the flag, and immediately, the sound of the drum turned from agitated to low. The Youzhou soldiers, who were in the first place behind the shield, quickly squatted down and untied the hay bales from behind. Then, in groups of five people next to each other, they used their hands and feet to spread the hay forward, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of hay passages were laid out on the ice shell. Four feet wide and narrow, one zhang long, the end of the passage points to the ice wall!

The soldier who had run out of hay quickly turned around and hid himself behind raising his shield. The second wave of soldiers untied the hay bales from their backs and quickly repeated the movements of the previous wave of accomplices. In the blink of an eye, the hay passage was extended forward for another foot and a half, and the surrounding ice surface reflected each other, with golden light and lingering energy!

"Shoot, shoot, shoot them, shoot them!" The defenders at the head of the city were first speechless, and then burst into a frenzied roar. The bed crossbow that had just been reloaded was once again powerful. Lined up the five sharp crossbows, and smashed them all over the heads of the Youzhou army outside the city.

Because the distance was close enough, the enemy troops were more densely positioned than before, and all five crossbow arrows hit the target. Red blood light and thick ice slag burst out in all directions, and the Youzhou soldiers who were worn together but did not die immediately danced their hands and feet and screamed loudly. However, the rest of the Youzhou soldiers, under the supervision of the head of the team and the ten generals, continued to pave the road to the ice city with hay. Every breath you take stretches the road a few feet forward.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...... among the heroes of Taihang Mountain, many people couldn't bear it and shot feather arrows outside the city with horned bows. At a distance of one hundred and twenty or thirty paces, most of the feather arrows had already lost their strength before they reached their destination. A few flew sporadically, and were blocked by the Youzhou shield hand who had been prepared for a long time with a giant shield, and with a "clank" sound, it flew back a few feet backwards and landed softly on the ice.

"Knock knock, knock knock, knock......" The drum beat suddenly changed the rhythm again. The order from the end of the team was transmitted to the ears of every Youzhou soldier as quickly as possible.

"Wang Liujin, Li Tusheng, Zhang Gouyu, the three of you move forward with your shields, and open the way for everyone in front of your heads!" A guy dressed as a head pricked up his ears to listen, and then began to assign tasks to the shield players under his command, "Xu Datou, Boyan, Lu Si, the three of you, stand in place and use your shields to shake the eyes of the defenders on the city. Hurry up, don't delay. General Han is watching us from behind!"

"Ah, ah, yes!" the shield-bearers, who were named, agreed with bitter faces, and then each pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers, and raised his shield to carry out the task.

Youzhou people's lives are hard, Youzhou people's lives are cheap, and Youzhou people can only avoid being robbed by the Khitan lord by the strong by the strong. And "strong people" like Han Kuangzan, Han Kuangmei and Han Kuangxian, while providing them with the least protection, can kill them and their families. They obeyed orders today, and there was a real chance that they would die from crossbow arrows or stray arrows. And if they refuse to obey orders today, it will not only be them who will die.

Similar to the situation of this Youzhou soldier, the other nearby teams also adjusted their combat arrangements according to the military orders that came from the sound of drums. In the blink of an eye, dozens of huge shields were piled up to the forefront, becoming the last barrier for pavers. In addition, dozens of giant shields were concentrated into a whole row, shooting the early spring sunlight to the head of the city.

The defenders at the head of the city were dazzled, and the feathered arrows fired below the city became more and more disheveled and inaccurate. The bed crossbow at the head of the city kept roaring, but the damage caused to the attacker by each round of fire was always in the single digits, and it was impossible to stop the opponent's advance.

Outside the ice city, the Youzhou army, which had gained momentum, became more and more arrogant. The hay-paved passage soon stretched to within seventy paces of the base of the wall. There were also dozens of guys who were good at archery, sneaking up behind the shield and pulling the bowstring towards the city.

"Whoosh ......" feathered arrows suddenly flew up the city, catching the defenders off guard. A few points of red mist floated up, and a few blood marks snaked down the battlements of the ice wall, and in a blink of an eye, the cold air condensed on the outer surface of the ice wall, one by one, shocking.

Enraged, the defenders, reflecting the oncoming mirrors, returned the color towards the attackers. Feathered arrows fired from both sides flew around in mid-air, constantly bringing up a mist of red blood and white ice slag. The bow wielders on both sides soon had red eyes, trying to find their targets, eager to seal their opponents' throats.

"Archers, archers ready. Zheng Ziming wore a pair of cloth boots wrapped with hemp rope and ran quickly around the city. While running, he forcefully pushed Brother Li Jiazhai, who was holding a horn bow in his hand, towards the mouth of the ice wall. "Don't panic, don't stare down. Protect yourself first, then listen to my commands, just listen with your ears. Straight ahead, seventy steps, raise the shaft of the arrow up by half a finger or two, ready to be thrown!"

Li Jiazhai Xiangyong, who had long been accustomed to obeying orders, recovered his reason from his anger one after another, and pressed against the battlements of Bingcheng to pull the horn bow hard. The feather arrow pointed upwards diagonally, and at the same time raised its ears sideways, waiting for the command.

"Ready-" Zheng Ziming quickly stopped, his eyes scanning left and right. Immediately, he shoved the brass whistle into his mouth and blew it vigorously, "Squeak-"

"Squeak-" A short whistle echoed through the city. The villagers, who had already formed a conditioned reflex, did not hesitate to let go of their bows and arrows. More than one hundred and fifty feathered arrows flew into the air in unison. flew upwards for more than forty steps first, and then quickly turned around and fell.

The remaining twenty or so steps of distance only need a short flick of a finger for a feather arrow flying at high speed. The cluster of arrows made of fine iron bypassed the shield from a high place and swooped down on the Youzhou archers hiding behind the shield.

"Puff puff puff!" the sound of iron piercing leather armor and muscles connected in a string, and in the center of the enemy formation, against the ice wall, a large cloud of red smoke floated up. Thirty Youzhou archers were hit by the feathered arrows thrown from the air, and they rolled on the ground screaming and struggling, and the blood stained the hay that had just been laid down into the color of flames.

"Ahh After running three or five steps, the ten generals of the team had already rushed up, and there was a sweep in the face.

"Poof!" red light shone brightly, and a pair of eyes full of horror rose into the air, tumbling, spinning, and could not close for a long time. Several of the corpses that had lost their heads continued to rush forward for a few steps, and fell with a bang.

Note 1: The bed crossbow first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was widely used in the Han Dynasty. But the folk habit of attributing all the invention of wooden utensils to Lu Ban.