Chapter 928: The Battle of National Fortunes

When Zhou Sen left the Dark Forest with a full load, the cold sun had already risen.

When rushing back to Wuchao City, on the way, a large number of soldiers and horses of the Han Empire were marching towards Jiudao in a hurry.

Zhou Sen's prediction came true once again.

After more than three months of preparation, the crusaders gathered hundreds of thousands of troops and launched a fierce attack on Jiudaogui.

Among the three barriers of Wuchao City, Jiudaogui is the most important barracks, because more than 80% of the supplies of Wuchao City and the other two barracks have to be transported through the waterway of Jiudaogui.

As long as Jiudaogui is controlled by Wuchao City, the Crusaders will not be able to cut off the connection between Wuchao City and the outside world, and it is for this reason that Jiudaogui is the top priority for both the Crusaders and the army of the Han Empire.

The current Nine Turns are not the Nine Turns that were burned three months ago, because, after three months of construction, it is not an exaggeration to describe the Nine Turns as impregnable.

In addition to the high pool danger of Jiudaogui itself, Jiudaogui and Wuchao City and the other two barracks are in a horn situation, as long as the crusaders launch an attack on Jiudaogui, they will get help as soon as possible.

Theoretically, this cold weather is not suitable for siege, because the city wall is frozen like steel, even if the gap is opened, as long as water is poured, it can immediately form a smooth and hard city wall.

However, the Crusaders have heavenly armies!

In front of the Black-Winged Kunpeng, no matter how high and steep the city is, it has no meaning to them.

The war began after the fifth watch.

When Wuchao City saw the beacon fire in the sky, it immediately sent powerful reinforcements to help defend it.

50,000 Hun cavalry, 50,000 infantry, plus the original 150,000 troops of Jiudaogui, the total strength has reached 250,000.

Theoretically, the siege soldiers should be more than three times the number of defensive soldiers in order to break through the city wall, and now, the defenders of Jiudaogui have reached 250,000 people, which means that the crusaders need to mobilize 700,000 troops to be able to capture Jiudaogui.

At the beginning, General Wu Yuan's idea of defeat all the way was that the combat strength of the Han Empire was inferior to that of the Crusaders, and the Han army had to take the initiative to retreat to preserve its strength if it wanted to win.

After that, the people were fully mobilized to withdraw with the army, and the fortified walls and clear the field would never leave a ration or a house for the enemy. Retreat to the depths of the Han Empire, mobilize the people, organize a new army, expand the strength, the more cities the enemy occupies, the more scattered the troops, the deeper and deeper our hinterland, the more fragile the supply.

The Han army stepped up the training of soldiers, and it was best to organize soldiers and horses, concentrate superior forces, attack one of them, scatter them with the crowd, step by step, gradually consume the living force of the crusaders, harass the enemy's supply lines, and when the strength of the Han Imperial Army exceeded the enemy's strength, they would take the initiative to attack and fight a decisive battle with the enemy, and destroy the enemy in one fell swoop to recover the country.

General Wu Yuan was worthy of being an excellent military strategist, but he ignored the powerful intelligence capabilities of the Black-winged Kunpeng and the efficient mobility of the Crusader Rangers, so that he was defeated and retreated out of control, and finally, he retreated to Wuchao City.

And today, the offensive and defensive battles that have been repeatedly staged in the Han Empire have kicked off again.

More than 100,000 rangers stood still outside the Nine Paths, and the Crusader Heavenly Army composed of thousands of black-winged Kunpeng took turns attacking the city in the air, consuming the vitality of the defenders of the Nine Paths.

At the beginning of the war, the Han Empire was at a disadvantage, because the soldiers defending the city could not attack the black-winged Kunpeng at all, and the sharp arrows in the sky fell like raindrops, as long as they emerged from the bunker, they were immediately shot into hedgehogs......

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In Jiudaogui, there are also a lot of superpowers, among them, there is no shortage of masters, but, because the number is too small, it is a drop in the bucket, and there are also a large number of masters lurking in the crusaders' heavenly army, once there are superpowers to join the battle, they will take the black-winged Kunpeng to kill in a swarm, after several superpowers were killed one after another, no superpowers dare to take risks.

The crusaders occupied the absolute initiative, and all the Han soldiers who dared to show their heads would become targets for arrows.

Less than half an hour after the battle began, the defenders of Jiudaogui had suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the city walls were full of corpses that had been shot like hedgehogs.

In the face of the locust-like arrows in the sky, the soldiers defending the city could not hide in their bunkers, because they had to be constantly on the lookout for the Crusaders to open the city gates.

It would be a nightmare if the gates were opened and a hundred thousand crusaders poured in......

General Wu Yuan gave a death order, people are in the city, the city is broken, and people are dead, and he will never take a step back.

The war was unprecedentedly fierce.

The Han soldiers braved the feathers of arrows and kept shooting arrows into the sky, but unfortunately, their bravery and blood were not rewarded.

Lu Tutu is one of the commanders of the defenders of the Nine Dao Crutches, and he is going crazy, because the entire Nine Dao Crutches can pose a threat to the Black-winged Kunpeng, including himself, there are no more than ten people, and even these few can't shoot unscrupulously, because, once they show their heads, the overwhelming arrow feathers will fall like a tide.

Seeing the soldiers fall one by one, Lu Tutu had fallen into a state of rage, he threw away the heavy iron rod of hundreds of catties, carried a special quiver, and carried a longbow to run wildly on the city.

Lu Tutu's tactic is very simple, that is, to keep moving to avoid becoming a live target, and in this high-speed movement, Lu Tutu will keep bending his bow and shooting arrows.

Lu Tutu was born with divine power, and the longbow he held was even more special, and the range was extremely strong, enough to pose a deadly threat to the black-winged Kunpeng in the sky.

After shooting down more than a dozen black-winged Kunpeng in succession, Lu Tutu who was running wildly on the city wall became the focus, and wave after wave of arrow rain chased and intercepted, often Lu Tutu just ran over, and the ground on the city wall was immediately nailed with black pressed arrow feathers.

Fortunately, the armor stomach on Lu Tutu's body weighed hundreds of catties, which was very thick, and the sharp arrows shot at him, making a clanging and thrilling metal impact sound, which could not hurt Lu Tutu's body......

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On a hillside outside the Nine Corners City, General Gore rode on a huge war horse, looking at the strong body on the city wall, and his eyes shot a soaring murderous intent.

In this battle, you can only win, not lose!

For this battle, General Gore prepared for three months, and transferred almost all the heavenly forces to Jiudaogui.

In fact, General Gore knows very well that winter is not suitable for attacking the city, however, he has no choice, he can't sit back and watch Wuchao City grow, if he waits for the spring flowers to bloom next year, Wuchao City with the back of the Xiongnu steppe will be even stronger, and at that time, Wuchao City will take the initiative to attack.

If it was just the army of the Han Empire, General Gore would naturally not take it to heart, but now, the Han Empire has obtained hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu troops, including the Hun cavalry whose combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of the Crusader rangers.

In the last Red Bull battle, General Gore realized that the Hun cavalry was not as vulnerable as he imagined, and in fact, the Hun cavalry was not inferior to the Crusader rangers, and the skill of riding and archery was still surpassed.

All along, Gore ignored the existence of the Huns, because, according to intelligence, the war between the Huns and the Han Empire had never been truly victorious, and just a few years ago, even Shan Yu was killed by Zhou Sen.

There is no doubt that General Gore was wrong.

The Huns could not defeat the Han Empire, not because of their combat strength, but because the Han Empire had Wuchao City to defend, and it was only thousands of Hun cavalry who went deep into Wuchao City from the dark forest, and they made the Han Empire jump, and its combat effectiveness can be seen.

In the face of the fierce Hun cavalry, the best way for the Crusaders is to strangle them in Wuchao City, if their iron cavalry is allowed to set foot on the vast plains of the Han Empire, it will be the dream demon of the Crusaders, even if the Crusaders finally win, they will pay a very heavy price.

If the Battle of Red Bull was a turning point, then this war was a life-and-death battle, and if the Crusaders lost, then they would not be able to use troops against Wuchao City for a long time in the future.

If the Great Han loses, the 100,000 Crusader Iron Cavalry, under the cover of the Celestial Army composed of Black-winged Kunpeng, will be like a bamboo all the way to capture Wuchao City......

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This time, in order to capture Wuchao City, General Gore can be said to have made a bloody investment, not only summoning the black-winged Kunpeng who was all over the Han Empire to reconnoiter intelligence, but also bringing the masters brought from the Heavenly Kingdom to his side.

For the sake of Wuchao City, General Gore even sat back and watched Zhenshui Pass grow stronger and stronger.

Of course, for General Gore, Zhenshui Pass is not a concern at all, as long as the Wuchao City is broken, and the little emperor is captured alive or killed, the resistance of the entire Han Empire will naturally collapse at that time.

General Gore attaches unprecedented importance to Wuchao City, in addition to the little emperor, but also because of Zhou Sen.

General Gore found that only after the appearance of Zhou Sen, the original good form was suddenly reversed, and the crusaders all over the major cities of the Han Empire, not only Zhenshui Pass was inserted in the heart of the crusaders like a wedge, but also the Wuchao City, which was originally in danger, unexpectedly allied with the Huns, and had a superior force over the crusaders, which completely disrupted General Gore's military pace.

"Kill the man on the wall!" General Gore's gaze was like a poisonous snake.

"Yes, General!"

A big man wearing leather armor, holding a longbow, carrying a quiver on his shoulder, and a handful of golden curly hair on his head raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar, and in the sky, a huge black-winged Kunpeng fell like a dark cloud.

The big man on the horse jumped on the black-winged Kunpeng with a slight tilt, and the black-winged Kunpeng shook its wings, setting off a fierce wind, and the snowflakes on the hillside shot out, just in the blink of an eye, the black-winged Kunpeng had turned into a small gray spot, mixed with thousands of black-winged Kunpeng......

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When approaching the Jiudaogui barracks, Zhou Sen saw Shan Yu's handsome banner, pressed the flying sword, made peace with the cavalry led by Shan Yu, and rushed all the way to Jiudaogui.

Whoosh whoosh ......

The 50,000 Hun cavalry, just approaching the nine turns, was immediately attacked by the heavenly crusade army, the black-winged Kunpeng hovered in the sky, like a black lightning bolt across the head of the Hun cavalry, every time it crossed, it must be a round of arrow feathers.

In the face of round after round of arrow feathers, the Huns have shot arrows into the sky, but the black-winged Kunpeng is not only flying very high at speed, but also the speed is also very terrifying, although the Huns are all masters of riding and archery, but in the face of the black-winged Kunpeng like lightning in the sky, there is still nothing to do.

In a series of screams, the Hun cavalry who were hit by the arrow rolled off their horses one after another, and for a while, the 50,000 Hun cavalry, which was originally in order, became chaotic, and it was useless to let the roaring filial piety alone.

Zhou Sen already had a longbow in his hand, and kept bending his bow and shooting arrows, but the number of Black-Winged Kunpeng was too much, and with his own strength, it was impossible to kill thousands of Black-winged Kunpeng flying at high speed in a short time.

"Let me come!"

Just when the Hun cavalry was in chaos, suddenly, a blue figure came out.

It's Fan'er.

Yijian Master Fan Nick!

General Gore never dreamed that among the Huns, there was a kind of person who was the nightmare of the black-winged Kunpeng.

"All those who know how to use the art of arrows have gathered around me!" Dressed in a strong suit, Van Nick jumped on the horse, raised her arms and shouted.

Among the Huns, although there are not many people who know the art of arrows, there are definitely a lot, you know, the Fan'er family was responsible for teaching the art of arrows to the clansmen.

The soldiers who knew the art of arrows gathered around Fan'er, and in just a few breaths, dozens of people gathered.

Dozens of people are insignificant on the entire battlefield, but if dozens of people who know the art of arrows are gathered together, they will form an extremely terrifying force.

Under the leadership of Fan Ni'er, dozens of people formed an iron triangle battle array, some of whom were specifically responsible for intercepting the sharp arrows from the sky that were shooting at them, and some of them were specifically shooting the black-winged Kunpeng.

The Black-Winged Kunpeng is very flexible, except for masters of the level of Fan Nicker and Zhou Sen who can shoot, ordinary soldiers, even if they know the art of arrows, it is difficult to shoot at the target.

However, when a group of Yi Arrow masters are together, the situation is very different, because the Yi Arrow Technique, there is a wonderful sense, mutual cooperation, can preset an ambush in the air, so that the Black-winged Kunpeng plunged into the arrow array.

After dozens of people formed a battle formation and cooperated in the division of labor, the black-winged Kunpeng ushered in a nightmare, like ghost-like sharp arrows in the air, one by one the black-winged Kunpeng was shot down, for a while, the flesh and blood flew sideways, the feathers flew, and the black-winged Kunpeng falling from the sky was like raindrops.

Faced with this miraculous archery, the surrounding black-winged Kunpeng was so frightened that they scattered and fled......

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The cheers of the Hun cavalry soared into the sky, shocking the earth.

Under the protection of the archers, 50,000 Hun cavalry joined the fierce battle.

On the head of the city, it is already difficult to enter, there are arrows like snow everywhere, and some soldiers defending the city have hundreds of sharp arrows in their bodies, densely packed, like hedgehogs, shocking.

Lu Tutu is still fighting alone on the city wall.

At this time, Lu Tutu was completely crazy, putting life and death out of the way, running wildly all the way, roaring loudly, with arrows under his feet, stepping on powder, and the longbow in his hand, constantly making a whistling sound, every time a sharp arrow was shot, it must be a rain of blood......

Lu Tutu didn't notice that in the sky, there was a pair of cold eyes staring at him.

Sou!

A sharp arrow, like a ghost, silently shot at Lu Tutu's galloping legs.

"Ah......h

Lu Tutu let out a heart-rending scream, and his huge and majestic body suddenly rolled down the city wall, and the city wall shook for a while.

A cold smile appeared on the corners of the blue mouth of the leather-armored man on the black-winged Kunpeng's back, and his legs were slightly forced, and the black-winged Kunpeng shot towards the city like a sharp arrow, and the fierce wind blew the curly yellow hair on the leather-armored man's head to float back, like an angry lion, extremely fierce.

The purpose of the leather armor big man was not only to kill Lu Tutu, but also to cut off Lu Tutu's head and hit the morale of the Han Empire's army.

At this time, there was only Lu Tutu on the city wall, and the leather-armored man could calmly cut off Lu Tutu's head, and then run away.

It is conceivable that if the crusaders can take people's heads among thousands of troops, it will be like picking up things, and the psychological pressure on the Han soldiers can be imagined.

Lu Tutu fainted blood, although this problem has been overcome, it has been rooted in his soul.

In fact, when Lu Tutu was fighting, he was looking at the sky, and he didn't dare to look at the bloody ground on the city wall at all.

When Lu Tutu was hit by the arrow, he subconsciously looked down at his legs, this look, it was terrible, although he didn't faint, but he was so frightened that he screamed, as if he had lost three souls and seven spirits, and he was weak and weak.

Just an arrow shot in the leg, a Mengren like Lu Tutu, who is born with divine power, will never be slaughtered and lose his combat effectiveness, but the key is that Lu Tutu faints blood......

The fierce killing intent exuded from the yellow-furred armored man did not awaken Lu Tutu's fighting spirit.

At this time, the yellow-fur-armored man who had been speeding all the way had already drawn the scimitar at his waist, and the scimitar flashed with a heart-warming cold light in the morning light.

Lu Tutu's eyes swept over as he watched the sharp blade sweep over......

Many people have a situation like Lu Tutu, for example, when they see a car crashing towards them, they can dodge it with a slight flash, but often the vast majority of people will become unreasonably clumsy when facing this situation.

In fact, whether it is human beings or animals, when encountering danger or natural enemies, they will show two extremes, first, there is a type of human body instinct that can guide human thinking, when danger comes, the body will show unusual strength and agility, the first time to avoid danger.

The first type of people mostly have a potential talent, or they have developed a conditioned reflex through their usual training, while the second type of people, that is, the vast majority of ordinary people, often have a sudden plummeting IQ in the face of danger, and their intelligence level is no different from that of young children.

This is especially true in the animal world, for example, some animals, when caught by predators, will panic and even lose their ability to move.

There is no doubt that Lu Tutu is no longer as good as an ordinary person in combat effectiveness because of blood sickness, and in the face of the attack of the Crusader masters, he is like a lamb to the slaughter.

Lu Tutu's child's hole is enlarged sharply.

Suddenly, a long-haired back appeared in front of Lu Tutu, for Lu Tutu, there is no place in this world that can be safer than where he is now.

Zhou Sen.