Chapter 503: The Heroes of the Town
You Guo adopts the system of all soldiers, but the number of defenders in each village and town is not much, the maximum is only more than 1,000 people, and the least is only a dozen or even a few people.
The defenders of more than 1,000 men could not withstand the attack of a single corps.
Under the attack of the Jin army in all directions, the villages and towns around Juan were in a commotion, and the places where the two armies passed were basically turned into dead places, not only the valuable things in the villages and towns were swept away, but even the people were gone, even the livestock on the cultivated land and chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, dogs and other animals were not left.
The efficiency of the Jin army was very high, and a camp was soon built in the rear of the barracks, which was roughly the same area as the own barracks, the walls were high and strong, and tents were set up inside, and this camp was also specially used to accommodate the people of Youguo who were escorted back.
On the first day of the construction of the new camp, the inside was still quiet, and the second day came, it began to be lively, and hundreds of people of You Guo were forcibly imprisoned by the Jin army in batches, and those cattle and animals were also put in.
These cattle and beasts were not snatched back by the Jin army, most of them were taken by the people of You Country desperately.
In the era of agriculture, livestock was worth more than human life. Even in ancient China, the life of a ploughing cow was comparable to several human lives, and the ploughing cattle had a household registration, even if they died, they had to report to the government, and it was a capital crime to kill a ploughing cow privately, and it was a felony to eat beef.
The next day, Lin Haotian was bored in the camp tent, and when he was wandering outside, he happened to meet Liu Quan, the commander of the Fifth Corps of the First Army, who was counting troops. It turned out that Liu Quan was going to lead an army to attack the town of Luofang north of Juan.
Lin Haotian smiled secretly, it is better to come early than to come by chance! He said to Liu Quan: "That's right, Ben Shuai will go with you." β
Liu Quan was taken aback, adults want to go with him, in case of an accident, he can't keep ten heads!
His head shook like a rattle, and when he was thinking about how not to make the adults angry and refused, Lin Haotian raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?" General Liu thinks that this commander will drag you back?"
"No, no, no! The last general has no such intention!" Liu Quan was so frightened that he took two steps back and hurriedly bowed down.
"Since it's not. Then there is no need to say anything else. General Liu. Hurry up and order your troops!" Lin Haotian put his hands behind his back, and the old god was snorting at him on the ground.
No wonder my eyelids are jumping when I wake up this morning. Liu Quan sighed secretly in his heart, hardened his head, and continued to order troops.
Lin Haotian wanted to personally go to war with the army. Shao Lin naturally followed left and right. In addition, Tonglei and Jin Cheng also have peers.
Leave the barracks. On the way to Luofang Town, Liu Quan explained the town's intelligence to Lin Haotian in detail.
According to the investigation of the spies of his own country, there are thousands of defenders in Luofang Town. The town had a population of about 15,000, mostly old people, women and children, and adult men had either been drafted into Huaiyang or had joined the defenders in Juan.
At noon, the Jin army arrived at Luofang Town.
In terms of scale, Luofang Town is a large town, with many houses inside, and a defensive earthen wall made of adobe on the outside, but it is intermittent, and this thing is used to prevent bandits, but for the corps of the regular army, it is useless.
Obviously, the defenders of Luofang Town also heard the golden sound of the enemy's attack, and thousands of defenders had gathered behind the adobe wall, swords rattling, and waiting for the battle.
Liu Quan stepped forward to watch for a while, then retreated to Lin Haotian's side and asked, "My lord, can our army attack now?"
Lin Haotian smiled and said: "General Liu, you are the main general, how to command the brothers to fight, you have full discretion, you don't need to ask the marshal again." β
"Yes, my lord!" Liu Quan was relieved to hear him say this, and he waved his hand to call over a soldier under his command, and ordered him to go to the front to shout to You Jun and persuade him to surrender.
The soldier agreed, ran out of his own formation, came to a place about a hundred paces away from the adobe wall, and shouted: "Brother You Jun, listen, we are the Fifth Corps of the First Army of the Jin Kingdom, as long as you are willing to lay down your arms and surrender, our army will never hurt your lives, if you resist stubbornly, you will kill yourself......
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of breaking gold, and then, a lightning light pierced the sky and went straight for the Jin sergeant.
The arrow that flew was so fast that the Jin sergeant didn't even react at all, and he heard a pop in his ear chakra, and the arrow hit his throat, and the Jin sergeant's eyes widened, and his body had fallen straight down.
Seeing their brother being shot by the enemy, the soldiers of the Jin Army were all shocked and angry, and they couldn't imagine that the defenders of the town still hid such a powerful marksman.
Liu Quan took a deep breath, turned around and shouted loudly: "The whole army is on the arrow, ready to attack!"
As soon as he gave the order, the commanders conveyed his order one after another, and the Jin troops in each array took off their longbows, wound their arrows, and were ready to attack at any time.
Liu Quan drew his saber, swung it vigorously forward, and shouted, "Attackβ"
"Whoa!"
The tens of thousands of Jin troops advanced in unison, and when they advanced to a hundred and fifty steps away from the adobe wall, there were already sporadic arrows flying in front of them, and they were extremely accurate, and the arrows could hit the vital points of the Jin soldiers.
From time to time, people in the Jin army's camp were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, but this was not enough to affect the speed of the Jin army's advance. By the time the whole army had entered the adobe wall for a hundred paces, the Jin army's arrow array began to exert its might.
Tens of thousands of people, divided into two groups, took turns to release arrows, but in an instant, the adobe wall was filled with black pressed feathers, and the screams of the defenders were heard from behind the wall from time to time.
It didn't take long for the Jin army walking in front to be thirty paces close to the earthen wall, and at this time, the soldiers put away their bows and arrows, drew their swords together, and took off the crossbow pinned to their waists with the other hand.
In close combat, the power of the crossbow can be maximized, and under the continuous pressure of the crossbow arrows, the defenders behind the earthen wall do not even dare to show their heads, so they can only shrink behind the wall.
In this way, the advance of the Jin army became smoother.
Soon, the Jin soldiers had climbed the earthen wall, and the first group of people to go up became the living hands of the You army, spears, swords, and swords stabbed at them from all directions. Some of the Jin soldiers were stabbed into a sieve on the spot, while others jumped off the earthen wall and smashed their bodies into the defenders.
The first batch of Jin troops fell, followed by the second and third groups......
The Jin army's charge was fierce and continuous, wave after wave, wave after wave fierce, and soon after the two sides made head-on contact, the earthen wall was broken through by the Jin army, and the two sides started face-to-face hand-to-hand combat.
Lin Haotian, who was watching the battle, slowly pulled out his double knives and looked left and right. said to Shao Lin, Tong Lei, Jin Cheng and others: "Let's go! We will also help the brothers!"
Between words. He put on his armor and held the Darkiron Halberd in his hand, and rushed towards the battlefield in front of him.
Shao Lin and the others didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed. and Lin Haotian participated in the fierce battle between the two armies.
This. Lin Haotian didn't go on a killing spree. Basically, the blade is inward, the back of the knife is outward, and the back of the knife is smashed and slashed by You Jun. Mainly to stun enemies.
This is a battle without any suspense, the strength and combat power of the two sides are not at the same level at all, even if there is no shortage of marksmen and brave people in the You army, but after all, two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, and soon thousands of defenders were divided and surrounded by the Jin army.
In the end of the battle, most of the defenders were killed, and the remaining two or three hundred people were all captured by the Jin army.
As in the previous battles, no matter how different the strength of the two sides was, there was not a single deserter in the You army, which made the Jin army as the enemy feel sincerely admired.
After eliminating the defenders, the Jin army left hundreds of people to clean up the battlefield, rescue the wounded, and take care of the prisoners, and the other soldiers all dispersed to encircle the whole town and advance into the town in a circle.
As the Jin army entered the town, the originally quiet Luofang Town seemed to have exploded, and the people were boiling and crying, which was mixed with the abuse of the people and the screams of women and children.
Lin Haotian rode a horse, accompanied by Shao Lin, Tong Lei, Jin Cheng, Liu Quan and others, and walked in from the main street of the town.
Entering Luofang Town, Lin Haotian looked around, feeling that this town is quite prosperous, although there are not many shops on both sides of the street, there are also many taverns, teahouses, inns and cloth shops, clothing stores, jewelry stores, etc., it is estimated that it is also very lively here.
Seeing him looking left and right from time to time, Liu Quan explained: "My lord, the country of You has always been strong in the east and weak in the west, the counties in the east are close to the countries, and there has been no war for many years, so they are prosperous, while the counties in the west are often invaded by Fanbang, wars and chaos, barren and backward, Canglin County is next to the Yan country, sticking a lot of light, and it can also be called the first prosperous county in Youguo." β
In fact, Liu Quan is only half right, the east is strong and the west is weak, and in the military aspect, it is the west is strong and the east is weak, because the east is close to the countries and there is no war, so it is also negligent to take precautions, and the people are relatively soft, but in the west of the country, it has suffered from foreign enemies for many years, and the counties are full of checkpoints, and the fortresses are in groups.
The Four-Nation Coalition fought from east to west, and it also took a lot of advantage.
Lin Haotian nodded with a smile, he had carefully studied the situation of You Guo, and there was no need for Liu Quan to come to the class to get an axe to explain to him, but he still smiled at Liu Quan and said: "General Liu knows a lot, this is very good, don't just care about the battle in front of you, learn more about the situation of the enemy country, and it is also conducive to using troops against the enemy." β
Hearing the adult's praise, Liu Quan's mouth opened so wide with joy that he arched his hand and said, "The adult is right, and the last general will follow the teachings." β
As he spoke, he suddenly heard a scream like killing a pig in front of him, and then, with a crisp sound, a Jin sergeant flew upside down from the teahouse next to the street, fell on his back to the sky, and fell in the middle of the street, lying on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
Then, there was a roar of rage in the teahouse, but soon, with two screams of pain, two more Jin soldiers flew out of the teahouse, and they also fell in the middle of the street, rolling with the one who had fallen out before.
Seeing this, a burst of laughter instantly sounded in the teahouse.
It took a lot of effort for the three Jin soldiers to get up from the ground, their faces flushed, and they gritted their teeth in the direction of the teahouse.
Lin Haotian saw it clearly, frowned secretly, and urged the horse to go over.
When he came to the teahouse, he looked down inside, well, there were still a lot of guests in the teahouse, there were more than twenty, and the few tables in the small teahouse were filled, including men and women, old and young, no need to use insight, just feel the fluctuations of the air can be judged, those people are all underworld warriors.
It's a chivalrous man! Lin Haotian judged the identity of the other party almost immediately, and secretly said trouble!
I saw that the adults were coming. The faces of the three Jin sergeants turned from red to white, they endured the pain on their bodies, and trotted forward, just as they were about to salute them, Lin Haotian raised his hand, stopped them, and then asked softly, "Who hurt you?"
"It's me!" Before the three Jin soldiers could reply, a white-faced young man sitting by the door of the teahouse had already spoken loudly.
Sitting on the horse, Lin Haotian wanted to see the appearance of the person who spoke clearly and had to bend down, so he simply turned over and dismounted. Look up. The young Chinese New Year's Eve who spoke looked dignified, handsome and handsome, and could be called a talent.
He narrowed his eyes slightly. "Is that you?"
"That's right! Confidently.
Lin Haotian smiled indifferently. Questioned: "Listen to the accent, you are not a special person." β
"Down there is the Yan Man. β
What are you doing when you go to You Country? Lin Haotian asked, "Since you are a Yan person, why did you help You people hurt my brother Jin Jun?"
"I'm waiting for knights. The four seas are home, and it is not surprising that they appear anywhere. The white-faced young man said loudly and solemnly: "The two countries are at war, and the war should not hurt the innocent people, but the Jin army is wantonly hunting and killing the people of Youguo, what they have done, people and gods are angry, how can we sit idly by?"
"Well said!" the other knights in the teahouse all applauded their hands and listened to the accents, and many of them seemed to be special people.
Hearing everyone's praise, the white-faced young man's face unconsciously showed a smug look, and his eyes drifted to the window intentionally or unintentionally.
Lin Haotian followed his gaze and immediately found a young girl sitting by the window with outstanding appearance.
It's not that he has sharp eyes, but this girl is too outstanding, even if there are hundreds of people around, people can lock their eyes on her. She was dressed in white, and because she was sitting, she couldn't tell what her figure was, but she could still give people a sense of amazement.
He hadn't seen any kind of person, but just by looking at it, he could guess what was going on. This white-faced young man was obviously interested in that young girl, relying on his identity as a Yan person, he shot at Jin Jun in public, and wanted to show it in front of the girl. Fortunately, he didn't get out of his head yet, he just hurt people and didn't dare to kill.
With a sneer in his heart, Lin Haotian said slowly: "Since you are a chivalrous man, it is best not to meddle in the affairs of the national war, and this is not a place for you to wait for the road to see injustice and draw a sword to help, so leave quickly." β
Although Lin Haotian was not wearing armor, looking at the degree of respect that Jin Bing respected him, he must also be a high-ranking official and noble in the Jin army, but he did not punish himself for hurting others, and he had to let himself go, the white-faced young man's courage immediately grew, thinking that the other party was worried about his identity as a Yan person and did not dare to touch him.
He straightened his back and asked, "It's okay for me to leave, but you have to tell me what the Jin army wants to do with the people of this town?"
"No comment. Lin Haotian replied simply.
"If that's the case, we won't leave!"
"Oh?" Lin Haotian smiled coldly, shook his head and said: "People are like this, they will always do something that is beyond their strength and put their nose on the face. As he spoke, he turned his head sideways and said, "Pile firewood!" and burn this teahouse for me!" After saying that, he prepared to get on his horse and leave.
The white-faced young man was furious and shouted, "Stop!" As soon as the words fell, the person also rushed out of the teahouse, and at some point there was a bright long sword in his hand, stabbing straight at Lin Haotian's heart.
It would be nothing if the white-faced young man just sat there and made a lot of nonsense, but as soon as he made his move, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and the surrounding sounds sounded.
"Bold!" Shao Lin screamed, his body was like an arrow, and he suddenly rushed over.
Before the white-faced young man arrived in front of Lin Haotian, his body had just jumped out of the teahouse, and Shao Lin arrived.
The two met in the air, and the white-faced young man didn't react to what was going on, Shao Lin's palm had covered his face, and he jumped out of the teahouse and pressed it back into the teahouse.
Hearing a muffled sound, the white-faced young man fell heavily on the ground of the teahouse, cracking several wooden planks on the ground, while Shao Lin stood next to him, one hand still pressing his face door, and the other hand had already grasped the golden arrow, and the arrow was dead against his throat.
Almost at the same time, a circle of black mist appeared around Shao Lin and the young man, and then, more than a dozen men in black appeared out of thin air, holding long war knives in their hands, and their emotionless eyes stared coldly at the young man who was restrained by Shao Lin.
"Wow-"
The change came too quickly, the knights in the teahouse were in an uproar, Shao Lin's body and shot were amazingly fast, and the black-clothed men who appeared later were all demonic martial artists, how could it not be surprising that many black martial arts masters appeared together?
From beginning to end, Lin Haotian didn't look back at it, as if everything that happened behind him had nothing to do with him. When he sat down on the horse, he slowly turned his head and muttered with a sneer: "And so on, it's not a pity to die!"
The white-faced young man was too frightened to move at this time, he looked at Lin Haotian outside the teahouse in disbelief, and his whole heart rose to his throat.
Now, he finally felt that the identity of this handsome young man in front of him in the Jin Army must not be simple, otherwise it would be impossible for him to gather so many masters of the Underworld Martial Arts. He gasped for breath and asked in a trembling voice, "Who is Your Excellency?"
"You just need to know that I am a person who can kill you at any time!"
"I'm ...... Yanren"
Before he could finish speaking, Lin Haotian had already laughed on his back, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't say that you are a chivalrous guest of the Yan Kingdom, even if you are a high-ranking official of the Yan Kingdom, you don't dare to be so presumptuous in front of this handsome!"
Hearing him call himself handsome, not to mention that the white-faced young man was dumbfounded, the other knights in the teahouse also changed their faces greatly, and they couldn't help but stand up one after another, and many knights had already touched their hands to the weapons on their bodies.
Seeing this, Jiang Fan, Shao Lin, Jin Cheng, Liu Quan, and more than 20 accompanying demon warriors were all around Lin Haotian.
"You...... Are you Lin Haotian, the commander of the Golden Army?" The arrogant momentum of the white-faced young man just now was gone, and the words he said became stammering.
Lin Haotian ignored him, sat on the horse, looked down at the knights in the teahouse, and said in a cold voice: "The battle between countries has nothing to do with you and other knights, so don't meddle in your affairs and leave here quickly." β
He knows very well how big the trouble of chivalry is, killing one, he can come up with a group of chivalrous to avenge it, and in the end, he can only make the trouble bigger and bigger, so if he can, try not to provoke. Of course, if the other party is really excessive, he doesn't care about the killer.
"It's really surprising that the little Luofang Town can actually be visited by General Lin in person!" With a crisp voice, the young girl sitting next to the window slowly walked out of the teahouse. (To be continued......)