Chapter 413: Returning Home

Seeing Liu Xian's solemn expression, the two corps commanders who came with him asked, "General Liu, Fengyang is dangerous, can we fight yet?"

Liu Xian came back to his senses, glanced at the two of them angrily, and said: "Even if Fengyang is the tiger's den in Longtan, today, we are bound to take this city!" After a pause, he shouted: "Pass on my generals, and the whole army will attack the city!"

"Knock, knock—"

With Liu Xian's order, the drums of the Jin army camp became loud, and in the valley, the drums became extremely loud, and the echo did not disperse for a long time.

At the same time as the drums sounded, the two corps of the Jin Army slowly walked out from behind the bend and advanced straight to Fengyang City in front.

The range of the bow and arrow is 100 steps, and as the side defending the city, because of the advantage of height, the range is longer, it can be said that the Jin army turned the corner, and as soon as it appeared, it had entered the range of Fengyang. However, the advance of the Jin army did not attract the arrows of the Red Army, and when I looked at the head of Fengyang City from afar, I only saw the flags that were planted, but I could not see the shadow of the Red Army.

Liu Xian, who was advancing with the army, was confused and couldn't figure out what was going on. It stands to reason that the Red Army's arrow shooting should have started a long time ago, but why did it not move for a long time, and not even a ghost shadow could be seen? Could it be that the Red Army in the city knew that it was invincible and had abandoned the city and fled? If so, it would be too boring for the vanguard officer to do so.

He pondered in his heart, and before he knew it, the Jin army at the front was already fifty steps closer to Fengyang.

At this moment, people suddenly heard a dull buzzing sound above their heads, and the Jin soldiers subconsciously raised their eyes to look up, only to see a huge black shadow flying down in the sky, and before people could figure out what it was, the huge black shadow had been pressed in the Jin army's camp. In the ear chakra, a muffled sound was heard, and the three golden soldiers who were smashed by the black shadow did not say a word, and turned into meat cakes on the spot. The blood burst out in a large area, and it was only at this time that people could see clearly that what fell from the sky was a round boulder.

The boulder did not stop after falling, and with the inertia of flying down and the gentle slope outside Fengyang City, the boulder continued to roll forward. The Jin soldiers standing in front of the boulder just wanted to dodge, but it was too late, and the boulder ruthlessly crushed over their bodies, and for a while, the screams and exclamations of the Jin army were connected.

This was just the beginning, with bursts of buzzing sounds, Fengyang City continued to soar round boulders, flying over the city walls, and smashing viciously towards the Jin army camp. That's not all, the whistle at the head of Fengyang City was everywhere, and countless Red Army troops stood up behind the arrow battlements, aiming at the outside of the city, and fired arrows in unison.

In just an instant, the Jin army camp of the two corps was beaten into a mess, and the boulders that fell from the sky bloomed everywhere in the Jin army camp, ruthlessly crushing the Jin soldiers. The people managed to dodge the tumbling boulders, and were hit by a dense barrage of arrows.

The soldiers of the Jin army fell to the ground in groups. The whole camp was littered with corpses shot into hedgehogs and severed limbs crushed to a bloody pulp, and the screams and screams of the people were horrific and unbearable.

Oops! The Red Army did not abandon the city, but had already prepared for its own attack! Liu Xian commanded the arrows on his horse to avoid falling rocks: "The whole army is in formation." Let the rear army carry all the stone throwers and city-breaking crossbows, and smash Fengyang's city defense for me!"

It's easy for him to say, but where can the Jin army line up at this time?

The boulders thrown out of Fengyang City are the biggest threat to the Jin Army's array, and the boulders weighing hundreds of catties are not at all able to resist by the shield array, once they are hit and crushed by them. The most important point of the formation is to keep the overall formation intact, a loophole appears, it may suffer from the enemy's concentrated arrow shooting, not to mention that under the boulder attack, the Jin army camp is full of loopholes, and the Jin army concentrated in the array will only become the target of the red army in the city.

In addition, the stone thrower and the city-breaking crossbow pushed out by the Jin army are not much better, the red army on Fengyang City can shoot the arrows directly, without waiting for the Jin army's stone-throwing machine and city-breaking crossbow to launch, the surrounding Jin soldiers were shot clean first, and there are a large number of rockets on the shelves of the stone-throwing machine and the city-breaking crossbow, as long as a few rockets are in the middle, a stone-throwing machine or city-breaking crossbow will be burned in an instant, and the Jin soldiers want to rescue it against the rain of arrows.

Under the leadership of Liu Xian, the two corps of the directly subordinate army, not to mention that they can't launch any offensive against Fengyang, and even self-protection is a problem, in this case, if someone else else has already ordered the withdrawal of the army, this battle can't be fought at all, but Liu Xian is not reconciled, he finally found an opportunity to make a contribution, if he was repelled by the enemy army without even touching the edge of the city, what face would he have to go back to the adult?

At the critical moment, Liu Xian temporarily organized a group of death squads, and personally led more than a dozen underworld warriors and more than 1,000 elites of the Jin army to launch a strong attack on Fengyang City, intending to tear a hole in the opponent's defense line.

With shields in one hand and swords and swords in the other, they swooped forward, dodging falling boulders and blocking flying arrows.

Soon, the Red Army at the head of the city also discovered this small Jin army that was frantically advancing forward, and they naturally became the target of the Red Army's concentrated attack.

Above the city, the arrows that flew towards them were as dense as raindrops, and even if the soldiers of the Jin army held shields to block, there were still people who fell to the ground from time to time, and in this case, once they fell to the ground, they could no longer get up, and the dense array of arrows would mercilessly cover them.

What a fierce arrow shot! Liu Xian secretly exclaimed as he charged, where was the Red Army that his side had encountered two or three days ago, it was simply a regular central army of a country! The oncoming rain of arrows left him without extra energy to think about it, and at this time he was bent on rushing to the foot of Fengyang City, and then climbing up to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Liu Xian's martial arts are good, but under the continuous arrow shooting, the armor on his body can't stand it. When he rushed to less than thirty steps away from Fengyang City, the armor on his body had been shot by arrows many times, and it was densely covered with cracks, which could be completely shattered at any time.

He still wanted to continue to rush forward, but at this time, the two corps commanders who followed him in the charge both stepped forward and shouted: "General Liu, the enemy's arrow array is fierce, we can't stand it, hurry up and retreat!"

Liu Xian held his shield aloft, and at the same time turned around and shouted angrily: "Don't retreat! You wait for me to rush to the city and kill the enemy!"

"General Liu, the brothers are almost dead, why do you rush to the city! General Liu, withdraw first!" a corps commander shouted.

Liu Xian fixed his eyes and saw that behind him, there were only more than 100 people left, and there were corpses on the ground, and most of the death squads of thousands of people had been shot by the arrows of the Red Army, including those soldiers who ran with ladders.

Seeing this, Liu Xian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and before he could make a decision on whether to attack or retreat, a sharp arrow that flew down hit his left shoulder.

This arrow became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the armor on Liu Xian's body could no longer bear it, and with a crisp click, the armor on his left shoulder shattered in response, and the arrow was deeply inserted into his flesh.

Liu Xian was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder, snorted in pain, and the shield in his hand unconsciously lowered downward, that is, in the blink of an eye, several carving feathers flew in again, all nailed to his chest.

"Pounce, pounce, pounce!"

With a continuous muffled sound, Liu Xian was hit by several arrows in his chest, he roared and roared to the sky, and the person had fallen straight down.

Seeing this, the two corps commanders behind him were so frightened that their faces changed greatly, and they hurriedly rushed forward, supported him, and then did not dare to take half a step forward, while using their shields to protect the seriously injured Liu Xian, while dragging him back again and again, and at the same time shouting: "Withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops immediately!"

The Fourth Army's first attack on Fengyang ended hastily with the crushing defeat of its vanguard army.

In this battle, the Fourth Army Corps can be described as a complete defeat, two corps, 20,000 soldiers, not even a corps when they withdrew, the vanguard officer Liu Xian was also hit by more than a dozen arrows, dying, in addition, the loss of stone throwers and bows and crossbows during the attack added up to more than 100 planes. Not to mention that the Fourth Army has never suffered such a defeat, since Lin Haotian entered the Red Army, the Jin Army has never been defeated so badly.

Hearing the news of the defeat of the vanguard army, Lin Haotian and General Jin were shocked, and when people saw Liu Xian, the latter had lost his mind, and there were more than ten arrows stuck in his body shockingly.

Lin Haotian still attached great importance to Liu Xian, a young general, and specially arranged his own exclusive military doctor to treat his injuries, and then, under the protection of many golden generals, he personally went to the vicinity of Fengyang to observe the terrain of Fengyang City. (To be continued......)