Volume III Chapter 581
The heavy shieldmen in the Jin army had already reached the front, and the people shouted loudly: "Attention! Coming, coming! Resist, resist, resistβ"
Before the shouting fell, I heard a muffled sound of 'dong', and it turned out that a stone bullet tumbling down the hillside hit the heavy shield of the First Legion, and the Jin sergeant behind the shield was shocked, but finally resisted the stone bullet that rolled down the hillside.
"Send it this way! Don't go too fast, go down little by little!" "The Jin soldiers pushed the stopped stone bullets to the rear, and in the middle of the Jin army's camp, it was even more lively, and many Jin soldiers were fixing the stone throwers and city-breaking crossbows.
Due to the slope, it is much more difficult to fix the stone thrower and the city-breaking crossbow than on the flat ground, and it is a stake and a stone pad, which makes the surrounding Jin soldiers sweat profusely.
The First Army finally secured the stone throwers and the city-breaking crossbows, and the golden generals gave the order to continue the attack.
However, the attack of the First Legion was not to advance the soldiers, but to activate the stone throwing machine and the city-breaking crossbow, and constantly fire stone bullets and crossbow arrows at the Red Dragon Altar.
The stone projectiles and crossbow arrows of the First Legion seemed to be infinite, round after round, and they kept throwing and catapulting out of the city, until the walls of the Red Dragon Altar were smashed in all directions, and the arrow stacks were also filled with crossbow arrows from the city-breaking crossbows.
Bai He, who was watching the battle in the rear, nodded secretly, the first army is worthy of being the first army, and the battle is really orderly, first suppressing the opponent with a large number of siege weapons, so that the loss of his own soldiers can be minimized.
It seems that the First Legion will soon be going to use its real skills to attack the city with all its might! Shirakawa mentally calculated the steps of the First Legion to attack the city.
However, the First Legion's attack with the stone throwing machine and the city-breaking crossbow did not stop, as if it was going to continue forever, and the stone bullets and crossbow arrows continued to fly out of the head of the Jin army camp and smashed into the opposite wall.
Under such a frantic attack by the Jin Army, the head of the Red Dragon Altar was no longer standing. The Red Army defending the city ran down the city wall one after another, and took refuge under the wall, and no other sound could be heard except for the continuous loud sound of 'boom, boom', and the wall against which the back was leaning could feel a tremor, as if the city wall might collapse at any time.
At this time, even the defenders who were originally full of confidence were pale. Shivering involuntarily, they had never experienced such a powerful siege.
The siege weapons of the First Legion completely suppressed the defenders in the city, regardless of the continuous firing of 'ammunition', Bai He's gloomy face eased a lot, he showed a rare relaxed look, shook his head and sighed while giving Ding Feng a thumbs up, and said: "Your army's large equipment is infinitely powerful, it can really be called a siege weapon!"
Ding Feng smiled lightly and said, "It's just a few 'gadgets'. How can you enter the eyes of Brother Bai?"
"Hey?" Bai He waved his hand again and again, and said, "Brother Ding, don't say that, if our army could have such a sharp weapon, it must have already won the Red Dragon Altar!"
Ding Feng smiled on his back and didn't say anything more, but he secretly said in his heart: Even if I give you these stone throwers and city-breaking crossbows, I won't be able to defeat the Red Dragon Altar! The walls of the Red Dragon Altar are still standing, and there is not even any damage. It can be seen that the fortification of the city is strong. Under such a city defense, the role of the stone thrower and the city-breaking crossbow was very limited, and there was no other role than temporarily suppressing the defenders.
Of course, the 'ammunition' of the First Legion was not unlimited, and under the high-density blows, the stone bullets and crossbow arrows in the army were exhausted in half an hour. Then, the shouting in the camp of the First Army rang again, and the people released all the stone throwers and crossbows that had been fixed just now, and then the rear army changed to the front army. Behind the heavy shield hand, the whole army retreated.
Bai He couldn't believe his eyes, the Jin army, who was frantically attacking the city just now, didn't even move a knife or a shot against the defenders after using up the stone thrower and the city-breaking crossbow, and didn't even shoot an arrow, so he withdrew like this......? Why did your army withdraw?"
Ding Feng smiled and said, "Our army's stone bullets and crossbow arrows have been exhausted, and next, it's time for the new Red Army brothers!"
"What?!"
"Don't worry! Under such a continuous attack by our army, the city defense of the Red Dragon Altar is already crumbling and vulnerable, and the new Red Army brothers will be able to easily win this battle!" Ding Feng said cheekily.
When Bai He heard this, his nose was almost crooked, and if he dared to love the Jin Army, he would use a stone thrower and a city-breaking crossbow, and then there would be no trouble, and he had to use his own soldiers to attack the city in substance! How could there be such a brazen person in the world?!
His face sank suddenly, and he said in a cold voice: "Is it too perfunctory for your army to attack the city like this? Could it be that this is the sincerity of the alliance between the two countries?"
Ding Feng rubbed his hands and smiled: "Our army came from afar, it is inevitable that the water and soil will not adapt, most of the officers and soldiers in the army are sick, and Brother Bai has also seen it, the soldiers of our army who can fight are only 50,000, and they are really unable to attack. β
In fact, he can also tell Baihe the truth, his own troops are divided into two routes, and the other 50,000 soldiers are ready to sneak into the city through the secret passage, but he is worried about two points. First, he was afraid that the news would leak out, and he could guarantee that there would be no Red Army spies in his First Army, but whether there were any in the New Red Army was beyond his control. Second, and the most critical point, he was afraid that if he told Baihe the truth, the latter would have reservations, and would no longer attack the city with all his might, or even stop the siege, without the new Red Army to attract, it would be easy for his own secrets to be exposed and fall short, if he did not exert his full strength, it would be easier to arouse the suspicion of the defenders.
Because of these two considerations, he deliberately concealed it from Bai He, and also made up such a ridiculous and ridiculous excuse as casting spells to summon heavenly soldiers and generals.
Bai He didn't know the inside story, but he just felt that Ding Feng deliberately retained the strength of the First Legion and let his own soldiers be cannon fodder, so he was extremely dissatisfied, he snorted and said: "Didn't Brother Ding cast a spell to attract the help of heavenly soldiers and generals? β
"Absolutely not!" Ding Feng restrained his smile and said: "If the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals see that our side is not trying their best to attack the city, I am afraid that they will not come down to help, so our attack must not stop! Brother Bai can rest assured, as long as our offensive can hold on to the time." The Heavenly Soldiers will definitely appear, and at that time, there will be chaos in the Red Dragon Mandala, and we can easily break it!"
"When you hit the son?" Bai He sneered and asked rhetorically, "What if there are no heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals by then?"
"Then I will cut off my own head and sacrifice it to Brother Bai!"
Shirakawa gasped. Ding Feng's promise is heavy enough, how dare he be so sure, is there really a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general? He narrowed his eyes and said faintly: "There is no joke in the army!"
Ding Feng smiled and said, "What I said just now can be used as a military order I made!"
He had said everything to this point, and Bai He had nothing more to say.
He stared at Ding Feng for a moment, nodded, and shouted to the herald beside him, "Pass me general." The whole army will attack the city, and when it is not enough, it will never withdraw its troops, and if there is anyone who retreats from the battle, kill it! If there is fear, kill it!"
The first time he heard the commander give such a strict military order, the herald was frightened, and hurriedly intervened: "Yes! General!" The heralds urged their horses to the camp of the New Red Army.
Looking at the herald's back, Shirakawa raised his head. Glancing at Ding Feng out of the corner of his eye, he has issued such a strict military order, if he can't see the heavenly soldiers and generals when he arrives, see how you deal with yourself? Even if I don't kill you today, I have to peel off a layer of your skin and kill your majesty!
Under the military orders of the White River. The offensive of the new Red Army began again. His ugly words have already been said in the front, and those who retreat from the battle and are afraid of the former will be killed, and the soldiers of the New Red Army dare not slack off, and when they advance, they rushed forward like crazy.
The large-scale battle between the two sides began again.
Minutes and seconds passed. Even with strict military orders, the offensive of the new Red Army was still getting weaker and weaker.
Seeing this, Ding Feng did not dare to have any reservations, and gave the order to go down, and his own soldiers participated in the battle, assisted the New Red Army, and attacked the city together.
With the participation of the officers and soldiers of the First Army, the situation of this battle has become confusing again, the offensive of the Jin Xin-Chi coalition army has been fierce wave after wave, and the defenders' defense is also stronger than round.
As Wei Wuji, who is the patrol envoy of the northwest of the Red Kingdom, he can be reused by Shi Huai, and he also designed to kill Chen Ping, he still has some real talents, not only can play conspiracy methods, even if he leads the army to fight, he also has outstanding points.
Under his leadership, the Red Dragon Altar has become an iron plate, the advantage of geographical advantage and the solidity of the city defense is only one of the aspects, the most important thing is that the defenders are tenacious, the battle is orderly, the whole army is divided into several waves, and the city wall is divided into several waves, and the city wall is in turn to resist the enemy, so that the casualties of each corps are very even, so that a certain corps will not be directly destroyed, thus affecting the fighting spirit of the whole army, and the defenders can always maintain a strong combat power, giving the enemy army attacking the city a head-on attack.
It can be said that it is almost impossible for such a Red Dragon Altar to be attacked from the outside, but Wei Wuji never dreamed that behind his back, the Red Dragon Mountain, the natural barrier of the Red Dragon Altar, would leak a big hole, and the 50,000 soldiers of the First Legion were sneaking into the city from the cave halfway up the mountain.
At that time, according to the original time, the 50,000 soldiers of the First Army led by Chen Fang began to climb to the cave of Chilong Mountain, and Peng Cheng, who had already been in contact with the spies of the Jin Army, waited in the backyard of the county capital with a group of henchmen.
This time the Jin army did not miss the appointment, as soon as the time arrived, he saw a faint fire shaking halfway up the mountain of Chilong Mountain, Peng Cheng rubbed his eyes vigorously, confirmed that he was not mistaken, and hurriedly said to his subordinates: "Quick! Hurry up and light the torch and send a signal!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Wu had already cleverly taken out the torches and fire folds that had been prepared for a long time, and after quickly lighting the torches, he raised them high and shook them vigorously from side to side, sending a signal of safety to the Jin army at the entrance of the cave.
Seeing that there was a response from the mountain, the Jin soldiers in the cave threw down the five ropes in a row, and then the five Jin soldiers slid down the ropes side by side.
When he arrived at the ground, as soon as he stood firmly, the door of the small courtyard not far away opened, Zhang Wu poked his head out of it, and beckoned again and again: "Brother Jin Jun, come here!"
The five golden soldiers looked at each other, drew their sabers in unison, and strode over.
Seeing this, Zhang Wu was startled, and whispered while retreating: "Villain Zhang Wu, I have been to your army camp, and a few brothers should know me......"
didn't have time to listen to his nonsense, the Jin soldier led by him reached out and pushed Zhang Wu away, and then rushed into the courtyard.
Seeing that these five Jin soldiers with grim expressions suddenly came in, although Peng Cheng and the others were internal, they still unconsciously shrank into a ball, and their faces were pale. The body was suddenly trembling.
The cold gaze slowly swept around the courtyard, and no abnormality was found, so the five golden soldiers pulled out the torches from their waists, lit them together, and signaled in the direction of the cave.
As their signal was issued, the Jin army slid down the rope like dumplings. One after the other, the rustle of palms rubbing against the ropes was endless.
In the blink of an eye, the Jin army that had descended from the mountainside and entered the county capital had reached as many as a thousand.
The county capital is actually not small, but it can't accommodate so many Jin troops, as the Jin army gathers more and more, gradually, the county capital is already overcrowded.
At this time, Chen Fang also followed the rope into the city, guided by the Jin soldiers. He met Peng Cheng.
Finally saw a general of the Jin Army, Peng Cheng trotted forward, and bowed respectfully, saying: "Villain Peng Cheng, see the general!"
Chen Fang was much more polite than ordinary Jin soldiers, and when he heard that he was Peng Cheng, he smiled and stretched out his hand to hug him. said: "It turned out to be Lord Peng, who has admired the name for a long time. In Xia Chenfang, he is the deputy commander of the First Army, and during the extraordinary period, he took the liberty to visit, and if there is any offense, I hope Lord Peng will forgive me!"
"Oops. It turned out to be General Chen Fang! What did the general say, he really killed the lower official! Quick, the general, please come inside!" Peng Cheng bowed again and again and let Chen Fang into the main hall of the county capital.
Through Chen Fang's attitude towards himself, Peng Cheng mentioned that half of his heart was lost. Right now. Jin Jun has already entered the city, and he has no use value for Jin Jun, but Jin Jun did not kill himself, indicating that the other party did not mean to get rid of himself, it seems that he is half of the bet right, and next, it depends on whether he can pass Lin Haotian's pass.
Peng Cheng let Chen Fang go to the hall, the latter did not sit down, stood at the door of the hall, looked at the appearance for a moment, turned around and asked: "Lord Peng, there are 50,000 soldiers in our army, and your county capital can't accommodate so many people anyway, but there are other hidden places?"
After thinking about it carefully, Peng Cheng replied: "General, there are many streets and alleys around the county capital, and your brothers can gather in each street and alley first, and now the new Red Army outside the city is attacking the city, and the whole city has been under martial law, and the people in the city dare not leave their homes, as long as the brothers of your army don't make too much trouble, they will not be discovered." β
Chen Fang nodded, explained to his subordinates, and asked the brothers below to disperse to the streets, alleys and alleys to hide in various streets, alleys and alleys, and wait for his military orders at any time.
Because of Peng Cheng's internal response, 50,000 soldiers of the First Army used the caves of Chilong Mountain to successfully sneak into the city, and they did not arouse anyone's suspicion without knowing it.
Their side was progressing smoothly, the battle outside the city had reached a fever pitch, and the fierce siege of the Jin army and the new Red Coalition Army was stubbornly resisted by the Red Army, and the casualties of the soldiers on both sides were not small.
Seeing that countless wounded soldiers were constantly being carried down from the battlefield in front, Bai He, the commander of the new Red Army, was anxious, kept rubbing his hands, and there were words in his mouth, and he didn't know what he was muttering. On the other hand, Ding Feng, who was beside him, was relaxed, indifferent, and looked stable, as if he was not watching the battle, but more like watching a play.
He could hold back, but Bai He couldn't help it, and the latter wiped the cold sweat on his forehead while whispering: "General Ding, the Red Dragon Altar is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if it continues like this, the casualties of our army will ......."
"No matter how big the casualties are, you have to persevere. Before he could finish speaking, Ding Feng interrupted: "If we give up halfway, we will fall short, and the brothers who died in front of us will die in vain." β
"However, if we don't stop fighting and withdraw our troops, our brothers will be more killed. β
"Didn't I say that, as long as we wait until the time comes, our army will definitely be able to break the enemy's army!" Ding Fengzheng said.
"Zishi?" Bai He suddenly remembered that there would be a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general in Zishi, he patted his head and asked the attendant behind him, "When is it now?"
"General Hui, wait a moment for the son. A New Red Army guard replied.
Wait a little longer? Okay, just wait another moment! If you don't see the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals appearing, what else can Ding Feng say? Bai He forcibly suppressed the urgency in his heart, raised his eyes and continued to look at the battlefield ahead.
At this time, as the commander of the defensive side, Wei Wuji was very relaxed, in his opinion, although the Jin Xinchi coalition army outside the city was numerous, but it was brave and strategic, and he only knew that Lu Dao's blind attack was simply hitting a stone with an egg, and with his own city defense, he only needed to strictly defend the city and wait for work, which was enough to thwart the 300,000 troops of Jin Xinchi and the two countries.
Now, he hopes that the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army can continue to fight like this, and when the other side is almost dead and wounded, that is, a good time for his own all-out counterattack, when he will break the enemy with 100,000 and 300,000, and become famous all over the world and will be famous for eternity, isn't it a beautiful thing?
Just when Wei Wuji was proud in his heart and dreaming, all of a sudden, there was a big chaos behind him, he frowned, raised his head to a partial general beside him, and said, "Go to the back and see what's going on?
"Yes, sir!" the general intervened, and then turned and ran under the wall. When I came to the city wall, I didn't go far forward, and I saw a group of red soldiers in front of me running towards me as if they were being chased by ghosts.
The general's face suddenly sank, and he stood in the middle of the road, shouting loudly: "Stop! What are you all running?"
"General, something is wrong, the Jin army has suddenly entered the city!" said one of the fastest Red Soldiers, who was the first to come to the front, stammering and trembling as he snorted.
How is this possible? The Jin army is still attacking the city outside the city, when did it flow into the city? (To be continued......