Chapter 386: Expedition
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The fire outside Luoxia City was as bright as day, and the corpses on the ground were piled up, as if it had become a hell on earth, no one had time to pay attention to the dead comrades, and some of the seriously injured soldiers were either trampled to death by their companions, or they took up weapons to end the pain, while the lightly injured dodged the arrows that kept shooting, and continued to attack Luoxia City slowly but firmly.
Wang Xihua couldn't remember how many times this was the first time he had launched an attack on Luoxia City, and looking at the firelight in front of him, he knew that it was the darkest hour before dawn, and it wouldn't be long before the sky would brighten.
Some of the soldiers had already climbed the city wall and fought with the defenders on the city wall, and several times Wang Xihua couldn't help but clench her fists when she looked at the soldiers who attacked the city wall, but the city wall that seemed to be about to be breached was still not captured in the end.
The corpses were all over the field, Wang Xihua's eyes were bloodshot, and the faces of several lieutenants behind him were not good, and the 200,000 troops of the Yan Army had already lost about half of their manpower that night.
"What's the situation on the side of Mangguo and the tribe?" Looking at a deputy general running towards this side, Wang Xihua frowned and asked.
"Although the Mangguo and the tribe have been attacking the city, they have not made any progress, and they have not yet reached the root of the city wall. The adjutant general had blood on his face and several wounds on his body, looked at Wang Xihua and continued: "My lord, let the soldiers retreat and wait until dawn to attack the city, otherwise these soldiers may ......."
I'm afraid the adjutant general didn't say it, but Wang Xihua knew that now every moment was the soldiers falling - but Wang Xihua now had no way to retreat, clenched his fists tightly, and whispered that after the account of Mangguo and the tribe would be calculated later, Wang Xihua looked at the deputy general and said: "Our side has suffered heavy losses, and Ye Qiaoshui's people are not easy, so lead the soldiers to continue to attack the city!"
The lieutenant shouted an adult in his mouth, looking at Wang Xihua's resolute face, he couldn't help gritting his teeth and standing up, holding the long knife, he continued to run towards Luoxia City.
"Are the musketeers ready?" Watching the lieutenant go away, Wang Xihua turned her head to look behind her and asked.
"Five hundred musketeers, General Du took two hundred people, and there are three hundred more people ready to attack the city at any time. A lieutenant said with a step forward.
"In a group of ten, start the siege!" Wang Xihua gave the order, and the lieutenant general said a good word, and then shouted to the distance to prepare the musketeers, and then led the troops in the direction of the city wall.
Seeing the musketeer running under the city wall with a shield in one hand and a musket in the other, Wang Xihua looked at the city wall again, and the heads on the city wall swayed, and the specific number of people could not be seen.
Looking at the soldiers who seemed to be inexhaustible, Ye Wanshui, who stayed on the city wall, couldn't help frowning at this time, raised his hand and waved the knife in his hand to knock a soldier down from the cloud ladder, Ye Qianshui looked outside the city wall, the soldiers outside the city wall were still surging like a tide, and the city wall was full of soldiers' corpses, looking at the soldiers who were fighting, Ye Qianshui knew that if the Yan army continued to attack, Luoxia City would not be able to hold on to the arrival of Du Linlou at all- Many of these soldiers led by themselves are newly recruited, and some are on the battlefield for the first time, under such a fierce battle, they are not the opponents of the Yan army at all without any actual combat experience, which is why the Yan army will keep attacking the city wall.
"Excluding the soldiers at the East and West Gates, more than seventy percent of the soldiers who were originally guarding the North Gate have died. Lu Zhenyu grabbed a bloody spear in his hand, and when he watched the steady stream of people crawling towards the city wall, he turned his head and shouted at Ye Wanshui.
"We can't stop Wang Xihua's attack. Ye Xiaoshui looked at the soldiers with muskets, and couldn't help but be shocked, "Tell Shangguan Haoyu and Zhai Rongguang to let them come to the north gate to cover, and we will withdraw from the south gate!"
Hearing Ye Xiaoshui's words, Lu Zhenyu nodded, and called Jian Thirteen to ask him to take Shangguan Haoyu and Zhai Rongguang to the north gate to support, and Lu Yuxiao, who had been staying in the life of the two, took two steps forward at this time, "Big brother, I will go down and meet Wang Xihua." ”
Shaking his head, Lu Zhenyu looked at Lu Yuxiao and said, "It's useless, now that there are so many soldiers, the existence of a cultivator no longer has any meaning, even if you kill him, you can't change the situation of the battle." After speaking, Lu Yuxiao looked at Ye Xiaoshui, "Prepare to withdraw and save your strength." ”
Ye Qiaoshui nodded, the time was very fast, three hundred musketeers climbed to the ladder in a group of ten, and as soon as the musket on the top rang out, the soldiers outside a zhang couldn't dodge at all, and they were soon rushed out of some gaps, and climbed the city wall with a musket in their hands, and soon occupied the city wall of more than ten zhang, and there were soldiers below who kept climbing up to join, and the distance they controlled was constantly expanding.
Looking at the battle situation ahead, Shangguan Haoyu and Zhai Rongguang each led 20,000 soldiers to rush over, while Ye Xiaoshui and Lu Zhenyu went down the city wall at this time.
Glancing back, seeing that there were already half of the Yanjun soldiers on the city wall, Lu Zhenyu stopped leaving at this time, "The city wall can't hold it anymore, Shangguan Haoyu and Zhai Rongguang can't stop them for long." ”
"All retreat south!" Ye Qianshui turned around and shouted at Jian Thirteen, hearing Ye Qianshui's words, Jian Thirteen nodded and shot an arrow into the air.
Seeing the arrows exploding in mid-air, Shangguan Haoyu and Zhai Rongguang looked at the soldiers who had climbed the city wall, and began to order the border battle to retreat.
After Shangguan Haoyu and the others all evacuated the city wall, the soldiers who attacked the city wall chased and killed, and some soldiers opened the city gate in the north, and thousands of soldiers poured in from the outside in an instant.
Looking at the cheers that sounded on the city wall, Wang Xihua's originally clenched fist finally slowly loosened.
Glancing at the whiteness of the fish belly that was gradually rising in the east, Wang Xihua turned over and got on the horse, and then shouted to several lieutenants behind him, "Follow me to hunt down Ye Wanshui!"
Just after the people on the wall of Luoxia City left, Hulun Qinghan knew that Ye Qianshui could no longer stop Wang Xihua's attack, and after thinking for a while, Hulun Qinghan ordered the soldiers to climb the city wall and open the city gate, and then led the Mang army to chase Ye Xiaoshui with the Yan army led by Wang Xihua.
This chase is twenty miles.
When the sun hung in the sky, looking at the tired soldiers behind him, Wang Xihua finally ordered the soldiers to stop the pursuit, and the Ning army, which was unable to form an army, lost its armor all the way, and the slow runners became ghosts, and after a rough estimate, the smile on Wang Xihua's face became stronger - after this battle, the troops under Ye Qiao's sailors were at most 50,000 people, and the Yan Kingdom could no longer pose any threat.
"Commander, the soldiers are exhausted. A lieutenant general came to Wang Xihua's side, looked at the occasional figure in front of him and said.
"Lead the troops back to Xiacheng!" Wang Xihua glanced at the deputy general, and then looked at the two people not far away, Hulun Qinghan and Su Mu led the troops to follow all the way, and the Mangguo Iron Cavalry showed extraordinary running ability in the pursuit.
However, Wang Xihua did not greet Hulun Qinghan and Su Mu, if it wasn't for the Mangguo and the tribe who did not exert all their strength in the previous siege, how easy would it be for Ye Xiaoshui and everyone to leave Luoxia City? But Wang Xihua could not cure Hulun Qinghan and Su Mu's crimes, one was the commander of Mangguo, and the other was the leader of the tribal alliance, the two could be said to be the wings of the Yan country, although they were selfish, but they played a certain deterrent role, Wang Xihua knew that they were still needed.
"What should I do? Wang Xihua must know that we are not using our full strength. Su Mu watched Wang Xihua lead people back, and couldn't help but ask Hulun Qinghan with some concern.
"It's okay, he's not going to tear his face. Hulun Qinghan said and looked up at the sun in the sky, "Let's go......" Hulun Qinghan glanced at Su Mu, "Tell your subordinates when you go back, get ready to do it." ”
"Ready to do it?" Su Mu, who heard Hulun Qinghan's words, showed a trace of hesitation on his face, "Ye Wanshui defeats, even if we unite, wait until Du Linlou comes......"
Su Mu's words were interrupted by Hulun Qinghan before he finished speaking, "Just let your subordinates prepare, and you will understand when the time comes." After saying this, Hulun Qinghan didn't say anything more, and then drove his horse to lead his soldiers to Luoxia City.
Watching the chasing army retreat to Luoxia City, Ye Xiaoshui breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the people around her, and said with a hint of atmosphere on her face, "I didn't expect Wang Xihua to want to kill them all." ”
"If it were us, would we let them run?" Hearing Ye Qianshui's words, Lu Zhenyu stepped forward and grabbed her hand, and glanced at the soldiers who fell to the ground to rest, Lu Zhenyu then looked at Shangguan Haoyu and the others and said, "Gather your own soldiers and see how many people there are." ”
"Many of them went to the bushes next to the pipes. After a general glance at those soldiers, Shangguan Haoyu frowned and continued: "These people are less than 20,000. ”
Nodding, Lu Zhenyu looked to the north, "Gather first, rest and recuperate, calculate the time Du Linlou They are not far from Luoxia City now, we have to rush back." ”
"We have cut off contact with Du Linlou now, if Du Linlou doesn't show up by then, let's ......" Hearing Lu Zhenyu's words, Ye Qiaoshui said with some concern.
"Rongguang, you ride a fast horse and find a way to cross Luoxia City to the north, contact Du Linlou, determine the time when they arrive in Luoxia City, after getting your news, I will lead the army to call the battle at the south gate of Luoxia City, and when the time comes, Wang Xihua will be attracted to the past, and after Du Linlou enters the city, we should be caught off guard by the outside. ”
After saying a good word, Zhai Rongguang found a horse and ran in the direction of Luoxia City, and Lu Zhenyu began to assemble the team, but before they could set off, he saw Zhai Rongguang galloping back on a fast horse, "Lord, Luoxia City has changed." ”
"What's wrong?" Lu Zhenyu, who had vaguely guessed something, asked looking at the joy on Zhai Rongguang's face.
"The army led by Du Linlou has occupied Luoxia City, and now Wang Xihua is holding them at the south gate of the city. ”
"What about the people of Mangguo and the tribe?" Hearing Zhai Rongguang's words, Lu Zhenyu asked with a hint of joy on his face.
"Still staying with Yan Jun. ”
"Expedition!" Lu Zhenyu shouted loudly to everyone.