Chapter 40 Vows to live and die with Hebei

Nan Jiyun put the treasure carving bow on his body, raised his hand to straighten the phoenix wings, and took a Hulu from the hands of his own soldiers, tied it around his waist, and neatly stacked twenty arrows with gold juice in the Hulu.

He silently took the spear leaning against the battlement in his hand, looked intently at the Turkic cavalry getting closer and closer, held the spear high, and loudly encouraged morale: "Behead the general to capture the flag, seal the wife and son, make meritorious contributions, and serve the country." ”

"Soldiers, prepare your bows and arrows, and listen to my orders."

Nan Jiyun raised his right hand into the air, mentally calculating the distance between Hu Qi and the city wall.

"Four hundred steps..."

"Three hundred and fifty steps..."

“......”

"Two hundred and fifty steps..."

Nan Jiyun glanced sideways at Da Xu, who was blown by the wind, and saw that the wind was favorable to him, so he waved his hand in the direction of the Hu cavalry formation, and said, "Raise the bow... Three salvos, ready..."

"Put..."

With Nan Jiyun's loud roar, but listening to Weng's voice, the defenders launched the first round of arrows into the suddenly accelerated Hu cavalry formation.

After a volley, the defenders did not pause in their hands, quickly drew their bows and arrows, and in just a few breaths, they fired three volleys in succession at the Hu cavalry formation that was charging towards the city.

Thousands of arrows quenched with gold juice roared into the formation of the Hu cavalry who were charging with all their strength with a sound of breaking through the air.

The originally very neat cavalry formation, dozens of gaps appeared in an instant, and the person who was hit by the arrow was pushed backwards by the inertia brought by the arrow, and thus fell under the horse.

After paying nearly 100 lives, this cavalry team finally successfully rushed into the effective range of the bow and arrow, and the three thousand light cavalry took out the longbow prepared in advance, stretched the bow and arrows around the city, and then under the command of a general, fired a round of fire at the city.

After several days of fierce fighting, the defenders had already gained some understanding of the Turkic attack, and when they saw the opponent with their bows and arrows, they bent down one after another, taking advantage of the cover of the city walls to avoid the first attack of the Turkic archers.

Nan Jiyun relied on the advantage of his complete armor, sheltered next to the battlement, and from time to time overlooked the movement track of the Hu cavalry under the city, when he saw that the Turkic nobleman identified by Zhang Xun was firmly guarded by the servants in the middle of the crowd, his face could not help but show a touch of disappointment and disdain.

Under the command of their respective generals, they suddenly released cold arrows around Hebei City to the defenders at the head of the city, so as to strike and suppress the fighting will and fighting spirit of the defenders.

Nan Jiyun glanced at the city through the battlement, and found that there was a short distance between the Turkic infantry and the Hu cavalry, so he immediately ordered someone to convey the order to Zhang Xun, who had been waiting under the city for a long time, to attack by throwing stones.

Seeing this, the herald hiding in the shadows hurriedly waved the order flag and signaled the catapults arranged in the city to launch a round of stone throwing attacks outside the city.

Zhang Xun ordered people to pile up a dirt slope more than three zhang high on the inner side of the city wall, and then arranged all the remaining more than 100 catapults in the city on this earth slope.

The view here is wide, and it is possible to launch a stone-throwing attack on the Turks outside the city from a high position, and hiding the catapult here can also play a miraculous effect of taking them by surprise.

Looking at the constantly waving order flag, Zhang Xun raised his right hand expressionlessly and said, "Load the stone bullet and carry out the first round of salvo." ”

"Ready..."

"Put..."

Zhang Xun's right hand waved vigorously in the air, and the next moment, more than a hundred stone bullets the size of a grinding disc shot out with a whistling sound, crossed the head of Hebei City, and fell straight into the military formation of the Turkic soldiers who were walking slowly towards the head of Hebei City with neat steps.

The muffled sound of the boulder falling to the ground, accompanied by the sound of bones breaking and the hysterical screams of the Turkic soldiers who had unfortunately been hit by the boulder, intertwined into a horrific scene like purgatory on earth.

Zhang Xun, who was standing on the dirt slope, seemed to be deaf to the screams outside the city, he just silently raised his right hand, and then said lightly: "Continue to load stone bullets." ”

The defenders who were responsible for launching the catapult heard this, and as if reflexively, they hurriedly followed their words.

After a long time.

After the stone bullet was loaded, Zhang Xun once again gave the order to throw stones to the defenders with a blank face.

After two rounds of stone-throwing, Zhang Xun drew his saber again and said, "Immediately transport the catapult out of range to avoid being damaged by the opponent's stone-throwing attack." ”

Zhang Xun said, left everyone, and walked towards the city with his knife again.

After two rounds of stone-throwing attacks, the Turkic soldiers finally rushed to the city of Hebei.

At this time, Zhang Xunye had already returned to the city with his knife, he quickly came to Nan Jiyun's side, frowned and asked, "How is it?" ”

Nan Jiyun shook his head helplessly, narrowed his eyes, and said: "That person should be a big fish, he has always been tightly guarded in the middle, and he has not entered my range, I didn't dare to act rashly, for fear that he would startle the snake." ”

Zhang Xun straightened his pocket, and then looked down the city along the battlement, and saw that the Turkic soldiers were carrying the ladder one after another, and they had already made preparations before the siege, so he squinted his eyes and said, "It's okay, we have time." ”

Zhang Xun said, glancing at the moat under the city that was filled with corpses, looking at the people of Hedong who were driven here by the Turks, and finally died tragically in the moat, Zhang Xun frowned, gritted his teeth and said: "We have a grudge with the Turks as deep as the sea, and it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart unless we destroy their clan and destroy their species." ”

Looking at Zhang Xun, who gritted his teeth and clenched his saber, his fingertips had almost been cut into the flesh and blood, his eyes were round and angry, and his eyes were almost about to spew fire.

Nan Jiyun swallowed silently and said, "Your Excellency, let's just hold on for a few more days, and when Your Majesty's reinforcements arrive, it will be the day of the defeat of the Turks." ”

"Vulgar and barbaric, dare to offend Tianwei, every time I think of this, I feel that I am churning inside, I hate to eat its flesh raw, and I only hate it in my heart."

Zhang Xun wiped the blood on the blade of the saber with his bare hands, however, he had just wiped the blood of the enemy, but his blood was left on the blade, and at this moment, Zhang Xun seemed to have completely lost his sense of pain, and he was unaware of it.

As the horn sounded, tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers who had already stepped into the land of a stone's throw carried the ladder and launched a tidal attack on the city of Hebei.

Seeing this, Zhang Xun hurriedly waved the saber in his hand, roared loudly and ordered, "Release the arrow... Shoot the arrows... Hurry up and release the arrows. ”

The rain of arrows covers the sky and the sun, the banner at the head of the city hunts in the wind, Zhang Xun holds his saber high, and stands at the head of the city to supervise the battle.

Nan Jiyun held a spear, carried a treasure eagle bow, and tied Hu Lu at the waist, running on the top of the city to fight hard.

The Turkic soldiers climbed towards the city without fear of death, and the defenders of Daxia also had the determination to die, chanting the slogan of "vowing to live and die with Hebei", blending sweat and blood, and then throwing all their brains on the city of Hebei.