Chapter 563: Black clouds cover the ruined city
"What is this?" Wu Yan looked at this strange scene between heaven and earth in astonishment, and turned his head to look at Zhang Wuyang beside him.
Zhang Wuyang was also confused, looking at these red pillars of light in the clouds. The source of the pillar of light is none other than the cavalry of the ancient family with white finch ornaments on their helmets.
A strong wind blew through the earthen wall, and the flags standing at the top of the wall flew wildly. The dark clouds in the sky rolled sharply, rushing from all directions, getting denser and denser, like thousands of troops pressing down on the earth. It was gray and cloudy, like a huge cage, locking the battlefield firmly in it.
There was a click, a thunderclap, and a zigzag bolt of lightning swept through the air. Immediately after, lightning rushed out of the clouds one after another like galloping wild horses. It was as if the heavenly river was bursting, and the pouring rain began to fall, and the heavens and the earth suddenly became gray.
The wind swept the raindrops the size of beans, like countless whips against the gray city, the mottled wilderness, and the blood-stained hills.
Wu Yan finally reacted, ignoring the water droplets on his face, and looked at the top of the forest hill. The arrows that had been fired in anger seemed to have lost their spirit, and they could not fly far before they were knocked to the ground by the torrential rain.
The rain soaked the strings of the crossbows, making them soft, and the resistance of the rain made Lexi's shooter suddenly a little overwhelmed.
"It turns out that the ancient family still has the means to influence the time, the owner of the village, he has lost the cover of the bow and arrow, and the forest mound is in danger, do you want to send reinforcements." Zhang Wuyang said loudly.
Wu Yan pressed his hands against the wall, looking at the Ba family soldiers who were swarming in front of him, "You stay here, I'll take people up." Without waiting for Zhang Wuyang to speak, he commanded in a deep voice, "With the help of heavy rain, these Ba family's men and horses will probably be more like fish in water, you lead people to try their best to guard these two earthen walls, if you really can't hold it, you can retreat to the city of Qianli."
But before retreating, be sure to inform Ji Yan and let the people of the three military villages move closer to the city wall. Remember, if you move towards the city wall, you will only be trapped alive if you lack food and medicine when you go up to the woods. Also, immediately let the Yihu army hide, and if such bad weather rises into the air, I am afraid that it will be struck by lightning. ”
"The owner of the village ......" Zhang Wuyang still wants to insist.
"Listen to orders." Wu Yan scolded, then turned around and ran in the direction of Lin Qiu. In the direction close to the city of Huli, the northern army was still free to go up and down.
In the position of the Chinese army of the coalition army, Gu Yangsi, Lu Lie, Ba Hong and others were stationed under the umbrella cover, looking at the rain curtain with a relaxed expression.
"Brother Gu is a good method, in this way, half of the bows and crossbows of the northern army will be abolished, and it will be much easier for our army to attack Linqiu." Lu Lie wiped the mist on his face and praised sincerely.
"To be a general, you must know astronomy and geography. I also saw that the sky was dark, and I thought that my ancient family had a means to urge rain, and I just took the opportunity to show it. The enemy is outnumbered, and if the bow and crossbow are lost, the northern army will be like a beast with fangs. Gu Yangsi's face was calm and light, but the joy in his eyes was finally irrepressible.
"It's just a pity that if this rain keeps falling, our army's bows and crossbows will be difficult to use." Cang Yi stretched out his hand with some regret and put a few raindrops into his palm.
The probe looked out, Gu Yangsi smiled slightly, "This rain is forcibly triggered, and it comes and goes quickly, and when it comes, our spare bows and crossbows can show their skills." ”
"Haha, now it's up to Wu Gen to deal with it." Lu Lie laughed and said, in a good mood, "Everyone, I might as well go forward, the other party's flying stone cart is soaked in rain, I'm afraid it won't be able to go far." ”m.
A few people laughed and came to the vicinity of their flying stone car. Looking at the flying stone cart that had been destroyed for most of it, I couldn't help but be secretly surprised that there were capable people in this northern army who could build a flying stone cart with such a long range.
On the forest hill, Wu Gen has reached the top of the hill. Affected by the heavy rains, the coalition forces also temporarily stopped the offensive. Regardless of the heavy rain, Wu Yan urgently pulled several major generals together, "How about it, this side may be able to hold it." ”
Le Xi's anxious face was the first to open his mouth, and he handed over a bow, "Village master, just soaked in heavy rain, these ordinary bows and crossbows are difficult to use, only those hundreds of sky-shaking bows can still be fired." ”
Wu Yan took the bow and saw that the bowstring had become soft, and even if he could shoot, he might not be able to shoot far, "Organize these archers who use ordinary bows and crossbows into foot soldiers, enter the tunnel to intercept and kill the enemy, and the rest of the sky-shaking archers will be uniformly adjusted by you." Meng Shun, you are here. ”
Meng Shun took off his helmet, and the rain continued to seep out of his armor, "My broken formation is less covered by bows and arrows, and I am afraid that the formation is too thin to divide into four teams, so I intend to divide into two teams to hold the southeast and southeast sides, and the west side is guarded by these archers who have lost their bows." As for the north, if the military village under the mountain is not lost, it will be fine. ”
Meng Shun has never mentioned difficulties, but this time he took the initiative to ask others for support, which shows the great pressure he is facing. Wu Yan nodded, "Yes, those shooters can be handed over to An Hai to be in charge of the defense of the west." ”
Baoxiang looked into the distance, "What are you going to do from the moon, you don't want to transfer him over." ”
"No, taking advantage of the heavy rain and not being able to use the bow, I have already sent a letter to ask Congyue to solve the Cang family horses near the city of Qianli, they are only stronger than long-range shots, and melee combat is not to be feared." Wu Qian briefly introduced his thoughts, looked up at the top of the hill, and couldn't help but sigh. At the beginning, in order to prevent the ancient family rocket from igniting the grass and trees, the trees on the forest hill were cut down completely, and now there is no material to make a sassafra wood.
"Very good, there is one more thing, Anhai's position may as well go down. Those Gu family's men and horses are climbing up, and if they are allowed to occupy the mountainside, when the rain stops, the military village under the hill will be attacked by their rockets. Bao Xiang then proposed.
Wu Yan thought about it and nodded in agreement, but he was a little worried about whether Anhai and these people could withstand it. With an order, everyone hurried to prepare according to the results of the military meeting. The archers, who had lost their bows and crossbows, took their swords and shields, and walked towards the western mountainside.
Meng Shun is also readjusting his formation-breaking troops, focusing on the east and south, which are also the main offensive directions of the fierce Lu family soldiers.
The heavy rain was lighter, and the northern army took the opportunity to hurry up the defense, and suddenly a thunderbolt sounded, and in the bright light, from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, a dense coalition army of non-commissioned soldiers appeared. There are not only those transformed Lu family soldiers here, but also more ordinary soldiers, who are taking advantage of the darkness to climb upward.
Kill, the battle starts again.
In the absence of bows and arrows, the soldiers of the Northern Army and the Allied Army could only fight in close combat. Figures tumbled in the muddy water, knives and armor clashed with a dull thud, and from time to time someone screamed and rolled down the slope.
On such a muddy mound, everyone was coated with a layer of gray-brown mud, and it was difficult to see each other's camp unless you carefully distinguish them.
Dressed in such a heavy armor, fighting on the quagmire-like ground, people's qi and blood are lost as quickly as the heat on their bodies, and fatigue quickly descends on everyone. The movements began to deform, the snorting pant muffled the shouts of killing, and everyone's lungs burned as if they were on fire, except for the pain in their bodies.
What tricks, what cooperation, in such an environment has become a luxury. As a result, casualties began to appear rapidly, both in the Northern Army and in the Coalition Army.
It was a dreary battle, with everyone rolling like beasts in the muddy water, slamming their knives through their necks and stabbing them in the eyes, leaving no more strength left to roar.
The red rain flowed down the ravine towards the mound, and the small pool of stagnant water was filled with thick plasma, and the mound became a mound of blood.
At the same time, in the rain curtain outside the city, the people of the Cang family and the Ba family were looking at the looming city wall with some leisure. Due to the rain, the two sides stopped firing at the same time, and it was a little too quiet compared to the south.
In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves was heard rushing towards the idle cavalry. The soldiers of the Cang family were a little surprised, this kind of day is still running so wildly, don't you want to live, in case the horse's hooves slip, such a fast horse speed falls, it is enough to break people's necks.
Just as he was puzzled, a man and horse had already appeared in the rain, led by a young general holding a halberd and a white horse under his crotch, like a sharp knife thrust towards this side.
"Someone." Some Cangjia soldiers felt that something was wrong, scolded loudly, and pulled out their sabers.
Suddenly, someone remembered that there was a fierce general in the Northern Army, who was good at using a halberd, and was extremely fierce in battle, and I heard that he was the first general of the Northern Army.
"There is an enemy attack." Finally, someone shouted a warning, but it was too late, and this tiger-like team, like their commander, fiercely inserted into the ranks of the Cang family.
In just one photo, hundreds of Cangjia soldiers died or fell off their horses. The beautiful and unseemly general of the Northern Army, but he was fierce when he fought, and everywhere he passed, the halberd flew like the wind, and no one could walk under him, even a thousand households of the Cang family, but three moves were split in half by his people and horses.
How can such a god-like warrior be the enemy. The soldiers of the Cang family, who had lost the advantage of bows and arrows, suddenly became a mess and fled in all directions.
With such a good opportunity, the water will be let go from the moon, and when the weather clears, these people will become the annoying mosquitoes and flies.
So, with thunder as a drum and lightning as a banner, this army of less than 5,000 men and horses, like a shadow chasing the wind, chased and beat these Cangjia soldiers who had lost their will to fight. Poor Cangjia plus nearly 10,000 people from the Ba family were defeated in one fell swoop.
The fields outside the city were littered with discarded ordnance and horses. The only thought of the lost coalition soldiers now is to run, and the farther they run, the better. Due to the dark sky, many people could not discern the direction and gradually moved away from the direction of the camp.
I don't know how long it took, but a brilliant ray of daylight finally shot out from the sky and fell on the walls of the city.
The sky was clear, the dim battlefield became brighter, there was silence outside the city, there was not a single enemy soldier in sight, and Shui Congyue's men and horses did not know where they had run.
At this time, the forest hill is a different situation, the slope is full of dead bodies, there are northern army and coalition army, but more are coalition soldiers, in such bad weather and terrain, climbing from the bottom to the top is physically exhausting, but also to fight with the northern army, naturally suffered a lot of losses.
The living were also pale, and many were pale, regardless of sitting in the muddy water and gasping.
Tired, so tired.
Wu Gan's hands trembled slightly, and he stood up with a broken knife, even if he was like him, he was exhausted after such a cruel battle in the rain.
But what worried him the most came when the coalition forces suspended their offensive and removed the yellow oiled paper bag from their backs. Open the paper packet, and inside is a good bow and arrow.
So, under the command of the generals, these soldiers aimed their arrows at the northern army on the hill.
"Raise your shield." With Wu Gan's roar, countless arrows flew towards the mound. Perhaps angry at the deaths and injuries in the rain, the coalition forces fired seven waves in succession, and the dense arrows covered every piece of land in the woodhills.
The rain passed, and the rain of arrows came, and the extremely tired northern soldiers either raised their shields to protect them, or could only burrow into the ground to hide.
But when you enter the cave, you find that due to the rainwater, many caves have been muddy, and many small holes have collapsed.
At the foot of the mountain, there was a loud trumpet, which meant that the coalition forces were about to charge.
Some people died, but not completely......