Chapter Twenty-Three: The Emergence of Artillery It is difficult to win Ying

After getting the news that the war was about to start, Li Nuoheng and his party accelerated their march and marched towards Ying Ying's side at full speed. On the night of the fourth day, Li Nuoheng finally arrived at Ying Ying's station.

"Report! General Li and Qinying's 123rd Division have arrived near the 10-mile area outside the pass, do they need to go out of the pass to greet them? The herald of the Feifeng Army reported to Ying Ying.

"Go out of the customs with the palace to greet you, and at the same time arrange logistics personnel, prepare grain and grass dinner, and a place to camp!" After Ying Ying gave the order, she immediately got up and set off with the herald to meet Li Nuoheng and them.

Just as they were about to leave the customs, another herald came galloping in. "General, our scouts have spotted an army of the Turks fifteen miles southwest of the Guanwai, and it is numerous. And according to the scouts, they were carrying a weapon they had never seen before. It is advancing in the direction of our army, and it will arrive in about an hour. ”

'What, how could the Turks attack in this direction? This is different from what Li Nuoheng said? Ying Ying was shocked in her heart.

"The summons ordered all personnel to assemble urgently, and the whole army was put into a state of combat readiness. At the same time, he sent people to inform General Li of the movements of the Turks. Let him pay attention to safety, don't march to this side yet, let him go find reinforcements! Afterwards, Ying Ying put on armor and a sword and prepared to defend the city.

Li Nuoheng thought it was almost there, so he asked Qin Ying, who was hurrying at full speed, to rest and walk slowly. Who knew that before his order could be uttered, he saw Qin Ying carrying a wounded female soldier to his horse. The female soldier bowed her head and said.

"General Li, save my princess! For some reason, the Turks suddenly split into two routes, and one of them was really attacking Niangzi Pass. When I came out, I still had fifteen miles to attack the city! With that, the female soldier fainted. At this time, the scout of Xuanjia also sent news.

"Report to the general, the scouts of the Xuanzi Department have come to report that a Turkic team of about 30,000 people is attacking Niangzi Pass, and the soldiers of this army do not carry any melee weapons, most of them are bows and arrows. At the same time they carried a new type of siege weapon, a cylindrical object. There were heavy soldiers guarding a chest, and the box was covered with a rain-proof tarpaulin. According to the previous communication with Qin Ying, there are only about 10,000 guards in Niangzi Pass. The Xuanzi Department asked if they would return to the team or move closer to the enemy and prepare for a raid or assassination in the rear? ”

"Cylinders? Afraid of rain? It's not good to be gunpowder! Since they were able to get such accurate information, it meant that they had blended into the interior of the Turks. Han Shuang! Let the scout just now go back, inform the Xuanzi Department, destroy the box protected by the enemy, do not use fire, it is dangerous to use fire, use water as much as possible, and at the same time carry out indiscriminate assassination of all officers of this Turkic army. Take out all the commanders as you can. The remaining Xuanjia who didn't lurk in quickly returned to the team, and I gave them a surprise attack from the rear. ”

After Li Nuoheng gave the order, he led everyone to continue the accelerated march to the rear of the Turkic army. Prepare to rely on luck and Ying Ying to fight a tacit battle. Li Nuoheng was moving forward quickly, worried about the battle situation on Ying Ying's side. While thinking, now that we have to speed up the progress, we must catch the person who crosses. Gunpowder should not have appeared in this era, and even if it did, it would not have been used in the military.

Time passed little by little, Ying Ying stood on the wall of the pass, looking at the dust that was rolled up by a large number of cavalry in the distance, and a wave of regret and sadness surged in her heart. finally came out of Penglai, but most of his spiritual power was banned. finally gained a foothold in Datang, but his best friend died young. Now God let her meet Li Nuoheng, who is as mysterious as her origin, but the Turkic army of tens of thousands interrupted the meeting again. Ying Ying didn't know if she could hold out until the day he arrived.

"Report, the Turkic army is still five miles away from our city! Please give the general the order! ”

"Shut up the gates, and all men go up to the towers, and prepare arrows, stones, and logs. Defend the city with me! Rest assured, we have reinforcements, General Li Nuoheng Li is on the way to support, as long as we hold on, we will definitely be able to win! ”

At a distance of five miles, it was too late to say that it was too fast, and the Turkic troops rushed to the bottom of the city, preparing to set up a ladder to attack the city. But the troops in the rear, on the contrary, stopped, as if they were preparing something.

Li Nuoheng's reinforcements went straight to the rear of the Turkic camp at the fastest speed, relying on their superb archery skills and Qin Ying's training during this time, none of the Turkic scouts who could be found ran away, laying the foundation for their raid on the rear. After a short time, a heavy cavalry arrived, and it was the remaining people of the Xuanzi Department. Li Nuoheng couldn't dismount, and gave orders directly on horseback.

"All the Qinying personnel spread out in a training formation, using tactics to penetrate the opponent's camp, and the heavy cavalry opened the way to attract the opponent's archers, and fought quickly to reduce the pressure on Qiyang's side! The Scout Commander of the Xuanzi Department and the Shadow Scout Commander followed me, pointing out the enemy generals that could be seen. It's up to me to solve. Let's go! ”

At the end of the day, everyone acted quickly. I saw that they were like an inky bow and arrow off the string, heading straight for the enemy's camp. The heavy cavalry of Xuanjia has been improved by Li Nuoheng and Zhang's team, and it can be described as indestructible. It cut a rift in the enemy's formation. Two scout chiefs, constantly reporting the location of enemy generals. The arrows shot by Li Nuoheng seemed to be transformed into a repeating crossbow under the blessing of the kamikaze, frantically harvesting the lives of enemy generals.

"General, those people left behind by the Xuanzi Department have begun to create civil strife, should we go over to support?"

"Go, I don't need to ask, I said before, I won't give up any of you easily! Have you all forgotten? ”

Li Nuoheng's few hundred people launched a charge again, and Li Nuoheng's goal was very clear, that is, to prevent the other party's improvised artillery from firing. Because he also didn't know what type of gunpowder the other party used and what kind of damage it would cause.

There was another rush of killing, and Li Nuoheng and the others had already seen the Turkic improvised cannons, and he immediately ordered to stop them at all costs. But what he didn't know was that it was already the second time the Turks had reloaded.

Ying Ying looked at the crater generated by the explosion on the ground not far away on the city wall, and couldn't help but feel a trace of despair, what kind of weapon is this, if the enemy's second attack falls on the city wall, can she still hold on? .

Li Nuoheng was still a step late after all, and before they could rush into the formation, a deafening roar resounded in the sky. A visible shell flew out. Seeing that he was powerless to return to the sky, Li Nuoheng decided to make a desperate bet, only to see him pick up the Cloud Piercing Sun Bow and the Spirit Arrow that had been cultivated for many days, and blessed the Divine Wind to the maximum, and with a shocking roar, the blue aura drew a light in the air. The arrows were like lightning. Rushed to the cannonballs that flew out.