Chapter 103: Arrow Cloud Peaking

On the back of the hillside at a three-mile place north of Gyeongju City, Nahachu, the commander of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, saw his sergeants chopping more than 30 thick trees and removing their leaves, tying them with strong hemp ropes, and making them into a sharp striking log, and nodded.

After he gave the order, the two rows of knights turned over and got on their horses, grabbed the hemp rope, and exerted their strength together, and suddenly pulled up a huge crashing log. It turns out that this is the unique method of the cavalry of the Yuan army to attack the city, two rows of knights with superb riding skills cooperate with each other, holding a shield in their left hand, and holding the hemp rope together with their right hand, and wait to rush to the city gate.

Nahachu was well aware of the power of the Ming army's firearms and the "Divine Arm Bow", so he let the army hide on the back of the hillside several miles away, where it was difficult for the enemy to find.

After the Ming army at the head of the city saw the hillside a few miles away, it suddenly turned out a huge number of Yuan cavalry, and couldn't help but exclaim. Lan Yu and Zhu Quan heard the commotion at the head of the city, so they quickly came to the head of the city, and looked at the Yuan army team rushing like a torrent in the north, and couldn't help but gasp.

At this moment, a flow of people surged up the ramp, and it was Wang Bi who led the reinforcements to arrive.

Lan Yu saw that there were a lot of "bumping wood" in the Yuan army brigade, his face sank, and he ordered: "Pass my order, all the crossbowmen will lie behind the wall, and after I give the order, shoot a volley at the first two horses of the Yuan army's siege equipment." After a pause, he pointed to the two thousand households on Wang Bi's side, and said loudly: "You two each lead a thousand men and horses, stand at the base of the city wall, and after the Yuan army shoots the first round of bows and arrows, immediately collect the arrows, carry them to the city, and distribute them to the army." "It turns out that after a night of fierce fighting under Lan Yu's army, the arrows are consumed very much, and at this time, in the face of such a large number of enemies, the role of the bow and crossbow is extremely important, so that it is necessary to collect the enemy's arrows in case of emergency.

After the soldiers behind Wang Bi received the order, they immediately divided into two groups, and stood on both sides of the city wall of the north gate one by one, sat down on the ground, bent their waists and stretched their legs, and cooperated with their hands, and struggled to pull the crossbow strings of the divine arm bow, and put the arrows in the groove and waited to be fired, and lay behind the battlements of the city wall. East $ square $ .com

Zhu Quan turned his head and saw that the Ming army was all armed with bows and crossbows, and there were no firearms, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he asked in a deep voice: "All the gunpowder of our army can be used to block the door." ”

Lan Yu and Wang Bi were stunned when they heard this, it turned out that before the Lan Yu army set off, they imagined that even if Qin Zhuofeng and the others killed Ping Zhangguo, the army would still need to face an extremely strong city gate, so they simply divided all the gunpowder in the camp into bamboo tubes and distributed them to 10,000 knights to carry, and when the army came to the city, they piled up at the city gate and forcibly blew up the door. At this time, when I heard what Zhu Quan said, I couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what he meant.

Zhu Quan pointed to the tall North City Gate Tower and continued: "As long as the gunpowder is piled up in the city gate hole, it will explode and collapse the city gate tower." ”

Lan Yu suddenly realized, and hurriedly ordered Jing Jun, Sima Chao, Ma Sanbao and others to lead two thousand soldiers to collect gunpowder.

At this time, outside the city of Gyeongju, the commander of the Mobei Yuan army, Hailanda, saw tens of thousands of iron horsemen rolling behind him, and knew that it was the arrival of the Nahachu army, and couldn't help but be happy, and said: "Our army has tens of thousands of people, and they are waiting for work, as long as they rush into the city gate, the Ming army is tired, and there is no reason to be spared." Thinking of this, he ordered all the troops to mount their horses and wait for the arrival of the Nahachu army, and then cooperate with the siege together. He didn't know that the blue jade department in the city at this time had also received reinforcements.

Zhu Quan and Xu Ying know that at this time, there is a huge disparity between the enemy and us, and it is the most important thing to seal the city gate so that the enemy has no way to start. He and Ma Sanbao each led a team of men and horses to raid the soldiers in Gyeongju last night, or collect gunpowder on the corpses, and continuously carry them to the gate cave of the northern city to pile up.

At this time, Nahachu had already led the army to the front of the Highlander army, glanced at Highlander coldly, and asked in a deep voice: "Come, Hailixi, where is the father and son?" Who are you? ”

"The last general is His Majesty the Emperor of Mobei Yuanting, the commander of the palace in front of the palace, Hailanda, on the order of the Taishi Barbarian, led the army to help the Taiwei to resist the Ming army. East! Square! .com "Highlander bowed and clenched his fists, turned his head and pointed to the hole in the city gate, and said: "Lord Guolai is in the city, and he still doesn't know life and death. General Hailixi is leading people to dig the city gate. ”

Nahachu snorted with murderous anger on his face, and said angrily: "The fortified city is heavily armed, and the city was lost overnight. Even if his father and son do not die in the hands of Lan Yu, they must be engaged in military law. He turned his head to look at the thousands of Mobei Yuan troops behind Hailanda, and said lightly: "I don't know how many reinforcements General Hai brought to help?" How many enemies are there in the city? "It turned out that at the head of Gyeongju City at this time, the Ming soldiers were ordered by the blue jade general, all of them were lying behind the city wall, only the Ming army in the city was still busy, carrying the collected gunpowder, concentrating towards the north gate, but there was no figure in sight above the city head.

Highlander's face turned red, and she had to tell the truth: "The little one was ordered by the Taishi to lead five thousand cavalry here, and under the fierce battle, there were only these horses. The Ming army in the city is estimated to be at least tens of thousands, otherwise it will be difficult to take the entire city of Gyeongju. ”

"Five thousand? Master Taishi is really generous. Nahachu said coldly with a sneering look on his face: "Let your thousands of men and horses follow the whole army of Captain Ben." "Anyway, don't go to see Highlander again.

Highlander naturally heard Nahachu's tone of voice and his dissatisfaction with Mobei Yuanting, but he didn't dare to answer, so he had to pass on the order, so that all his more than 3,000 knights got on their horses and gathered in the army behind Nahachu.

Nahachu turned his head to look at the black knights behind him, and then looked at the head of Gyeongju City, and passed down the military order, asking Hailanda to lead 3,000 men to charge and cover the Yuan army's more than a dozen "crashing wood" teams, and attack first, and the "Wuliangha" 3 guards and 60,000 knights under his own leadership, as well as 20,000 knights under Hailixi, were all on standby with bows and arrows.

When Hailanda heard that he actually ordered him to charge first and test the strength of the Ming army, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said in his heart: Gyeongju is a critical place, and this battle is not only related to the Nahachu Liaodong Division, but also related to the Mobei Yuanting. Thinking of this, he had to obey the order and lead 3,000 men to rush to the north gate first.

Lan Yu watched the Yuan army's "hitting wood" team at the battlement of the city wall to enter the range of crossbow arrows, waved his hand and gave the order, a Ming sergeant stood up, picked up the "Divine Arm Bow" strong crossbow, aimed at the two rows of marching side by side, and the cavalry carrying siege equipment moved the machine, and with a dense crossbow string vibration, countless arrows brought a sharp sound of breaking the air, and shot at the head of the three thousand knights of Highlander.

At this time, the "Divine Arm Bow" is a relatively heavy crossbow that exerts its full power, and it turns out that it is extremely powerful, and the range far exceeds that of the Yuan army's bow and arrow, and it can be fired to injure the enemy before the enemy has rushed into the range of his bow and arrow.

With the mournful roar of a war horse, the knight screamed, and the powerful crossbow arrows shot countless Yuan soldiers on their backs, and many knights in the team who hit the wood, the war horses were shot with blood splashed, and they fell to their knees with their front hooves wailing, and even if the knight who fell off the horse did not fall to death, he was instantly trampled into meat paste for the war horse that followed behind.

Seeing that the Ming army had no artillery, firearms, and these sharp weapons that he was deeply afraid of helping, Nahachu couldn't help but lift his spirits, and with a wave of his horsewhip, 80,000 elite knights rode their horses and galloped towards the city of Gyeongju. In an instant, tens of thousands of black feather arrows rushed together in the air, and they flew towards the head of Gyeongju City like a black cloud casting a demon spell.

Zhu Quan and Xu Ying were at the north gate at this time, commanding the sergeant to carry gunpowder and bamboo tubes stacked in the city gate hole, and suddenly their feet shook violently, like endless horses galloping, and they couldn't help but change color in shock, and when they were about to speak, the top of their heads instantly turned black, as if the sunlight was also blocked. Immediately afterwards, the rain of arrows, which was as dense as a pouring rain, roared and fell overhead, falling among the ruins and ruins, as if it did not stop.

It turned out that Nahachu saw that the Ming army really did not have sharp firearms, so he simply sent a military order, so that 80,000 knights lined up under the city, and kept shooting arrows.

Nahachu waved his whip, and the knight behind him split left and right, dodging a path. A dozen or so knights with bumper logs galloped towards the north gate, and when they wanted to rush to the city gate, they threw the thick logs out of their hands and forcibly smashed the city gate open.

Seeing that the enemy's weapon striking the city gate was already approaching, Lan Yu reached out and took the strong crossbow of a sergeant beside him, and ordered in a loud voice: "Shoot the first two knights of the enemy's horse team with the bow and crossbow. As soon as the words fell, Huo Ran stood up, picked up the crossbow arrow, and shot an arrow at a knight who had already seen it.

The Ming army behind the wall saw that the main general was taking the lead, and they also stood up one after another, and shot at the knights led by the horse team with bows and crossbows in their hands. It's a pity that the Yuan army's arrow rain is too dense, many of the soldiers under the command of Lan Yu just showed their heads, and they didn't have time to shoot the feather arrows, they screamed and fell down with arrows, fortunately, after Lan Yu gave the order, the Ming army opened the bow and released the crossbow The target was concentrated on the two knights in the lead of the horse team, and hundreds of arrows shot by luck flew down the city, and suddenly shot more than a dozen knights with people and horses into hedgehogs.

The horse fell with a scream, and tripped over the other knights who followed it, causing the dozen or so columns to move forward, and the team holding the logs lost their balance, and the heavy logs fell to the ground with a bang.

When Lan Yu shot the feather arrow, he only felt a shock on his shoulder, and was pulled back by Xu Ying's hand, and then he saw the arrow stuck in his shoulder.

When Xu Ying tore off his sleeves to bandage Lan Yu, a team of knights who were lucky enough to avoid the Ming army's random arrows had already pulled the heavy bumping wood to more than ten zhang below the city.

At this moment, Qin Zhuofeng, who was on Zhu Quan's side, stretched out his hand and lifted up a corpse of the Yuan army on the side to block it in front of him, but with a wave of his right hand, a spear flew out like lightning, piercing the head of the war horse ridden by the knight in front of him like thunder, and in a scream of surprise, the knight behind tripped over the fallen war horse in front and rolled to the ground. The "wood-knocking" team, which was about to succeed, fell apart again.

At the same time, a feather arrow flew towards the battlement of the city wall and hit Qin Zhuofeng's thigh.

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