XV Outside the Border
The horses' hooves galloped, dust and smoke billowed up, and another group of soldiers and horses galloped in the wilderness.
The leader jumped down without waiting for the horse to stop.
"Fourth brother!" He shouted, "Where's Chen Shi?"
Liang Sizi, who was standing in place, turned his head and looked at the visitor: "Sixth."
At this moment, Liang Liuzi was not as glamorous as when he was in the capital, his military robes were shabby, and the blood stains on his weapons were solidified and mottled.
Liang Liuzi looked at the blood oozing from Liang Sizi's shoulder, and cursed: "Chen Shi ran away?" Then he turned around and beckoned to the crowd, "Chase—"
The guards behind him roared in unison, and the horses' hooves trampled on them.
"Stop, stop, stop!" Liang Sizi shouted, and then looked at Liang Liuzi, "I let him go."
Liang Liuzi glared: "What? If you can't beat him, you'll throw in the towel?" As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and pulled out his long knife, "He hasn't fought me yet!" If you want to leave, you'll have to beat me!"
Liang Sizi stretched out his hand and snatched his knife down: "I told you what kind of madness you had, I let him go."
Liang Liuzi looked sad: "Fourth brother, if you are soft-hearted and let him go, there will really be no one to care about here."
Liang Sizi said, "It's actually useless for him to be here alone, he wants money but no money, he wants things but no things, and he wants people and no one..."
Liang Liuzi hurriedly said: "My fifth brother and I entered Beijing, and we really urged the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War also said that it would definitely be reported and give us money and manpower as soon as possible."
..... as soon as possible
Liang Sizi looked at the sky, and then looked at the grass on the ground, when Liang Liuzi went to the capital to report, the grass on the ground turned yellow, and now the yellow grass has been tender green.
There was no money, no people, nothing was delivered.
"It should be soon." Liang Liuzi whispered.
Liang Sizi smiled at him and nodded, no matter how fast or slow, what could they do? Can only wait.
"Chen Shi said he went to find someone." He said, "When he becomes the head of the house, someone has money, and he will come to help repair the city defenses."
Is the head of Momen? That's really a call for someone to be rich, otherwise King Jin wouldn't have recruited them at the beginning.
The thought flashed, and Liang Sizi and Liang Liuzi had complicated expressions.
Momen, who was recruited by the King of Jin to rebel, worked on the side of the Northern Navy a long time ago, and if he said this, the court and the world suspected that they were colluding with Momen, and they really didn't suspect that they were wrong.
"Chen Shi said, their Beitang is different from the head, they were the pawns of the King of Jin before, and they were the head of the house, and the Beitang did not agree." Liang Sizi whispered, "He went to fight for the head of the house this time just to set things right."
Liang Liuzi glanced at him and muttered, "Fourth brother, you believe him so much? What if he doesn't come back? He became the head of the house, and someone with money came to our place to do hard labor? was recognized by the government and arrested..... Why should he suffer?"
yes, why bother.
Liang Sizi held the knife in his hand, looked ahead and looked behind him.
"We do what we can, and what others do is someone else's business." He said.
Liang Liuzi was about to say something, and the horse's hooves sounded behind him again.
"The four generals—" the visitor shouted, "Urgent—urgent—the desolate people appeared outside the mouth of the North Village—"
Liang Liuzi's words turned into an angry roar: "This group of savages is here again!" ….
Liang Sizi has already turned over and got on the horse.
"Sixth, you immediately lead the troops to help." He shouted, "No matter what the cost, we can't let the desolate people break through Beizhaikou!"
Liang Liuzi roared, turned over on his horse, and shouted to the guards with a long knife: "Follow me-"
Young grass spreads across the wilderness, but the farther north it goes, the sparser it becomes, and the ground is so thick with dead grass that it can't emerge until a few spring winds tore it up.
A group of black-pressed men rode slowly across the wilderness, and although their movements were slow, the horses' hooves overturned the dead grass.
They did not have uniform armor, and wore animal skins and cloth on their bodies, as if they wore whatever they had
The weapons they hold are also different, such as huge hammers, stone axes, and wooden forks made of tree trunks.
These are the wandering wilderness people in the depths of the north, and the reason why they have the word "wilderness" is because they are like uncivilized savages.
For the savages, the grasslands and the depths of the mountains and forests are a paradise for survival, but this does not include winter and early spring, when the animals hibernate deeply, the trees are dormant and fruitless, they lack clothing to shelter from the cold, they lack food to eat, the instincts of the wild animals allow them to find a chance to survive, they follow the warm wind of the south, and the delicious taste of food haunts.
But instinct will also make them seek good fortune and avoid evil.
When he saw a faint pass in front of him, the soldiers who were walking in the forefront raised their hands and signaled, and everyone stopped.
Although the tempting smell of food came from the direction of the pass, and although there was only a flat land covered with the barren grass outside the pass, the experienced hunters could sense the danger, and at the same time, there were also people in the team shouting, waving the wooden fork in their hands, telling everyone that they had encountered danger here, and that there were fierce traps hidden on the seemingly ordinary ground.
The team became agitated, and some wanted to retreat, but others disagreed.
The food is right in front of you, is it going to retreat because of the danger?
Hunting in the mountains and forests is dangerous!
If you can't bring back food, how will you survive this spring?
In the end, the need for survival was agreed upon, and it was better to give it a try, and a team of the bravest soldiers was selected, holding weapons, urging their horses to rush towards the level with a roar.
When a dozen horses' hooves stepped on a barren grass, a row of iron chisels sprang up from the ground, piercing the horses' hooves, horses' legs, horses neighed and fell, and the soldiers on horseback were thrown down—
There was nothing to this, and without the horses, the warriors could charge and kill on their legs.
Halfway down, the soldiers roared and adjusted their postures and raised their weapons, but they could not land, and just as the iron brazing pierced the horse's legs, there was a strange roar in the ground, and the wooden frames were turned up with dead grass.
The next moment, the tumbling soldier crashed into the wooden frame, letting out a miserable scream, and the wooden frame was also covered with iron drills, accompanied by a huge rise and fall impact, which instantly penetrated the rolling soldier.
One by one, the majestic soldiers were nailed to the wooden frame like dead rats, and they were drenched in blood, staining the wooden frame and the ground red.
The barren in the rear let out a shrill roar, anger and grief and unconcealed fear, horses trampled backwards, but there were also crazy soldiers rushing forward regardless of the ——....
Some soldiers frantically struck the wooden frame that nailed their companions, and the simple-looking wooden frame was as hard as iron when nailed, soft as silk when pulled, and lengthened and widened and crooked as it was pulled, but it could not be torn apart.
A soldier looked for another direction and rushed over, and was also pierced by the iron drill again, he cleverly controlled the forward pounce, and stood on the horse, and there was no wooden frame in front of him, but when he cautiously tried to land with one foot, a row of iron drills instantly appeared under the ground, and the soldier screamed and ended up like a war horse.
After a few times, looking at the corpses of their companions in front of them as if a wall had been erected, the fear of the desolate people gradually grew, and they screamed, but fewer and fewer people rushed forward, and many began to retreat, their eyes extinguished the desire to hunt.
In the face of such a protective trap, even if they rush through, how many will survive?
Look at the pass ahead, the city wall is faintly already standing with soldiers and crossbows.
The few soldiers who rushed forward were to die again under their crossbows.
The ferocity of the warriors of the wilderness can be ten at a time, but with one to ten, it is completely sent to death.
The leader was surrounded by soldiers and persuaded to find other places, telling that a certain tribe was buried under such a trap before, and when the priests summoned their spirits, the undead were still warning that the place around them was not suitable for hunting.
The leader also retreated, but at this moment, several soldiers who were desperately shaking the wooden frame shook their bodies, and a wooden frame was pulled out, and with the soldiers and the wooden frame thrown away, a round iron weapon fell and smashed on the soldier's head.
The soldier howled, but although it hurt, but
No further attacks were encountered.
At the same time, a dense creaking sound sounded on the ground, and dense iron drills drilled out of the ground that had not yet been set foot in the distance, and a cold light shone in the daylight.
This sudden scene made the noisy soldiers of the wilderness freeze, and they all took a step back, but the iron drills on the ground were terrible when and where they appeared, and if they were seen in advance, they were not so terrible-
What's going on?
The leader of the wilderness narrowed his eyes, and the blessing of the gods seemed to sound in his ears, and with a wave of his hand, another group of soldiers came out of the ranks, although with horror on their faces, they roared and rushed forward, avoiding the iron drills that came out, and there was no wooden frame bounced up from the ground, one step, two steps, three steps—
Standing on the rammed earth city wall, Liang Liuzi slapped it fiercely, and the dust was flying.
"It's fucking broken again!" He scolded.
The veteran next to him was full of vicissitudes and said, "When we were inspecting, we also found that several parts had fallen off, and we also specially found a blacksmith to make a new fight according to this look, and put it on, how to ..... it?"
It doesn't work.
"Grandpa, those blacksmiths said, what, take the lead, move the whole body or something, if it is broken, it is not only that it is broken here, but the whole thing may have to be rebuilt, they can't do it." The lieutenant next to him said, "You still don't believe it—"
The old soldier snorted, "Where the hell do I understand this, believe it or not, can't I fix it?"
Liang Liuzi interrupted their dispute with a roar: "Don't talk nonsense, those grandsons are here—"
Sure enough, after a few soldiers tested that there was no trap, more and more soldiers rushed over, getting closer and closer, kicking up dust and roaring like beasts, and standing on the city wall, you could feel the ground tremble.
"Leave the wood and iron drills alone, we ourselves are the strongest barrier!" Liang Liuzi roared, raising a heavy bow, "Kill me—"
With a roar, he flew out with a crossbow and three arrows in his hand.
With his three arrows, the walls rained down with arrows.
The soldiers and horses at the front fell again, and the horses were hit by arrows, and the people were pierced, but behind them, iron swords, stone axes, and sharpened spears also flew like rain towards the city wall.
Soldiers also continued to fall from the walls.
The sound of fighting is overwhelming.
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