Volume 2 Chapter 200 The illiterate plays quite high-end
War is always cruel and no one will have mercy on you.
Sympathy for the weak rarely happens on the battlefield.
Mending the knife may be their last sympathy.
Li Chengqian actually didn't want to scold people, because he knew very well that scolding people at this moment was the most incompetent performance.
But he still couldn't help but roar at the menacing enemy army: "A bunch of dogs, this king wants to see how many of you have come to die!" ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, "Take the bow!" ”
Everyone was blinded by his appearance!
Since they had known Li Chengqian, they had never seen him use a bow and arrow.
"Why are you stunned, take a bow!" Seeing that there was no response, Li Chengqian said again.
Only then did someone hand over a bow, but after Li Chengqian took it, he still said: "Your Highness, the two armies are fighting, and there are dangers, or ......."
"Shut up!" Li Chengqian was immediately displeased, "How can this king be greedy for life and afraid of death, all the soldiers can fight bloodily, why can't this king?" If you dare to talk nonsense, don't blame this king for being ruthless! ”
Of course, this is for everyone, but with a bow, he really wants to try it.
In fact, he can shoot arrows, which Fang Yiai, Cheng Chuliang and others all know, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, how can he not be able to ride archery, not to mention proficient, but at least he can handle it.
The reason why he didn't show it in the past, to put it bluntly, was that some thoughts of later generations were at work.
Don't look at the fact that there are many people who have died because of him in Chishuiyuan recently, but if he really lets him kill people with his own hands, well, he was born in a society ruled by law, and he is really a little cringe.
But this time, he wanted to try.
Seeing Li Chengqian say this, the man immediately stopped saying anything.
It was a blessing to them to have such a king who was willing to fight side by side with them.
Not to mention anything else, as long as Li Chengqian is still on the city wall, the morale of everyone will be much higher, and this is the role of the leader.
"Your Highness, why don't we compare together?" At this moment, Fang Yiai came over.
This group of guys, maybe out of Chang'an City, no one cares about them, one or two don't know how to learn a two-skin face, Li Chengqian said angrily: "Get out!" ”
"Okay!" When Fang Yiai heard this, he ran away, and said to the others as he ran, "Don't blame me, Your Highness told me to go." ”
When the others saw this, they immediately laughed.
Li Chengqian is so angry, but with these living treasures who are not afraid of heaven and earth, the atmosphere in the city is much more relaxed.
Sure enough, even if it's, as long as it's put in the right place, it's useful.
"Fang Er, you will cooperate with the trebuchet and shoot those alcohol canisters for me, listen up, I don't care what you gamble on, except for Fang Er, the two who shoot the most will be promoted to the rank of captain!"
As soon as he heard Li Chengqian say this, Fang Yi was happy: "See, you guys are the first two to shoot the Wu Chief, and I am the chief!" ”
This is a sense of superiority, no matter how much you shoot, you can't run this long.
And Li Chengqian also knew that although Wu Chang and Shi Chang were not as famous as the guards in their homes in Chang'an, this kind of earning by themselves with their abilities fascinated them very much and had a fatal attraction to them.
For a while, Cheng Chuliang and the others were full of energy, ready to snatch the post of captain.
Looking at Fang Yiai's stinky and shameless appearance, Li Chengqian sneered: "Second Fang, if you don't shoot as much as Wu Chang, do you still have the face to be this long?" ”
Hearing Li Chengqian say this, Cheng Chuliang and the others became even more energetic.
yes, I'll put this guy to shame on himself later!
Fang Yiai was also stunned, right!
If you are not as good as these soldiers, I am afraid that my majesty will be threatened in the future, and I will look like I am ready to fight at the moment.
Damn, you can't lose, it's easy to say anything else, you lost to your own soldiers, and you can't afford to lose that person!
Seeing this scene, Li Chengqian smiled.
These guys are more competitive than anyone else.
"Everyone, prepare!" At this moment, Ihara Zhen shouted, "The enemy has three hundred steps, two hundred and eighty steps to cross and raise his head to the sky!" ”
"Trebuchet, bed crossbow ready!" Ihara Zhen continued, "The enemy has three hundred steps, and two hundred and fifty steps at once!" ”
With his order, everyone immediately waited.
After a moment, Ihara Zhen shouted: "Look up to the sky and send it together!" ”
For a while, a dense rain of arrows roared out, and Li Chengqian only heard the sound of swishing.
And this rain of arrows has not stopped at all! A rain of arrows just went out, and another rain of arrows followed.
"Trebuchets and bed crossbows in unison!" At this moment, Ihara Zhen shouted angrily again.
Three trebuchets and two bed crossbows were also activated at the same time.
And Fang Yiai, Cheng Chuliang and others also stared at the few burning alcohol cans, but Cheng Chuliang just pulled his bow and arrows, and he was immediately deflated.
Fuck, it's too far away, his bow can't keep up.
As for Fang Yiai, he was still staring intently, only to see a whoosh, and the arrow went away!
In a short time, the fire and rain are as brilliant as flowers!
"Is it really a master, when you are long, are you indiscriminate?" Seeing that the alcohol jar cracked in response, Fang Yiai said to Cheng Chuliang and the others quite sneeringly.
There's no way, this guy is as powerful as an ox, and there are not many people in the whole Datang who can shoot so far, but the distance is too far, and he doesn't have the right head, and this arrow has a lot of ingredients.
Of course, several other alcohol canisters also exploded in the air.
After all, a rain of arrows fired from the back, a blind cat can touch a dead mouse, and it can also encounter a few.
That's what they did before!
Looking at the consumption on the battlefield, Li Chengqian was also worried in his heart, and if he continued to consume like this, he would not be able to bear it.
A rain of arrows is a few hundred arrows, and the little stock in the workshop may not be able to withstand a day if this trend continues.
He now understands why later generations say that war is a deep pit that burns money, where the hell is the arrow that is shot out? It's clearly money!
Of course, Li Chengqian didn't have the heart to say this at this time, so he pulled out his bow and arrow with all his might, looked up to the sky at a forty-five degree angle, and shot an arrow.
It doesn't matter if he kills the enemy or not, he just wants to feel it, or rather, get familiar with it.
Just then, Ihara Tin arrived.
Seeing the tense battle at the head of the city, Ihara Xi was also emotional.
The big war is still coming.
"Your Highness looking for me?" Walking up to Li Chengqian, Yi Yuanxi asked.
Seeing Yi Yuanxi, Li Chengqian said, "Let's go, let's go down the city wall." ”
It's not that Li Chengqian is afraid, it's just that what he wants to say to Yi Yuanxi is not suitable for everyone to hear, for fear of affecting the morale of the army.
Yi Yuanxi nodded, and followed Li Chengqian towards the city wall.
Under the city wall, in fact, on the side of the city gate cave, there are also two teams of men and horses stationed.
No matter how dangerous the city is, they are stationed here, just to prevent the enemy from really rushing under the city gates.
It was only when he walked to a place where there was no one that Li Chengqian said: "You immediately organize people in the valley and go to the workshop to help, the more people the better, we don't have many arrows!" ”
"How many more?" As soon as he heard Li Chengqian say this, Yi Yuanxi was shocked! If this arrow is broken, then this battle is still a fart!
Li Chengqian said: "There are still 20,000 arrows in the bow, and only 100,000 arrows in the crossbow. If the Ke Yan Mang Jiebo keeps attacking the city like this, these stocks may not be able to support it for a day! ”
After all, it was an experience mistake for him to let Li Qinjian take charge of the workshop at the beginning, neither of them had fought a serious war, so he knew that a big war would cost so much.
Just before, he was complacent about what little inventory he had in the workshop!
Thinking about it now, it's ridiculous.
"I'll arrange it right away." Yi Yuan Xi was also afraid for a while, but fortunately, the people on their grassland were born and raised on horseback, and making bows and arrows is also a necessary skill for every warrior, so there is no shortage of manpower.
In addition, Li Chengqian had people cut down the trees outside the valley before, and the shopkeeper Yang brought a lot of iron materials, and there was no shortage of raw materials, but at the critical moment of defending the city, it was really heartwarming to make such a mess, "However, even if you hurry up now, it is estimated that you won't be able to catch up." ”
As he spoke, Ihara sighed.
Li Chengqian thought for a while and said, "You let those women make some dummies out of grass, the more the better, and I'll think of a way." ”
What could he do? Now it's all about taking risks.
Other than that, he really didn't have any tricks in other ways.
And just when they were worried about the arrows, Lou Ning was also worried about the arrows.
Li Chengqian was worried that there were too few arrows, and Lou Ning was worried that there were too many arrows.
This time, it was he who brought people to attack the city.
According to their discussion, they don't let the people of Sun Moon Mountain rest, let's fight in wheels, and in turn, we will fight with the people of Sun Moon Mountain!
However, he was obviously much more unlucky than Karasuma Nita.
When Karasuma Nida attacked the city before, he didn't encounter such a situation at first, after all, at the beginning, they couldn't be seen from the castle, but when it was Lou Ning's turn, the situation was different.
There were flames everywhere, exposing their group to the eyes of the defenders of Chengtou early, and then there were bursts of arrows.
He wants to fight back, too.
But the rain of arrows from the top of the city can shoot at the top of the city, but their rain of arrows may not reach the city walls.
He had tried, and a volley of fires had passed, but only a few arrows flew above the city.
This made him speechless, and the feeling of being beaten passively was really unfamiliar.
The point is, what did Karasuma Nida say before, he also advanced the battering ram to a distance of two hundred and fifty steps from the head of the city, so it wouldn't be that he would withdraw as soon as he came to the position of the battering ram, right?
Yes, when Karasuma Nida retreated, the battering ram was left here and was not taken away.
Their purpose was to rely on this method to slowly send the battering ram under the city gate, and then break the city with one sentence.
But at this moment, he can't move at all!
This annoyed him.
"Knowles' warriors, rush me! Don't let them see a joke that we have been attacking the city for a long time and have not moved at all. Lou Ning was also ruthless, and rushed out when he took the lead, swinging his knife and constantly slashing the oncoming arrows.
It's not okay to add, this siege didn't move forward a single step, and I can't afford to lose that person when I go back.
His words also aroused the blood of other people, indeed, sometimes, death is not terrible, what is afraid is shame.
However, their siege was doomed to be futile.
When Lou Ning and the others desperately covered the infantry and advanced the battering ram by fifty steps, they could no longer advance.
The casualties are too great, and Lou Ning doesn't want to confess all his people here in the first battle, in the final analysis, everyone has selfish intentions.
Immediately, Lou Ning led people to withdraw.
I can't bear it!
On the city tower, everyone saw that they were not as fierce as the previous offensive and retreated, and they immediately smiled one by one.
Another wave was repulsed!
This was their victory, and for a while, the city cheered and shook the sky!
Hearing the movement above, Li Chengqian came to the cave of the city gate, looked outside through the crack in the door, and saw that Lou Ning's people had indeed retreated, and immediately said to the defenders in the urn city: "Open the city gate, a team of men and horses lined up and pretend to pursue, and if you encounter a wounded soldier who falls behind, you will be killed on the spot!" Pursue at a maximum of two hundred paces.
The other team cleaned up the battlefield, and remember, all the arrows I could collect were scavenged for me. I'll let the brothers at the head of the city cover for you! ”
After explaining, Li Chengqian hurriedly ran to the top of the city again, and said loudly: "Brother of the resentful army, draw your bow and arrows, be ready to meet the enemy at any time, and at the same time cover our brother who is out of the city!" Those brothers who just joined us during the day organized their hands to collect arrows in the city walls! Move it! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd heard the creaking of the gates of the city.
I saw a team of fine horsemen chasing after them.
Seeing this scene, Li Chengqian said: "If they dare to turn around and come back, cooperate with the brothers who went out of the city, and annihilate them all!" ”
For a while, everyone once again entered a state of combat readiness.
Is this about to be a big deal?
Only Li Chengqian knew that he was taking a risk.
No way, they really don't have many arrows!
When Lou Ning noticed that there were pursuers behind him, he was also stunned for a moment.
How dare they chase it out?
This was something he never expected, and at that moment, he wanted to turn the team around and eat this chasing army first.
They are generally clear about the strength of Sun Moon Mountain, if they really want to go out of the city to fight in the field and give up the strong city as a support, then they can die of laughter.
Looking at the city, Lou Ning gave up, in case it was Li Chengqian's ploy to deliberately lure the enemy deeper, they might have to lose some men and horses, even if Dayan Mang made a wave and they came to the rescue, it was estimated that it would be too late.
Especially when he saw that the pursuers stopped about two hundred steps outside the city and stopped chasing, Lou Ning even concluded that it was a trap.
Damn, three hundred steps are within their range, and before he could fight anyone else, a rain of arrows flew over, and this is a fart.
But how did he know that this was just Li Chengqian cleaning up the battlefield.
About a quarter of an hour later, the man in charge of cleaning the battlefield informed them, and everyone quickly evacuated.
Seeing that they began to retreat, Li Chengqian was completely relieved.
It's finally gone.
But this method is okay to make one or two times, and more will definitely make them find some flaws.
It's too risky to go out of the city and fight in the field!
At the head of the city, the people also breathed a sigh of relief.
This endless war really makes people tense their nerves, and they don't dare to relax for a while.
Of course, there are exceptions to everything, such as Fang Yi loves them, and they are exceptions.
This group of bastards, as soon as the battle is over, they start settling accounts, and the result is naturally that Fang Yiai is firmly in the first place, but in the second and third places, their argument is big.
Seeing that he was about to come to him for comment again, Li Chengqian just glanced at them and said, "Get out, this bit of is not clear, don't come to me!" ”
He's really convinced of these guys.
That's called a heart wide.
When the people outside the city withdrew, the sky began to light up.
While everyone was waiting for the light of day, they were waiting for the third wave of the enemy to attack the city.
Now that the first wave and the second wave are here, the third wave is expected.
But when the day dawned, the expected third wave of siege was delayed.
Everyone was a little impatient.
When he saw that everyone was even debating when the damn third wave would come, Li Chengqian suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Damn, a guy who was definitely illiterate in the future generations actually played psychological warfare with him!
This is the last thing he wants to face.
A thousand days of anti-thieves is definitely the most helpless thing.
After a while, Aunt Zhang took a group of cooks to the city with breakfast, and shouted loudly: "It's time to start eating, the battle has to be fought, the rice has to be eaten, and when you are full, you have the strength to do it with them!" ”
I don't know where she learned the words, Li Chengqian laughed.
When everyone heard this, they also laughed, and some even asked: "Aunt Zhang, why don't we help you talk to Your Highness, it's a pity to cook with your mouth." ”
"I can't stop you when I eat." Aunt Zhang scolded with a smile, she had been in the bandits' den for so many years, and she didn't pay attention to the ridicule of these guys.
Don't look at it as a group of soldiers, they will occasionally take advantage of their mouths, but their hands and feet are much cleaner.
This kind of life actually makes her very satisfied, even if there is a war every day, she does not feel uneasy.
"Your Highness." Seeing that Li Chengqian was also here, Aunt Zhang said, "I didn't know that His Highness was in the city before I came, so I asked someone to send His Highness's food to His Highness's tent, or I asked someone to bring it to His Highness." ”
Li Chengqian's food is naturally different from others, and everyone has no opinion on this.
After all, this is their king, and if he eats like them, what will it be?
Sometimes, it's just that weird.
If their king is as bitter as they are, they may not think that this is sharing weal and woe, nor will they think that this is the king leading by example, but more often they think it is inappropriate.
A king deserves to be treated like a king!
This is something that everyone agrees with.
"No need, just deal with it." Li Chengqian smiled and waved his hand, occasionally eating with everyone, that is called sharing weal and woe, "By the way, Aunt Zhang, from today onwards, the brewery still has to organize manpower, and now that the war is together, the consumption of alcohol is very large, and you must increase the production of alcohol as much as possible." ”
"Okay, I'll arrange it when I get back." Aunt Zhang said.
Since Li Chengqian taught them, this thing has become their profession, but if you really want to talk about it, this work is better for women than men, which makes Li Chengqian worry a lot.
The carefulness and seriousness of a woman is just right for this.
After the explanation, Li Chengqian also had breakfast with everyone.
No matter when the third wave of the siege of Dayan Mangjie began, breakfast still had to be eaten.