Volume 1 Disputes and Troubled Times Chapter 75 A threshold stumbles twice

Wang Wei didn't care about what happened in the tent, what he cared about was finally spending the day safely.

At the fifth watch, the scouts lurking in the ruins of the first high wall were the first to spot the anomaly outside. The sky was as dark as ink, but you could vaguely see the moving figures outside, and there was the faint neighing of war horses, all of which showed that this was the arrival of an army.

An army of 10,000 men, consisting of 5,000 Ashina tribesmen and 5,000 tribesmen from other tribes, quietly approached the first trench in the night. Ashina Siyuan's idea was that since the Yong thieves had won during the day, they should let their guard down at night. He sent half of his men, plus the soldiers and horses of other tribal leaders, to make such a temporary team.

After some rectification, 60,000 tribal troops and 20,000 elites were selected into the Kumamoto Army. Yes, 20,000, according to Yu Sheshi and An, how can there be 5,000 reserve soldiers. Although what Yu Shot Shi and An said was high-sounding, Ashina Siyuan knew that these 5,000 people were meat buns and dogs, and there was no return.

The 10,000 tribal army that attacked the western camp was called Ashina Kuro, who was the youngest uncle of Ashina Siyuan. He is the same age as Ashina Siyuan, grew up together since childhood, and has fought for Ashina for so many years, and is a battlefield general.

This time, Ashina Kuro led 10,000 people to attack the camp in the west of Guangmu City, and he sent his eldest son Ashina Sitong to lead 5,000 miscellaneous cards as the front army, preparing for a sneak attack. He himself personally led 5,000 Ashina tribesmen and stationed them several miles away.

The reason for this arrangement is entirely because of Ashina Siyuan's order, he told Ashina Kuro not to act rashly, and to see the effect of the sneak attack of the former army before making a decision. If the sneak attack is successful, the whole army of 5,000 will be staked; If the sneak attack is unfavorable, then you can only wait until after dawn to make a decision.

Ashinas and 5,000 miscellaneous soldiers slowly touched the first trench, and it was so dark that he couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly. The uneasiness in his heart rose up, and his intuition told him that the thief was prepared.

However, even though he knew that the other party was prepared, the arrow was wound and had to be fired. Ashinas drew his scimitar, pointed forward, and immediately ordered: "The condor shooters cover, and the others attack!" ”

Fifteen hundred archers rushed forward quickly, lined up in three rows, and together they fired their arrows at the ruins of the first high wall, "Whoosh! Sou! Sou! The arrows fell like a torrential rain in an instant, and the sharp clusters of arrows pierced the night sky, and in a matter of moments, the ruins were covered, and the charred wood was full of arrows.

The rate of fire of the Badbeard tribesmen was very fast, and after three rounds of arrows, Ashinas swung his scimitar and shouted, "Kill! Destroy the thieves! ”

Three thousand five hundred miscellaneous soldiers, armed with swords, shields, and spears, rushed upright, and shouted as they ran wildly, like rushing waves through the trenches and rushing towards the ruins. The Bearded Warriors successfully ascended the first wall to the ruins, and they were greeted by a second trench and endless ranged attacks.

At the same time, the 4th and 5,000 troops on the second high wall also began to exert their might, 1,500 people armed with bows and arrows and crossbows, divided into three parts, and took turns to shoot at the ruins of the first high wall.

What terrified the Bearded Tribesmen the most was the "click" of the crossbow on the bed in the night, a tooth-sore sound that invisibly struck everyone's chest. What followed was the whizzing of the crossbow spears that pierced the night, and the muffled sound of stones.

The tribal soldiers who were running at the front suddenly turned on their backs, and all kinds of miserable cries resounded in the night sky. Rounds of arrows, crossbows, and sharp stones and crossbows capable of threading several men into skewers of flesh smeared the blood of the tribesmen in the dirt between the ruins of the first wall and the second trench.

The biggest advantage of this three-stage shooting is that it has a wide impact area, so that the attack will not be wasted at one point. At the same time, the villagers were condescending, and the shields in the hands of the soldiers of the Badbeard tribe could not block the powerful crossbow arrows, nor could they block the flying stones. Shields and armor were immediately tattered by arrows and stones. The tribal soldiers who ran ahead either fell on the way forward, or fell into the second trench and were killed by bamboo sticks and thistles in the trench.

The first platoon of tribal soldiers was killed, and then the second platoon of tribal soldiers also fell. The Bearded Man was like a peeled onion, and the layers of soldiers were stripped and fell, and they were getting closer and closer to the second wall. Approaching Wang Rong, he could see their bloody faces with hideous expressions.

Wang Rong looked indifferently at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, raised his hand and pressed down, and gave an order: "Cast the fire oil!" ”

"Buzz!" Hundreds of cans of fire oil were shot out by the bed crossbow, wooden barrels, clay pots hit the ground, instantly fell into pieces, the black fire oil flowed everywhere, the villagers set fire to the arrows in their hands, opened their bows and arrows, and shot out.

With a sound of "coaxing", it flowed all over the ground, and the fire oil stuck to the clothes of the bade man burned, and the hundreds of tribal soldiers running in front could not dodge at all, and were instantly engulfed in the flames and turned into humanoid torches, and they were burned and screamed, looking around for a place to live, or asking their compatriots for help.

In a short time, the whole high wall became purgatory, and the soldiers of the Bade tribe who were covered in fire ran in all directions and set fire to their companions, and the soldiers behind saw their companions on fire in front of them, turned their heads and began to run away, and none of them who ran slower were spared, and became a new humanoid torch, and they could not run far before they fell into the fire and were quickly engulfed in the flames.

The fire oil burning under the high wall illuminated the situation within a hundred paces of the surroundings, and the crossbowmen of the village soldiers did not need to shoot blindly, they could see the target and shoot, and fifteen hundred arrows passed through the firelight, bringing more blood-colored waves in the crowd of deermen, and the deermen were caught off guard in the panic and were shot down in a large area.

Ashinastong's life-saving kung fu is good, he carefully follows the teachings of Ashina Siyuan and Ashina Kuro, hides behind his own soldiers, and saves his life first before anything else. Under several rounds of arrows and stones, nearly half of his own soldiers were lost.

When a fire broke out in front of him, he sensed that something was wrong and immediately shouted anxiously: "Withdraw!" Fall back! Evacuate! Then he turned around and fled with his surviving soldiers, and when the other tribesmen heard the order, they quickly made a noise and conveyed the order to retreat to the others. They retreated in panic and quickly fled the range of their bed crossbows.

When the east side was white, the fire outside the second high wall was gradually extinguished, and the camouflage weeds on the second ditch were also burned to the ground. On the entire battlefield, roughly estimated, there were nearly 2,000 corpses lying down, Wang Rong sent the 3,000-man team out to harvest the first rank, and the 4th and 5,000-man teams fought for nearly half an hour, and the high-intensity battle made them very tired and needed a good rest.

Li Sujie came to Wang Rong's side and said, "Du Wei, there are about 5,000 people in this group of deermen, and the armor rate is not high, so they should be tribal soldiers." ”

Wang Rong said indifferently: "If you are so unresilient, and your attack is also very sloppy, it must be a tribal soldier." It's just that it didn't keep them all. ”

"Uh..." Li Sujie was speechless, no matter how stupid the bearded people were, it was impossible for them to stumble over a threshold twice.