Volume 1 The Catastrophe of Yongliang Chapter 9 Heartbreak
There was chaos on the central street, biting, shouting, fleeing, crying, wailing...... The stone road was covered with blood, stumps and broken arms could be seen everywhere, and the people were so confused that they couldn't tell which ones were poisonous and which were alive.
Li Yu is responsible for the advance of the imperial horse, and Yan Yunting is responsible for defending with a giant sword, but anyone who comes close, no matter who it is, will be beheaded!
Half an hour later, the two arrived at the north gate.
There are a lot of people under the city gate, all of them are big bags and small bags, dragging their families and mouths, and they want to escape from this city.
The gates were closed, and rows of soldiers stood in front of them to stop the surging crowds, but as the crowd gathered more and more, the clashes in front of the gate intensified.
"Dare to distract the people! There is an order from the palace, and those who do not hold the general order are not allowed to enter or leave, and those who dare to trespass will be punished on the spot! A silver-armored officer hurried down from the city walls, drew his sword and stood in front of the gates, glaring angrily at all the people who had broken through.
"Why don't you let us out! Open the gates! There are man-eating monsters inside! ”
"You are hiding on the wall by yourself, of course you are safe, I saw a man being bitten to death with my own eyes!"
"Dog's day! Let's rush out together! ”
The populace was completely enraged and swarmed with the soldiers!
"A bunch of incomprehensible things, dare to oppose the barracks, artillerymen, crossbowmen, listen to the order, shoot me arrows to kill them-"
"Stop!"
Li Yu held the Moyu Qilin Order, stepped on the heads of the people and rushed to the silver-armored officer in a few steps, "Xu Tong, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are also a general?" The shelves are pretty big! ”
When Xu Tong saw the token, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "See His Royal Highness the Prince......"
Li Yu snorted lightly, turned around and shouted to appease the commotioning people: "I am Li Yu, the third son of the palace, I came to deal with the mutation on the order of my father, you must not panic, line up in an orderly manner, and those who meet the conditions can leave the city." ”
After speaking, he ordered Xu Tong again: "Open half of the city gate, and let the women, children, old and children go first." Remember, if you find an injured person, you will be seized immediately;
In addition, you will send a regiment from the barracks to guard the intersection of Central Street, Changle Street, Beicheng Street, and the Third Street, and not allow any living creature to come closer to the city gate;
Also, you send three more scouts to hurry up and travel to the east, west, south, and three city garrison camps, and let their guards close the city gates, set up bows and crossbows, and wipe out all the deviants once they find them! ”
"The last general commands!" Xu Tong didn't dare to slack off, and immediately turned around and did it.
When the people saw the prince coming, their mood was much calmer, and the soldiers opened half of the city gate and strictly checked and let them go in turn.
Li Yu climbed the city wall, ordered bows, crossbows, firearms, and gunners to load them, and personally supervised the movement in the city.
Unconsciously, there was a faint red light in the sky, thrilling for most of the night, and finally dawn.
Li Yu stood by the wall in the wind, looking in the direction of the central block, and the fleeing people were like a black tide, hitting the soldiers' defense line again and again, and a new round of killing was coming......
"It's really too late if you don't leave." Yan Yunting persuaded on the side.
Li Yu's tone was flat: "If you are cowardly, run for your life, I won't keep you." ”
Yan Yunting stretched out a hand and put it in front of Li Yu's eyes, making a request look.
"How?" Li Yu's eyes evaded.
Yan Yunting blinked: "Money, 100,000 taels, reward money." ”
Li Yu simply turned his back: "If I am lucky enough to live, I will definitely give you the full amount." ”
Yan Yunting wanted to say something, but after a long time, he was replaced by a light sigh, was he really for the 100,000 taels? Apparently not. His Royal Highness the Prince feels very strange, and he can't tell what is strange, but he just wants to be close to him.
This strange feeling is not friendship.
"Report!" Xu Tong rode up the city wall alone, the dirty blood had stained the battle armor, and anxiously reported: "Report to His Royal Highness, all the three thousand soldiers and armor in the central block have been scattered, and those monsters ...... Those monsters can't be killed at all! Bite when you see someone! Pounce when you see someone! ”
Li Yu nodded calmly, and then ordered: "You give the order to go down, close the city gate immediately, concentrate all your forces to guard the two ladders on the left and right, but anyone who is bitten by a poisonous person, regardless of life or death, will be beheaded;
Also, send someone to the organ camp in Xicheng, dispatch all the machine chariots that can be used to the north city gate, once the city gate is breached, immediately set fire oil and burn it, even if the entire Liangcheng is burned, you must not let a poisonous person go out! ”
"The last general obeys!" Xu Tong hesitated and refused to leave, "It's just ......"
"Say it quickly." Li Yu said in a low voice.
"Liangcheng suffered this catastrophe, and our soldiers should fight to the death, but His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is noble and should not stay," Xu Tong pointed to the beacon tower not far away and said: "There is a wooden kite on the beacon tower, I will let people use it, escort His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, you leave first." ”
"Joke!" Li Yu waved his hand: "How can you say that you have no clothes, and you are in the same robe with your son!" As the prince of the royal family, how can I escape from the battle? ”
"This ......"
"Go! Don't delay the fighter! ”
Li Yu noticed that he had made a decision, and Xu Tong no longer persuaded him, gritted his teeth and squeezed out a "yes" word, and quickly retreated.
Yan Yunting kept staring at the wooden kite on the beacon tower, thoughtful.
"Knives and axes are prepared, bows and crossbows are loaded, artillery men are filled, everything with red eyes, blood on their bodies, and inhumanity is all enemies, and cutting off their heads is the most effective way to kill!" Li Yu stood on the city wall and shouted at nearly 20,000 soldiers under the city wall:
"Soldiers, Liangcheng has reached the point of life and death, and you should shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting your family and defending the country with swords and guns in your hands. Strong men bury their bones, why don't you say more - come to war! ”
"Fight!" Tens of thousands of soldiers roared in unison, and the murderous aura shook the heavens and the earth.
A tide of corpses has rushed into the range of the artillery.
"Fire!"
"Boom, boom, boom......"
More than 50 artillery pieces were fired at the same time, and the shells exploded into the tide of corpses, as if a brilliant blood flower had bloomed, and the smell of blood mixed with the smell of gunpowder came to the nose in an instant!
The tide of corpses has rushed into range of crossbow bolts and firebolts.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Hundreds of repeaters and firebolts fired in volleys, and tens of thousands of arrows and bullets covered the corpses like a canopy! In the blink of an eye, the first wave of corpses was suppressed, and the poisonous man was full of crossbow arrows, like hedgehogs climbing on the ground!
"Attack!"
The knife and axe man rushed into the corpse tide and beheaded the poisonous man.
After a wave of attacks, nearly a thousand poisonous people were wiped out before they could get close to the city gate. But there are thousands of people in Liangcheng? A wave of corpses has just subsided, and another even bigger wave of corpses has returned!
Gradually, the role of artillery and bows and crossbows began to decline, and more and more poisonous people rushed to the gate one after another, and the soldiers brandished knives and axes to engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat!
Death is the biggest weapon of poisoners, and it happens to be the most common thing on the battlefield! One by one, the soldiers fell, and one by one the "soldiers" got back on their feet!
The brothers who were still fighting side by side one moment became enemies the next moment, and the morale and will of the garrison were greatly frustrated, and they fought and retreated, and after a while, they were forced under the wall ladder by the tide of corpses!
"Soldiers, guard the entrance of the ladder, and never let the poisonous people cross the wall!"
The wall of Liangcheng is the strongest defense line in the entire northwest, if this city is lost, the next one to suffer is the imperial capital Chang'an!
Li Yu pulled out his sword and almost wanted to go down the ladder to fight! Yan Yunting, who had been acting next to him, hurriedly hugged his waist and dragged him back:
"You're crazy! The city is hopeless! Run! ”
"You let go of Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu vows to live and die with Liangcheng! ”
"I don't let go! You still owe Lao Tzu 100,000 taels of reward, you are dead, who is Lao Tzu looking for? ”
"It's all this time, and you still want to ask Lao Tzu for money?"
"Lao Tzu is trying to save your life!"
Yan Yunting pressed Li Yu against the city wall and scolded loudly: "I, Yan Yunting, have never made any friends, and you are barely the first, so I don't want my only friend to die...... Stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood! It's a shame that you're still a son! Don't you understand this at all? ”
"Shizi? Scold...... Hehe......" Li Yu smiled bitterly, a trace of blood had been bitten between his lips, he was full of tears, and looked at Yan Yunting with pity: "In the first half of the night, I ...... it with my own hands I cut off my father's head with my own hands! My home is gone, my city is broken, and my heart is broken......"
He pushed Yan Yunting away, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, raised his eyebrows and raised his sword, and killed the poisonous people who had poured up on the city wall!