Chapter 667, the situation is critical
Zhao Xiang'er said: "You go and gather everyone, I have something to say." The two of them said yes and ran down.
Soon after, more than 3,000 soldiers of the Dali army gathered under the city gate. They all looked up at the woman standing on the city wall, their eyes showing a look of longing, they longed for that big man from Yanyun to save them. At this moment, they no longer prayed to the Buddha, and after witnessing countless deaths and the ferocity of the Tianzhu army, they were left with nothing but disgust and fear for the Buddha. At this moment, in their hearts, they only feel that the only one who can save them is Yan Yun!
Zhao Xiang'er looked down at the Dali soldiers under the city gate, saw that there was no fighting spirit in their eyes, and knew what it was. He raised his voice and said: "Brothers, you believe in Buddhism, and now the army of the Buddha's hometown is attacking, so you think that the end has come, and it is the Buddha who has come to punish you!" The soldiers all showed a look of pain, obviously because Zhao Xiang'er had said something in their hearts.
Zhao Xiang'er raised her voice and said: "There has never been a god or Buddha, and your fate is in your own hands!" We don't believe in ghosts and gods, and we are not afraid of immortals and Buddhas, but they have risen in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and they are invincible all over the world. Now there are only enemies in front of you who want to destroy your homes and kill your relatives, and there are no gods or Buddhas! Even if there are gods and Buddhas, if it is my enemy, it is the gods who kill the gods, and the Buddhas who kill the Buddhas! His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty once said, my fate is up to me, not to heaven! ”
Everyone couldn't help but get excited, Zhao Xiang'er's words ignited the will to resist in their hearts, and that will to resist is certainly for the enemy, but also for the gods and Buddhas!
Zhao Xiang'er said: "If you give up resistance, then not only your own lives will not be guaranteed, but your relatives will also face a very tragic end." The old and the children will be killed and abandoned in the wilderness, and the wives and sisters will be insulted and abused by the enemy! The scene of Qingshui City will continue to be staged in Dali until the whole of Dali becomes a hell of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood! Do you want to see that? ”
A junior officer roared angrily: "I don't want to! The others reacted and shouted. For a moment, the crowd was so angry that they completely forgot their fear of the Buddha.
Zhao Xiang'er nodded with satisfaction, "Very good!" After all, he is still a good man with blood! ”
One of the soldiers couldn't help but say worriedly: "If we are enemies of the Buddha's army, I'm afraid, I'm afraid we will go to hell after death!" The scene immediately fell silent, and everyone looked frightened and uneasy. It is no wonder that these people have believed in Buddhism since birth, and in their hearts all the ideas of Buddhism are part of the outlook on life, and even more so, it is obviously impossible for them to reverse such an attitude in a short period of time.
Zhao Xiang'er said: "For the sake of our relatives, even if we go to hell? The gods and Buddhas are so cruel and unkind, why should we obey them and allow them to slaughter our relatives! Since the gods and Buddhas bear me, I will kill the gods and kill the Buddhas, and use my own strength to create a piece of heaven and earth! ”
Most of the sergeants showed a look of determination in their eyes, and they bowed one after another: "I am willing to obey the orders of the adults and fight the Tianzhu people to the end!" Zhao Xiang'er nodded, seeing that some people were still very frightened, but at this moment it could only be like this. Zhao Xiang'er instructed several officers: "Divide all the soldiers and horses into five teams, four teams guard the city gates on all sides, and the last team lives in the city, waiting for orders to support all directions at any time!" The officers answered and ran down. Immediately, more than 3,000 soldiers were divided into five teams and each went.
Zhao Xiang'er asked an officer next to her, "Is there an armory in the city?" ”
The officer clenched his fists and said: "There is an armory in the city, next to the government office." Zhao Xiang'er immediately called the officer to lead the way and rushed to the armory. When I opened the warehouse, I saw that all kinds of ordnance materials in the armory were piled up, and there were more than a dozen large bed crossbows. Zhao Xiang'er immediately ordered the officers to gather men to come over and carry the protective materials such as bed crossbows and fire oil to the city wall, and at the same time let all the Hua Xu killers under him wear armor.
A leader said to Zhao Xiang'er: "Pavilion leader, there are plenty of ordnance and materials here, so it's better to arm all the people in the city." ”
Zhao Xiang'er shook her head and said, "I have not been able to fully boost the morale of the Dali army after I have wasted so much strength, let alone the people." Moreover, the people have never been trained, and if they fight, they will inevitably be in chaos, but I am afraid that they will disturb us, and the consequences will be unimaginable. The leader felt that what the cabinet leader said made sense, and couldn't help but nod.
At the same time, the Tianzhu army outside the city was rushing to make a simple siege ladder. A Tianzhu general went to a small hill outside the city to look at the city in front of him. General Tianzhu showed a look of chagrin and said in Tianzhu's language: "Our Tianzhu army has come all the way, and the wind has fallen wherever we have passed!" I didn't expect the people here to resist us without knowing whether they were alive or dead! ”
A general next to him smiled: "It must be easy to break through this city!" Our Tianzhu army is invincible, that is the most powerful force except for the gods! There is no one to compete with, the city will be destroyed in an instant, and the people here will regret their stupidity! ”
Others also said one after another, all arrogant, and they didn't look at Dali people in their eyes, and that attitude was just like humans looking at chickens and ducks. In the hearts of these Tianzhu people, slashing Dali people is probably the same as slashing chickens and ducks.
A general said: "Dali people are not worth mentioning, but I heard that Dali people have asked Daming for help." The Ming Dynasty has recently unified Eastern China, and it is said to be very powerful, and we may meet them soon! ”
A general laughed and said proudly: "I'm afraid that the Ming people will hear that our Tianzhu army is coming, and they won't dare to come!" ”
A general chimed in: "Not bad! Although the people of Dali are not worth mentioning, the people of Daming are not worth mentioning! Dali people are chickens and ducks, and Daming people are just deer and sheep at most! It's best for them to come, just to let the Central Plains people know the martial arts of our Tianzhu people, and let them tremble because of fear! Everyone laughed and spoke, all looking very excited, they were not afraid of the legendary Ming Army at all, but they were eager to fight with the Ming Army, and use the corpses of the Ming Army all over the field to show their martial arts!
An officer rode up the mountain and reported to General Tianzhu: "Your Excellency, one hundred simple ladders have been prepared!" ”
General Tianzhu nodded with satisfaction, and said to the generals around him: "I'm here to watch you attack the city, whoever breaks through the city first will belong to whoever has the first credit!" I will propose to the Generalissimo that this city be given to him as a fief! When they heard this, they were very excited, as if a jackal had seen its prey.
The generals and officials spoke loudly one after another, and then ran down. Soon after, the unique drum sound of the Tianzhu people sounded, and I saw four Tianzhu armies approaching the city from four directions at the same time.
When a Huaxu leader on the city wall saw this posture, he was surprised and said, "Could it be that they want to attack from all sides at the same time?" Zhao Xiang'er frowned and said: "They are an army from afar and a foreign land, and the way they fight is naturally completely different from ours!" Pass the order down and get ready for battle! The leader answered, and one of the killers, who had temporarily acted as a herald, sounded the horn.
The whining sound of trumpets echoed over the city, and the atmosphere in the city immediately became tense. Many people knelt on the ground with fearful faces and wept bitterly, praying for forgiveness from God and Buddha! Some chanted the Lotus Sutra, some chanted the Diamond Sutra, and for a moment the humming sound of chanting filled the entire city, and the whole city became a large Buddhist hall.
Zhao Xiang'er and the others couldn't help frowning when they looked at such a scene, only to feel that these people actually handed over their fate to the ethereal gods and Buddhas, which was really incomprehensible, and at the same time felt that such an act was very stupid. Fate can only be created by oneself, success is my luck, defeat is my life, why be afraid of bad results!
The four Tianzhu armies were arrayed outside the city on all sides. I saw a Tianzhu man riding a horse to the city, restraining his horse, and shouting in stiff Chinese: "Listen to the people in the city, our great Tianzhu is invincible, and you can't beat us!" Open the gates and surrender! His tone and demeanor were full of arrogance.
The gates of the city suddenly opened.
The people of Tianzhu were all happy, thinking that the other party was scared and that Kaesong was ready to surrender.
However, soon Tianzhu people realized that they were wrong. For out of the city came out of the city only one man and one horse. Seeing this, the Tianzhu man scolded arrogantly: "You are here to send you to death!" Then he urged the war horse to meet the scimitar monster with a scream. Thousands of Tianzhu people shouted, all excited, eager for the scene of their own generals slashing each other with a knife. The Dali soldiers on the city wall were pale and very frightened.
In the blink of an eye, the two horses staggered, and the Tianzhu Zhan general shouted and waved his scimitar. Almost at the same time, one of them screamed, flipped backwards and fell off his horse.
The Tianzhu soldiers cheered in unison. However, it was immediately clear that the enemy dressed in black was still sitting on horseback, and it was his own general who was cut down and fell off the horse! The Tianzhu soldiers were all dumbfounded, unable to believe the scene in front of them, and unable to accept this situation, their own generals were the most courageous warriors except for the gods, how could they fail?! The Dali soldiers were also stunned when they saw such a scene, and then cheered, and the heavy pressure that had been pressing on their hearts all this time eased a lot after seeing that Tianzhu Battle would be cut down with one move. Although the fear in my heart has not been exhausted, I will never be afraid of Tianzhu Jun as a god and Buddha again!
General Tianzhu, who led the army, came back to his senses, couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, raised his scimitar and shouted at the top of his throat: "Attack!" When the Tianzhu army came back to their senses, they were also extremely indignant, and they rushed towards the city with shouts.
Seeing the Tianzhu army surging, the Dali army couldn't help but get nervous. Zhao Xiang'er raised the horizontal knife and shouted loudly: "Ready!" The archers immediately bent their bows and arrows, ready to attack.
Seeing that the tide of the enemy army was rapidly approaching, he entered the range of bows and arrows. Zhao Xiang'er swung the horizontal knife forward violently and shouted, "Release the arrow!" In an instant, the bowstring slammed, and a field of arrows flew like locusts at the enemy. I saw countless ripples in the wave of enemy troops! However, bows and arrows did not stop the enemy, and they continued to frantically rush in. In an instant, the enemy army rushed under the city walls, and since Maple Leaf City only had a city wall and no moat, the enemy army immediately began to storm the city walls. A cloud ladder was set up at the head of the city, and the Tianzhu soldiers rushed towards the city head along the wall. At the head of the city, the rolling stone and wooden waterfall sloped down like a waterfall, and the flesh and blood flew in the rumbling sound, and the screams and rumbling sound were deafening.
Wave after wave of Tianzhu soldiers rushed to the city, and the two sides immediately fell into a bloody fight. The Dali soldiers were originally afraid of the Tianzhu people, and under the fierce rush of the Tianzhu soldiers, they were in danger everywhere. The sound of killing on the head of the city shook the sky, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere, seeing that the Dali soldiers were about to be unable to resist.
At the last moment, suddenly a warrior dressed in black entered the Tianzhu soldiers who were slaughtering the Dali soldiers, like a tiger entering the flock, brave and brave, the cold light in his hand flew up and down, killing the corpses of the Tianzhu soldiers and flying blood. The Tianzhu soldiers were originally happy to kill, but when they suddenly encountered such a terrible opponent, they were shocked, and then they rushed forward with a strange scream. However, the enemy dressed in black was too brave, one step at a time, the fierceness was abnormal, and the Tianzhu soldiers who rushed up were cut down to the ground by him, and the flying blood reflected the cold eyes, which made the Tianzhu soldiers shudder.
General Tianzhu stood on the hill outside the city to watch the battle, and saw his own army attack the city in one fell swoop, killing the defenders to crumbling, and he couldn't help but be very happy. However, he soon saw a black-clothed warrior enter his own soldiers, killing his own soldiers and retreating one after another, and the huge advantage he had achieved was reversed in an instant. General Tianzhu was both annoyed and shocked, and only felt that those black-clothed people who were frantically slaughtering their own soldiers in the crowd were simply like the Shura Yaksha in the Buddhist scriptures. After a while, I saw that my soldiers were defeated and retreated from the city.
General Tianzhu was very annoyed and ordered the army to continue the attack.
The unique war drums of Tianzhu sounded loudly again, and the Tianzhu army regrouped and pounced on the city again. However, the situation was the same as before, although they were able to rush to the top of the city and defeat those ordinary defenders, they suffered heavy losses under the fierce counterattack of those men in black, and they could not stand on their feet and retreated in defeat.
In this way, the two sides showed a state of seesaw, and the Tianzhu army rushed to the city for a while, but was driven down again. The battle continued until the next morning, and the Tianzhu army still did not make any progress. At this time, the corpses on and off the city wall were piled up, and the city wall had been stained with blood.
General Tianzhu's eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire, and he was very angry that his soldiers could not break the city for a long time, and he was even more angry with those who resisted in the corner of the city. He thinks that Dali is doomed, and these people are still resisting so desperately, it is simply unreasonable!
The drums of the attack sounded loudly again, and the panting Tianzhu soldiers heard the drums, and although they were a little afraid in their hearts, they still mustered up the courage and lined up in formation, preparing to attack again.
A Tianzhu general raised his scimitar and shouted, and all the Tianzhu soldiers raised their scimitars and shouted, and their morale was greatly boosted. The Tianzhu soldiers kept roaring, like wild beasts roaring, and the huge sound echoed in the sky above the city, which was terrifying.
The war drums of Tianzhu suddenly sounded in a rapid rhythm, and thousands of Tianzhu soldiers shouted violently and surged towards the city wall, surging like a sea tide.
In an instant, a rain of arrows fired from both sides obscured the sky, and the Tianzhu soldiers poured down the ladder towards the city. The rolling stones and sassholes on the top of the city slanted down, and the flesh and blood flew under the walls, and the corpses rolled down among the people. However, this did not stop the Tianzhu people, who followed one after another, and finally rushed to the city after paying a huge price and killed the Dali soldiers. There are not many Hua Xu killers left under Zhao Xiang'er, and in the face of the fierce attack of the Tianzhu people at this time, they all immediately went into battle, and even Zhao Xiang'er, the pavilion leader, also went to the bloody battle!
When the Tianzhu soldiers saw those terrible black-clothed men reappeared, they couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts, and then they mustered up the courage to roar and rush up to fight. In the midst of the flying blood, the Tianzhu soldiers were cut down to the ground one by one like hungry wolves fighting with tigers; However, although the tiger was powerful, it could not withstand the continuous attacks of the hungry wolves, and one by one Huaxu killers fell in a pool of blood in the bloody battle. The situation in the cities is becoming more and more critical, and although the Hua Xu killers are powerful, they can't stand the enemy's boundless army. The Dali soldiers wavered, and the entire defense line was crumbling.
Zhao Xiang'er slashed a Tianzhu officer, seeing that the enemy army was pouring into the city like a tide, and his own soldiers and horses were retreating, the Dali army had begun to collapse, and Hua Xu's killers were encircled by the enemy, and they were killed in bloody battles one by one, no matter how brave the tiger was, he couldn't deal with the endless hungry wolf! The situation is already extremely critical! A Huaxu leader covered in blood rushed to Zhao Xiang'er and said breathlessly: "Pavilion leader, we can't resist it!" ”
Zhao Xiang'er turned her head and glanced at the city, and many people in the city came into view, many of whom were Han people living in Dali. They all knelt on the ground and prayed sincerely to the Buddha for forgiveness. When Zhao Xiang'er saw such a scene, her original idea of breaking through was immediately dispelled, and she couldn't do it if she wanted to escape by herself regardless of these people.
Zhao Xiang'er turned back to the leader and said, "The matter has come to this, we can only live and die with the people here!" The warriors of the Ming Dynasty cannot abandon the people and escape alone! The leader couldn't help but feel an impulse in his heart, and roared in response. Then he turned his head and rushed into the enemy bushes to fight to the death, and a horizontal knife flew up and down, raising a puddle of blood! Suddenly, several Tianzhu soldiers stabbed at him from different directions with spears, he couldn't dodge, and was stabbed into the body by several spears, he snorted, and with the last strength to hold a Tianzhu soldier and crashed down the city wall, the Tianzhu soldiers screamed in horror, waving their hands and feet!
The soldiers of the Dali army collapsed, like a collapsed embankment, which could no longer be saved; The Huaxu killer is still fighting, although it is only a few sporadic battles, but they have caused heavy losses to the Tianzhu people, affecting the nerves of the Tianzhu people.
Zhao Xiang'er was surrounded by more than a dozen Tianzhu soldiers on the head of a city, and the two sides temporarily stopped fighting. Zhao Xiang'er was covered in blood, she was originally charming and beautiful, but at this time, she was like a blood-stained female killing god; The Tianzhu soldiers' hearts were full of awe, and no one dared to step forward for a while.
The guy who looked like General Tianzhu muttered a few words. Zhao Xiang'er didn't understand, but she probably guessed what the other party meant, and the other party wanted her to surrender.
Zhao Xiang'er smiled coldly, took out a flying knife in her left hand and threw it at the general. When the general saw a flash of cold light, he appeared in front of his eyes and was shocked! I wanted to dodge, but it was too late, and with a pop, it flew to the forehead and inserted it into the general's forehead, and the general screamed and fell backwards!
The Tianzhu sergeants suddenly saw such a scene and couldn't help but be surprised, and then they were furious, and they all howled and swung their swords to attack. Zhao Xiang'er brandished a horizontal knife to fight, the blood of both sides flew all over the sky, and one by one Tianzhu sergeants screamed and fell in a pool of blood, and Zhao Xiang'er was also scarred, staggered back two steps, and leaned on the pillar of the city gate tower. Zhao Xiang'er was out of breath, severe pain came from her body everywhere, and her whole body seemed to be falling apart! The eyes became a little blurry, and Zhao Xiang'er knew that she was about to die! Thinking of what happened after being captured by the enemy, I couldn't help but feel a pang in my heart. looked at the horizontal knife in his hand, and couldn't help but make up his mind to wake up!
Seeing that the enemy was cautiously approaching, Zhao Xiang'er immediately put a horizontal knife on her neck.
Woo...... Woo...... Woo...... In a daze, he seemed to hear the sound of his own horn. Zhao Xiang'er was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had heard it wrong, and couldn't help but turn her head to look out of the city. At this time, the sound of the horn came again, more clearly than just now, and I saw that on the mist-shrouded hills in the distance, an army appeared, dusty, in fact, fierce, a battle flag fluttering in the wind, and two big characters faintly floated on the battle flag'! Is it Da Ming!?
Zhao Xiang'er thought that she had seen it wrong, so she quickly rubbed her eyes and looked again. This time it was clear that it was their own army, it was them, and they had finally arrived! Zhao Xiang'er was so excited that she couldn't do more, and she didn't know that she had infinite strength, she screamed, brandished a horizontal knife and slashed into the middle of the enemy army, the enemy was killed and wounded, and the rest of the people crawled and fled!
Woo ......, after a long horn sound, the thousands of Yanyun war horsemen who had just arrived charged at the enemy's flank. For a while, the horses' hooves rumbled, and the smoke and dust were clear!
Seeing this scene, General Tianzhu panicked and hurriedly ordered all armies to shrink and prepare for battle. The armies hurriedly stopped the siege and prepared to shrink their defenses. However, before he could complete the deployment, Yan Yun's war cavalry crashed into the Tianzhu army at the East City Gate like a hurricane. The Tianzhu army couldn't resist it, and was rushed into the depth by Yanyun war cavalry in an instant, trampled by iron hooves, slashed with knives and guns, flesh and blood flew everywhere at the scene, screams and rumbling iron hooves were thrilling, and the Tianzhu soldiers fell down like harvested wheat! The Tianzhu soldiers were terrified, and they ran backwards with shouts, and the Tianzhu army collapsed!
The Ming war cavalry broke the Tianzhu army outside the east city gate in one fell swoop, and then drove them towards the Tianzhu army in the west. The Tianzhu army in the west has been lined up and is ready to fight, seeing the dust in front of them, and the rumbling sound is constantly coming, and they can't help but be very nervous.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.