Chapter 413: The Great War is about to begin

I don't know who led the way, one wounded soldier after another, picked up weapons and shields, held out their chests, and stood neatly in front of Li Yunyang in a queue posture.

After a while, a team of more than 300 wounded soldiers had already finished plating, and even a few seriously injured soldiers stood in the team with the support of their companions, and everyone stared at Li Yunyang with burning eyes, waiting for him to give an order.

At this moment, Li Yunyang's eyes couldn't help but feel a little sour, the bloody nature of the soldiers was vividly visible from these wounded soldiers, and he really couldn't repeat the previous order.

After calming down his mind, Li Yunyang's eyes became firm, he glanced at all the soldiers, and said with respect: "Very good, since you are determined to live and die with the town, then we will kill all those sons of bitches! Let them know that there is a price to be paid for invading our homeland!"

When the wounded soldiers heard that Li Yunyang allowed them to fight, their morale immediately rose, and they responded in unison: "For the glory of Paswa!"

The last horn of the enemy army sounded, and Li Yunyang immediately led everyone to the gate of the general's mansion, and the soldiers who were guarding behind the gate saw his arrival and cast respectful glances at him.

Li Yunyang nodded slightly, and began to prepare for the enemy's first attack, and ordered a hundred-person team stationed at the gate: "You go and tear down the rockery in the mansion immediately, and then transport the stones to the gate, go quickly!"

The soldiers of the hundred-man team were a little puzzled, the gate had been blocked, and they didn't know what Li Yunyang was asking them to do with the rockery, but the military order was like a mountain, and they didn't say anything, so they did it immediately.

Afterwards, Li Yunyang instructed another hundred-person squad: "Hurry up and remove all the debris at the gate, and when the enemy's first charge is over, immediately open the gate, make a posture of breaking through, and attract the enemy's attention!"

However, this hundred-man squad did not do so immediately, and although these soldiers had also seen Li Yunyang's bravery, they still had doubts about his ability to lead troops into battle.

The captain of the hundred-man squad finally couldn't help but express the doubts in his heart: "Your Excellency, commander, if you insist on removing the debris blocking the gate, I'm afraid that the enemy only needs to make a single charge, and the gate will be breached......

And Li Yunyang directly didn't give him a chance to finish, and said in a deep voice: "There is no time to explain, do as I say! I am now your commander!"

The sound of the enemy's horses' hooves and footsteps was approaching the general's mansion, and there was a rumbling sound on the ground, Li Yunyang didn't expect the other party to actually dispatch a siege vehicle.

You must know that although the general's mansion was built according to the war fortress, the thickness of the wall was not as thick as the city wall, let alone the gate with only iron sheets.

Fortunately, the walls are made of half-meter-wide bluestone, and the height has reached about five meters, and there are two towering arrow towers next to the gate.

As for the defense of the gate, it is indeed a big problem, but I can't think about it so much now, and I have to cover the breakthrough of Shildken and Sujira first, which is the first priority.

The captain of the hundred-person squad was stunned by Li Yunyang's momentum, stunned, and simply let his subordinates start to move the sundries at the gate.

And Li Yunyang continued to order in an orderly manner: "The archers team, all change rockets, light the arrows, divide into three columns, and be ready to release arrows at any time!"

"All javelinmen, after the rain of arrows, immediately shoot all the javelins around you and try to inflict maximum damage on the enemy in the first round of counterattacks!"

"The others, now immediately pour oil from the oil barrel on the wall, it is okay to pour wine without oil, as long as the enemy climbs the wall, use torches to set the wall on fire!"

......

Li Yunyang was just about to climb the arrow tower to check the situation of the enemy, but found that several soldiers were burying their heads and assembling a pair of wood and iron frames together.

A thin soldier found that Li Yunyang was staring at them, and quickly stood up and explained to him: "Your Excellency, Commander, we are not lazy, we are assembling ballistas and catapults, and we are ready to wait for those bitches to be raised!"

"Catapults, ballistas?"

Li Yunyang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Okay, good, I didn't expect that there was such a thing in the General's Mansion, then I will be more sure that I will let the lords break through!"

However, the thin soldier had a sad face, and he said with some embarrassment: "Your Excellency, Commander, we may have to live up to your expectations, these ballistas are all old ballistae of the Empire, and they are more cumbersome to assemble, and we need to understand their structure before we can assemble them, but at this time, we can't find the blueprints of the ballista, after all, it has been retired for more than ten years." ”

"Forget it, you guys go about something else, we can still hold it without ballistas. Li Yunyang sighed a little in his heart, weapons of mass destruction like ballistas play a role on the battlefield not how lethal they are, but mainly deterrent.

An arrow as thick as a stake, when shot out, can shoot through a wall! When it hits a person, it hurts and dies when it touches it, and the death is extremely miserable, which can make the enemy frightened.

Fortunately, the enemy army ran for a long time and did not bring heavy siege equipment, I am afraid that this siege vehicle is still temporarily assembled, otherwise if they have ballistas, then this battle will not be easy to fight.

Just when Li Yunyang was disappointed, the strong soldier who was covered with bandages just now heard their conversation, and hurriedly ran over and begged: "Commander, I will assemble this ballista and catapult, let me come!"

"Will you?" Although this wounded soldier was very old, he was obviously not more than twenty-five years old, and this ballista and catapult had been retired ten years ago, and Li Yunyang was a little unconvinced that he could assemble it.

The strong soldier hurriedly explained: "My great grandfather was involved in the manufacture of these two ballistas and catapults, and it is the glory of our family, so I am more familiar with their construction than with my wife's body. ”

“...... Well, you guys fight with him and do what he commands. Regarding the inappropriate metaphor of the strong soldier, Li Yunyang directly chose not to hear it, gave an order, and walked towards the arrow tower.

Being able to play a role in the upcoming battle, the strong soldier seemed very excited, and hurriedly pulled several other soldiers and began to assemble the ballista.

Standing in front of the small hole where the arrow tower shot outward, Li Yunyang looked outside the general's mansion, on the avenue paved with bluestone slabs, a group of soldiers holding shields and spears were moving forward according to the instructions of the horn.

Behind the shield soldiers, followed by a team of nearly a thousand longbowmen, the quivers on their backs were full of arrow feathers, and there was an arrow on the hard bow in their hands, waiting to open the bow at any time.

At the back of the line was a group of heavy cavalrymen in iron armor, armed with bright silver axes and spears, and even the mounts under their crotches were covered with a thick layer of armor to block the vital parts.

The siege vehicle at the front of the team was still moving forward slowly, and dozens of teams of death squad soldiers were hiding behind the baffle of the siege vehicle, carrying several siege ladders, just waiting to get close to the general's mansion, ready to put the ladder on the wall to attack.

Li Yunyang visually inspected it, these teams, about 5,000 people, occupied the avenue in front of the general's mansion, and it seemed that they were the most elite soldiers of the enemy army. It is to be expected that a vicious battle is coming!

However, Li Yunyang searched for a long time, but did not find the figure of the other general, although at the back of the team, there was a person who was dressed almost the same as the enemy general and rode the general's mount, but the other party was wearing a helmet and could not see the true face.

However, now there is no way to take care of so much, the vanguard of the enemy army is already less than 100 meters away from the General's Mansion. The soldiers standing beside Li Yunyang wanted to ask several times why Li Yunyang didn't give the order and let the archers shoot.

But when listening to Li Yunyang's mouth reading, 'Closer, closer', the soldiers had to dispel the idea of asking, but they were a little skeptical that Li Yunyang would not fight, if the enemy army was allowed to get closer, then the enemy would be able to rush through the wall of the general's mansion in the first wave of attack.

The footsteps of the enemy army were getting closer and closer, and the hearts of the soldiers in the entire general's mansion were about to collapse to their throats.

Especially the archers, everyone was very nervous, afraid that they would not be able to restrain their impulses and shoot the arrows in their hands, in case other people followed him to shoot arrows at the enemy, and then it affected Li Yunyang's plan, then the whole army would be wiped out!

It wasn't until the vanguard of the enemy army was still more than eighty meters away from the general's mansion that Li Yunyang clenched his fists, shouted, and ordered: "All archers prepare!"

Finally given the order, the archers raised their bows and slanted towards the sky, ready to throw their arrows at any moment.

However, the enemy also heard Li Yunyang's shout, and the shield soldiers in the front row immediately raised their shields and formed a shield array to defend against the coming rain of arrows.

The archers waited for a while, but they didn't hear Li Yunyang let them release their arrows, but saw him walking down from the arrow tower, and then waved his hand at them, signaling them to release their bows.

The soldiers were puzzled, not knowing what kind of medicine Li Yunyang bought in the gourd, but they still did as he instructed.

Then Li Yunyang made a throwing gesture at all the javelinmen, and all the soldiers immediately understood, and a cruel smile appeared on their faces.

The javelinmen picked up the spears on the ground, took a few steps back, and rushed forward under Li Yunyang's wave, and then with the inertia of running, they threw the sharp spears sharpened in their hands one after another!

The enemy's shield soldiers waited for a long time, but did not wait for the rain of arrows, so under the urging of the horn, they continued to move forward, preparing to launch a charge when they were still fifty meters away from the General's Palace!

But just as the shield soldiers put down their shields, the sound of whirring wind suddenly sounded in the sky, and hundreds of sharp spears, like the summons of death, fell directly from the sky!