Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Army Presses Up
Bang bang bang ...
Huge boulders hit defensive equipment such as chariots and wooden curtains.
In front of the legal army, behemoth-like siege equipment scattered apart.
There are far more city-guarding equipment in Yanbei Guancheng than in the two towns, and there are no less than 100 stone cannons alone.
Relatively smaller than the county town of nearly half of the towns, Yanbei Guancheng is much larger, although it is a border city, but it is not without people to live.
Yanbei Pass has its own military fields, which are distributed in the south of Yanbei Pass, and are managed by special tenants.
In normal times, these tenants lived outside to farm, and after the grain harvest in autumn and winter, or after the border battles, they returned to Guancheng and became auxiliary people to defend the city.
These tenants alone numbered 30,000 people.
The two towns and cities also have their own skirmish battalions to control stone cannons and other equipment, and in the city, it is these people who are in control.
Stone cannons, divided into three batches, launched attacks in turns, and a stone rain fell in the sky in the direction of the legal army.
The accuracy is not as good as that of the two towns, but the density is far more than that.
The neat phalanx of the legal army was smashed into vacancy, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
In the face of such an offensive, even if Zijin Yanning and other strong generals with high martial arts skills can only dodge faster, and there is no good way to deal with it.
If it was in the past, in the face of this kind of offensive, a tentative attack, after the Guancheng stone cannon and other equipment were powerful, turn around and leave, repeatedly pull, and consume the reserves of the equipment for defending the city, it is the best choice.
But this time, Zijin Yanning was unmoved, and the painful howls of the soldiers in his ears only made his cold eyes more fierce and firm.
"Ancient!"
More than a dozen rounds of stone rain fell, and the sound of stone cannons whistling in the city of Yanbei Pass was temporarily stopped.
After all, neither people nor machines can attack endlessly, and they need to rest.
Zijin Yanning shouted, and Gu Gu came to Zijin Yanning with a seven-foot giant shield in his hand.
The remaining five generals and Zijin Yanning personally led a battalion to take the lead and quickly formed a sharp arrow formation, and on both sides and above their heads, they formed a solid shield wall, like a black arrow, in the direction of Guancheng, quickly inserted.
And the two phalanxes on the left and right of the front row of its forward army also quickly pushed stone cannons and other attack equipment to the front and launched an offensive.
In the city of Yanbei Guanguan, stones fly down from time to time, and the houses not far from the city wall are smashed down many times, raising puffy smoke and dust.
Fortunately, the residents of the city were either recruited from all over the city or gathered in the center of the city to be resettled, and not many people were affected by the smashed houses.
But at the head of the city, where several stone cannons were, there were still casualties.
With a bang, a large stone smashed against the female wall directly above the city gate, and shot under the gravel stone.
Yan Lun tilted his head slightly, dodged a stone from the shield array in front of him, and said to a general beside him: "Ao He, the horse army will be handed over to you, and when the enemy army arrives at the city, kill from the south city and cut off the enemy's forward army!" ”
Ao He is six feet and a half long, extremely tall and burly, so that a heavy iron spear with eight feet long, although not good at strategy, but the ability to lead the troops to break the formation, should be the first in Yanbei Pass.
At the moment, he hesitated in his eyes, and his eyes were filled with cold and murderous intent, Weng Sheng hugged his fists and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”
Yan Lun bowed slightly, and then instructed: "Whether you succeed or not, you don't have to go back, go west." The enemy army is approaching, and the wolf cavalry will not arrive too late, so you will take the horse army to General Xiao's command, and listen to the order for the time being. ”
Not only Ao He, but all the generals of the Chinese army were stunned when they heard this, and looked at Yan Lun in surprise.
Yan Lun laughed at himself, "All I can do is to defend the city to the death, why do you leave the Ma Army?" We each perform our duties, at the moment the enemy army is heavy, the two towns are still not enough, let alone respond to each other, leaving the horse army outside, you can also take it by surprise, lead as a surprise soldier, or do help. ”
"General......
The generals were slightly ashamed and rushed to speak first.
There are 400 Chinese troops, 500 Yu Hou troops on the left and right, 1,400 horse troops in the third battalion, and more than 1,500 people counting the generals, brigade leaders, team leaders, fire commanders, etc., how can it be useless.
Yan Lun's letting Han Sheng and others defend the other three cities was a promise and a compromise, and letting Ma Jun leave the city was a reassurance for them.
Ao He and the three battalions of the horse army are the sparks left by Yan Lun for them.
"Go ahead. Do what you are told! ”
Yan Lun shook his head and said to Ao He again.
This is the spark he left behind, and it is also a hope.
They may not be able to defend this battle, and if they want to defeat the enemy, the opportunity is still outside the city, in the wolf ride.
Fifteen hundred cavalry, in the end, is not a few, and it is not in vain that he can add a little help outside, and it is not in vain that he can defend here for five years.
Ao He clenched his fists again, carried a heavy spear, and silently turned down the city.
Yan Lun looked back at the city, Zijin Yanning and the others were within nearly a hundred steps.
"Let them cross the river, let's take the big one today, as long as they cross the river, no one will be left!"
"Wow!!"
The generals responded and geared up.
It wasn't until this moment that they really saw the demeanor that the Lord should have in Yan Lun.
The generals of the Zhenbei Army have never been compromised, and they should all have grandeur in their hearts.
Of course, although he intended to let Zijin and Ning's troops cross the river and annihilate them all, it was not that they didn't shoot a single arrow, and they let people come over in a flash.
Bed crossbows, bows and arrows, etc., are actually non-stop, still beckoning to the front of the legal army, and before the legal army reaches the city wall, inflicting as much damage as possible on the enemy and weakening the enemy's strength.
And the first formation of the French Army's forward army was also held in one breath, although the casualties along the way had exceeded forty percent, they still gritted their teeth and did not retreat.
In particular, the first formations such as Gu Gu and Zijin Yanning were like crazy demons, burying their heads and rushing wildly.
The three-zhang wide moat seems insignificant to Zijin Yanning and the six generals, and it is far from a chasm that is difficult to cross.
The ancient shield was inserted into the river, and the back was half squatted behind the double shield, and the two hands were folded in front of him, Zijin Yanning dragged the two iron locks, rushed out of the formation, stepped on the ancient hand, combined the strength of the two, crossed the moat in the blink of an eye, and inserted the chain with the two-foot iron cone into the ground, and rolled over, avoiding several crossbow arrows.
The five fierce generals behind him hurriedly led people to tighten the iron locks, and one by one they climbed the first pawns, and the big shield was placed on the iron locks, and they rushed to the opposite bank.
The legal army's stone artillery crossbows also changed direction, and all the offensive beckoned to the city wall in front of Zijin Yanning, covering and suppressing it.
"Kill!"
Zijin Xianning licked his lips bloodthirsty, pointed forward with a big knife, took the lead in the camp, and then charged.
Gu Gu followed from behind, and the two large shields covered themselves and Zijin Ningning tightly, and strode towards the city wall.
Approaching the city wall, only one step up, Zijin Xianning grabbed a crossbow arrow at a height of one or two zhang, and with a swing, before the gold juice fell on his head, he turned to another place, and between three or four jumps, it fell to the head of the city.
Before the person landed, a knife slashed out, and the soldiers of the northern army of Chengtou Town were about to stab the spear in their hands, and they were cut into battle armor with a knife, and they all fell to death.
"Die for me!"
The sound of a big shield landing sounded around him, and a team of fifty people, standing in dense columns, formed a shield formation, squeezed towards Zijin Yanning, and there were two more fire soldiers behind him, poking out the hook gun from below and stabbing at Zijin Yanning.
Zijin Yanning roared violently, condensed the majestic big knife, swept around, cut off the hook spear under his feet, and slashed with the knife.
Three large shields were stacked in front of him, and they were cut open by one of his knives, and the three people behind the shields were also cut in two.
But the left and right Zhenbei soldiers were not afraid at all, but instead took a sharp step, wanting to join the formation and clamp their long knives.
Zijin Yanning's big foot flew on the shield array, clanging, and from time to time the shield broke and people fell, making it difficult to close the circle.
At the same time, Gu Gu and the others also climbed up to the top of the city from behind Zijin Yanning, and a pair of sledgehammers in their hands, regardless of the four blows, smashed the siege shield array in just a short moment.
"Rush left and right!"
Zijin Xianning gave an order, and three of the six ancient people went to the left and right along the city wall to kill the soldiers, and climbed up the city to fight for a place to stay.
10, 100, 200......
In a moment, 500 people climbed first, climbed to the top of the city one after another, and killed the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army.
The vanguard army of the city took the lead in the phalanx, lined up the remaining Yunyun and wooden mantles by the river, and quickly added the river to build a bridge.
The left and right phalanxes, each with three battalions, reformed into three formations and rushed towards the moat.
At the head of the city, Yan Lun gave another order, and a group of well-adjusted stone cannons rushed to the siege equipment in the legal army's formation.
"Tell the horse army to fight!"
Seeing that the legal army had completed the bridge, crossed the river quickly, and formed three formations, they also ran quickly, pushing ladders, nest cars, and flying ladders, near the river, Yan Lun decisively ordered.
The big drum sounded at the head of the city, and the southern city of Ao He glanced north, and led the army to seize the door.
At the head of the city, Yan Lun shouted, "Please take action!" ”
Zijin Xianning, who was killing the Quartet, saw a glimpse of the city rushing from the city, and hurriedly cut off the enemy around him with a knife, and slashed down head-on with a sword.
However, with a light tap of Yan Xia's feet, he dodged by, floating like a flying cloud, and landed in front of Zijin Yanning, and the two-foot short knife in his hand slashed, and the neck guard and armor leaves between Zijin Yanning's throat were disconnected, and a trace of blood appeared.
"Surprise soldiers, jump, kill the enemy with me!"
"General!!"
Yan Lun's and Gu's voices sounded at the same time.
The former held a double hammer, directly took a close enemy general, and with his double hammer in one place, only one blow, then knocked his double hammer to the ground, kicked it down to the city.
The latter's eyes were blood-red, his blood was spurting, and a pair of copper hammers the size of a skull were smashed in all directions like crazy, rushing towards Yan Xia.
However, he was rushed to the side and kicked to the city, "Gugu! Remove! Withdrawal! ”
Gu Gu stretched out his hand and grabbed a crossbow arrow, hung his body, and looked up, a familiar human head had been thrown up, slashing from his side, and with it, there was a sharp sword.
Gu Gu was busy setting up a sledgehammer and blocking it in front of him.
The knife mang cut off the handle of the sledgehammer, cut through the heavy armor on the chest of the ancient man, and smashed it to the ground, and a mouthful of blood kept gushing out.
"General, look!"
At the head of the city, two battalions of soldiers and soldiers of the strange soldiers and jumping soldiers came out, and under the leadership of the generals, they killed the legal army in the city one after another.
The morale of the Zhenbei army was greatly boosted, and Wang Luan, the general of the Chinese army, suddenly roared.
Yan Lun killed several legal soldiers and turned his head to look.
Outside the city, the smoke and dust rolled into a line, rushing out from the enemy's camp, thousands of elite cavalry battle flags were unfurled, rushing towards the city, and the line of the town had passed.
At the same time, the left and right front armies and the vanguard army were each in one place, the Golden Eagle King flag was erected high, and the 30,000 troops pressed forward at the same time.