064 [The sound of iron drums at the head of the city is still shaking]
Near the West Gate Tower, Duan Zuozhang and Lu Shen quietly looked at the tragic scene in the urn city not far away.
Under the unrelenting shooting of the strong archers of the Guangling army, hundreds of Jing troops had no room to dodge at all, and the masters who were ambushed in the door hole had already closed the gate of the urn city again, turning the narrow urn city into a dead place for the enemy.
"I thought that the other party would send a large group of elites to steal the city, but I didn't expect it to be just hundreds."
Lu Shen glanced back at the elite main force behind the West Gate and on the wide main street, and there was not the slightest look of excitement on his face.
After the discussion in the government that day, Lu Shen quickly came up with a complete set of plans.
He asked the spies of the Warp Weaving Division to find a man who looked similar to You Pu, and asked him to wear Shang Pu's armor and pretend to be a commander while defending the city. In this era when there were no telescopes, the distance between the city and the city was hard enough to tell the difference.
The next step was to forge You Pu's handwriting, relying on Xi Jun's divine archery skills to shoot those special arrows tied with kraft paper to various places in the Jing army's position.
As for the secret code of the prosecutor's office, the word "You" is the credit of the interrogators of the Warp Weaving Division.
Of course, these are just preliminary preparations, and the ambush in the city also needs to be carefully designed.
Lu Shen made two preparations, if the other party sent too many soldiers to sneak attack, then he would cancel the plan to open the city gate in time, so as not to self-defeating and cause unpredictable consequences.
If the number of enemies is acceptable, they will be placed in the urn city, and the battle will be quickly resolved with strong bows and crossbows, while there are a large number of masters hidden in the doorways, which can be closed at any time to fight the dogs.
The elite main force on the main street was used to counterattack, striving to defeat the spirit of the Jing Dynasty's old pawns in a battle.
However, it backfired, and in the end, the enemy commander only sent two or three hundred people, Lu Shen remembered his plan in the past few days, and couldn't help but feel like a cannon to hit mosquitoes.
Duan Zuozhang smiled when he heard this, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "There is not much difference between two or three hundred people and seven or eight hundred people, you listen." ”
Lu Shen was slightly stunned, and then heard the cheers of the soldiers inside and outside the urn city.
The battle was over, and the Jing Dynasty, a small group of elite veterans, was wiped out, while the defenders paid a very small price.
The two armies fought to a draw in the daytime white-knuckle battle, in fact, in fact, the Guangling army had already lost if it failed to extend its victory while occupying the advantage of the city wall.
Fortunately, this ambush battle to lure the enemy into the depth was fought very beautifully, and the enemy who fell was solved neatly.
The cheers soon reached the city, and more and more light suddenly appeared in Guangling City at night.
It's like the lights of thousands of homes.
Duan Zuozhang was slightly tired, and said approvingly: "For the defenders and the people in the city, it doesn't matter whether there are one or two hundred more heads in this battle, the key is to win, to kill all these enemies, and let the hanging stone in our people's hearts be put down." ”
He stared at Lu Shen's young face and said meaningfully: "This battle merit must be remembered on you. ”
Lu Shen did not prevaricate, he knew that if he wanted to be recognized in the army, his lips would be useless, and military merit was the real confidence.
But he was not too greedy, and said calmly: "General, the credit is not unique to the juniors, and many people have contributed. ”
Duan Zuozhang smiled: "This is natural, but don't worry, wait until the battle is over and then sort out the details." There are less than two hours before dawn, so you hurry up and squint for a while. The enemy commander suffered a small loss, and the battle during the day today will be particularly difficult. If the situation is too dangerous, you give them that surprise. ”
Lu Shen responded, Duan Zuozhang turned around and left, and the soldiers gathered around, and one of the burly men was particularly eye-catching.
His name is Ji Shan, he was born in the green forest of the Northland, and he can also rank among the Seven Star Gang where there are many masters.
After Lin Xi arrived with more than ten masters, including Xi Jun and Ji Shan, Lu Shen asked Ji Shan to protect Duan Zuozhang, because there were still many detailed works of the Inspector's Office hidden in the city, and it was impossible to determine whether Ou Zhiqiu still had a backhand - if Duan Zuozhang encountered an accident, whether it was the captains in the defenders or Lu Shen himself, no one could replace him in commanding the four thousand defenders.
Looking at Ji Shan's majestic back, Lu Shen felt a little relieved, and then walked down the city wall and came to a simple courtyard on the periphery of the city defense area.
He didn't sleep very well, his dreams were continuous, but they were vague and hazy, he didn't know where he was, and he didn't know how long the years were.
……
The battle came faster than Lu Shen expected, and when the sky was faint, the Jing army outside the city that had cultivated their spirits moved forward.
Unlike yesterday's superficial temptation, today's Jingjun's offensive can almost be described as crazy.
There were enemy forces on all sides, especially from the west and north.
Countless sturdy men in armor climbed quickly on the ladders attached to the city, relying on the cover of the strong bows of the cavalry below, and quickly approached the city head one after another.
People continued to fall from a height of more than two feet, but the successors still did not hesitate to jump onto the city wall, striving to occupy an inch of ground and open the gap in the defenders' formation.
Blood continued to splash, a strong bloody atmosphere spread, and the shouts of killing were deafening.
Of course, the defenders would not watch the other side ascend the city, and although they could not destroy the ladder attached to the outside of the city walls, they still had many means to attack.
Rolling wood and stones are smashed one after another, and the middle one will be seriously injured even if he does not die, and the wolf's tooth slap and yaksha will cause a lot of damage.
However, the old soldiers of the Jing Dynasty not only had extraordinary bravery, but also had extremely rich combat experience, and although the various methods of the defenders could be effective, they could not break the enemy's will.
The city was crowded with people, and a large number of men who had come from the city or voluntarily carried instruments to the city walls, and then carried the wounded soldiers down and placed them in makeshift pergolas for treatment by doctors.
The battle on the city wall became more and more intense, and as time passed, the supply of equipment to defend the city was not timely, and the old pawn of the Jing Dynasty soon noticed that the suppressive force above his head had weakened slightly, and launched a more fierce attack.
The number of enemies who jumped onto the city gradually increased, and the soldiers of the two armies engaged in a white-knuckle battle for their lives.
Looking down from above, I saw that Guangling City was like a dormant giant beast, with ants and insects clinging to it in all directions, constantly gnawing at its flesh and blood until it was completely annihilated.
Somewhere on the edge of the battlement, Xi Jun kept pulling the bowstring, and every two or three arrows could hit a cavalry of the Jing army galloping back and forth.
His face was slightly pale, and the blood marks on his fingers were clearly visible, but he still maintained a high frequency of bow drawing, because the cavalry below was too strong in riding and archery, which caused great pressure on the archers defending the city, and there were very few archers like him who could calmly counterattack.
The bowstring was released, the arrow went to the shooting star, and a cavalryman of the Jing Army fell off his horse in the distance, Xi Jun's expression remained unchanged, and his slightly trembling right hand reached out to the quiver behind his waist again.
More than ten zhang away from him, Lu Shen and Lin Xi fought side by side, killing the old soldiers of the Jing Dynasty who jumped onto the city.
Duan Zuozhang originally disagreed with Lu Shen to participate in the battle, but Lu Shen's attitude was very resolute, so he could only give up.
For Lin Xi, these Jing Dynasty soldiers were indeed not afraid of death, just like the people she met when she ambushed Mo Shanke, but of course she would not encounter danger with her martial arts. Although the martial arts list is a reckless talk point in the rivers and lakes, the people who can be on the list have all passed the test of life and death, and they will never be on the list without blood on their hands.
However, it is a little strange that Lin Xi didn't shoot too much, and most of the enemies that rushed up this defense line were solved by Lu Shen, she was more like a teacher teaching Lu Shen how to fight and helping him solve some sudden crises.
From the faint light of the morning to the rising of the sun, Lin Xi's expression became more and more solemn, and Lu Shen was already heavy.
If you talk about fighting alone, even if Qin Chun is in person, she is not Lin Xi's opponent, but the battlefield fight is not a reckless competition, and it is difficult to affect the overall situation at one time and one place - Lin Xi knows this very well, when the Seven Star Gang was attacked by the Northern Yan official army a few years ago, she also went into battle to fight, even if she could kill dozens of people in a battle, she could not change the final result of the war, not to mention that the internal strength of people who practice martial arts is not endless.
Lu Shen pulled his leg forward and slashed at the shoulder of a Jing Jun, but the power of this knife was not enough, and the other party sneered and stabbed straight with a knife.
Lin Xi flashed over and kicked on the man's chest, kicking the other party directly off the city.
Lu Shen turned his head to look, the green silk on her sideburns was scattered, and there were beads of sweat on her face.
At the same time, the number of enemy troops on the walls of the city on all sides was increasing, and the Jing army clinging to the city increased instead of decreasing. The siege battle, which lasted for more than two hours, came to its most difficult stage, and if the enemy's morale could not be broken, the situation would become extremely dangerous.
The Guangling army had a condescending advantage, but the Jing army had a nearly five-fold superiority in strength, and they could constantly rotate their forces and maintain pressure on the city's defenses from beginning to end.
Lin Xi took a deep breath and walked towards the wall again.
Lu Shen slammed his knife on the ground, and after taking a few breaths, he roared angrily: "Li Chengen! Order! ”
"Yes!" Li Chengen responded loudly, and then only heard the sound of drums, and the procession that had been waiting under the four walls of the city made a move.
They hurried up the ramparts, each holding a half-foot-high clay pot in his hand.
In front of the Jing army outside the city, Qin Chunrong stood on horseback, looking at the crumbling city wall in the distance.
Sang Mai said on the side: "General, at most half an hour before the defenders' defense line will collapse, and the morale of our soldiers is high at the moment, so we can send the reserves." ”
Qin Chun's face was smug, and when he was about to open his mouth to agree, his eyes suddenly froze.
But when I saw a large group of people on the city wall, they seemed to be holding something in their hands, but it was not a common stone, but it was not very real from a distance.
Those people raised their hands and smashed down on the Jing army under the city.
An old man looked up at it and saw that it was a black thing, and couldn't help but grin contemptuously.
The next moment, the clay pot smashed into his comrade in front of him.
Shattered, fired.
A little spark rose in the wind, and then it suddenly skyrocketed.
The mixed contents of the clay pot were splashed everywhere, and as long as they touched a little, they would ignite flames, and no matter how hard the armor on the Jing Dynasty soldiers was, they could not stop the sudden fire on their bodies.
A large number of clay pots fell on the head, and these extremely terrifying earthen Molotov cocktails set up a sea of fire outside the city wall, and the dense Jing army could not avoid it at all, and could only roll on the ground and howl miserably after the fire.
It's like a purgatory scene.
On the Jing army's position, all the soldiers felt a chill in their hearts.
Sanmai stared at the horrific scene under the city in amazement.
Qin Chun's face turned pale, and it took a long time to grit his teeth and spit out two words: "Retreat." ”