Chapter 441: The Ploy of the Soldiers
A month later.
In the territory of Lilin Province in the north, there is an important border town - Qingshui Town!
Qingshui Town is surrounded by rivers on all sides, it is a rare water town in the territory of the Tianyang Dynasty, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a place where soldiers must fight!
However, at this very moment, this battle-worthy water town is being bombarded indiscriminately, and the fireballs blast into the river to create high and thick columns of water, which is extremely spectacular.
Rumble!!
Rumble!!
Rumble!!
"Blast open their gates for me!" a burly general stood in front of the black-clad army on horseback, spear in hand, drums ablazing, rows of trebuchets hurling out fiery boulders, distorting the air wherever they passed.
Boom!!Boom!!
The fireball exploded on the city gate and city wall of Qingshui Town, alarming the hearts of every soldier on both sides.
"Ahh
"The general is going to fight back! You can't be beaten in vain!" On the city tower, an adjutant general said anxiously, and the screams sounded in his ears like a knife cutting his heart, bloody!
"Each one shall do his duty, and shall not act rashly!" said the general defending the city with a cold face and no doubt.
"General!!" the lieutenant shouted urgently.
"Don't say more, those who disobey military orders will be dealt with by military law!" said the general who defended the city coldly, staring straight ahead, as if he did not see the constant fireballs.
“...... Alas!" the lieutenant sighed heavily, closed his eyes in pain, and said no more.
He has followed the general for many years, he naturally knows the general's personality, the general is not that he doesn't care about the life or death of the soldiers, he is just more calm, and he cares more about whether Qingshui Town can be defended, whether the people in the city can avoid this difficulty, and whether more soldiers can survive.
At this moment, it is not the time to counterattack, because the enemy is launching a long-range attack, if they counterattack at this time, the effect will be small, and once too many supplies are consumed, it will be difficult for the enemy to attack the city effectively.
Rumble!!
Rumble!!
"Ah......h
Rumble!!
......
"It's really calm!" Immediately, General Blood Moon watched every move of the defenders of Qingshui Town, and saw that the other party was just on guard and did not fight back, and his face sank slightly.
His Highness the Thirteenth only gave him five days, and before that, he had to take Qingshui Town, otherwise it would be miserable.
"Is the ship ready?" he asked, turning to one of the generals beside him.
"General Shi, five thousand ships have been built!" the general replied immediately.
"Good. General Shi nodded with satisfaction.
The order was: "The trebuchet continues to attack, I will give you 2,000 ships, and you will take 10,000 soldiers who are familiar with water to cross the river and attack the city!"
The general hesitated slightly, and when he saw General Shi's eyes becoming cold, he had to take the order and say, "Yes!"
He led 10,000 people to push 2,000 boats into the river, and then five people got on the boat one after another, he licked the corners of his mouth, drew his saber and pointed it in the direction of Qingshui Town, and shouted: "Rush into the city for me!"
"Rush!!"
10,000 soldiers were excited, and rushed forward with 2,000 ships.
......
Rumble!!
Rumble!!
The bombardment of the fireball did not stop for a moment, and the generals on the city tower were covered with dust and were almost hit.
At a certain moment, a sharp-eyed general saw something moving in the river, his face changed slightly, and he hurriedly reported to the general defending the city.
"General, the enemy is coming across the river from the water!"
"See. The general said lightly, his face resolute, and he couldn't see a trace of panic.
"Then we ......"
"Don't move for the time being, and when they get close to two miles, the crossbow arrows will wait!" the general said coldly, his eyes flashing with fierce murderous intent.
"Okay! look how I kill them without leaving a piece of armor!" the general was so excited that he immediately went to make arrangements.
The order was conveyed, and the morale of the defenders of Qingshui Town was greatly boosted, and after being beaten for so long, it was finally our turn to fight back, and this time we must kill enough to do it!
Ten Miles...... Seven Mile ...... Wuli ...... Sanli ......
Poof!
The hearts of the leading generals of the enemy army crossing the river were beating faster and faster, and a bad premonition was in their hearts.
Despite the incessant bombardment of trebuchets, 10,000 men crossed the river by boat, and it was only a matter of time before the eyes of the warriors found out, and they would inevitably encounter fierce resistance from the defenders.
But the military order is like a mountain, knowing that the road ahead is dangerous, but he has to go, so he can only abandon everything and rush forward.
Finally, only two miles away from the gate of Qingshui Town, his heart suddenly jumped wildly, and he said loudly: "Be careful of the city!"
However, it's late!
"Release!" At the head of the city, the defending generals spoke at the same time, and the terrifying killing machine burst out, and in an instant, countless crossbow arrows swooped down like flying locusts, and the air was pierced and let out a piercing shrill whistling.
Poof!
Poof!
......
The 10,000 enemy soldiers who crossed the river suffered a terrible blow, and a famous soldier was shot into a hedgehog, and fell into the river with his eyes blank, and the surface of the river was stained red with blood.
"Archer, quick!" shouted the enemy general's face changed suddenly, and he shot down the crossbow arrows that were shot at him.
Many archers quickly drew their bows and arrows, but in the rocking boats, they were bombarded with fireballs from their own side and the rain of crossbow arrows from the defenders of Qingshui Town, and their arrows were inaccurate, causing almost no casualties to the defenders, but people were constantly being shot by crossbow arrows and falling into the river, and some even became hedgehogs before they could shoot an arrow.
"Bastard!" the enemy general was furious, stepped on the surface of the ship, and slammed into the city.
Unfortunately, there happened to be a fireball bombarding in this direction, which could have hit the city with its trend, but he jumped up to block the trajectory of the fireball, and the timing was very good, so tragedy happened.
Rumble!!
The fireball hit the body of the enemy general, and exploded, and he was already holding a breath and preparing to destroy the bow and crossbow on the city, and his body defense weakened, and he was caught off guard, a large mouthful of blood sprayed out, and the whole person was slapped on the city wall by the storm.
Bang!
His body fell from the city wall and smashed directly into the river, splashing high and rippling with shocking blood.
"Commander Wang!" the enemy soldiers were shocked, and the two generals hurriedly pounced, plunged headlong into the place where he fell into the water, and salvaged them.
"Ahem, ahem, which bastard is plotting against Lao Tzu!" Suddenly bombarded by fireballs, Lingyuan collapsed, and the king choked a few mouthfuls of river water, and just came out of the water, he scolded the exit, and the two generals who rescued him were directly sprayed with river water.
"Commander Wang, now is not the time to pursue the matter, let's retreat quickly! We are a live target here!" The two generals didn't care to wipe their faces, cut off a few crossbow arrows that came from them, and dragged him back.
Commander Wang directly shook off the two of them and said angrily: "Withdraw a fart! The general hasn't let us withdraw yet, don't say retreat, let me rush to the city gate or the city! Lao Tzu doesn't believe that such a warrior who breaks the city can block my blood moon! I ......"
Rumble!
A fireball fell around the trio and exploded, only to hear two screams, and the two generals vomited blood and flew out, and a large river was blown up to irrigate his body.
"Bastard!" Commander Wang rubbed his ears that had been blasted by the explosion, and let out a furious voice, this is a siege or a fight against his own people!
At this time, the 10,000 Blood Moon soldiers on the water had been shot to pieces, and the bright red blood stained the turbid river water into a blood-red color, and no less than 100 ships sank, which can be described as heavy casualties.
"Charge me!!" the king shouted angrily, leaping out of the water and heading straight for the city.
Many soldiers with higher cultivation rushed up and rushed to the city, and the rest of the soldiers frantically rushed to the city gate.
"Shoot the arrows!" the defending general said coldly, now that the distance between us and the enemy was no longer suitable for using bows and crossbows, the archers who had already been ready replaced the bows and crossbows to launch a new round of arrow rain.
After a few rounds, many Blood Moon soldiers were shot into the water, and the king led all the way to the top of the city, but before he could start to kill, the generals of the defenders had already killed him.
Where is the opponent of the king, who has been attacked by anger and injured by his own side, he was kicked down the city by the defending general after a few moves, and blood was spilled.
The defending generals were about to pursue, and suddenly there was a sound of gold on the other side, and a trace of unwillingness flashed in the eyes of the king commander, but he did not hesitate to evacuate quickly, and the Blood Moon soldiers who were charging frantically also retreated immediately like a tide.
The defenders naturally did not let it go, and the short-range archers and long-range bows and crossbows overturned, and the Blood Moon soldiers continued to suffer casualties, and after throwing countless corpses and hundreds of ships, the Blood Moon soldiers finally withdrew to the opposite shore, and the fireball offensive also stopped.
Only the blood-red surface of the river, and a large body floating on the water, witnessed the tragedy of the battle.
"Whoa!" the defenders of Qingshui Town collectively cheered, excited to repel the enemy army.
The cheers could be heard even on the other side, and the morale of the Blood Moon army was slightly low, and the king commander and the retreating Blood Moon soldiers silently clenched their fists, their faces ashamed.
"The last general is incompetent, I am willing to lead the army!" Commander Wang walked up to General Shi, knelt on one knee, and said ashamedly.
"Qingshui Town is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Thirteen Highnesses have been given a long time, it is not so easy to take, you don't have to blame yourself, go down and recuperate." General Shi dismounted, gently helped him up, and comforted.
Commander Wang's face was immediately full of gratitude: "Thank you for the general's forgiveness!"
After the king led down, a commander next to him said puzzledly: "The battle was fruitless, and the casualties were huge, why did the general easily let go of the king?"
General Shi smiled but did not answer, turned over his horse again, and said lightly to him: "The whole army rests for half an hour, the shipbuilding project cannot be stopped, and after half an hour, you will lead 10,000 horses to cross the river and attack the city." ”
"The last general will definitely not repeat the mistakes of the past, and this battle will definitely take the head of Qingshui Town!" the commander said loudly.
"No, you have to repeat the mistakes of the past!" General Shi shook his head and said coldly.
"Huh?" the commander was stunned, the general couldn't be dizzy, was he?
Thinking of this, he hurriedly promised: "Please rest assured that the general is willing to make a military order!"
"I said, you, you can't be defeated or won!" General Shi stared at him coldly, and said word by word.
"Ah, why?" the commander was stunned.
"Go back and make up for the pig brain. "General Shi feels very powerless, he is really reckless, and he doesn't even understand the strategy of arrogance.
"Ahh
General Shi: "......"