Chapter 411: Tianwei Town, Hexi
Zhang Yichao thought that his desire for reinforcements was so strong that he had the illusion that the Tang Heavenly Soldiers had fallen from the sky. He rubbed his eyes, shook his head, and squinted his eyes to look at the sky.
I thought the spaceship I just saw would disappear. But the ship flew nearer, with a crimson and blue hull, a blue-gold mast, and golden-white sails, and a deck full of sturdy men in silver armor.
He still couldn't believe his eyes: "Brother, do you see something in the sky?"
"Hmm, you also saw it, I thought it was my hallucination?" Zhang Yitan was also rubbing his eyes.
"Two generals, since the three of us have seen it, isn't this ......" Master Hong Wei was also rubbing his eyes.
“...... Mirage?" The three of them asked in unison after rubbing their eyes.
"Look, three adults!" shouted a twelve-year-old child soldier in a crisp voice, "the heavenly ship is rushing towards the Chinese army in Xihu!"
Zhang Yichao, Zhang Yitan and Hong Wei hurriedly grabbed the battlements of the city wall and looked in the direction of Xihu Zhongjun. Zhang Yitan was so excited that he almost rolled out of the wall, but fortunately, Zhang Yichao and Master Hong Wei grabbed him left and right.
The flying ship in the distance was gliding in the direction of Xihu Zhongjun with a graceful and elegant attitude, like a golden-winged Dapeng bird falling from the sky.
The secret door at the bottom of the ship suddenly opened at the moment of descent, and a silver-white rain of arrows covered the Xihu army overwhelmingly, like winter snow falling suddenly. The snow-white rain of arrows came into contact with the Xihu Chinese army, and suddenly set off a monstrous blood tide. Thousands of Xihu Dai soldiers screamed and rolled over, their bodies covered with white bone spurs, and they died.
In order to avoid the attack range of the Flying Fish Lady's boat, these elite armored cavalry did not hesitate to step on the flank formation formed by the support of Yong Dongdai, trampling their soldiers into mud, and finally dodged the rain of bones and arrows of the heavenly ship.
But the sky boat suddenly lit up with a colorful and brilliant flower. It was the brilliant light of the Five Elements Thunder Method. There was a loud bang, and the golden, green and red thunder slammed mercilessly on the front line of the Xihu Central Army, setting off a wave of explosions that tore through the sky. Thousands of elite Hu soldiers were blasted into the sky and torn apart.
The entire battlefield suddenly turned into a Shura hell. Everywhere there was a rain of arrows rolling down from white bones, golden thunderstorms, and blood-red fire. The 50,000 siege troops gathered under the city by the Xihu army to prepare for the siege were blown into a bloody mud by this saturation bombardment.
The battlefield was littered with the corpses of the Xihu infantry. The corpses supported by Yong Dongdai, the shooter of Gui Dongdai under the dismount, and the guards of Wuru filled the trenches outside Shazhou City. The casualties of the infantry were more than 30,000.
The four cavalry of Zampu saw the opportunity the fastest, and they violently broke through the ranks of the other cavalry infantry, running all over the mountains, but suffered the fewest losses. Other Xihu cavalry units, such as Tongche Scouts, Subi Cavalry, Yangtong Cavalry, Achai Scouts, Achai Armored Cavalry, and Guidongdai Cavalry, were reduced to 100 squads and scattered into a starry sky to minimize the chance of being attacked, and barely 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry escaped the death bombardment of the Heavenly Boat.
The siege front, which had taken a full year for Xihu's 200,000 troops to consolidate, collapsed under the sweep of the heavenly ships in less than half an hour, and less than 20,000 of the 50,000 siege troops ran back to the camp.
Hearing about the power of the Heavenly Boat Thunder Law and the White Bone Spur, a group of monks and soldiers with full armor immediately appeared in the camp, and they formed a formation in the camp, and thousands of people formed a golden and brilliant giant enchantment.
The heavenly ship flew over the camp and aimed at the camp for a burst of indiscriminate bombardment. The baptism of white bone spurs and five elements thunder ** was resisted by the strange enchantment of thousands of monks. Within the barrier, hundreds of thousands of troops in the Xihu camp were huddled together, and many people were trampled to death, and the cries and screams resounded in the sky.
Under the protection of this barrier, Xihu sounded the horn of the withdrawal of troops, and the cavalry who fled outside heard the horn and immediately fled to the southwest without looking back. The remaining large army left behind its own company camps and siege equipment, and withdrew to the southwest under the protection of the barrier.
The heavenly ship pursued for a moment, slowly rose into the sky, turned around and flew towards Shazhou City.
I saw the heavenly boat sailing to the top of Shazhou City. The entire Shazhou city wall has been drowned out by cheers. Zhang Yichao, Zhang Yitan and Master Hong Debate were so excited that they cried loudly, and the loneliness and despair of staying in the lonely city for a year were vented in this painful cry that let go of everything, and their hearts were full of incomparable joy and jubilation.
In the helm room, Lei Changye held the helm wheel in his hand and pursed his lips and smiled. Beside him, Yu Jiao hugged her arms to her chest, the corners of her mouth rose, and her face was indifferent. The bloody battle they faced in the Huichuan Mansion against a million witch beasts was much more than this scene. However, they were faced with a horde of witchcraft that did not know how to adapt, and it was a bloody and simple slaughter.
But now in the face of the Xihu army, after the initial panic and rout, the response of the Xihu army can be called a classic. First of all, the cavalry scattered and fled, making it impossible for the Flying Fish Lady to determine the main target, and secondly, the monks and soldiers in the camp were enchanted, and they even carried the salvo of the five elements of the eight hundred Yin generals and the eight hundred white bones.
All this made the combat power of the Xihu army even higher than that of millions of witch beasts, which made Lei Changye feel the intricacy and longevity of the future battle.
So Lei Changye and Yu Jiao both felt quite unsatisfactory and something was missing.
But Satoru has already looked stupid. He has only been away from the Tang Dynasty for twenty years, but he didn't expect the Tang Army's combat power to reach this level?
When the Flying Fish Lady finally straightened up to attack and pursue, and returned to Shazhou City, Wu Zhen recovered from the shock of the battle, and bowed towards Lei Changye: "Lord Lieutenant's heavenly ship is really an artifact in the world. The poor monk thanked the lieutenant for saving his life for the 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Shazhou City. ”
"The master is serious, I just did my duty as a Tang man to protect the land. Lei Changye helped Wu Zhen up, "Now that the enemy army has retreated, the siege of Shazhou has been temporarily lifted, and Master Lao introduced General Zhang's brother for me." ”
"That's why I ask the lieutenant to come with me. Wu Zhen suddenly woke up and hurriedly walked out of the wheelhouse with Lei Changye.
At this moment, the Flying Fish Lady ship is hovering on the side of the city wall of Shazhou City, dozens of wooden ladders have been set up between the battlements of the city wall, and five thousand silver silver Yi entered the city from a neat line along the wooden ladders.
There was a heart-rending cheer on the wall of Shazhou. Many Qihu people saw the majestic silver righteous servants, as if they saw the heavenly soldiers and generals, all kneeling and kowtowing, and reciting poems praising the gods in their mouths.
With the support of Lei Changye, Wuzhen also walked up the city wall from the wooden ladder and reunited with Zhang Yichao and others who were looking forward to it on the city wall. After thousands of deaths, everyone met again, and they were full of emotion for a while, as if they were in another world, and their eyes were soaked with tears again.
"Generals, Master Hong Bian, I'm back. Gojin bowed down, tears falling from his eyes crackling to the ground. caused Zhang Yichao and Zhang Yitan, who had just stopped crying, to wet their clothes with tears again.
Master Hong Wei hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Wuzhen, you have lived up to your trust, and finally brought the heavenly soldiers of the Tang Dynasty back to Dunhuang." ”
"My Heavenly Empire has not forgotten Dunhuang, and I have not forgotten my people who have trapped Hu!" Zhang Yichao said excitedly.
Wu Zhen then remembered Lei Changye beside him, quickly wiped his tears, and said eagerly: "Several, this general is the newly established military aircraft province of the Tang Dynasty, the military aircraft Taishi, the captain of the Baiyin Yi Army, Lei Changye Lei, is now temporarily acting as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and at the same time, he is also the leader of the Central Plains Martial Alliance, leading the eight factions of the Tang Dynasty's chivalrous and righteous Dao. This big ship is Lord Lei's own masterpiece. ”
"Lord Lei, I'm glad to be there!" Zhang Yichao and Zhang Yitan rushed to Lei Changye to bow their hands.
They saw the battle of the Flying Fish Lady ship just now. The armament and offensive firepower in the Sky Boat are the battlefield weapons they dream of. The geniuses who were able to design this celestial ship, they all wanted to get acquainted.
"Amitabha, Lord Lei flew in a boat, which really relieved our urgent need. If you come one day late, we will all die on the battlefield. Master Hong said in a trembling voice with great excitement.
"Master Hong Bian, in Shazhou City, it has reached such an embarrassing situation?" asked Wuzhen bitterly.
"To tell you the truth, the two generals Zhang will move the bunkers and obstacles in front of the city gate today, mobilize all the soldiers in the city who can still stand up to fight out of the city, and fight with the 200,000 troops of Xihu to burn a jade stone. When Master Hong Wei said this, his face was miserable.
"Two General Zhang, how long has there been a shortage of food in the city?" Lei Changye was keenly aware of the problem.
"Alas, ashamed. Sihu's reaction was far beyond my expectations. By the time we recovered Guazhou, Xihu Jingqi had arrived in the west of Shazhou City. Today, the city has been without food for more than a month, and the bark and grass roots have been eaten, and even the rats have been eaten. In order to avoid the tragic scene of cannibalism, I decided to make a surprise attack with the whole army, and die with the enemy, so as not to fall into the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Yichao said gloomily.
"General Zhang is a true hero. Lei Changye said with heartfelt emotion, "Xihu shouldn't have responded so quickly. It was all because of Xihu Toutuo's calculations, which made General Zhang's strategy negligent, and this was not a crime of war. ”
"Lord Lei, you are the marshal of the main army in the imperial court, but you don't know what the strategy of the central government is for Shazhou?" Zhang Yichao asked with concern.
"General Zhang. His Majesty is eager to restore the old lands of Anxi and Beiting, regain the Hexi Corridor, and open the Silk Road again, so that the caravans of the Tang Dynasty can reach Persia directly. Lei Changye said in a deep voice.
"There is such a thing!" Zhang Yichao and Zhang Yitan exclaimed in unison. It's a dream they've been haunting for years. But in the past year, he has been besieged by the Xihu army and witnessed the prosperity of the Xihu army, and this enthusiasm has been half extinguished by the ruthless reality. The remaining half is just a fluke.
"Two generals. Today, I sailed to Shazhou, first to rescue the Shazhou rebels. The second is to use Shazhou as a nail, nailed to the west section of the Hexi Corridor, echoing with our western expeditionary army, and attacking from the north and south. After Lei Changye finished speaking, he waved behind him. Kuang Zhang, Jia Xu and Pang Hengyi, who had been waiting for a long time, came to his side together.