Chapter 169: The Beast Tide is surging
"I'm afraid these alien races and demon clans are just going to take advantage of our civil strife and think that we can't take care of them! That's why they dare to be so presumptuous!" Beihai Taishou Kong Rong said to everyone in a deep voice.
"Yes, these alien races have taken the time just right, we have wronged Xiao Yun before, now we can only attack Luoyang as soon as possible, kill Dong Zhuo Lu Bu, and then go to help Xiao Yun resist the invasion of alien races and demon races!" Alliance leader Yuan Shao said loudly.
"Okay, let's rest today, let's start attacking the Tiger Prison Pass tomorrow!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice.
"Come, I wish us to win the Tiger Prison Pass in one fell swoop tomorrow!" Someone immediately raised their wine glasses to celebrate, as if the Tiger Prison Pass was like their own courtyard wall, and it would be broken in one attack!
Some people's eyes flickered, and they didn't know what they were thinking about? Some people were really worried that the alien race and the demon race would invade the Central Plains, and secretly decided that they would go all out tomorrow to win the Tiger Prison Pass as soon as possible, so that they could help Xiao Yun.
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And the state, on the border of Shuofang County on the Great Wall.
Zhao Zilong looked at the black and oppressive wolves under the Great Wall, and he couldn't see the end at a glance, his face was extremely solemn, the wolves who came to invade Shuofang County this time were about one million, to say the least!
As early as a few days ago, Zhao Zilong discovered the abnormal movement on the grassland, not only a large number of wolves were approaching Bingzhou, but also the Jiang people and the Southern Xiongnu on the grassland also began to deploy troops, it seems that they are preparing to attack in a big way!
Zhao Zilong immediately sent the news back to the Jinyang Chengzhou Pastoral Mansion, but he didn't know when the reinforcements sent by Xiao Yun would arrive?
"Whew!"
With a high-pitched wolf howl, the wolves immediately began to launch a ferocious attack on the Great Wall!
These wolves are not ordinary wild wolves, most of them are powerful beasts, and there are some cunning demon beasts mixed with them, and the wolf king who has not yet appeared must be an even more powerful and cunning demon beast.
In the face of the tall and majestic Great Wall, these stronger wolves can already jump up and jump directly onto the Great Wall, while those weaker wolves under the command of the wolf king begin to stack together to form a high platform, or pile up the corpses of their dead companions under the Great Wall to form a high ground, so that the wolves can easily jump to the Great Wall.
Facing a huge number of wolves, and the other party is so smart and cunning, even Zhao Zilong feels a headache!
"Take out the crossbow and fire oil, and give me all the strength to defend!" Zhao Zilong instructed several messengers beside him.
Due to Xiao Yun's travel through several small worlds and plundering a lot of money, coupled with his great emphasis on invention and innovation, after several years of research and creation, all kinds of powerful crossbows and bows and arrows have been manufactured.
In particular, the invention of a ballista and a repeating crossbow has greatly increased the strength of the Bingzhou army, which can be loaded with dozens of arrows at a time, and under the action of the spring, dozens of arrows are fired at the same time, and the lethality is comparable to that of the cannons of later generations.
In fact, the repeating crossbow was invented in the Qin Dynasty, but unfortunately with the demise of Great Qin, this technology was lost, or Xiao Yun spent a lot of effort to collect a few pieces of continuous shooting crossbows in the Great Qin period, and handed them over to several skilled craftsmen and blacksmiths, and with Xiao Yun's strong support, the repeating crossbow was finally imitated!
Although this imitation repeating crossbow is not as powerful as the Qin crossbow, it can also shoot ten arrows in a row at a time, and the power is estimated to be no worse than the "Zhuge Repeater" invented by Zhuge Liang later!
Although gunpowder had not yet been invented in this era, under the guidance of Xiao Yun, an incendiary bomb made of white phosphorus and tree oil was introduced, and there were many incendiary bombs in the defense army of the Great Wall.
"Shoot the arrows!" With the orders of some generals, countless arrows shot towards the wolves under the Great Wall with a whistling sound that broke through the air.
For a while, the wolves were killed and wounded, and the screams were endless, but the wolves behind still fiercely pounced on the defenders of the Great Wall.
"General, there are too many wolf corpses, let's use fire oil and incendiary bombs!" a general said to Zhao Zilong as he looked at the pile of wolf corpses piled up at the foot of the Great Wall.
"Don't worry, wait! The wolves are about to attack again, and when the time comes, we will use fire oil and incendiary bombs, and we will definitely be able to inflict greater casualties on the wolves!" Zhao Zilong said as he stared at the wolves below.
Since white phosphorus and oil are not easy to find, the quantity of fire oil and incendiary bombs is limited after all, Zhao Zilong doesn't want to waste too much!
Many powerful wolves have jumped onto the Great Wall and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with soldiers, many of whom have been bitten or torn to death.
Zhao Zilong, who saw it, was furious, and directly joined the battle, wielding a long sword with a fierce sword aura, killing hundreds of wild wolves in a blink of an eye.
"Whew!"
Another high wolf howl sounded, and a large wave of wolves launched a fierce attack, just when the wolves arrived under the Great Wall, stepping on the corpse and preparing to jump up, Zhao Zilong immediately ordered to throw incendiary bombs and fire oil.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Violent explosions and raging fires lit up the entire sky, and although it was not the first time that incendiary grenades had been used, the power of the explosion and the high temperature of the fire still made all the soldiers cheer!
The wolves suffered heavy losses in this wave of attack, and seeing the wolves gradually retreating, Zhao Zilong immediately led an elite light cavalry of 30,000 people to rush out and kill them.
"General Cao, you led the army to rush and kill, I have found the location of the wolf king, and I plan to go and kill it!" Zhao Zilong said to the deputy general Cao Xing.
"General, will it be too dangerous for you to be alone!, or I'll go with you!" Cao Xuan looked at Zhao Zilong worriedly.
"No, you can just take this cavalry!"
As soon as the words fell, Zhao Zilong rode the BMW under his crotch and galloped towards the high slope in the distance like lightning.
Looking at Zhao Zilong's distant back, Cao Xing's heart was extremely complicated, but there was a look of admiration in his eyes.
Originally, he and Hou Cheng were the first to come to Xiao Yun's command, at that time, Xiao Yun had just become the county guard of Shuofang County, and there were no available people under him, and he and Hou Cheng were the commanders every time they fought.
But since the arrival of Zhao Zilong, Zhang Jaw, Tai Shici, and Huang Zhong, he and Hou Chengcheng have become deputies, he has become Zhao Zilong's deputy general, and Hou Cheng has become Zhang Jaw's deputy general.
This made Cao Xing feel very uncomfortable, but after slowly getting along with Zhao Zilong for a while, Cao Xuan had to admit that Zhao Zilong was really much better than him!
Although Zhao Zilong is younger than him, whether it is the ability to lead the cavalry or the training of the cavalry, Zhao Zilong is much stronger than him, and Zhao Zilong's martial arts cultivation has reached the middle stage of the Five Qi Dynasty Yuan Realm, and his cultivation has just broken through to the early stage of the Sanhua Gathering Top Realm.
Not only that, Zhao Zilong is extremely strict with the training of the troops, and he himself leads by example, never drinking and gambling in the barracks, never beating and scolding soldiers, not conceited and arrogant, loyal and courageous, righteous and thin, cautious and modest, brave and strategic.
Cao Xing was slowly impressed by Zhao Zilong's ability and personality, admired him very much, and willingly became the other party's deputy!
And what makes Cao Xing even more admired is Xiao Yun, who admires him for seeing people accurately, whether it is Zhao Zilong or Huang Zhong and others, they are all first-class generals, not only governing the army very strictly, but also brave and strategic, doing things safely, and being talented and virtuous.
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This time, the number of demon clan dispatches was particularly large, not only did wolves appear on the border, but countless fierce beasts of all kinds also gushed out from several large mountain ranges in the state, which was simply a huge beast tide outbreak.
On the city wall of a county town in Shangjun, Xiao Yun looked at the various demon beasts that were constantly pouring out of the vast mountains in the distance with a calm face.
It had been a day since he arrived in the hardest-hit county, and at the beginning of February after the year, all counties found that there were many more fierce beasts that were rarely seen in the past, and there were already many incidents of animals hurting people in villages near the mountains.
The counties immediately sent soldiers and horses to garrison the villages and began to prevent animals from hurting people.
By the end of February, more and more fierce beasts had come out of the various mountain ranges, and many villagers near the mountains had been forced to evacuate.
But at this moment, countless fierce beasts and beasts suddenly emerged in the various mountains in Bingzhou, and the other party began to invade villages and cities as if organized, and the garrisons everywhere were caught off guard, and many places began to be in a hurry, and they asked the state priest for help, in the face of such a crisis, Xiao Yun could only give up and go to the alliance with the princes to defeat Dong Zhuo.