Chapter Seventy-Eight: Treason?
It was not the first time that Yin Yuankang had dealt with this group of Beirong people, otherwise he would not have been sent here, but whenever he saw the scene in front of him, he would feel deeply shocked in his heart.
Although he was from the enemy's point of view, he had to praise from the bottom of his heart, this is the division of tigers and wolves, not afraid of life and death, without fear, Beirong can survive in the world for so many years, this is their fundamental guarantee.
The arrows never stopped, and a longbowman pulled the string, let go, put on the bow and arrow, and then pulled the string as if it were a machine......
They don't need to aim at all, and the dense heads below can easily hit one or two even if they drop a small pebble with their eyes closed.
The opposite side was not without the slightest counterattack, a tall catapult was set up from 500 steps away, and more than a dozen fist-sized stones were quickly placed on the top of the net, and with the wave of the long knife, the tightly tied rope was instantly cut off.
Dozens of graceful parabolas flew out, and those stones quickly dispersed, and a large net suddenly opened, enveloping at least hundreds of arrows before they could fall.
This way of resisting the killing of bows and arrows has existed since ancient times, but it is very expensive, and few people will do it, and if it were not for the Tuoba family, I am afraid that there would be no such thing.
Seeing that the arrows were reduced, the cavalry below drove their horses and charged hard, a carriage dragged by eight horses was carefully guarded behind, where there were battering rams, and several tall ladders slowly moved forward, pushing the captured Dayan slaves, with nearly 100 Beirong people holding long knives to force them to move forward.
"My lord, this has little effect, they actually used the people to block arrows. ”
The adjutant general's voice trembled a little, and there was a Dayan people tied up next to every horse of the Beirong people, and the front was fine, but he used an iron shield to block arrows, and now, the people driven by the battering ram were basically Dayan people.
After the Beirong people arrived at the city wall, they held an iron shield and turned into a shield array, which resisted the bows and arrows shot down from above, and spurred the Dayan slaves without any cover to push the battering ram to hit the city gate.
Yin Yuankang took a deep breath, this is a common trick of the Beirong people, as long as the city is broken, the group of cavalry can drive straight in, and wash the entire Rong border city in blood, not to mention that the number of people is lower than the other party, even if the number is equal, they will definitely not be able to beat the Beirong people.
"Pour the oil!"
Yin Yuankang closed his eyes and tried not to look at the people of Dayan below, and shouted loudly to the herald beside him.
"Adult ......"
The deputy general couldn't bear it, after all, the people below were the people of Dayan, if those Wenzong knew about it, it would definitely be unfavorable to Yin Yuankang, and it was even more serious, and it was not impossible to destroy the family.
"This is a war, it has nothing to do with individuals, if something happens, the old man will bear it!"
Yin Yuankang shouted, how did he not know what the deputy general meant, but if he didn't do it, then what was the difference between this city wall and not, it was no longer a matter of life and death for an individual or a family at this moment, behind him were the people of the city, as long as they could protect them, even if they were beheaded in the end.
The adjutant general could see Yin Yuankang's determination to die, and he bowed to the end, and then turned around and beckoned the soldiers to pour down the oil for fire.
The vats held by the two men were carried up the city wall, and there were ten of them, all of which were burned with hot oil, and they were slanted down.
There was a scream from below, hot oil spilled into the shield, and the group of Beijung people who were holding the shield were burned and let go of their hands, which did not matter, as a torch fell, the entire city wall was turned into a sea of fire.
The Beirong people and Dayan slaves were all burned by the fire, and the war horses entangled in flames began to run in all directions like crazy, and they rushed directly into the shield array in the rear, killing and wounding no less than 100 people.
With just one wave of fire oil, more than 300 people on the other side were killed, of course, not including the people captured by Dayan.
"This man has a bit of courage, and when I catch him, give it to me, and the blood of this kind of person will be delicious. ”
Tuoba Nanwang licked his lips that were a little dry, his eyes looked directly at the top of the city wall, and at the same time, with a wave of his big hand, another group of Beirong people came out of the array, but unlike before, this group of Beirong people, holding a horse whip, waved hundreds of Dayan people.
The crowd of people, all old and weak, women and children, carrying sandbags on their shoulders, slowly moved forward.
"Don't hurry up yet!"
The people of Beirong shouted, and the long whip swung at them, like driving cattle and herding sheep.
The cloud ladder was getting closer and closer, Yin Yuankang frowned, looked at the group of Dayan people who were not wearing an inch of armor, and shouted to the soldiers beside him, "If you do things for the barbarians and slaughter my Dayan compatriots, you are treason, and the archers obey the order." ”
He drew his sword, aimed it at the ladder, and shouted, "Shoot me these traitorous thieves." ”
This time, the archers were a little hesitant, after all, the responsibility was too great, and they were only captured and forced to do such things by the barbarians, not out of their own intentions.
"Think twice, general!"
I don't know who spoke first, except for the soldiers who were still resisting the Beirong people and couldn't pull away, they all knelt down, if they were to kill the barbarians, there would be no problem, but at this moment, they were facing their own compatriots, which made them how to do it.
"How can we let thousands of people kill hundreds of thousands of people in Rongbian City behind us!!?
Yin Yuankang's voice fell, handed over the long sword in his hand to the deputy general, the iron fist crunched, and the blood dripped down from the nest of his hand, why would he want to be like this, the soldier's duty is to 'protect the family and defend the country', if he is not so ruthless at this moment, the family will be gone, and the country will be broken.
The lieutenant took the long sword very reluctantly, and shouted at the group of archers who gritted their teeth and looked at Yin Yuankang, "Release the arrow!!
The arrows fell again in obscurity, and this time the range of the trebuchet was a little insufficient because it was not far.
The sound of ......the arrows falling to the ground, accompanied by a tragic wail, the ladder stopped, and the people of Dayan, who had been coerced out of life and death, collapsed instantly, they definitely did not think that they were not killed by the barbarians, but died under the rain of arrows of their own people.
From the moment the first person began to retreat, in an instant the people who pushed the ladder all dropped the ladder and fled.
This series of actions even stopped carrying the group of old and weak women and children with sandbags on their backs.
"Everyone, if you go, you will die, and if you don't go, you will die, fight with them. ”
A young man shouted, wanting to snatch the long knife of the Beirong people on the side, but was instantly kicked to the ground by his kick, the long knife slashed, and after a cold knife, the huge head with hot blood rolled out of the distance.
"Give me a quick push!!"
One of the Beijon people seemed to feel that the deterrence was not enough, and he cut off the head of the nearest young man next to him.