Chapter 21: The Siege (4) [Fourth Update]
"Shoot the arrows!"
"Shoot the arrows!"
The generals of the city shouted loudly, and they all trembled uncontrollably.
The ironclad tide surged forward against waves of arrows, and finally reached the bottom of the city wall, where ladders leaned against the city wall, the soldiers climbed up with round shields, and the generals shouted loudly and commanded everywhere.
"Give it to me!"
"Follow me!"
"Kill!"
"Don't be damn stunned, hurry up!"
"If you don't want to be shot to death under the city, climb up to the city for me!"
"We can die in battle, but we must die in the city!"
After a few days of attrition, there were no stones and rolling wood and molten iron at the head of the city, the wolf's tooth shoot was basically damaged, and even the arrows were not many, and the threat to the officers and soldiers was no longer so serious, and soon there were soldiers climbing to the top of the city.
A group of monks flew out of the nest car, and landed directly at the head of the city, and some monks flew up the ladder, a few ups and downs, and they arrived at the city wall, they opened their bows left and right, killing wantonly, and the follow-up armor soldiers continued to follow, opening up their own battlefields on the city wall.
The soldiers of the Dengzhou army roared and rushed over, and the monks took the lead in catching and fighting, all of which were simple and direct rapid attacks, and they were divided into life and death in an instant.
Behind the victorious monk, the armor of his own team strode out, and under the leadership of the monk, rushed into the enemy group, the shield hand opened the way, and cooperated with the spearman to constantly stab, forcing the opponent's formation into chaos, and then the horizontal knife hand bullied forward, slashing and slashing.
The head of the city became a pot of boiling water, and there was a spray of blood mist everywhere, shouts of killing mixed with screams, swords and soldiers collided with each other, and from time to time arms and heads flew up, and from time to time someone fell with each other in their arms.
The horizontal knife swept through the opponent's throat and stabbed into the opponent's chest and abdomen, bringing out large strands of flesh and blood, which stained the armor and glittered in the sun.
All of them were hideous, extremely fierce, reason became the quality of a few, and the instinct to fight prevailed over everything.
On the city wall in front of a ladder, several soldiers of the Pinglu Army fought bloodily for a while, and finally were overwhelmed by the tide of Dengzhou soldiers, when the last soldier was stabbed into the stomach with a spear, and after the city wall was reached from the city, several Dengzhou soldiers copied fork guns, and they were about to overturn the ladder.
Li Ye was dressed in iron armor, jumped on the city, Lu Gujian slashed out, Qingmang Pilian swept the officers and soldiers of the Dengzhou army, and the blood mist exploded in the opponent's chest, and he flew backwards.
The same armor-clad young commander followed closely, and the three of them were in a battle formation, Li Ye was responsible for clearing the road, and the eldest young commander was responsible for protecting the flanks.
"Kill!" The Dengzhou army on the left and right rushed over, and several monks led by him strode out, raised their knives and slashed vertically, the aura of the sword body lingered, and the sword qi was about to be released, Li Ye swung his sword and slashed vertically, and the sword qi came first, and the monks who jumped out burst in the air, blood mist splashed, and the dismembered body flew sideways in all directions.
Li Ye's face was calm, he took two steps forward, two swords vertically and horizontally, and the sword qi flew out in a cross shape, slashing several soldiers in the front row, castration was unabated, and more soldiers were cut in half, and finally within ten steps in front of him, it became a blank, only the fallen wreckage and the pool of blood gathered.
On the ladder outside the female wall, several Pinglu soldiers suddenly climbed up, and under the leadership of a capital leader, they quickly formed a battle formation and stabilized their positions.
Li Ye didn't look back, and rushed to the next battlefield. The sword qi kept flying out while walking, and the officers and soldiers of the Dengzhou Army in front of him were either dead or disabled, no one could stand, and the soldiers who rushed in the follow-up were all shocked and retreated when they saw this, and they no longer dared to rush up to die.
From time to time, an elite killing formation composed of Zhongnan Mountain Dao people rushed over, they were Qi cultivation cultivators, and they had the middle stage of Qi cultivation to take the lead.
In their battle at the head of the city, they specifically targeted the brave generals of the officers and soldiers, and in the past few days, I don't know how many warriors they have killed. However, when they met Li Ye at this moment, the city became their grave, and under Li Ye's sword qi, they didn't even have time to release the killing move, so they all died.
Li Ye walked in a hurry, and there were more and more soldiers of the Pinglu army behind him, all the way to rescue the besieged Pinglu army battle array, so that they could converge with each other, and a large section of the city wall was controlled by him.
When the officers and soldiers of the Pinglu Army saw Li Ye, they all burst out with an earth-shaking roar, and their morale was even higher.
The battle continued, and many officers and soldiers of the Pinglu Army had already taken the Yongdao and entered the city under the leadership of their respective commanders and commanders.
In this process, the high-level Qi cultivation monks of Zhongnan Mountain came to besiege Li Ye several times, but they were either killed by Li Ye or died under the command of Da Shao Si.
After the death of Wujizi, there was no master of the real human realm in Dengzhou City, and Li Ye led the battle array to rush and kill all the way, as if entering a no-man's land.
After the Pinglu army in the brigade achieved an overwhelming advantage in all parts of the city wall, and the Dengzhou army was either killed or driven into the city, Li Ye was finally convinced that in this city, there was no hidden master who could threaten him.
In less than two hours of fighting, the officers and troops attacked the city wall on all sides, and then killed the city wall and rushed into the city. The first thing they did was to open the gates and let their own troops into the city.
Around noon, there was basically no Deng Zhou army resisting on the city wall, and they gathered in the streets and alleys to start street battles with the officers and soldiers.
The chessboard-like neighborhood of Dengzhou City is full of soldiers of the two armies fighting in teams.
The officers and soldiers marched forward in high spirits, pushing the river of the Deng Zhou Army like a torrent in the streets and alleys.
The iron armor flashed dazzling light in the sunlight from time to time, and many of the blood-stained swords had been curled, and the brave armorers had already changed their blades several times. Only monks with ritual weapons can use their weapons at all times.
Li Ye came to the middle of the street, and behind him, followed by an endless line of ironclad sharps. In front of him were the soldiers of the Dengzhou Army who were hunched and fearful, and although they hid behind their shields, they did not feel safe.
As Li Ye's troops killed one soldier after another, they retreated in horror, retreating step by step, and soon they could no longer support it, turned around and ran.
The long streets were filled with blood, the alleys where the fighting was fierce, the corpses pillowed up, and there was almost no place to put their feet.
"Kill! Those who refuse to surrender, no one will be left!" Li Ye raised his sword and drew it forward, and the armor soldier behind him roared and rushed out, and at this time, even he was stained with blood, and he couldn't see the original color.
Zhu Wen retreated to the Thorn Mansion, and in Dengzhou City, the Thorn Mansion was the largest official office and mansion.
Soon after he entered the door, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Huo Cun and other generals with tattered armor and covered in blood retreated one after another, and they came to Zhu Wen, and said eagerly and uneasily: "General, you can't hold it, let's go quickly! If you don't leave, it's too late!"
Zhu Wen's face was gloomy and he stood still. The sound of killing outside the mansion shook the sky, coming from all directions, as if the entire city had been drowned in the fighting. The official army was constantly pouring into the city, and the troops attacking the city were attacking the assassin's mansion on all sides. In such a situation, the Thorn Mansion is like a duckweed, crumbling.
"The general won Dengzhou City in a bloody battle, and now he lost Dengzhou City in a bloody battle, even if His Majesty knows about it, he will not blame the general! General, we have few soldiers and horses, and the Tang army is overwhelming, and it is not unacceptable that we cannot defend Dengzhou City, no one has ever expected that Li Ye will suddenly lead his troops to arrive, and he can't predict that his soldiers and horses will be so capable of fighting, and the defeat in this battle is not a crime of war! General, don't hesitate any longer, hurry up!" Huo Cun saw that Zhu Wen was motionless, and hurriedly persuaded.
Zhu Wen glanced outside the mansion and couldn't see anything, so even so, he could imagine the current scene in the city.
His troops are all elite in a hundred battles, and they are fighting hard in the streets and alleys on all sides at the moment, but they are actually slaughtering the officers and soldiers, and it won't take long for them to collapse, it's still early, and the officers and soldiers won't retreat until it gets dark.
"General! Li Ye is a strong cultivator, if you don't leave, he will be killed, and there will be no way to go at that time! General, when Daqi is employing people at the moment, His Majesty will not blame the general, only by returning with soldiers and horses, the general will be able to conquer the Quartet in the future and make contributions again. If the soldiers and horses are all killed, then the general's situation in the future will not be good!" Zhu Zhen continued to persuade.
Zhu Wen sighed, as if he had aged a lot in an instant, but then he beat his spirit: "What you said is right, there is no point in continuing to insist, since the city can't be defended, it's good to save more soldiers and horses, pass the order down, withdraw!"
Zhu Zhen and the others were overjoyed, and he hurriedly said: "Quick, lead the war horse!"
Under the escort of the generals, Zhu Wen led more than 2,000 elite cavalry to take the lead in leaving the Assassin's Mansion and rushed to the gate of the relatively weak Tang army.
After a bloody battle, Zhu Wen finally went out of the city gate. More than half of the more than 2,000 elite horsemen behind him have been lost.
Immersed in galloping, Zhu Wen turned back and took one last look at Dengzhou City, at the end of the street was countless Tang Army, and the head of the city was also the figure of Tang Army soldiers, and now the entire Dengzhou City fell into the hands of Li Ye.
Zhu Wen knew that after losing Dengzhou City, the Great Qi army would have no danger to defend in the eastern part of the country, and Li Ye would inevitably approach Tongguan, and the situation of Great Qi would become more difficult.
At that time, I hope that the generals guarding Tongguan will be able to rely on the dangerous place to keep Li Ye out of the pass. Otherwise, once Li Ye's troops are allowed to enter the pass, with their ability to fight well, even if there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the pass, Daqi will definitely be in a worrying situation.
When he finally retracted his gaze, Zhu Wen saw Li Ye. The other party suddenly appeared at the head of the city, standing in the wind, looking at him. Zhu Wen was shocked, if Li Ye's cultivation was to bring someone to chase him, it was really two words whether he could get away or not.
"King An, this battle is my old Zhu defeated, if there is a chance in the future, let's start all over again!" Zhu Wen gritted his teeth and said a word silently in his heart, and galloped without looking back.
Fortunately, I didn't go far before I met the Taoist who came to answer from Zhongnan Mountain, and the leader was one of the only two remaining real people in Zhongnan Mountain.
Zhu Wen was relieved when he saw the other party, at this moment, Zhu Wen had a lot of respect for Zhongnanshan in his heart, no matter what, the other party was benevolent to him.