Chapter 96, Enemy Attack
Xiao Yuebai stayed, but Ling Shun'er was sent to the nearby county seat overnight.
The winter sun is always refreshing, and people in the city have stepped out of their dark houses and into corners where they can be exposed to the sun.
At this time, Xiao Yuebai was patrolling the city tower with Nan Yaoyang, and suddenly saw a horse galloping towards this side in the distance. The horses galloped fast, rolling up a cloud of dust and making them stand out for a moment. Everyone looked at it and wondered, who else would come here at this time?
"Open the gates. Nan Yaoyang shouted as he went downstairs: "It's the ancient village master." ”
When Xuancheng was lost, Nan Yaoyang asked Gu Yeyang to disguise himself and follow behind the northern savage army to monitor. First, he is alert and fast-paced. Second, he is Nan Yaoyang's cronies, and he will not escape.
As soon as the city gate opened, Gu Yeyang's first words when he entered the city were:
"Here it is, here comes the army of savages"
These words were like firecrackers in the city, and after saying that, everyone fell silent for a moment, and then made a mess. The soldiers, who were still basking in the sun, went into action. Nan Yaoyang immediately rushed to the turret with Xiao Yuebai.
A soldier facing the northeast suddenly fell to the ground, and when Xiao Yuebai stepped forward to help him, his eyes looked out of the city in the northeast, only to see that the sky was dark and oppressive, and he was rushing towards this side like a flood.
Everyone's hearts twisted together like a string of hemp rope, and the soldiers hit their eyes on the defense envoy and Nan Yaoyang, and no one dared to say a word. Time passed slowly in the silence of the crowd.
About an hour later, Xiao Yuebai suddenly felt her eardrums buzzing, and the flag hanging upstairs in front of her kept shaking slightly. The soldiers who were in charge of the chores stopped their errands and listened carefully, and the air around them seemed to freeze at this moment. "The enemy is approaching the city. "A soldier broke the silence. Suddenly the whole city came to life again.
Finally, the first artillery shot was fired from the east of the city. With the explosion of artillery, the deafening shouts of killing also resounded through the heavens and the earth. Immediately after that, the cannon fire at the north gate also rang out.
It was Nan Feiyu who defended the north gate. Nan Feiyu had never fought against the Savage Army, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he looked at the black Savage Cavalry outside the North Gate. The garrison of the city gate who fought with him was a veteran, standing at the head of the city, commanding the constant artillery attacks. Outside the city, after receiving two cannons from the Tiance army, the savage soldiers stopped the attack.
The artillery fire of the Tiance Army also stopped. Nan Feiyu looked outside the city and saw the savages in the distance building siege equipment.
"The savages have attacked. A soldier shouted.
Sure enough, the vanguard of the savage cavalry under the city rushed over in rows. The artillery fired in another volley, and the enemy's formation soon broke up within range. It's a pity that the range of the artillery of the Tiance Army is fixed. When the vanguard of the northern savages broke through the range of the artillery, the towers were defended with bows and crossbows.
"The enemy is out of range of the bow and arrows. The soldier shouted
"Archers prepare. The gate guard shouted.
The three lieutenants of the garrison immediately ran to the side, two ran to each other on the wall, one ran to the city, and the three shouted "Archers ready" together. The archers who received orders in the northern city soon spread all over the northern city, and they lined up all the way, although they were separated from the enemy by the wall, but they stretched their bows to the sky outside the city. It's like witnessing an enemy outside the city from the air.
This is the battle that Nan Fei Yu also brought the sect members to join. He is known as the "Eight Fingers Continuous", and he has a one-hundred-step killing, and at this time a longbow in his hand is waiting for the commander to give an order.
At this time, the artillery was still bombarding non-stop. The savages who had broken through to the vicinity quickly regrouped. The defenders on the castle tower were waiting for this moment, and just as the savages under the city were about to open their bows and fight back, a rain of arrows suddenly poured down. The men and horses who were hit by the arrows fell to the ground, but these people came prepared, and they took out their shields and protected the horses and themselves.
Just when the rain of arrows in the city had subsided, they also opened their bows and fired back.
"Watch out for bows and arrows. The soldiers in the city shouted. Just finished speaking
A rain of arrows swooped down, and everyone defended themselves against the battlements.
Taking advantage of the weakening of the defense of the city wall, the follow-up troops of the northern savages rushed over.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the garrison immediately ordered the artillery to return fire. But as soon as he got together, he was shot by the flying Leng Jian, fell to the ground and couldn't stand up, the soldiers were in an uproar, Nan Feiyu saw that the situation was not good, and ran to the front of the garrison in front of everyone, and he saw that this arrow hit the vital point.
"General. Nan Feiyu shouted.
At this moment, the garrison still has a breath, "Leave me alone, continue to fight." ”
"The general is fine, keep fighting. Nan Feiyu shouted, picked up the dying garrison, and ran towards the city tower.
"I can't do it, you must defend it for me. People are in the city..."Nan Feiyu suddenly heard this voice at the root of his ear. Then after a series of rapid breaths, the man on his back died. The garrison of the gates of the northern city was sacrificed.
Nan Feiyu placed the corpse of the garrison in the city tower, and when he walked out of the city tower, he suddenly woke up like a dream, holding his bow and arrow, and stared fiercely at the enemy under the city. The enemy under the city was also aiming at him with bows and arrows.
"Whoosh" the enemy's arrow pounced. At the last moment, Nan Feiyu opened his bow and set up an arrow, and when the enemy's arrow touched Nan Feiyu's arrow, an arrow flew out with a green mang's arrow, and the enemy's arrow was instantly split in half, and was hit to the ground by the flying arrow. And the arrow not only pierced through the enemy, but also through the warhorse, and drove half an inch into the ground.
Nan Feiyu shot several vanguard officers of the savages to death with a few arrows, which greatly increased the momentum of the Tiance army, and soon suppressed the offensive of the northern savage vanguard. But by this time, the follow-up troops of the Northern Savage Army had already arrived under the city with ladders and battering rams. This means that the northern savages could be on the city at any time. The atmosphere of the soldiers in the city suddenly became solemn.
"The wildlings are ready to go to the city. A soldier shouted.
"Kill!" Nan Feiyu suddenly shouted, and suddenly the sound of the city tower shouting and killing became one.
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Shouts of killing in all directions, and billowing gunsmoke. From time to time, wounded soldiers were cleared out of the city. Xiao Yuebai stood in the turret and watched all this, feeling extremely uncomfortable. Despite his disgust at the bloody killing, he kept reassuring himself that it was war.
Nan Yaoyang saw Xiao Yuebai's discomfort, walked over and patted him on the shoulder and said:
"If you're not feeling well, go and take a break. ”
Xiao Yuebai couldn't help but shake his head:
"It's fine. ”
He glanced at everyone around him, but he didn't see a look of disgust on the face of one person. He said to Nan Yaoyang, "Can I go downstairs and have a look?"
Nan Yaoyang grabbed his shoulder and said, "Okay, it just so happens that the defense envoy is going to send soldiers to the south gate to inspect, you can follow." ”
At this time, the wild men only surrounded the east and north gates, and the west and south gates were still peaceful.
Xiao Yuebai just left with the soldiers. The news that the enemy army at the north gate was preparing to enter the city to fight reached Nan Yaoyang's side.