Chapter 97: The Massacre of the City (2)
"Who is the enemy who has come to attack? The cold guard stood on the city wall, looking at the thousands of black-armored enemy soldiers outside and shouted.
The other party was led by a sturdy and burly, open-bodied middle-aged man, who was ordered to come to the Sixth Courtyard, a man who was bigger than the war horse under his seat, with two thick black eyebrows put together at the center of his eyebrows, and his eyes were full of coldness, and coldness was mixed with madness and cruelty.
It was no surprise that the Sixth Courtyard of the Gate took Han Weiliu's shouting as the wind in his ears, and he didn't have any intention of talking, he just looked back and forth at the top and bottom of the city wall and the surroundings, and then waved his big hand forward, and the black armor army behind him quickly separated out one on the left and one on the left, and instantly surrounded the entire front of the city wall.
What does this mean? Han Weiliu thought to himself, if the other party does not say a word, he will attack directly, and according to common sense, he should report to his home, or shout a few words to encourage morale. However, before he could react to the other party's intentions, there was already a sound of fighting below.
He hurriedly went over to take a look, and was horrified in his heart, just a few black-armored troops who were close to the gap, they made such a big move, those who were the most elite guards in Liuhai City in his eyes, were actually not the opponents of the other party's ordinary pawns, originally he thought that the gap was not big, and he only did defense, naturally he was a man who could not open it, who would have thought that the other party would be about to enter the city for such a short time.
Han Weiliu hurriedly drew twenty people from the garrison soldiers to make up for it, and turned back to his subordinate lieutenant generals: "Hurry up and go to the major families in the city to borrow troops, we alone will definitely not be able to hold it, and then send someone to the city lord's mansion, be sure to invite the city lord, if he refuses to come, let him send the two hundred soldiers stationed in the mansion to guard the city together." If the city is lost, what's the use of guarding the palace?"
"It's okay for the major families to say, but my lord, the city lord's side... You know..."The deputy general was a little embarrassed, after all, he had reached the right general in the army, and he had dealt with the city lord Zhaoyunhe several times, he knew that Zhaoyunhe was immoral, incompetent, and arrogant, and it was impossible for him to come to defend the city.
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up. Han Weiliu then took off his sword, and commanded, "If anyone disobeys, kill them on the spot, and you only have two hours, no, an hour and a half." ”
The adjutant general had to put away the helplessness in his eyes, nodded, sighed secretly, and then took the saber, took someone and left.
Han Weiliu watched the adjutant leave, and beckoned a soldier and said: "You take a few people to mobilize the people, equip all the men with swords and armor, and tell them that now is the time for survival, and only when everyone fights together can they protect themselves against the enemy, and if the city is broken, their wives and children will also die under the enemy's mouth." In addition, a few more scouts were ordered to ask for help from the surrounding city lords, although there may not be much hope, but it was still necessary to try, at least let them know that there was an enemy attack. ”
When the soldier received the order, he called another man and went with him.
This side can be regarded as doing his best, Han Weiliu pondered in his heart, although the other party has thousands of people, but he is stubbornly defending, and it is almost the same to be ten with one, if he can recruit hundreds of more people to support, he should be able to ensure that Liuhai City is safe for the time being, and then he can only try to ask for help from Changkong Temple.
Thinking of this, he took the sword from the guard's hand, raised it above his head and said: "Soldiers, we are the guards of a city, and it is our duty to protect the acropolis.
"Defend the city to the death and protect the peace of the people. ”
"Defend the city to the death and protect the peace of the people. The guards responded in unison, and most of the men in the army were full of blood and burned at a moment's notice.
"Okay, then we will swear to live and die with Flowing Sea City. Han Weiliu was naturally very satisfied when he saw that his morale was high, so he also took advantage of the situation to raise the long sword in his hand again and rushed towards the Black Armor Army with the soldiers.
Seeing that the other city's lord was nowhere to be seen, the main general defending the city now also participated in the battle group, and it also boosted morale by the way. This is not good, the task given by the island owner this time is urgent, and it cannot be delayed any longer.
So with a wave of his hand, he separated more than two hundred people from behind him and rushed towards the gap in the city wall where the broken cold guard stream was.
As soon as he handed it over, Han Weiliu was a little shocked in his heart, the other party was not an ordinary soldier at all, because they were all well-armed, and their moves were sharp, the most important thing was that whether they were two or three or five together, they could even attack and defend together, even if they were scattered, they would be able to re-form a formation immediately.
Han Weiliu himself is also a veteran, he knows the importance of tacit cooperation between soldiers on the battlefield, but tacit understanding is not easy to train, he has never encountered a war in Liuhai City in the past few years, even if he usually does not even come to a pirate, although the soldiers are diligent in training, it is only a death training, but these black-armored soldiers in front of him have all experienced fighting and blood.
The more Han Weiliu thought about it, the more he couldn't stop chuckling in his heart, he finally knew that the other party was prepared, and this time it might not be so easy to defend the city, just like the strong leader's unmoving look, it seemed that he didn't take himself and others in his eyes at all.
"My lord, the other party has sent additional support, so we have to send some more people over. The other lieutenant squeezed out of the battle with a bloodied face, and said to Han Wei Liu, with some pleading in his tone.
"No, those people must defend each other, and they can't be moved at will, otherwise the walls will not be able to defend once the enemy launches a full-scale attack. "Hanwei Liudao, why doesn't he want to transfer more people, there is indeed too much pressure here, and the casualties are also very serious, but he can't rush to transfer the soldiers defending the city, he can only hope that the deputy general and the soldier can bring reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise he can only defend this gap.
"But my lord, the city wall is important, if this lack cannot be defended, the enemy has gone directly into the city, what is the point of guarding the city wall. The lieutenant said again.
Han Weiliu naturally understood this truth, so he was also very hesitant in his heart, the other party had increased so many people at once, how could he be able to resist it if he didn't transfer troops over, this was still based on danger, and if it was to be replaced by a head-on battle, he didn't have enough people to see.
"Tune it up. Han Weiliu said with relief, but still a little hesitant.
"Yes" The deputy general couldn't manage so much, so he immediately took the order and ran all the way to transfer troops.
With the transfer order, the number of defenders in Liuhai City has decreased by nearly thirty percent.
Seeing that the soldiers on the other side of the city wall had decreased a lot, the eyes suddenly lit up, and the wait was now, so he waved his hand again, and suddenly erected many ladders from the rear of his army, and the feet of the ladders were equipped with four huge wooden wheels, which were squeaking in the direction of the city wall.
It is more like a ladder than a chariot as high as a city wall, with wheels under it, and a number of soldiers pushing the chariot below, and four crossbowmen above the chariot, a total of more than thirty people.
At a glance, more than a dozen groups of chariots together seem to be the same city wall.
"My lord, they are attacking the city. "One of the wall guards ran over to the cold guard.
"They're aiming for the moment. Han Weiliu said hatefully, and then asked, "Are the reinforcements coming?"
The guard didn't speak, just shook his head. Han Weiliu climbed the city wall and looked at it, and was instantly stunned, what kind of siege vehicle is this, if it is replaced by the cloud ladder on the city wall before, this side can still resist, but there are dozens of archers on this siege vehicle to put arrows on the city wall, and there are defensive planks in front of the chariot, as long as they get close to the city wall, the soldiers below will definitely swarm up.
"Throw stones, several people together, throw them away. Han Weiliu hurriedly ordered, hoping to block the route of the siege engines with stones and ease the attack.
However, the other party that Han Weiliu could think of had already thought that the group of soldiers following under the siege vehicle seemed to be specially designed to open the way for the siege vehicle, and as soon as the stone fell, someone stepped forward and moved away.
Seeing that the siege vehicle was not affected much, Han Weiliu was anxious, and hurriedly called the guards to come over to urge reinforcements, he estimated that within an hour at most, the city would be broken.
"Bao" suddenly ran over from the city a bloodied soldier, Han Weiliu looked at it, hurriedly greeted him and said, "What's the matter?"
"Lord Qiqi, instead of handing over the two hundred guards, the city lord also detained the deputy commander, and the people of those big families hid in the city lord's mansion with their family soldiers. The soldier reported.
"What? such a ridiculous thing?" Han Weiliu slapped his hand on the city wall, almost vomiting blood.
"Lord Qiyu. Han Weiliu stood firm, and another soldier came to report, he turned around, looked at the soldier and said, "What's the matter, let's talk about it." “
The soldier pouted, "The people are all closed, and none of them want to come out." “
"Didn't you say what I taught you?" said Han Weiliu in a cold tone.
"Yes, but they say that it is the business of our soldiers to fight against the enemy, and they only farm the land, and they do not understand how to fight. The soldier hesitated for a moment and then said, "They also said that even if the enemy captures the city, he will only take the soldiers and officials with the sword, and will not do anything to them ordinary people." “
Han Weiliu closed his eyes tightly when he listened, he really didn't want the soldiers to see the despair in his eyes, but at this moment, another soldier reported: "The gap in the east of the city is about to be lost, and the city wall can no longer be resisted, and the city is broken in the blink of an eye."
Han Weiliu opened his eyes, picked up the sword with a firm look, and said: "You may also want to take off the armor on your body and change into cloth clothes now, pretending that the people are trying to escape for their lives, right? But I tell you, when you put on this armor, this is your life, instead of living cowardly, it is better to kill quickly, there is nothing terrible about death, if you can pull a few more cushions, you will earn in this life, and you will be a good man in the next life." “
"Fight, fight!" shouted the soldiers in unison.
The city was finally broken, and the black-armored soldiers who poured in from all directions approached step by step with a murderous aura.