Chapter Eighty-Eight: Defeat in a Vicious War
"Well, the culprit of this battle is Hermione! The Imperial Government and the Divine Temple must send a wanted notice, and this person must be arrested! Emperor, this matter is over!" Archbishop Yin Wuji gently let the Emperor go after some explanations from his subordinates.
"Archbishop, Hermione's mansion in the Imperial Capital should be handed over to the Knights of the Templar to be confiscated, and the money obtained is just right for this battle to defend the city!" An Feng saw that the matter was over, and threw out his own idea again.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and the bribes he spent on these people in the temple were finally not in vain. As for An Feng wanting to raid his house and make a windfall, these are all trivial things.
Yin Wuji knew An Feng's careful thoughts, but he was a heavy general under his command, and he obeyed his words on weekdays, so what did it matter to him with this benefit, so he also nodded.
Not to mention that these people are here to discuss these dirty things, Zheng Yan's subordinates outside the city have long been impatient.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The war drums sounded loudly, Zheng Yan sat on the war horse with high spirits, his long sword pointed at the black pupil emperor, and shouted: "Attack!"
The army of more than 200,000 Song Emperors rumbled towards the giant city in front of them.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Although Zheng Fengdu said that he wanted Zheng Yan to hit a wall, he didn't want him to suffer any big losses. Therefore, the support of the mage group that should have been given to him was still given.
The mages of several legions gathered, and all kinds of death and destruction magic sprayed at the Black Pupil defenders.
"Woo......" The alarm + horn sounded, and the black-eyed magicians who were on standby chanted a spell and set up a huge magic defense array in the imperial capital. The black magic light mask intercepted all the attacks, and Zheng Yan didn't see the harvest he was expecting.
However, he didn't expect the mage regiment to achieve much gain, so after a few rounds of magic attacks, he threw in infantry and siege equipment without hesitation.
Storm!
The soldiers of the Song Emperor's legions, under the command of officers at all levels, shouted slogans, carried ladders, and pushed the siege towers and siege vehicles towards the city walls.
The team moved forward slowly, with a steady pace, and pressed up with a overwhelming momentum.
As the walls drew nearer, their pace grew faster and faster, and the light infantry trotted with shields and swords, except for the crossbowmen who had been covered by the heavy infantry.
"Stand, crossbowmen, ready, release!" Leaving the city, the heavy infantry and crossbowmen stood still, the great shield was lowered to cover the crossbowmen, and the order was given to cover the feathered arrows.
"...... Uproar"
The black-pressed crossbow bolts rained down on the city walls.
The defenders in the city were very calm, and in the face of the attack of the Fengdu army, they did not react at all, even when the feather arrows attacked, they only raised their shields horizontally and hid under the battlements.
The crackling rain of arrows did not achieve good results, and then the next wave of arrow rain came again, and it was still the same. After the five rounds of arrow rain, there was still silence on the city wall, only one or two screams came occasionally, proving that the rain of arrows covered and injured a few defenders.
"Up, quick, up, cloud echelon to follow!"
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The sequence of attacks under the city is already in place, and no matter what the effect of the crossbow attack is, it is impossible to interrupt the plan of the ant-attached siege.
Among the light infantry, wing commanders, group leaders, and squadron leaders at all levels were shouting loudly, beckoning their men to rush to the city wall.
"Alas, this kid Zheng Yan is going to suffer a big loss!" Outside the imperial camp of the Fengdu army in the distance, Zheng Fengdu saw the siege situation from a distance, sighed softly, shook his head and said.
Not only him, but the other generals had already seen the strange reaction of the Black-Pupiled defenders.
Zheng Yan is not a stupid person, and naturally he knows that he may be careless, so his face is already blue. However, Haikou has already boasted, and he has no way to give up halfway.
"Order the knights to dismount and fight on foot, and charge the general!" In desperation, he could only choose to invest in the strongest troops, trying to seize a breakthrough. Perhaps, there is a chance to win.
With an uproar, more than 20,000 knights of the Song Emperor's army dismounted, took off the heavy armor on their bodies, and rushed towards the city wall wearing light leather armor and waving long swords and round shields.
"Hey! This kid is still a little anxious, and he can be saved, hehe!" This scene made Zheng Fengdu's eyes light up, in this case, only when the hole cards are exhausted, and the first round will send a decisive killer move, it is possible to catch the prepared Black Pupil defenders off guard.
Smack, smack, smack......
One after another, the ladders were erected to the top of the city, and the Fengdu soldiers, who had their blades in their mouths, began to climb along the ladders.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The war drums of the black-eyed people finally sounded above the city.
"Kill!"
The defenders, who had been pressed and beaten all the time, and were bound by military orders and could not fight back, suddenly stood up at this moment, picked up the rocks on the ground and threw them at the enemy who attacked the city.
"Archer, let's go!" a banner fell down at the tower, and a column of archers suddenly began to release feathered arrows wantonly.
At this time, the Fengdu army had already climbed the city wall, and the crossbowmen outside an arrow on the ground did not dare to release the feather arrows, so as not to be injured by mistake. Such a good opportunity can allow your own archers to shoot the enemy to their heart's content, how can the black-eyed people let it go.
"Ah......h
......The trebuchet, which had been silent for a long time, also began to wield, and the target was the area where the Fengdu heavy infantry and crossbowmen were located.
Huge stone balls were thrown, and no amount of heavy armor and huge shields could withstand such an attack.
"Ah......h
The sudden boulder suddenly stirred up the position and turned it on his back, there were broken limbs and stumps everywhere, a stone ball rolled over, it was a blood stain, and the heavy infantry and crossbowmen of the Song Emperor's army suffered heavy losses.
Zheng Yan was unmoved, his eyes staring at the knights who were getting closer and closer to the city wall.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Only when these elite knights assaulted could they turn the tide of the battle and make the suspicious black-pupil people suffer a big loss.
But since the black pupil man is so arranged, why is he not prepared to deal with the knights! Therefore, it is destined that he Zheng Yan will knock out his big teeth this time.
The observation post on the inside of the city wall had been keeping an eye on the movements of the Fengdu people outside the city, and when they saw more than 20,000 Fengdu knights in leather armor rushing forward quickly, they hurriedly put down a black military flag.
"Bone Spear ......"
"Destroying the ...... of Miè"
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The magicians under the walls began to chant incantations again, unleashing their magic that covered a range of ten to a hundred meters outside the city.
To deal with knights, apart from knight hedging, the best option is actually to have the mage attack from a distance.
This wave of sudden magic attacks made the Fengdu knights unbearable, with heavy casualties, and they had no time to defend, just in this area, they suddenly stopped six out of ten, except for some vigilant high-ranking knights who survived, the other knights fell into bad luck.
When Zheng Yan saw this scene, his eyes were instantly bloodshot, his face was completely gray, and he almost fainted.
"Despicable! shameless!" he gritted his teeth, drew his great sword, and was about to drive his horse into battle shirtless.
The magician's assault was not over, and when the knights of Fengdu struggled to advance against the magic attack, the overwhelming crossbow arrows were also fired at this time, and the warlocks who had been hiding on the city wall to watch the battle stood up and threw the last straw that crushed the camel.
Skeleton Summoning!
Mayhem!
Under the hood of these two big killers, the corpses of the Fengdu soldiers outside the city, who had suffered heavy casualties, festered, and a skeleton with fresh blood stains picked up their swords and killed their former comrades.
In the face of such a tragic scene, coupled with the chaotic technique of being caught off guard, the siege force of the Song Emperor's army collapsed in an instant.
"Kill! Kill!"
At this time, the black-pupiled defender general at the head of the city finally stood up, with a tyrannical look, and gave an order viciously.
The crossbow + bow and longbow corps that have long been ready will cover the Fengjiang soldiers who fled towards the wolf with the feathered arrows of revenge.
"Poof......" Zheng Yan was stimulated by the tragic scene in front of him, and finally couldn't suppress it, a mouthful of stuffy blood spurted out, and his eyes were black and fell off the horse.
"Dingdingding......"
From the sound of gold from the camp of the Chinese army, it was like a heavenly sound at this time, and the soldiers of the Song Emperor's legion who had collapsed fled towards the rear, trying to escape from the fire of the defenders.
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"Great victory, General He An commanded the army to repel the enemy army, and won a lot of victories, and the enemy Song Emperor's army broke and fled!"
As soon as the sound of gold sounded, the news of the city's victory quickly spread to Yin Wuji and the others.
"Oh, what are the results?" The Black Pupil Emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, regardless of his identity, and hurriedly stood up and asked urgently.
No wonder he was excited, the key is that in the past period of time, there have been reports of defeat everywhere, and half of the country is about to fall.
"The 200,000 troops of the enemy Song Emperor's army have just made a surprise attack with the whole army, trying to break the city defense, and General He An has a clever plan to defeat the enemy army. The enemy knights were almost completely wiped out by the assault of our army's magician regiment, the heavy infantry and crossbowmen suffered heavy losses under the trebuchet covered attack, the light infantry was killed nearly 20,000, and the Song Emperor's army fled. "The messenger didn't know exactly how many big results there were, so he could only give an approximate idea.
"Well, this He An is also a rare general among the children of the royal family! Not bad, not bad!" Yin Wuji also nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, good! I want to reward him, come to him, pass on the decree, He An's military exploits are brilliant, and Haosheng presides over the defense, after the war, I will not hesitate to reward the king!"
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Different from the surprises on the side of the black-eyed people, there is a dull and depressing atmosphere on the side of the Fengdu camp.
Zheng Fengdu also regretted it in his heart at this time, especially after the detailed battle damage was reported.
At first, he just planned to make Zheng Yan suffer, but he didn't plan to be beaten so badly.
"In just three hours, in half a day, more than 70,000 soldiers were killed, and as many as 30,000 or 40,000 were injured, and the entire army was disabled, and the whole army was almost wiped out! Zheng Yan, are you a pig!?"
After Zheng Yan came to his senses, he came to the imperial camp of the Chinese army and knelt there without saying a word.
The generals sitting on the side also lost the interest of gloating in their hearts at this time, and everyone was shocked by this sudden defeat.