In the early morning in Huali City, people yawned loudly, and the clouds and mist they exhaled hung thickly in the sky above the city, forming ribbons that lingered around the end of the city like light gauze.
These clouds and mist are connected to the cauldrons one by one. The Northern Army soldiers are eating breakfast dullly, and the air is filled with a faint uneasiness and anxiety. A night without fighting not only failed to make everyone relax, but made them even more nervous. Waiting is the most painful thing, especially waiting for possible death, which is even more uncomfortable than being tortured.
Wu Gen also yawned greatly, rubbed his eyes and walked up to the earth wall, squinting to look at the situation of the coalition forces on the opposite side.
At dawn, the coalition camp began cooking pots without worrying about the prying eyes of the Northern Army. Indeed, with such a huge military advantage, why bother to hide it and just push it over? At least that's what the soldiers at the bottom thought.
Hu Jia also rushed to Tu Qiang, biting a piece of cooking cake, stretching his head to look at the formation of troops on the opposite side, "It seems that the Lu family is the main attack, the Cang family is covering, and the Gu family is always shrinking behind. I don’t know what to do. The Ba family is hiding among the Lu family, and they should be using their secret skills."
"It's nothing. I have asked Ji Dai and Chi Huahe to deploy a lot of rockets here, which should be a means to restrain the Ba family. There are not many people who can use this secret technique. I heard from Ji Dai that the Ba family Although they are not good at field combat, their most powerful method is to destroy fortifications." Wu Gen stepped on the top of the earth wall, grabbed two stones in his hand and kept throwing them upward.
"It is said that the ancestors of the Ba family were responsible for building cities and repairing civil works for the lords' families. They are similar to the great craftsmen of our human race. Since they are good at building cities, they are also good at destroying cities. The secret technique of changing the landform should be derived from this. Come. I have ordered all ministries to shoot first if the enemy comes to attack, as long as the Ba family is among them, and never let them get close to our fortifications." As he spoke, Wu Gen threw two stones out and said fiercely.
The sun finally rose, and the coalition troops were already sorting out their armor and knives, and got on their horses one after another. Wu Gen noticed that in addition to the ordinary soldiers of the Lu family, there were also a thousand personal soldiers among them. It seemed that the people who came today were not good-natured.
Hu Jia raised his head and looked east. The sun was piercing his eyes, and he muttered: "You really know how to choose the right time, village leader. They probably want to take advantage of the sunlight to charge, so they delayed it until this time. This Yang Zheng is indeed It’s hard to predict the future, but luckily we have prepared the means in advance.”
"Normally, there are veteran generals in the coalition forces. How could they not know how to take advantage of the right time? Sometimes, a small trick can change the outcome of the war. You cannot underestimate any opponent. On the contrary, our fearless army has been established for a long time. Not long ago, including you and me, we do lack experience.
There is no way, some things can only be accumulated gradually through battles. Just like this flying stone chariot, if Tu Dan hadn't reminded us, we wouldn't have thought of just using bows and crossbows to defend the city. "Wu Gen looked at the coalition soldiers lined up and couldn't help but sigh.
A long and low sound of horns came from the distance, followed by majestic drums. Soon, the drums became more and more urgent, like galloping horses or like wild waves crashing on the shore. In front of Huili City, a feeling of solemnity suddenly arose. The tall grass is low, animals are lurking, and countless birds are flying into the distance.
"Here we come." Wu Gen muttered softly.
The earth trembled, and countless horses began to march towards Huali City. Gradually, the horse's pace became faster, like a majestic tide, roaring along the vast unobstructed grassland.
The coalition forces were still besieging Zuyuan Tong's troops just like they did last time. On both sides were the Cang family's cavalry covering them, and in the middle were the Lu family's soldiers riding forward.
Kill, the roars of countless soldiers mixed with the sound of horse hooves struck the heartstrings of the Northern soldiers in waves. It turned out that the charge of tens of thousands of people was so shocking. Just watching it made the legs of many soldiers who were actually on the battlefield for the first time tremble.
In particular, the soldiers of the Lu family completed their transformation early this time. Their tall and burly figures continued to rise and fall with the fierce horses underneath them, and every move showed their strength and ferocity.
"Who are you trying to scare?" Wu Gen was a little dissatisfied with the drumming of the coalition forces. He turned to Zhang Wuyang and said, "We can beat them too by beating the drums."
Soon, dense drums sounded in Huali City, and the drums on both sides overlapped with each other, making the atmosphere of the entire battlefield suddenly become noisy.
The Cang family's cavalry took the lead in protruding from the battle line, and fired for the first time when they were still five hundred steps away from the city. Some of the arrows landed on the earthen wall and the head of Huali City, and some fell in front of the city. of open space.
After the first test firing calibration, seeing that the Northern Army did not respond, the Cang family's cavalry gradually became bolder, shouting loudly, approaching the city like a whirlwind, throwing arrows in their hands, and then turning around quickly leave.
The shrill roars came one after another, and the suppressed soldiers of the Northern Army could not raise their heads. Soon, the earthen walls were covered with arrows, and even the forest hills next to them were shot with arrows. Fortunately, Wu Gen had people remove the door panels of the people in the city in advance and put them on the wall. He also dug holes one by one as hanging eyes, so that his men would not have to face the Cang family's arrow rain directly.
Still, there were some casualties here and there.
Despite their great reputation, there are many good men, and the Cang family's archery skills are indeed superb. It is really amazing that it can quickly adapt to the battlefield environment, accurately exert force according to wind, sunlight, and terrain, allowing arrows to hit the opponent through extremely small gaps.
There was no counterattack on the city, on the earth wall, or on the forest hill. Everyone was waiting for the order from the young man in the middle of the earth wall. According to the range of his own flying stone chariot and powerful crossbow, Wu Gen could not fight back at these opponents who were throwing arrows wantonly, but the protagonists of today's siege were the huge but slow-moving Lu family soldiers, as well as those wearing The soldiers of the Ba family, dressed in black and hiding under the wings of the Lu family soldiers, must cripple and disrupt the opponent in one counterattack.
The heavy horse's hooves hammered the ground, ignoring the rustling dust on the earthen wall, Wu Gen lay behind the hanging eye and peered at his opponent's movements.
The soldiers of the Lu family arrived, and their heavy momentum mixed with the heat of their breath and the blood that accidentally leaked caused large and small vortices to appear in the sky above them, stirring up the clouds and blocking the sky. It was like a thick spear, pointed directly at the earth wall that seemed the shortest and easiest to break through, and the thousand soldiers were the tip of the spear.
"They haven't built many siege equipment. They are really confident." Wu Gen shook his head and signaled to a soldier beside him, "That's it. Tell Zhang Wuyang to shoot arrows and stones."
Three red arrows flew up from the earthen wall, trailing long trails and exploding into brilliant red fireworks in the air.
Both the coalition forces and the Northern Army noticed these three arrows. The appearance of such fireworks at this time cannot be to welcome the coalition forces who have come from afar to enter the city as guests. Since they are not guests, then I invite you to die.
Bang bang bang, sounds sounded one after another, like a bowstring being played. From behind the earth wall, stone bullets as big as millstones flew out. The stone bullets rub against the air, carrying the strong wind, and emit a huge whistling sound, sharp and long.
Rumbling sounds filled the ground, and stone bullets fell heavily to the ground, landing on the bodies of the men and horses, and thousands of sharp gravels shot out. The land that was originally green and grassy was hit hard by this, and it continued to rise and fall like the sea.
Wherever the stone bullets hit, tongues of fire spurted out, igniting the tall grass on the ground, pulling the hair of the men and horses, and burning the hard armor.
These stone bullets were mixed with some flints. When he was on Pearl Island, Wu Gen was very fond of these flints. Before this battle with the coalition forces, he entrusted Ji Ye to search around for some, just for the defense of the city. .
Large, charred pits appeared on the ground, with human or horse corpses next to them. No matter how strong the coalition soldiers were, they were still made of flesh and blood, so how could they withstand such a heavy blow.
Especially since the earthen wall is not long, nearly 10,000 people gathered in front of it, with horses and horses and people crowded together, making it almost impossible to escape.
The bridge team stood on the second earth wall, observing the movements of the coalition forces, and ordered the soldiers behind the wall to constantly adjust the flying stone carts. After his modification, these flying stone vehicles were enough to shoot a thousand steps away.
Viewed from the air, as the impact point of the stone bullets continues to extend forward, sparks light up in an orderly manner in the coalition formation. There was smoke and chaos everywhere, and the horses, no longer under the control of their owners, ran around and bumped into each other, trampling on injured people. There were groans, shouts, and roars everywhere. Soldiers and generals were looking for each other. The coalition army fell into chaos for a while.
Lu Lie was pulled out from under a dead horse by Bu Kuan. His bun was messy, his helmet was crooked, and he stared at the chaos in front of him in stunned silence. This time he did not rush to the front line, but stood behind the first wave of soldiers and watched the battle.
"What is this? Is this a flying stone cart? Why can it be thrown so far?" Lu Lie's lips trembled slightly, and he looked pale at the tragic scene in front of him.
"Young Master, the thieves' stone bullets are too powerful. Brothers have suffered heavy casualties. Please retreat back quickly." Lu Peng's face was blackened by the smoke, and he ran over in a panic. He was responsible for commanding the soldiers this time, and had been Follow Lu Lie around.
"Fuck you, if I move, the army will be in chaos." Lu Lie cursed loudly, turned around and pulled out his tooth flag from under the soldier who was crushed to death, and threw it to Lu Peng, "Put it up , let the subordinates see that their young master is not dead and their alliance leader has not escaped."
Bu Kuan's eyes were a little sad, and he opened his mouth a few times but made no sound. These days, Lu Lie, as the leader of the alliance, is lenient but not judgmental. Due to his reputation as being too favorable to other families, many decisions in the army are actually in the hands of Gu Yangsi, and many generals of the Lu family have complained about it.
But today on such a chaotic battlefield, he is brave and unyielding, and is unyielding in the face of adversity. This shows that he is a rare general, but as a handsome man, he is a bit unsatisfactory.
"Leader, the enemy's flying rocks and powerful crossbows are too powerful. Should our army withdraw first and then think of other options?" Cang Yi ran over with a cry. When the cavalry of the Cang family saw that the Northern Army did not fight back, they thought that the enemy could not hit them, so they moved closer to the Northern Army's fortifications.
Unexpectedly, this round of stone bullets and the opponent's powerful crossbow covered almost half of his military formation. In a short time, more than 3,000 people were killed and injured. How could Cang Yi not feel distressed.
"Can't evacuate." Two voices sounded at the same time, one was from Lu Lie, and the other came from Gu Yangsi, who was limping and being helped to come here.
Lu Lie glanced at Gu Yangsi, looked at Huali City in the distance and gritted his teeth and said: "Not only can't we retreat, we must move forward quickly and reach the bottom of the wall. The only weapons that the Northern Army can defeat us are powerful crossbows and flying stones." Cars, these ordnance are useless if you get closer. When you get close to the city wall and face bows and arrows, what do you Cang family have to fear?"
"Yes, if we retreat like this, it will definitely affect the morale of our army. Wu Gen's Northern Army also arrived in Huali City not long ago. These flying stone chariots and powerful crossbows are not easy to build, so how many can they have.
We must grit our teeth and go forward, create opportunities for Bajiaerlang, and destroy those hastily erected earthen walls in one fell swoop. I, the son of the Gu family, can focus on attacking the military stronghold behind and draw the attention of the Northern Army. "Gu Yangsi took the handkerchief from his mouth. It was a little bright red. He had just fallen off the horse and was hit. He actually suffered some internal injuries.
Ba Hong walked over with a gloomy face and said sadly: "Brother Gu doesn't know that there are actually less than three thousand craftsmen in our Ba family who can perform secret arts, and the other soldiers are just their guards. For this charge, I sent one thousand Master Craftsman, we are trying to get close to the earthen wall. But the other party seems to have seen our plan, and nearly half of it was destroyed in this wave alone, so please send more troops to cover it, so as not to have anyone available to attack Hanlu City later."
Lu Lie sighed, "Brother Ba, all the soldiers left in Yediyuan this time are ordinary soldiers, and the craftsmen have all been brought here. I know his difficulties.
Okay, this time I will personally lead the charge, and I will also ask the governors to lead the charge. On the one hand, we will see if we can destroy the city with force, and on the other hand, we will also create some opportunities for Brother Ba's men. "
Speaking of this, Lu Lie stared fiercely at the smoke-filled battlefield, "I don't believe it. I, the 60,000 shepherds, can't defeat a small human race."
Some people died, but not completely...
