The battlefield outside Huili City was like a hell on earth. The air was filled with the disgusting smell of blood, the smoke was floating in the air, and the blazing fire made the sky red.
On the earthen walls, in the camp, and under the forest hills, soldiers covered in blood were fighting desperately, with wild beast-like roars rolling out of their throats. The shouts of killing, the sound of weapons fighting, and the sound of charging war drums were like huge waves impacting everyone's mind.
Wu Gen wiped off the blood on his face, looked at the coalition soldiers running like ants in the distance, and put down the knife in his hand tiredly.
In the military stronghold behind them, thick smoke billowed, and the soldiers of the Gu family kept firing rockets into the stronghold. Although many jars of sand, soil and water had been prepared in the camp, many tents were still burned. The Gu family wanted to destroy the flying stone cart parked behind the stronghold. This thing posed too great a threat to the coalition's attack.
Not only that, there were also people trying to climb up Linqiu and Huili City on both sides. The huge defense line of Huili City was surrounded from all sides. There were wars and fighting everywhere.
Although so many fortifications were carefully laid out, there were fortified walls, trenches and powerful crossbows, as well as concentrated shooting at two commanding heights, until now, the numerical disadvantage of the Northern Army had finally become apparent.
The coalition forces were besieging them on all sides, but there were still a large number of wealthy troops watching outside. Especially directly opposite the earthen wall, the heavy military strength was disappointing. There were not many stone bombs left in the flying stone cart. Although Baoxiang and Xue Xin tried their best to fire arrows to this side to support, the situation was still precarious.
Too many people.
Especially at this time, the men and horses of the Ba family carrying flags were closely watched by the Northern Army. But at this time, under the cover of the Lu family, some people arrived near the earth wall and threw down flags.
When these flags fell to the ground, the ground suddenly became soft, but it did not turn into muddy water like a swamp, but turned into old soil as fine as flour, just like the earthen wall outside a century-old house that broke at the touch of a touch. It was precisely with these means that the Ba family's men filled in the three-layer trench outside Huili City at a huge cost, ruining Wu Gen's careful layout.
Many earthen walls have exposed wooden pillars and military vehicles that are deeply inserted into the ground. If it were not for these supports, the earthen walls would have collapsed long ago.
Because these Bajia soldiers were afraid of death, they threw down their flags and left before they reached the earth wall. As a result, a large number of old people appeared on the ground more than ten feet in front of the earth wall. People and horses rushed over and the dust was everywhere. to the knees.
Zhang Wuyang struggled to kill a transformed monster from the Lu family, and rushed to Wu Gen. "Master, the first earth wall can no longer hold up. Please retreat to the second earth wall. In the other three military villages, Ji Dai's military camp has been breached, and Ai Kai and Chi Huahe are rescuing them. Do you want to send Niu Ye's Mastiff Wolf and Shui Xiaowei to attack the Gu family's soldiers and horses to relieve the pressure?"
Wu Gen looked at the earthen wall and saw that many places had been breached by the coalition forces. The soldiers responsible for guarding the wall this time were drawn from Ai Kai, Ji Dai and Chi Huahe's troops, plus Cheng Jie's troops. At this time, they were all engaged in a bitter battle, with nearly 30% of the casualties and many people having retreated towards the wall. A second, higher earth wall.
"Mastiff wolves are afraid of fire and cannot defeat these ancient people. Moreover, they have too many people and it will be useless for Shui Xiaowei to throw in thousands of troops. Let's intercept the people on the opposite side first and kill as many as we can. What we want is to consume the opponent's vitality and prepare for the decisive battle." Wu Gen shook his head, turned to Luo Zhang, who was not far away, and shouted: "Destroy the pillars in the cave and cut off the enemy in front of you."
Luo Zhang heard the words and agreed loudly, and quickly ran towards Huali City. He was originally a dignified man, but these days there was always some sand hanging on his hair, and there was an unpleasant smell of kerosene.
"Sign the troops on both sides that once the tunnel here collapses, immediately send troops to support the earthen wall and work together to kill the thieves here." Wu Gen ordered to Zhang Wuyang.
Zhang Wuyang nodded with a heavy expression. Originally, this method was used to block the enemy when the entire army retreated to the west, but he did not expect to use it so quickly.
But there was nothing we could do at the moment. If the stalemate continued like this, the two earth walls might not be able to last long under attack from both sides by the coalition forces. Without the earthen wall to attract the attention of the coalition forces, Linqiu is bound to be the most vulnerable place to attack.
Lin Qiu was lost again, and Huali City was surrounded by layers of siege. How the Northern Army could withdraw would make the expected decisive battle a joke.
Wu Gen looked at Lu Lie and Bu Kuan standing in the distance, and shook his fingers contemptuously at each other. Sure enough, Lu Lie became restless on his horse and urged more people to run towards the earth wall. The nearly two miles of earthen wall didn't look too short, but the wide ground in front of the wall was crowded with people.
The ground trembled slightly, and Wu Gen's ears trembled unconsciously. However, in such a chaotic battlefield, this kind of trembling was difficult to detect.
Rumbling, booming, and muffled sounds came from the ground one after another, just like an earth dragon turning over. The ground cracked open one by one, the soil fell rustling, the dust on the ground rose to the sky, and an unpleasant smell floated out from the ground.
After a while, a trench ten feet away from the earth wall suddenly appeared. It was more than ten feet deep, four or five feet wide, and more than ten miles long. It extended from Huili City to the outside of Linqiu. There was a constant beeping in the trench. There was black kerosene oozing out. Many soldiers were caught off guard and fell into the ditch. Their bodies were covered with sticky oil and soil, and they were climbing up with difficulty.
Lu Lie struggled to climb to the top of the ditch, but just now his feet were unsteady and he was led down. He twirled the black grease on his body with his hands and glanced at this long deep ditch. He looked a little dazed and didn't understand why such a change suddenly occurred.
"Young Master, retreat back and let our men and horses retreat as well." Bu Kuan rushed over, grabbed Lu Lie, and moved several dozen feet back.
"Why do we need to retreat? Our army is about to capture the earth wall." Lu Lie was a little confused.
Bu Kuan was about to explain, but he stared into the distance in confusion.
Two fire dragons ignited from the direction of Linqiu and Huali City, and spread toward the front of the earth wall at the same time. The raging flames howled wildly, constantly devouring the soldiers in the ditch. You can feel the intense heat even from ten feet away.
With a bang, the two fire dragons quickly collided together, and countless sparks flew into the sky, causing waves of whirlwinds.
In front of the earth wall, a blazing wall of fire appeared, isolating the people on both sides.
This tunnel was excavated under Wu Gen's order and built together with the earth wall. To be honest, being able to dig it out so quickly and successfully is the first achievement.
Precisely because it is good at digging holes underground, after drilling out a series of underground holes, the soldiers of the Northern Army continued to expand based on this, and finally formed this tunnel.
There are pillars every few feet in the tunnel to prevent collapse. At the same time, Wu Gen had people pour a lot of kerosene and wood into the tunnel in order to block the enemy with fire.
In the battle just now, the people of the Ba family accidentally turned the hard soil at the top of these tunnels into sand, and they were trampled by people and horses. Therefore, after Luo Zhang sent people to pull out the pillars from the middle, the tunnels became so fast. of collapse. After the people on both sides ignited the fire oil seeping out of the sand, the raging fire dragon quickly divided the coalition forces into two.
Lu Lie's lips trembled slightly as he watched the burning men running out of the ditch one by one, screaming and running wildly. However, they could not run more than ten steps before they collapsed and turned into a large human-shaped candle, gradually becoming a A ball of charred charcoal ash.
The fire was so intense that there was really no way to save it.
"Wu Gen." Lu Lie just uttered these three words and remained silent, but the reins in his hands gradually tightened.
In the distance, from Linqiu and the south gate of Huali City, groups of Northern Army soldiers poured out. Under the leadership of Bao Xiang and Xue Xin, they pounced on the Union Army soldiers who were still fighting fiercely near the earth wall.
Even though the coalition forces were blocked and most of the people and horses were restricted from the fire ring, because there were so many people gathered near the earthen wall and driven by the fire, people were almost next to each other and horses were next to horses. The Northern Army came out in three directions, but they were unable to break through such a thick human wall made of flesh, blood and armor.
Countless arrows flew overhead and turned into iron rain and fell one after another. The rich blood energy of countless people mixed with the turbulence of the flames made the shadows near the earth wall look unreal, like a mirage on the sea. 33
The armor on the backs of the outermost layers of coalition soldiers had become unbearably hot and stuck to their bodies. Many people took off their heavy armor, howling and pushing forward with their torn skin.
The power of the flames overwhelmed the fear of the Union soldiers. The Union soldiers pushed forward desperately, trampling and colliding with each other. Some people even climbed on top of their companions, stepped on each helmet, and ran towards the earth wall desperately.
Their desire to survive made them extremely fierce, unleashing unprecedented fighting power.
For a time, despite receiving reinforcements, the Northern Army was retreating step by step, and was forced to retreat little by little, towards the second earth wall.
Wu Gen looked at the trench where the fire was gradually weakening, and felt extremely anxious. If he waited for the fire to be extinguished and the coalition forces outside took advantage of the opportunity to counterattack, this second earth wall might not be able to withstand it.
Just as he was about to risk injuring his own people by calling in the Rebel Army to fly in for support, another rumble of vibrations came from outside the earthen wall.
It turned out that the trench outside the wall was burned by the fierce flames, and the surface turned into a glaze-like existence. The trench wall could no longer support it and collapsed into the trench. The trench suddenly widened to six or seven feet.
The coalition soldiers who were no longer standing outside the earthen wall fell outwards one after another due to this incident. The originally tight formation suddenly lost half of its troops.
"Charge. Squeeze them out." Wu Gen stabilized his body and couldn't help being overjoyed when he saw this. He raised the broken knife in his hand and rushed into the enemy's formation with a loud shout.
Such a rare opportunity also boosted the spirits of the soldiers of the Northern Army. From Linqiu to Huali City, counterattacks are being launched across the board. On the two-mile-long front, countless swords were waving, like two rows of teeth, chewing and colliding crazily, consuming the lives of soldiers every moment.
Wu Gen silently waved the broken sword in his hand, roaring and slashing at the opposing coalition forces like the ordinary soldiers around him. There are no fancy moves, all the simple sword skills learned in Xiangjun are used.
Being in it, Wu Gen finally understood why high-ranking people were piled to death. No matter how high your cultivation level is, it will take some energy to kill each person. One or two people may not be tired, but ten or hundreds can be dealt with. No matter how many there are, the human body's blood energy is limited after all, and there will be a time when you are tired. When you are relaxed, that is also the most dangerous time. Maybe a stray arrow or a dagger may hurt you.
Finally, Wu Gen was the first to lead the troops to penetrate the opposing coalition forces, and the armor on his body was already pitted. With the first opening, there is the second. After a while, the coalition forces on the two-mile long front had been beaten into a sieve.
Seeing that the situation was over, many people surrendered with their weapons, and those who refused were captured one after another. The shouts of killing stopped, and Wu Gen dragged his leg that was injured by a hammer and ran towards the second earth wall without stopping.
In the military stronghold behind the wall, the soldiers of the Gu family have penetrated one of the military strongholds and are moving forward.
Ji Yan bit her lip and looked at the smoke-filled military camp, with more than a dozen soldiers standing beside her. Under her strict orders, Ji Dai and Chi Huahe had personally led people to the front line, desperately resisting the coalition's attack.
She knew that this place must be defended so that Wu Gen would not be attacked from both sides. But these people from the Gu family are really fierce, and they are about to hit the place where the flying stone cart is placed.
At this moment, the cry of killing suddenly rang out from behind, and Wu Gen's fang flag was seen crossing the earth wall, followed by a dark group of men and horses, heading here.
"The rebels have been defeated." Ru Tao's shouts rang out everywhere, and the soldiers of the Northern Army rushed toward the military stronghold from behind the earthen walls and on the forest hills.
At the same time, Shui Congyue, who had not appeared today, appeared behind the Gu family's horses with his men. However, he did not attack directly, but slowly pressed forward.
Birds chirped one after another in the air, and the Volunteer Falcon Army also appeared above the heads of the Gu family's horses, and rows of arrows fell down.
Under the pressure of the troops from both sides, the Gu family's troops finally wavered and withdrew from the camp one after another, running towards the south, preparing to bypass Linqiu and return to where their own army was.
Wu Gen finally breathed a sigh of relief. After so many people died, he finally managed to hold on.
Some people died, but not completely...
