In the sky, countless stone bullets were flying against each other, forming a stone dome. From time to time, bright arrows flew across the gray sky, like boobies swooping down to catch fish.
On the ground, countless war horses galloped wildly driven by their owners, and the rumble of horse hooves made the entire earth tremble.
A horse rushing towards Lin Qiu suddenly slowed down and looked at the soldiers passing by at a loss. His master's feet were hung in the stirrups, half of his body had been smashed to pieces by a stone bullet that fell from the sky, and only half of his body was left dragging on the ground.
Wu Gen stood on the earth wall, dodging the whizzing and falling stone bullets from time to time. The fragments of a stone bomb scratched his cheek, and blood slowly seeped out, but he didn't notice it.
The first earthen wall had been smashed to pieces, and broken wooden pillars were exposed in many places. On the other hand, the second earth wall was better, with only a few stone bullets falling.
It's not that the coalition forces don't want the flying stone chariots to push forward further, but that the Northern Army's flying stone chariots hit too far. Although the number is small, they suppress the opponent. As more and more of the coalition's flying stone vehicles were damaged, the wall gradually became quiet.
Behind the second earth wall, Zhang Wuyang lifted up the wooden board at the entrance and climbed out of the hole. At the same time, soldiers emerged from the ground one by one and nervously climbed up the stone wall.
After detecting that the coalition forces were building a large number of flying stone vehicles a few days ago, Wu Gen had people dig a lot of holes in the forest hills and earth walls, connecting them to each other and crisscrossing them. When the first wave of stone bullets came, most of the soldiers hid underground to avoid the flying stones.
"Master of the village, how are you?" Zhang Wuyang ran to Wu Gen's side in disgrace.
"The full-scale assault has begun. Sure enough, they are mainly attacking Linqiu today. Most of the people from the Lu family have gathered to the east and south of Linqiu, while the people from the Gu family have also gathered to the west. It seems that they are preparing to abandon their horses and climb the hill." Wu Genmo said. He wiped the blood off his face and looked in Lin Qiu's direction.
"Should I take someone up the mountain for support?" Zhang Wuyang asked, raising his knife.
"No, there are people from the Ba family in the front, you can just watch from here." Wu Gen glanced at Huali City to the north. Compared with Lin Qiu, it was much calmer there. Only the Ba family and Cang family were cautious. Get closer.
Following Wu Gen's gaze, Zhang Wuyang sneered: "It seems that they want to use the Ba family's methods to destroy the foundation of the city wall. Don't worry, village master. They have interrogated several Ba family prisoners in the past two days. They The method seems mysterious, but there is a limit. Being able to change the terrain by three feet is the ultimate. The foundation of Huali City is filled with more than ten feet of stone, which cannot be shaken. If you really have the ability to change the world, Ba I’m afraid my family has already replaced each family as the lord.”
Wu Gen nodded, "Give me the order, don't begrudge the stone bullets and arrows. As long as the enemy is within range, shoot them as far as possible. If it rains one day, the range of our crossbows will probably be greatly reduced."
"As ordered." Just as Zhang Wuyang was about to turn around, he saw the coalition cavalry in the distance beginning to accelerate. The rumble of horse hooves was heard, causing gray stones to fall from the broken earth wall.
Wherever the cavalry passed, from time to time a horse would tilt its body and fall to the hard ground, leaving long traces of blood. This was because the thorns had stung the horses' hooves. On the road of high-speed charge, falling to the ground at this time is the only way to die.
Thanks to these roads paved with life and flesh, the cavalry behind stepped on Pao Ze's body and continued to gallop forward. Seeing that the first wave of cavalry was approaching Lin Qiu's feet, they all fell down one after another. It turns out that at the foot of the forest hills, there are seven or eight more deep or shallow horse pits, mixed with a large number of horse tripping ropes.
For a time, the coalition troops fell on their backs, and the front line was in chaos. At the same time, dense arrows were shot out from the top of the forest hills, on the mountainside, and behind the boulders, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of these cavalrymen.
During the period of truce, Wu Gen had turned the entire forest hill into a huge maze, with large holes and small holes connected horizontally and vertically, running through the entire upper half of the forest hill. It can be said that Linqiu today is like a big ant nest, with many soldiers hiding in the caves.
There was no way, there were too few people, Wu Gen could only use these means to let his men have a bunker as much as possible to survive.
Following Wu Gen's instructions, Lexi asked the soldiers holding ordinary crossbows to shoot first, while those with shaking bows were waiting quietly. After all, there were not enough spiritual stones, so they still had to shoot.
This is a major problem that plagues the Fearless Army.
As the war in Linqiu broke out, the entire front line of Huili City began to fight. The two sides fired at each other desperately with bows and crossbows. Countless arrows flew up like dense gnats, coming suddenly and disappearing in an instant. Near the defense line of Huali City, there was a dense layer of feather arrows accumulated on the ground.
Rockets flew up from the coalition forces, sweeping away the horse ropes and traps at the edge of the forest. The men and horses of the Gu family began to show off their power, sweeping away the obstacles to their own people's progress.
Finally, a cavalryman, regardless of life and death, rushed to Lin Qiu's feet, used the momentum of his horse to pounce on Lin Qiu, dismounted and climbed up with difficulty with his shield.
Bao Xiang appeared with four arms, holding an ax and hammer and looking coldly at these coalition soldiers who kept jumping and trying to avoid the arrows.
All the few stones on the forest hill have been pulled up to the top of the mountain, not only to serve as projectiles for flying stone carts, but also to prevent the enemy from using the stones as cover.
The entire forest hill is covered with large and small potholes. These pits are very shallow and cannot accommodate a person to hide, but they make people on the hill stumble and sprain their feet if they are not careful.
Lexi hit a crossbow with a wooden hammer, and four six-foot-long thick wooden arrows flew out. These iron-tipped wooden arrows were powerful enough to pierce a soldier's armor. Often three or four soldiers would be skewered on a wooden arrow, rolling down the forest hills like skewers.
At the foot of Linqiu, a pile of human or horse corpses had accumulated. The blood seeped into the soil and was trampled by humans and horses, turning it into a swamp-like existence.
At the same time, sparks were dancing wildly in the military camp behind the earthen wall, and the soldiers of the Gu family were firing rockets into the camp like crazy.
Some cavalry had already rushed into the camp. If Ai Kai and Chi Huahe hadn't risked their lives and led others to fight back, the camp might have been destroyed. As for Ji Dai, because his men suffered too many casualties last time, according to Wu Gen's military order, he could have gone to Huali City to rest and recuperate, but at this time, he was fully armored and stood beside Ji Yan.
He is from the Ji family. If the Ji family is gone, is there any way to survive? Looking at Ji Yan, who was also covered in armor, Ji Dai took a step forward and protected Ji Yan's front. As long as he was still alive, nothing could happen to Ji Yan. As long as Ji Yan is alive, Ai Kai and Chi Huahe will never have any different intentions and will be loyal to the Ji family to the death.
Xue Xin stood at the head of Huali City, looking at the thick smoke billowing to the south, and commanded his men to counterattack the attacks of the Cang family and the Ba family. Especially the nasty bugs from the Ba family are a must-kill target. These people are good at construction. If you really want them to break out to the foot of the wall, although the secret technique cannot shake the city wall, it is impossible to demolish Huili City brick by brick.
There are still a thousand men and horses in the city who are resting quietly. This is a reserve force prepared according to Wu Gen's instructions. They are ready to leave the city to support the south at any time.
"Why don't you launch a fire attack?" Xue Xin turned to look at Yang Zheng beside him.
"The leader of the village has not sent a message yet. Fire attacks can only affect the situation of the battle, but cannot determine the general trend. They can only be used at critical moments." Yang Zheng looked at the densely packed coalition soldiers in the distance and said expressionlessly.
"The weather is not very good, there is no chance of rain." Xue Xin reminded. qδ.net
"It doesn't matter. Even if the kerosene is in water, it will burn out before it goes out." Yang Zheng smiled at Xue Xin.
"Are you going to withdraw after this battle?" Xue Xin then asked.
"We should withdraw. It would be a huge loss to continue fighting like this. Although our fearless army belongs to the Ji family in name, it is not an orthodox clan soldier after all. It is not worth it to throw all this old foundation into it for Ji Ye. We should let someone Some people are bleeding. In fact, we always have to evacuate, but the difference is whether we evacuate slowly or retreat after being beaten to pieces." Yang Zheng was playing with a green bead in his hand, thoughtfully.
Compared to the leisurely atmosphere of Huali City, the forest hills were filled with thick smoke, and there were densely packed coalition soldiers from three directions. In particular, the transformed soldiers of the Lu family had already abandoned their horses, lying down on all fours, raising their rabbits and ducks on the hills.
These people are strong but move quickly, making it difficult for arrows to aim directly. Only some shooters who were born as hunters can rely on their own feelings and experience to accurately shoot these guys who come and go like the wind.
But ordinary arrows falling on them cannot kill them with one hit. It often takes three or four hits to kill them.
"Lexi, you don't have to put too much energy on these transformed people. You only need to stop the ordinary soldiers from going up the mountain." Meng Shun, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly said, placing the Remove the long knife.
Lexi nodded. Forty percent of the arrows stored on the mountain had been used up. We really couldn't waste any more on these people. Compared to these transformed people, a large number of ordinary soldiers gathered at the foot of the Qiu. These people were piled together and unable to dodge, and their arrows were almost in vain. Since the purpose of this battle is to kill more enemies, it is more cost-effective to throw arrows at them.
Without the arrows to stop them, Lu family soldiers soon rushed to the mountainside, and their appearance gradually became clear. These people are drooling, their eyes are cold, their hooks and claws are serrated, and they have needle-like bristles on their bodies, just like wild and ferocious beasts.
Meng Shun stood up, and following his actions, the formation-breakers also stood up one after another, forming four square formations around the top of the hill, and a murderous aura quickly spread.
In a trance, it seemed as if a rock had stood up, making people feel inexplicably at ease.
Baoxiang nodded and gave instructions to the soldiers beside him. The soldier took out a horn and blew the horn at a hole on the top of the hill.
The dull sound of horns traveled along the winding cave, and soon there were also the sounds of horns one after another in the belly of the mountain.
On the mountainside, a group of grass suddenly moved, or a stone slab moved to one side, and holes of various sizes appeared. Spears, giant axes, short knives, and short bows protruded from the entrance of the cave, and the Northern soldiers emerged from the cave one after another.
Soldiers from the Northern Army appeared in front, on the sides, behind, and under the belly of the Lu family soldiers. They were either alone or in groups, piercing the armor of the Lu family soldiers, dragging their legs and feet, and smashing their heads. .
The sudden change caused the Lu family's soldiers to suddenly become confused, and they had to stop fighting with these opponents who emerged from the ground.
Although one-on-one, the Lu family soldiers were far better than these short Northern soldiers, but they were as slippery as loaches. If they could be beaten, they would swarm up, and if they couldn't be beaten, they would turn around and burrow into the hole.
These cave entrances are often relatively narrow, and the caves are winding and winding. These transformed Lu family soldiers are often stuck in them and unable to move, becoming living targets for the Northern soldiers in the caves.
Lu Peng, who was supervising the advance of the battle with a knife and a shield, saw this and couldn't help shouting, ordering his men not to get entangled. After rushing to the top of the hill and capturing the forest hill, he would carefully clean up the rats hiding in the holes.
Finally, after throwing away the piles of corpses, some soldiers rushed to the top of the hill. Just as they were about to roar forward, rows of black shields were erected on the slope below the top of the hill. Like a huge armor, it firmly blocked the road to the top of the hill.
Alas, these soldiers howled and rushed towards the shields, trying to break out of a path with their weapons and hard bodies. But these shields only shook slightly, and then became as stable as a rock.
A pair of expressionless eyes emerged from behind the shield, hidden behind the black visor. Then a long knife with cold light stretched out, cutting off the sharp claws of these soldiers, stabbing into their bellies, and smashing their flesh. Organs, cut off their heads.
Waves of soldiers surged forward, but they all stopped at these black shields, leaving behind piles of broken corpses. Although some shields disappeared, the remaining ones remained motionless, as cold as a group of lifeless stone statues.
Swish, swish, red arrows of light flew around Huali City, flying straight into the low-hanging clouds. Countless shining lights connect heaven and earth.
The dark clouds in the sky began to stir uneasily.
