Under Brother Weiming Xiu, there are the so-called One Bear, Two Tigers and Three Wolves, which are actually the six most important generals under his command. The so-called one bear is Wei Ming Hu Xiong, the number one general under Wei Ming Xiu Ge's command. The so-called two tigers are Zhang Jiang and Wei Ming Shouzhong. The three wolves are Wei Mingtai, Zhang Yuan and Li Qiyun. , these three are also famous warriors in Xixia. Among them, Zhang Yuan is Han, and Wei Mingtai and Li Qiyun are both from Dangxiang.
Brother Wei Mingxiu said to Zhang Jiang: "Zhang Jiang, go down immediately and gather all the people in our jurisdiction. The old and weak women will help transport grain, grass and various war equipment and materials, and the young and strong men will help us fight. ! Now that we are faced with a formidable enemy, all the people of Daxia should share the same hatred and resist foreign humiliation!"
Zhang Jiang bowed and agreed, and then asked: "What if someone refuses to obey?" Brother Wei Mingxiu said coldly: "If you refuse to obey, it is betrayal and you will be killed without mercy!" Zhang Jiang responded and left quickly. .
Brother Wei Mingxiu looked at a simple-looking general and said, "Wei Mingtai, you rush to Langshan Fortress, defend carefully, and report the situation at any time!" It turns out that the honest-looking general is one of the three wolves under Brother Wei Mingxiu's command. One's name is Tai. Wei Mingtai bowed and agreed and left in a hurry.
The so-called Langshan Fortress is located at the eastern foot of Langshan Mountain on the north bank of the Yellow River's north flow. It is adjacent to Langshan Mountain to the north and the Yellow River to the south. It is the most important strategic location on the north side of the Yellow River.
Brother Wei Mingxiu's eyes moved to the two remaining generals. Needless to say, those two people must be the remaining two of the three wolves, Zhang Yuan and Li Qiyun. That Zhang Yuan is a short but very fierce man, while that Li Qiyun is tall, fierce, and gives people a very impulsive feeling. Brother Wei Mingxiu said: "You go back to the military camp and urge the soldiers to be ready to go out at any time!" The two generals clasped their fists in agreement and left quickly.
Brother Wei Mingxiu stood up, walked to the sheepskin map, looked at the map and thought about it.
At this moment, a soldier led a dusty Forbidden Army officer and ran in. The soldier put his right hand on his chest and bowed in salute: "General, your Majesty has sent a messenger." The words fell aside and he stepped aside.
Brother Weimingxiu turned around and saw the Forbidden Army officer coming forward, holding a letter in both hands, bowing and saying: "General, this is a personal letter from His Majesty to you!" Brother Weimingxiu said to the soldiers With a look, the latter understood, immediately stepped forward to receive the letter, and came over to forward it to Brother Wei Mingxiu. Brother Weiming Xiu picked up the letter and saw seven beautiful and dignified characters written on the envelope, "Her Majesty, General Xiu". Even without looking at the letter inside, Brother Weiming Xiu knew that this must be a letter written by His Majesty himself. He opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it over. His face showed a look of great joy, and he laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, great! I was still worried at first, but I didn't expect that the good news would come so soon." Got it!"
He looked at the Forbidden Army officer and asked: "Since the situation in the south is improving, does your Majesty plan to send reinforcements to me?" The officer bowed and said: "Your Majesty wants me to tell the general that 10,000 elites and 30,000 civilian troops are on the way. On the way, the general must guard Wulahai City and don’t make any mistakes!”
Brother Wei Mingxiu smiled and said: "You go back and tell your majesty that I will guard Wulahai City and everything will be absolutely foolproof!" The officer bowed and agreed, and then said: "If the general has no other instructions, I will go back and resume my duties." !" Brother Weimingxiu said, "Go ahead!" The officer bowed again and left quickly.
Brother Weimingxiu turned around, looked at the map, and thought in his mind: "I originally had 30,000 troops. If I add 10,000 elite soldiers and 30,000 militiamen, it will be 70,000 troops. Plus the local mobilized people, They can bring out hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even though Yan Yun has an army of more than 200,000, he can't even hope to succeed! 'When I thought of this, my heart couldn't help but be filled with confidence.
Zhang Jiang sent his officers to various settlements around Wulahai City to gather people. There were noisy scenes everywhere. Men, women, old people and children, whether willing or unwilling, were all gathering at Wulahai City. Some people looked very excited and eager to try. However, more people looked sad, and some kept crying.
At the same time, Weiming Huxiong led his 5,000 elite troops to the east ferry, joined the original 1,000 defenders at the ferry, and prepared for the battle. The soldiers looked at Hedong with excitement and fear. A young soldier looked at Hedong and couldn't help but said: "I always hear people say how powerful the Yanyun Army is. I really want to see if they are like the legend." Awesome!" His tone and demeanor were full of challenge. An old soldier next to him sighed, "It's better not to see him, that's not a good thing!" The young soldier looked at him with contempt and said angrily: "You are such a waste, you haven't even seen Yan Yunjun yet. I'm actually scared! Huh, I'm not afraid of them, aren't they all raised by my parents? I don't believe I can't defeat them!"
The old soldier said angrily: "Young people don't know the heights of the world. If Yan Yun's army is so easy to deal with, our army will not be defeated one after another!" The young soldier said angrily: "That's their trick, not their real ability!" Lao Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head. The young soldier ignored him. In his opinion, there was no need to talk to him about that kind of coward, and turned to talk to other soldiers.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "The enemy is coming!!" Everyone quickly looked towards the east of the river, and saw that under the scorching sun, the endless waves were slowly coming this way, with long smoke and dust, and flags. The clouds surged, and the rumbling sound grew louder and louder from far to near. When the officers and soldiers of the Xixia Army saw the Yanyun Army's majestic appearance and rainbow-like momentum, they couldn't help showing expressions of fear. The young soldier who had blustered previously couldn't help but feel the fear in his heart, and his face turned pale.
At this moment, someone pointed to the river and exclaimed: "There are them on the river too!" The soldiers looked towards the river again and saw countless large boats going upstream from the lower reaches and stopping before the intersection of the two rivers.
Before sunset, a joint camp stretching for more than ten miles was erected on the plain east of the river, and a huge water fortress was also erected on the Yellow River next to it. The urgent report reached Wulahai City. In view of the enemy's huge strength, Brother Weimingxiu ordered Marshal Zhang's five thousand cavalry to go for reinforcements. That night another urgent report came, saying that Yan Yun's army had launched a fierce attack on the ferry. Although Brother Wei Mingxiu was full of confidence before, he couldn't help but feel worried now.
At the same time, the Yanyun Army's fierce attack continued. Thousands of Yanyun Army crossed the river in large and small boats to attack fiercely. At this time, the bright moon was in the sky, illuminating the earth as if it were daytime. The Yellow River was shining with fluorescent light and into a huge river. jade belt. The rockets launched by the armies of both sides flew across the Yellow River like rain of fire. The scene was spectacular. There were loud thumping noises, and water columns shot straight into the night sky. This was the movement caused by the stones thrown by the Xixia army falling into the water. , suddenly there was a loud bang, and it turned out to be a huge rock flying in, smashing the mast of a large ship. There were shouts and shouts on the shore, and the Xixia soldiers fired arrows desperately at the row of boats in the middle of the river.
Boom boom boom...! Amidst the huge roar, fire dragons suddenly danced wildly on the river. Before the Xixia army on the shore understood what was going on, they felt an extremely powerful storm sweeping over them. Amidst a deafening crackling sound, dust flew up and flesh and blood flew everywhere! When the Xixia soldiers came to their senses, they were shocked to find that many of the Juma lying on the river bank in front of them had been destroyed, and many of their companions around them had also died unexpectedly. Broken limbs were scattered everywhere. The scene was so horrific that everyone's heart could not help but tremble. , the shore was extremely quiet for a while, and the shouts on the river seemed to be in another world.
Boom boom boom...! A huge roar came from the river again, and the Xixia soldiers who had just experienced it were startled. Then the storm blew again, and many Xixia soldiers died in the shrill screams. The Xixia soldiers were frightened and retreated involuntarily.
Seeing this scene, Weiming Huxiong chopped down an officer who retreated with his sword, and shouted sternly: "Don't retreat! Don't retreat!" All the soldiers stepped forward with their swords drawn, and shouted: "Don't retreat! Don't retreat!" He shouted while swinging his sword to kill those soldiers who still did not listen to the warning and retreated. The Xixia soldiers had no way to retreat, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet, shout and continue fighting. They kept firing rockets and rocks. If the rocks hit the big ship, the damage to the big ship would be very considerable, but the rockets , was originally used by the Xixia army to burn down enemy ships, but those rockets fell on the enemy ships, but nothing happened as the Xixia people expected. Most of the rockets only flickered a few times and then went out. It cannot ignite the enemy ship, let alone the hull of the enemy ship, and even the sails cannot ignite. Seeing this situation, the Xixia people thought that Yan Yun's army had some evil tricks, and they were inevitably frightened. However, they had no better way and could only keep firing rockets. In fact, the people of Xixia did not know that Yanyun's large ships, both civilian and military, were all fireproof, and the sails were made of asbestos, which was impossible to ignite.
Yanyun's large ship stopped as soon as it reached the middle of the river, and only bombarded the shore with artillery, while the speedboats and bamboo rafts passed through the gaps between the large ships, surpassed the large ships, and rushed towards the other bank in a swarm. The 'Rain of Fire' was still flying criss-cross in the sky, artillery fire was still raging, stones were still falling into the water causing splashes on the boss, and Yanyun's assault force was quickly approaching the other side.
Seeing this, Weiming Huxiong ordered his soldiers to change their targets and fire arrows at the rushing boats and rafts. Suddenly, the arrow rain turned and fell into the middle of the assault troops one after another. Many Yanyun soldiers were hit by arrows and fell into the river. However, the charging momentum of the assault troops did not weaken at all.
The soldiers of the Xixia Army resisted Yanyun's artillery fire and tried their best to block Yanyun's assault force. However, they saw that Yanyun's assault force continued to approach the river bank, but their own side suffered heavy casualties under the raging fire of the opponent's artillery.
Seeing that Yan Yun's army was about to land, Weiming Huxiong immediately ordered his soldiers to prepare for a counterattack. Yang Peng immediately stood on the river bank and looked at the fierce and magnificent battlefield ahead. Seeing that two thousand assault troops were about to land, he turned to ask Yang Jiumei beside him: "Jiumei, which part of the assault force is it and who is the commander?" Yang Jiumei clasped her fists and said: " They are the sergeants of the first battalion under my younger sister. The chief and deputy commanders are a pair of brothers. The elder brother is called Li Hu and the younger brother is called Li Bao." Yang Peng nodded and continued to watch the battle ahead.
I saw dozens or hundreds of wooden boats and bamboo rafts rushing into the shallow water on the shore. At this time, the artillery fire on the big ships had stopped bombarding. The accuracy of artillery shooting in this era was extremely poor. If the bombardment continued in this situation, it would be easy to cause accidental damage. own people. A hail of arrows flew out from the opposite side, and many of Yanyun's soldiers who were rushing towards the shore fell down. Then the shield bearer accelerated forward and formed a shield wall to advance forward, while the other soldiers bent down and followed behind the shield bearer.
Another hail of arrows flew over and hit the shield with a crackling sound. Immediately, the shield bearers squatted down together, and Sergeant Yan Yun who was following behind raised the powerful crossbow that had been ready to fire. Only a loud roar was heard. It seemed as if a strong wind had blown by, and the soldiers of the Xixia Army on the opposite side fell, and the Xixia Army's formation was in chaos. Two particularly strong generals swung their swords forward and shouted: "Charge!" Nearly two thousand soldiers shouted fiercely and rushed towards the Xixia army on the opposite side, like a flood breaking a dike.
Seeing this, the Xixia army subconsciously shouted and rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, the troops from both sides collided violently, and then there were loud sounds of killing, shouting, and screams. A cold light shone like sparkling waves, reflecting the flying blood. Soldiers from both sides continued to fall. In a pool of blood. In just a moment, the fierce Yanyun army had the upper hand. After a fierce battle, the Xixia army was defeated and began to retreat.
At this moment, the sound of the trumpet sounded loudly, cutting through the noisy battlefield. When the Xixia army heard this voice, they immediately dispersed to both sides, revealing an open space in front of the boss. General Yan Yun suddenly saw that not far ahead, thousands of Xixia warriors were ready to charge. Li Hu was startled. He immediately stopped and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Stop the pursuit and form a formation on the spot!" More than a thousand soldiers immediately gathered together, with the shield bearers and spearmen outside, forming a hedgehog-like defensive front. The other sergeants In the middle, he put down his sword and other weapons, took off the crossbow on his back, quickly cocked it and loaded the arrows. Today's Yanyun Army is completely different from the military equipment of other countries. It does not have a detailed division of labor like the armies of other countries. Archers are archers and shield bearers are shield bearers. Every soldier of the Yan Yun Army is equipped with bows and crossbows. Long-range weapons are also equipped with melee weapons such as broadswords and spears. Everyone can attack from a distance or fight at close range. From this point alone, the combat effectiveness of the Yanyun Army is stronger than that of the army of other countries.
Wuwuwu... With a burst of rapid horn sound, three thousand Xixia warriors shouted and charged. The ground trembled. Xixia warriors swept in like a sandstorm, with clanking iron hooves and murderous intent. The blood of every Xixia knight was thoroughly It was boiling, and an impulse to flatten and crush the enemy lingered in the hearts of every soldier. This fierce fighting spirit was the foundation for Xixia to be founded and last for hundreds of years.
Swish, swish, swish..., the Xixia warriors fired arrows while flying, and the arrows fell into Yanyun's army. Many soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Those who were seriously injured were dragged down by their comrades, and those who were not seriously injured had their arrows broken. Zhan still stood where he was, staring coldly at the Xixia warriors who were coming quickly.
"Fire the arrow!" Li Hu shouted at the top of his lungs. Following his roar, there was only a loud buzzing sound, and the rain of arrows set off a gust of wind and howled away. Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing towards them turning on their backs, the originally astonishing momentum of the impact became somewhat chaotic. However, the Xixia War Cavalry did not flinch at all and continued to rush forward, shouting crazily.
"Get ready for battle!!" Li Hu roared. The shield hand took a bow and held the shield with both hands. The spearman held the spear tightly. The tip of the spear was pointed at the wave of cavalry that was about to hit. The rumble of horse hooves and the heart-rending shouts had already numbed the eardrums. .
In the blink of an eye, the 'wave' came, and there was only a violent crash. The wave of warriors violently hit Yanyun's defense line. The shield hand was knocked away by the huge force, and the spear suddenly clicked. It collapsed, and the Xixia warriors fell on their backs. Many knights even flew off their horses and fell into the middle of Yanyun's army. Before they had time to get up, they were killed by countless falling swords and guns.
A gap was opened in the defense line, and Xixia war cavalry swarmed in from the gap.
Seeing that the defense line was breached, Li Hu shouted loudly: "Star scattering formation!!" The soldiers roared and ignored the formation. Everyone rushed into the middle of the enemy's cavalry with swords and guns, slashing the horse's hooves with their long swords and poking the knights with their spears. Seeing the Xixia cavalry flipping on their backs, the Xixia cavalry also went crazy, urging their horses to charge with all their strength, waving their scimitars desperately, and Yanyun warriors fell into a pool of blood one by one.
Weiming Huxiong couldn't help but be very frightened when he saw that his cavalry broke through the enemy's battle formation but the enemy still counterattacked wildly. Immediately ordered all the infantry to besiege and annihilate Yan Yun's assault force.
The situation of more than a thousand Yanyun infantry troops facing three thousand Xixia war cavalry was already at a disadvantage. At this time, countless Xixia infantry troops besieged them from all directions, and the situation immediately became precarious. Although Yan Yun's soldiers were fighting desperately, and even died with the enemy, they could not change the situation at all. There were too many enemies.
Weiming Huxiong looked at the battlefield with a sinister expression on his face.
Boom boom boom...a thunderous noise suddenly came from the north. Weiming Huxiong was stunned and hurriedly turned his head to look towards the north. Under the silver moonlight, he saw a black wave composed of countless fierce warriors rushing towards him. Weiming Huxiong was shocked and shouted in disbelief: "How, how is it possible?" He was too careless and focused all his attention on the ferry. He did not expect that while the Yanyun Army was storming the ferry, they would use a force to attack the ferry. The troops secretly built a pontoon bridge more than seventy miles upstream, and 10,000 warriors immediately crossed the Yellow River.
Weiming Huxiong immediately ordered the fighting cavalry to withdraw to stop the enemy. The remaining infantry continued to besiege Li Hu's Yanyun infantry unit. However, due to the sudden appearance of the Yanyun cavalry on the flank, the Xixia soldiers The morale of the army was turbulent, so they were not able to keep their souls. Facing nearly a thousand Yanyun infantry, the five or six thousand infantry troops not only failed to gain any advantage, but were defeated by the Yanyun infantry who counterattacked fiercely.
On the other side, the Xixia war cavalry met the Yanyun war cavalry. The Yanyun war cavalry moved forward with momentum like a rainbow, and in an instant, the Xixia war cavalry was rushed to pieces and defeated. Seeing this scene, the Xixia infantry were frightened and turned around and fled. On the plains on the west bank of the Yellow River, the Xixia army ran wildly to the west, and the Yanyun army pursued them bravely. In such a situation, even if Sun Wu was resurrected and Bai Qi was born, I am afraid that There is no way to save it! …
Brother Weiming Xiu was worried about the battle situation on the other side of the ferry, so he personally led a thousand warriors to leave Wulahai City and rush to the ferry. Unexpectedly, less than twenty miles away from Wulahai City, I heard the rumble of horse hooves ahead. Brother Weimingxiu and his party stopped. Brother Weimingxiu stood on his horse and looked into the distance. Then in the moonlight, he saw hundreds of horsemen running towards this side. Then he saw the wave surging behind those hundreds of horsemen. , turned out to be a torrent of thousands of cavalry.
Brother Wei Mingxiu's expression changed. He knew that his cavalry in the direction of the ferry was only about 3,000 people. There was no way that a cavalry of this size could be his own war cavalry. He quickly turned to an officer next to him and ordered: "Go back to Wulahai City immediately and order the four gates to be closed tightly. No one is allowed to open the city gate without my order!" The officer also felt the urgency of the situation. After hearing the order, he hurriedly With a promise, he turned his horse's head and ran towards Wulahai City.
After a while, the hundreds of war cavalry rushed in front of them. At this time, Weiming Xiu brother saw clearly that the cavalry coming was his own. The two leading ones were Weiming Huxiong and Zhang Yuan. Everyone was panting and shocked. They looked determined, and many of them were covered in blood and stab wounds, obviously having just experienced a fierce battle. When Weiming Huxiong saw Brother Weiming Xiu, he shouted anxiously: "Brother, hurry up, the Yanyun Army is chasing you!"
Brother Wei Mingxiu originally had thoughts about what might happen, but after hearing these words, all those thoughts disappeared. The two parties merged into one and ran towards Wulahai City, with thunder rumbling behind them. Hot pursuit.
Brother Wei Mingxiu looked back and felt a little relieved when he saw that Yan Yun's cavalry was two to three hundred steps away. He turned back and glanced at Weiming Huxiong, full of questions and wanting to get an explanation from him. However, the pursuer was not the time to talk at this time, so he could only bury these questions in his heart for the time being, planning to return to Wulahai City. Ask more carefully later.
The two sides chased and ran, and soon they arrived at the foot of Wulahai City.
General Li Qiyuan, who was standing on the city gate tower, saw Brother Wei Mingxiu and others running towards him from a distance, and hurriedly shouted to him: "It's the general, open the city gate quickly!"
After hearing the order, the city gate captain immediately ordered his soldiers to open the city gate. At this time, Brother Weimingxiu and others happened to rush to the city gate. Seeing that the city gate was wide open, they immediately ran in without stopping. At the same time, Brother Weimingxiu shouted: "Close the city gate quickly!" All the sergeants quickly closed the city gate. The city gate was closed and the bolts were lowered. The thunderous roar was blocked outside the door. Then the huge noise disappeared.
Brother Weimingxiu and others rushed up to the city wall and looked outside the city. They saw nearly ten thousand Yanyun warriors standing two hundred steps outside the city. Under the moonlight, it seemed to be endless, revealing a forest that made people's hearts beat faster. Cold momentum.
Suddenly, the general in front of the military formation waved his horse forward, and heard a roar like a tiger roaring and a wolf howling suddenly from outside the city, and then saw the Yanyun warriors coming like a tide. The Xixia army had just been defeated for a while, and the sudden arrival of Yanyun's cavalry in large numbers also frightened the soldiers and civilians in the city. At this moment, they suddenly saw the Yanyun army attacking the city, and they couldn't help being frightened. Many people couldn't help but get up and run away. The idea comes.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
