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March 12, on the towering city wall of Turbine City...
Geng Gong held up the looking glass and looked towards Tuoluo City in the distance.
News of the fall of Turbine Fortress will soon reach the capital of Guiwu Kingdom, and he must be prepared to resist.
Even if this fortress has strong walls and thick walls, it must prevent any accidents from happening.
"General Geng, are you here for inspection so early?"
Peisi Che led four soldiers to climb up the city wall. Seeing Geng Gong there, he quickly greeted him respectfully.
Geng Gong put down the looking glass and asked calmly: "Have the city gates been blocked?"
Pei Siche: "Please rest assured, General, the two iron gates at the front and back of Turbine Fortress have been blocked with baggage and debris. Unless we use the gunpowder of our Han army, they cannot be blown open at all."
Geng Gong nodded: "Very good, but we still have to take strict precautions to make sure there is no oversight."
This was the first time that he had led troops alone to guard a strategic fortress, and there was no room for him to be careless.
As long as he can hold on until Bai Qi's army rushes to Turbine City, his future is destined to be boundless.
"General, look!"
Suddenly a soldier's shout caught Geng Gong's attention.
He picked up the looking glass and looked out, only to see a patch of yellow sand on the horizon in the distance.
"The enemy is attacking. Send an order to the entire army to assemble at the city wall and prepare to defend against the enemy!"
Putting away the looking glass, Geng Gong looked serious.
Peisi Che blew the rhinoceros horn himself, and the dull sound of the horn immediately echoed throughout the fortress.
Not long after, a thousand Han troops had climbed onto the city wall, aiming their powerful bows and crossbows as well as the catapults on the fortress outside the wall.
"Xilulu~~"
"Click click~~"
The sound of horses snorting loudly occurred one after another outside the city wall, accompanied by the chaotic sound of horse hooves.
"Um?"
When Geng Gong saw clearly the large number of invading enemy troops, he immediately frowned and raised his looking glass to continue looking.
After confirming it, he said with a look of disbelief: "How dare you attack the city with just over 300 cavalry? Is Tuoluo City already so lonely, or does it mean that the entire noble widow has no soldiers available?"
When Pei Siche heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "General Geng, don't worry. Your widow is indeed at the end of her rope. These cavalry are soldiers rather than dead soldiers."
Geng Gong frowned again and murmured: "Death warrior?"
"It's someone who is willing to die." Peisi Che explained, "This is also the last resort that the widow will use only when she encounters a crisis that cannot be solved.
These dead soldiers should be the royal family or nobles in Natuoluo City who spent a lot of money to recruit a group of strong men who dared to die. These dead soldiers basically lived in poverty.
Their last mission was to exchange their lives for a sum of money for their family. It was probably Qi Ruosi's last resort after Tuoluo City learned that Turbine City had fallen and the defenders in the city did not dare to attack. "
Geng Gong remained indifferent until the group of dead soldiers were three hundred steps away from Turbine City, then he sighed: "In any case, these dead soldiers are still worthy of respect.
Order the whole army, after they die, their bodies should be restrained, leaving them with some final dignity. Now, prepare to fight! "
As soon as the order was given, the Han soldiers on the city immediately prepared stones and rolling logs, and the crossbowmen prepared arrows. They only waited for the enemy to enter the shooting range before launching a fierce counterattack.
Outside the city, this army of dead soldiers slowly approached, and after entering a range of two hundred steps, they all stopped moving forward after being scolded by a general.
Then, amid the sound of metal friction, the group of dead soldiers on horseback displayed a variety of weapons, mostly arc knives.
"God, please bless me to be with you after death."
Some dead soldiers performed their last prayers one after another, and everyone's face was full of determination.
There were even some dead soldiers who couldn't help but shed tears after knowing that this battle would end in death.
"Sister, I'm not with you anymore. You have to take good care of yourself in the future. The money is enough for you to escape from this sinful country. May God bless you and have a safe life."
A young man named Kurtz, who looked to be only about sixteen years old, silently prayed for his thirteen-year-old sister, and tried hard to imprint the faces of his relatives in his mind, and then his eyes became extremely firm.
"The bravest knights of the noble widow, for the sake of the king and the noble widow, fight to the last drop of blood to snatch this great city back from the invaders.
After your death, your souls will be forgiven by God, and the gods will wash away all the sins you have committed in this life.
Fight, use your last blood, and shed it on this sacred land.
Fight until the last one falls and declare our glory,
Fight, your bodies will eventually be torn apart, your horses will eventually fall, but your spirit will not,
Fight! The brave and fearless widowed warriors, prove to the gods that you are the bravest warriors,
Let us shout as much as we can, rush toward death, and embrace the glory of God! charge! "
"Ouch~~"
The three hundred and fifty dead soldiers, inspired by the noble widow officer, all let out loud roars that shook the sky.
"Ah~~"
Kurtz roared desperately, pointing the arc knife in his hand at the thick wall of the Turbine Fortress.
"Follow me, kill!"
"Kill~~"
With an order, three hundred and fifty dead soldiers galloped towards Turbine City.
"nice!"
For the first time, Geng Gong admired his opponents so much. Although the outcome of this battle was already determined, he still admired their courage to face death.
However, admiration is admiration, Geng Gong will not show mercy just because he respects his opponent.
Since they are enemies, only one side is destined to survive!
"Crossbowmen prepare~"
"Creak~~"
The walking bows and crossbows were activated simultaneously, and the cold arrowheads behind the crenels were already aimed at their respective targets.
"Fire the arrow!"
One hundred and twenty steps away, Geng Gong decisively ordered to shoot.
In an instant, a rain of arrows rushed from the city wall, pounced on the advancing cavalry like locusts.
"Puff puff puff puff..."
"Xu~~"
In an instant, blood mist rose, people fell on their backs, and mournful wails continued to ring out in the empty land.
Geng Gong saw with his own eyes the chest of a dead soldier pierced by three sharp arrows through the looking glass, but the cavalry on horseback gritted their teeth, waved the arc knife in their hands, clamped the horse's belly tightly, and kept moving forward.
But soon, his last stubbornness was wiped out at the moment he was shrouded in death, and he finally fell off the horse and ended his final mission.
Another dead soldier's horse was shot dead, but when he fell to the ground, he was still holding a simple short spear, ignoring the arrows hanging on his shoulders, and still approaching the city wall on foot.
However, his bloody courage was quickly dissipated when another sharp arrow pierced his throat. At the last moment of his life, he knelt on the ground with his hands tightly pressed against his chest. He maintained his last pious posture and died silently.
"Fire the arrow!"
“Swishww~~”
The crossbowmen on the city wall still showed no signs of stopping and kept shooting at the remaining cavalry outside the city.
Soon, one dead cavalry soldier after another fell outside the city wall. When they entered the turbine fortress fifty steps away, there were only less than thirty cavalry left among the 350 dead soldiers.
And their officers had already been killed in the first round of crossbow shots.
"Kill~"
Kurtz's face was covered with blood, and he stubbornly rode towards the city gate.
At this time, he had lost his mind, and his only thought was to hit the towering city wall.
The dead soldiers behind him were also the same, all of them looked crazy and looked down upon death.
"Rolling wood, rolling stone!"
"Throw!"
Boom~~
Less than twenty steps away, the defenders on the city wall directly threw down the stones and rolling logs that had been prepared, instantly smashing the men and horses below to a bloody pulp. In just a short moment, only Kurtz was left outside the entire Turbine City, still shouting. Charge forward.
"younger sister!"
At the moment when he was about to hit the city gate, Kurtz roared and even took off from his horse.
"Bang~~"
There was a roar, leaving a pool of bright red blood on the broad city gate.
The next moment, everything returned to calm.
All three hundred and fifty dead soldiers fell in the death charge, and they were unable to cause even one casualty to the Han soldiers until their death.
"Alas~"
Geng Gong shook his head and stood on the city wall, looking into the distance.
The whole battle lasted just over a quarter of an hour...
"After an hour, collect the bodies of these noble widows and return them to their families after the Tuoluo City is breached."
After saying that, Geng Gong silently walked down the city wall, passed in front of Pei Siche, and said calmly: "These dead soldiers are the last warriors of the noble widow. Those left behind are a group of cowardly and incompetent people, waiting for Bai Shuai's victory. Bar."
"Here!"
Although I didn't understand what Geng Gong meant, today's trivial battle really gave the Yue clan general a new understanding.
