Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang followed Xiahou Ninghan and rushed to the northern section of the city wall. From a distance, they saw a group of soldiers forming a circle. Seeing the arrival of the three men, the soldiers quickly saluted and gave way to the passage.
Li Jiangyao came closer and took a closer look. There was a felt blanket on the ground among the crowd. Lian Ji was lying on it, covered in blood. A military doctor was squatting and kneeling next to her to bandage her wounds.
A veteran introduced: "This girl tried her best to climb up. We just held her up, and she fainted. So everyone did not dare to lift her easily, so we had to call the doctor to come here to treat her injuries."
Xiahou Ninghan waited for the doctor to finish his work, then stepped forward and put his hand on Lianji's chest, secretly injecting the innate Qi. After a while, Lianji came to life and her face turned red.
She looked around blankly and caught sight of Li Jiangyao next to her. She smiled and said softly, "It's great to finally see you alive..."
Li Jiangyao held her hand and complained slightly: "What are you doing? Are you trying to kill yourself?"
Lian Ji broke free from Li Jiangyao's hand and pointed hard not far away: "Well, that's the head of a Turkic general. I took it back easily...He, before he died, I was forced to confess, saying ...What are you talking about the eight-armed divine machine crossbow, oh yes, there are also poisonous soldiers...It's a pity that the patrolling Turkic soldiers were too alert and discovered me..."
While Xiahou Ninghan was healing her injuries, she said distressedly: "Stop talking so much, it will waste your energy."
Li Jiangyao looked at the head on the ground and said with a wry smile: "You... if you have three strengths and two weaknesses, their ten heads won't be enough to compensate. Why are you so stupid?"
Xu Youchang ordered his soldiers to hang the enemy general's head on the city wall, and asked the doctor in a low voice: "How is she doing now? Can she be carried to the hospital in the rear?"
The doctor nodded: "Although this girl was injured in many places and lost a lot of blood, fortunately her muscles and bones were not injured, and her life is not in danger. She was carried over on a stretcher and treated slowly, so she will be fine."
Hearing that Lian Ji was fine, everyone finally felt relieved. Li Jiangyao comforted her a few more words, and then ordered people to carry Lian Ji away. Xiahou Ninghan said hello to Li Xu and accompanied them to the medical center to take care of them.
After they all left, Xu Youchang couldn't help but sigh: "I really don't know whether she is reckless or brave. She took the heads of enemy generals from thousands of troops and managed to escape alive in the end. It's really amazing."
Li Jiangyao sighed: "Lian Ji has been able to kill people since she was a child. Some things that you and I can't do may have been commonplace for her. It's just... Alas, this girl has a death wish in her heart, and it may not be a good thing in the future. .”
"Anyway, it can be regarded as a great contribution." Xu Youchang knew that Li Jiangyao was worried about Lian Ji, so he comforted him: "Tomorrow the Turks will go crazy when they see the heads on the city."
Li Jiangyao nodded slightly: "This will indeed have a great impact on the enemy's morale, and will also pose a psychological threat to them to a certain extent. In addition, the intelligence provided by Lian Ji is also very important."
Xu Youchang agreed: "Yes, it's an eight-armed crossbow. Needless to say, it must have been dismantled from the imperial capital. Damn it, it fell into the hands of the Turks and turned against us."
"I'm not very familiar with that thing," Li Jiangyao asked, "Do you know the power of the eight-armed crossbow?"
Xu Youchang nodded: "The divine machine crossbow is attached to the imperial capital's defenders. And the defenders of the imperial capital are my grandfather's Qilin Legion, so I have been riding on it since I was a child. As for its power, it is not as powerful as the eight-armed divine machine crossbow. In comparison, our giant crossbow is not worth mentioning. To be precise, the giant crossbow is a giant crossbow arrow, fired one at a time, while the divine machine crossbow is a ballistae that can shoot four arrows in a row. Within five hundred steps, even the scull shield cannot hold it. .”
Li Jiangyao frowned: "How many are there?"
Xu Youchang thought for a while: "I remember that there were a total of 600 units installed in the imperial capital city defense, and 150 units on each of the four walls. I don't know how much was damaged in the previous war, but it should be no problem to transport 100 units."
One hundred eight-armed divine machine crossbows, one salvo is four hundred long crossbow arrows that are enough to crack mountains and crack rocks. It is self-evident what kind of threat such a metal storm will pose to Zijin Pass.
However, Xu Youchang's estimate was still conservative.
The eight-armed divine machine crossbows Ashina sent to Ronya were not one hundred, nor two hundred, but three hundred and forty-six!
Also equipped with 100,000 long crossbow arrows!
The front line of Zijin Pass, which had been silent for ten days, started fighting again due to the arrival of the eight-armed divine machine crossbow.
This time, Prince Ronya of the Temple personally took command, and the Western Xinjiang Affiliated Army was ordered to mobilize 10,000 soldiers to carry sand and gravel and fill the trenches. Tanley's Eleventh Legion operated trebuchets and eight-armed crossbows to suppress Zijin Pass.
Flying stones and crossbow arrows filled the air with a shrill whistle and hit the city wall.
The roar was deafening and gravel flew.
The officers and soldiers of Zhenjiang were overwhelmed by the enemy's long-range killing weapons and could not carry out attacks on the Western Xinjiang army filling the pits. They could only rely on the trebuchets located behind the city gate to launch aerial confrontation with the Turks. attack.
Due to the lack of the threat of shooters at the top of the city, the Western Xinjiang affiliated army progressed fairly smoothly. After paying the price of four to five hundred casualties, they gradually filled in half of the ravine.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Xu Youchang issued a death order to the frontline soldiers:
Counterattack with the divine machine crossbow!
The Third Army and the Fifth Army responded to the order, and at the risk of being shattered to pieces by crossbow arrows, they stood up and operated giant crossbows, fired bows and arrows, and frantically suppressed the troops sent by the enemy to fill the trenches.
As a result, the Turks' eight-armed crossbows suddenly became more rampant, and the long and giant arrows like cannons became more and more dense, hitting the Zijin Pass city head with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
In a whole day, the first trench was almost filled.
Ronya looked at the sky and ordered the Western Xinjiang subordinate army not to stop, and then selected 10,000 new troops to replace the previous troops, and fought all night to win the second trench in one fell swoop.
When night fell completely, new landfill troops were added to the battle, transporting sand and gravel forward in the dark without using lights. They couldn't see the road, so they could only lower their heads and rush along in the general direction. The sound of arrows was heard all over their ears. If they were not careful, they were hit by arrows flying from the city. They fell to the ground and were killed by their companions behind them. Trampled to death.
But even so, the Turkic coach showed no mercy.
The messengers kept sending Ronya instructions: Hurry! quick! quick! Don't be afraid of death, fill in the second trench!
Tanley's 11th Army Corps had been shooting wildly all day long. At this time, the first batch of 30,000 giant arrows had long been used up, and only a few dozen trebuchets were still roaring. Bury, wait until the other party regains his breath, and then you will have to pay a higher price if you want to get closer.
The generals in Western Xinjiang were forced to have no choice but to urge their men to forget the threat of death and move forward fiercely, throwing carts and baskets of sand and gravel into the trenches.
As the threat of Turkic long-range weapons decreased, the Zhenjiang Army finally passed the most difficult stage and began a large-scale counterattack.
Thousands of new archers were sent to the city. They didn't care whether they could see the target clearly. They just fired arrows into the darkness like crazy. Waves of storms formed by metal arrows completely covered the area between the first and second trenches. shrouded.
The giant crossbows on the city and the trebuchets behind the city were also constantly adjusted at angles, with one part going to suppress the Turks' trebuchets, and the other part smashing into the trenches.
"How is the situation?" Li Jiangyao came close and asked in a deep voice.
Xu Youchang stared at the fire near the trench and responded: "The situation is not good. You see, in the areas illuminated by kerosene bombs, less than half of the second trench has been filled. The Turks So damn cruel, let the people from Xijiang just throw the bodies into the ditch!"
Li Jiangyao's ears were filled with roaring and shouting sounds, and he said calmly: "Then what are you waiting for?"
Xu Youchang was stunned: "Now?"
"Yes, now!" Li Jiangyao pointed out: "The enemy has gone completely crazy. If you want to defeat their will, you must use even crazier methods!"
"Understood!" Xu Youchang shouted: "I will send the order immediately."
Dong-dong-dong, hundreds of war drums beat at the same time, and the sound shook the sky.
The heavy gate of Zijin Pass suddenly opened, and five thousand fully armed heavy armored cavalry jumped out of the city gate angrily, heading straight for the enemy hundreds of steps away along the passage.
Long live our emperor! kill!
The sound of horse hooves shook the earth and shattered the courage of the landfill troops.
Thousands of unarmed soldiers from Western Xinjiang immediately threw away the bags of gravel in their hands, turned around and fled. In the darkness, no one could see the direction clearly, they could only run towards the back to get away from the threat of death as soon as possible.
Originally, Ronya sent a team of supervisors to the rear of the landfill troops. On the one hand, they forced the people of Xijiang to work hard to fill the pits and were not allowed to escape. On the other hand, they also provided assistance and protection to these unlucky coolies. However, due to the huge threat from the shooters at the top of the city, this 6,000-strong Golden Tribe Supervisory Team did not completely implement the orders of their Temple Prince.
Not only were these guys positioned very far back, they were also careless and showed no sense of alertness.
The Xijiang soldiers fled suddenly, and the supervising team also panicked.
In the darkness, they couldn't tell how many Zhenjiang troops had come out, nor where they were rushing to. When they heard the deafening shouts of killing and the sound of horse hooves, the heavy armored cavalry's spear points almost touched their noses. .
The six thousand supervisory team turned around and retreated.
Not far behind them was the trebuchet position of the Eleventh Legion.
The second prince Tanli was the first to realize that the situation was not good. He quickly ordered the two cavalry teams guarding the position to bravely attack. At the same time, he asked for help from the rear and asked the Temple Prince to send troops to attack quickly.
Ronya's reaction was quick enough. When there was a slight chaos in front, he guessed what was going on. Without Tanli asking for help, he directly ordered the 20,000 cavalry of the Golden Tribe's 10th Legion to charge.
Charge in the dark night, top-notch operation.
It's a pity that one of our own must die first.
The soldiers and horses under Tanli's command, the soldiers and horses of the supervising team, and the soldiers and horses of the landfill troops who had a chance to escape were knocked down and hacked to death by the cavalry of the Tenth Legion.
The cavalry rushed forward wildly, leaving corpses everywhere they passed.
In the blink of an eye, the Turkic cavalry and the Zhenjiang cavalry met in the area outside the trench and fought fiercely.
