The first thousand four hundred and forty-six chapters
Murong Fu didn't even look at Yang Xiao. He nodded slightly towards Zhang Wuji, and then said to Yuan Ziyi, "Ziyi, later you and the Emei faction will act together. I will send someone else to lead the protecting army."
"Why?" Yuan Ziyi immediately pouted.
Murong Fu frowned and said, "The Protector Army will exist as a death squad and charge into battle. It would be too dangerous for you to go."
A little warmth flashed in Yuan Ziyi's beautiful eyes, but she still said, "No, as the commander of the escort army, I must rush to the front. Don't worry, I will come back safely."
Zhou Zhiruo curled her lips and said, "Don't be brave if I ask you not to be brave. If you have an accident, what will your grandfather say?"
For the first time, Yuan Ziyi did not contradict her and said with a smile, "Grandpa will understand me."
"you……"
When Zhou Zhiruo was still waiting for further persuasion, Murong Fu said with a serious face, "Okay, now that the war is about to begin, everyone must listen to the instructions. My words are military orders."
Yuan Ziyi pursed his lips, a little aggrieved, but did not dare to argue with him.
"Mr. Murong, I am willing to do my little bit," Zhang Wuji suddenly said.
Murong Fu nodded, and then said to Huang Rong and Wu Wei, "You should go and prepare separately. Just follow my previous arrangements."
After the two girls left, Murong Fu summoned all the Lingxiao Pavilion disciples and rushed to the tower.
At the same time, the East City Gate has quickly assembled an army of 300,000 people. This 300,000 army consists of three parts. One part is the Tianshu Army of 150,000 people, the other part is the 80,000 Beggar Clan disciples, and the last part is the 70,000 original Xiangyang defenders.
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Needless to say, the Tianshu Army and the Xiangyang garrison were trained together by Deng Baichuan during this period and have gradually become one. The 80,000 Beggar Clan disciples have also undergone certain training and have some military discipline. As soon as the signal is sounded, the speed of assembly is
Very fast too.
Three hundred thousand troops were assembled, and the east city gate was already a little narrow. Deng Baichuan, wearing black gold armor, stood majestically on the generals' platform, with two rows of generals standing on both sides. He just heard Deng Baichuan say in a loud voice, "
The first formation is dominated by the arrow formation. Tianshu Army's Baotao Camp and Shenwu Camp are responsible for the first round of attacks. Your task is to shoot as many of the vanguard troops as possible as they fill the river."
"The Qianji Battalion and Feiyu Battalion of the Tianshu Army are responsible for the second round of attacks. Your mission is to severely damage all enemy troops within the range."
"The North and South Second Battalions of the Xiangyang garrison are responsible for the third round of attacks. Your task is to deal with the remaining enemies."
Deng Baichuan's rotation mechanism is different from Lu Wenhuan's. He rotates in stages, and then rotates each battalion unit within each stage, so as to maintain combat effectiveness more effectively.
Order after order, everything went on in an orderly manner.
When Murong Fu came to the city tower, all the battalions and troops were already in place. He did not ask how Deng Baichuan arranged the arrangements, nor did he intervene in the formation of troops, because at this time, it was most taboo for others to point fingers and disrupt the commander's deployment. He only
Just take an overall view.
A group of martial artists from Nan Daying arrived very early, but were strictly prohibited from approaching the tower by Deng Baichuan. Everyone had no choice but to watch from a distance.
"Has everything been arranged?" Murong Fu asked Deng Baichuan on the tower.
Deng Baichuan nodded seriously, "It's all arranged."
After hesitating for a moment, he asked again, "But where is General Huo..."
Murong Fu shook his head, "I gave her the greatest freedom. I believe that with her vision, she will be able to seize the opportunity."
Deng Baichuan couldn't help but look worried when he heard this, "Will there be too many variables in this case?"
Murong Fu did not explain, "Don't worry, no matter what, we will not lose this battle."
"Sir, there are only 30,000 garrison troops at the south gate. Isn't that a little too little?"
"No, the Khitan army at the south gate will definitely not attack the city. If necessary, you can transfer all the 30,000 defenders over. Okay, you can go ahead and make arrangements, don't worry about me."
After Deng Baichuan left, Murong Fu looked around. The outside of the city was densely packed with black heads, and he suddenly felt a sense of sadness. After this battle, he didn't know how many bones would be left behind...
Not long after, Wu Wei and Huang Rong also came, together with Guo Jing. The two women nodded slightly towards Murong Fu, and the meaning was self-evident. Guo Jing asked, "Mr. Murong, why do you prevent people from the martial arts from approaching?"
Murong Fu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't be anxious, Master Guo. The first round of attacks is just a tentative attack. All the martial arts comrades can't do anything. If they all come here, it will be dangerous. When their efforts are needed, we won't ask them to come up."
Late."
Guo Jing's face softened slightly, "That's true, too many people will cause chaos."
A stick of incense passed as time passed, and the Mongolian army advanced to a position fifty feet above the city wall. Both sides ordered an attack at the same time. In an instant, the sky was filled with arrows, covering the entire world.
If Lu Wenhuan were here, he would definitely scold Murong Fu for his wastefulness. Although shooting with feathers and arrows is a matter of "casting a net everywhere and fishing for fish on the spot", ten arrows may not be able to kill a person, but he is not as wasteful as him.
of.
Guo Jing frowned when he saw this, "Mr. Murong, would it be too wasteful to shoot so many arrows at once?"
Murong Fu waved his hand casually, "It doesn't matter. My Murong family doesn't have much else but a lot of money. If it wasn't difficult to operate, I would just shoot the money."
Everyone's lips twitched when they heard this, what's the difference between this and shooting money?
Of course, the effect of such densely packed arrows is also significant. The Mongolian army fell in pieces like wheat. Facts have proved that there is still a big gap between the players who spend money and those who do not (Lv Wenhuan).
After half an hour, the Mongolian army had barely advanced more than ten feet, and countless bodies fell. They finally felt that this siege was different from the past. Almost every time they advanced, hundreds would fall.
Thousands of people, who can withstand such consumption?
On the other hand, there were very few casualties in Xiangyang City, almost negligible compared to the Mongolian army. This was due to their brand-new armor, which even the strongest Mongolian bone spirit bow could not penetrate, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted for a while.
Murong Fu looked at the Mongolian army in the distance, and could vaguely see Temujin riding a tall horse, crowding in the center of the army. He couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, "Don't be too surprised, this is just the beginning."
Huang Rong was completely stunned by the quality of Tianshu Army's armor, "These armaments were also made by your family?"
Murong Fu had an indifferent expression on his face and said calmly, "I don't understand what Gang Leader Huang said. This is obviously the equipment brought by Tianshu Army. How can it have anything to do with my Murong family?"
Only then did Huang Rong react. She couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. This man's ability to tell lies was astonishingly good. Then he thought, if the Murong family has such a well-equipped army, is there any force in the world that can compete with it?
Compared to Huang Rong's curiosity, Guo Jing didn't care about the origin of the equipment. Seeing the difficulty of the Mongolian army's advance, his face was already flushed. If this trend could be maintained, there would be no problem in defending Xiangyang City.
But the problem is that Temujin is not a fool. With such severe casualties, of course he will not continue to deliver food, even though the former army vanguard has the role of cannon fodder.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Mongolian army to change its strategy and retreat fifty feet away. Then a row of catapults, numbering about three to four hundred, slowly rolled out from the army.
Catapults have a much longer range than bows and arrows. In siege battles, they are generally used to restrain the defenders' arrow formations. Judging from Temujin's original intention, it seems that he wanted to wait until the moat was almost filled before using catapults to cover the city.
The army attacked the city, but under the current situation, he had to reveal this trump card first.
Deng Baichuan responded quickly. When he saw the catapult being launched from the opposite side, he immediately ordered the rope to be pulled. This was a way he came up with to deal with the catapult. He dug a hole in the battlements in advance and waited for the opponent's catapult to attack.
, then ordered people to fetch logs and pull a rope net between each battlement.
Not to mention, it had some effect, but stones were seen flying from the air. The soldiers hid under the battlements. The flying stones were either bounced off the rope net or smashed through the rope net. However, the destructive power was greatly slowed down. Only
A small number of stones flew directly over the rope net or hit the city wall below, and the defenders suffered almost no casualties.
Seeing this scene, Murong Fu couldn't help but praise, "Brother Deng, well done!"
Wu Wei nodded, "General Deng does have a way."
Guo Jing smiled and said, "Now that's good, we don't have to risk destroying the catapult."
Deng Baichuan was commanding the army to fight at the general station. He didn't hear the discussion of several people. Even if he heard it, he probably wouldn't have any expressions. After all, this method can only resist for a while. Once it lasts for a long time, the net rope will naturally not be able to bear it.
, the subsequent attack will have to rely on the city wall to be strong to resist.
Time passed quietly in the rounds of attacks by the Mongolian army, and soon another two hours passed. During these two hours, the Mongolian army used several methods, and even used the call formation under the city, but even the moat of 20
They couldn't even get close within ten feet, let alone fill the river and attack the city.
Everyone can feel that the morale of the Mongolian army is declining rapidly. If it were in the past, this situation would be almost impossible, because they can at least get close to the moat, and at least they can see the moat being filled up bit by bit, but this time
, the attack lasted so long and they couldn't even get close to the moat. The blow was a bit severe.
It was almost noon, and it was time for lunch. The Mongolian army followed the trend and retreated, obviously preparing to regroup and finish the meal before launching the next round of attack.
Murong Fu's eyes flashed slightly, "Go and tell Deng Baichuan to go out of the city to harass you. Do you want to eat? There is no door!"
Guo Jing looked at him dumbfounded when he heard this. How could there be such a war? People have to eat, and of course our own soldiers also have to eat. Are they going to be hungry to face the next attack?
Huang Rong had almost the same expression and couldn't help but whisper, "If you don't understand, just don't give random orders. The soldiers will definitely not be able to resist if you don't eat."
Murong Fu smiled evilly, "It's not like we have to send the whole army out of the city, just send one or two battalions of soldiers out to create momentum and scare them."
Both of them were dumbfounded when they heard this. What kind of strategy was this? Not only did it have no real effect, but it would also easily damage one's own army.
Murong Fu looked at the two of them with a calm expression, and secretly despised him, "Of course you two bumpkins don't understand that messing with people's mentality is also a tactic."