At the Xizhimen Gate Tower, the soldiers looked from a distance and saw that within two miles there was an army of intruders approaching. After quickly sending someone to deliver a message, they were wary of every move of the enemy. They originally thought that the intruders were all cavalry and were just here to spy on the military situation.
Just be prepared and ready.
But after a while, someone discovered that the intruder cavalry actually rushed directly to the city tower. The guard patrolling the city tower with a sword was also very puzzled. There has never been a cavalry attack on the city since ancient times. Even if it does, it is mostly to harass and spy, and for the sake of
To prevent the cavalry from being damaged, there must be archers at the rear who will shoot arrows to harass the defenders of the city tower, and infantry to suppress the formation.
However, such a formation of the invading army made the defenders confused. However, he knew that the opponent was very powerful. He almost defeated the three most elite battalions of the capital, and even captured the governor of the capital, Wu Xiang and Governor Wu alive.
Although we don't know the intentions of this enemy force, we can prepare ourselves in advance and deal with sudden changes in time.
"Everyone, listen up, don't fire arrows. His Majesty has made peace with the intruders. We must not attack first." After saying this, the guard even wanted to give himself a slap in the face. They could not attack, but could only wait.
The enemy's attack and harassment are so frustrating that ordinary people cannot bear it.
"This is too frustrating."
A soldier held a musket and pointed it at the large enemy troops charging in the distance. Even though he had pulled the trigger hundreds of times against them in his heart, he naturally felt unhappy when he heard such an angry order.
"What did you say?"
The guard scolded the soldier, but then a heartbreaking cry completely shocked him.
I saw this group of intruders each holding a curved bow, then riding their horses to the bottom of the city tower, reaching out to pull out arrows, pointing the bow at the city tower to guide the arrow. The next second, under the command of General Liu Zongmin, his fingers immediately loosened
Open, the arrow roars and flies through the air.
Under the influence of gravity and other forces, the arrows rose into the air and followed a parabola-like trajectory, falling straight towards the Ming army on the tower.
At this moment, looking up at the dense arrows in the sky, the defender of Xizhimen finally knew the intention of the opponent's cavalry to attack. They could not attack the city, but it did not mean that they could not harass the defenders on the tower.
With such a rain of arrows falling from the sky, even an indestructible body would be at a disadvantage under such a huge formation, let alone mortal beings like them?
"Raise your shield! The enemy's arrows are coming!"
Amidst the roars of the guards, countless people scrambled to snatch the shields but failed, and died under the arrows. Some of the soldiers who got the shields could only withstand such a spectacular arrow attack.
There was even an unfortunate person who was a little wider and couldn't be covered by the shield, so he was also hit by arrows. The shield moved away in pain, and the next second, the next wave of arrows hit the hedgehog.
"Stay away from the tower and hide behind! Pick up the shields of the dead brothers!"
Although the guard did not have a shield to cover him, he was wearing armor. When an arrow hit his back, he only felt a slight pain. Knowing that the armor was not pierced, he hurriedly hid behind the wooden pillars of the tower and escaped.
Attacked by arrows.
But few others were able to escape. Those who were running for their lives and those who were holding up shields to resist were shot and howled, making the entire city wall a mess. Many people were frightened by this scene and watched as they flew by.
His consciousness went blank when the arrow came, and he felt the sting until it passed through his body, causing him to vomit blood and fall down.
Seeing that the brothers who were laughing, cursing and chatting a moment ago turned into corpses covered with arrows, even their leader couldn't bear to see this scene and burst into tears.
In his heart, he cursed the intruder for not keeping his promise. At this moment, he wanted to kill their whole family. He also wanted to eat their flesh, skin them, and release them to relieve the hatred in his heart!
The rain of arrows continued. Liu Zongmin below the city was admiring the rain of arrows fired by his thousands of cavalrymen at the city tower. When he heard the wailing from above, he knew that the losses of the Ming army must have been considerable, but it was a pity that he had no infantry, let alone attack.
The city's weapons and equipment, otherwise the situation is like this, the city will definitely be captured with ease.
"Brothers, shoot out all the arrows on your body, so that these officers and soldiers who are exploiting us will know what we are capable of in Dashun!"
Following Liu Zongmin's order, the thousands of cavalrymen fired arrows faster and faster. Looking at it, they saw that it was almost full of arrows, and they were densely packed like a city tower built with arrows.
The consort Gong Yonggu was also rushing towards the city at this moment, but before he got close to the city tower, he was almost hit by a sudden arrow. The horse under him was also startled, half of his body rose into the air, and almost fell off the horse.
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Noticing the arrow that penetrated straight into the ground, he found that the arrow was obviously made by the intruder. The workmanship was rough. Although they intended to imitate the court arrows, they did not have many craftsmen and materials, and most of them were still surrendered.
It was because of the arrows stored by their Ming army, but this arrow obviously belonged to the intruder.
His heart sank, and he knew that the city tower must have been attacked by the intruders' arrows at this moment, so he immediately waved his riding whip and galloped towards the city tower.
As for Liu Zongmin's cavalry, who was constantly shooting arrows outside the city, their quivers were at the bottom at this moment, and the density of the arrow rain was gradually decreasing. Since the purpose of the trip had been achieved, it was over. Liu Zongmin waved his hand, and thousands of cavalry were in the air.
At Ling Qi's signal, he quickly retreated and left the battlefield like a wind and a lingering cloud.
Finally, the rain of arrows no longer rained down from the sky, and death no longer came. However, the city wall was littered with corpses and devastated. Countless soldiers were lying on the ground wailing, but more of them were shot and killed.
Every cold corpse.
The guard pulled out the arrow stuck in his armor and immediately looked around. In an instant, a large number of soldiers were killed. The blood on the city wall seemed to be gathering into a river. Almost half of the Xizhimen defenders were destroyed!
Gong Yonggu and Jin Yiwei, who had arrived late, saw this scene eagerly and were instantly stunned. They were distracted while walking and tripped over the corpse. They glanced at the soldiers lying around, their eyes full of
It's astonishment.
He couldn't believe that the defenders in the city were so vulnerable, and that the intruders were so impudent. They had already decided on peace and did not retreat to the northwest boundary early, but still clung to the suburbs of the capital, and even sent people to harass the capital, causing such a tragic situation!
"These bastards! I must kill them!"
Gong Yonggu's eyes were bloodshot, and he held back the tears in his heart as he carefully crossed the many corpses. These were all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they were so brutally slaughtered!
He didn't die in battle, but died under the enemy's arrows!
Facing such a mighty intruder, he had no power to fight back. The anger in his heart was already burning, his fists were clenched and his face was distorted with anger. He stood in the wind and looked at the retreating intruders in the sky.
The army could not help but burst into murderous intent.
"Where is the guard?"
The guard general was collecting the corpses of his brothers when suddenly a loud shout came from his ears. He quickly stepped over the corpses and followed the sound. He saw a man wearing brocade clothes, exuding an aura of wealth, and the brocade guards behind him also
Standing there solemnly shows the dignity of this person.
"Commander Wang Zhi is at Xizhimen to pay homage to your lord!"
He lowered his brows and looked at this person with his eyes, and found a tear on his back, which must have been caused by the harassment just now.
"Wang Zhi, what happened just now when the troops invaded and harassed us?"
"Reporting to your lord, I was inspecting the city defense as usual. Unexpectedly, a cavalry force of several thousand people suddenly came from a distance. I saw that the man leading the team had a beard. I thought that your Majesty had negotiated a peace with the intruders.
, for fear of ruining His Majesty's plan, he ordered everyone not to attack, but he never thought that the cavalry suddenly bent their bows and fired arrows. We were unable to dodge, and suffered heavy casualties."
At the end of the story, Wang Zhi no longer had the spirit of the past, and the pent-up anger and pain in his heart could not be discharged for a long time. He only regretted that he was incompetent. He could save himself but could not save his brothers. After this torture, he still had to witness such a tragic situation with his own eyes.
After saying that, he burst into tears immediately. A man who always sheds tears without speaking lightly, but at this moment he really couldn't hold it in anymore. The sword in his hand was not as sharp as before, and his brothers were not as alive as before.
"Get up."
Gong Yonggu sighed, feeling lonely, and ordered others to carry the body. He stood alone on the edge of the city wall, looking at the red sky. Beside him, although there were solid stone bricks, there were still countless arrows stuck in them.
He pulled one out easily, broke it off and threw it away with the resentment in his heart.
This kind of shame has never been seen before except the shame of Tumubao in ancient times!
I always thought that the Tatars and Jiannu in the north were the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, but I never expected that one day the people of the Ming Dynasty would humiliate the capital in the same way. A group of bandits were so arrogant, how could a prince-consort swallow such humiliation?
In anger, he sent someone to bring a piece of paper and wrote on it.
"My consort, Gong Yonggu, has seen thieves wash away the Xizhi Gate with blood. Many of my soldiers have been killed, and there have been countless casualties. I cannot bear the shame. Your Majesty has made a promise to guard the Xizhi Gate. I have already placed a salary at the gate. If the gate is not open,
Guard and serve the country as a **!"
When the last stroke was finished, he blew it dry and handed it to the guard beside him, who told him to hand it over to His Majesty. He then ordered Commander Wang Zhi to find someone to get some firewood and pile it at the gate of the city. The two of them held torches and were ready to light it at any time.
"Consort, what are you doing?"
Wang Zhi secretly guessed Gong Yonggu's intentions. When he learned about it, he was extremely angry and tears of dissatisfaction burst out of his eyes.
"Your Majesty has to leave and let go in order to save the Ming Dynasty, but the capital must be guarded by someone. This is the face of my court, and there is no one in Xizhimen who is more suitable to guard it than me."
"I have issued a military order to Your Majesty. If Xizhimen is breached, I will light the tower on fire and fight with Xizhimen to serve the country! I will never lie!"
"If I don't mind my consort, I am willing to use my consort to guard Xizhimen together to avenge my dead brothers!"
Wang Zhi knocked his head heavily on the ground this time, not afraid of the blood seeping from his head. He sobbed and felt heartbroken. If he escaped from the battle, he would definitely not be able to stand up to these brothers when he got down there.
"As long as this intruder is removed, I will not respect the peace your Majesty has negotiated!"
[Author's digression]: The description of emotions seems a bit immature, but I try my best to improve it. I will also read more other people's books to improve myself.
One more thing, I hope you can collect it and give me a check. Thank you.