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Yizhou is an important prefecture and county in the northwest of Chu State. Although Yizhou is not included in the northwest jurisdiction, it is undeniable that a large area of Yizhou is already located in the northwest boundary. The gurgling Yi River is far away from
Yizhou City is only a few dozen miles away.
Although Yizhou City may not be very majestic, it is definitely solid and exudes the atmosphere of vicissitudes of life.
Although Yizhou City had just fallen into the hands of the Northwest Army, because the battle went so fast and the fiercest fighting was also carried out outside the city, there was no damage to Yizhou City itself. Even the Yizhou City inside the city was not damaged.
The huge boulders and boiling oil that the army had prepared long ago to defend the city had almost no losses.
Naturally, Yizhou did not slacken the defense of various sections of the city because it fell into the hands of the Northwest Army. The Yizhou Army, which once pointed its guns at the Northwest Army, had now become part of the Northwest Army, reinforcing the city defense and preparing to meet the enemy.
The soldiers and horses of the imperial court.
At dusk, the autumn weather in Yizhou was already a bit chilly. Although the soldiers at the top of the city were on alert, there were no enemies around, so the soldiers who originally belonged to the Yizhou Army were somewhat relaxed as usual.
Holding spears in their arms, the two city defenders huddled beside the tower, their eyes filled with confusion.
"Brother, when do you think the imperial army will arrive?" A soldier's scorched face showed a hint of anxiety, but more of it was uneasiness filling his eyes.
The soldier next to him looked much older, looked a little tired, and said in his voice without any emotion: "Who knows, just like...just like the Northwest Army, we didn't find out until we got to the city, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court might arrive at the city.
Miles."
"Then...will we die?"
"Then it depends on your luck, kid. If we really get into a fight, no one knows when we will have to see the King of Hell." The veteran said calmly: "The imperial court has hundreds of thousands of troops, and even if you kill them,
, there are still troops to follow... Our Yizhou is the gateway to the northwest, this battle will be fought sooner or later, and there is no way to escape."
The little soldier blinked, half understanding, looked around, and then lowered his voice and asked: "Brother, the Northwest Army killed thousands of our brothers by the Yi River, why do we surrender? Now we still have to listen to them
As ordered...if we hold on for a while, won't the reinforcements from the imperial court come to rescue us?"
The veteran "shushed", looked around carefully, and then whispered: "You brat, are you looking for death? You can say this too. If the Lion General's subordinates hear it, we will all be dead. You want
You know...this is King Mingyue's army...!"
At this moment, I heard a loud and thick voice saying: "Cheer up, you are so weak. Are you still a soldier?"
As he spoke, a group of people walked out of the corridor at the top of the city. Except for the leader who wore brown armor, the ones behind them were all black armor and black helmets, all of them were majestic.
The northwest is rich in iron ore resources, which also makes their equipment extremely sophisticated. As for these armors and protective equipment, from a certain perspective, they are obviously superior to the protective equipment of the imperial court.
The equipment of the Yizhou Army was uniformly distributed with the approval of the imperial court. Ordinary soldiers wore coarse cloth battle clothes. Only those generals could equip the armor. After Yizhou fell into the hands of the Northwest Army, the equipment of the Yizhou Army naturally disappeared in a short period of time.
It may be updated, just tie a yellow band on the forehead for identification.
The Northwest Army is very easy to identify. Even ordinary soldiers are wearing battle armor, which protects their bodies very well. It's just that the scales of the armor are different from those of generals at all levels.
Among this group of people, the brown-armored general walking at the front is the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army of Yizhou. He is under the command of Dou Andao, one of the two commanders in the northwest. His surname is Hong and his name is Wei. He is brave and good at fighting because he is fierce in battle, shaped like a raging fire.
, has a loud voice and is known as the "Lion General". He is a famous general in the northwest.
Lion General Hong Wei's steps are firm and powerful. He looks extremely energetic and seems to contain infinite power. His eyes are full of firm confidence and fearful murderous intent.
The sloppy Yizhou sergeant at the top of the city saw the lion general patrolling and stood up hurriedly.
"Are the four gates under control?" the lion general asked the general next to him in a low voice.
"General, don't worry, all four gates are in our hands."
"Very good." The lion general nodded: "How long can the food and grass in the city last?"
"General, Yizhou has been preparing for war. Hou Zhang has also been careful and prepared enough food and fodder. The general just went to the warehouse to take a look. There is no problem in supporting it for a few months."
The lion will immediately shake his head: "What about the horses? From today on, the horses will eat fine grains and cannot lose weight. When killing the enemy, they have to rely on them." After thinking about it, he added: "Go tell Hou Zhang.
The food rations for the people in the city will be reduced by half starting today. The soldiers must be well fed. Damn it, we have to defend this Yizhou City without any food. When the food is short, they will besiege the city and we will defeat it.
Already."
"General, how long will we stay here?" A general asked: "According to the spies' report, the Chu army has been divided into two groups. One group is led by Song Fei with 100,000 troops to rescue Qingzhou, and the other group is led by Xue Poye's 100,000 troops.
Tens of thousands of troops are moving this way... they will be at the city gates tomorrow at the latest."
"How long will it last?" Hong Wei laughed and said, "Don't worry, it won't take long. Even though the Chu soldiers are so numerous and powerful, they are actually a bunch of useless trash. I, a man from Yongzhou, can stand up to ten of them. Now.
We have only captured Yizhou, but Qingzhou has not yet been captured. It has not become a horn, and it cannot be considered a barrier. Naturally, our Yongzhou army will leave troops to defend the Yongzhou mainland."
"Yes, these Chu troops are all useless. It's hard to deal with the Hu people. If we don't leave troops in Yongzhou, I'm afraid those shameless Northern Hu people will attack our rear from Yangguan." A general said.
"When King Mingyue becomes emperor, we sincerely ask King Mingyue to send troops to Beihu to wipe out all those barbarians!"
Hong Wei stood at the top of the city, looking at the vast and dim Yizhou Plain, and said slowly: "What we want to think about now is not the Beihu people, but that Xue Poye. Although the Chu army is weak, there are still hundreds of thousands of them."
The army... We must defend Yizhou City. Only in this way can we hold back the Chu army and reduce the pressure for Dou Shuai to attack Qingzhou. Once Dou Shuai captures Qingzhou City and the momentum of turning the corner is formed, then there is no need to worry about the Chu army.
Once we can enter the territory of Yongzhou in the northwest, Commander Wei can lead his army out of Yongzhou and come to the rescue. Only then will the Chu army know how powerful our northwest army is."
"What the general said is true!"
All the generals nodded in unison.
"General." Someone next to the lion general said suddenly: "Look, that is...?"
Everyone was startled and looked towards where they were pointing, only to see a rapidly moving shadow appearing on the horizon in the vast and dim sky.
These shadows went from one or two at the beginning to ten, eight, hundreds, thousands, gathering more and more, and were rushing towards Yizhou City at a very fast speed.
The loud horn sounded from the horizon, distant and long, as if it came from another world.
"Be on guard!" Hong Wei shouted.
The northwest generals did not panic, but returned to their respective posts in a well-trained manner, urging their subordinates to start fighting.
There is no doubt that the Chu army, which was expected to arrive tomorrow, arrived at dusk today, which caught the Yizhou garrison off guard. The northwest soldiers were still quick in action, but the Yizhou army officers were a little panicked and even fell into chaos.
group.
Hong Wei drew his sword and chopped down several panicked Yizhou Army soldiers before restoring normal order to the chaotic situation.
The soldiers at the top of the city began to take out their bows and arrows, put them under the oil pan at the top of the city, and started to light a fire.
The image of the Chu army finally became clear. It was an extremely large army, with spears pointed high into the sky. The forest-like spear heads were shining with a scorching cold light. At the front were a group of archers, and behind them were swordsmen.
The spearmen were mixed with siege troops and ladders, and behind them were the 3,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry brought by Xue Poye from Kyoto to guard the "Shuai" flag. As for the Southern Cavalry Battalion, they followed
To the very end.
In siege warfare, cavalry charges are not needed. No general would be so stupid as to use expensive cavalry to attack a city.
The horses neighed, the swords clashed, and the world was instantly filled with a breathless murderous aura.
This huge army is moving quickly.
The huge momentum of the Chu army and the shaking of the earth and mountains as they advanced not only made the defenders at the top of the city panic, but even the people in the city seemed to have a premonition of the coming disaster and prayed to heaven for blessings.
The entire Yizhou City was in a state of excitement before. In an instant, there was no sense of interest. Everyone held their breath, waiting for the war to come.
Like a dead city!
…
The sky was already dark, and with the arrival of the Chu army, the darkness made the whole world look even darker. Although the northwest soldiers on Yizhou City still maintained absolute calm, the local Yizhou army, seeing the arrival of the powerful Chu army,
A cold has arisen.
Xue Poye was riding on a horse, wearing armor and a fluttering cloak. He looked at the spectacular army and was filled with emotion.
Before traveling through time, these scenes seemed familiar to me on TV. I never thought that one day I would be able to move an army of 100,000 with a wave of my arm.
"Commander, we are only twenty miles away from Yizhou City!" Yang Yijun followed Xue Poye on horseback and said.
Xue Poye said calmly: "Follow the plan!"
Yang Yijun respectfully said: "Yes!" He urged his horse to catch up with the vanguard and shouted: "The rebels are at the front. The whole army obeys the order and storms the main gate of Yizhou. Whoever attacks the city will be promoted to three levels in a row. Brothers.
, rush!"
The whole Chu army roared in unison. The overwhelming number of people made the morale of the Chu army very high. They accelerated their speed and approached Yizhou City.
Xue Poye stopped his horse and watched, watching the Chu army rush forward, and murmured: "Although I know that it is impossible to capture Yizhou City in a while, but... I hope you can attack with your own blood, so that you know... war
It’s cruel!”
The first to clash between the two armies was naturally the archers.
The archers of the Chu army lined up in rows, bent their bows, set arrows, pulled the strings, and let go. The arrows were like an overwhelming rain of arrows, shooting at the top of the city. Although there were not many enemy archers on the top of the city,
, but maintaining the height, he also shot feather arrows to resist.
The hail of arrows was mixed with blood-curdling screams.
The war started so suddenly, which suddenly gave many soldiers on both sides the illusion that this was really a war?
But blood and death soon made both sides understand that the war shrouded by the god of death had begun like a splashing wave!
In the Chu army's archer formation, people fell down from time to time, and at the top of Yizhou City, accompanied by shrill screams, from time to time someone fell from an arrow from the high city head, and fell to pieces under the city wall.
The fire of hell is burning.
The rain of arrows continued for a long time, and the defenders of Yizhou City, led by the Northwest Army, had obviously expected such a situation and did not flinch from the Chu army's arrow attack.
After waiting for two rounds of arrows that filled the sky, Yang Yijun, who was riding on a horse, majestically struck a long knife with his hand and shouted: "Brothers, the rebels are right in front of us, show us our blood and kill them!"
"One of them actually rushed forward.
The swordsmen behind him followed Yang Yijun like a tide and rushed towards Yizhou City.
Xue Poye watched from the rear as his troops rushed towards Yizhou City like black clouds. He was slightly relieved. These were soldiers after all. Although they had loose discipline before, they were still somewhat bloody on the battlefield. At least they dared to face the defenders.
arrows to kill.
The drums were rumbling, and the sound of dozens of large drums being beaten by the Chu army was as loud as thunder.
Above and below the city, catapults were set up. The slingers put huge stones into the catapult frames and attacked each other amidst loud shouts.
A rain of arrows like locusts shot down from the top of the city. The boulders mixed with the whistling wind and roared into the crowd, smashing the soldiers on both sides into pieces.
The soldiers of the Chu army held their shields high, but in the dense rain of arrows and boulders, if you showed a little gap, you might be shot through by sharp arrows. If you are unlucky, the boulders could hit you and kill you.
Smashed.
Stepping on the corpses of their companions, the Chu army soldiers were not cowardly at this moment. They rushed towards Yizhou City crazily. However, the soldiers who rushed to the city first quickly became victims of rolling stones, wood and even fuel.
Howling repeatedly, the defenders ruthlessly used all means to stop the Chu army's attack.
Under the city, there were already piles of corpses, including those from the Chu Army, the Yizhou Army, and the Northwest Army.
The battle continues, but the sky has turned dark, which puts the soldiers on both sides into a more dangerous situation. In the darkness, you can't figure out when the arrows fired by the opponent will appear. Maybe you are still shouting hoarse at this second
You scream to kill, but in the next second, an unexpected arrow may pierce your neck.
Yizhou City is still as strong as a mountain. Although the Chu army attacked Yizhou City with all its strength, the tenacity of the defenders was shocking.
The Northwest Army naturally resisted vigorously, and their will was extremely tenacious. Although the local Yizhou Army could not compare with the Northwest Army in terms of combat effectiveness, everyone knew that since they had surrendered to the Northwest Army, to the court, the Yizhou Army
Naturally, they became rebels. Once the Chu army captured Yizhou City, the fate of the rebels must be extremely miserable. Therefore, everyone can only try their best to resist the Chu army's attack. After all, there are still their own parents in the city.
Relatives.
Torches have been lit at the top of the city. The blood under the fire is even more terrifying, and the air is already filled with the bloody smell that makes one's stomach churn and make one want to vomit.
Just when the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, the Chu army retreated in the rear.
Yang Yijun's armor was full of blood, and his eyes were shining with a cannibalistic light. The blood on both sides made him look very ferocious: "Commander, why are you withdrawing your troops? We have killed so many people, and we almost attacked Yizhou City.
Come down."
Xue Poye said coldly: "We almost captured it? We came here from Taizhou to launch a lightning attack just to make a big push and take advantage of the high morale of the soldiers to launch a sudden attack on Yizhou. It has been a few hours now.
In the past, our brothers were all tired. If we continue to fight, more people will die, and Yizhou City will not be captured for a while."
Yang Yijun looked at Yizhou City in the distance, filled with gunpowder smoke. Besides anger and hatred, the faces of the soldiers who retreated could not hide their tiredness and... fear.
During the battle, the breath in my chest made me forget fear and fear. But when the battle stopped, I looked at the corpses of my companions. The companions who were still alive before the battle were now covered with blood on the battlefield. There were corpses everywhere, and people couldn't help but feel...
fear.
No one can tell whether he will be one of them in the next charge.
Xue Poye rode on a horse, surrounded by dozens of Yulin guards including Ximen Lei Zang, and slowly galloped into the military formation, pointed at Yizhou City with his whip, and said loudly: "Brothers, you saw it
, war...it's either you die or I die, without any hesitation. Look at many of our brothers, they have spilled their blood on the battlefield and served the country with loyalty...We admire them, they are real soldiers, and they are worthy of commemoration by the Great Chu
Men, they deserved to die, and soldiers, shouldn’t their bodies be returned wrapped in horse leather?”
The soldiers all stood up and looked at their commander.
"Only through the baptism of iron and blood can you become a true warrior." Xue Poye's eyes were like lightning: "Yizhou City is just a target for us. For us, it is just a place for training. Our real goal is,
That is Yongzhou in the northwest, where there is a more powerful Northwest Army. If we do not develop our iron blood, and if we are blocked by the mere city of Yizhou, then conquering Yongzhou to serve the imperial court is just a slogan. Our brothers will not die in vain, as
Your commander-in-chief, I will not let your sacrifice be in vain... I just want to tell you that we will definitely capture Yizhou City, and Yongzhou will definitely be in our possession, otherwise, we will be sorry to die.
brothers!"
"The great Chu will win! The great Chu will win! The great Chu will win!"
Hundreds of thousands of people shouted in unison, and the roar that shook the earth and shook the mountains made the defenders of Yizhou City tremble with fear.
Although the Chu army did not continue to attack Yizhou City, they quickly divided their troops to besiege the city. The Chu army set up camp less than twenty miles away from Yizhou City and surrounded Yizhou City.
Of course, both sides sent out corpse collection teams to collect the corpses of soldiers from both sides.
According to the rules on the battlefield, after a battle, both sides can send a team of no more than two hundred people to collect the corpses of their companions, and both sides will never conduct any attacks in the middle.
After all, any soldier on the battlefield may die in battle, and no one wants to be left alone after death.
The corpse carts pulling the corpses returned to their respective camps one by one. Looking at the corpses piled on the carts, Xue Poye shook his head and sighed. He was even more determined in his heart to kill the Mingyue King and the Mingyue King who provoked this war.