Chapter 704: Killing Brother and Prisoning Father, Qilu Chaos
"What? Go forward!" Zhao Xing gritted his teeth and his face turned red. Lelang County is a border county. If there is no bed crossbow shooting from the top of Pyongyang City, it doesn't mean there will be no bed crossbow. He will come back if he goes forward in person.
Come?
Wang You must be gnashing his teeth in hatred towards himself now! Wasn’t he asking for trouble when he stepped forward?
Zhao Xing really wanted to explode. If I dared to go to the battlefield with my head on my shoulder, why would I have followed the ambitious and talented governor and surrendered in the first place? It was because he was afraid of death that he surrendered. But now...
He was resentful in his heart, but when he saw the cold eyes of the cavalry colonel, he suddenly sobered up like a basin of ice water showering his head. He suppressed his resentment and put on a flattering smile on his face.
He explained again and again, but the captain just refused to listen. He kept urging him to move forward, and even drew his sword to threaten him. During the stalemate, the cavalry captain suddenly pointed his sword in the direction of the city wall. Zhao Xing turned around and looked at him, and his expression changed. There were actually four or five people there.
The soldiers on the ladder truck began to retreat!
These idiots!
Zhao Xing cursed in his heart, gritted his teeth, raised his heart, took a few close soldiers, urged his horse and ran forward. He only ran a hundred steps, and he hurried forward before he could reach the city wall and within the range of the walking bow.
Stop and force the retreating soldiers to return to the city. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!
"General! Except for some old men, the people at the top of the city are all barbarians. They are extremely tenacious! Not only are arrows raining down, but there are also brothers who are climbing up the city. Those who are coming are either broadswords or heavy axes!"
Some soldiers cried.
Yi people!? Zhao Xing felt his heart sink! Did he know Wang You's high prestige in the hearts of the Yi people in the border area? But those people were not really desperate to help Wang You guard it at this time?
When Zhao Xing was hesitating, a sudden and sharp sound roared through the air! The defeated officer beside him let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground.
A thick feather arrow nailed the man to the ground.
"Bed crossbow!" Zhao Xing shouted, and without caring about the soldiers, he hit his horse and ran back! In panic, even his helmet fell off!
The bed crossbow, which has a range of up to one mile, has extremely high accuracy at a distance of a hundred paces. As a result of his running, the soldiers behind him shouted in unison and fled together!
With a crash, the siege of more than 10,000 Lelang County soldiers was completely defeated. The soldiers who were stunned by the stubborn resistance at the top of the city heard the movement, did not care much, and shrank back like an ebbing tide. Some of them were high up.
The people here were so anxious that they couldn't escape. Some of them simply jumped up and lost their hands. It's a pity that they were so timid when attacking.
The soldiers guarding the city were inspired by this, their strings were like thunderbolts, their arrows were like locusts, and they could only hear the whistling sound. The retreating Lelang County soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and the sound of wailing resounded throughout the wilderness.
Zhao Xingfang ran back to the rear, but several cavalrymen blocked his way. The cavalry colonel jumped on his horse with his sword raised, roaring hysterically.
Zhao Xing shrank his head and listened to the other party's spouting without saying a word. He was like a stupid quail. The cavalry colonel looked at Zhao Xing's cowardly look and the corners of his mouth twitched. Finally, he gritted his teeth and handed the knife forward.
, placed it directly on Zhao Xing's neck. He said in a tone that left no room for doubt: "Reorganize the team immediately and then attack! Otherwise, we will kill you in front of the formation!"
Are you still going? Zhao Xing didn't pay attention to the sword on his neck. When he looked back, he saw tens of thousands of soldiers returning hastily. At this time, their vigor had lost. Morale was ebbing and rising. Going back would only increase casualties. But let him go
How to explain? The other party just refused to listen and waved the big sword in front of him more than ten times. Zhao Xing felt itchy with hatred, but he had no choice but to issue another siege order to the retreating soldiers. This time,
But it has stirred a hornet's nest.
The more than 10,000 surrendered troops have been attacking for less than two hours. Look at the city walls of Pyongyang. The bodies of fallen soldiers are scattered everywhere. There are not even a thousand but 800 people. If the attack continues like this, we will not see the sun tomorrow.
The whole army will be destroyed.
Grandma! In an instant, both the commanding officers and the ordinary soldiers were all complaining, and Zhao Xing could not suppress it with his bullets. The cavalry colonel's face was ashen with anger, what is the use of such a waste? What an amazing move,
He mobilized his war horse and galloped to the head of a shouting surrendered soldier. He raised his sword and dropped his head, causing the head to fall to the ground. The spray of blood mist frightened the noisy soldiers into a dead silence!
"Really dare to kill people?" Zhao Xing was also shocked in his heart. Looking at the captain's bloody knife edge, he felt a cold feeling on his back. It seemed that he had to fight to the death no matter what today...
The strong bow battalion under Pyongyang City withdrew, and 5,000 strong bows were pointed at the soldiers of Lelang County. Zhao Xing, who had just broken out in a cold sweat, turned into a ghost.
"I don't know what's wrong!" Seeing the defeated soldiers in the city 'returning', Wang You no longer showed mercy for the past friendship.
Crossbows + kerosene, in just two quarters of an hour, Zhao Xing lost one-third of his tens of thousands of troops. As an important border town, the military resources saved in Pyongyang are far beyond ordinary people's imagination.
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Li Hongchao's face was as gloomy as rain, and his eyes as cold as a poisonous snake looked at the city of Pyongyang.
The dense war drums sounded again, the disgraced motley army retreated, and the Central Army with distinctive swords and guns approached. The 5,000-strong strong bow battalion was supported by 3,000 foot archers, and then the densely packed sword players covered them with weapons.
A thick layer of protection, advancing, advancing, the neatly arrayed archers rushed directly to the 80 paces of the city before stopping. Finally, the sword players and the archers suddenly opened the distance between each other in a row, giving way.
There are hundreds of roads leading to the city wall.
"Get ready to attack..." A leading captain held a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, roaring at the top of his lungs. The team behind him was a line of a hundred people, with heavy shield soldiers covering the front and rear, and soldiers in the middle pushing a heavy ladder cart.
The infantry colonel turned to the colonel who was shooting not far away and shouted: "Brother, it's up to you."
Captain Shesheng grinned and said, "Brothers, shoot the arrow a little harder, a little harder."
"The whole army is here, come on..." The infantry captain raised his sword high, and the entire army formation rolled around.
Roars rose into the sky, and six thousand heavily armored elites rushed out of the archer phalanx and rushed towards the empty battlefield below Pyongyang City.
"Fire! Fire the arrow——"
The array of arrows flying over Pyongyang became thicker and thicker, and the piercing whistle became more and more shrill.
But at this time, in the northeast of Pyongyang City, an army of 200,000 people was quickly rushing towards Pyongyang City.
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Li Shitou is a veteran and has been in the army for five years. He is very fortunate that he is a weapon soldier and masters crossbows, so he was not drafted in the last war. Li Shitou is a person who is quite afraid of death.
But what was unexpected was that two days ago, when Wang You opened the city gate and allowed some people to leave, he didn't even look at the two fellow villagers who left.
Prefect Wang is a good official, and the answer in his heart seems to be such a simple one.
Today, the war began. Several of the comrades he knew from the previous battles were no longer alive. They were all spearmen or sword and axemen. Li Shitou felt that the reason why he lived longer than them was because he
They are bed crossbowmen, far away from swords and guns.
But this time, Li Shitou felt that his life was coming to an end. Through the small square shooting hole in front of him, he saw the densely packed enemy formations in the distance that could not be seen to the end, and the nearby areas.
The enemy siege troops came like a tide, and he could only smile helplessly - there were too many enemies.
After five years in the army, he has never left Pyongyang City and has never really experienced a war. This is the first time that Li Shitou saw so many troops attacking a city wall at the same time. He looked up at the long arrows flying in the sky, a huge black mass.
Fear couldn't help but arise in my heart. I swallowed hard and mumbled a few curses. On the wall of this southern city, the prefect only arranged 500 soldiers and 1,000 barbarians, a mere 1,500 people.
How to deal with the tens of thousands of troops in front of him? Li Shitou felt very bad. How long can Pyongyang City be defended?
"Old Li, Mr. Wang, why haven't you given the order yet? The enemy is approaching the moat." A young man not far from him asked in a low voice.
A bed crossbow requires at least two people to operate it. Li Shitou's original companion has run away. Now this young man is a novice.
"It's still early." Li Shitou said with a relaxed smile, "We have to wait until the ladder is set up and people have climbed up, then we can start."
"Why is this?" The young Dongyi man didn't understand. Didn't the defenders have to start shooting from a distance to repel the enemy?
"We not only have to burn the enemy's equipment, but also kill their people. We can't stay far away. Wouldn't that be a waste of fuel?
Boy, the cost of this can of kerosene is much higher than that of a single can of oil. Although there is a lot of savings in the city, it can't be wasted, right?"
If Wang Kuai heard Li Shitou's words, he would definitely nod his head in approval. Li Shitou was right. He only burns people when they are close to him. He leaned in front of the shooting hole, waved his right arm violently, and shouted: "
Shoot! Release the arrow..."
Li Shitou lowered his body, and the young Dongyi man picked up the walking bow at hand and shot the first arrow very skillfully. Then his right hand was like a flying butterfly, taking the arrow, loading the arrow, drawing the bow, and aiming.
Shooting, a series of actions are completed instantly, which is dazzling. Its speed is even better than that of ordinary professional archers.
Li Shitou watched the young man's performance calmly. Dongyi people are men trained in the big forest, and any adult is an absolute expert with a bow.
There was a layer of dead prince soldiers floating in the moat, and streaks of bright red blood began to float in the dripping clear water.
Ladder trucks were burned to ashes, and names disappeared in the ashes.
As the clear golden sound rang out, the long arrows all over the sky suddenly disappeared without a trace. The eight thousand archers lowered their arms feebly and panted violently.
The Central Army also suffered a disastrous defeat.
The fire is merciless!
The retreating Prince's Army was shot and killed by the city's defenders for a while. The bed crossbows that had always been alert did not find their target - the martial arts master. Most of them still sank!
The sound of war drums, shouts, fighting, and screams resounded up and down the city wall, long black arrows flew in the air, bloody swords whistled in the wind, huge rocks were raging on the ladders, and heavy wooden hammers carried
It fell from the sky with great force, and finally, the raging fire burned everything.
The tall Pyongyang City and its abundant reserves caused heavy casualties to the siege troops of the Prince's Army. The retreating defeated soldiers also gave the archers at the top of the city a good opportunity to take revenge. The arrows were like bullets, and they lay down when they were swept over.
The sun hung lazily in the sky, looking indifferently at the bloody battle taking place below.
Li Hongchao ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and take a break. Within one morning, he launched three small-scale attacks on the south gate of Pyongyang City. Although they all ended in failure, Li Hongchao had tested the strength of the guards at the south gate. It was really powerful.
Weak, very weak.
He was confident that he could wipe out Wang Youjun and capture Pyongyang city in one afternoon.
One after another, the defenders sat panting under the battlements. They were so tired!
The strength in the city simply cannot keep up the guard in shifts. From beginning to end, there is a group of people standing guard at the top of the city. After three battles like this, the Iron Man cannot lose weight.
In the afternoon, Li Hongchao sent his troops to continuously attack the South Gate of Pyongyang. Groups of soldiers rushed across the moat, climbed up the ladders, roared forward, and charged bravely. The corpses of the prince's soldiers lay among the stones and logs, piled up under the city.
In the narrow area, blood dyed the water of the moat red.
Wang Kuai and Army Commander Jiang Dabao on the city defended the city to the death. The troops defending the city suffered heavy casualties, 1,500 people. The number of people was getting smaller and smaller, and the situation became increasingly tense.
Zhao Xing's men came to Pyongyang City again, with Li Hongchao personally supervising the battle behind them. Zhao Xing could only lead his men to kill them personally.
Jiang Dabu was on the left side of the city wall. The area he was defending was broken through by the Prince's Army in the last wave of attacks. This time it was Zhao Xing!
Jiang Dabao was heartbroken when he saw his own people rushing up. He killed seven people in a row, and then met Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing showed no mercy to his old subordinates on the battlefield, and slashed his head with his sharp sword,
The force was so powerful that Jiang Dabao couldn't resist it, and in just ten rounds he was cut into two pieces with his sword.
Li Shitou in the distance was angry. He was not Jiang Dabao's subordinate. But when he saw the former Shangguan being so ruthless and unjust, he was so angry that he roared again and again. He aimed an arrow at Zhao Xing. The arrow in Zhao Xing's hand
The shield was directly blown to pieces by the feather arrows, and the swiftly moving feather arrows made a half-foot-long bloody gash under his ribs.
The injured Zhao Xing opened his eyes angrily. He opened his mouth and let out a howl. He jumped up to Li Shitou who was turning the winch in three steps. The young Dongyi man was not afraid and shot three arrows at him. Zhao
Xing casually grabbed a soldier beside him and blocked him in front of him. Then he struck with a sword, and with the sound of howls, two angry-eyed heads flew up, and blood spurted out, splashing all over his head and face.
The action involved the wound, Zhao Xing bared his teeth, dropped the body in his hands bitterly, and spat out a mouthful of blood at Li Shitou's head.
"Brothers, kill..."
More Lelang County soldiers came to the top of the city. They were so familiar with this place, far more familiar than the barbarians who were fighting on the top of the city, so that the defense of the left city wall collapsed faster.
Wang Kui, who was directing the battle on the right side of the city wall, remained calm in the face of danger. He pointed to the left and shouted: "Arrows and crossbows listen to orders, fire arrows, and shoot -"
A military prince brandished a spear and lifted up a prince's soldier who was killed. He then roared and threw the body out of the city wall. Then he rushed to the city gate tower in a few steps and faced the two hundred people hiding in the building.
Several crossbowmen shouted wildly: "Shoot, shoot to the left, shoot them to death..."
Zhao Xing thought he was sure of victory, and Pyongyang City was finally breached. Unexpectedly, ten feather arrows and a batch of sharp arrows and iron arrows fell from the sky. Suddenly, a large number of soldiers lay down on the left and right. Zhao Xing hurriedly picked up a shield and protected it.
Looking at himself, the soldiers behind him shouted: "General, leave quickly, let's withdraw..."
Zhao Xing ignored the shouts of the soldiers behind him, kicked away a corpse in front of him, raised his knife and shouted wildly: "Brothers, kill with me..."
This is Wang Kuai rushing over with dozens of swordsmen and axe-wielders.
The first thing Zhao Xing saw when he took away his shield was a dazzling battle ax coming towards him. His eyes were dazzled by the light of the axe, and he took two steps back in horror, swinging the knife wildly. "
When..." There was a loud noise, and the tiger's mouth cracked.
Zhao Xing felt a chill in his heart when he saw the murderous Wang Kui in front of him.
"Kill..." Wang Kui became furious and roared. He held the handle of the ax with both hands and struck again. Zhao Xing was frightened just now and could only block it with his sword before he could react.
"Dang..." With a sound, the sword shattered. The horror in his heart suddenly reached its peak. He opened his mouth and let out a scream, turned around and ran away.
Wang Kuai was so angry that he almost exploded. The battle ax struck again, and the moment it cut into Zhao Xing's vest, he was shot off by a long arrow. The flying arrow hit the ax blade accurately, and Wang Kuai
His hand deflected, and the ax blade chopped into Zhao Xing's armor, drawing a string of sparks diagonally. Zhao Xing chose his life, and retreated faster with lingering fear. Wang Kui could not catch up.
"Zhao Xing, I want to hack you to death..."
Pyongyang fell into a bitter battle. Wave after wave of siege troops kept attacking. It seemed that they could never finish killing them or retreat. At the same time, shadows of the Prince's Army also appeared at the east gate and west gate. Wang You was defeated.
The troops are divided, and the remaining strength on hand is getting smaller and smaller.
When the sun set in the west, there were only 200 people around Wang You.
"My lord, my lord! Koryo, Koryo people..." The team leader responsible for the security mission at the north gate suddenly came to the county governor's house and reported a shocking news.
What? Wang You stood up in shock. How could this happen? There are Lieshuiguan and Zhaoming County to the north of the county, but he didn't mobilize any troops from the border gates!
"Sir, they are Koreans. There is a huge area of darkness, all of which are cavalry. There are at least 50,000 cavalry——" The team leader couldn't believe it, but that was the fact.
Gesuwen's sword was waved, the horns were blasted, and the fifty thousand cavalrymen let out a thunderous roar. The army moved quickly, like a flood that burst a dike, surging and overwhelming, carrying smoke, dust and wind and thunder all over the sky, roaring all the way.
, the momentum is astonishing.
This is God’s love for Dagoryeo.
Ten years ago, the Japanese state was in chaos. Dagoryeo, which had been at war with the Japanese state for two hundred years, had a chance to recuperate. Now the people of the Central Plains are about to be in chaos, and the people of Qi are already in chaos. The people of Lu are rotten and old.
There is no force in the entire Northeast that can stop Dagoryeo.
The pale god protects Dagoryeo and gives him the opportunity to bulldoze the east corner and trample the Central Plains!
Gesu Wen's heart was trembling, and he was trembling with excitement. In the past seven hundred years of Goryeo, things that no king of the past had dared to imagine would come true in his own generation. What a majestic glory this is. A thousand years later, he will be famous among all Goryeos.
In people’s hearts, because he is the first Goryeo governor to set foot on the Central Plains!
With a loud shout, Gesuwen suddenly waved the riding whip in his hand. The riding whip made a crisp sound in the air. The war horse neighed and speeded up a bit.
Wang Kuai and his men were still fighting bloody battles on the south city tower.
Suddenly, the earth-shattering sound of war drums came from the direction of the North City Gate.
Wang Kui was shaken, and felt ecstatic in his heart. Did Mr. Wang let the soldiers and horses from Lieshuiguan pass back? Wang You had previously vowed not to mobilize the soldiers and horses at the border pass. At the most critical moment in Pyongyang City, it was General Qian himself who came to Lieshui Pass.
He came with his troops.
Wang Kuai laughed dumbly. How could he have thought that it was Lord Wang who dispatched the soldiers? This was impossible!
However, whether it was Wang You's troops or not, Wang Kui suddenly became more confident, raised his sword and shouted wildly: "Brothers, reinforcements are coming..., kill..."
The soldiers guarding the south gate had heard the movement at the north gate, and they immediately became energetic. They cheered and raised their arms and shouted: "Reinforcements, reinforcements are coming..."
In an instant, there were roars like a tide, and the counterattacks became stronger and stronger. The prince's army was shocked by the sudden morale of the defenders, and they retreated to the city one by one. Another attack ended in failure.
Li Hongchao stroked his beard. How dare Qian Xilong take the initiative to take a trip into this muddy water? Does he want to die? He frowned and ordered the soldiers behind him: "Ming Jin withdraws the troops. All units quickly reorganized their queues and prepared for battle."
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The defenders on the city wall were shouting and shouting loudly, with excited expressions, as if they had seen the enemy defeated and fled.
