After a journey of 1,700 miles, the Hedong Army returned with prisoners. Yanran Mountain, which had been silent for twenty days, was boiling again.
All the caves were once again filled with the sick and wounded.
The snow outside has stopped, but the weather is getting colder. Even Zhu Biao, who does not use his internal strength to protect his body, feels that the north wind is like an ice knife.
It's not snowing, it's snowing, and it's the same here. Of course, the word "cold" is relative. The cold wind is howling, and whether it's snowing or melting, the sky on the prairie is bone-chillingly cold.
The snow was more than a foot thick, and it reached up to the calf when one stepped on it. It was very strenuous for the carriage to drive in such snow, and the speed was greatly affected. But the time has entered March, and March is the coldest winter.
On the long prairie, it’s time for new green grass to bloom, and it’s time for winter to turn to spring. The weather below won’t get any colder. As soon as the snow melts, spring will officially arrive.
In the next half month on the grassland, the melting permafrost and melting snow will turn the grassland into a quagmire. If you step on it, it will turn into mud up to your ankles. So Zhu Biao just wants to
There was no time to waste in resting and recuperating in Yanran Mountain. He had to lead his army back to the Hedong territory before the grassland thawed.
"Creak, creak..."
"Creak, creak..."
Yanran Mountain was only bustling for two days. After the busy traffic left, the mountain returned to silence. There was no Hu Qi riding around, and they wanted to avoid Zhu Biao no matter how far away they were.
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Narrow road in Yinshan Mountain.
"How is the construction going?" Gao Xie looked at the open area on the top of the mountain, where a group of craftsmen and soldiers were hurriedly working, and turned to his captain.
"General, thirteen iron pulley chassis have been built, and about half of them will be finished tonight." The captain looked at the group of busy craftsmen with a sigh on his face, and said to Gao Xie with lingering fear, "I have heard for a long time.
But this is the first time I’ve really seen the name of this thing. It’s too vicious. If it were hit, even top masters wouldn’t leave a whole body behind.”
It weighs several thousand kilograms, and then it roars down the mountain, leaving a trail of blood and killing anyone who gets it.
Gao Xie didn't say anything, and looked up at a vehicle chassis not far away that was six to seven feet wide and more than ten feet long. The bearings were all made of iron rods.
Strong and tough pear wood, inlaid with iron rivets. The body is heavy and strong. There are hobs clamped on the wheel axles and wheels, and a row of knife walls are inserted in the front of the car. There are also weights in the carriage. It is really unbeatable even by experts.
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"Iron pulley, whether you can win the battle first or not depends entirely on you!" Gao Xie secretly said to himself. These iron pulleys being built on the top of the mountain are the weapons that will make a good start in the coming battle.
Izumokou is blocked. Hu Qi want to cross Yinshan Mountain, so they have to take other trails. In fact, the only way for more than 20,000 Huqi in the south of Yinshan Mountain to return to their "home" is through those Yinshan trails. To the east
On the other side, at the junction of the Northern Han Dynasty and the Chen Kingdom, apart from the dangers of the mountains and rivers, the hundreds of thousands of Central Plains Allied Forces who were ready to attack were not able to pass through the more than 20,000 Huqi. They simply could not leap from the Northern Han Dynasty to the Chen Kingdom and then surrender.
city.
Don't look at the wide area at the entrance of the narrow road. That was just the beginning of Hu Qi's army's hardships on their journey. From wide to narrow, the crossing was less than ten miles south of the camp where Gao Xie was stationed.
Suddenly, the north-south width changed from three or four miles to about a hundred feet. Further to the north, the road was covered with fallen rocks, and the width would gradually become narrower, eventually reaching less than ten feet.
With only 5,000 infantry in hand, Gao Xie didn't expect to keep all the Hu cavalry. But if he peeled off a layer of his skin, he would kill at least 20 to 30% of his troops. That's what he thought.
This was the main purpose of Gao Xie's battle. The military orders he received from the Nahu camp gave him considerable confidence in success.
The next day, the clatter of horse hooves sounded in front of the narrow passage.
Without doubting his presence, more than 25,000 barbarians rode into the narrow passage. They did not expect that there would be a Han army ambushing them in front of them.
Hudu, Qiulin, and Xubu, all the remaining Eagle Eagles from the three ten thousand horses, stayed outside to guard against the attack of the Hedong Army's Dysfront. Some of the red-robed mages following the army did not find anything amiss in the narrow passage.
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More than 25,000 Hu Qi marched unsuspectingly toward the north of Yinshan Mountain.
"It's their turn to seek death——"
Gao Xie, who was rewarded, smiled ferociously.
Countless Hu cavalry were searching under the hilltop, but their speed was much slower than the galloping horses on the grassland. Moreover, to the south of the hilltop, as far as the eye could see were black war horses. Listen carefully and hear all the horses.
It's the whinnying of a horse.
A horseman with at least two horses will have more people and more horses. Because the speed of the advance suddenly stops, the number of people and horses following behind will increase.
One thousand, two thousand, three thousand...eight thousand, nine thousand, ten thousand...
Like a gentleman crossing the river, groups of cavalry shouted and left. They didn't stop for an hour, and half of the people and horses had passed by.
On the top of the hill, the ambush was still indifferent. The leading army commander was not anxious at all. This was the first hurdle for him, so there was nothing to be anxious about. Besides, he had few soldiers and weak strength, so even if he blocked too many, he wouldn't be able to take them.
Whatever you do, you must act within your ability. The goal of Army Sima is just to shave off a layer of skin from Hu Qi's tail.
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Izumoguchi North Castle.
After a night's attack, Hu Qi took a short rest the next day. Zhi Zhulandu came again with his troops to kill.
With shouts like landslides and earth shattering, accompanied by the cover of cavalry and archery, the Hu soldiers who had been waiting for a long time pushed their equipment and swarmed toward the city head again.
Pieces of black and brown, and pieces of human heads. Like wild horses, the floods from the bursting of the embankments swarmed towards Beicheng. The sun shone on Hu Bing's ferocious face. Now everyone here, not only them but also Hedong at the head of the city.
The eyes of all the soldiers and soldiers were filled with endless murderous intent.
Roar!……Roar!!!
Almost as soon as the first wave of Hu soldiers rushed to the front of the city, the rear line of Hu cavalry roared like wolves again. Another group of thousands of cavalry rushed towards the offensive and defensive battlefield where Zheng Lie was fighting. They would be a hundred steps away in front of the city.
Dismount, then take over the former army, which suffered many casualties, and continue the attack.
In front of the Hu Qi formation, Zhi Zhulan looked back leisurely, staring at the city with cold eyes, and a ferocious sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Li Panlong's usually gentle and even somewhat oily face is now solemn and solemn, with sharp edges and corners. His eyes are as bright as stars, and their eyes are full of coldness and chill. Just one look at them can make people feel like they are entering a world of ice and snow.
In it, there is endless silence and endless abyss.
Amid the deafening shouts of killing, two thousand Hu soldiers swarmed in. From the top of the city, they looked like a black mass of ants, crowding to the foot of the tattered city wall of the North City.
Boom boom boom——
This was the sound of ladders being erected on the wall. Dozens of ladders were erected almost at the same time. Then they leaned heavily against the city wall. The first two inverted iron hooks on the ladders firmly grasped the inner wall of the city wall. Although Hu Bing
The ladder truck used is the simplest city ladder, but with this move, it is difficult for the city defenders to move away the ladder. All they can use is to connect the upper part of the ladder with swords and axes.
Cut off the barbed wooden frame.
At the same time, dozens of Hu soldiers with thick shields on their heads and wearing heavy armor were also guarding a ramming truck as it rolled over. When the sharp and heavy ramming wood hit the broken city wall again and again,
, there will be a violent roar inside and outside the city gate.
Li Panlong's raised right arm waved forward fiercely. A roar like thunder resounded across the city: "Brothers, kill the thief——"
Kill kill kill——
The more than a thousand Hedong troops on the city roared at the top of their lungs, and hundreds of crossbowmen rained down cold arrows on the heads of the Hu soldiers below the city.
As the Hu soldiers approached, the more than 2,000 Hu soldiers in front of the city finally stopped firing a hail of arrows. Hu soldiers were crowded under the city wall, and the crossbowmen guarding the towers did not even need to
To take aim, just point the bow and arrow downwards and shoot an arrow casually. It will hit the enemy soldier 10 times out of 10.
"ah--"
"Uh-"
Desolate howls resounded endlessly. Hu soldiers were hit by arrows one by one under the city, and sergeants fell down one by one from the ladder. The painful wails resounded over the entire northern city.
But Hu Bing's offensive did not stop because of this. The belief of Zizhu Landu is stronger than steel. Hu Bing has attacked the city like this too many times before. Hu Bing would not stop in the past, and Hu Bing still will not stop now. Dozens of them
The ladder was soon filled with brave soldiers who were not afraid of death. After these warriors on horseback got off their horses, their brave characters did not change, but their combat power was really... reduced too much. It can be seen with the naked eye.
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Hu Bing holds a sharp blade in his mouth and climbs up using his hands and feet. There are very few people who can hold up a shield with one hand and climb the ladder with the other hand. Therefore, the lethality of the crossbow at the top of the city is quite good.
On top of the city.
From the first moment when the Hu soldiers surged in, the swordsmen, spearmen, swordsmen, etc. of the Hedong Army guarding the city felt like they were standing in front of the battlements as soon as the melee combat units were deployed. The archers and crossbowmen tried their best to move down to kill the enemy, and the spearmen and so on.
, the large swordsman cooperates with the short-soldiers such as the swordsman, the swordsman and the axe, taking care of both the near and far.
Li Panlong's military orders were delivered in an orderly manner. Although there were only a thousand Hedong troops at the top of Beicheng, they had a tacit understanding to form small teams from both near and far. Their skillful cooperation allowed many Hu soldiers who worked hard to climb up to the top of the city.
Before he could even take a look at the situation at the top of the city, or even put the sharp blade in his hand into his hand, he was already drinking blood and dying.
Swords of light danced and shone at the top of the city, and spears stabbed in the air at the top of the city————
Puff——
The strong axe-hand hurriedly waved the sharp ax in his hand, hacking at the barbs of the ladder one after another. Each ups and downs brought up bursts of sawdust——
"Ah - ha -" As the barb fell, more than a dozen spears and spears hit a cloud system in unison. All the troops exerted their strength in unison, and one after another amidst the bursts of exclamations of the Hu soldiers
A ladder was pushed open.
These ladders usually have two results. One is that the sergeants of the Hedong Army work together to push the ladder smoothly. If you are lucky, the ladder truck below will only crack the city head for a distance, and you can continue to push it forward.
Secondly, the Hedong Army was "out of strength". After pushing the ladder a few feet away, it was "unable" to continue. At that time, it could only retract its guns at the same time. The ladder truck tilted back at an angle of twenty or thirty degrees.
With a sudden force release, the heavy ladder body was thrown forward heavily. There would be no problem with the body of the ladder truck, but the ladder on top of the vehicle hit the ladder on the city wall heavily——
The final result was not that a group of Hu soldiers fell down from the ladder like dumplings, and ordinary people could not bear the huge repulsive force. It was that the ladder suddenly broke into two parts after falling and smashing, and the Hu soldiers clinging to it
More dumplings fell down.
Every time a chorus of shouts came from the top of the city, a ladder truck would be unlucky.
There were as few as five or six, as many as ten or twenty. The Hu soldiers who climbed on the ladder fell one by one from mid-air. They were seriously injured even if they were not dead. Those who fell headlong to death were also good, but those who were pitiful were
They were seriously injured but still managed to survive for a while, and screams came from their mouths. The sense of desolation and despair penetrated the heart and lungs more deeply than the cries of others——
"Ouch-ouch——"
A burst of crazy shouts came from the city. Li Panlong carefully stretched out his head to take a look, but there were dozens more Hu soldiers coming to the city with a ramming truck. The Hu soldiers pushing the cart were howling crazily.
Vent the excitement in your heart.
The ram was extremely heavy, but compared to the several wells that were still lagging behind, its speed was already fast enough. Within two and a quarter hours of the start of the battle, three rams had arrived.
I have taken up my position. I am about to work hard for my 'mission'.
"Kerosene - kerosene -" Li Panlong shouted loudly, and he picked up a big stone from the top of the city and threw it down.
After several days of continuous shooting, Zhi Zhulan had experts climb up the mountain and throw rocks down to smash some of them. The Thunderbolt Cars in the North City had been completely worn out.
The Hedong Army was short of fire oil, and Beicheng's reserves had been used up 60-70%.
There were so many stones and stone bullets thrown by the Thunderbolt Car before. Many of the stones and stone bullets were processed twice. Not only the stones, but also the stone bullets themselves were sprinkled with enough kerosene and wrapped around them.
Some hemp ropes, igniting a little fire, they will turn into fire bombs when shot out.
Therefore, the kerosene consumption was extremely high. There was originally a lot of kerosene, but within a few days only one-third was left.
"Dong - dong dong -" Another ram hit the city wall heavily. Hu Bing, who was operating the ramming truck, would definitely be disturbed by the Hedong Army on the city gate, but even so, Li Panlong could feel the pressure under his feet.
The city wall shook more and more violently.
"Damn it..." He cursed fiercely in his heart, and then shouted loudly, "Use a stone, hit me hard with a stone. Where is the kerosene? Keep throwing it down-"
A few clusters of sparks hit the city car, but they saw a ball of flames suddenly rising from under the city gate. It illuminated dozens of steps outside the city gate as bright as day, and several Hu soldiers who were affected by the disaster were instantly swallowed up by the rolling flames.
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The Hu soldiers who were still alive for a while kept rolling and struggling in the sea of fire. They kept making bursts of extremely miserable howls, which was terrifying to hear. There were even two Hu soldiers covered in fire and carrying blazing fire.
Li Huo crashed directly into the group of Hu soldiers on the side, and was quickly hacked to death by two of his own men.
Cans of kerosene continued to fall on the city, and dozens of rockets fell from the towers. The kerosene splashed all over the ground and burned fiercely. The flames soon swallowed up hundreds of soldiers and more than a dozen ladders, and the scorching heat
In the flames, Hu Bing, who was still breathing, was wailing miserably. He struggled desperately, and the sound was transmitted clearly.
In front of the Hu Qi formation, the corners of Zizhu Landu's mouth twitched violently, feeling sorry for the dead soldiers. But when his eyes passed over the dozens of ladder trucks and moved to the three ones that were burning with fire but kept colliding with each other.
When the car hit the city, it was like a ball of flame exploding in the deep starry eyes!
Fire can destroy a ladder truck, but it cannot easily destroy a rammer. The thick layer of silt covering the top is enough to make the rammer remain calm in the fire.
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"Dang Dang, Dang Dang..."
In the big tent, Zhu Biao continued to study what he had captured in the Battle of Dragon City. These extraterrestrial meteorites with a texture of 99%... Order.
"Is it the same thing as the Holy Fire Token?" With a texture of 99 points, I really can't imagine how the barbarians cast it in the first place.
On one side are densely engraved ghostly inscriptions, and on the other side are engraved portraits...
"Brother Six—" Zhu Zhong and Zhu Tong strode into the tent. But what was strange was that they both had scimitars on their waists.
"How are you practicing your sword skills? Can you incorporate them into the "Blood Sword Sutra"?"
"What a ghost, it's a million miles away." Zhu Zhong sat down next to Zhu Biao, his face full of exhaustion.
After breaking into Dragon City, the gains in honor, materials, and prisoners are one thing, and the gains in martial arts are another. One side cannot be shown to the public!
Zhu Biao now has five meteorite iron tokens, three meteorite iron scrolls, a square tripod, and seventeen statues of different materials and shapes in his hands. Each square token, iron scroll, square tripod, and statue have
It records one or more martial arts, all of which are at the level of extraordinary skills.
Although the words engraved on the tokens, iron scrolls, square tripods and several statues were all in ghostly script that he did not recognize, this further confirmed their preciousness from one aspect.
Zhu Zhong and Zhu Tong's current strength is stuck at the level of 89. He has top-level internal skills and mental skills, and unique external skills and sword skills. It can be said that it will be easy to reach level 90 in the future. The only thing they lack now is the accumulation of time.
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However, what they lack most is the time to settle. They, the Zhu family, do not have that time to settle and accumulate.
If they want to break through quickly, Zhu Biao can certainly help them, and a pill is enough. However, the future of Zhu Zhong and Zhu Tong is not that of Yuantong, Yan Qing and other masters who have been forced to do so. They have always relied on themselves to a large extent.
The two people who have overcome the bottleneck with their understanding will be innate masters in the future. This is what Zhu Biao expected of them.
Therefore, whether it was 69 breaking 70 or 79 breaking 80, Zhu Biao did not reach out to help. Zhu Zhong and Zhu Tong relied on their own understanding to break through. This time, Zhu Biao also did not reach out. And these two wanted to break through as soon as possible.
People, they came up with the idea of "drawing conclusions by analogy".
"The effect... seems to have no effect..."
"The thing in this world is persistence. If you continue to make this choice, then continue to persist. Unless you want to give up -" (To be continued. If you like this work, (.) vote for recommendation, monthly vote
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