Chapter 4: Choices (Part 5) The commander of the rebel archers is very experienced. Under his command, the arrows fired at the top of the city are evenly paced and the landing points are dense. Each wave of arrows can hit the city.
The head caused great damage, especially near the Weirang Road where the fighting was fiercest. The rebels' arrows could actually rise diagonally upwards, and then turn a perfect arc in mid-air, passing over their own brothers.
Crossed the city wall and smashed neatly on the heads of the defenders
The losses suffered by both the enemy and ourselves were heavy. From the time when the soldiers of both sides officially came into contact until now, it only took a few breaths. There were already more than a hundred corpses lying on the Weirang Road. And on the wall facing the Weirang Road, the defenders
There were also three waves of Yuwenshi and they kept sending out the soldiers hiding in the enemy tower, and they kept seeing the bodies of the brothers being carried into the enemy tower.
"Damn it, I didn't have a chance to set up a trap!" Yu Wenshiji muttered, wishing he could drag out the enemy archer commander and tear him in half alive.
"This person must be from the army of the Sui Dynasty!" Xuzi frowned and made this judgment on the general who commanded the rebel archers. According to Master Yang's notes, when Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, was training his troops, he was very concerned about generals, archery skills and soldiers.
His requirements for military commanders are completely different in terms of their shooting skills. The one who can shoot the head of a hare popping up from the ground within fifty steps is the best. However, his requirement for soldiers is that he can kill the most people in the shortest time and at the fastest speed.
The feather arrow shoots into the designated area of the general.
This requirement sounds puzzling, but when you see the scene in front of you, you will be greatly impressed by Yang Su's military skills. The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and it is impossible for the general to have time to designate targets for each archer. Therefore, he
He will judge the approximate distance between the enemy and himself, and then ask his soldiers to shoot all the feather arrows to that distance. Hundreds of feather arrows will be smashed down overwhelmingly. It does not need to be accurate at all. The density can make the enemy invincible.
Escape
Another round of feather arrows crashed down from mid-air, causing rubble on the city wall to fly. The moment Bai Yu took off, Xuzi saw a corner flag swaying behind the shield wall made of tree branches.
"There it is!" Xuzi bowed, pulled up the second feather arrow, aimed at the shield wall in front of the corner flag, shot it, then quickly bowed, pulled up the third feather arrow, and followed the same trajectory as the second feather arrow.
There was no wind when the heavy arrows were fired. The first arrow hit the shield wall silently, knocking the branch shield in front of the enemy general away. The second arrow followed and shot solidly into the chest of the person protected by the shield.
Xuzi threw down the three-stone bow. He did not have the strength to fire such a strong bow three times. In fact, there was no need for him to fire the third time. The enemy general who directed the archers to suppress the city fell on his back, and Ling Qi
He took off his hands and flew into the air, causing the archers to become confused.
"Pierce the oil drum and push it down from the city wall!" Yu Wenshiji and Xu Zi cooperated very well. Taking advantage of the pause between the enemy's arrows, they shouted the order
The spearmen thrust forward at the same time, forcing the armored infantry approaching the city head a few feet away. The soldiers in the back row rushed forward. The two men lifted a barrel filled with vegetable oil, stabbed it randomly with their daggers several times, and worked together to drain the oil.
Bucket smashed against Weirong Road
The "Gululu" oil barrel quickly rolled down the slope and knocked over several armored infantrymen, spilling vegetable oil all over the road. Several rebels who were about to rush to the battlements yelled curses. If they were not paying attention, they were sprinkled with vegetable oil again.
The bag of soil stumbled and slid to the ground along the edge of the fish beam road like a rolling gourd.
"Throw it again and make more holes!" Yu Wenshiji refused.
"The second batch of wooden barrels filled with vegetable oil were thrown off the city wall, knocking the armored infantry on the fish beam to stagger. The angry armored soldiers slashed with their swords, cutting huge holes in the barrels. The clear vegetable oil
It drips out, moistening the mud and sand used to pave the fish bridge like water, and the scent of oil is so fragrant that it makes people salivate.
The smell of blood was diluted, and the air was filled with the fragrance of vegetable oil. "Get out of the way!" In the astonished eyes of the enemy, Li Anyuan rushed out of the enemy tower with a rocket carried by his horn bow. When he let go, he shot the rocket into the weirway.
Immediately following the armored infantry, more than 20 veterans rushed out with rockets, shooting the Weirang Avenue into a fiery dragon.
The armored infantry who were charging forward had never encountered such a shameless tactic. They fled backwards in a chaotic manner, "adding fuel to the fire!" Yu Wenshiji shouted frantically that more oil barrels were punctured and rolled down the weirway, chasing him.
Follow the steps of the armored soldiers and draw the fire to them
The fighting stopped instantly. The rebels who were charging forward with the ladder stopped in shock. They watched helplessly as their elite armored infantry, equipped with equipment costing more than ten thousand dollars, rolled and struggled in the sea of fire. The bows and arrows that had just recovered from the blow of the leader's death
The hands opened their mouths wide, unable to judge whether the disasters that were coming one after another were demons or facts.
The defenders on the top of the city were also shocked. They did not expect the destructive power of the fire to be so powerful. Of the more than 300 armored infantry who approached the city wall, only a dozen people at the end of the team escaped safely, and the rest were all swept into the sea of fire.
Someone stumbled to the side of the weirway, jumped down and rolled off the armor stained with vegetable oil, but brought the flames to the oil puddle under the weirway, where another burst of flames was triggered.
There were more than 300 lucky armored infantrymen as the second echelon. They did not participate in the storming and lost their commander. They also lost their courage and reason after witnessing the tragic death of their companions. They stood at the end of the Weirang Road one by one, leaning on their shields and holding their knives.
No matter how hard the drums are beating behind them, no one is willing to move even half a step forward.
"Continue to attack, continue to attack, put out the fire with sand and earth!" A golden-armored general riding a war horse rushed to the city with dozens of guards, and used a whip to wake up the stunned rebel soldiers as if they had just woken up from a nightmare.
The incoming rebel soldiers let out a scream and rushed towards the city wall in a chaotic manner.
Infantrymen carrying soil ran forward from the enemy's main position and tried to use sand and soil to extinguish the fire on the Weirang Road. However, the fire was too strong and their actions failed to achieve obvious results for a while. General Jin Jia angrily shouted at the city wall.
Running down and down, directly giving orders to various low-level generals. Under his supervision, the ladder began to move forward again, the flow of people began to squirm forward again, and the archers behind the shield wall began to shoot white feathers towards the city head again. It was just the rhythm of all the movements.
They all slowed down, and the shouts of death were no longer as powerful as before.
Xuzi grabbed the ordinary walking bow, put the armor-piercing arrow on the bow arm again and flew the long arrow towards the golden armored general. However, it missed because of the running of the war horse. The whistling sound caused by the feathered arrow startled the man.
Quickly looking towards the enemy tower, he hit his horse and ran out of the attack range of the feather arrow.
"This man is Han Shihe. If you had just shot him to death, we would have won half of today's battle!" Yu Wenshiji stepped forward, pointed at the golden-armored general, and shouted loudly
Li Xu answered with a wry smile. Yuwen Shiji fired his strong bow three times in a very short period of time. His arms are still weak. Otherwise, the last arrow would not have gone astray.
The first batch of ladders were set up on the top of the city. The rebels braved rolling logs and rocks to climb up quickly. Several brave defenders leaned out from the battlements and tried to pull up the ladders with hooks, but were defeated one by one by the rebel archers.
shoot to death
"Can you send someone to use rockets to destroy the shield wall?" Li Xu pointed at the shield wall of tree branches used by the enemy under the city to protect the archers, and shouted at Yu Wenshiji
"What did you say, Rocket, let me think about it!" Yuwen Shiji covered his ears with his hands. After responding for a moment, he began to order people to collect cloth strips, the general's cloak, the soldier's sleeves, trousers, and everything around that could be pulled off.
He collected all the emergency Gebu. Then, he took a bucket of vegetable oil, moistened the cloth strips, and ordered people to wrap the oil cloth strips on the arrows, and distributed them to the archers one by one.
Rockets began to be fired from each crenel, and they were nailed to the enemy's shield wall under the city one after another, causing a puff of light smoke. The shield made of tree branches was not fireproof. The enemy's shield hand was panicked. He took out his weapon from behind the shield and beat away the light smoke desperately.
But it gradually became thicker. As the number of rockets hitting the shield increased, the flames finally started to rise.
The shirtless shield-bearers dropped their "torches" one after another, and their naked upper bodies froze on the spot. They immediately attracted the attention of the defenders on the city. Countless feather arrows flew towards their chests, whistling "My
Mother!" The shirtless men screamed, turned around and ran away, overwhelming the archers' team.
"Go around, go around and gather 200 steps away. Our formation will send shields soon!" Han Shihe's nose was turned upside down by the performance of the soldiers. Under the protection of several guards, he rode his horse to intercept the escaper Li
Xu raised his bow and aimed at Han Shihe's neck. Before the arrow could be released, a guard had blocked his sight. He pointed the tip of the arrow down and aimed at Han Shihe's chest. The target soon became the guard's shield and pointed the bow at him.
Adjusting the angle of her arm slightly, Xuzi let go of the bow string, and the armor-piercing arrow flew across the battlefield like a meteor, and plunged straight into the neck of the war horse.
Han Shihe's figure suddenly disappeared from the battlefield, and dozens of guards surrounded him at the same time. "Han Shihe was hit by an arrow, Han Shihe was hit by an arrow!" Zhang Xiu shouted loudly in the enemy tower. Then, Zhou Daniu and Li Xu's guards shouted in unison.
He shouted and spread the news to the ears of everyone on the battlefield.
The rebels' attack stalled again. Almost everyone looked towards the position where Han Shihe fell. Taking this opportunity, the defenders on the top of the city raised their hooks and pulled the ladder they had just set up to the side as hard as they could. The ladder was reluctant.
The ground creaked in protest, then collapsed.
"Set fire, set fire!" Yu Wenshiji ordered loudly
The vegetable oil that had been placed on various sections of the city wall was poured down. The defenders dropped fire starters from the top of the city, and ignited the corpses under the city, the ladders, and the wounded soldiers who had no time to escape. Thick smoke billowed up.
, the screams are endless
"General Han is not dead, General Han is not dead, everyone, don't be fooled, don't be fooled!" Han Shihe's guards shouted in unison, trying to stabilize the morale of the army. The enemy is too despicable. From the beginning of the fight between the two sides to now, they have not used a single move to win the battle, but these are the only ones.
The shameful trick was so effective that it allowed him to seize Hulao with his backhand. General Han, who had two dangerous city gates in Xingyang, could do nothing to the uninsurable Liyang City.
"My general is still here!" Han Shihe walked out from the surrounding guards, raised his sword and shouted. As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow flew over with a "whoosh!" and splashed a stream of dust at his feet. The guards rushed forward,
Surrounded the shield Han Shihe, hugged him, and slowly retreated.
Li Xu put down his bow regretfully. The arrow was not shot by him. Someone jumped first and Han Shihe turned his head. He happened to see Zhou Daniu holding up his walking bow and putting another armor-piercing arrow on the arm of the bow. "Don't waste your time."
, use ordinary arrows to shoot nearby targets!" Li Xu quickly reminded, "Oh!" Zhou Daniu, who was still in excitement, turned around after hearing this, put down the armor-piercing arrows apologetically, and hid at the junction of the watchtower and the city wall.
"Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang!" A clear gong sounded from the enemy's main line. Li Mi withdrew all his soldiers, their morale was greatly depressed. There was too much fire under the city wall. There was no point in continuing the first wave of attacks. He
He is not a foolhardy warrior, he knows how to adjust the offensive rhythm.
"Let the reserve team come up and replace the soldiers who guarded the city this morning and go down to eat!" Li Xu put down his bow and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Sobbing could be heard from various sections of the west city wall. Many of the soldiers who were forcibly incorporated into the Xiongwu Camp were from the same hometown. They had played with each other since childhood. Last time, everyone had a chance to escape death together. After a few days of good times, they were pulled back again.
to death
"Carry the deceased down and put him in the empty courtyard until the enemy troops retreat, so that he can be buried alive!" Yu Wenshiji sighed and ordered in a low voice.
This order made many soldiers cry even more sadly, almost turning into howling, "What's the shout, what's the shout, no one will die in a war!" The junior officers shouted loudly and suppressed the crying. Everyone stood up sobbing and carried the
My fellow villagers and companions walked through the small gates between the city sections and walked along the horse path to the city. The brothers in charge of food brought steaming white rice and stewed horse meat. The soldiers picked up the bowls and picked up the whole life with chopsticks.
I have never tasted something delicious but I can’t put the food in my mouth
"Eat, this battle is still going on!" A "veteran" of the Xiongwu Camp who had just become a team leader patted the new soldier in front of him and comforted him.
"Still fighting?" The new soldier's eyes widened with tears and he made a silent protest. "Why not fight?" He lowered his head and muttered in a low voice, "There is no injustice or enmity!"
"You think I want to fight! If they hadn't rebelled, I wouldn't have made many military exploits in Liaodong!" The veteran put down his job and cursed bitterly.
The new soldier lowered his head and stopped talking. He didn't understand what the captain said. He knew that when the crops were growing in the fields, Master Yang said that the master had rebelled and asked everyone to serve as soldiers to eliminate traitors for the country. Then the traitors turned into
The current emperor's charges were written on a large piece of paper, and they all rhymed. Unfortunately, he couldn't understand a single word. Then he became a righteous man, led by Master Yuan to defend Liyang. Then Master Yuan became a rebel and was killed.
The officers and soldiers in front of me caught him and beheaded him. Then my identity changed from a rebel to an officer, and the enemy I faced changed from a righteous to a rebel. The whole person became confused. It was just the commander.
The promises are getting better and better, and there are more and more dead people around me.
"Anyway, if you persist for another day and a half and get the rice alive, it will be a victory!" The veteran polished off the rice and meat in the bowl, put down his chopsticks, and confessed the truth.
"Get the rice while alive!" The recruit wiped his tears and swallowed the piece of meat whole. He promised to get the rice. Mr. Yuan also said it, but if he dies, the promise can no longer be kept. Now, this group of people can fulfill their promise.
Recently, I have to live on no matter what, until the moment when my promise is fulfilled.
"Xu Zi, believe it or not, after this battle, our Xiongwu Camp will become an elite that can dominate the world!" Yu Wenshiji put down his chopsticks, pointed at the veterans and new soldiers who were walking back to the city wall one after another, and whispered.
"Ah, elite!" Li Xu, who was immersed in eating, almost choked. He hesitated and asked that the elite in his mind was the tiger and horse cavalry mentioned by Bu Xiaowei. They have been galloping on the fort for many years, and his subordinates have only been on the battlefield for a few days.
How can the new recruits compare? However, after being reminded by Yu Wenshiji, Xu Zi really felt that the soldiers in front of him had changed. Most of them looked blank and lifeless. At the moment, there was still not much life in these people.
, but with a strong murderous aura
"This will be the foundation for the two of us to gain a foothold in the court!" Yu Wenshiji looked at the groups of loyal and brave soldiers, silently thinking that without the support of the family, it would be good to have a family completely under his control. With this
Strong team, don’t worry about not being able to make achievements