Chapter 4 Choices (Part 7) The bow in his hand was just an ordinary walking bow. Li Xu was not sure he would show mercy to the two old friends. The tip of the arrow trembled in front of his eyes. He aimed at Niu Jinda, a charlatan standing outside the enemy's ranks.
Before he could release his fingers, Niu Jinda's body suddenly swayed and disappeared into the rushing crowd.
Xuzi suddenly felt relieved. Although he knew that Niu Jinda and the long-handled, thick-backed three-ring knife in his hand might appear at the city wall in a quarter of an hour, he still didn't want to let Lao Niu lose his life.
With his hand, he quickly took a breath and turned the bow and arrow towards the profiteer Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang, who was walking outside the queue, seemed to have a premonition. His body quickly retracted into the soldiers. After that, Xu Zi had to let go of his hand and shot with an arrow.
A strong man carrying a giant tree was hit. The handsome man screamed and fell down. The giant tree let go, tripping five or six people around it.
Arrows flew out one after another from the enemy tower and the city wall on the side of the Weirang Road, shooting down more than a dozen rebel soldiers. The formation marching on the Weirang Road was a bit chaotic, but it soon returned to normal without being shot.
The people who were killed lifted the huge tree from the pool of blood. The heavy armored infantry walking in the front row erected a moving wall with their shields. More than 300 strong men with different armors shouted in unison and raised it high.
Weapons in hand...
The next moment, Niu Jinda reappeared in Xuzi's sight. Before Xuzi could put the arrow on the string, his body disappeared into the crowd again. He and Zhang Liang had already passed Wu Heitai's scolding and knew that Xuzi was on the tower.
The arrow that killed a man a hundred steps away on the grassland had already left a deep impression on the two heroes. They didn't want to be carried down before they got close to the city, so when organizing the attack, they tried their best not to let anyone go.
Make yourself an obvious target
Li Xu no longer had time to deliberately look for targets. The enemy troops were coming up too fast. He needed to cause death as quickly as possible. Another man carrying a huge tree fell under his arrows, and then, a lifter
Asahi, the dead man with a wooden ax, quickly bent his bow and shot another guy holding a double-headed short spear, but the armor he wore was obviously a treasure. The armor-piercing arrow only hit half of the arrow, and was killed by the armor.
The inner padding blocked it. "Ahhh-uh!" The spear-wielder cut off the arrow with his hands, raised half of the arrow shaft and roared towards the city in demonstration. Asahi quickly shot another arrow, this time hitting the man's head.
throat
The armored warriors holding giant shields approached the city wall again. Instead of climbing up, they quickly dispersed the heavy giant trees to both sides of the team. Finally, the heavy trees came in handy. Several rebels worked together to put one end of the giant trees on the city wall.
At this moment, two or three strong men carrying timber were shot down, but the rebels in the back row stepped on their bodies and ran over, braving the cold arrows on the city wall, and put another giant log on the top of the city.
Two huge logs formed a perfect inclined bridge between the city wall and the Weirang Avenue. The third huge log had already been raised, but the armored infantry couldn't wait any longer. They jumped onto the wooden bridge and rushed up the slope to the top of the city.
, and then those guys with different armors shouted, like a pack of wolves pounced on their prey. For a moment, more than 30 rebels rushed up. Some of them shouted, pointing their swords to the north, and everyone immediately turned around.
, quickly rush towards the enemy tower
"Well done!" Yuwenshiji led a group of brothers to meet him, and the two sides immediately started a fierce battle. The group of guys with various armors and weapons who rushed towards them were in an irregular formation, but they were all very skilled. Yuwenshiji quickly stabbed them with his long spear.
Two opponents died, and the guards around them also fell at the same time. Two neat formations immediately appeared. A gap appeared. The rebel warriors immediately seized this fleeting opportunity and rushed forward regardless of life and death.
The formation they formed was shattered into pieces.
Along the slope made of giant trees, more dead rebel soldiers came up. Some of them were shot by cold arrows. The moment they fell, they pounced on Yuwen Shiji's bodyguards, hugging them and falling down the city wall together. Some were carrying them.
Weapons were fighting one against two at the top of the small city, but they didn't lose at all.
"You're plundering the formation here!" Li Xu shot the last armor-piercing arrow and threw the rifle bow to Scholar Zhang Xiuyu. He couldn't hold it anymore. The group of dead soldiers who were leading the battle behind the armored infantry were all dead.
The desperadoes were heroes from the martial arts field hired by Li Mi and Yang Xuangan with huge sums of money. The two armies lined up to fight. These people were of little use. They were able to catch and kill each other in a small space. However, these people's killing experience was far greater than that of the brothers in the Xiongwu Camp.
Sophisticated
A strong man holding a thick-backed machete rushed up. Xuzi took half a step forward. The moment the opponent just raised his arm, he stabbed his throat with a black knife. He turned around quickly, and the force of the black knife turning along his body came from
The enemy's throat was pulled out, and blood spurted out like a fountain, disturbing the sight of another rebel. Asahi's black knife was swept against the man's neck, and the head and iron helmet were swept into the air.
"Kill him, kill him!" Xuzi heard the enemy shouting, and then more people rushed towards him. The brothers around him fell one after another, making him suddenly break into the enemy's encirclement.
The enemies in front did not have time to retreat on the flanks. There were people rushing over from directly in front and diagonally behind with weapons raised high.
Zhou Daniu chopped down his opponent, rushed forward, and used an iron shield to protect Li Xu's flank. An ax and a horizontal knife struck at the same time, making Zhou Daniu's arms numb. "Ah——" Zhou Daniu
He screamed at the top of his lungs, but refused to give up his duty. He cried, holding the shield with both hands, and squeezed outward with all his strength. Suddenly, he felt the pressure in front of him lighten, and one enemy disappeared from his eyes. Another person looked at him in horror.
His mouth was so open that he could see the small wattles in his throat. Zhou Daniu knew the reason for the enemy's panic. He continued to push forward with both hands, and then kicked out from under the shield. This was a dirty trick used in group fights on the road. It was still used in front of the two armies.
A huge resistance came from the front of the iron-coated boots, and the enemy soldiers screamed and fell down the city wall on their backs.
"Protect the general, protect the general!" Team Zhou was shouting at the soldiers. He no longer had time to count how many enemies he had killed. He was the leader of the soldiers, and his food, clothing and accommodation were usually higher than those of other teams, but if
Watching the general die in battle in front of the two armies, according to military law, he and all the soldiers must be buried.
More brothers from the Xiongwu Camp wanted to rush out of the enemy tower to fight, but the narrow city wall could not accommodate more people. One of the enemy soldiers fell, and a new man immediately swarmed up on the fish beam road to take his place. One of the defenders fell.
Next, both sides will have to go through a lot of fighting in order to gain a foothold.
"Protect the Lord Supervisor, protect the Lord Supervisor!" Yu Wenxin's shout was as hoarse as Zhou Daniu's. The situation of their team was worse than that of Li Xu's team. Since the formation was crowded out by the enemy, the generals fell into fighting on their own.
In this situation, everyone has good skills, but the enemy's fighting style is too cruel, almost exchanging lives for lives. The generals of the Yuwen family are not adaptable to this desperate fighting style, and people are chopped down or pushed down the city wall one after another. Yuwen Shiji's side
The sky is getting thinner and empty, the enemy troops are pushing forward, and Changshu can no longer exert its power...
Yu Wenxin threw his spear and shot an enemy soldier who was coming towards him. He leaned over and picked up a ring-headed knife. He hacked the other opponent to death and then quickly moved towards Yu Wenshiji, trying to replace it with his own weapon.
Before Yu Wenshi and the Changshan in his hand could wait for the master and servant to approach each other, several dead rebels roared and rushed towards them.
Yuwenshi shook his spear and stabbed one of them in the chest. "Ah--" The rebel soldier howled loudly, dropped his weapon, and held the pole with both hands. Yuwenshi raised his wrist and lowered his elbow, trying to throw away the dying man.
The enemies who came out to surround them seized the opportunity that their companions had bought with their lives. The double-edged broadsword pressed against the pole and quickly slid towards Yuwenshi and his wrist.
Yu Wenshi and Qi Li raised their legs and kicked the enemy's crotch. He felt that he heard the sound of eggs breaking and saw the desperado holding a broad sword vomiting blood. But the desperado did not fall and opened his arms.
, hugged Yuwen Shiji's shoulders, and then, Bai Sensen's glowing red teeth opened and closed, biting his throat.
Yuwenshiji tilted his head, and his neck escaped from the wolf's mouth at the critical moment. The other party quickly turned his head, and his teeth caught a piece of flesh on the edge of Yuwenshi and the neck guard. The heartbreaking pain made Yuwenshiji scream loudly, and he
He turned his body and tried to throw his opponent off the city wall, but his opponent tightly held his shoulders and immediately clamped his legs, tightly blocking his waist.
"Save me—!" Yuwen Shiji shouted, clenching his fists with both hands, and punching the enemy's back with such force that the biter's internal organs were injured. Blood flowed from the person's nostrils, ears, and eyes, but the teeth and
But his limbs seemed to be glued to Yu Wenshi and his body, refusing to let go.
Yu Wenxin was still entangled with others, and other Xiongwuying brothers also fell into a hard struggle. After a few breaths, Yu Wenshiji felt that his footsteps began to falter, and all his strength was flowing rapidly down his neck. "Help me!" Yuwen Shiji exclaimed in horror.
He had thought of countless ways to die for himself, including drinking to death, drowning in a river, and being assassinated by assassins hired by enemies of the Yuwen family. But he never thought that he would be killed at the end of a battle.
bite people alive
"I hope father won't make things difficult for Asahi because of this!" The next moment, Yu Wenshiji, who was extremely desperate, moved his legs that were already weak, and got closer to the inner city wall. There were no sandbags on the side, so it would be relatively easy to jump down and the things floating on his face would
When he smiled, the enemy's head suddenly flew into the air
"Poof!" Yu Wenshi could see nothing except a patch of red. He felt someone pulling his shoulders and took a few steps back. He stretched out his hand to wipe away the blood in front of his eyes. He turned around and saw Li Xu waving a black knife.
, blocked the two rebel soldiers who rushed up.
"I will definitely repay you!" Yuwen Shiji said to himself in his heart. He picked up a ring-headed knife and wiped the eyes of Yu Wenxin who fell at his feet. The enemy had already controlled half of the city wall facing the Weirang Road.
However, a small half of the city wall and the entire watchtower were still in the hands of his own men. The enemy troops who rushed up to the city wall were dismantling the sandbags between the two sections of the city wall under the command of a charlatan. Li Anyuan tried to organize men to stop him on another section of the city wall, but was blocked.
The enemy troops climbing up the ladder were tightly entangled
"Everyone, come closer to me, drive them down!" Li Xu stood on the city wall, raised his knife and shouted. He was covered in red. He didn't know how many of them were his own and how many of them were other people's soldiers. Zheng Zhou Daniu held up a knife.
He was standing on his left side with a shield and a sword. Zhang Xiu, the captain of the personal army, did not know when he had the courage to deliberately disobey the general's order. He rushed out of the enemy tower and stood on his right side with a horizontal sword.
The two of them were also decorated, but the smiles on their faces were full of pride.
"Get closer to General Li Lang and kill the enemy!" Yuwen Shiji raised his sword and shouted. He quickly stepped forward and squeezed in between Zhou Daniu and Li Xu. The four of them lined up in a row, shouting and squeezing the enemy with four swords.
, a shield, echoing each other, forcing the enemy in front of you to retreat a few steps.
The brothers from the Xiongwu Camp pushed forward one after another, squeezing behind Li Xu, Yu Wenshi, and behind them, forming a small square formation that moved back and forth, knocking down one enemy after another. The gap around them gradually widened, and more people rushed in.
Come here, fill the space that Paoze exchanged for his life, and take back the lost city inch by inch.
Enemy troops also climbed up several city walls in the distance. The school captain who was guarding the city waved the flag to ask for help. Li Xu and Yu Wenshi couldn't get away. They could only try their best to mobilize the phalanx and strive to resolve the battle in front of them as soon as possible. However, the situation did not develop as quickly as possible.
As they wished, new rebel soldiers would continue to rush to the top of the city through the inclined bridge made of giant trees. Although the inclined bridge built by the rebels with human lives was extremely crude, it could keep the enemy's supply of three hundred soldiers flowing.
After more than half of the Jianghu heroes were consumed, Li Mi beat the war drums in the army and drove those strong men with green cloth turbans and only cloth armor on their bodies against the city wall. These people were braver than the Jianghu heroes, and death seemed to be a thing in their eyes.
A sought-after job, as long as someone in the front row falls, someone in the back row will immediately take his place. For a split second, the enemy and we are pushing each other, hacking each other with weapons, and the front lines are constantly changing. As for the hatred between everyone, and why the two sides are fighting each other.
War, nine out of ten people who died knew nothing about it
"Reserves, all reserves are on!" Li Xu cut down an enemy, turned around, and shouted loudly at the enemy tower. The injured number left in the enemy tower waved the command flag. In Liyang City, the anxious Mingfa joined the army and Qin Gang immediately
Leading everyone towards the enemy tower, they quickly climbed up along the long ropes. As soon as everyone climbed onto the enemy tower, they immediately joined the battle group.
However, the replenishment speed of the new force on the defensive side was far slower than the enemy's replenishment speed. The effect of Yuliang Road was finally fully reflected. Wave after wave of warriors with green cloth Baotou came up to kill them. The combat effectiveness of this group of warriors without armor was far inferior to that of the previous Jianghu.
The high rollers are strong, but they are better in numbers. If one group falls, another group will be replaced immediately.
The sun in the west couldn't stand the bloody smell on the battlefield. A little bit of downward wind blew the blood mist into the sky, dyeing the flowing clouds crimson. The sunset continued to expand the red world, dyeing the mountains and rivers in the distance red.
The rushing Yellow River dyed the city walls red with blood and sunset. The number of corpses continued to increase. The soldiers on both sides were stumbled by the corpses and could not move forward. However, they stepped on the robes or the enemy's remains.
No one can lose while wading through blood and using their lives to create more obstacles for the other side. The losing side will have no tomorrow and no father and son on the battlefield. At this moment, even if the person standing in front of him is a biological brother, he must chop him down without hesitation.
Li Xu felt that his arm had lost consciousness, and the black knife was getting heavier and heavier. The brothers around him changed again. Except for Zhang Xiu, Yu Wenshiji and Zhou Daniu who were closest to him, the others were all unfamiliar faces. However, the enemies
They are still coming in a steady stream, as if they don’t even know they are tired.
When Qin Gang stood beside him and replaced Zhou Daniu, who had fallen into a semi-crazy state, Xuzi knew that the reserve team had been exhausted. The defenders on other city walls might rush over, but they could not resist the rebels like this.
In a crazy war of attrition, he knew he might have no chance of winning, but he didn't want to abandon the city and escape.
He didn't want to lose to Li Mi, he didn't want to be looked down upon by Yuwen Shiji, Niu Jinda, Zhang Liang and others, and he didn't want to be disappointed by Master Yang, his mentor.
Niu Jinda and Zhang Liang were both standing in command from afar. They did not join the front line to kill the defenders. Their faces showed unbearability and pity, but they did not intend to persuade Xuzi to surrender. From the moment they met this thick young man on the grassland,
They knew that this person was a well-known man on the battlefield. If he was a friend, he would give him a ride. There was no need to humiliate him when he was desperate.
The sky slowly began to darken, and there were less than two hundred defenders remaining outside the enemy tower. They were still holding on. The slightly injured soldiers inside the enemy tower grabbed their bows and arrows, and tried their best to give their robes the final support of Qingbu Baotou.
The rebel soldiers were still unable to complete their set goals. The black knife in front of them was too crazy. With it, it seemed that the defenders would never be defeated.
Niu Jinda and Zhang Liang looked at each other, sighed and raised their weapons. It was getting dark, and they had no more time to delay. Xuzi was already exhausted. Either of them could have ended the battle if they stepped forward, but they hesitated.
I don’t even want to do it myself
Suddenly, there was the violent sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance. Zhang and Zhang were stunned. They both thought they heard wrongly. They turned their heads and looked around at the same time. Under the dark red sunset, they saw a waving red flag. After the red flag,
