Chapter 2 Spreading Wings (Part 1) Under the dim yellow sky, the trebuchet made a creaking sound. Projectiles weighing more than a hundred kilograms flew up into the clouds one after another, and then roared down and were caught by the wind, making the earth tremble back and forth.
"Boom!" "Boom!" The sound of the stone coming into contact with the city wall was as dull as thunder. Wuwu-wuwu-wuwu. The shrill sound of horns was like a ghost crying. Dong, Dong, Dong. The sound of war drums matched the rhythm of the heartbeat, making people feel
With blood boiling and accompanied by thunder, trumpets and drums, groups of Youzhou infantry rushed out from behind the smoke, holding shields, bows and ladders, and headed straight towards the crumbling city wall.
The seemingly thin city wall of Yixian is far stronger than people imagined. For half a month, the attackers tried all kinds of means, including stoning, burning, and ladder attacks, but they just couldn't make it fall. The defender was very experienced. He not only used sandbags
All the city gates were blocked, and the city wall was divided into small areas. Each area was only connected to the inside of the city wall by a "passage" that a person could pass sideways. Several arrow towers made of wood were on standby at any time.
A certain section of the city wall was captured by the Youzhou Army. It was convenient for the defense to block the lost section, making it impossible for the Youzhou Army to expand their victory. Then, the feather arrows would cover the lost section of the city wall and shoot all living creatures into hedgehogs.
This is a tactic invented by the Goguryeo people in Liaodong City. The general manager of Youzhou clearly knew the power of this tactic. At that time, the people in the city and the people outside the city belonged to two countries, so the defenders would rather fight to the last man than surrender. Of course,
Exceptions are made for false surrender to gain breathing time.
But Luo Yi didn't understand what caused the defenders of Yi County to regard him as a bandit. According to common sense, the original owner of the Six Counties of Boling had been dead for more than 20 days, and Luo Yi, the Huben General, took over the place in his place.
It is far better than turning these counties into an ownerless land. In this era of war and chaos, areas without the rule of strong people will be in unimaginable chaos. Bandits, bandits, powerful people, and plunderers under various banners will act like
Like bamboo shoots after the rain, they spring up out of thin air, quickly turning the fertile soil into a barren wasteland
The attackers quickly approached the target. Like the previous few days, they encountered almost no interception along the way. The defenders did not make any sound, as if they had all died in the battle. Only the flag, which was riddled with holes by arrows, still stood.
In the corner of the watchtower, "Hunting!" "Hunting!" "Hunting! Hunting!" kept floating in the wind.
"Whoosh!" Thousands of feather arrows flew down from the clouds and shot towards the head of Yi County. The blood-stained and then dried earth wall instantly seemed to be alive, and a row of densely "grew" out.
Between the rows of carved feathers, dark red smoke slowly rose up, dyeing the sky into a hazy yellow.
"Boom!" After the war drums sounded, there was a sudden stop. Then, the catapults and arrows all stopped. The battlefield suddenly became silent, as silent as the glacier before it thawed. Then, the shouts were overwhelming, and rushed to
The Youzhou army under the corner set up ladders and swarmed up
Like ants, they climbed towards the top of the city. Like ants, they ignored the danger above their heads. The shouts in their mouths were majestic and desolate, just like crickets in autumn, emitting the loudest and most magnificent notes in life. They soon became like autumn insects and ants.
After falling from the ladder, the huge nail plate fell straight down along the city head, smashing the attacker's Tianling Cap, shoulders, ribs, and blood and flesh flew everywhere!
The attacking side was suddenly hit, and the rhythm suddenly stopped. In the flash of lightning, a shrill roar broke the silence of the defending side. Thousands of cold stars quickly flew down from the top of the city. The Youzhou Army team that was attacking the city visibly trembled, and then,
The soldiers of the team lay down alternately like crops beaten by hail, and a little red blood bloomed in the crowd, as gorgeous as spring flowers.
Luo Yi, the general manager of Youzhou, looked livid. He waved his hand quickly, and the whimpering sound of the trumpet sounded from beside him. Several soldiers were busy raising an orange-red corner flag to the top of the flagpole, which was attacking the city.
After hearing the order, the soldiers quickly retreated to make way for the catapults to strike. Huge stones fell from the sky again, smashing the dilapidated city wall and causing the soil to fly!
This time the defenders no longer remained silent, but responded with several small crossbows to the attackers. It is undeniable that their shooting skills are very skilled. One of the three or five long crossbows will definitely hit the target with a huge impact.
The trebuchet was hit and pushed the trebuchet. The stones on the catapult arm lost their balance and swung left and right. The falling wooden frame was twisted and torn apart. The soldiers operating the trebuchet quickly fled away. The civilians carrying the stone were crushed by the wooden frame.
Stop, you didn’t even hum and it turned into a ball of meat paste
An instant later, the attacking side's crossbows retaliated, throwing dozens of crossbow arrows at the hiding place of the defenders' crossbows. Doo, doo, doo, ten-foot-long crossbow arrows erected a steel jungle at the top of the city. The defender's crossbows erected a steel jungle at the top of the city.
The catapult disappeared immediately and became active again, smashing the city wall like lotus leaves in the rain.
Another wave of infantry shouted and rushed towards the city wall, erected cloud ladders on the city wall, and the blood-stained nail boards once again smashed down rolling logs, rocks, and feather arrows. They appeared one after another, harvesting lives without mercy.
Under the city wall, Youzhou archers pulled their bows and fired with arrows that covered the sky and covered the earth. The number of Boling soldiers who endlessly defended the city was far less than the attackers, but the counterattack was very sharp. Several rows of arrows were shot down.
Immediately knocking down a large number of Youzhou archers. Taking advantage of the moment when the threat overhead was reduced, hundreds of Youzhou soldiers leaned out from behind the sandbags, picked up hot oil and poured down several torches head-on, followed by the hot oil falling on them.
"Boom!" above the heads of the Youzhou Army, flames soared into the sky, and the people on the ladder howled, dodged, and fell in the smoke, like moths that accidentally fell into a lampshade.
The second wave of attacks failed. The third wave of Youzhou soldiers stepped on the corpses of the second wave and rushed towards the city with shouts. The thick smoke blocked the entire battlefield. The soldiers above and below the city couldn't see each other's faces and just drew their bows mechanically.
shoot an arrow, shoot an arrow, draw a bow
There are a large number of Youzhou infantry, and the Boling infantry is well-trained. The enemy and we are fighting inextricably above and below the city. The dark black earthen wall slowly turns red, as red as a spring flower, as delicate and red as a streak.
The dividing line of death! On both sides of the dividing line, thousands of lives come to an end together
The wind blew away, scattering the thick red mist, and the pale sunlight suddenly shot down from the clouds, like steel knives piercing people's eyes. The generals instantly saw the entire battlefield clearly, and saw clearly what was going to end with just a wave of their hands.
After many brothers, the sound of war drums on both sides slowly slowed down, as if they suddenly had a tacit understanding, became weaker, weaker, and finally became silent.
The soldiers on both sides slowly separated and looked at each other. They were surprised to find that they were wearing the same uniforms.
They wore the same uniforms and held the same weapons in their hands. They were all officers and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. Maybe they had fought side by side for the emperor or the country many years ago, but now, they have become enemies of life and death.
Kill the opponent quickly
"Commander!" Liu Yifang ran to Luo Yi, his face twitching continuously.
"Ming Jin, Ming Jin!" Luo Yi knew what his beloved general wanted to say, so he waved his hand tiredly and ordered
"Commander, the enemy army can't hold on any longer!" Cao Yuanrang reminded loudly, unwilling to fail in another attack.
"Ming Jin! Let the brothers come down and rest!" Luo Yi, the general manager of Youzhou, shook his head gently, his face full of exhaustion.
He somewhat regretted his decision to go south. If he sent the same force to the outside of the Great Wall, he could have wiped out dozens of tribes and expanded the territory thousands of miles away. However, twenty days had passed since the day he sent the troops, and he was blocked in Yishui, Hebei Province.
, failed to achieve even the first step strategic goal
The enemy general Lu Qin was a nobody, and he didn't care at all about losing to the veteran Luo Yi. Under the command of this man, the Boling defenders were like a piece of meat on a hob.
Township, then abandoned Gu'an and Zhuoxian, retreated from the bank of Sanggan River to Shanggu, and then took Yixian as the core, surrounded by hills such as Wuhuiling, Langshan, and Jiaoniu Mountain, and the Youzhou Army's Tibetan Cat Cat caused them to be ranked No. 1 in the world.
The elite Tiger and Ben cavalry had no place to use their strength, so they had to stare blankly at the rugged cliffs and secluded city walls. However, Youzhou's infantry was far less powerful than the Tiger and Ben cavalry. After dropping more than 4,000 corpses outside the city of Yi County, they
Not even the outer city could be breached
The Youzhou Army is not afraid of fighting in the field with the enemy, but it cannot withstand consumption, let alone dragging down its own reality. This determines their fighting style. The population in the border areas is thin, and the number of soldiers and military rations cannot be compared with the six counties of Boling.
Although the attack power of the armored cavalry is enviable, the consumption power is also staggering. After losing the support of the court, in order to keep the heavy armored cavalry in his hands, Luo Yi kept reducing the number and supplies of his infantry. Even so
, all the places under his rule are still exhausted by him
The shortcomings of the infantry, which were usually not taken seriously, were fully exposed at this moment. When they encountered the Boling soldiers, who were formerly Fenyang frontier troops, they had almost no power to compete with the opponent. However, the Tiger cavalry could not be used to attack fortresses. Both the terrain and combat effectiveness were poor.
Without gaining the upper hand, the effectiveness of the Youzhou Army's attack can be imagined
The other way to clean up the soldiers and horses in Hejian also had a bad start. Luo Yi originally thought that with his reputation as a tiger and brave general, the people of Hejian would be impressed by the Youzhou army's victory in food. However, the news coming back from Hejian County is that,
The people who could take care of their children and take refuge in hundreds of other places almost all fled from the local big families who had formed strongholds to defend themselves. Almost all of them were obedient to the Youzhou army. They refused to send their nephews from the clan to help the Youzhou army in the battle.
He refused to accept Luo Yi's recruitment as a local official and even refused to take the important task of providing food and grass to the Youzhou Army. He either cried and shouted that he could not provide food, or used old food and old rice to make up for it.
Luo Cheng, who was ordered to "pacify" Hejian, was so angry that he couldn't easily use force against the forts. At present, the Youzhou Army is an official army, not a rogue bandit. They can't do it directly, let alone destroy the reputation of General Huben.
