Chapter 4 Butian (Part 7) "Senior Brother Yao knows that woman!" The moment the arrow left the bow arm, Yang Baobao suddenly discovered a secret, "But Senior Brother Yao is a man who has achieved great things and will never show mercy!"
He knew that the female generals in the city were destined to die. Li Jing was known as a marksman, and he would either lure him away without firing, or he would hit the target with one shot. Thinking that a peerless beauty would die like this, Yang Baobao felt a little pain in his heart. He didn't understand why he would.
I have this feeling that this is a battlefield. Either the opponent will die or you will die. There is no room for mercy. "But that woman really has a charm!" He quickly turned his head and looked down, expecting the enemy female general to be killed by Li Jing's arrow.
Before, he took another look at her gorgeous appearance, but what was very disappointing was that a large enemy general rushed up on horseback, blocking his view.
"Ah——!" There was an exclamation from the city, and then there was a shrill roar. The big enemy was about to fall from his horse. The woman who was as gorgeous as a peony threw away her command flag, bent down to help him, and followed closely. Hundreds of shields were built up.
A thick wall made it impossible for Yang Baobao to determine who Li Jing's fatal blow finally hit. He only saw countless rebels running, using shields to surround the female general and everyone around her, and quickly retreated and then continued.
, the rebel archers went crazy and concentrated all the eagle feathers in the direction of the enemy tower.
Ding, ding, dong, dong, the tip of the iron arrow hit the green roof tiles. It sounded like hail falling from the sky. The few Sui soldiers who were leaning over the crenel to cheer for Li Jing's sharp shot had no time to dodge, and their bodies immediately
When the arrows were filled with arrows, they died without even a groan. Their bodies were lying on the parapet outside the enemy building, looking like huddled up hedgehogs. Countless eagle feathers continued to fly over, constantly adding to the weight of the bodies.
Until they couldn't bear it anymore, they slowly slid down the parapet, leaving a thick and long blood trail outside the tower.
Several huge siege crossbows roared and smashed into the watch tower, flying half of the outer edge of the roof. Then, hundreds of white feathers slid along the arc and fell along the gap in the corner of the building, smashing the city bricks until sparks flew everywhere. They continued to show off their strength.
It was obviously no longer a wise choice to stand and shoot at the enemy. Without waiting for Li Jing's order, everyone in the enemy tower chose an action. They quickly rushed to the outer parapet and pressed their backs against the wall. This was a blind spot for shooting.
, only by hiding here can you avoid becoming the prey of Liu Ya.
Jingzhao Yin Bone Yi squatted in front of Yang Baobao, his slender fingers clasped tightly at the cracks of the bricks, and the joints were faintly green. Next to the Bone Yi were two Yunqi Lieutenants who had been carrying their salaries since they were born. One squatted slightly.
He was a little higher, and his helmet was knocked crooked by a stray arrow, and the strap of the helmet broke off against his chin, leaving the man's face covered in blood. The other one was obviously a newcomer experiencing battle for the first time, and he kept mumbling loudly.
At that time, Yang Baobao thought he was cursing the rebels. After a while, when the sound of arrow rain faded away, he realized that this man was chanting Buddha's name.
Buddha obviously couldn't hear his prayer. During the time when everyone was pinned down by arrows in the enemy tower and unable to raise their heads, more rebels climbed up the city wall. They were in groups of three and five, trying their best to expand the area of control.
The defenders refused to give an inch and fought repeatedly with the rebels one crenel after another.
After losing two senior generals one after another, the anger of the rebels has obviously been ignited. With the thundering drums, soldiers with only light armor or even no armor continued to crawl towards the city. Many of them had just stepped out of the crenellations.
Halfway up, he was immediately stabbed through by the defender with a long spear. But those who followed turned a blind eye to the threat that was so close at hand, dodged the corpses falling from above their heads, wiped the blood on their faces, and continued climbing.
Looking out from the watchtower, there were rebels near almost every crenel. Jingzhao Yin Guyi quickly lost his temper and said, "Block, block, block the rebels. Each of them will be rewarded five hundred!" He said.
Yelling, with a cry in his voice, he had just issued a reward to his brothers, and then turned to Li Jing and shouted for help: "Pharmacist, pharmacist, think of a way quickly, think of a way quickly! If Old Woman Li enters the city,
None of us have a good life!"
"Lord Gu, I'm not in a hurry. Although the enemy's offensive is fierce, they have no grasp of the rhythm. If this continues, they will definitely not be able to hold on for long!" Li Jing's voice came from the noisy interval, carrying an undoubted power.
He still had feather arrows on his fingers. Whenever there was a pause in the suppression of the enemy archers, he would quickly poke his head out from behind the parapet, or shoot at the bottom of the city, or at the enemies at the top of the city. This calm and calm attitude affected him.
Many of the soldiers around him, including Yang Baobao, and the people in the enemy tower slowly calmed down their panic. They followed Li Jing's example and provided support to Pao Ze on the city wall. After a while, the enemy troops swarmed up gradually slowed down.
The archers who were responsible for suppressing the Sui army also exhausted their arm strength. The eagle feathers they shot at the top of the city became increasingly sparse and gradually lost their effectiveness.
"The archers are tired of shooting, everyone stand up quickly and prepare to counterattack!" Seeing the opportunity, Li Jing immediately organized a counterattack. The soldiers in the enemy tower got up after hearing the order. Taking advantage of the pause in the enemy archers' shooting, many soldiers ran up
city walls occupied by rebels
The critical situation at the top of the city was immediately relieved by the addition of fresh troops. Several rebel soldiers were caught off guard and were forcibly pushed off the top of the city. Their soldiers resisted with all their strength and loudly asked for support from the bottom of the city. However, the situation below the city was exactly as Li Jing expected.
, the overly fierce offensive exhausted the strength of the rebels early. The commander who replaced the female general tried to provide assistance to Pao Ze, but no more wall-climbing masters could be gathered around him in a short period of time.
The enemy and we were cooking a pot of porridge on the top of the city, as if they had an irreconcilable hatred for each other. The Yunqi Lieutenant who just chanted the Buddha's name pierced the stomach of a rebel with a spear, pushed the opponent's body with the spear pole, and used all his strength to
The injured enemy soldier pushed against the edge of the city wall and screamed loudly, waving his hands wildly, trying to drive the bull-headed and horse-faced soldiers away from him. His efforts were obviously in vain. The man chanting the Buddha quickly let go of the spear shaft, allowing the injured to shoot away from the city top like a meteor.
fall
The next moment, the chanter was also pierced in the lower abdomen by a spear and rushed to save him with a crooked helmet. Before he could get close, an enemy general had his neck cut off with a horizontal knife. Li Jing personally led people to come to the rescue, but was killed by several young men.
Rebel A clung to Yang Baobao and had to join the battle group, snatching back from the brink of death those whom the coach Yin Shishi had ordered him to arrest or kill without mercy.
There are corpses lying near each crenel. Soldiers from both sides are jumping on the piles of corpses to continue the battle. In order to cut a climbing rope or overturn a simple ladder, the defender often has to pay the price of five or six lives.
To protect the section of city wall that they had already obtained, the attackers had to struggle to hold on in front of the defenders who were several times their size.
"The rebel bandits have become the last straw!" After a while, even people like Gu Yi who didn't know how to fight understood that everyone had won another bet this time. They raised their swords and joined the battle group surrounded by guards.
Several rebel soldiers were forced into a corner of the city by the defenders who were several times their size. Behind them was the crenellation. They had no way to retreat. "Kill, kill one of them!" the leader of the group shouted loudly, trying to use death to kill him.
Proving his bravery, Li Jing quickly killed this man and swept his head directly into the air with a knife.
The remaining six people put down their weapons and begged for mercy. The defenders swarmed them and chopped them into pieces with horizontal knives.
The battle did not last long, but it was extremely brutal. None of the rebels who had climbed to the top of the city were able to escape intact. One-fifth of the generals and nobles who were following Li Jing and Gu Yi were also killed.
"Spare my life!" Among the layers of corpses, a wounded man in rebel uniform raised his blood-stained hands in vain. Without waiting for the general's order, several officers and soldiers ran forward and pulled the wounded man away from the corpse with all hands and feet.
He turned over and was thrown directly off the city wall.
No one showed mercy to their opponents, and the generals never said a word to stop the atrocities. It was almost a natural choice to kill them all. In order to vent their anger, the defenders who had the upper hand for the time being felled the enemies on the wall, no matter they were already dead.
Some of them were still on the verge of death, and they were all pushed down the crenel. Whenever the injured screamed in agony as they fell, they shouted with excitement. The rebels who were slowly retreating under the city wall witnessed these scenes and became angry.
The ground blew the trumpet, "Woo-woo-woo-woo!" It seemed like a farewell in one's home, and it also seemed like a demonstration to the defenders. If Chang'an was breached, they would certainly not be merciful to the prisoners.
'This is exactly what Li Jing wants to achieve.' Yang Baobao stood among a pile of corpses holding a half-cut horizontal knife, feeling faintly chilled. He could accept the concept of kindness not wielding troops, but he planted hatred in the hearts of both the offensive and defensive sides, waiting for the rest.
The method of taking root was creepy. "Fortunately, I haven't offended this guy!" Thinking of this, he glanced at Li Jing again. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should carry out the orders of General Yin Shishi.
"General Yang, do you want to tell me something?" Li Jing's senses were very keen. He found that Yang Baobao's eyes were always looking around him, and he immediately became vigilant.
"No, no, General Yin sent me to check on you. If everything is alright, I will go back to the west of the city to report my orders to him!" Yang Baobao quickly avoided the other party's aggressive gaze and repeated his purpose again.
He was not sure that Li Jing could believe his perfunctory words, but Jingzhao Yin Guyi was a big help just right. "You can go back and follow General Zuo Yiwei's orders. As long as Li Jing and I are here, the rebels will be defeated."
It's impossible to attack from the West City!" Wiping the sweat from his face, he emphasized his importance with a proud look, as if he had driven the rebels back to the north of the Yellow River.
"Indeed, I will truthfully report to Master Yin that Mr. Bones and Mr. Li are in charge, and that the West City is unbreakable!" Yang Baobao nodded and responded with a smile. At this juncture, Bone Yi could still think of performing meritorious deeds for himself. Yang Baobao really couldn't believe it.
Know what the shape of this person's head is under his hat
"It's mainly General Li. If he hadn't shot and killed the enemy general, the rebel offensive wouldn't have ended so quickly!" Seeing that the other party was so sensible, Gu Yi didn't feel sorry for himself and handed the biggest credit to Li Jing.
According to the military regulations of the Sui Dynasty, killing an enemy general in formation will be recorded as the first achievement. Everyone just saw with their own eyes that Li Jing shot an enemy general riding a black horse off his mount with an arrow. Although most people did not know the name of the unlucky guy, they had never known it.
Judging from the chaotic behavior of the rebels afterwards, the level of those who fell was definitely not low.
"Indeed, today Yang is lucky enough to witness Li Juncheng's miraculous shooting with his own eyes!" Yang Baobao stopped and agreed with Gu Yi's statement, "It's just that the incident happened suddenly and I couldn't figure out who this person is!"
"I didn't see it clearly either! It's such a pity!" Gu Yi sighed with pretense of regret and said.
"It should be the giant pirate Sun Hua! I didn't do it on purpose, he hit the arrow tip himself!" Li Jing smiled and gave the answer very humbly.
After he finished speaking, there was a sound of admiration all around. The Taiyuan rebels were able to kill under the walls of the capital so quickly. The role of the thief Sun Hua cannot be underestimated. In order to reward his contribution, Li Yuan even directly recommended him as a leader regardless of his humble background.
As Dr. Zuo Guanglu, Duke of Wuxiang County, he led Feng Yi as Grand Administrator. Among all the generals of the rebel army, Sun Hua was directly ranked third after the hereditary Duke Li Yuan and Duke Chai Shao.
And such a rebel with a prominent official position was actually shot and killed by Li Jing himself in the city. If the news is accurate, and rewards will be given based on merit after the rebellion is suppressed, I am afraid that Li Jing's title will not be lower than that of the county magistrate.
Li Jing has always had a reputation for integrity, so no one doubted his boasting. But while they were amazed, there was a sour taste in their stomachs: "The man surnamed Sun is a man who values friendship, and would rather use his body to block a woman's arrows."
!" Someone's eyes suddenly became sharp, as if they saw clearly every detail of when Li Jing fired the arrow just now.
"That's right! It's rare to see such a man who is even willing to take his own life for a woman!" Bone Yi continued with a smile. Anyway, Li Jing himself said just now that he didn't do it deliberately, so everyone downgraded his credit.
offend
"No matter what, it's all the credit of General Li." Although he didn't want to call Li Jing 'Brother Yao' anymore, Yang Baobao still couldn't stand the sour appearance of Gu Yi and others. He stopped for the second time and turned around.
As if he said it casually, before leaving, he asked again, "Has General Li ever known the name of that female general? The person who can make Sun Hua sacrifice his life to block an arrow must not be an ordinary person!"
He believed that if Sun Hua hadn't accidentally run up to him and died, that woman as bright as a spring flower would have spilled her blood on the battlefield. But he was still curious about who the other party was, and how she could actually make Li Jing, who had always been as cold-hearted as steel, kill him before releasing the arrow.
hesitated for a moment
Before walking down the city, he heard the answer
"I don't know who she is. I just think that women's battlefield should not be between the two armies!" Li Jing grinned and replied in a joking tone.
