Three hundred and thirteen chapters of the massacre of life
Defeat the Chu army!
Yan Qing drank wine and smiled bitterly: "I don't know if I can survive until the day of victory..."
The Chu army had besieged Lingyang City for more than five days, during which they launched more than a dozen large and small attacks. Although they never conquered the first city wall, the strength of the Lingyang City Guards was constantly being weakened.
Yan Qing led the Yanyun Iron Cavalry to fight on the front line. Today, more than half of the three thousand armors under his command have been damaged. Even he himself has narrowly escaped death several times and has dozens of scars on his body!
Especially in the battle that just ended, Yan Qing was besieged by three enemy masters, and it was only through the desperate efforts of his guards that he could save his life, and seven of his guards sacrificed their lives.
Thinking of this, this stone-hearted young man couldn't help but feel sad.
Qin Yun patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Don't say that. I think His Royal Highness King Lu's reinforcements will arrive soon. As long as we hold on for another seven or eight days, I believe we will not be able to defeat the Chu army!"
Since the siege of the city by the Chu army, Lingyang's contact with the outside world has been basically cut off. Even the letters released were sniped by the other side, and no news came from either Dayan or Lu County.
It can be said that Ling Yang is now completely isolated.
"That's right!" Yan Qing cheered up and said with a smile: "It's not that easy for me to die. When His Highness's army arrives, these sons of bitches will be killed until they lose their shit!"
Woo!~
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud horn sounded in the distance, and the Chu army, which had regained its strength several miles away, pushed its chariots and siege engines towards the city wall defense line again!
"Dry!"
Yan Qing slammed the empty wine gourd in his hand to the ground, grabbed the big sword and jumped up.
"Ready to fight!"
Thousands of guardsmen picked up their swords and guns. The archers struggled to pull out their bowstrings, and the creaking sounds of the winches of the catapults behind them came one after another. The roars of the officers echoed over the city wall!
Kill! Kill! Kill!
With no way to retreat, the two sides fought each other, and the horn of attack continued until night. The last wave of the Chu army's attack today was particularly crazy and long-lasting. The city guards spent thousands of lives to barely hold on to the city wall.
In the end, both the Chu army and the city guards were exhausted. After losing all their siege vehicles, the Chu army was forced to abandon the first city wall that occupied nearly half of the city wall and retreat.
"Master Hou, it's not okay to continue like this!"
In the commander's tent of the central camp of the Chu army, the light from dozens of giant tallow candles illuminated the entire tent. The commander of the army, Wei Yue, stood silently in front of the wooden platform with a sand table, his face sullen.
It was so heavy that it almost dripped water.
All the army lieutenants and generals next to him were silent, for fear that he would vent his anger on themselves.
On the contrary, military advisor Gongsun Hong did not seem to notice Wei Yue's bad mood. He said bluntly: "Our main force of the Flying Tiger Army has lost 17,000 people so far, and all 30,000 Xia Army has been destroyed. If we continue to fight like this,
Even if Lingyang City is captured, our Flying Tiger Legion may have to withdraw from the four major legions!"
Wei Yue raised his thick eyebrows and said without hesitation: "It is precisely because we have paid such a high price. If we still cannot capture Lingyang City, how will we explain to His Majesty after we return? Our Flying Tiger Legion will be discredited. How can we return?"
You have the dignity to bear the name of the Four Legions!"
Gongsun Hong, who knew the inside story, was helpless and said: "Let's take a day off tomorrow. The soldiers are very tired, everyone's morale is not high, and there are only a dozen siege vehicles left, and it will take time to build them!"
The Flying Tiger Legion carried a large number of craftsmen and materials, but the siege vehicles were huge and difficult to build. Most of them were lost after several days of fierce fighting.
"No!" Wei Yue said resolutely: "Our morale is certainly not high, and the Yan army's losses are not small. They will only be more tired than us, and it will be harder for them to persist!"
"If you don't have a siege truck, use a ladder to go up. Even if you risk your life to pile it up, you must pile it up for me. You must not give the enemy a chance to breathe. Continue to send people to harass at night and shoot arrows into the city to persuade them to surrender!"
There was a layer of evil spirit on his face: "According to my order, if Lingyang City still refuses to surrender, after the city is broken, there will be a bloodbath for three days without any chickens or dogs left. Then an order will be sent to the army. Whoever can capture the city wall tomorrow will be promoted."
The first-level bounty is ten thousand taels!"
Massacre of the city! Everyone’s faces changed.
There are many countries in the vast nine states, and wars between them occur from time to time. It is common to attack cities and plunder territories, but very few people would massacre cities and annihilate people, because those who do so are often denounced as demon butchers by the world.
It's often a bad death.
Wei Yue issued such an order, which undoubtedly forced him to a dead end!
But no one spoke out to dissuade him, and even Gongsun Hong kept his mouth shut, because he knew very well that his master was resolute and stubborn, and would never waver once he made up his mind.
He only hoped that the order to massacre the city could boost his own morale and dampen the opponent's confidence. It would not be too late to give him advice after the actual capture of Lingyang.
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Whoosh! Whoosh! Search!
Countless rockets streaked across the night sky, pulling out dazzling tracks under the night sky, falling like raindrops in Lingyang City, coupled with the sound of horns and drums coming from far away, the scene was very spectacular.
This was a routine night attack and harassment by the Chu army. After several days of fighting, the guards were already used to it. Except for those soldiers who patrolled and guarded the city wall, the others still slept soundly.
Qin Yun did not feel sleepy at all. He led the masters sent by the seven families to patrol the city wall to prevent the opponent's masters from sneaking into the city at night to kill people, set fires and cause chaos.
Suddenly he jumped up high and grabbed an arrow flying through the air.
This feathered arrow was not a rocket tied with grease. The arrowhead was broken and wrapped in paper. Qin Yun took it apart and looked at it, and couldn't help but snorted.
"Young Master Qin, what's wrong?" a sword cultivator asked.
Qin Yun didn't answer and handed the paper in his hand directly to the other party.
The sword cultivator took it and looked at it, and suddenly became furious: "You want us to surrender, or else we will massacre the city for three days? Damn it, do you really think you can scare us like this?"
The letter of persuasion to surrender was passed around to everyone. Everyone was filled with indignation and wanted to rush down to the Chu army's camp.
They came from various families, and although many of them were Hakka generals from the five families, most of them got married, had children and settled down, and were inseparable from Lingyang. The Chu army's threat to massacre the city undoubtedly touched everyone's objections.
Qin Yun smiled faintly and said: "I think Wei Yue is at the end of his rope. They can't even attack our first city wall. They have suffered tens of thousands of casualties in five days, and they still want to use such despicable means to shake us."
My military spirit is simply wishful thinking!"
Everyone laughed. Qin Yun took off the sun-dropping bow hanging on his back, pointed it at the outside of the city and fired an armor-piercing arrow.
Every night, the Chu army would send out its sharp archers to harass the city walls, and launch real and fake attacks from time to time, intending to make the guards restless and exhausted on defense.
These archers were numerous and experienced in combat. They covered their tracks at night, and their strong bows could be thrown far away. Therefore, although the guards had the advantage of the height of the city wall, it was difficult to counterattack them.
Except Qin Yun.
With the help of the weak starlight, Qin Yun's eyesight was enough to penetrate the night and see far away. Although the Chu army's archers cunningly used abandoned chariots on the battlefield for cover, the rockets they fired were still
The target was easily exposed.
Of course, these sharp archers also understand this very well. They will immediately change their position after shooting an arrow, leaving no chance for the guards' archers. It is absolutely abominable that people can see but cannot reach.
Qin Yun opened the sun-falling bow and felt the heat from the bow flowing into his arms, opening up his wisdom heart.
As soon as the power of the small magical power was turned on, his perception increased exponentially. In the distance, the wind blew through the sound of rolling mud and rocks on the earth, the Chu army's archers moved, and the whispers of communication reached his ears very clearly.
A cold light flashed through his dark eyes, and Qin Yun suddenly let go of the bowstring.
Boom!
Accompanied by the trembling of the bowstring, the armor-piercing arrows made from black iron were shot forward like lightning, passing hundreds of steps almost silently, and hit a man who had just come out of the cover.
enemy.
"ah!"
The shrill screams broke the silence of the night, and the other party was stared to death on the ground, losing his breath in the blink of an eye.
Qin Yun stood still, holding the bow in his left hand and adjusting the direction slightly. He quickly drew out the second arrow with his right hand and nocked it on, and drew the sun-drop bow again.
Second arrow!
Hit another archer who was about to shoot at the city wall, more than 400 steps away!
The third arrow, the fourth arrow, the fifth arrow...there are no missed arrows!
The Chu army's sharp archers were frightened and angry. They had never suffered such a heavy loss in a night attack, and Qin Yun was so conspicuous on the city wall, so they gave up their original harassment and throwing weapons one after another.
Target him with intensive attacks.
Qin Yun remained motionless. At this distance, he didn't worry about the threat the opponent's arrows would pose to him. He concentrated on searching, locking, and attacking, and killed the exposed enemies one by one on the spot!
In his feeling, everything around him became ethereal, and only the actions of the enemy in the distance appeared in his sea of consciousness. Unless the opponent was hiding behind the barrier and motionless, he would be easily caught by him like a candlelight in the dark.
discovered.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
More than a dozen feather arrows landed on Qin Yun's body and the surrounding stone walls. Although they were very accurate, it was impossible for their weak power to penetrate Qin Yun's body-protecting Qi and remain unscathed!
On the contrary, these archers were eager for revenge and were discovered by Qin Yun. Most of them were shot dead on the spot, causing extremely heavy losses!
The warriors and sword cultivators on the city wall were extremely impressed by the sight. Qin Yun fired arrows at an alarmingly fast rate. In the blink of an eye, he emptied his quiver, but he was able to kill enemies lurking in the darkness in the distance without missing a single shot.
