Yun Zheng, who had just returned to the military camp, had not had time to ask Xiaolin who was chasing after him. He heard the buzzing of the crossbow strings above his head. He looked through the gap of the village gate that had not yet been closed and found that there were already people on their backs.
Already.
I ran to the wall of the village and hid behind the giant shield and took a peek. I saw that the open space that had been prepared in advance was crowded with Jiaozhi cavalry who had no time to retreat. The cavalry in front were on their backs, but the cavalry from behind were still pouring in continuously.
What is going on? No matter how stupid the general is, he would not do such a stupid thing. The cavalry ran into the mountains. This alone was enough to hang the commander a hundred times.
Liang Ji gasped and said: "Xiao Lin picked up Li Dezheng's golden armor and yelled in front of the formation. Li Rizun, who had just arrived here, went crazy. The whole army was escorted, and all the cavalry came after us. When we saw that something serious was going on,
Miao, naturally he started running away and was almost caught up. General, do you think he drove Li Rizun crazy, will the brothers be in danger?"
Only then did Yun Zheng understand why these people rushed forward desperately. This order was issued when Li Rizun was furious. No wonder it had such an effect.
There are not many cavalry in Jiaozhi, but their war horses are better than those of the Song Dynasty. War horses bred in the south are generally not durable, because once the war horses arrive in the south, as long as they run hard, it is easy for the sweat in the body to be unable to be discharged.
Go out, eventually increase the burden on the heart and die.
But the war horses of the Jiaozhi people came from the stallions of Dashi. After the new stallions were formed in Tianzhu, they gradually spread to Jiaozhi. They have a well-proportioned and tall body, a very smooth and beautiful body, alert and moving ears, and a keen head.
The docility and kind expression are very distinctive, and also reflect its obedient character.
But such horses are very precious, and warriors who are not the bravest in Cochin are not qualified to ride them. Therefore, those who are crowded in this open space are the elites of the Cochin army.
The vicious Zhou Tong had already ordered the placed catapults to start throwing gunpowder bombs to the farthest distance. Those gunpowder bombs intensified the panic of the war horses, neighing and jumping among the crowd, trying hard to leave this terrifying place.
The edge of the open space was shrouded in barrages of gunpowder bombs. The cavalrymen watched helplessly as the sparkling black iron eggs fell on their bodies or feet, and then made a huge roar.
Jars filled with kerosene were also thrown into the crowd. The more than three thousand cavalry and their horses crowded here seemed to be dancing in the flames. Dancing, dancing, they would fall into the flames. Just now they were
The green grass in front of the village gate has now become a hell on earth, and the pungent smell of kerosene mixed with the stench of barbecue hangs over the entire valley.
After the cavalry behind them finally escaped from the area, calm finally returned to the village gate. The place was filled with corpses that had been burned or blown to death. Due to the scorching fire, many human corpses and horse corpses were melted into the area.
Together, they form a variety of strange landscapes. At this moment, the cruelty of war is most comprehensively explained.
Such a scene is not too unbearable for Wu Shengjun. The scene in front of Hot Spring Pass is even more terrifying than here. However, when Liang Ji stood behind Yun Zheng and ate noodles with a big bowl in his hand, it still made Yun Zheng's heart
Feeling of nausea.
The Khmer spies came back, and the old man told Yun Zheng that the valley was now full of people, and the mountains and plains were full of Jiaozhi soldiers. There were too many flags to count, and some soldiers had already started to cut down the vegetation on the mountain peaks on both sides.
Once the vegetation is cleared, the attack will begin. Not only that, there are also Cochin people entering the forest from the side of the valley. Just as Yun Zheng thought beforehand, these guys plan to outflank them.
The Khmer people didn't know how to calculate the amount of work. They didn't know how long it would take the Cochin people to clear the mountains and forests. Yunzheng had no choice but to send his own army to follow the Khmer people. From now on, every second must be very careful.
cherish.
The bloated team of merchants and Wu Shengjun's logistics battalion were responsible for transporting supplies. Watching them walk slowly into the forest, everyone in Wu Shengjun was extremely worried. There were too many things and they were too heavy. The slower they walked, the worse they were.
Need to stick to more time.
But these things are the purpose of coming here all the way, and now, he has no choice but to fight to the death, otherwise all his previous efforts will be in vain.
In an environment where everyone is surrounded by enemies, it has become a luxury to have a peaceful sleep. Li Rizun, who woke up from a state of rage, is still a qualified commander. The continuous harassment has left the military camp without a moment of peace.
There were even some savages wearing animal skins, barefoot, and holding machetes in their hands. They would climb over the cliff and attack Wu Shengjun fiercely. Although the damage they caused was very small or even negligible, the enemy attack was after all.
You cannot be unprepared for enemy attacks.
In order to prevent these capable savages from climbing over the cliff, Yun Zheng ordered the Baniu Crossbow's crossbow to be wrapped in kerosene, regardless of the cost, and then set it on the cliff for lighting. Once he found any savages climbing over, he would
Immediately greet him with a crossbow arrow.
Thinking of those Jiaozhi people who entered the forest, Yun Zheng had a headache. If this was not a tropical rainforest, he would order a fire to burn down the forest here and let the mountain fire stop a group of enemy troops for him.
In the final analysis, I still underestimated the Cochin people. They could establish their own country here and become the overlord of this land. They did have their own way of success. Just look at those who do not care about life and death and attack like moths to the flame.
The Cochin people knew that these warriors were actually qualified soldiers.
As for the great victory he achieved in Thang Long City, it was actually more a victory of gunpowder weapons than a victory of people. When the entire Suzaku Gate was blown up, the scene like an explosion of divine power shocked everyone in Jiaozhi.
At the same time, people felt in their hearts that such a Song army was invincible, so there was a scene where most of the Jiaozhi people threw away their weapons and ran away with their heads in their arms. If Li Dezheng's decree of all people as soldiers was completely realized, Yun Zheng would have no choice but to flee back to the Song Dynasty in despair.
The road is easy to walk.
The poor fight with their lives and with the spirit of not fearing death. Wu Shengjun is a rich man and there is really no need to trade his life for his life, so Yun Zheng is now working hard to trade his equipment for the lives of the Jiaozhi people.
After dawn, the Jiaozhi people who had been noisy all night finally calmed down. There were still a few corpses nailed to the cliff. The corpses piled up in front of the military village. The narrow mountain road was doomed to a large-scale siege.
The equipment could not be brought up, and the shields that the Jiaozhi people had always trusted did not have much protection against gunpowder bombs. Especially when the crossbow arrows containing white phosphorus were blown to pieces by the gunpowder bombs, the phosphorus fire that spread all over the sky was pervasive. If it gets on the body, it will become the hell that kills people.
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After a good night's rest, Liang Ji and Xiao Lin went to the hills on both sides to replace Wu Jie and Zhou Tong. This was the most important position. If the hills on both sides were lost, Yun Zheng's military stronghold stuck in the canyon would become a decoration. He would have to retreat even if he didn't want to.
no.
Whether it can hold for seven days depends on the defense of the mountain, so Yun Zheng sent the most valiant generals to defend the strategic military location here.
According to Wu Shengjun's calculations, it would take at least four days for the Jiaozhi people to clear all the trees on both sides of the mountains. This would only be possible if they had to clean up day and night without Wu Shengjun coming to cause trouble. As for those who entered the forest,
The Jiaozhi army and the wild old man thought that it was impossible for those people to find the road accurately in the dense jungle, so it would be good if they could save their lives.
Yun Zheng pointed to the savages who were nailed to the cliff and said: "The Khmers are the masters of the jungle, and I think these people are too."
Ye Sou took a look and smiled and said: "Those people are not Jiaozhi people, they are slaves, called "Wu slaves" who were trafficked from far away places. Some Jiaozhi nobles like it very much, but the number is definitely not large. There are many types of forests.
, this is Lin Mang, my home, we are the owners, and the rest of the outsiders are guests."
Yun Zheng chose to believe Ye Sou's words. He had no intention of visiting Ye Sou's house again. Even if Ye Sou said that cooked crocodile heads and crocodile eyes were unparalleled delicacies, he had no intention of visiting him again unless the Jiaozhi people's palace was once again overcrowded.
Full of treasures.
The military village became much quieter. The merchants led two hundred elephants into the jungle. Yun Zheng could even imagine that there were large groups of people walking on this jungle road day and night. The first people to set off were
They left ten days ago, and now they have probably walked half the distance. The last caravan to leave was the caravan that left last night. As long as they all walked into the jungle, the Cochin people would not be able to catch up even if they wanted to. Yun Zheng couldn't.
I believe that Li Rizun dared to lead his troops into Linmang without preparation.
The appearance of the rising sun always makes people happy. A small group of people appeared at the foot of the mountain. A Jiaozhi official wearing a golden official robe appeared on the path. The leading man was holding a flag of the Jiaozhi royal family. The people behind him were also wearing strange clothes.
Wu Yuntai, the eunuch who was wearing clothes and wanted to move with the army, pointed at those people and said strangely: "They have sent envoys. General, I have seen the Jiaozhi envoys before, and they looked like this."
Su Xun twirled his beard and said, "Are you here to negotiate? Are you planning to get Li Dezheng back? Li Rizun probably won't do this. His father will not be of any benefit to him after he returns."
Zhou Tong said with a smile: "It's just a delaying tactic with them. We really need time now."
Yun Zheng's face was not good-looking. When those people entered the military camp, he said to Comrade Zhou: "Order the crossbows to shoot and kill these people. They are indeed playing a slow-down strategy, but it is us who will suffer. Once the soldiers relax,
, will give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. Now we can only use the stupidest method, ignore the enemy, and try our best to delay it for seven days, and we will win."
Zhou Tong nodded, waved the flag in his hand, and flew down with a hail of arrows. The envoy and the dozen or so people accompanying him, none of whom seemed to know martial arts, screamed and were overtaken by crossbow arrows, and fell to the ground one by one.
Every soldier of Wu Sheng's army standing on the military stronghold understood that the general had no intention of talking to any Jiaozhi people. The only way to decide the winner was to fight. (To be continued)