Chapter five hundred and ninety-seventh from the war, Lin Zezhi
The wind and sand in Longyou became stronger and stronger, covering the sky and fields, so that the enemy soldiers were ten miles away from Longyou City, and the Qin army sentries on the city wall discovered their presence.
As Wang Li expected, on the third day when Han Xin led the army to enter Longyou City, he finally ushered in hundreds of thousands of murderous enemy troops.
Han Xin stood on the city wall and carefully looked at the enemies coming from the Byzantine Empire in the far west.
The first few rows are heavy cavalry. These men ride tall horses. Even the men and horses are wrapped in thick and heavy plate armor. The big iron guns in their hands are forward at 75 degrees, reflecting the
Sharp light.
Behind the cavalry was a huge infantry phalanx, including light infantry wearing light armor holding a round shield in one hand and a scimitar in the other, and heavy infantry wearing heavy armor holding a broadsword in both hands.
On both sides of the infantry were chariots made of steel, and on the chariots were long-range anti-personnel weapons that looked like Da Qin crossbows.
What is striking is that hundreds of mysterious people wearing robes are floating in the air above the army. The files left by Wang Li call them "magicians".
Wang Li took away almost all useful things, but left behind many files recording information about the enemy.
When the soldiers below found the dogs, Han Xin almost gulped it down and scanned all the files.
The "magician" who can use the Five Elements spell to attack city walls and hurt people, the large plate armor that is difficult to penetrate with ordinary swords and guns, and the fighting spirit that is similar to true energy and can be released to hurt people. In the files left by Wang Li, all
It is recorded clearly.
Even regarding the source of the enemy troops, it was briefly mentioned above that thousands of miles away, in the far west, was the Byzantine Empire that believed in gods.
Because of these files, Han Xin had a little idea of the Byzantine army he would face next, and even made some targeted preparations.
These preparations may not necessarily help Han Xin defeat the Byzantine army, but at least they can reduce the casualties of the Qin army.
Although Wang Li's actions were beneficial to him, it was difficult for Han Xin to have a good impression of him.
In Han Xin's opinion, Wang Li did this mostly to allow him to persist longer.
Facing the sudden appearance of the enemy, Han Xin did not panic and ordered his soldiers to prepare for the enemy's siege.
The trebuchets were ready to go, and each crossbow was loaded with nine two-meter-long arrows. The sharp arrow tips shone with cold light.
The huge log has been hoisted by ropes. As long as the ropes are cut, it will roll down and crush people into meat patties.
There were jars of weapons like kerosene that could be used to defend the city, and they could be thrown out at any time and turn into a sea of fire.
These things were carried all the way from the southwest by Han Xin and his army, who had toiled thousands of miles away.
This kind of combat habit was developed in Lin Ze's hands. He was always cautious. No matter where he led his army, he had to bring a large amount of ordnance and food with him in order to deal with various emergencies.
Of course, the army's ability to do this is inseparable from Han Xin's tireless and rigorous training of the army.
"Woo~~"
There was no communication between the two armies. With a trumpet sound, the Byzantine army directly launched an attack.
Of course, it may also be due to the language barrier between the two sides that even the commander of the Byzantine army did not know that the enemies in front of him had changed.
The horn sounded, and the first to attack were the group of magicians in mid-air. They approached the city wall one by one and chanted spells.
Han Xin, who was reminded by Wang Li's message, knew that he must not let the other party finish reciting the spell smoothly, so he immediately ordered: "All crossbows, shoot at the group of people in mid-air."
Nearly a thousand large arrows were directed at hundreds of magicians.
For a moment, the spells spoken by half of the magicians changed, and countless air shields suddenly appeared in the sky, blocking the magician army.
Having fought with the Qin army for a long time, they naturally knew that this kind of murderous weapon could not be resisted by one person.
Seeing that the big arrow fired by the bed crossbow was blocked by the opponent, Han Xin's expression remained unchanged and he ordered the sixth-grade warrior to fight with him in the air.
Wang Li was right, this magician was indeed a bit of a headache, and it would take a sixth-level warrior to resist it.
After sending out more than twenty sixth-grade warriors among the generals, Han Xin began to focus on the ground attack.
The Byzantine army's siege was a little different from what Han Xin had seen before. It was not the way of arranging veterans to quickly seize the city wall. Instead, they held their shields high and approached the city wall step by step, as if they really wanted to knock down the city wall.
Although Han Xin did not understand the other party's intention, it did not prevent him from ordering trebuchets and crossbows to attack.
Even though the shield held by the opponent was two inches thick, a huge boulder fell down, creating a crater.
Coupled with the dense formation of the Byzantine army, if the Qin army dropped a huge stone, several people would die.
Compared with the damage caused by the trebuchet, the results achieved by the crossbow attack are somewhat unsatisfactory.
Most of the arrows failed to penetrate the thick plate armor of the Byzantine army. Only a few passed through the gaps and caused casualties to them.
A quarter of an hour later, after suffering some casualties, the Byzantine army finally arrived in front of the city wall and launched an attack.
Some people desperately attacked the city gate and tried to break in.
Someone set up a ladder, threw out the hook and lock, put it on the city wall, and climbed up.
Some people took off the long bows behind their backs and, under the cover of shields, shot arrows at the Qin army.
Suddenly the two sides fell into a fierce offensive and defensive battle, and people died from time to time.
Byzantine soldiers rushed forward one after another. Under the continuous offensive, some people gradually climbed onto the city wall.
At this time, Han Xin did not hesitate, and directly asked people to drop the kerosene and light a fire.
Logically speaking, this kind of final weapon should not be thrown out too early, but this is the first battle, and Han Xin wants to fight beautifully to boost morale.
Suddenly, the area ten feet in front of the west gate of Longyou City was blazing with fire. Hundreds of Byzantine soldiers were surrounded by the fire and burned alive. The offensive weakened a lot for a while.
The Byzantine soldiers on the city wall were quickly killed because they lost the support of their companions.
After the fire became less intense, under the command of the Byzantine generals, the soldiers rushed forward even more ferociously.
In the center of the Byzantine army, Marcian, the commander of the army, saw this and laughed at the generals in front of him: "The opponent's time to use kerosene is getting shorter and shorter. Under the attack of the empire, he should be almost unable to support himself.
"
A general reacted very quickly and shouted: "Congratulations to Marshal Marcian, you are about to defeat a powerful enemy and add another province to the empire."
Marcian just smiled and ordered: "Order the Grand Knights to launch an attack and be sure to capture this strong city today."
Marcian's order was quickly passed through, and the cavalry on the left side of the army immediately launched a charge towards Longyou City.
The unusual movements of the Byzantine army were naturally noticed by Han Xin, but now he was a little doubtful about life. If he used cavalry to attack the city, could the enemy general be a fool?
Soon Han Xin felt something was wrong. The momentum of this cavalry did not seem to be that simple.
Just as Han Xin was thinking about how to deal with it, a figure flew towards him very quickly in the sky and finally landed on the city wall.
Han Xin's face suddenly showed a look of joy, and he bowed to the visitor and said: "General, I will pay my respects to the Marquis. You are finally here, Marquis."
"No need to be polite," Lin Ze waved his hand indifferently, looked at the Byzantine army and asked, "Is this the enemy we are facing?"