"Everyone, raise your troops for a thousand days and use them for a while!" The forging guard generals are wearing thick armor and holding sharp swords. The place where they are located has the most weapons in the entire Zhangye County, and the armors and weapons they wear are also the highest equipment.
Who asked them to guard the place where weapons are forged!
"General, you all know what we are waiting for, and there is no need for me to say anything more about the importance of Forging Army Town!" The guard did not spread the news that Heishui County behind was also surrounded by the Xiliang army. If it spread,
If so, it would be a devastating blow to the soldiers in the entire Forging Town.
A careless move may lead to divisions in the army. Not everyone has the heart to fight to the death!
"Now it's time for us to repay the general!" The guard shouted loudly: "Kill for Zhangye County!"
"Kill!" The soldiers behind shouted loudly at the same time. They were able to serve as garrison in this place. Each of them was a veteran who had fought on the battlefield for many years and had meritorious service. Otherwise, they would not be qualified to enter this place at all.
Seeing that the morale of the soldiers had increased, the guard breathed a sigh of relief. Looking ahead at the crumbling city under the Xiliang war weapons, there was a large amount of black water under the city wall. As long as the Xiliang soldiers entered the city wall, they could ignite the black water.
Water sent the first round of Xiliang army to the underworld!
Because of the city wall, Li Xiang could not see the people behind the city wall. The archers from Xiliang slowly approached the city wall. Before the infantry army was dispatched, they first let the archers explore the way for the infantry!
Whoosh whoosh!
Accompanied by the whistle of a rain of arrows, the soldiers guarding the city looked up to the sky and saw countless long arrows falling from a distance. Under such a rain of arrows, no one in the town could survive for more than a few breaths.
Li Xiang pulled out the long black sword in his hand. When he got the demon-slaying sword in his hand, he felt that he was not very comfortable in using it. He preferred to use long black arrows.
The demon-slaying sword was given to the leader of the Extreme Demon Sect. Holding a black long sword, Xiliang soldiers pulled out various weapons such as horizontal knives, hammers, and iron rods.
In addition to the unified long weapon, the Xiliang cavalry has a short weapon with a horizontal sword. In addition to the horizontal sword, other weapons such as hammers, iron rolls, etc. are freely chosen by the Xiliang soldiers.
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On the battlefield, Xiliang cavalry sometimes have to face not only enemy infantry armies. If they encounter infantry armies, long weapons or horizontal swords are enough. But what if they encounter cavalry who are also heavy cavalry?
The best weapon to face these heavy cavalry is the hammer. If the opponent is heavily armed, then use a heavyweight weapon to fight the opponent. Kill the enemy with a blunt weapon. Basically, you don't rely on a sharp edge, but a blunt weapon.
The blow can penetrate the armor and hit the body inside.
The soldiers of Xiliang didn't need Li Xiang to tell them. When their lord raised his weapons, they knew it was time to charge!
"kill!"
Xing Liao was the first to run out. When the people in the city heard the thunder-like sound in the distance no longer sounded, they wanted to stand up and fight back. The sound of arrows in the sky roared again.
Many soldiers who walked out of the shelter were quickly killed by long arrows falling from the sky.
"Don't move yet!"
"Don't move yet, stop!"
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A burst of brother's voice made the soldiers who wanted to rush out stop. The guard was not far away with archers. As soon as the Xiliang soldiers reached the city wall, he ordered the release of rockets to let those people feel that they were black.
A specialty of Shuixian County.
As he ran forward, Li Xiang felt a nauseating smell in the air, which was very overwhelming.
"This is the smell of black water!" Chen Huaiyuan has used black water and is very sensitive to this smell.
"Stop!" Li Xiang raised the sword high in his hand. Xing Liao slowed down. He carefully observed the city wall and saw a lot of black liquid on the wall. The pungent smell came from the black liquid.
"Pass my order, the archers will switch to rockets and attack the city wall!" Li Pang made a quick decision: "The cavalry and I will retreat!"
The archer behind quickly received the order, took out the rocket, and swiped the rocket head against a special cloth on his waist, and the long sword burst into flames.
Whoosh whoosh!
Carrying flames, the long arrow flew to the town wall, and when it touched the black liquid, a burst of fire soon broke out.
The entire city wall turned into a sea of fire.
"The people in this city are very kind-hearted!" Cheng Jushu saw the sea of fire. If the lord hadn't stopped them in time, they would have entered the sea of fire and been burned into mummies by the sea of fire!
Li Xiang looked at the sea of fire without even turning his head: "In future battles, if you smell any strange smell or feel something is wrong, you must stop your army in time, otherwise it will be your soldiers who suffer!"
"Yes!" Cheng Jushu nodded. He won't have many opportunities to lead troops, but he must definitely write this down, otherwise H will only have to do it once, and his own bodyguard soldiers will suffer a lot of casualties.
The soldiers he leads are the most elite soldiers in the headquarters. He will feel heartbroken if one of them dies. If a large number of people die, he will feel that he has no face to see his lord!
The city guard did not expect that the Xiliang army would make such a move. If the Xiliang army accidentally set the fire wall on fire, nothing would happen. But judging from the scene in front of them, the Xiliang soldiers knew about the black water on the city wall, otherwise the sky would
How can it be possible that all of them are rockets?
Using rockets against a town whose buildings are basically made of stone in the middle of winter?
Black water is very useful, but one disadvantage of black water is that it smells very strong. Someone among the Xiliang soldiers should know about black water and smell the smell of black water.
He also has five thousand iron troops. These soldiers are powerful soldiers from all over Liangzhou. He knows that the town cannot be defended, but he will not make Xiliang feel better if he cannot defend it, but it is a pity for the craftsmen.
The fire was burning fiercely. The surrounding snow melted under the high temperature, and the ground became muddy. There was nothing to burn on the city wall. When the black water burned out, Li Xiang raised the sword in his hand again and rode towards the forging town.
The soldiers in the town stood ready. Under the cover of the archers, the Xiliang cavalry rushed to the city wall that was still emitting high temperatures. The war horses emitted demonic energy to block the heat.
Xing Liao kicked the already crumbling city gate and rushed into the town with Li Xiang. When they met, they were all resisting horses and there were a lot of sharp thorns on them.
Li Xiang took out the Fangtian Halberd and quickly cleared a road. The defenders in this small town hid in various buildings, and shot crossbows and long arrows one after another. They made full use of the terrain advantages. If they were to fight the Xiliang army head-on,
, they can't beat it, but relying on the terrain advantage in the town, they can beat it.
These long arrows were easily blocked by Li Xiang's Qi. Other Xiliang soldiers did not have the same level of cultivation as Li Xiang. The long arrows and crossbow arrows hit their bodies and made a clanging sound.
Li Xiang rode his horse and rushed to a small courtyard. He could feel that there were twelve soldiers hidden inside. The opponent had bows and arrows, crossbows, spears, knives, and various weapons, which could be used for close combat or long-range attacks.
A halberd carrying true energy smashed the small courtyard into the ruins of the city, and the twelve soldiers died immediately. People in other courtyards saw Li Xiang's ferocious look and turned their weapons towards the Xiliang soldiers.
They could see that their attacks were of no use to Prime Minister Li and could not hurt Prime Minister Li at all. However, for Xiliang soldiers, armor could help them block their vital points. If their arms, thighs, etc. were attacked, they would still be injured!
Cheng Jushu led a group of people to the small courtyard. When they came out, they were disgraced and several of his men were wearing some glory!
Continuing to lead people to kill inside, Li Xiang frowned. This was a street fight. It was the first time for Xiliang soldiers to fight this kind of battle. In the past, Xiliang soldiers either fought with the enemy on the city wall or fought in the wild. For
Street fighting is very unfamiliar.
The opposing garrison made full use of various terrains. Among the Xiliang army, only the scout troops were the best at this kind of terrain. This is what they learned.
It seems that in the future, the soldiers will have to learn more about how to lead troops to fight in the city!
Li Xiang thought about riding on Xingliao and heading directly towards the deepest part of the town. He kept waving the square halberd in his hand, obliterating every small courtyard.
The Xiliang army is advancing very slowly. They need to clear out the enemies in each courtyard before they can move forward.
Li Xiang destroyed more than a dozen small courtyards alone and arrived at the most important place in Forging Town. This is a huge blacksmith shop that can accommodate more than 5,000 blacksmiths working at the same time.
At this time, the smell of blood was everywhere in the blacksmith shop, and the soldiers responsible for protecting the blacksmith turned into butchers who massacred the blacksmith.
Even though they had a good relationship before, the weapons in the hands of these soldiers were still made by blacksmiths.
It is ridiculous to say that the blacksmiths were killed by the weapons they made to protect themselves, but the defenders had to do this. They could not let these blacksmiths fall into the hands of Xiliang soldiers.
These blacksmiths fell into the hands of Xiliang soldiers and made weapons for the Xiliang side. The Ma family would be the unlucky ones!
When Li Xiang came to the blacksmith shop, the five hundred soldiers guarding the place saw Li Xiang coming and surrounded him.
"General forging soldiers, Tie Nu has seen Li Jishi!" General forging soldiers saw Li Xiang coming alone. He was not surprised at all. Li Xiang's cultivation level is very high. Li Xiang can come and go freely in the town by himself. What's more,
Needless to say, the Xiliang army has already entered the town at this time!
"Why bother?" Li Xiang felt pity for the blacksmiths: "It is not easy to train a qualified blacksmith!"
Tie Nu smiled and said: "It's not easy, but I can't protect them anymore, and I don't want them to make blades to slash at the tribe, so I can only let them take the first step!"
"It seems that you are all ready for a fight to the death." Prime Minister Li pointed the Fang Tianji at Iron Slave.
"Kill!" Tie Nu rushed to the front, his aura bursting out, equivalent to the second-rate level in the world.
Prime Minister Li's heavenly halberd turned into a huge magic weapon of more than ten feet and fell from the sky. Iron Slave was killed by Prime Minister Li's halberd before he could rush to him. The five hundred soldiers around him were all intent on killing themselves.
Without any fear, he rushed towards Li Xiang.
When it got slightly dark, all the defenders in the entire important town died, and their bodies were transported to a place for burial. The Xiliang headquarters suffered more than 500 casualties in this battle, and Cheng Jushu also wore a little paint on his body.
The important town on the other side was also attacked when it was dark, and more than 800 casualties were paid for it. The soldiers of Liangzhou were very powerful. The soldiers of Xiliang could crush most of the soldiers in the northwest.
Liangzhou cannot do this. If you are careless, you may be killed by the enemy.
At noon the next day, Li Xiang led his army to the outside of Heishui County. On the city wall, the lord of Heishui County, Wang Zixiu, saw Xiliang soldiers appearing on the road leading to the two important towns.
The road leading from the town to Heishui County in two days is very strong and wide. After the snow is cleared, you can directly lead to Heishui County.
Outside Heishui County, the Xiliang army's camps are getting larger and larger day by day. The trebuchets transported by the Shenji battalion are a bit slow. As the top siege weapon of the Xiliang army, the psychic cannon still cannot keep up with the city walls.
Trebuchet ratio.
This time, Prime Minister Li mobilized twenty two trebuchets, and the target was Zhangye County City. The walls of Zhangye County City were more than 20 meters high, and there were also many defenders in the city.
Li Xiang didn't want to put his precious soldiers on the siege, so he planned to use a trebuchet to smash the opponent's city wall directly, and then the army would rush in.
This is also the first time Xiliang trebuchets have been dispatched!
After arriving, Li Xiang immediately called together all the military generals in Xiliang. This time, there were only soldiers from Xiliang headquarters in the meeting.
The movements of the Ma family's army are all under the eyes of the Xiliang scouts. It will take about five days for the Ma family's reinforcements to reach Heishui County.
In the big tent, there is a sand table that the scouts made overnight. Because the time is a bit short, it is not very detailed. However, some places in Heishui County are marked on it, and every route, water flow, mountain range, and checkpoint are marked.
Small towns, villages, etc. are all in the sandbox.
"This time the enemy is mainly divided into two groups!" Li Xiang said with a small blue chess piece: "One group is the troops from Zhangye County, and the other is the troops from Lingfeng County. It is still unknown how many troops are coming from both sides!
According to the letter from the scout, the leading troops of the Lingfeng County army have arrived at this location at this time!"
Prime Minister Li placed the chess pieces in the only flat place in Heishui County, which is also an important grain site in Heishui County.
"Kiss one, ride two"
"Here!" Qin Yi, who had been responsible for leading the five thousand personal guards, and Qi Er, who was in charge of the Xiliang cavalry, responded loudly.
"You two led the Xiliang cavalry and five thousand flying bear troops to this place, and ate all the troops sent from Lingfeng County for me.
Let’s go now!”
The cavalry cannot be deployed around Heishui County, so put them in a place suitable for cavalry!
"Yes!" The two of them took the order and left.
"The rest are troops from the small towns behind Zhangye County and Heishui County..."
There are many routes from Zhangye County to Heishui County, but Prime Minister Li can be sure that the main force of the opponent's army will take the official road. The main army will take the official road, but it is not certain for other troops.
He placed 5,000 heavy infantry on the enemy's only path, and added 20,000 light infantry, archers, and crossbowmen on the mountains on both sides to guard the left and right sides.
Around Heishui County, the battle flags of the Xiliang army are still there, and the troops are mobilized, mostly at night...
