The third elder led the Ma family's army to walk on the vast snowy ground. He didn't like marching in winter. To be precise, few people in the world were willing to march in the cold winter. This was a severe test for both the general and the soldiers.
It's okay if the supplies are sufficient, but if the supplies are not sufficient, the cold weather can freeze the soldiers to death.
"General!" The scout in front rode back to him and said, "The vanguard has entered Heishui County!"
The third elder was wearing red armor and a thick white cloak. The cold wind blew across his face, making people feel the biting cold.
The third elder said to an old servant next to him: "Where are those three boys now!"
"Back to the master, the three young masters have entered Heishui County. At this time, the troops are divided into three groups to kill Heishui County!"
"Tell them to be careful and send the scout army forward. I don't believe that Li Xiang will let my Zhangye County reinforcements enter Heishui County so easily!"
The third elder still likes to use old people, such as this old man who has been with him for decades. They worked together when they were young. He was responsible for fighting, and the old man was responsible for logistics and intelligence.
From their understanding, the most powerful force in Xiliang is the cavalry. Except for one place in Heishui County that is somewhat flat, the rest of the city is covered in various mountainous areas.
The third elder thought of that place and said to the old servant: "Let the people in that area of Yuanye Town be careful!"
The wilderness is the grain-producing area of Heishui County and the flattest place in the entire county. It is also the place where the Xiliang Cavalry can display its powerful combat capabilities.
"Yes!" the old servant responded.
"Keep going!" The third elder returned from the horse to the carriage. As we get older, we will feel tired after riding for a long time. Don't think that practitioners will not get tired.
As long as the cultivation level has not reached the first-class level or above, the body will age when people grow old. Only masters who have reached the first-class level will maintain their bodies in their prime.
Boxing is afraid of young people. As long as the cultivation level has not reached the first level, this is almost the same among practitioners!
The third elder was also a strong man when he was young. At that time, the Ma family was a strong contender. Unfortunately, he missed a move and lost to other candidates. However, even if he lost, he was still the most powerful person in the Ma family.
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The Ma family's army continued to advance. The Xiliang scouts were observing this unit from a distance. The soldiers and carrier pigeons who sent orders were in contact with the headquarters in Heishui County, transmitting the intelligence from the front back to the camp as soon as possible.
After Prime Minister Li dispatched most of his army, he began to attack Heishui County. The enemy's reinforcements were going to be eaten up, and he was not prepared to let Heishui County go.
The trebuchet was assembled, a trebuchet that was fifteen meters high, a huge frame, and ropes woven together by countless powerful ferocious beasts.
Xiliang soldiers moved a huge stone not far away. These stones weighed five to six hundred kilograms, and some even weighed more than a thousand kilograms.
The catapult throws the stones very easily. The catapult cannot attack the target accurately and can only hit the approximate location. Many of the stones in the first attack hit the city wall and the moat, and only a small number of stones hit it.
On the city wall.
It didn't kill a single soldier guarding the city, but it made every soldier on the city wall look fearful. They were really scared!
When those stones flew over, the whistling sound in the sky was like the voice of a shadowy ghost, harsh and sharp, making each of them feel very frightened.
"Continue to adjust!" The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion adjusted the range of the catapult. Their target was the city wall of Heishui County, not the city moat. The Xiliang soldiers could cross the moat in one hip. Do they still need to fill it in?
After more than ten minutes, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion adjusted the angle, and the Xiliang soldiers had loaded the trebuchets with stones.
"put!"
boom!
A dull sound rang out, and huge stones flew into the sky again, whistling and smashing towards Heishui County.
The soldiers on the city wall have fled far away. They don't dare to stay in this place. This place is too scary!
Twenty-five catapults attacked together, giving the soldiers in the city the feeling of falling meteorites, with stones everywhere in the sky.
The stones that were smashed on the city wall shattered, and the fragments turned into deadly weapons, and cracks appeared in the city wall. The huge impact made the city wall a bit stressful, especially when more than twenty huge stones fell.
The gate tower also became dilapidated. The few soldiers hiding inside were so scared that their faces turned blue. They were really scared. The armor on their bodies was uneven. This was because the stones just broke and small stones hit the armor.
traces left on it.
Not hearing the sound of the trebuchet, the soldiers in the city gate tower immediately left, rolling and crawling towards the bottom of the city.
In the city, Wang Zixiu stood on a high building and saw huge stones hitting the city wall, causing a cloud of dust to fly. Instead of sending troops to capture the city wall, the opponent used a trebuchet to attack the city wall. It seemed that they wanted to use a trebuchet.
Break the wall and then fight your way in.
"Dad, can Heishui County be defended?" The girl, who was wrapped in thick clothes and only exposed her small red face, saw the huge rocks flying from a distance and hit the city wall. Even from a long distance, she could feel those rocks.
The power coming from the stone.
The city wall of Heishui County is very thick, but under such an attack, she doesn't know how long the wall can hold it back!
Wang Zixiu looked back: Dad doesn't know, but Xiliang has been surrounding Heishui County for more than ten days. Zhangye County must have received news that reinforcements are on the way.
We just need to hold off until the Ma family’s reinforcements arrive!”
The girl looked up at Wang Zixiu: "Dad, how long will it take for them to arrive?"
The trebuchet outside made the girl feel very uneasy. The soldiers in the city were able to block the attack of the Xiliang army. No one knew how many people came from Xiliang this time in the large tents!
"It will be soon. When you get up from sleep, maybe the reinforcements will arrive!" Wang Zixiu touched his daughter's little head and said to a middle-aged woman behind the girl: "Send the young lady to the cellar!"
It was very unsafe on the ground at this time. Xiliang soldiers could throw such a big stone on the city wall, so hitting it into the city was just a piece of cake for Xiliang.
The ground is not very safe, so you still have to hide in the cellar.
The trebuchets continued to attack, and a large amount of stones quickly piled up outside the city, and a large number of cracks appeared on the city wall. For those stones under the city wall, the soldiers in the city had to wait for the Xiliang soldiers to stop attacking, and then clean up the stones, otherwise these stones would
The soldiers will become Xiliang soldiers and stepping stones to attack the city wall.
With the Xiliang soldiers, as long as they are given a little leverage, they can rush to the city wall. The pile of stones now is only three meters high. If the trebuchets continue to attack, with the patience of Xiliang, maybe they can really
can create a road outside the city wall to the city.
wilderness town
The news that Xiliang's army had entered Heishui County reached the small town a few days ago, causing the population in the town to become extremely sparse, and most of the people had returned to the countryside.
There are a large number of villages around Yuanye Town. The civilians here mainly make a living by growing crops, so there are fields everywhere. The weather is cold, and there is no cold-resistant rice like Xiliang. What is grown here is a kind of rice, similar to wheat.
Very similar crops.
It was the middle of winter, and there were no crops in the farmland, and the grassland was completely white.
Zhang Wenlong and his 500 men dressed up like refugees who had come from other towns. In order to look more like them, each of them had not eaten anything for two days, and they were so hungry that they became weak.
Some people also brought children or women, and a large group of people ran outside Yuanye Town.
"Who is it?" The town received news that the Xiliang troops were coming, and the entire town was under martial law. When they saw a large group of dark people running over, the soldiers immediately rang the gong, and soon the town wall
The station is full.
They carefully looked at the people outside and saw that everyone was carrying a weapon. In this place, children have to carry weapons since they were young, so the soldiers were not too surprised to see these people holding knives.
"Sir, Zhang Wenlong, a grassroots citizen, we are civilians in Yeling Town." Zhang Wenlong, as the commander of this unit, stepped forward and said: "Yeling Town has been occupied by Xiliang soldiers. Those of us who don't want to be ruled by Xiliang people, just
Meet and run out together.
There were more than a thousand people when we came out, but now there are less than 500 people left!"
There was a bit of sadness and anger in Zhang Wenlong's voice: "The Xiliang people did not let us go, they regarded us as prey, and they hunted us with bows and arrows along the way.
We haven't rested or eaten for two days. If you don't trust us, please bring these children and women to the city, and we will fight with the Xiliang soldiers!"
A small officer on the city wall saw Zhang Wenlong's appearance and walked to the guard. Zhang Wenlong felt a little nervous when he saw this scene.
He received news from Xiliang that General Qinyi asked him to take five hundred people to defraud the defenders of Yuanye Town. After seeing this plan, Zhang Wenlong did not hesitate to take the five hundred people he had just recruited.
So I came over, and brought a lot of women and children with me for this purpose.
Most of the people in Yeling Town are hunters, and their martial arts skills are not bad. Unfortunately, they encountered Xiliang soldiers who were even more ferocious.
This was an opportunity. After Zhang Wenlong made it clear to everyone about the enemy, everyone agreed, and then he brought everyone together.
If successful, each of them will receive a reward of ten taels of silver, and for each enemy killed, they will receive five taels of silver (all counted together, and distributed according to contribution in the end)
He didn't know if the people on the city wall knew anything. There was a look of anxiety on his face. He turned around and looked behind him from time to time, feeling a little vibration coming from the ground.
"Sir, the Xiliang pursuers are coming, please save us!" Zhang Wenlong turned around and said to his subordinates: "Hurry up, let the women and children come to the front!"
The people on the city wall were not moved by Zhang Wenlong's words because they didn't know whether what Zhang Wenlong said was true or false. They had also been deceived by bandits nearby and were killed by those bandits several times in the city and robbed a large amount of food.
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Just when the people on the city wall were about to say something, they heard the sound of rapid footsteps. On the snow-white ground in the distance, a long black line appeared, and a battle flag depicting a big bloody wolf was raised!
Xiliang Iron Cavalry!
Seeing the big flag over there, the people on the city wall immediately said: "Open the door and let them in!"
At this time, there is a serious shortage of manpower in Yuanye City, and the clothes and weapons of the people below are all in the style of Liangzhou.
Xiliang people are all eight feet tall and have huge backs and waists. How could they be so short?
As for whether they might be people recruited by Xiliang, they have never heard that people from Xiliang have recruited anyone from Liangzhou, and the people from Xiliang have only been in Heishui County for a few days!
Click, click, click!
The city gate slowly opened. The city gate was made of thick wood and iron sheets. Zhang Wenlong and his men lowered their heads and held it. On the wall where no one saw it, these men immediately took out a piece of cooked fermented meat.
Eat animal meat.
Huge power came, and these people who had been hungry for two days felt a warm current flowing around their bodies, making their already weak bodies strong.
"Hurry up and take the children to the back!" The defenders in the city looked nervously at the door and asked Zhang Wenlong and his party to run faster.
Zhang Wenlong took out a Yuan Stone from his arms, followed by six soldiers holding long objects wrapped in cloth.
"Sir, this is a special product brought by the grassroots from Yeling Town. Thank you for letting us live!"
Zhang Wenlong held the Yuan Stone in both hands. The squad leader's eyes popped out when he saw the Yuan Stone. As a squad leader of city guards, although he was not a high-ranking official, he could still see some things.
For example, the Yuan Stone in front of you is a top-grade Yuan Stone.
The other little soldiers also focused on the Yuan Stone, which was a high-grade Yuan Stone.
puff!
Suddenly bright red blood spilled on their faces, and these soldiers fell to the ground. The people in front deliberately crowded together to cover the figures of these soldiers.
At the same time, people from other places took action, killing the soldiers on both sides of the city gate one after another. The soldiers who had run into the city early blocked the sight of the soldiers at the city gate, so that they could not see what was going on in the city gate road.
Rumble!
The Xiliang cavalry rushed towards the city gate in mighty force. The soldiers on the front line were the Flying Bear Army soldiers. At this time, the city gate had become Zhang Wenlong's men.
"Do it!"
Zhang Wenlong's deep voice sounded. Children and women were already standing on both sides of the city gate. This place was the least vulnerable to attack.
"What's going on down there?" Seeing the Xiliang cavalry getting closer and closer, the guard on the city wall did not hear the sound of the city gate and the door.
"Enemy attack!"
There were sounds of fighting below, and a soldier shouted to the people on the city wall: "These are Xiliang lackeys, not civilians in Yeling Town!"
Rumble!
When the soldiers of the Flying Bear Army saw the city gate that was open but not closed, they rushed to the front. As a commander of the personal guard army, this was the first time he led an army to act alone.
The two riders charged down the road side by side.
With one blow, he picked up an enemy blocking the front and rushed to the town. The soldiers of the Flying Bear Army came from behind. They switched to short weapons and massacred the soldiers in the city...
