Chapter 218: Out of the city at night Although it was separated by a canal, the solemn aura seemed to be enough to overwhelm people.
In the red zone on the other side of the canal, the defenders nervously guarded the bridge, and the horses were stacked at the end of the bridge, and the defenders and the city guards of Yanjing looked at each other across the river.
It was as if both sides were waiting for something, and everyone knew that once that order came, it would be an inevitable fight.
The air at night was full of the smell of forest, the coldness of the metal, as if the nose could smell it, at the two ends of such a jumping beam, at least more than two thousand soldiers gathered, but at the moment there was no sound, no sound.
In contrast, the defenders of the Red Zone were more nervous, the city guards on the other side were still moving, in the dark night, the sound of soldiers running and horses' hooves was faintly heard in the distance, more and more city guards were rushing towards here, on the opposite side of the canal, many buildings had been occupied by the city guards, and on the high ground, those archers who had been waiting for them were faintly visible in the dark night.
At this moment, the air seems to have frozen The moonlight fell dimly and sprinkled in the city, and the moonlight on the water, like the shields in the hands of the soldiers, glowed with a cold cold light, and it seemed that the only thing that could be heard at this moment was the creaking sound of the bowstring being taut for too long.
Finally, at the end of the bridge in the red zone on the opposite bank, a low shout was heard, followed by the running defenders moving the horses on the bridge deck, the wheels rolling, and the two carriages slowly came out.
The rolling of the wheels made a creaking sound, as if the axles that had not been oiled for a long time were about to rust to death, and along the way, the sound was like the remnants of an old man, and the horses pulling the cart were covered with mud and their hooves were heavy.
In the atmosphere of almost a collision between the two sides, the two carriages slowly drove to the other side, and were stopped by the city guards under the aim of at least twenty crossbow arrows around them.
Several city guards stepped forward to check nervously before they breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's a watermill that delivers water."
After inspecting the huge buckets in the carriage, a soldier turned over and jumped down, and made eye contact with the officer: "Two hours ago, these two cars went in to deliver water, and we searched it." ” The officer leading the team hesitated.
Under the strict order above, the red zone has been surrounded for a few days, but because the last order has not come down after all, so in the past few days, the city guards have only carried out a blockade, and vehicles carrying food, vegetables and drinking water are still allowed to enter and exit every day, but they have been strictly checked, even if it is the firewood that is sent, there will be soldiers with spears to poke a few times.
The soldiers in the carriage had turned over each bucket, and it was empty, except for the layers of rust left on the iron sheets of the barrel walls.
The officer hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Let it go." ” After all, the order for a final attack has not yet been given from above.
Even many officers and soldiers of the city guard were hesitating in their hearts, perhaps, at the last moment, His Majesty would change his mind.
Everyone knows that the red zone is the last bottom line, and once it is crossed, it is the final declaration of war and rupture.
"Release" The soldiers shouted nervously, and then the ranks of the city guards parted, and a passage was made in the thick shield wall to allow the broken old carriage to pass slowly.
The leading officer watched the car pass slowly, and suddenly felt a little inappropriate in his heart, and he suddenly grabbed his subordinates beside him: "Take today's record."
He quickly looked at the records of entering and exiting the bridge today: "This is the first car today."
"Six times."
The soldiers replied: "Three times to carry food, once to carry firewood and coal, and two times to carry water, a total of thirty-three vehicles in and out, I have checked, the number of vehicles that sent things in is the same as the number of vehicles that came out last, and the carriages have been checked, and there is nothing entrainment or suspicious things." ” The officer breathed a sigh of relief, he shook his head with a wry smile, it seemed that he was too nervous.
It's a damn situation, and people are going crazy When will such a blockade be a head?
Spann turned the corner with a group of cavalry and galloped towards the aqueduct.
The general in charge of the city guard army was gloomy at the moment, and the heavy feeling in his heart was almost overwhelming, even if he rode his horse and galloped, he could not alleviate the feeling of suffocation in his heart.
My chest was so tight that it looked like it was going to rain on this day The placket of his breastplate was soaked with sweat, and in his breastplate was a letter written by Emperor Kantos the Great At this moment, General Spann suddenly had a sense of historical mission in his heart He knew very well that the order he had carried out might not be, not perhaps, but was about to change the fate of the empire "The Man Who Ringed the Death Knell" Spann rode on a horse, and suddenly had a tragic and ridiculous feeling: "A hundred years later, when future generations record history, will they leave my name?"
Thinking of this, the general's mood was a little low, but then he bit the tip of his tongue hard, kicked the horse's belly hard, and forced himself to cheer up.
After all, he was a military man, and he had to carry out his orders Span's cavalry turned the intersection, and at the end of the street in front of him was the aqueduct bridge, and at the intersection nine, he saw the two empty water trucks coming slowly, and the two sides met head-on at the intersection, and the distance was only a few dozen steps, and the two water trucks turned around and slowly went in the other direction of the intersection.
Spann subconsciously slowed down the speed of his horse's run, probably the crunching of rusty wheels breaking his thoughts, and the general naturally glanced up at the two water trucks.
The cavalry behind him stopped.
On the street, there is only the sound of the creaking wheels and the horses pulling the carts, trampling on the bluestone-paved pavement, making a heavy "da-da" sound.
Suddenly, Spann felt a little envious of the two water trucks, because at this time, they could be lucky enough to leave the place where the fire was about to be ignited The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and the sound of heavy wheels merged into one, and Spann was a little distracted, and a faint strangeness flashed in his heart, he frowned, then shook his head, and then reined in his horse and slowly walked towards the canal.
Spann came to the canal, turned over and dismounted, and immediately summoned the officers here, and after listening to the officer's report, Spann nodded.
Everything, there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary.
There was no movement in the Red Zone, and the defenders inside were only tightly guarding the banks of the canals, which was also expected.
Perhaps, neither they nor I expected His Majesty to go crazy to such an extent.
Spann knew very well that although there were 1,000 elite defenders in the Red Zone, and according to the information he had in the past, the elite level of this 1,000 defenders far exceeded that of his own city guards, whether it was the opponent's weapons and armor equipment or the quality of individual soldiers.
However, after all, trapped in an area, in Yanjing City, his own city guards have an absolute superiority in strength, and even if the opponent's 1,000 elites are powerful, they can fill in the opponent with people If it's just about capturing the Red Zone, then this task doesn't seem to be too difficult at all.
But standing on the bridge and looking at the "red zone" on the other side, why did the feeling of oppression and uneasiness in my heart become stronger and stronger?
Is it afraid of the imminent chaos of the collapse of the empire after the capture of the Red Zone?
It doesn't seem like hum, no matter how much it is, let's take this place first, even if the empire will eventually fall, we must first cut off the heads of those warlords and henchmen in El Salvador, and the general will die, and the sword will be stained with the blood of those enemies Spann slowly drew his sword and whispered, "Queue" Hearing this order, the officers under him were stunned for a moment, and looked at General Spann with wide eyes: "My lord, is it?"
Spann looked at his subordinates in a complicated manner: "Execute the order to line up" Seeing his subordinates wordlessly carry out the order, looking at the heavily armed soldiers around him, such as the spear of the forest, the shield like the wall, all emitting a cold light in the moonlight, Span's mouth was bitter: At this time, if you can leave, how good it would be Leaving Spann and walking two steps, raising his long sword, he was about to say a few words of mobilization, when suddenly, the thought in his heart expanded infinitely, faintly, and he saw that scene on the road, and fell deeper and deeper into his heart In an instant, Span's face changed suddenly From Fang Cai all the way over, his heart was full of strangeness and uneasiness, and when he passed the last street corner, that uneasiness suddenly increased several times, he originally thought that he was too nervous when it came to the end, but at this moment he realized that it was not The sound of horses' hooves The sound of horses' hooves on the watermill in Nala In the night, on the long street, mixed with the rolling wheels, the sound of horses' hooves "clicking".
For a moment, General Spann realized where his uneasiness was coming from The sound of horses' hooves is definitely not what an ordinary cart puller should have The powerful and short sound of the horse's hooves represents the majesty and full of power of the horse, and the sound of the clatter that falls to the ground can only be made by the thick shoes nailed to the horse's shoes, and Span, after all, is an experienced old soldier, and he knows very well that only the new shoes that have just been nailed, the shoes of good texture, will make such a sound so crisp The kind of horse used to pull the carriage obviously had no need to nail that good brand new horseshoe Even in the cavalry troops, and only before the cavalry battles, the horses were nailed with the best farriers to maintain the mobility of the horses on long marches Span, who had thought about this section clearly, suddenly changed color, he was already standing at the front of the queue, and suddenly rushed over like crazy, pulled his subordinates, and shouted: "What about the records of entering and leaving?"
The subordinate officers were a little stunned by Span's gaffe, and stammered in a reply, and Spann suddenly broke out in a cold sweat "Bastards, you idiots" Spann shouted: "The cavalry is on the horse, and Salvador is running" "General, general," his subordinates were still in a daze, and Spann had already whipped it with an angry whip, and shouted angrily: "What a fool, those horses that pull the cart are the best war horses, and the best horseshoe nails, and they are already about to run away."
Before his subordinates could react, Spann had already rushed to the side of the cavalry queue, mounted his horse and shouted, "The cavalry will follow me to catch up with those transport carriages."
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But at this time, suddenly, on the opposite side of the bridge, in the red zone, a loud horn suddenly sounded In the darkness of the night, the defenders on the opposite bank pushed out several ballistae that had been prepared, and the crossbow arrows had already been tied with a grease-coated leather, and after raising the torches to ignite the crossbow arrows, in a whistling sound, several rockets were fired towards the opposite bank The piercing crossbow arrows roared, and immediately shot a pair of piercing shots at a house next to the bridge, and the roof of a house collapsed on the spot, and the lime debris flew everywhere, caught in the exclamation of the archers hiding on the roof.
The volley of several crossbow arrows suddenly knocked down the queue of the city guards who had already lined up on the other side of the bridge, and more than a dozen soldiers were directly shot through by the powerful crossbow arrows on the spot, and a miserable scream rang out.
In a fit of rage, Spann was held by the subordinate next to him and rolled to the ground, only to dodge a crossbow arrow in front of him, but the officer who pushed him down had his head cut off directly by a flying crossbow arrow on the spot Span's face was covered in blood, and as soon as he turned over and jumped up, there was a sound of shouting and killing in the red zone on the other side A group of cavalry rushed out directly from the opposite side of the bridge, the horses' hooves trampled on the bridge, the soldiers on the horses brandished their long knives and shouted, and a large number of infantry with red belts on their bodies rushed out "Meet the enemy, meet the enemy, break through the archers, block the bridge deck" Span's loud voice vibrated in the darkness of the night as he swung his sword and roared, and the archers on the houses on both sides reacted to the sneak attack of the crossbow bolts, and a dense rain of arrows covered the bridge deck From time to time on the bridge deck in the dark night, there were screams of cavalry falling from arrows and horses falling to their horses.
But in the dense rain of arrows, there were still many cavalry rushing out, roaring into the ranks of the city guards.
Span roared hard, his long sword had already ignited the light of fighting spirit, and in the roar, a sword split a cavalry company and horse that rushed in front of him in half, and the tiger roared in the rain of blood: "Queue up to stop them and block them back" After all, the city guards had an absolute advantage in numbers, the infantry lined up and stopped the bridgehead, although the cavalry rushing over rushed to the queue, but it was only a few gaps that were forcibly knocked open, and they were soon replenished by more city guards, and more and more cavalry fell off their horses and died under the chaotic sword of the city guards, and even a complete corpse was not left The infantry who rushed out of the rear broke through the bridge deck and were intercepted by the archers and suffered heavy casualties, and the number of people who rushed across the bridge deck was less than half, and at this moment the city guards had completely gained a firm foothold, and the officers shouted one by one, and the formation pressed forward step by step, and gradually overwhelmed the small half of the bridge More and more soldiers who broke through saw that the situation was not good, some ran back with a shout, and some threw their weapons in their hands and jumped into the ditch.
But the battle here has caused too much movement, there are already small boats arranged by the city guards on the canal, on the river, the city guards in the small boats brandished their spears, stabbed those who jumped into the water and tried to escape one by one, and a group of ready city guard soldiers took off their armor and bit their short knives and jumped into the water.
Spann had already rushed to the end of the line, grabbed one of his lieutenants, and shouted, "It's up to you to block the bridge and force those bastards to death."
He then turned over on his horse and shouted, "The cavalry came with me to damn Salvador."
General Span's judgment was not wrong, but it was a little late.
It is true that El Salvador is no longer in the red zone at the moment.
In the past few days of the blockade, although the city guards have surrounded the red zone, the cunning El Salvador has already arranged a plan for himself to get out.
In the past few days, because the emperor has not given an order for a long time, the city guards have only besieged the red zone but not attacked, and the transport vehicles are still allowed to enter and exit every day, although the transport vehicles are inspected.
And the problem lies in these transporters.
The transport carts that came in and out, whether it was to transport grain, drinking water, or firewood and coal, did not have a problem with what they carried, but the problem was with the horses Every empty cart that came out was replaced with horses with the best endurance for long runs, and all of them were nailed to the best horseshoe.
And every time I went in and out, the driver who pulled the cart was replaced by the most elite fighters in the Red Zone Although the soldiers of the city guard strictly inspected the carriages, they did not pay attention to the horses pulling the carts.
Originally, these excellent war horses were deliberately painted with a lot of sludge marks in order to confuse the public, these high-quality war horses have never trimmed their manes, and they look sloppy and dirty.
Even the coachman who pulled the cart was covered in smudges, and not many people paid attention to the coolies' mud legs.
For several days in a row, more than 30 vehicles per day, so quietly changing the sky, at least more than 100 elite cavalry have been quietly replaced from the red zone At this moment, the people left in the Red Zone are the old subordinates that Salvador said will follow him for decades, and his only task is to lead the remaining defenders in the Red Zone to break through to the death, and try to make the most noise to attract the attention of the city guards.
This strategy is almost on the verge of success While there was a fierce battle at the canal, the last two water trucks had already lost their carriages in the alley after they had crossed the intersection More than 100 horsemen who had quietly left the red zone had already hidden in more than 20 strongholds in a residential area near a block west of the city.
At this moment, while the battle was raging at the canal, countless city guards heard the sound of military trumpets, and assembled in groups towards the red zone, and the streets were crowded with cavalry in groups, and the sound of the infantry's leather boots and the horse's hooves mingled together.
Then, in a street in the west of the city, quietly, one hundred and ten horsemen gathered, and these cavalrymen all changed into the clothes and armor of the city guards and standard equipment, took advantage of the chaos, swaggered onto the street, and then went to the west gate in the opposite direction In the middle of this group of rebels, it was none other than El Salvador Salvador had just arrived, hiding in the buckets of the last two cars.
The buckets were specially made, the height of the barrel was shallower than the barrel, and there was a hidden space at the bottom of the bucket, which was narrow but could barely allow a person to curl up in the most nervous position.
Salvador has been operating in Yanjing for many years, and this kind of strategy to escape at a critical moment has been arranged by him many years ago, and those war horses that never cut their manes are all prepared in peace.
Even how to curl up in this special bucket in the most ingenious posture and save space is deliberately practiced by Salvador himself More than 100 horsemen, through the streets and alleys, quickly towards the west gate of the city into the night, let the direction of the red zone behind him shout to kill the sky, and for Salvador, the most gratifying thing in his heart is that the front, the direction of the west city gate, is quiet as usual West City Gate.
In the darkness of the night, the torches on the city gate flickered as if it were day, and a black carriage pulled by four horses had slowly come to the city gate, the body was parked under the city tower, and the guards had gathered to protect it.
The carriage window opened, and a crisp and pleasant voice rang out: "I want to see Master Giuseppe."
As he spoke, a bright badge lit up quickly.
Soon, the officer guarding the west gate immediately ran out and stood by the carriage, and the officer named Zhu Saipe saw the badge, and by the light of the torches, he saw the face in the carriage clearly, and was immediately startled: "Little, miss" In the carriage, the cloak Daphany smiled faintly and whispered, "I'm going to send a friend out of town." ” Despite the strict orders of the general of the city guard, Giuseppe, who was born under the Minas family, did not have the slightest doubt, and without hesitation, he took two steps back, and then turned around and shouted in a low voice: "Open the city gate" Although some of his subordinates raised questions, the officer only stared over, and under his usual authority, no one dared to question his orders.
Daphany in the carriage dismounted, and the coachman untied the two horses pulling the cart.
Daiffany glanced at the officer and whispered, "I'm sorry for you." ” "It's an honor for me to work for Miss."
Giuseppe nodded without hesitation.
Daphany then stood by the window and said inside: "Be careful all the way and go straight north, don't stop me on the way."
Half of her poignant face was visible in the window, and Adeline had tears in her eyes: "Daphne" "Let's go," Dauphani sighed under his breath.
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: