The same report was sent to the Fengcang Imperial Capital and the Donghua Imperial Court, one meant auspiciousness, and the other represented bad news.At the end of the year, the most noisy time of the year had begun in the Fengcang Palace, and the night of the same court and the same high dragon chair was in the sky, but the mood became more and more irritable and angry, like a trapped beast because of anxiety and more and more irritable and angry, and more and more irrational because of anger and anxiety.200,000 elite soldiers and iron cavalry forced to Donghua's border pass city, Yizhou.The tall and thick city wall and the closed city gate blocked the Fengcang soldiers and horses, and the crossbowmen on the city wall were pressed together, and from a distance, the two armies were facing each other, and the momentum was calm, full of a touch of murderous atmosphere.Above the city tower, a middle-aged general in armor looked at the city with a solemn expression, although his momentum was calm, his tightly knit brows could not hide the anxiety and panic in his heart.The 200,000 army pressed the border, just this momentum, and it was enough to make the crossbowmen on the city tower tremble."
Shield."
The king of war was on his horse, and although he stood outside the city, his whole person looked as if he was condescending, looking down indifferently at the crossbowmen on the city wall.When the soldiers behind him heard the order, they brushed out of the ranks, and raised their shields in front of them.Not one row, two rows, but tens of thousands of people pressed by the black, firmly blocking the army behind and the distance that the bow and crossbow could shoot."
Archers."
The War King spoke again, his voice still calm and indifferent, but it could penetrate the audience.The middle-aged general on the city tower looked more and more nervous.No matter who it was, seeing such a huge and awe-inspiring iron cavalry army in front of him, he could no longer maintain a calm state of mind.In particular, his soldiers had just experienced a horrific scene in which wolves howled and killed their horses, and the army in front of them had just wiped out a country a few days earlier, Qinglan, which had been briefly allied with Donghua.Yizhou belongs to the Donghua border pass, the defenders here have also been trained for a long time, but they have not really been on the battlefield, after experiencing the terrible danger under the Phoenix Mountain, their state has not yet recovered, and the combat effectiveness at this time is not as good as half of the usual.Because morale is lost.And they are also at a disadvantage in numbers, and their resistance at this time is only to hope to delay a little time and wait for reinforcements from the imperial court.However, since Feng Cang announced the crusade against Qinglan and Donghua, more than 20 days have passed, but no imperial army has arrived.The morale of the defenders was weakening day by day, and there was little expectation.The battle king's eyes finally swept over the city wall, slowly raised his hand, and gave the order ruthlessly, "Siege the city." ”On the high city wall, there are not only rows of bows and crossbows, but also hot oil, boulders, and torches that are customary to defend the city.As long as the Fengcang soldiers climb the city wall, they will strike with all their strength, and they will support it for as long as they can.Because once the border pass is breached, the next few state cities will be even more powerless to fight with the Fengcang army.But no matter what this middle-aged general who has been guarding the border all the year round thinks, he would never have thought that the army under the command of the king of war would attack the city in a different way than ordinary people.There are no stairs and no walls to climb.The army of hard and thick shields moved forward in unison at a slow speed, and at the moment when their formation moved, countless crossbows were shot down from the city walls, and the crossbows struck the shields with a sonorous sound, either dull or sharp.These lethal crossbows were like children's toys at this time, and they were no threat to the army.The middle-aged general's face changed little by little, and his eyes showed shock and incomprehension.No matter how hard the shield is, it is impossible to protect it so perfectly, and countless bows and crossbows are fired, but not even a single person can be injured.It's incredible.The army of shields kept approaching the walls until the Warlord raised his hand.Everyone stopped at once."
Archer, shoot!"
A command fell, and behind the shield, countless masters with bows and arrows in their hands flew up from their horses, and in the blink of an eye, dense arrows shot straight above the high city tower with a sharp cold light.An arrow was fired, and the masters instantly disappeared behind the shields, and the bows and crossbows that followed on the opposite side all failed again without exception.It seems like a simple action, but it is perfectly controlled in terms of time.After the bow and arrow pierced the air, they were reflected in the pupils of the soldiers on the castle tower—"Ah!
”Sou!
Sou!
Sou!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
None of the arrows missed, and each arrow was plunged into the crossbowman's chest, and the man who was hit fell from the tower in an instant, and another person took his place.Taking a person's life looks as easy as cutting tofu.Behind the impermeable shields, the skilful archers stepped on horseback, their bodies nimbly changing positions and angles, and the arrows seemed to be inexhaustible, densely packed like locusts crossing the border, and striking at the towers with merciless force.As more and more corpses fell from the tower, the horror in the eyes of the soldiers who replaced them became clearer and clearer."
General!"
The adjutant general next to him shrank and walked to the general's side, his face was full of worry, and his brows were furrowed as if he couldn't dissolve, "It's not okay to go on like this, the soldiers are not enough to shoot." ”The opponent's bow and arrow seemed to be free of money, and there was not even a little room for respite, and they were constantly shooting at the castle tower, and these archers seemed to be obviously well-trained, not to mention all shots, and the tricky and strange angles made people unavoidable.In the blink of an eye, they have lost thousands of people, and if this continues, how many people are enough to kill?
The general obviously knew this, and said coldly when he heard this: "Then what do you say?"
Do you want everyone to leave, let them break the city?
”The most infuriating thing is that the opponent's archers are amazingly powerful, and they can shoot arrows to the castle tower without any difficulty at a distance that ordinary people can't shoot, and they can ensure that every arrow does not miss.On the other hand, on their own side, the bow and crossbow did not play a role at all, the distance of the opponent's army was simply impossible for them to attack, and their shields were so well protected that people could not do anything.The soldiers were wearing out at a frightening rate, and if they continued like this, they were afraid that they would not last until the evening."
General, they don't seem to have ladders, our preparations ......"
The adjutant general pointed to the boiling water, hot oil, and boulders next to him, and his brows furrowed a little tighter, "It seems that they are useless." ”"Who said that?"
The general's face turned pale, "As long as they want to break the city, they will definitely get close to the city gates—" "But if we are all destroyed, who will be able to defend the city gates?"
”The general blurted out, and when the words fell, a sharp arrow grazed his ears and plunged into the chest of a soldier beside him, his face changed, and he shouted: "General, hurry up and find a way!"
If this continues, people will die!
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