I’m The King Chapter 767: : The sound of drums and horns is sharp (39)

When he came to the city of Xintian, Wang Chang was a little numb, because now Xintian is no longer the small county in his image, but a heavily guarded military fortress. The wide attack surface has been dug beyond recognition, and there are dense trenches and earth barriers piled up with rocks and mud everywhere. On the already narrow passages, there are horses, antlers, and ground barriers everywhere. Glitteringly strewn with barbed terriers.

The city wall of Xintian County was originally not high, less than six meters high, but now it has been raised nearly two meters with sandbags wrapped in earth. If it is easy to attack, Wang Chang believes that he can take down Xintian Tian, ​​but the problem is that although the defenders in the city came here in a hurry and did not have any long-range weapons, he himself rushed all the way here in a hurry. Even the simplest siege weapons such as ladders were not fully prepared, and Hu Yanchao's time was too demanding. So nervous, how could he easily take down the city.

Wang Chang only felt his head aching.

"Remove the obstacles. Prepare to attack the city!" Wang Chang suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and gave the order to attack. No matter how difficult it is, the task must be completed, otherwise, Langya's tens of thousands of Yan troops will be dumped.

Tear down the earth barriers, flatten the ditches, pull out the barbed wire, reject the horses, and the antlers. The Yan army who did these jobs will inevitably encounter a strong counterattack from the city, but he must endure these casualties.

Looking at the Yan army who worked hard to clear the obstacles like ants in the city, Lu Yuanchuan also sighed with great regret. It can make the opponent pay a heavy price, and now. But he can only fight back slowly, he has crossbows in his arms, but each soldier only has dozens of crossbows in his hands. This should be used on a knife edge, and it cannot be wasted now. The Yan army on the opposite side is indeed well-trained. When removing these obstacles, a few in the east and a few in the west are very scattered. When the arrows are very precious, it would be too wasteful to deal with them with arms and crossbows. up.

"Spot kill. Aim at it. One arrow will kill one of them. Create a little atmosphere for them first." Lu Yuanchuan said to the assembled crossbowmen with excellent archery skills.

More than a dozen crossbowmen have half of their bodies sticking out of the sandbags. Next to them, two soldiers are holding shields and staring at the opposite side carefully. Protect these shooters.

A veteran soldier squinted his eyes halfway, aiming at a Yan army who was moving a rejection horse under the city. With a slight pull of the hand, there was a sound, and the crossbow arrow shot out. The Yan Jun fell to the ground as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, and Juma also fell on him with a bang. There was a sound of exclamation below the city, but there were bursts of cheers above the city.

More than a dozen crossbow arrows were fired almost at the same time, and none of them missed. He hid his body.

This kind of point kill is compared with the overwhelming shooting of feather arrows. The momentum is far inferior, but when it comes to the psychological deterrence of the soldiers. But it is not inferior in the slightest, because in this case, the opponent's soldiers who are shooting must be excellent archers. This kind of point killing is purposeless, purely because of which one is the other, once the opponent takes aim , that is almost a dead word. They are now unobstructed, and the armor on their bodies, as proved by the dozen or so dead soldiers in front, has a pitifully low defense against the crossbow arrows on the city.

Nobody wants to be next.

This is the most common soldier psychology.

"Move a team of archers up to cover and suppress!" Wang Chang stared at the top of the wall, frowning. The opponent's reaction was obviously due to the lack of long-range weapons. Uneasy in your heart, do you have no fear?

"General, the range of our bows and arrows is not as good as the opponent's crossbow." A general beside him whispered.

"Then move forward and call in another team of shieldmen to protect the archers." Wang Chang said sharply, "Do you want me to teach you?"

The general blushed, really lost his way, bowed his head and retreated to make arrangements.

Hundreds of archers, under the cover of more shieldmen, slowly walked out from the trenches and between the stone barriers, crossed these densely packed places, and began to line up more than a hundred steps away from the city. Lu Yuanchuan in the city sighed again. If there were a few bed crossbows shooting at these openings just now, it would be a string of crossbows, but now, he can only watch.

More than a hundred archers started to shoot arrows, trying to suppress the city, but their opponents were just a dozen crossbowmen with excellent archery skills. When they started shooting from the city, they had already turned to another In one direction, there are still one arrow and one arrow, and there are still sniping guns, still the same as before, almost one arrow at a time, and there is almost no time to miss, and when the more than a hundred archers shoot arrows, looking up at the top of the city, they can't see it at all. How could an enemy succeed in such a blind shot? Instead, countless arrows landed on the top of the city, or were inserted into the sandbags. They were all taken away.

Such a scene makes Wang Chang feel very depressed. This **** arrow is just to send weapons to the enemy, but he has to keep doing this, because the soldiers who are removing obstacles need this kind of attack To bring them a sense of security, even if only in theory.

The removal of obstacles continued amidst the constant casualties, and in the rear battalion, the engineers were desperately rushing to make ladders, siege vehicles and other weapons. Wang Chang reckoned that he might have to wait until dark He was able to launch his first attack close to the city when he was in the city. Looking at the firewood piled up under the city, even a fool would know what it was for?

The only thing he can do is to prepare more sand and soil, which will be used to pounce on these raging fires at that time, but under the ravages of oil, the effect is probably very limited. As Hu Yanchao's deputy, Wang Chang is very important Defense is naturally very skilled. Lu Yuanchuan's many arrangements, he only needs to take a look at them to know what they are for.

But it is one thing to know, but another thing to want to destroy him. Whether it is in the past or now, generally speaking, the lives of soldiers are used to build a city.

"Beat the drum, attack the city!" Wang Chang suppressed the many distracting thoughts in his heart, and issued an order loudly.

Hearing the thunderous drumming from below the city, Lu Yuanchuan jumped up from where he was lying. Similarly, the soldiers who were sitting or lying behind the city wall also stood up one by one and rushed to the edge of the city wall. Staring at not far away, lifting the ladder. Pushing crude siege vehicles, the Yan army swarmed in.

"Get ready to fight, conquer the Eastern Army!" Lu Yuanchuan raised his arms and shouted.

"Wan Sheng!" Although there were only more than a thousand soldiers, the burst of shouts was enough to change the color of the mountains and rivers.

Yuyang, Kongde's marching army suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes and the hissing of messengers. It stopped suddenly, and all the troops were stationed on the spot, waiting for the next military order. Most of the generals were puzzled. The previous order was as urgent as sparks, and all the troops were required to speed up, but it was not five days after they left. God, but was asked to stop again, but that's okay, the troops are actually exhausted. It is also a good thing to have such a precious time for soldiers to refresh.

The generals at the grassroots level were relieved, and Kong De's big tent was in the middle. Kong De and his generals were all frowning, the room was leaking due to continuous rain, the boat was late and the wind was blowing, Kong De didn't know what to say when he saw the spy of Yan Lingwei in front of him. , Ye Zhen led his troops behind him to follow his army closely, but in front, Zhou Changshou of Zhao Jun blocked his way again, taking advantage of the fire to loot. What should I do?

"Are you sure?" Kong De looked at the identity of the spy in front of him. The badges were verified one by one, but Kong De still couldn't believe that Zhou Changshou would come to ambush him at this time. You know, the relationship between Zhengdong Army and Zhao State is really in a state of crisis now.

"General Kong, it is absolutely true. I found an opportunity to sneak out after Zhou Changshou's army attacked. In fact, the general will know if it is true or not. This place is not far from Zhou Changshou's ambush site. As long as the general sends out scout horses, he can find out what happened."

Kong De leaned back heavily, "Zhou Changshou is trying to seize Yuyang. If he is colluding with Ye Zhen, our army will be in danger this time."

"The coincidence of Zhou Changshou's appearance fully shows that the other party has already hooked up. General, we can't move forward. Why don't we go back to Yuyang County City and stick to it? Ye Zhen, if you want to win Yuyang County, that's impossible." A general roared.

"To put it lightly, now that our army is retreating, Zhou Changshou is willing to give up, but Ye Zhen behind him would not have thought of this, he must have sent someone to get stuck on our way back to Yuyang County City , when the time comes, we will really have nowhere to go." Kong De shook his head.

"Then let's just watch Zhao Jun's ambush, and go forward?"

"Of course not. The reason why an ambush is an ambush is based on what we don't know. Now that we know Zhou Changshou's arrangement, how will he ambush us?"

"Then it's better to show the horses and horses and tell Zhou Changshou that we already know he's coming, so he can't take advantage of it. With Zhou Changshou's temperament, he will definitely withdraw his troops." Another general suggested.

"This statement is reasonable." Kong De nodded, suddenly remembered something, and his face suddenly changed: "Not good."

"What's the matter, General?" the generals asked in surprise.

"We know the news about Zhou Changshou's attack. If Ye Zhen also knows about it, what will he do?" Kong De looked at the crowd and said word by word: "If I were him, I would send troops to the whole city immediately, Cutting off Zhou Changshou's retreat, Zhou Changshou was unable to seize Yuyang ~IndoMTL.com~ Instead, he lost the whole city and other five cities. In order to make business with Zhao Guo, he will definitely attack us desperately in order to annihilate us Afterwards, take back Yuyang and pay off your merits.”

"Then why didn't he withdraw his army and seek to recapture the whole city?"

"Zhou Changshou has only 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Do you want him to attack a city that is guarded by almost the same manpower? I am not saying that I am discouraged. The fighting power of Zhao's standing army is stronger than ours. If the city is head-to-head, he might as well fight us, if we defeat us and win Yuyang, even if Ye Zhen takes the whole city, so what, he will still be alone, and he will have to retreat in the end." Kong De explained.

"General!" The curtain was lifted, and a star officer strode in, "Ye Zhen, the Eastern Army, sent an envoy to send a letter to the general."

After receiving the letter from the officer, Kong De only glanced at it, his face was already pale, "Brothers are fighting against him outside the wall, I heard that Zhao Jun is going to ambush Brother Kong, I have led the army and captured the whole city, you Our two armies work together to destroy the Zhao army that invaded my Dayan first, as for the old score between brothers, it can be settled in the future."

Konde stood up, the paper in his hand fluttered to the ground, and he ordered with a bitter face: "Get ready to fight! Make a **** road." (To be continued)