Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 4 Spear and Shield

In the early morning of the next day, Wufeng ordered Xiao Tang to do a good job in logistical arrangements in the rear. city ​​walls. Mulige led the First Battalion, the Fifth Battalion and the other two reorganized regiments to stay in the city on standby. Waiting until noon, the enemy didn't move much, and Wufeng also felt a little strange. In fact, because of the speed, the infantry of the Luobei people hadn't arrived yet, and Kurdo and others didn't plan to carry out the siege battle on this day. They are also preparing to attack after a day of rest.

----October 12 passed peacefully in this way, and both sides seemed very calm. But Wufeng knew that this was just the tranquility before the storm, and he believed that the enemy would not drag on like this, which would not be good for them.

----The sun finally rose on October 13th, and the enemy troops outside the city finally moved. Wufeng stood on the tower and watched the enemy camp in the distance. What should come is finally coming. With the blaring of low-pitched horns, soldiers in the enemy camp continued to appear on the horizon, and there were more and more of them. The infantry lined up in neat square formations, and with solid steps, they moved towards the Qingyang Fucheng rushed over, the infantry was flanked by cavalry phalanxes, the tall and burly soldiers were wrapped in iron armor, the fat and strong horses roared and galloped, and the hooves of thousands of horses were so orderly, like a The sound of the giant stepping on the ground made the ground tremble.

----The Luobei people's riding skills are indeed well-deserved. It can be seen from the proficient riding skills that they are worthy of being the best among the nomads. Wufeng couldn't help but admire secretly. Kurdo also intentionally put on a strong formation, trying to crush the opponent from the momentum. The soldiers on the city wall were a little shocked. Wufeng and Cui Wenxiu also sensed the enemy's intentions. They patrolled along the city wall calmly, joking with familiar soldiers from time to time. The soldiers saw the calmness of their commander. The demeanor and mood quickly calmed down, and they all concentrated on preparing for battle.

----With the bleak sound of the trumpet, the Luobei infantry held up their leather shields and carried sandbags on their backs to launch the first wave of attack. Throw sandbags into the river. Some other soldiers also raised their shields and drew their bows to make cover attacks. In order to launch an attack on the city wall, the moat must first be solved. This is a problem that everyone knows. The problem is how much it will cost to fill the moat, which is beyond what ordinary people can expect.

---- Wave after wave of offensives is like a tide. The officers on the city wall are running back and forth, waving their weapons, yelling at the soldiers incessantly, shooting arrows one after another. The arrows poured down, continuously splashing blood flowers under the city, and the giant trebuchet was even more terrifying. Stones the size of a millstone were thrown high and fell accurately into the enemy camp, causing huge damage. Soldiers often The bones were broken, the brains were spilled, and the flesh was mutilated. It was horrible to see. There were screams, groans, and cries one after another.

----One day passed quickly, and when the sun in the west was about to set, Luo Beiren's call to withdraw troops finally sounded, and the soldiers on both sides breathed a sigh of relief. The tide of the sea is generally low, quickly evacuate from the dangerous area, gather the whole team outside the dangerous area, count the number of people, then maintain a good defensive formation, and retreat slowly.

-----Standing on the top of the city tower, Wufeng, who has been paying close attention to the development of the battle situation, also breathed a sigh of relief. The fighting power of the Luobei people should not be underestimated. The iron-like discipline and fearless spirit are indeed extraordinary. With what the team can possess, it is no wonder that they can win many battles.

---- There was not much suspense in the battle on the first day. Without solving the problem of the moat, the advantage of the defenders was very obvious. After counting the battlefield, Cui Wenxiu reported the situation to Wufeng. 168 people were killed and 325 were injured, of which 117 were seriously injured. The enemy is estimated to have killed more than 4,000 people and injured countless people.

----Wufeng nodded after listening to the report, motioned Cui Wenxiu to sit down, "Wenxiu, I am afraid that the war will become more and more difficult and cruel. Today's victory is the result of the enemy's inability to fight back. Due to the circumstances, you have to warn all the soldiers when you go down, don’t be paralyzed, and strengthen your defenses at night to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the loopholes. The enemy’s combat effectiveness is well-deserved, and our troop training must be strengthened after the war.” Cui Wenxiu looked at her own Although the coach admired the enemy's fighting power very much, he didn't have any worries. He was still full of confidence in victory. He suddenly relaxed from his uneasy mood. He suddenly discovered a fact that he had never noticed. After listening to the arrangement of the superior, who is nearly ten years younger than himself, I always feel relieved, as if everything is under his control, and there is no need to worry at all. Maybe this is his natural leadership charm Bar.

----The gloomy weather cannot stop the fighting spirit of both sides. When the dark sky turns white again, it heralds the coming of a new day, and also indicates that the **** battle between the two sides will begin again. With the blaring of horns outside the city, the thumping of war drums on the top of the city followed, and the offensive and defensive battle between the two sides started again.

-----The Luobei people's attack today has obviously changed. The dense phalanx has been replaced by a looser echelon attack. Four meters high and three meters wide, more than a dozen soldiers push forward to move forward, which can effectively defend against enemy bows and crossbows. They line up every three wooden shields, and soldiers carrying sandbags hide behind them, slowly Push forward, and when they reach the moat, the soldiers behind the wooden shields will throw sandbags into the river, and then the soldiers are holding the wooden shields to retreat. This method can effectively protect the soldiers from being killed by bow and arrow weapons.

----However, Wufeng also had a plan to guard against this kind of attack. On the first night, he transferred three more giant trebuchets that were originally arranged on the other three walls, so that the west wall He ordered the soldiers operating the catapults to concentrate on bombarding the wooden shields accurately. The wooden shields often collapsed after being hit by a few boulders, and the soldiers hiding behind When exposed to arrows, it immediately turned into a pile of corpses. But that's it, the Luobei people's progress in filling the moat has been greatly accelerated, and the attack on the defending soldiers on the city wall has also been greatly enhanced.

----The fierce battle lasted until the afternoon. After dozens of large wooden shields were left intact and nearly 5,000 corpses were left behind, several sections of the moat to the west of Qingyang City were finally filled up. It also gradually darkened, and the horn of the retreat sounded again. After the Luobei soldiers retreated, there were only dead bodies, broken weapons and siege tools left on the ground, which was a mess. This time, although the Luobei people withdrew their troops and returned to the camp, they stationed a cavalry unit to monitor the frontless side, probably to prevent the guarding side from taking advantage of the cover of night to divert the moat again. It seems that this wide and deep moat It is true that the siege party who lacked siege tools suffered so much that they had to take preventive measures to avoid wasting losses during the day.

----When the night fell completely, Wufeng finished his dinner and told the guards not to follow, he walked up to the top of the west city wall alone and looked into the distance. Calm down and listen carefully, you can even hear the neighing of horses. With the help of the burning torches on the city wall, looking at the corpses everywhere below the city, Wufeng felt a sense of sadness for no reason, even Wufeng himself was a little surprised by his own mood. Tomorrow will be the hardest and cruelest day. How many brothers I know will be here to defend this city and the people of this city, throwing their heads and shedding blood. This section of the city wall will become the silence of tomorrow's history witness. He shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of this so-called decadent mood, took two deep breaths, stood still in the middle of the tower, couldn't help but let out a long cry, and the patrolling soldiers all looked at him in amazement. Wufeng ignored him, his eyes fixed on the Luobei camp in the distance, and he thought silently, let the storm come more violently, and ask the world, who is the hero, depends on the Ming Dynasty.

---- In the Luobei camp, Kurdo, Geya, and Haxian were also patrolling the various ministries overnight, and they continued to cheer up the soldiers who had already been red-eyed. The soldiers' morale was high , One after another asked to be the vanguard and take the lead in launching the attack. All three were very satisfied, and asked the soldiers to take the time to rest, maintain a good state, and get ready for tomorrow's battle. The three of them returned to Kurdo's tent, discussed and decided to launch an attack with all their strength tomorrow, and strive to resolve the battle in half a day.

----"This is a day I will never forget, and even many years later, the scene of this day still appears in my nightmares."---Li Wufeng----Excerpted from "Swinging the World----" my memories".

----At 10 am on October 15, 691 in the continental calendar, the decisive battle began. In order to ensure that the city could be captured within one day, Kurdo even ordered 40,000 light cavalry to abandon their horses and launch a general attack with the remaining 20,000 infantry. More than 60,000 Luobei soldiers, surrounded by more than 30,000 iron cavalry, roared and shouted, pushing the city cart, carrying the ladder, carrying the bumper, and waving weapons, densely packed, like ants, facing Qingyang City. Ximen launched a charge, and Wufeng, who originally left a soldier in reserve as a reserve, had no choice but to mobilize all his troops to the top of the city, hoping to withstand the enemy's first charge.

----The infantrymen of the first attack held their leather shields and braved the rain of arrows, and quickly rushed to the bottom of the city wall, but the soldiers defending the city wall were killed or injured by the blows of rolling logs and stones Seeing this situation, Kurdo immediately ordered the cavalry to advance. Since the Luobei light cavalry all brought their own bows and arrows, Kurdo ordered them to approach and use bows and arrows to suppress the enemies on the city wall. Next, the soldiers defending the city wall also suffered heavy casualties. Wufeng immediately ordered all the trebuchets to concentrate on bombarding the approaching enemy cavalry units. Amidst bursts of "creaking", huge boulders fell from the sky, and the cavalrymen who entered the range of the trebuchets even The man led the horse and smashed it into a pulp. This move immediately had a very good effect. The cavalry saw that their comrades were smashed to pieces by the falling boulders as soon as they entered the range of the trebuchet. , In this way, although there is no threat of boulders, the threat to the imperial soldiers on the city wall is also greatly reduced.

----However, the infantry attack under the city did not weaken at all. Wave after wave of soldiers flocked to the city wall to continuously erect the ladders, and the city-charging vehicles also continuously attacked the weaker areas of the city wall. Parts of the city walls have shaken a bit. The fierce Luobei soldiers stared at their blood-red eyes, bit their weapons in their mouths, and braved the rolling logs, stones, and even boiling oil that fell on the city wall, and climbed up crazily. Rolling logs and rocks poured down, and once a Luobei soldier broke through the defense and rushed to the city wall, the soldiers next to him raised their weapons and rushed forward without hesitation. Everyone knew that once the enemy successfully rushed to the city wall, it would be The time has come for annihilation.

----Looking at the ever-expanding casualties of his subordinates, Kurdo remained expressionless, and continued to order the retreating troops to regroup and organize another attack, even ordering officers below senior generals to personally lead the attack . Under the personal leadership of the officer, the morale of the slack Luobei soldiers rose again. The impetuous Ha Xian ignored the dissuasion of Kurdo and Geya, and led a group of Luobei soldiers to launch an attack. His deputy commanders took the lead, and the Luobei soldiers were so excited that they swarmed forward without risking their lives. Suddenly, there was an unnoticed gap in the city wall at the northwest corner, and Ha Xian, who was commanding the city, Immediately realizing this, he took two steps in three steps and came to the northwest corner of the city wall. The soldiers behind him immediately set up the ladder, and he climbed up the city wall with a few vertical leaps. Several imperial soldiers around him screamed wildly They rushed forward, but they were no match for Ha Xian. The two of them met each other and fell under Ha Xian's saber. The Luobei soldiers under the city wall also followed the trend. A section of the city wall was about to fall, and at a critical moment, a burly figure appeared next to the imperial soldiers who fell one after another, "Go and deal with those people, and I will deal with this man!" The soldiers who followed immediately caught sheep like hungry tigers. Generally, they rush at the Luobei soldiers who are continuously climbing up.

----Wufeng's personal guards came to reinforce, led by the private soldier Kang Jianguo who was the first to challenge Wufeng back then. He is now the squadron leader of the pro-guards squadron. After Wufeng failed, he admired Wufeng so much, and Wufeng also felt that his martial arts foundation was quite good, so he taught his own martial arts in addition to internal skills, because internal skills were laid by each of them since childhood. Feel free to retrain. Over the past three years, Kang Jianguo has trained very hard, and his martial arts have also advanced by leaps and bounds, especially the "Blood Killing Sword Technique" that Wufeng taught him in a targeted manner, and he has practiced it to perfection.

---- Ha Xian also saw that this person is not someone who is waiting for nothing~IndoMTL.com~ reported the idea of ​​capturing the thief first, and the two immediately fought together. And the Luobei soldiers behind Ha Xian were out of luck, because the guards brought by Kang Jianguo were all selected from the best in the army, and they were all taught by Wufeng himself. These ordinary Luobei soldiers were quickly killed. Ha Xian, who was fighting fiercely with Kang Jianguo, saw that the situation was not right. He knew that if he did not escape, he would become a prisoner of the enemy. Go down to the city wall. The surrounding imperial soldiers also discovered the problem here, and came to reinforce them one after another. The originally precarious gap was finally blocked again.

----Kurdo, who was closely watching the development of the battle situation in the city, immediately ordered Geya to lead the elite troops to attack the weakest southwest corner of the city wall after he discovered that Haxian had broken through the gap in the northwest corner. On the other hand, I also want to use Ha Xian to break through to cause the opponent's attention to focus on the northwest corner, and my side just opened the gap from the southwest. But he didn't expect that in just a short while, the soldiers who broke through from the northwest corner were wiped out, and Hasian was forced to retreat. The offensive and defensive battle in the southwest corner became more intense, and Ge Ya's personal battle also greatly encouraged the fighting spirit of Luo Bei's soldiers. Due to the relatively low terrain in the southwest corner and the thinner city walls, the offensive and defensive battles between the two sides were unprecedentedly fierce. Under the leadership of Ge Ya, the Luobei soldiers charged wave after wave. Under the tenacious defense and counterattack, the defense line never collapsed. Ge Ya also confronted Cui Wenxiu several times, but they didn't take advantage.

----The fierce battle lasted until the sun went down in the afternoon. Both sides paid a heavy price, and the battle situation was always in a stalemate.