Nightwatcher Chapter 54: Reinforcements

Yang Gong picked up the tea cup, took a sip of hot tea, and slowly said:

"If you want to solve the flying beast army, it is not difficult. Let Zhang Shen cooperate with the military masters to defeat them one by one."

Ordinary soldiers and low-rank martial artists, there is no way to take the flying beast army, but the fourth-rank master who can fly against the wind is not difficult to deal with the flying beast army.

Li Mubai glanced sideways at his friend and reminded:

"There are also masters in the Flying Beast Army. Besides, with such a simple countermeasure, we can think that the rebels will not think of it? Maybe it is another trick to invite the king into the urn."

Rank 4 masters leave the base camp and kill the enemy alone in the air. The danger is too great. If you are not sure, you will never go back.

"It would be great if we had an army of flying beasts."

Some staff sighed with emotion.

"Perhaps, we can ask Yaoman for help, and ask the feather spider of the Jinmube to go south to help."

The speaker didn't want to hear it, and the listener wanted it, and one of the staff members on the left moved in his heart, but this idea was quickly denied:

"What's the difference between your idea and requesting the imperial court to conquer the red-tailed eagle. And the northern border is 100,000 miles away from Qingzhou, how to get there."

"How about Sun Xuanji's help? He is a third-rank warlock. If he can be responsible for "transportation", it may not be impossible..."

"If Sun Xuanji is gone, who will contain Ji Xuan? Alas, I did not expect that there is also a young third-rank martial artist among the Yunzhou rebels."

"However, it is indeed feasible to ask the Yaoman for help. It is just that according to the process, the court must first send a letter to the court, and then the court will send an envoy to the north. After that."

"Far away can't quench near thirst."

"The princes were too short-sighted. Back then, the flying beast army was dismissed because of the peaceful and prosperous age, which was useless. But after the Battle of Jingshan City, the princes should be vigilant."

"If Wei Gong was still there, he would have already started cultivating the Flying Beast Army."

"It would be great if we had an army of flying beasts."

Li Mubai knocked on the desktop, interrupting this helpless topic, and said in a deep voice:

"The Eastern Tomb has been broken. Under the leadership of Sun Xuanji, the defending army has turned into a field battle with the rebels, facing off from the north to the south. Wanjun is besieged. For the war of attrition, there will be no change in the short term.

"But if you ignore it for a long time, Wanxian will run out of ammunition and food sooner or later."

He paused, looked around the frowning staff, and said:

"If you can't find a way to solve Wan County's plight, then you must find a way to save Songshan County."

The staff around him was taken aback first, and then reacted, turning his head to look at Yang Gong:

"My boss, if I remember correctly, so far, there have been no good news from Songshan County, and no books for help."

Yang Gong nodded:

"Compared with Tanglin and Wan County, Songshan County is second in importance. Yunzhou rebels must be the first two places to attack."

Li Mubai said "um":

"Songshan County occupies the terrain, with sufficient grain and grass, and Zhujun and Erlang sitting in town. I want to be able to hold it. However, according to the current situation, Tanglin has been broken and Wanxian County is besieged.

"The next step for the Yunzhou rebels is Songshan County."

While talking, an official hurried in, holding a secret letter in his hand, and said loudly:

"My Lord Chief Minister, there is an urgent report from Songshan County."

Yang Gong said hurriedly: "Come up."

The official handed over the secret letter.

Yang Gong unfolded a look, and his face instantly sank.

When Li Mubai and others saw this, they were shocked: "What do you say in the letter?"

Yang Gong said every word:

"The Flying Beast Army made a surprise attack on Songshan County, and Erlang asked for help."

After a pause, his face suddenly became hard to look:

"This is a letter from three days ago."

From Songshan County to Qingzhou City, it will take three days to get more lashes.

..........

Songshan County.

The sun was high, but it did not bring any heat. Xu Erlang stood at the head of the city and grabbed a handful of gravel mixed with the blood of the defenders and gunpowder smoke.

He looked around without expression. The city was full of bullet craters, broken and mottled, and almost nothing was intact.

The soldiers wrapped in linen and muslin were scattered in twos and threes, and there was no one intact.

The one who stayed at the head of the city was the lightest injured among the defenders of Songshan County.

The original two thousand defenders of Songshan County now only have five hundred, and the others died in the cruel offensive and defensive battles.

Three days have passed since the surprise attack by the Flying Beast Army.

The flying beast army’s attack method is very simple, that is, throwing artillery shells and fire oil cans into the city. How the defenders deal with the siege enemy, the flying beast army will deal with the defenders.

Simple but simple, but deadly.

On the first day, the defenders directly sacrificed nearly a thousand people. The city's head was bombarded with a thousand holes, and the bricks were burnt all over with scorch marks.

At dusk, the enemy retreats.

After such a desperate day, the morale of the defenders collapsed, thinking that tomorrow the city must be broken, and the hearts of the people floated.

Xu Erlang sent people to collect bronze mirrors from door to door in the city overnight, and summoned craftsmen to improve the bed crossbows and transformed them into a bed crossbow that was launched into the air.

On the second day, the Flying Beast Army attacked again, and the bronze mirrors filled with the city's head refracted the sunlight, almost blinding the eyes of the cavalry and Flying Beasts.

The defending army took the opportunity to launch a crossbow and shot down twelve flying beasts and repelled the flying beast army. The results were gratifying, and the morale of the defending army was greatly boosted.

But Xu Erlang knew that this trick could only hit the opponent by surprise. After dusk, the bronze mirror could no longer function.

So, after the enemy had withdrawn, he asked the defenders to insult Zhuo Haoran at the head of the city, specifically to insult the female family members of the opponent's family, and shouted for an hour, and Zhuo Haoran led his troops to attack the city.

Zhuo Haoran returned with a feather, and after dusk, because of the heavy losses of the enemy's infantry, the Flying Beast Army hastily bombed and withdrew his troops.

After nightfall, Xu Erlang forcibly recruited militiamen, gathered more than a thousand people, ordered Zhujun and Miao Youfang to lead the camp, only to escape back more than 300 people.

So far, the elites of both sides have almost been lost.

"I have sent someone to Qingzhou City for help. Next, it will depend on whose reinforcement arrives first."

Xu Erlang whispered.

Miao Youfang beside him hasn't smiled for three days. He carried a bow and made a low "um", then he felt wrong again and frowned:

"Although Zhuo Haoran's army was completely damaged, only a few hundred people remained, but the flying beast army lineup is intact. If we attack every night, we can still only be beaten. I am afraid that we will not be able to support the arrival of reinforcements... ....."

He opened his eyes suddenly, as if he wanted to understand something.

Xu Erlang smiled and said: "If our reinforcements come first, even if Zhuo Haoran takes Songshan County, he will be forced to evacuate due to lack of manpower. Songshan County will still be ours."

But the defenders here and the people in the city have become abandoned...Miao Youfang's lips moved, "At that point, I will take you out first. "

Xu Erlang said softly:

"That's shameful, my eldest brother guards Yuyang Pass alone. I can only run away with my tail clamped."

Miao Youfang frowned. He said that this is not for you. If you don't leave then, I will knock you out.

Next, Xu Erlang smiled bitterly:

"I just sigh with emotion. I won't break the axis. Victory or defeat is commonplace in the military. The Emperor Gaozu had a problem that year, and there have been times when he suffered repeated defeats.

"If you really break the axis, you won't have the present Dafeng. Can a man bend and stretch.

"But I can also understand those heroes in the history books who would rather die than retreat. The soldiers who followed me have stayed here, so I have a face to live."

As he said, a large swarm of birds appeared in the distant sky.

The birds approached quickly, followed by Shen Xiong's roar, noisy and loud.

Miao Youfang and Xu Erlang's expressions changed drastically. The wounded who were sitting at the head of the city to rest also noticed the movement of the sky and got up in horror.

One by one, they looked at the black flying beasts, their eyes desperate and their faces pale.

"Here again, here again..."

"There are so many, how do we keep it?"

Despair spread among the defenders.

"Master Xu, another group of flying beasts are here. Songshan County can't hold it anymore. Let's withdraw."

A centurion rushed in panic.

When he said these words, his eyes were fixed on Xu Erlang~IndoMTL.com~ The emotions in his eyes were complicated, there were pleading, despair, and hope for survival.

Xu Erlang's eyes turned black for a while, and his headache was splitting.

Yes, in terms of reinforcements, what kind of troops can move faster than the Flying Beast Army?

Fortunately, he still wants to compare the speed with the Yunzhou Army, how?

"Bang!"

Xu Erlang punched the wall fiercely, gritted his teeth and said:

"If you don't get rid of the Flying Beast Army, Qingzhou will not be able to defend it."

He realized that these thunderous flying beasts were one of the key factors affecting the victory or defeat of the Qingzhou Campaign.

Miao Youfang took off the bow on his back, bent the bow and set the arrow to draw the strings, and he finished in one go, aiming at the flying beast army, and said:

"Take Mrs. Xu to go first, I will shoot a few beasts first and earn enough money."

At this moment, the Flying Beast Army had entered his range.

Miao Youfang's pupils contracted, his eyesight was enlarged to the extreme, and he aimed at the flying beast headed by him.

He was taken aback for a moment, because this group of flying beast army was different from the flying beast army that had attacked before.

The flying beast of the Yunzhou rebels is a giant red bird, covered with clusters of gorgeous fire feathers.

The monsters sitting down by this group of flying beasts are covered with black scales, with long necks, slender bodies, and lizard-like shapes. They are not wings, but membrane wings.

In addition, the knights riding the flying beasts are not soldiers in armor, but a group of people in strange clothes, even in animal skins.

The flying beast headed by him sits on his back, wearing blue and blue clothing, with a dark complexion, curly hair, and a smiling face waving his arms towards the people in the city, as if enthusiastically greeting.

Miao Youfang said "Huh" and let go of the bowstring.

"What's wrong."

Xu Erlang's eyesight is not as good as that of Takeo, and when he sees this, he frowns and asks.

Miao You replied with confusion:

"This group of people is a little weird."