Novoland: Eagle Flag Chapter 3: Shangyang Blood Ten

On the field outside the city, the Torchstone Chariot temporarily stopped shooting, and the intensive arrow rain at Shangyang Pass also suddenly stopped.

500 paces away from the city wall, the defensive infantry retreated cautiously. The longbow archer "Bauhinia Longshot" of the famous Zhendong Liu in Xiu country was already lined up at the front, and a defensive wooden fence was erected in front of them. . The archers falsely drew their longbows, and stuck all their sharp arrows in the soil beside them, so that they could be used at any time. Each of them received an exquisite longbow on the first day of joining the army. Unless accidentally damaged, this redbud wooden longbow will follow them until they retire or die in battle. They carefully tune and maintain their bows, oil their bowstrings, and practice shooting more than a hundred arrows a day to ensure that they are as familiar with their bows as they are with their fingers. The range of the redbud wooden bow can reach an astonishing three hundred steps, and its strength is still enough to penetrate iron armor. The proud archers waited in silence, their eyes piercing like eagles on the burning gates.

The shooters looked at each other from the corner of their eyes, and the surroundings were as quiet as death, as if they could hear the violent heartbeat of their comrades.

The soldiers of the Lower Tang Army held up a huge wrought iron shield with the thickness of a palm and the height of a person, covering it above their heads, and a phalanx slowly advanced towards Shangyang Pass. In the phalanx was a siege tool rhinoceros horn pushed by 120 people. This huge weapon made of a whole giant wood made a hammer, and there was a rumbling sound of the wheel shaft rolling. The hammer was inlaid with a huge hammer made of pig iron. The head is as sharp as the horn of a rhinoceros.

Any gate would crumble to pieces before this massive and improved weapon, even the Apocalypse Gate made of pig iron. The giant shield formed a turtle-like defense, and the feathered arrows could not harm the warriors pushing the rhino horns under the shield. The only threat was hundreds of catties of boulders or wooden mines falling on the city. The terrible weight can crush the person under the shield into a pulp.

Bauhinia Longshot raises its longbow to the sky halfway, ready to shoot arrows at all enemies who threaten the rhinoceros horn charge, while the soldiers of the Xia Tang Army are mixed in the most forward team of Bauhinia Longshot, pulling with iron hooks with wooden handles Move the steel string of the bed crossbow, and place large iron arrows side by side on the opened giant crossbow. Each arrow is as long as a person. No one dared to show their heads.

The Rhino Horn Chong is approaching slowly, its sharp long horn will break through the already flimsy defense of Shangyang Pass, and the rest will only meet with short knives and fight in close quarters.

But there was no movement from the Li army, no rain of arrows projected, and no worrying logs and boulders thrown down. It seemed that there was no one on the city that was burned by the fire, and the banner of Lei Liezhihua had already been lowered. go down. The rhinoceros horn rushed under the city gate, and the soldiers used dozens of long ropes to pull the giant mallet suspended by the iron chain, and then released them all together. The giant hammer of thousands of catties bombarded the city gate, and the city gate was about to burst with a single sound. There was a loud noise, and it was difficult to hold on. The soldiers did not give up, pulled the long rope again, and then released the giant hammer again. This time the bombardment achieved results. The sharp rhino horn pierced into the giant gate wrapped in wrought iron. The entire city gate vibrated, and lime rustled down the city wall.

The Rhino Horn Chong was repeatedly bombarded by earthquakes. It was surrounded by 250 warriors holding high shields to defend it. It was only a matter of time before the city gate collapsed.

Xiyuan leaned closer to his uncle: "With a few more blows, the city gate is bound to collapse. Mr. Li probably didn't expect that we would bring such a heavy thing to Shangyang Pass, right?"

Xi Yan smoked a cigarette and shook his head: "Ordnance is a small way, and war is fought by people."

As if in response to his words, the calm in Shangyang Pass suddenly broke, and deep roars came out, like an ancient giant roaring in the darkness. The soldiers in a phalanx manipulating the rhino horn charge were stunned for a moment, and everyone felt a kind of fear at the same time, as if the giant beast was breaking free from the shackles of steel. Come out and bite. The roar was stronger than the next, almost breaking the city wall!

All the generals of the coalition army immediately gathered together, the six battle flags gathered together, and the generals looked at each other silently.

"The Li army is going out of the city to fight a decisive battle." Gu Yueyi sighed in admiration, "General Bai is very strategic. Endure the smoke."

"Leaving the city?" Xi Yuan's face changed, "Then we should immediately withdraw the rhino horn charge! When the army leaves the city, our mere phalanx will be swallowed up immediately!"

Xi Yan pressed his nephew's shoulder: "It's too late, that phalanx was sent out to test, and such a group of people on the battlefield had little chance of survival. Let them break through the Shangyang Pass The gate of the city, complete the task."

Bai Yi was silent, holding a bamboo flute, and in response to the roar from Shangyang Pass, he rapped on the saddle.

"With the bravery of the Red Army, we may not have a sure chance of winning the decisive battle out of the city. We forced out the beasts, but the beasts are also fierce. Isn't General Bai afraid that both of us will suffer?" Fei An said coldly.

"General Fei is still unhappy that I didn't inform me of the time to attack the city in advance, but suddenly moved?" Bai Yi leaned on the saddle and said calmly, "But this method of driving the beasts out of the hole is really too easy to defend. If they have prepared enough water in the city, the fire with 300,000 catties of firewood can be extinguished quickly. Therefore, the strategy of the military strategists is to be unexpected. Please forgive me, General Fei. I have to work late at night, generals, to help me attack the city. Bai Yi apologizes here."

"It's too late to say this now?" Gang Wuwei said with a blank expression, "I saw the red brigade charging on the Juluyuan. Our archers are far from enough. They must use infantry to charge forward. The infantry can Holding a shield, the target is small, so it is not as easy to kill as cavalry. General Bai must have made sufficient preparations."

Bai Yi nodded slightly: "I'm ready. I also prepared a table of banquets. Generals, we might as well watch the battle from the top. All generals are famous generals in East China, so there is no need to risk your life here."

Cheng Kui frowned fiercely. He became famous in **** battles, and he always led the army at the front. He also thought that if the leader wants to convince the crowd, he must charge at the front, but it is inconvenient to argue with Bai Yi.

"Please!" Bai Yi gestured, turned his horse's head and left. Where he went, a tall wooden tower had already been erected at the huge center of the 100,000 coalition forces.

All the generals looked at his back, glanced at each other, and patted their horses to follow behind Bai Yi. No one likes Bai Yi's cold arrogance at the moment, but the majesty of the number one general in East China and the status of the coalition commander make it difficult for them to resist Bai Yi's invitation. This is also the first time they have felt Bai Yi's sharpness in so many days since they came here. He is still so quiet and doesn't talk much, but there is an aggressiveness in his calmness

Xi Yan was still under the Mo flag, smoking slowly, squinting his eyes to look around. Xiyuan led the horse close to his uncle.

"Uncle, what else do you want to order?" Xi Yuan whispered.

"Don't resist the Red Army Thunder Cavalry head-on, just erect wooden towers to defend, your weak soldiers are too weak to be enemies with lions and tigers." Xi Yan didn't look at him, and let out a long puff of smoke , "You were forced to take command in the encounter with Li Gong, but this time you really want to command the army to fight, and do it beautifully."

"Yes!"

"But pay attention to the team that broke out from the Li army. If you find traces of the little princess among them, you must stop that team with all your might!"

"Yes!"

"If you can't save her, then leave her alone, but you can't let Li Jun take her out of here!" Xi Yan turned to look at his nephew.

Xiyuan shuddered: "Uncle mean?"

"What a silly boy, I made it very clear, but you didn't understand it." Xi Yan patted his nephew's helmet with a low voice, "That little princess may be the emperor's daughter, half of us are here. For her sake. Letting her fall into Li Jun's hands has endless hidden dangers. The emperor is so interested in her, maybe it's not because he wants to see a female emperor with the blood of Emperor Xi. She would rather let her die than fall into Li Guo's hands .”

Xiyuan looked at his uncle blankly, not knowing how to answer.

"The art of war is deceitful, and the political situation is even more so." Xi Yan turned his horse's head and left, "Beyond the battlefield, no matter how many conspiracies you have, you must not tell anyone."

Rhino Horn Chong started bombarding again.

The tall city gate of Shangyang Pass has long been distorted and deformed by the raging fire and the strong impact. The red hot iron bars and burning sawdust fell down one after another. On the city gate.

With a bang, the rhinoceros horn rushed into the city gate, and the heavy gate collapsed with the raging fire, and the burning giant wood hit the ground heavily, splashing countless sparks, like the gate of **** opened. Just as the coalition soldiers were about to applaud, they saw a majestic neigh in the raging flames, and a black silhouette of a steed jumped up high, like a monster born from the fire.

It landed on that turtle shell-like defense, and its four hooves carried a force of over a thousand catties. The warriors holding their shields could not bear such a heavy pressure, and immediately fell down, their bones broken by their own shields. But the steed didn't stop, it stepped forward on the layer of shields that were constantly collapsing to defend the high ground, and the place it brought was howling. The warrior on horseback swept across the side of the horse with a nine-foot long sword. With just one blow, he cut off the four thick iron chains that hung the giant hammer. Thousands of kilograms of giant wooden mallets hit the center of the square formation, dozens of people died instantly, and the entire square formation fell apart.

The red brigade soldiers who followed the horse out of the city roared and slashed and killed the frightened Xia Tang soldiers with their swords. These well-trained killers are not something the Xiatang soldiers can resist at all. Every time they just cross the face, the Xiatang soldiers also swing their knives, but the opponent's barbarian knife has already cut their throats, or When they raised their shields, the shields were deflected by the heavy force of the wild knife, and their throats were still severed with another knife. The coalition soldiers watching from a distance could no longer do anything. They even forgot about the rain of arrows and the bed crossbow. They watched the advance of the army in scarlet armor, like a colony of fiery red giant ants in the forest in the southern part of Yuezhou. , Wherever they went, they were instantly covered in the red color of death.

In just a blink of an eye, hundreds of Xiatang fighters in black disappeared into the red, and the red brigade soldiers stepped on their bodies and slowly left the city like a tide.

The lead red horse stood at the front with a low growl, mixed with the red brigade, thousands of thunder riders lined up behind the red horse, tens of thousands of people beat the saddle with their weapons, and bowed their heads. Shout out. At this time, the other four city gates to the south opened together, and countless crimson figures strode out of Shangyang Pass.

When Shangyang Pass was designed, there were ten city gates. Leiyan Mountain and Suohe Mountain faced each other from east to west, so there were no city gates, but there were five gates each in the north and south directions. If 20,000 soldiers and horses leave the city in formation through one city gate, it will take at least half an hour for all of them to exit the gate, so Ying Wuyi ordered all five gates to be opened at once, and the speed at which the troops gathered outside the city immediately increased by four times.

At this moment, Shangyang Pass is like a sluice gate. When it is opened, it releases a red tide. No one dares to intercept this red tide. The side of the coalition army was palpitatingly quiet, and everyone held their weapons tightly, watching the crimson army line up in an orderly manner outside the city wall, raising red flags one after another.

Finally all the soldiers from the Li army left the city, the red flags were flying, and the flames were flickering. The camps of both sides had never fought in such a close range. No one dared to move lightly, and no one could retreat.

The archers of the Bauhinia long shot are holding strong bows, and their arms have weakened. But the lieutenant general's command flag hadn't been waved down for a long time, Li Jun's icy arrogance seemed to be like a huge wall in front of him, and the arrow never came out.

In the absolute silence, the crackling of torches can be heard. The sweat from the palm of the hand dripped slowly along the longbow, hitting the feet with a "slap".

Someone shivered.

A feathered arrow escaped from the archer's control and shot straight at Li Guo's red formation!

In Shangyang Pass, the old man immediately stood on a high place, standing amidst the heavy flames. The fire light shone on his black robe, a layer of red light flowed like water waves, and the followers in black followed behind him.

The fire was burning, thick black smoke rose into the sky, and the old man's robe flew against the wind, sweeping the flames, but did not burn. The flame seemed to be afraid of him, and where the black robe swept, the flame sank. The blindfolded black horse was not afraid of the fire, it stood silently like an obsidian sculpture. The roar of tens of thousands of people suddenly exploded, rushing from a distance like a tide. The old man slowly opened his arms, as if to embrace the infinite sky.

"It's started! The fire in this chaotic world burns beautifully." He sang in a low voice.

He looked back at one of the four servants, who stepped out slowly and came to the old man's horse and knelt down. The old man put his hand on his head: "My child, the majesty of God is with you, your soul will be immortal, walk in the sky forever, and live with the stars."

The follower bowed down and kissed the stirrup shoes under the old man's black robe.

Immediately, he drew out the short saber at his waist, pierced it above the forearm, and penetrated the entire forearm. Blood flowed down from the blade, and he was already holding a white porcelain bottle in his hand. He filled his own blood with the porcelain bottle, held it up respectfully, and placed it at the old man's feet.

"Go," said the old man in a low voice, "great feats are waiting for you."

The follower turns its head through the flames and strides away. The old man slapped the black horse's neck and left with the remaining three followers. Contrary to the direction in which Li Jun left the city, they headed north, where the imperial capital, Tianqi City, was located.