No way to fight

In the biting cold wind, the city wall opposite seemed to have a transparent wall, reflecting the cold light of the morning sun bit by bit, as if countless mirrors were hung on the city wall.

Sumanai looked at Xiumuye, and Xiumuye also looked at Suomanai.

"Who came up with this trick?" The two asked each other at the same time.

If you think about it carefully, this is too immoral.

The slope under the city wall seems to be to help the Xirong people. Just rush along the slope to the highest point, and then you can climb the city wall which is only a few feet high.

The problem is that a lot of water was poured on the slope from the opposite side. After a whole night, the slope was covered with thick ice, which was smooth and flat. It would take at least a hundred steps to walk from the bottom to the top of the slope, which happened to be at the crossbow.

Within range.

Everyone knows the consequences of walking on ice.

The key thing is that the ice surface is still tilted.

"General, how about sending two thousand-man troops to try first?" Hugh Muye suggested.

Twenty thousand troops have already arrived at the city. It would be a shame if they stopped attacking the city just because of the opponent's tactics.

"Do you still need the arrow-proof vehicle?"

No matter how desperate Summonai was, he realized that the arrow-proof vehicle seemed to be of no use.

"Use it, since you have brought it all," Xiumuye rubbed his nose that was a little red due to the cold wind, "otherwise, all the preparations would have been in vain."

The Xirong army formed a formation and rolled out a row of ten anti-arrow vehicles. Behind each anti-arrow vehicle were two hundred Xirong soldiers.

In order to prevent repeated crossbow shooting and rocket attacks, iron sheets were added to the anti-arrow cart. To facilitate the siege, two aerial ladders were hung, which were much heavier and extremely difficult to push.

Shen Yuexi stood on the city wall and watched ten anti-arrow vehicles slowly approaching from a distance. Next, it was time to put this super-large ice slide to the test.

She said to Qiu Liming: "General Qiu, just follow the previous plan."

Qiu Liming said: "Mistress, don't worry, the general has completely understood. The battle is about to begin, and it is very dangerous here. Mistress should go to the commander's tent on the top of the mountain to take shelter first."

Xiao Zhuo had told him to protect Shen Yuexi. This was one of the reasons. The other was that he believed that the battlefield did not belong to women.

The two armies are about to fight at close range, fighting to the death. It will be killing without mercy. The mistress has been pale and nervous since the morning, looking a little haggard. It is better to keep her away.

Shen Yuexi also understood Qiu Liming's intentions. She didn't like war. But along the way, starting from the ruined temple, there were many bloody scenes that she couldn't avoid. She had to work hard to adapt.

After all, following Xiao Zhuo, fighting is inevitable. If you want to help, you can't avoid these cruel things.

She got off the city wall, still a little worried. This was her plan. If it didn't work, the consequences would be extremely serious, and thousands of people would die.

She couldn't bear the pressure of being responsible for the lives and deaths of thousands of people, so she just kept holding on in front of others.

Back at the camp on the top of the mountain, Yang Cong arrived just in time. She brought two horses and planned to take Shen Yuexi to escape to Baixiu Mountain when the city was broken. Shen Yuexi asked her to observe what was going on at the bottom of the mountain and report back as soon as there was anything going on.

Shen Yuexi sat in the tent, listening to the mountains.

When she thought of the scene where the strategy failed and the Xirong people crossed the city wall and massacred, she felt her blood pressure soar and her heartbeat quicken.

It's been a long time, and with the speed at which those anti-arrow vehicles are traveling, they must have arrived, and it's time for a battle. Why is there no sound from the bottom of the mountain?

After waiting for a while, there was still no movement at the foot of the mountain.

Shen Yuexi thought it was outrageous. It had been so long without fighting. As soon as she stood up, Yang Cong happily ran to the handsome tent and shouted:

"Mother, the enemy...well, I can't tell clearly. Come out and see."

When speaking, Yang Cong's eyes did not hide his admiration for her. In the past, Shen Yuexi could only see this kind of look when Yang Cong looked at Xiao Zhuo.

It seems like a good thing.

She quickly followed Yang Cong out of the camp and found a place overlooking the entire Langya Pass.

At the bottom of the ice slope of the city wall, ten anti-arrow vehicles were crowded there. Behind the vehicles were Xirong sergeants as densely packed as ants. One of the anti-arrow vehicles in the middle even overturned.

"The strategy worked." Shen Yuexi muttered to herself.

Yang Cong pointed down excitedly and said: "They pushed the car down for a long time, but they couldn't push it up. There were hundreds of people pushing the car together, and it overturned not far after it was pushed up. Mistress, your method is amazing."

Shen Yuexi breathed a long sigh of relief, touched her chest and said, "Don't praise me, I'm so nervous."

As she expected, the anti-arrow vehicle skidded on the ice and could not be pushed up the slope at all. She did not expect that it would tip over if forced to push it up. Presumably the Xirong people did not consider this scenario because the anti-arrow vehicle was top-heavy.

Summonai and Xiumuye, who were watching the battle, were so angry that their noses were crooked.

It was just a joke for the other party.

The Yan army on the opposite side did nothing and just watched the excitement on the city wall. Two thousand of them were so exhausted pushing carts that they couldn't even push one up.

"Push the car aside and order the Thousand Man Team to attack directly!" Sumonai's face turned red with anger and he waved the order.

The sergeant passed the order to the commander at the bottom of the slope. The commander spit on the ground and cursed in his mind: "Let him attack by himself. Look at this ice, is this done by humans?"

But he only dared to say this in his heart. He drew his knife and told the sergeant: "Stop pushing the cart and attack directly."

The Xirong Army abandoned their arrow-proof vehicles and began to climb up the ice. As soon as they took a few cautious steps, their feet slipped and they fell on the ice one after another. They slid back to the starting point, falling layer upon layer, and the scene was chaotic. .

The commander was angry: "You're a bunch of trash, I'll do it."

He stepped on the ice and took a step up, then felt that he could not stand at all. He quickly thrust the sword in his hand downwards, inserting the tip of the knife into the ice, holding the handle tightly, and finally stabilized his body. .

But what to do next? The left hand is a shield to prevent arrows. The shield cannot be inserted into the ice.

He hesitated again and again, planning to pull out the sword in his right hand. While his body was still stable, he took another step forward and inserted the sword into the ice, and so on...

After thinking about it again, I forgot about it. When two armies are fighting, they have to keep an eye on the weapons in the hands of the soldiers on the opposite side. It's better for them to watch their steps carefully. How can they fight this battle?

He pulled out his knife and went down to the ground. He ordered a sergeant to go back and report that the ice was too slippery and the sergeants could not get up.

After a while, the sergeant ran back after reporting and said to him: "The general said, can't you just use a knife to break the ice? Idiot!"

The captain glared: "Who are you calling an idiot?"

The sergeant trembled with fright, waved his hands and said, "The general said so."

"You heard it," the captain ordered the soldiers around him, "start chipping away at the ice!"

After hearing this, the Xirong sergeants did not dare to disobey the order. They lowered their heads with a sullen expression and took out their knives to chip away at the ice. The ice had been frozen all night, and they had been watered enough to make it almost two feet thick. If they wanted to chip away, they could cut it with one hand.

No. You have to hold the knife with both hands and poke hard to break the ice.

Before even two strikes were made, a row of crossbow arrows flew from above, shooting down more than a hundred people. The Xirong army was immediately in chaos, stopped striking, and hid behind the arrow-proof chariot.

The captain had no choice but to ask his sergeant to report that as soon as he cut the ice, arrows would be fired from it, and he couldn't hold it back.

The sergeant had not returned yet. A sergeant next to him pointed to the top and said, "Captain, look up there. They are warming themselves by the fire."

The captain looked up and saw that it was not true. The Yan army on the city wall seemed to have lit a fire and they were all warming themselves up there.

It's freezing cold today, and my hands and feet are really numb after standing for a long time.

The captain looked around him again. From the beginning of the attack, he had been pushing carts and cutting ice for more than half an hour. He didn't even touch the corners of the enemy's clothes. Many people were so cold that their noses were running down, and they were shivering.

Hiding behind an arrow-proof vehicle is a miserable situation.

Looking at the defending Yan army, many people were warming themselves by the fire and grinning down at them.

Not only being cold, but also being ridiculed by the opponent.

This battle is deemed unwinnable.
Chapter completed!