Chapter 1869 The Old Man Wears Armor (9)
"Woo~wu~wu~"
"The army attacks! Advance!"
"Hoho!"
"Kill!"
After two months, the Yan Army's siege phalanx appeared outside Wuguan City again, launching an attack on Wuguan with murderous intent and brand-new siege equipment.
The siege phalanxes were arranged neatly, with measured advance and retreat, echoing each other and advancing layer by layer.
"Get ready to throw stones!"
"General's order, prepare to throw stones!"
"put!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"The crossbowmen come forward and suppress the Liang army!"
"go ahead!"
"Nake an arrow and prepare!"
"put!"
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Throwing stones and arrows rained down on the Wuguan city wall like a swarm of locusts, and even the sunlight seemed to be blocked by them.
By the way, pieces of dust were smashed on top of Wuguan City. It was unknown how many defenders would die under this intensive offensive.
In front of the Yan army's formation, the leading general was still Mu Yunwu, who was born in the royal family. Fortunately, he ran fast and escaped back to the rear with a few remaining defeated soldiers. Otherwise, he would have become a dead body outside Wuguan City.
It's different now, he brought 20,000 new soldiers and 5,000 elite infantry from the Nalan family.
Very confident!
Behind Mu Yunwu stood a row of young and strong new captains. They came from various tribes in the grassland. Everyone's dream was to conquer Wuguan, earn great military merits, and then become a master.
For these soldiers who came from humble backgrounds and possessed only brute strength, military merit was their only chance to get ahead.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Whoosh whoosh!"
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Seeing the waves of arrows and rocks flying towards the city, Mu Yunwu felt filled with pride and ambition. He turned to look at the captains and said:
"Do you know what's standing in front of you?"
All the captains looked at each other in confusion.
Isn't this Wuguan? What's there to ask?
Seeing no one answered, Mu Yunwu yelled:
"Answer me, what is this!"
A man shouted in a deep voice:
"Back to General, it's Wuguan! Liangzhou Wuguan!"
"wrong!"
Mu Yunwu clenched his fists and said loudly:
"This is not Wuguan, this is military glory that is readily available, gold and silver jewelry, and countless women from the Central Plains!
Take it, and you will have countless wealth! Slaves! Land! Beautiful wives and concubines!
Understand!"
A group of captains’ faces turned red and they shouted:
"clear!"
Mu Yunwu waved his scimitar with a ferocious smile and shouted:
"attack!
Those who are timid will be killed!"
"attack!"
"Kill!"
"Whoosh whoosh!"
"Chi chi chi~"
"Ahhh!"
The siege battle was extremely brutal from the beginning. Wave after wave of new troops like the Yan Army rushed towards the city wall, desperately climbing up the cloud carts, and their roars resounded through the sky.
These men who had just come out of the grassland were actually a little unfamiliar with siege tactics, but their courage was commendable. Mu Yunwu believed that with a little training, they could all be trained into elite soldiers.
Because those who are greedy for life and afraid of death will sooner or later die in the siege battles day after day.
"Fire the arrow!"
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The counterattack at the top of Wuguan City was also particularly fierce, with waves of arrows raining out.
The city wall has been reinforced and heightened in the past two months, and the original damaged areas have been repaired, so the defenders can still cope with it easily.
The siege lasted for a whole day. At dusk, the Yan army finally withdrew its troops and returned to the camp. The day's fighting was as usual, with no progress at all, except that there were only new corpses left at the foot of Wuguan City.
Now that they have learned a lot, they have placed five thousand fine cavalry on the battlefield to deal with the Liang army's sneak attacks at any time.
The Liang army on the top of the city began to clean up the battlefield step by step, carrying the corpses down the city, carrying the seriously injured for treatment, and simply bandaging the slightly injured, and continued to hold on to the top of the city.
Chi Ji and Xue Tian appeared on the top of the city, patrolling around, sometimes joking with the defenders, and making a few jokes to appease the soldiers and boost their morale.
The generals of the Liang Army are like this. No matter when and where they are, they will definitely visit the front line to let the soldiers know that the general is by their side.
Xue Tian glanced at the smoke-filled battlefield and asked casually:
"How about it? Can you still endure today's siege?"
"There is nothing that is too much to bear. The soldiers will come to stop it, and the water will come and the earth will cover it up."
Chi Ji smiled nonchalantly: "It's all a fight anyway, it just depends on who loses first."
"Haha, I feel more at ease with you watching from the top of the city." Xue Tian smiled.
Chi Ji said softly: "But today's siege army seems to be different from before. The defenders reported that the flag of the Nalan clan seems to have appeared in the Yan army."
"The Nalan clan? Mu Yunduankang's mother clan~" Xue Tian's eyes narrowed:
"It seems that our intelligence is correct. The five Yan and Rong tribes have indeed sent reinforcements to the front line, otherwise the Yan army would not be so confident in attacking the city.
I'm afraid that in the coming days, flags like Shentu and Tudan will appear one after another outside Beiliang Pass."
"Indeed." Chi Ji nodded: "The crossbowmen were sent out a few days ago. I think they will be back today to report the news."
As soon as he finished speaking, a strong man walked to the top of the city, strode to the two of them, and shouted in a deep voice:
"General! Chen Gu, the captain of the crossbowmen, was ordered to go out to investigate the enemy's situation and came back to report!"
"Oh, come on, haha." Chi Ji looked at the familiar face that suddenly appeared, smiled, waved and said:
"Tell me, did you find anything?"
Chen Gu nodded and said in a deep voice: "The Yan army did come with a large number of reinforcements. Our crossbowmen sneaked into the grassland for hundreds of miles and followed their marching traces all the way to the vicinity of the Shule Mountains, where we found
The newly built camp of the Yan army stretches for dozens of miles."
"Shule Mountain?"
Xue Tian found the place name from the depths of his mind and murmured: "This place is far away from the border. Why did the Yan army place their camp here?
Have you found out how many troops there are?”
Chen Gu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The Yan army's defense is really tight. The sentries and cavalry are sent one after another, day and night. We can't touch the depths of the military camp, and we can't count their number.
But we saw the military flags of the five tribes of Yan and Rong are all there, and the strength of the troops is roughly estimated to be no less than 50,000."
"Fifty thousand people." Chi Ji frowned and said, "In addition to the Yan army that reinforced the three siege armies, their reinforcements are probably no less than 150,000 people. The Yan army has spent a lot of money."
Chen Gu scratched his head and said solemnly: "Two generals, we also discovered that there is an imperial tent of the Kingdom of Yan standing in the camp. The eight-clawed eagle imperial flag can be seen from a long distance away, as well as the brigade's tent.
The Yanrong Condor Army appears."
"Eight-clawed eagle?"
Xue Tian's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he and Chi Ji looked at each other at the same time, and both of them understood the meaning in each other's eyes.
Xue Tian looked in the direction of the Shule Mountains and said softly:
Chapter completed!