Outside Xinzhou Dongguan City, Zhao Yun was riding on a war horse, looking up at the city in front of him. At this moment, the walls of Dongguan City were already riddled with holes, the walls were cracked everywhere, and many places were stained red with blood.
Looking at Dongguan City in front of him, Zhao Yun couldn't help but smile coldly and said: "Today, I will definitely capture Dongguan City."
"Don't worry! Zhao Yun." At this time, a general came from Zhao Yun's side, but it was Guan Tianxia, the general of the Southern Army of the Song Army. He usually had a gloomy face, but now he was also smiling, with the three-pointed two in his hand.
Blade turned in a circle in front of him and said to Zhao Yun: "We have been attacking Dongguan City for three full days. Now there are not many defenders left in the city, and the city wall cannot support it. We only need one round of artillery.
The attack will definitely defeat the city wall. When the time comes, let the heavy cavalry troops attack and capture Dongguan City."
Hearing what Guan Tianxia said, Zhao Yun curled his lips and said: "Tianxia, you are very calculating. Why should the credit for the final capture of Dongguan City be returned to your heavy cavalry army? You should let the light cavalry
Just go up."
"Oh my!" Guan Tianxia also showed a rare smile and said: "We all serve His Majesty the Song Dynasty, so why should we be divided between you and me? No matter whether it is a heavy cavalry army or a light cavalry army, whoever takes the capital of Dongguan City
It's the same! Besides, the defenders in this city are not weak either. Yang Huai, Zhang Dingtian and Di Hu are all tiger generals under Xia Cheng's account. Even if they break through the city wall, they will not be captured without mercy.
In comparison, the heavy cavalry army is safer."
"No!" Zhao Yun shook his head like a rattle and said: "If Yang Huai and others are still struggling to death, then it is even more important to let Qingqi take over. Qingqi has strong maneuverability, and if it encounters Yang Huai's counterattack, it will be very dangerous.
You can avoid its sharp edge and slowly grind the enemy to death, which is a safer way."
In this way, Zhao Yun and Guan Tianxia were both generals of the Song Army, but they started to argue like children over who would take the first victory in capturing Dongguan City. Qingqi was led by Zhao Yun from the beginning of its creation.
, can be said to be the soldiers under Zhao Yun. The heavy cavalry army also grew up bit by bit under Guan Tianxia, and Guan Tianxia also loved the heavy cavalry army every bit as much.
Seeing the two people arguing like this, the generals behind them suffered. Zhang Long, the general who followed Zhao Yun to fight against the Jin Dynasty, shook his head helplessly and said to the deputy general Song Wan beside him: "Old Song, you
And get ready with your light cavalry. It seems that the 'discussions' between the two generals will not be completed for a while."
Zhang Long and Song Wan are both responsible for assisting Zhao Yun in commanding the light cavalry, while Zhang Long is mainly responsible for managing the heavy cavalry army. Zhang Long can see clearly that if the city wall is really broken, the most suitable one is the light cavalry. After all, although the city wall is
It fell down, but the remaining walls are still there, which is not suitable for the heavy cavalry army to launch an attack. As for Guan Tianxia's insistence, to put it bluntly, it is just a joke between the two of them. There is no need to waste the opportunity for such boring things.
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Zhang Long and deputy general Song Wan both looked at each other and smiled, nodded at the same time, and Song Wan turned to make preparations. Zhang Long smiled bitterly, stepped forward, and said to Zhao Yun and Guan Tianxia: "General Zhao
! General Guan! Stop making trouble. It’s better to order an attack on the city as soon as possible. Take Dongguan City as soon as possible, and we will attack Shangrao next!"
"Hahahaha." Zhao Yun smiled and nodded, and said: "Yes, yes. Zhang Long is right! Let's stop fighting, world. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, let's go ahead with the light cavalry! That's it!
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Anyway, he half-pushed and half-decided that Qingqi would deliver the final blow. Zhao Yun naturally didn’t need to argue anymore. He laughed and made a gesture to the herald behind him. The herald had been waiting for a long time and saw Zhao Yun’s gesture.
Then he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately blew the horn on his chest. Guan Tianxia, on the other hand, glared at Zhang Long angrily and stopped talking.
As the horn sounded, artillery pieces were pushed out from behind the Song Army's formation. Under the control of the soldiers, they began to load artillery shells mixed with fire and thunder ammunition. Seeing the appearance of these artillery pieces, in the distance Dongguan City
On top of the city, the already panicked defenders became even more frightened. Many even dropped their weapons and ran into the city.
"Damn it! Stand still for me." In the middle of the city, Di Hu, the general of the Xia family army, was shouting and cursing as he raised his spear and killed several soldiers who wanted to escape one after another. The ground was covered with blood.
Roaring: "Who dares to escape? I will kill him first."
Di Hu's threats finally stopped the panic of the soldiers on the city wall, but this was only on the surface. In fact, the soldiers had long lost the confidence to continue fighting. These days, the cannonballs falling from the sky not only
The city wall was about to be crushed, and the confidence and fighting spirit of the soldiers were shattered. Yang Huai and Zhang Dingtian, the chief defenders not far away, had already realized this, and their faces became increasingly ugly.
"General Yang Huai." Due to the previous battle, Zhang Dingtian was seriously injured and has not recovered. Now he is reluctantly fighting. His face is pale. How can he still have the momentum of one of the four great generals of the original Great Sage King? However, the look on Zhang Dingtian's face is
He was very determined and said to Yang Huai: "Let me lead the Holy King's death guard to rush forward and kill. At least it can delay it for a while."
"No!" Yang Huai immediately shook his head and rejected Zhang Dingtian's proposal, saying: "The Holy King's Death Guard is the last resort. They must not be allowed to leave the city to fight unless it is a last resort. Moreover, the Holy King's Death Guard is powerful against infantry.
The impact of the attack, and most of the Song troops outside the city were cavalry, especially the light cavalry and heavy cavalry troops, which were just right to restrain the infantry combat arms such as the Holy King's Death Guard. Using the Holy King's Death Guard to fight the enemy had no chance of winning.
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"But we can't just sit back and wait for death!" Zhang Dingtian was also anxious. Even a fool could see that the Song army outside the city was preparing to use artillery to completely knock down the wall of Dongguan City. Now the defenders in the city plus the Holy King
There are less than 20,000 dead guards and cavalry left, but a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses are killed outside the city! Without the cover of the city wall, it is impossible to withstand the enemy's attack. Then Dongguan
The city cannot be defended.
Yang Huai still had a gloomy look on his face, obviously hesitating, but after hesitating for a moment, Yang Huai still shouted in a deep voice: "No! We are just going to defend like this and cannot go out to fight. Even if the city wall is defeated, a line will be formed.
The enemy's cavalry still can't take advantage of the low wall. Don't worry! We can still hold on. Okay, hold on! You go and prepare to arrange for the Holy King's death guard to fight at the gate of the city!"
Zhang Dingtian was speechless. He knew that Yang Huai's decision was not motivated by emotion, but the result of careful consideration, but Zhang Dingtian could not agree with Yang Huai's judgment. Even without the cavalry attack, there were still people outside the city.
With so many infantry troops, they can still pose a threat to the defenders in the city. But Yang Huai is the commander in chief after all. Now that Yang Huai has made up his mind, Zhang Dingtian has no other choice but to obey Yang Huai's orders.
He walked down the city wall worriedly.
After seeing Zhang Dingtian descending from the city, Yang Huai's expression did not improve at all. He turned to look outside the city, his heart sank to the bottom, and then turned to look south in the direction of Shangrao, and said secretly: "Sir.
Yang Huai is incompetent and can only do this."
While Yang Huai was talking silently to himself, he heard a sudden sound of piercing the sky outside the city. More than a dozen artillery guns were heard firing at the same time. Countless boulder fire bombs were shot up into the sky with arcs.
It flew over this way. Yang Huai immediately tightened his face and shouted in a deep voice: "Get ready to fight! Dodge!"
In fact, what Yang Huai said was superfluous. With so many stones and fire bombs flying over, how could the soldiers on the top of the city not see it? No need for Yang Huai and Di Hu to remind them, the soldiers also started to attack on the top of the city.
They fled in all directions, dodging the boulders and fire bombs falling from the sky. The soldiers in the city had long known that it was impossible to block such boulders, and the only correct way was to avoid them.
"Boom, boom, boom!" More than a dozen loud noises rang out, and boulders and fire bombs hit the city head heavily. Although the soldiers tried their best to avoid it, dozens of soldiers were still hit by the flying gravel and iron pieces.
They were hit, and several people were even hit by boulders and were directly smashed into pulp. The boulders fell on the city wall, causing the entire city wall to tremble continuously, and the soldiers even felt that they were shaking under their feet.
Steady, this wall seems likely to collapse at any time.
Yang Huai was also unable to stand, but he had no way to deal with it. He could only look outside the city with a livid face. The attack range of the artillery was far beyond the attack range of the archers on the top of the city. Yang Huai
He didn't dare to go out to fight. How could Yang Huai feel better when he was passively beaten but couldn't fight back? For more than ten days, the battles had been like this every day. Being bombarded by artillery indiscriminately would have already killed the soldiers.
Their morale has been destroyed, and they will naturally be at a disadvantage in the next battle.
"Oh? The walls of Dongguan City are really good." After a round of artillery attacks, Guan Tianxia smiled coldly when he looked at the walls of Dongguan City that were on the verge of collapse. He originally thought that this round of attacks would be able to destroy them.
The city wall was completely destroyed, but I didn't expect it to still be able to hold on.
Zhao Yun on the side also smiled and said: "This Dongguan City is Xia Cheng's base, and the city defense is naturally very strong. You know, Xia Cheng is the leading overlord in the south."
"Whatever, I want to see how long this city wall can withstand. Keep attacking!" Guan Tianxia's face turned cold. He waved his arm and ordered the soldiers behind him, who had been prepared for a long time.
The artillery immediately launched a second round of attacks. Countless boulders hit the city wall in an arc. There was a "boom!" and a corner of the city wall collapsed. Seeing this scene, Guan Tianxia
He immediately waved his fist vigorously and shouted: "Good fight! Keep fighting! Blow down the city wall for me."
When Zhao Yun saw it, he just smiled and kept silent, continuing to watch the battle on the city wall. Apparently, the collapse of that corner made the defenders on the city very panicked, and they had already left the city. Zhao Yun immediately
Then he shouted to Zhang Long and Song Wan who were stationed behind him: "Order, Qingqi is ready to set off."
"Yes!" Zhang Long had already asked General Song Wan to prepare the Qingqi before. Now after hearing Zhao Yun's order, both of them shouted in unison and led the Qingqi one step forward, forming a charging formation.
Zhao Yun raised his silver spear at Guan Tianxia and said with a smile: "Brother Tianxia! I'll go now."
Hearing Zhao Yun's words, Guan Tianxia was immediately filled with anger and could only snort coldly, turned his head away, and looked out of sight. Zhao Yun, on the other hand, laughed loudly, shouted, and rushed straight away.
Arriving at the front of the Qingqi, he led the Qingqi and rushed directly towards Dongguan City ahead.
At this time, the third round of artillery attacks had also been launched. Under the attack of boulders and fire bombs, the Dongguan City wall that had persisted for more than ten days finally collapsed.
Sure enough, as Zhao Yun said, those collapsed city walls were scattered on the ground, forming low walls composed of ruins. Behind the low walls of ruins, Yang Huai, Zhang Dingtian, Di Hu and others led the remaining defenders.
The officers and men of the army are standing guard there, ready to fight.
"Hmph!" Looking at the enemy troops behind the city wall, a cold light flashed in Zhao Yun's eyes. How could a group of soldiers and horses just want to block his Qingqi? It was simply a dream! Immediately, Zhao Yun turned his head and faced Zhang Long behind him.
and Song Wan shouted: "Zhang Long! You lead a group of people to attack from the left. Song Wan! You lead a group of people to attack from the right. The rest of the people, follow me to the middle!"
Zhao Yun has been commanding Qingqi for several years, and there is no obstacle to commanding Qingqi. Under Zhao Yun's order, the army was divided into three branches in an instant. Zhang Long and Song Wan each led five thousand Qingqi around.
, and Zhao Yun led the remaining tens of thousands of troops and horses directly aimed at the collapsed city gate and rushed over. And stationed behind the city gate were the Holy King's death guards led by Zhang Dingtian.
The one who seriously injured Zhang Dingtian that day was none other than Zhao Yun, the hero of the Taihang Mountains and as famous as Liang Xing. So when he saw Zhao Yun rushing over this time, Zhang Dingtian's face turned pale, and he did not dare to fight with Zhao Yun no matter what.
Therefore, Zhang Dingtian immediately commanded the Holy King's Death Guard behind him to take a step forward. Using the Holy King's Death Guard to resist the Qingqi, Zhang Dingtian felt somewhat confident. In Zhang Dingtian's view, he may not be Zhao Yun's opponent, but the Holy King's Death Guard who was waiting in full formation,
It can definitely withstand the impact of Qingqi.
Zhang Dingtian's guess was quite good, but it was a pity that he overlooked one point, that is, the power of this light cavalry under Zhao Yun was not at the same level as the light cavalry Zhang Dingtian had encountered before.
I saw Zhao Yun taking the lead, rushing through the ruins of the broken city gate, and breaking into the army of the Holy King's Death Guard. Although the Holy King's Death Guard is the leading soldier in the Xia family's army, Zhao Yun is Zhao Zhenzhang's
He is one of the most powerful generals along with Gao Pang, Meng Beast, Di Lei, Hu Tianqing, Zhang Xian, Shan Hongfei and Lin Yuhu.
The soldiers of the Holy King's Death Guard were unable to block Zhao Yun's impact. In the blink of an eye, Zhao Yun's silver spear killed several soldiers of the Holy King's Death Guard. But Zhao Yun continued to charge forward, and those who tried to
None of the soldiers who blocked Zhao Yun were spared.
"Steady! Steady!" Seeing Zhao Yun's great power, Zhang Dingtian couldn't help but turn pale and shouted loudly, commanding the Holy King's death guards to hold their ground and avoid Zhao Yun's charge. And those Holy Kings who stayed on the front line
The Death Guard soldiers raised their large shields, preparing to withstand the impact of the light cavalry behind Zhao Yun. The Holy King's Death Guards are indeed the most amazing soldiers in the world. Although Zhao Yun's impact once caused the Holy King's Death Guards to be a little confused, they soon returned to normal.
The Holy King's death guards at the front raised their large shields and held single swords, facing the approaching Qingqi.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A muffled sound rang out, but it was the impact sound of the Qingqi crashing into the large shields of the Holy King's death guards. However, this time the impact of the Qingqi was not so easy to block. Only
Although the soldiers of the Holy King's Death Guard at the front kept their shields raised, they kept retreating, leaving deep scratches on their feet. Many soldiers had even been killed by the impact.
The incoming war horses were trampled to the ground, and were kicked by the horseshoes into piles of minced flesh, bone and blood!