"What's the sound?" In the darkness of dawn, Cao Ren, who was standing at the top of the city, heard the rumbling sound and immediately turned to ask Le Jin.
When Le Jin heard this rumbling sound, his first reaction was that Oswin couldn't bear it and used the Sun Knight to attack the city. But the next moment, Cao Ren and Le Jin rejected this idea. Oswin was not a fool, how could he do this?
Do.
Not to mention the darkest time before dawn, when the Sun Knight Legion is at its weakest. No normal general would do such stupid behavior as cavalry attacking the city.
"Could it be?" Le Jin turned to look at Cao Ren and asked.
"The embankment should have burst!" Cao Ren nodded, "Let everyone go up the city wall and prepare to survive the last wave. Originally, I thought Oswin would have the patience to fight with us here, and then use the flood to fight against the lord, but no
When I thought of it, the other party used it directly."
Cao Ren, Le Jin and others were on guard against Kuishang breaking the embankment from the very beginning. In fact, the biggest hidden danger in this battle was that Oswin broke the embankment and released water, flooding the Cao army's fortress downstream.
Obviously, after three days of violent attacks day and night, Oswin determined that the Han army had entered a period of fatigue, and decisively dug out the simple embankment he had arranged on the upper reaches of the Helmand River.
The raging flood hit the fortress where Cao Ren was stationed. Even if there was a shortage of water, the fortress built on the upper reaches of the Helmand River was greatly affected. This was the opportunity Oswin was waiting for. This was also
The reason why Oswin must take advantage of dawn to take action.
After all, Cao Ren and others are not fools. If Oswin suddenly retreats in broad daylight, they will be more or less prepared, but now after three days of violent attacks, even when Cao Ren is adjusting and breathing, he will be somewhat negligent.
These slight negligence and slowness are the opportunities Oswin wants to fight for. The raging flood rushes into the fortress where Cao Ren is stationed.
It is a pity that this fortress was well prepared for water and fire attacks when Xun Yu was building it. Coupled with the insufficient runoff of the Helmand River, these effects were not enough to undermine Cao Ren's fighting spirit. The floods fortified the fortress.
It's not even close to completely overpowering this fortress.
However, Cao Ren knew very well that since Oswin had prepared a flood, the other party must have prepared ships. This was the biggest problem.
Not to mention the Sun Knights, the scimitar assaulters led by Salman are actually not weaker than Le Jin and Cao Ren's headquarters. Most of the reasons why they have been unable to capture the fortress before are due to the inability to rush to the city wall on a large scale, but now
The floods were coming, and it was only a matter of time before Oswin and others boarded the city wall by boat. Who caused most of the river on this side of the valley to be blocked?
When the flood is released later, Oswin may not be able to climb the city wall with floodwater, but now, the floodwater is only one or two meters lower than the city wall.
If it weren't for the influence of the mountains, the warm and humid air currents from the Indian Ocean could not go north, resulting in the mountains on the north side not having those century-old giant trees. Otherwise, the giant trees would be cut down and thrown into the floods, and the Han army's fortress would be impossible to attack the city by gravity.
Keep.
But if centuries-old giant trees could grow here, the ecological environment would not be so terrible, and there would be no need to be called an imperial cemetery or something.
"Tell Mancheng not to take action yet. You and I should be prepared. Whether we can defend the fortress depends on this wave." Cao Ren ordered Le Jin very solemnly.
After overcoming this wave, Oswin would not be able to continue attacking the fortress, because it would take several days for the flood to recede, and after the flood receded, the silt left behind could not be cleaned up in a short time. This resulted in at least ten people in Kushan.
There was no way to attack the fortress.
For a famous city defender like Cao Ren, after overcoming the most difficult period and having ten days of rest, Oswin's advantages that he had worked so hard to accumulate were all gone. It was equivalent to starting over.
Coming down is very important.
Le Jin also understood this, so he nodded and gathered all the soldiers under his command. At this time, the raging flood tide was blocked by the fortress and had obviously accumulated, and the wave behind it was getting bigger and bigger. Waiting for the morning glow
When it emerged, the floodwaters slapped against the city wall and even splashed onto the top of the city.
At this time, sewage was almost flowing inside the fortress. Even if Li Dian kept organizing his soldiers to block the city gate, sewage would inevitably seep in in the end. By the time the morning sun appeared in the east, the water in the fortress had already reached his thighs.
Location.
Fortunately, Cao Ren ordered a large amount of fried noodles to be made early, and large water urns were also stored on the city walls and in relatively high places in the city. After all, when the city was being built, preparations were made to deal with floods, and now these preparations are in use.
When the water slowed down slightly and was about one meter away from the city head, Oswin and others appeared upstream relying on the boats and vehicles they had prepared.
This time was Oswin's calculated time. After all, he also knew that it seemed unrealistic for the flood of the Helmand River to directly destroy the Han Dynasty's fortress, but he did not need to destroy it. He only needed to be able to rush to the city.
,enough.
"Cao Ren, surrender!" Salman spoke highly of Cao Ren, because he knew very well that if he wanted to win this city without relying on floods, he would have to work slowly, and even if he worked hard, he might not be able to win it.
Next, thinking about this, Salman couldn't help but sigh, there are so many talents in the Han Dynasty, even an unknown person has such ability.
Cao Ren looked at Salman from a distance, already prepared for a full-out battle. He didn't expect that Salman would actually say such a funny thing, so he couldn't help but show ridicule.
"Surrender?" Cao Ren looked at Salman with a mocking face, "Are you worthy?"
"You can't stop it. Your skills in defending the city are indeed good, but when we rush up, you can't stop it. Not only can you not stop it, but the soldiers behind you can't stop it either," Salman said seriously.
, "And your grain and grass have also been destroyed by floods. After fighting you so many times, we know very well that your grain warehouses are usually underground."
Because they were still upstream, it would take some time for Salman to arrive, so he directly greeted Cao Ren from a distance in the valley, and his words were full of tricks.
"Hahaha!" Cao Ren laughed. My gang leader has been frying fried flour for three days. I want to see who can't hold on first.
"Stubborn!" Salman said with a sneer.
"Fire the arrows!" Cao Ren ordered coldly, pretend to be whatever you want, just do it. If you can hit it, take it away. If you can't hit it, it's useless no matter what you say!
The rain of arrows covered the opposite side densely. The Han army and Kushan launched their long-range suppression capabilities at the same time. At the same time, Kushan's boat flew towards the Han army's fortress like an arrow from the string. It had been slowing down before.
While moving at a high speed, I just deliberately rowed in the opposite direction, and now I was rowing along the water with all my strength, and my speed suddenly exploded.
The super high quality even caused the front half of the walking boat to directly cross the water and fly towards the head of the fortress. A group of eighteen people, almost like a canoe, rushed over on a large scale, even in the
When they were about to hit the city wall, they had no intention of stopping the ship.
This kind of gangster-like behavior made Cao Ren stunned. Are these madmen really not afraid of death? The fortress is so wide. If it hits the city head, the members on the walking platform will be thrown out and fly directly over the city wall.
, if you fall down and die suddenly on the spot, it’s not a joke.
In fact, it's not that they are not afraid of death, but that the soldiers on Beigui's side, even the carefully selected boatmen, cannot stop the ship at such a high speed.
To be precise, after Oswin used the flood hand, he realized that he had actually capsized, because most of the people in the mountains here in Beigui had never seen a flood or rowed a boat.
Immediately confused.
If he didn't have a group of key soldiers brought by Oswin from the south under his command, Oswin would have found that he had bought his opponent more than ten days with this strategy.
From this point of view, Oswin is indeed somewhat lacking in strategy. He is too focused on the beginning and not the end. Salman actually did not think of this problem. This is the reason why the soldiers under his command looked stupid this time.
The reason is that even the so-called scimitar assaulters who have played in the water are confused after getting on the walking boat and driving wildly.
This is also the reason why more than a dozen walking boats did not stop at all, but directly hit the city wall, and more than a hundred people flew from the walking boats to the top of the city, and even flew over the city wall.
After all, when traveling along the river, the speed can reach a very ridiculous level, and as ordinary Beigui soldiers, they don't have the experience of being soaked in water like the Jiangdong soldiers, and they don't know how to exert force on the ship.
The reason why the boat didn't capsize is more because the boaters were all experienced southerners...
This scene was very exciting. In Salman's view, it was an operational error, but in the view of the Han army, this group of people was ruthless enough and decided to fight quickly. Therefore, after the scimitar assaulters flew from the walkway to the city wall, the Han army
The war between the army and Kushan began directly.
Compared with the previous siege methods that relied on ladders and flying bridges, where at most a few or even dozens of people could be rushed up at a time, this time Guishang was able to attack hundreds of soldiers in one breath, and then there was a steady stream of soldiers.
The soldiers rushed forward by leaning on the walking boat.
Of course, there are also some Beigui elites who missed the mark and fell into the water and disappeared. After all, the people here, just like the inland people in the Han Dynasty, most of them can't swim, unless they are
Close to a large river, or there is a relatively large lake in the residential area.
But even so, the pressure on the Han army suddenly increased. After all, Salman's scimitar assaulters were stronger, and Salman's army itself was suitable for breaking through the battle line. The heavy scimitar could be cut directly with a single stroke of the air.
Drawing out a pale arc blade, this near-range attack method was inevitably a bit difficult even for the Han army.
In the past, they were able to suppress it easily, mostly because the opponent had fewer manpower and could use long spears for short- and medium-range suppression. But now Beigui's soldiers rushed up in a steady stream. The Han army's battle line was obviously much more embarrassed, and the city wall was in a state of confusion.
The biggest problem in fighting is that there is too little room for maneuver, and it is easy to find that if you take a few steps back, you will not be able to retreat.
So much so that in the face of this brutal slashing offensive, Cao Ren and Le Jin's men were inevitably a little embarrassed. After all, the group of soldiers who had hit the city wall and flew directly over the city wall and fell into the city also flew from the inner city at this time.
They rushed up and tried to attack the Han Dynasty together.
"Keep charging, don't be afraid, fly over from the top of the city, there is four feet of water inside, you can't fall to death." Beigui's soldier, covered in water, rushed up and roared at his comrades.
Due to the infiltration of floods, the water in the city that was only thigh-deep before is now about 1.23 meters. This water depth serves as a cushion, enough for most soldiers to fall off the city wall, choke a few mouthfuls of water, and climb back up to continue.
beat.
"No!" Cao Ren's face was ashen. He had no idea that Guishang's previous actions had such deep calculations. He immediately did not dare to have any reservations and directly activated his legion talent. All he could see was the cracks in the bricks on the city wall.
Layers of golden luster quickly appeared, covering all of Cao Ren's men.
"Gather up a formation to deal with it!" A hard fight will only lead to losses, especially when Kuishang rushes into the wall crazily. People keep flying into the city, then get up from the water in the inner city, quickly rush up the city wall, and attack the Han army from a pincer attack.
Cao Ren did not dare to delay.
A pale golden glow appeared on the bodies of the Han soldiers like a barrier. It had no other special effects, it was pure defensive power, a reflection of the city wall's defensive capabilities, and a reflection of the talent of Cao Ren's army.
The pale arc light struck on the layer of pale golden translucent glow, bringing up a piece of fine golden sand, but it did not directly hurt the soldiers of the Han army like before, and the scratches it made were even worse.
, is constantly recovering.
This is Cao Ren's legion talent. It can only be used near the city. Its ability is also very reliable. It is pure defense, but unlike other defenses that are destroyed if they are destroyed, this thing will be cut open, as long as the city wall is not broken.
, it can recover on its own. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as a thing close to idealistic defense.
By the way, the defensive power of this thing is actually quite strong. It is roughly equivalent to the defense brought by the stones used in city construction, and it has a certain resistance to all types of attacks. The only disadvantage is that the farther away from the city, the stronger the defense.
The smaller.
In the past, due to the situation in the Han Dynasty, he went out to beat people up, so Cao Ren's talent had no basis for use. This is the first time it has been officially used.
As the defensive strength of the city-building stone, its ability to resist slashing is not very strong, but the thickness of the city-building stone is often longer than the weapon itself.
In this way, the performance of this legion's talent on Cao Ren's legion became that Salman's scimitar assault hand slashed through it, and the arc light chopped out a lot of golden debris, and then the force dissipated and ended, leaving a trail.
The golden light wall gradually recovers.
Cao Ren is actually not very afraid of sharp attacks on the city wall. Unless it is an exceptional level, there is nothing he can do about it. Unless an ordinary level sharp attack can really cut through the standard stone materials used to build the city wall under his feet, it will really only be possible.
Problems can be solved with attack speed.
This is also the reason why Cao Ren generally did not bring a shield guard in the future, because his talent itself is very close to that of a shield guard. He can withstand sharp attacks by himself, while his talent and shield guard can withstand heavy weapon attacks.
It would be a disadvantage, so later Cao Ren felt that the legion he should lead most was light infantry with high attack speed and high damage.
To put it simply, Cao Ren wanted to lead the sharp warriors, but later he found that the sharp warriors directly penetrated his own legion talent from the inside...
Yes, the second shortcoming of Cao Ren's talent is that the talent itself is equivalent to a physical fortification stone. If you attack from the inside, it will be blocked. This results in Cao Ren having to use more normal legions, parrying and dying at the same time.
knock.
However, Cao Ren is very clear about his position. He is a general who defends the city, so he just has to fight to the death. If he really can't defeat him, he will form a formation and fight to the death, so that the opponent cannot take the city and is forced to give up, even if he will be beaten very hard.
Look, so what!
Le Jin also blossomed his own legion talent. After so many years of adjustments and the influence of Immortal Zhan Dao, Le Jin was able to exert his will to interfere with reality and let the soldiers feel their own will.
Although there is no way to display extraordinary abilities like Guan Yu, the normal level of performance is enough for Le Jin's army to quickly display a very high combat effectiveness.
"General Zixiao, you hold the rear, and I will strike back!" Le Jin shouted loudly to Cao Ren. If you defend for a long time, you will lose. Moreover, Le Jin himself is not good at defense, so he mounted a large scale on the city wall in Beigui Army.
After that, directly choose to bloom the legion talent and fight Salman to death!
A light blue luster bloomed directly from Le Jin's body. All subordinates felt Le Jin's belief, and the interference of will was directly displayed on the individual. Even if the difficulty of will interference with reality has greatly increased after the change in the sky, Le Jin
Jin's legion's talent is still pure, which means that Le Jin can still interfere with reality!
"Death!" Le Jin held a gun and led his bodyguards to rush towards Salman. At the same time, Salman did not dare to hold back at all, and fully unfolded his mental image.
The pale Pilian, which was originally cut from the scimitar and could only last for a few tenths of a second, was thrown from the blade and lasted for more than one second. This small time gap directly caused the scimitar assault hand to attack.
The range, and attack strength grow explosively.
This is the continuation of the mental image that Salman developed and developed with the guidance of Masinde and painstakingly developed in the past ten years. The intensity of this mental image is not very high, but Salman devoted almost all the power of the mental image to the continuation.
The continuation of the blade light, the continuation of the cutting wind, the continuation of the air cut, and the very, very important continuation of the muscle strength. Although Salman wanted to have a continuation of his life, he finally found that his mental image could be developed, but
That was only one second, not even enough to explain my last words.
So in the end, Salman's mental image focused all his power on the continuation of his own various slashing special effects, such as this sharp cutting that extends like a knife!