Chapter four hundred and ninety-eight people's hearts have been lost
"General, I can't hold on to this awe-inspiring spirit!"
On the city tower, two wells were destroyed one after another, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers defending the city. However, the news Chunyu Qiong received here was not good. A scribe hurriedly ran over and whispered to Chun Yuqiong.
"How come it's so fast!?" Chunyu Qiong frowned. This awe-inspiring atmosphere is not just the cooperation of these Confucian scholars, but also the power of all the people. Even if Confucianism is not as good as before, with the help of the power of all the people, this barrier can usually at least hold up.
An hour or two. The war has not even started for half an hour and it can't be sustained?
He looked up and saw that the green air above the city was indeed much thinner than before. More and more of the arrows fired by the opponent were able to penetrate the green air and were becoming more powerful. However, this change was a
The soldiers did not feel deeply about the gradual process.
"The enemy's arrow formation is too fierce, and the green energy is severely depleted!" the scribe said with a bitter smile. They are all Confucian scholars in Huai County. In other words, they are all from various families in Huai County. If Huai County is destroyed, they will also be unlucky.
, Now that Chu Nan is calling, he naturally does not want to be breached, but there is no way, the opponent is too powerful.
There is another point that the scribes did not mention. After the war began, the power of the people they could draw was not as good as before. In other words, the hearts and minds of the people in Huai County had been unconsciously lost, and support for them had been lost.
The belief is not firm.
This is also the result of Chu Nan's insistence on not disturbing the people in the past few years. Even if the city is destroyed, the soldiers will never allow them to attack the people. Anyone who violates it will be killed!
At first, the princes regarded this matter as a joke. In this way, the enthusiasm of the soldiers would be greatly reduced. However, correspondingly, the people's panic after the city was breached would also be greatly reduced.
In addition, Chu Nan implemented policies to benefit the people. Of course, ordinary people did not want to know this information, and the higher-ups would definitely block it and spread rumors. However, people in places like Hanoi and Dongjun had trade with the Central Plains in the early years.
The policies of the Central Plains are clearer, so this situation will occur. If it is the hinterland of Jizhou, there is no need to worry about this situation.
"How long can it last?" Chun Yuqiong glanced at the rain of arrows shot by the opponent. Even after being blocked and weakened by the green energy, the power was still much more powerful than ordinary crossbow arrows. If the soldiers were not blessed by the military formation, the power alone would
These arrows that slip through the net can cause great harm to the defenders. It is hard to imagine how much it will cost to completely take over this arrow array.
"A quarter of an hour at most." The scribe sighed.
A quarter of an hour?
Chunyu Qiong secretly cursed, what can I do in this quarter of an hour?
"Please try to hold on as long as possible." There is nothing more to say now. The city is broken. He can still lead his army to break through, but the wealthy families in these places do not have this opportunity.
"Alas!" The scribe sighed, agreed, turned around and left.
They can naturally think of the problems that Chunyu Qiong can think of, but what can they do if the people's hearts are exhausted?
Chunyu Qiong looked at the thinning green air above her head, snorted coldly, strode down the tower, and came to a pot of oil.
"General!" A soldier bowed.
"Yes." Chun Yuqiong nodded, looking at the oil that was not completely heated, and raised it with one hand. The palm gradually turned red. After the oil in the pan lost its firepower, his lungs suddenly hurt.
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Chun Yuqiong looked at the nearest well, shouted loudly, and threw the oil pan in his hand. The hot oil suddenly burned in the air and hit the well hard, causing a fire in an instant.
After the Jinghuan was set on fire, the soldiers on the Jinghuan quickly ran away from the Jinghuan. Some of them were too late and were directly swallowed by the tongues of flames. The scene instantly became chaotic.
Chunyu Qiong smiled. Since the green energy cannot last for too long, he must cause the greatest damage to the enemy before the green energy is exhausted!
Seeing that a ladder had been put up on the city wall, Chun Yuqiong took action again and poured the hot kerosene down the ladder. Half of the ladder was instantly swallowed up by the flames, and the soldiers could not rush up through the ladder at all!
Li Tong raised his eyes and frowned and glanced in Chunyu Qiong's direction, silently raised his bow and drew an arrow. The power of thousands of troops quietly gathered on the cluster of arrows. He watched Chunyu Qiong raise a pan of oil again and suddenly shot out an arrow.
Chunyu Qiong's eyebrows skipped a beat, and a sense of crisis arose spontaneously. She subconsciously stretched out her left palm to stop him.
"Pfft~"
How could a sharp arrow containing the power of an army be so easy to stop? It easily shot through Qing Qi, and then shot through Chunyu Qiong's hand before the sharp arrow penetrated his shoulder armor.
If he hadn't dodged for a moment, the arrow would have hit his heart and soul.
A lot of hot fire oil spilled out, and it fell on a soldier and was instantly burned. The soldier screamed and rolled on the ground, trying to put out the fire. Chunyu Qiong roared angrily, threw the oil pan in his hand, and threw it on another side.
He set up the well, then pulled out the arrow from his shoulder, looked in the direction of Li Tong, picked up the bow and arrow, and fired back at Li Tong.
As a frontline commander, Li Tong naturally could not show weakness and reached out to take a shield.
"Peng~"
The arrow cluster landed on the shield, but did not penetrate it. Instead, it turned into molten iron and directly ignited the solid wood.
Li Tong grinned, he had already seen Chun Yuqiong's magical power, how could he be hurt so easily by the same move again.
Chunyu Qiong frowned. This enemy general was very capable. Although he did not do it himself, if he really fought, he would not be able to kill him in a short time.
Chun Yuqiong was shot and wounded by the opponent without checking, which made Chunyu Qiong very angry, but for a while he was unable to do anything against the opponent.
With a thought in his mind, he locked his sights on the other generals. Just because Li Tong could block his arrow did not mean that others could block it as well.
He immediately bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and fired an arrow at another general who was commanding the soldiers to charge.
The general was directing his soldiers to prevent the other side from attacking again. Suddenly an arrow was shot. He felt his chest was hot at first. He watched in shock as the arrow on his chest lost its way and sank into his chest. The shaft of the arrow suddenly broke on its own and the port was scorched black.
One piece was burned off.
But before he could react, a fire seemed to appear in his body, burning his internal organs mercilessly.
The general screamed in pain and fell to the ground rolling around. After a moment, he stopped moving. His internal organs were scorched by the molten iron injected into his body.
Chunyu Qiong grinned, and just as he was about to look for the target again, three arrows were shot at him. This time, Chunyu Qiong was alert and quickly dodged.
Peng Pengpeng~
Three arrows landed on the tower behind him and shot directly through the wall of the tower.
Chun Yuqiong looked around and saw Li Tong bending his bow and setting an arrow. He snorted coldly and didn't want to pay attention to him. He wanted to find someone to shoot him again, but Li Tong's arrows kept shooting. Chun Yuqiong had no choice but to
At the same time, he wanted to take advantage of Li Tong's exhaustion to return an arrow to the opponent. This person should be the enemy's frontline commanding general. If he could be killed, it would be better than killing ten or a hundred ordinary generals.
"Buzz~"
Just as Chun Yuqiong was making calculations, the green air above the city suddenly dispersed.
Chunyu Qiong was slightly startled. A quarter of an hour passed so quickly?
But the buzzing sound in the air was not the sound of green energy dissipating. Chun Yuqiong subconsciously looked up and saw three thousand sharp arrows falling like a meteor shower.
"Boom boom boom boom~"
This was not a rain of arrows, it was clearly the effect of the stone bullets fired by three thousand catapults.
The entire city wall trembled violently, shattered stone fragments, and dust flew up along with the broken limbs. The entire city wall covered by arrows seemed to have entered a hell on earth at this moment.
This is an arrow formation!?
As the smoke and dust dissipated, Chun Yuqiong stared blankly at the mutilated bodies of a large number of soldiers who had been blown up by the arrows. The surviving ones were wailing and screaming on the city wall. The battlefield that was so exciting just now suddenly became a Shura purgatory.
, Chunyu Qiong felt her mind went blank, not knowing what to do next.
It's not that he has no experience, but he has been fighting for most of his life, and he has never thought about using the arrow formation to use the power of the stone throwing formation, let alone seeing it!
Even if everyone has practiced visualization, it won't be so terrifying. The soldiers are still blessed by the battle array.
At this moment, he somewhat understood why the awe-inspiring aura guarding the city collapsed so quickly. Although he knew that the opponent's arrow formation was terrifying, the arrows he shot across the river yesterday, although the power was amazing, was not so terrifying. Now he is standing in the best position.
Positional shooting, the power of this arrow array has exceeded Chun Yuqiong's cognitive limit.
"kill!"
Seeing that the green energy dissipated, the enemy troops in Chunyu Qiong's section of the city wall suffered heavy casualties. Li Tong quickly attached the power of the army to the soldiers, allowing the soldiers to quickly approach the city wall.
Aerial ladders were set up on the city wall, and the soldiers surged up and fought with the defenders.
Although they all practiced the art of visualization, the morale of the defenders had been extinguished by Huang Zhong's arrow formation at this time. When our own soldiers ascended the city, their morale soared. Those who rushed to the top of the city were basically warriors.
Under his command, only three or five Jizhou troops can defeat one Central Plains soldier.
Chunyu Qiong killed eight enemy soldiers who rushed to the city. He wanted to repeat his old trick and use kerosene to burn the ladder, but Li Tong would not give him this opportunity. He shot arrows one after another, and Chunyu Qiong was unable to do anything.
Close to the frying pan.
Chun Yuqiong was besieged by many soldiers who climbed the city, and had to deal with Li Tong's hidden arrows from time to time. Even if he had some skills, it was difficult to use them at the moment. Seeing more and more enemy troops using the city wall, Chun Yuqiong sighed secretly in his heart, but he didn't expect that he
He was unable to hold on for even one day, which was definitely a shame in his military career.
After killing four people in a row again, Chunyu Qiong knew that he would not be able to leave if he didn't leave, so he immediately jumped off the city wall from behind and met the garrison who came to support him.
"Break out!" Looking at the soldiers and horses preparing to support, Chunyu Qiong said no nonsense and only said two words. It was obvious that Huai County could not hold on anymore, and now he could only escape first and then think of other methods.
At that moment, he led his men and horses towards the west gate. Although there were three gates around him, the side that was let go might not be safe, but it was at least safer than the other three gates!
Chun Yuqiong led the garrison all the way to the west gate. The city wall there was quickly breached without Chun Yuqiong's garrison. Chun Yuqiong could vaguely hear the cheers of the enemy troops, and he could not bear to feel uncomfortable at this moment.
It was just when he opened the city gate and prepared to break out.
Buzz~
A meteor shower of arrows seemed to be waiting for him here. Just as he rushed out of the city gate with his troops and was about to escape, they fell from the sky...