Chapter 544: White Feather Night Bow, The String Controller An Tianxia
The wolf smoke rose over Lucheng for a long time. Amidst the dust and fog in the sky, it was rare to see a different kind of scenery.
Of course, in Xu Mu's eyes, it was a landscape that symbolized death. Jia Zhou, who had gone to call for reinforcements, had already set off, leading tens of thousands of people gathered by Dou Tong and Fan Lu to conduct an ambush along the stone forest.
Regarding Jia Zhou's attack, Xu Mu was willing to believe that with the favorable geographical location, it would be a hearty victory.
"Inform the three armies to continue attacking the city without making any mistakes!" Xu Mu's voice was solemn.
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The whole Lucheng was crumbling.
Under the bursts of sand and dust, even though the veil was covered, the fighting of the defenders was far less than usual.
hold head high--
The whizzing stones, with roaring roars, kept falling on the city gates. Every time the stone-throwing offensive stopped, the defenders hiding behind the female wall did not care about the sand, dust and smoke, and only raised their heads.
, he quickly poured the boiling water, opened his bow and arrow, and shot down like crazy.
"Fire back, fire back! Shoot these Sichuan dogs to death!" One by one, the generals guarding the city followed the city's top to give orders.
Click.
The monster-like ladder truck finally approached the city gate. Relying on the extension of the ladder, countless Shu soldiers raised their shields and held their knives, leaping onto the city wall.
"Use your spear and halberd! Stop the Shu people!"
The city guard's spears, which were almost half a foot long, formed a large row and kept stabbing towards the place where the ladder truck was set up. Some Shu soldiers who had not landed were stabbed and fell from the air, and their bodies fell into the ravine under the city.
"Heavy crossbow, only hit the approaching ladder cart!" Rong Gong was trembling. It was only the first day, and this defensive battle was extremely difficult. The Shu people used the sand and dust to approach the city gate, and as defenders, they had already lost
Got the chance.
From now on, we can only passively defend at the city gate.
"General Rong, the people from Shu climbed in first!"
"Reserve battalion, bring up the reserve battalion too!"
"General, there are too many soldiers at the gate of the city, and there may be a crowd! If there is a rain of stones and arrows, many people will not be able to avoid each other."
"I can't care less." Rong Gong gritted his teeth, "Deaths and injuries are inevitable. If we block the Shu people this time, we might still have a chance."
After blocking the first round of attack, they hoped that the reinforcements from Wenlang City would arrive quickly and attack the Shu army outside the city.
Under the order of Rong Gong, the reserve battalion of three thousand people behind the due north city gate had no choice but to pick up weapons and rush to the top of the city.
The enemy had set up a city shield, and the crossbow battalion was close to the city wall. The power of direct fire was gone. They had to retreat under General Pi's order, change the crossbows, plucked the bowstrings, and fired the arrows.
The flying arrows drew a series of parabolas before falling into the enemy group on top of the city.
The more than a hundred Shu soldiers who climbed first held up shields and formed a shield formation to buy time for the rear troops to climb the wall.
"Throw fire oil and burn them to death." Rong Gong's face was expressionless. He did not cover his face, and the wind and sand dyed his face yellowish brown.
Just waiting for the fire oil to be poured on them, several fire arrows fell in the city, and the originally neat shield array suddenly burst into flames. The shield-wielding Shu army of more than a hundred people, under severe pain, simply went to die, abandoned their shields, and took them with them.
The fire on his body roared towards the enemy.
Riding on his horse, Xu Mu looked at the fire in the corner of the city wall, and his heart suddenly became heavy.
Even with the power of sand and dust, the difficulty of attacking the city is still not easy. Throughout the ages, the brutality of the attack has always been shocking.
"Push the city car again." Xu Mu ordered coldly.
"My lord has an order, the city rush vehicle will be pushed over immediately!"
"My lord has an order——"
The military orders were passed down one after another, and not long after, Si Hu, who was wearing thick armor, led a team of more than a thousand city rushing vehicles and charged forward again.
The previous one only reached the city gate before being smashed into pieces by the huge boulder thrown down.
"General Rong, the city rush vehicle is here again!"
"Five hundred people are assigned to each side of the city gate! Even if you try to block it with your body, I will block it!" Rong Gong pressed the knife and took a hard breath.
The war situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable. The civilian thieves outside the city had no intention of truce. They only wanted to conquer the city in one go.
If the city gate is broken, not to mention waiting for reinforcements, they themselves will also die here.
"Damn it, these treacherous Shu people! And Xu Buyi, his methods are despicable! How can he be worthy of being the successor of Lord Yuan——"
"General, be careful!" several of his cronies shouted, quickly raising their shields.
A loud explosion made Rong Gong's ears hurt. When he came back to his senses and looked again, he realized that at some point, four or five of his close associates had been stoned to death in order to protect him, and no bones were left.
"Common thief——" Rong Gong raised his head and roared.
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Outside Lucheng, the sky darkened.
The battle that lasted for a day was far from stopping. Occasionally, there was the faint sound of rock falling and exploding.
Jia Zhou sat on the ground in silence, turning his head from time to time to glance in the direction of Lucheng.
He knew that his lord was still fighting hard to capture Lucheng as soon as possible within a few days. And he was acting as an ambush force to intercept and kill Wenlang City's reinforcements.
If it weren't for the lack of troops, he would definitely not use this strategy. But there was no way, the troops dispatched by Shuzhou had reached their limit. As for Muyunzhou, he had discussed it with his lord, and the final decision was that he still had no plan.
Use the troops over there.
If the Demon Queen forms a secret alliance with Liangzhou again, and takes advantage of Yunzhou's large army at dusk to attack, it will definitely be a catastrophe.
"Commander, it's still early, why don't you take a rest first." Gongou came over and said carefully.
"Longbow, don't be careless on the battlefield. I would rather work harder than waste any opportunity." Jia Zhou frowned, "There is an ambush in the stone forest. I estimate that there will be thousands of soldiers in the enemy's front line.
Riding. We are eager for emergency help and are unlikely to take a long detour."
Taking a long and circuitous route around the stone forest would require at least dozens of miles of walking.
"Military advisor, there are already ambushes on both sides of the stone forest."
Jia Zhou was silent for a while, "After being frightened, the enemy army retreated halfway across the river. Long Gong, you lead two thousand people and ambush at the entrance of the stone forest. Just wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and then block the retreat with huge rocks. This is not easy.
, if it is unlucky, you are likely to fall into encirclement and suppression."
"Xu Changgong takes the order!" Gongou said without any hesitation.
Jia Zhou nodded happily, "Of all the generals in Shuzhou, you are the only one who can truly break out of your cocoon and turn into a butterfly."
In front of Jia Zhou, the little Luo Guo with a divine bow raised his head resolutely and smiled in return.
We are born with a destiny that may be tragic or full of sorrow for the rest of our lives, but those who can change their fate against the will of heaven and transform into butterflies are often called heroes.
He straightened up his hunchback body and walked steadily with a bow and a dog. To this day, he is no longer a dogman who lives to beg for bread, but an upright general who follows his lord to conquer the world.
"Shen Gong Camp!" Gong Gou turned his head to the sky, his voice carrying a sonorous heroic tone.
"I would like to follow General Xu! In this life, I will defeat the enemy with arrows, use the white-feathered night bow, and those who control the string will bring peace to the world!"