Chapter 53 Di Qing's exclusive skills [Iron Face Cold Light]
"Dong dong dong" sounded like thunderous military drums, and even more sobbed and desolate horns sounded. Rolling smoke rose from the sky, and the aura of killing was awe-inspiring, making people feel chilled in the heart.
"kill!"
The loud shouts of killing rang out outside Yongzhou City.
In an instant, the trebuchet threw stones and slammed them on the city wall with a roaring force, causing heavy casualties to the Xia army on the city wall. Arrows also fell like rain, making the offensive extremely fierce.
"Hold it. If anyone retreats, they will be dealt with according to the military law!" Now the commander of the Xia Kingdom's southwest defense line, Deyang Marquis Qimo personally risked the arrows and led a group of soldiers to the city wall to supervise the battle.
The defenders in Yongzhou City were originally the elite of the Wuzhou Camp in the past. Because Zimo ordered the entire army to retreat in time, the soldiers and horses under his command did not suffer much losses at all.
As Xia's elite soldiers and horses, they also showed great tenacity when fighting on the city wall. No matter how fierce the Yun army's offensive under the city was, there was no disorder in their formation.
But at this moment, there was a sudden movement in the Yunjun formation.
It is more than ten feet high, even faintly higher than the Yongzhou city wall. It is covered with cowhide to prevent arrows. Below it is a huge thing that can be dragged up by more than a hundred oxen and horses, as well as ladders, rams, and wells.
Chariots and other siege equipment were surrounded by countless Yun Army soldiers and were heading towards Yongzhou City.
On top of the city wall, Xia's soldiers saw such a large formation. Even though they had been on the battlefield for a long time, they could not hide their confusion at this time and said in panic:
"What is that?"
Zimmer heard the noise of the soldiers and subconsciously looked under the city wall.
Rushing the chariot, the ladder was surrounded by soldiers of the Yun Army. Along with it, there were more than ten jinglan chariots. On the top of the carriage, there were hundreds of elite Yun soldiers holding bows and crossbows, overlooking Yongzhou City.
The city wall rained down arrows.
In fact, rushing vehicles, cloud ladders, well-mounted vehicles and other objects are common, but only the huge building in the distance, surrounded by cloud troops, is the most frightening.
The cart was built several stories high and was more than ten feet high. It contained soldiers inside and was covered with leather. It was pulled by oxen or pushed by people. Because it was the same height as the city, it could rain arrows directly, climb over the city wall, and fight the enemy.
Just one glance made the Xia army soldiers guarding the city feel frightened.
Looking at the giant thing that was getting closer and closer, even casting a shadow on the city wall, Zimmer's pupils shrank suddenly, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"Damn it! It's the Mo family's Linchong car..."
The Mohists are proficient in the art of mechanism, which can be used in many areas of people's livelihood and military affairs. In the military, weapons such as bed crossbows, repeating crossbows, and well-mounted chariots were mostly made by the sages of the Mohist family in the past dynasties.
The behemoth in front of us was called the Linchong Chariot, and it was a war weapon specially built by the Mohists to attack cities.
Qi Mo originally thought that after Di Qing unexpectedly captured Lingzhou, he did not attack the city for half a month in order to wait for the rear army to clear out the Xia army in Yangmingshan.
But when he saw the Lin Chong chariot, he finally understood that the reason why the Yun army delayed for so long was actually to build these siege equipment!
Seeing the rushing car getting closer and closer, Zimmer gritted his teeth and shouted:
"The trebuchet throws kerosene... I order the Beisai elite cavalry under my command to assemble and prepare to leave the city to meet the enemy!"
With an order, the Xia army in the city used trebuchets to launch fire oil cans.
With a "pop" sound, dense fire oil cans slammed into the surroundings of the Yun army. The rockets fired by the Xia army's crossbowmen followed and fell to the ground, causing fire to ignite immediately.
The rush car is covered with iron sheets and wells. There are also fire prevention measures on the rush car. Even the surface of the ladder has been poured with water, so it is difficult to cause a raging fire for a while.
However, the herds of oxen and horses on both sides that were responsible for towing the impending chariot were afraid of the fire, so they struggled to break away from their reins and wandered around, causing chaos in the military formation.
At the same time, Zimmer noticed the turmoil in the Yun army's formation, seized the opportunity, and immediately ordered the cavalry to attack.
The closed gates of Yongzhou City suddenly opened wide, and the elite Xia army and thousands of Beisai elite horsemen rode out and charged towards the Yun army.
The chilling fighting spirit was concentrated, and the majestic momentum attracted a response from the world.
The green wolf's vision, covered with moonlight, condensed and appeared above the heads of a group of Beisai Jingqiu. Then they saw the green wolf's vision raising its head, howling, and rushing toward them.
The Beisai elite cavalry army was fierce and fast. Taking advantage of the chaotic formation of the Yun army, they pounced on them without hesitation like a wolf that had found a flaw in its prey.
In the Yunjun camp in the distance, Di Qing saw the Xia army cavalry attacking. He showed no signs of panic and immediately shouted coldly:
"Buza Star Formation!"
The next moment, the sound of golden drums in the army was loud, and flags were flying on the high platform of the Chinese army, conveying military orders.
The Yun army in front of them was after all the soldiers of the Yongzhou camp in the past, and the elites of the Yun Kingdom gathered together. Although the formation was a bit chaotic at this time, as soon as Di Qing's military order was issued, the formation was stabilized again under the orders of the frontline generals.
"Busa Star Formation!" the frontline army lieutenant general shouted immediately.
The Yun army, which had just re-formed into a tight formation, immediately dispersed upon hearing the order, and a large gap suddenly appeared in the outer battle line.
When a group of Xia Army cavalry saw this, they were immediately overjoyed and rushed into the Yun Army array without hesitation. They seemed to want to use the momentum of the cavalry charge to directly divide and surround the invading Yun Army!
On the city wall, Zimo watched the cavalry under the city rushing into the Yun army formation on the opposite side without any obstruction. However, his face showed no joy. Instead, he frowned and said uneasily:
"Something's wrong, something's wrong...Quick, hurry up and retreat!"
But before he finished speaking, he heard a sudden chorus of loud shouts from the Yun army on the opposite side.
"combine!"
In an instant, a group of Yun troops that had originally dispersed suddenly gathered in formation, as if they closed a bloody mouth and swallowed the Xia army cavalry that rushed into it directly.
In the Star Spreading Formation, the military formation is a mixture of reality and reality, gathering and dispersing at will, and suddenly, the number of divisions and combinations changes.
In the middle of the Yun army, Di Qing got on his horse, took out his ferocious animal mask, and gently buckled it on his iron helmet, covering his handsome and non-threatening face.
Immediately, he took out the sword from his waist, pointed diagonally at the battlefield ahead, and shouted loudly:
"Youzhou sudden cavalry, kill!"
In a trance, a bloody radiance flashed across Di Qing's faceplate, and the ferocious beast eagle became even more ferocious, as if it had come to life. Just a glance in a trance can make people feel chilled and their courage disappear.
[General Di Qing, the general of martial arts, activates the exclusive skill: Iron Face Cold Light (attacks the enemy by 2, reduces the morale of the enemy by 50%)]
Since taking over the Yongzhou camp, due to various factors, Di Qing has rarely been able to give full play to his talents. He is cautious in using troops. Not only his subordinates are dissatisfied, but even he himself feels aggrieved from time to time.
Today's attack on Yongzhou finally gave him the opportunity to attack with all his strength.
With an order, the Yun army dispersed their formation, and the Youzhou cavalry behind them immediately charged out.
"kill!"
The war horses galloped, the chilling air shot straight into the sky, and the vision of a blood-dropping eagle condensed. The eagle chirped and swooped down. Under the blessing of the vision, the Youzhou Assault Cavalry increased its speed again, and the iron hooves stamped on the ground with their own roar, as if they were running.
The sound of thunder.
Thousands of Beisei's fine cavalry who were besieged by Yun's army saw that the besieged Yun's army suddenly spread out a road. Before they could be happy, they saw Guan Ning's cavalry charging towards them with visions.
Obviously, the Beisei Elite Cavalry is also famous all over the world, and it suppresses the elites of the Northern Territory. But at this time, facing the charging Yun Kingdom Youzhou Cavalry, their hearts trembled, their fighting spirit dissipated, and they subconsciously felt fear and retreat.
Meaning.
Just at this moment, the sound of ringing gold was heard above Yongzhou City.
Immediately there was a soldier from Xia, who was overjoyed and said:
"Ming Jin! Take it back, take it back quickly!"
"Quickly retreat!"
"The front army changes into the rear army and rushes out of the enemy's formation!"
After a lifetime of retreating and losing his military spirit, Xia Jun's originally solid wolf vision now became buoyant, as if it was about to dissipate in the next moment.
"Get out, get out!"
The Beisai Jingqi general kept shouting, subconsciously avoiding the oncoming Youzhou cavalry, choosing a weak point in the Yun army's defense, taking the lead and leading his men to rush forward.
This star-spreading formation was originally a formation that extremely restrained cavalry.
In the center of the Yun Army, the sound of golden drums rang out, and the formations of the Yun Army also gathered and dispersed with the sound of the golden drums. They first avoided the sharp edge of Beisai's elite cavalry, and then blocked it with the heavy armored soldiers in the center.
, and finally divided and surrounded.
With the blessing of Di Qing's skills, the Yun Army's combat power has greatly increased.
The Beisai Jingqi had been in the north for a long time. Due to the need to fight the Turks, the entire army was light-armored cavalry. At this time, they were surrounded by the Yun army's star formation. The Xia army's morale dissipated, and their robes were scattered out of formation, as if they were without an army.
They were like flies stumbling around surrounded by the Yun army.
Yun Jun, who is wearing white armor, fights with Xia Jun, who is still wearing black armor. Standing on the wall of Yongzhou City and looking at it, it looks like a chess game in which black and white are intertwined and fighting.
Seeing the black "chess pieces" in the battlefield being surrounded by Yun's army, and their number decreasing sharply, Zimmer's face became extremely ugly, and he murmured:
"Why are there heavy armored infantry who can resist cavalry among the Yun army's siege team..."
The heavy armored soldiers have thick armor and strong defense, but it is a little difficult to walk and attack. Even those who are familiar with military strategy will definitely not use them to attack the city!
Unless the opponent had long expected that the Xia army would send cavalry out of the city to raid, and deliberately hid the heavy armored soldiers in the siege team...
Thinking of this, veins popped up on Zimmer's forehead, he slapped the city wall hard, gritted his teeth and said:
"This Di Qing, from the beginning to the end, was just to welcome our army into battle and eliminate the counterattack force under my command!"
From ancient times to the present, no matter how strong and tall the city is, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will surely fulfill the saying "if it is defended for a long time, it will be lost".
And if you want to really defend a city for a long time, blocking the city gate guards is the best solution. Only the defenders in the city still have the "fist" that can swing out at critical moments and give the attacking enemy a critical blow.
Really defeat the enemy.
And Di Qing, obviously just to take advantage of the troops in Zimmer's hands, hurriedly dispatched a siege weapon like the Linchong Chariot at the very beginning of the war.
At this time, the Xia Army's Beisai Jingqi were trapped by Yun's army. As for Youzhou's sudden cavalry, they were not idle at this time. After rushing out of the battlefield, they rushed toward the open gate of Yongzhou City without saying a word.
Zimmer, who was still a little dazed at first, suddenly reacted and shouted immediately:
"Close the city gate...Also, the crossbowmen fire arrows, and the trebuchets don't need to stop. Attack with all your strength to keep the Yun army out of the city!"
As soon as these words came out, the generals around him suddenly stopped and looked out of the city with some unbearability.
They all knew that with this order, the Xia army attacking outside the city would be completely doomed.
But at this moment, looking at the Youzhou Assault Cavalry that was charging forward and seemed to want to break the city in one fell swoop, all the generals knew that this was not the time to hesitate at all, so they immediately clasped their fists.
The next moment, the city gate was closed. On the city wall, more arrows were fired, stones were thrown away, and they all attacked the battlefield ahead, not caring about the Xia army who were still fighting there.
Di Qing looked at the Yongzhou City gate slowly closing in front of him from a distance, and the Youzhou Cavalry who still had some distance to go and could not break into the city quickly. He shook his head with some regret and said in a deep voice:
"This Qi Mo, after all, is a decisive and ruthless person who came from fighting in the north, and he didn't even hesitate... That's all, please withdraw your troops!"
Hearing this, the generals under his command also knew that they could not conquer Yongzhou City in one fell swoop at this time. But looking at the battlefield filled with fighting in front of them, they still couldn't help but say:
"The elite cavalry of the Xia army have been surrounded by our army. We must annihilate them all and eliminate the threat!"
When Di Qing heard this, there was a hint of deep meaning in his eyes, and he said coldly:
"Kill them all here. They are loyal and brave men who died for the Xia Kingdom. But if you put them back... they will be a group of loyal, brave and tragic men who fought for the country, but were abandoned by their coach at the critical moment."
A group of soldiers who were full of loyalty, bravery, and blood but were ruthlessly abandoned by their commander, and whose hearts were full of anger and tragedy, were like a pile of haystacks that could be ignited by a spark.
Maybe, the fierce fire they set could ignite Yongzhou City and even the entire southwest of Xia Kingdom...
Moreover, even if the fire is not lit, it can still play a role in attacking the hearts of the Yongzhou City defenders!
Generals and soldiers in the army are also human beings, and they also have seven emotions and six desires, and their own thoughts.
Will these Beisai elite cavalry who have been abandoned once dare to fight to the death in the future? Even the entire Xia Army soldiers in Yongzhou City, after knowing what Zimo did today, will they still dare to fight bravely?
The sound of "clang" echoed across the battlefield.
On the city wall of Yongzhou City, under the intensive attack of arrows and stones, whether it was a group of Yun army siege soldiers and horses acting as bait, or Youzhou's sudden cavalry, when they heard the sound of gold, they all gave up the offensive.
, retreat slowly.
In just a moment, only a few thousand people were left on the battlefield, and Xia Kingdom's Beisei Jingqi were filled with joy after the disaster.
And just when a group of Beisei Jingqi were overjoyed at the sudden retreat of the Yun army, they heard the sound of "puff" piercing through flesh and blood.
A Beisei Jingqi looked blankly at the arrow piercing his chest, turned around with difficulty, and looked at the Yongzhou City wall behind him. Before all the joy of surviving the disaster on his face had dissipated, his eyes
Suddenly, his life was cut off, and he fell off his horse with a "pop" sound.
A group of Beisei Jingqi who had been rejoicing just now about surviving the disaster suddenly reacted.
Looking at the Yongzhou City behind them with the city gate tightly closed and sporadic arrows still being shot out, although all the soldiers were silent and did not speak, their chests were rising and falling, their faces were flushed, and there seemed to be a hot flame burning in their hearts.
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Well, I was asked to temporarily take over the job today, and I will have two days off tomorrow and the next two days...