Chapter 197 194: Attack and Defense of Yanshui City (2-in-1)
Tianquan County,
Yanshui City.
Because they have marched here in a hurry, if they have to be fast, the beggar army will not be able to coerce the victims this time. All the people who come here are elites.
Therefore, in this siege, only the elite were employed.
The drums were rumbling, the blood was stirring, and it was already half an hour later when the three drums were completed.
The former army was also well prepared. At a glance, they could see that they were all covered in black heads.
Some of them were carrying large shields, some were holding ladders, some were carrying sandbags, and some were holding weapons and shouting.
On the battlefield, unless they are truly extraordinary, most people will have to be lucky to survive.
Therefore, even a so-called warrior who has fought many battles will not be less fearful when the ants attack the city.
Of course, they lived up to their reputation as elites. They seemed scattered, but in fact they had a tacit understanding. Ten people formed a team, and three teams formed a team. Everyone in the team had a clear division of labor.
If there is an attack, there are clear rules for what everyone should do and what to do.
Of course, there are also martial arts warriors mixed in here.
Some of these people wore triple armor, revealing two eyes, scarlet and crazy.
They run like war horses at great speed, and because they are too excited, they often break away from the team and block the front.
This is considered disobeying orders, but because of their bravery, it can actually boost morale.
Some just wear a piece of leather armor casually, and have a variety of weapons in their hands, each with its own specialty, but they all carry a hook lock more than ten meters long, which can be thrown out at any time.
As long as they hooked the city wall and had a little bit of leverage, they could quickly climb up.
These people all have strong postures and nimble steps. They look like fish swimming in the crowd, showing their impressive attainments in Qinggong.
The last group of people looked enthusiastic and excited. When they saw the direction of Yanshui City, they seemed to be seeing the Red Lotus Sky that they entered after death.
When the drum beat ended, the shouts of killing filled the sky, the earth shook, and countless beggars rushed out.
They rushed towards the Yanshui City like crazy, nothing else in their eyes.
On the mound.
The Lamenting King Ran Yongzeng couldn't help but smile as he watched this scene.
It's not easy to live in this bullshit world, but as long as he has these brothers, he can maintain his current status.
Unfortunately, the charge was only half-way, and he was still a thousand steps away from the Yanshui City wall. The smile on his face froze completely before it faded away.
There was a buzzing sound, like countless bees flapping their wings, and coupled with the sharp whistle that broke through the sky, it was already a rain of arrows falling from the sky.
The trajectory of the flight was not well controlled, and it fell into the second half of the formation. It formed a line, and dozens of people fell to the ground and howled.
This shooting distance and the intensity of the strike really stalled the momentum of the beggar army.
Of course, it only paused for a moment, and the momentum of the front army picked up again, and everyone even moved forward desperately.
Not only was the threat of arrows coming, but also because from the rear, the supervising team had already raised their butcher's knives.
The military discipline of the Beggar Army is just that, or in other words, there is no military discipline at all. Only when charging, the butcher's knife of this supervising team is not stained with blood.
However, before they had rushed a hundred steps, the 'buzzing' sound came again, from far to near.
This time, the beggar army gained experience, and the former army commander shouted:
"Defense! Defense!"
As a result, the charging formation immediately began to shrink.
Shields were held high and carried on their shoulders, forming a shield array above their heads. Others hid under the shield array, and ladders and the like were dragged on the ground.
They were still moving forward, but at a much slower pace.
And those warriors were even more fearless, waving their weapons in their hands, trying to deflect the arrows.
Their response was certainly correct and could even be said to have been tested in actual combat. Unfortunately, what they encountered was the Tianquan Army of Yanshui City who had been preparing for a long time.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Duh duh duh duh!
The sound of breaking through the air and the sound of collision were heard, accompanied by miserable howls from time to time, which had become the main theme of the battlefield.
At this time, the charging beggar army realized that the arrow rain was too dense, like a downpour, and there was no way to hide or escape.
What is even more frightening is that in addition to the normal arrows, there are also many armor-piercing arrows mixed in. Even a shield covered with iron sheet cannot completely defend against it.
Whenever the shield was shot through and collapsed, they became living targets and were turned into sieves by the rain of arrows.
Even if the shield is strong enough, with so many people protected underneath, it cannot be completely covered. Under such a dense rain of arrows, the exposed area cannot be intact.
As for those arrogant warriors, they are the most tragic!
After all, there are only a few people who can wield a weapon without splashing water; there are even fewer people who can release their true energy and withstand the impact of arrows.
They had no choice but to move around, running around, using the beggar soldiers as shields, but this caused even greater chaos.
Only those who were wearing triple armor were the most indifferent. They turned around, half-crouched, and let the arrows rain down on them.
Everyone became a little hedgehog, but there were not many casualties.
However, I don’t know when the charge had completely stopped.
They could only be nailed in place like targets, waiting for the rain of arrows to end.
At this time, the city wall looked very orderly.
On the huge open space, crossbows were lined up in a row. There was a rectangular box on top, one end was like a honeycomb, and every hole was filled with arrows.
The strings of the bed crossbow are all made from beef tendons as thick as a thumb. Every time you string the bow, you have to use a special wrench to turn the gear.
As for the crossbowmen, they are all two meters tall and muscular men.
They were not ordinary soldiers, but outstanding warriors. Regardless of whether they had cultivated a hegemonic body or not, they had all practiced martial arts to increase their strength.
They shouted slogans and exerted force again and again to pull the bowstring into position.
Shooting is simple, just hit the mechanism with a wooden hammer, but aiming is also a technical task.
Another crossbowman is in charge. They have to calibrate the accuracy, calculate the arc, adjust the position of the crossbow, and finally make the final decision.
They have also undergone long-term training to ensure that there is no obvious gap in the arrow rain they shoot, and they can even shoot back and forth like Xu Jin's barrage.
In the end, tens of thousands of arrows were tilted down, and even the demon disciple wearing triple armor was covered with arrows, like a hedgehog.
Then, the beggar army collapsed!
Tens of thousands of elites left behind more than half of their corpses. They no longer cared about it, threw down their equipment, and fled back desperately.
They collapsed suddenly, and the rain of arrows that fell failed to catch up, but failed to increase the damage.
However, the supervising team at the rear raised their butcher knives and started killing with all their might. After a while, thousands more people were executed.
It's useless, it has no effect at all!
Even if the beggar soldiers who escaped back were killed, they were unwilling to charge again.
Seeing this scene on the city wall, Han Zhigui, the leader of Hanshui Sect, said in disbelief: "Retreat now?"
General Xuanwei Zheng Simao smiled and asked: "Didn't you see the corpses all over the ground?"
"Looking at it this way, the beggar army doesn't seem to be that good either?"
Wei Jinkui glanced sideways at Han Zhigui and said: "It's not that the begging army can't do it, but that we are well prepared.
Crossbows, arrows, and the selection and training of crossbowmen and warriors...
Before, I asked you to train with great displeasure, but now you can see the results. ”
Wei Fangjie pressed his hands on the wall, leaning forward slightly, looking at the battlefield in the distance, and remembered a decision made by Chu Zhou a long time ago.
In terms of battlefield experience and number of troops, Tianquan County is far inferior to the begging army, but there are still solutions. The plan Chu Zhou came up with is a saturation strike.
After such a long period of personnel scheduling and training, even with the threat of the beggar army, many people were already tired and started to be lazy.
Only at this moment, when the results were shown, could everyone be convinced, even himself.
"Eldest brother, you are still a senior brother after all!"
On the other side, under the mound.
A man with seven or eight arrows inserted all over his body was left there. His clothes and armor were stained with blood, but he cried even more miserably.
"Heavenly King, Heavenly King, it's not that I, Miao Laosan, am greedy for life and afraid of death, nor is it that my brothers are unwilling to try their best, it's actually the Tianquan Army who is cheating!"
"Their rain of arrows was so dense that we couldn't rush through it at all. The three layers of armor were shot into gourds. I, I was really, really..."
"My brothers, brothers are all dead!"
His crying became louder and louder, and later he was wailing. Ran Yongzeng looked at him condescendingly, his expression ugly.
But it only took a moment for him to become cold and indifferent.
"Miao Laosan, you are having trouble attacking the city. If you take the lead in escaping, you should be killed!"
"Where are the law enforcement teams?"
"Here!"
"Drag it down and kill it!"
Two big men came up and dragged him down without saying a word. They didn't care about Miao Laosan's cries, they just dragged him to the front of the array, and in full view of everyone, they slashed him with a knife!
His head rolled on the ground several times, frightening all the senior generals of the beggar army.
This Miao Laosan was considered to be the absolute confidant of the Lamenting King, but he still killed him whenever he asked. This could no longer be described as ruthless.
But the real disowning of relatives!
On the slope, the red-haired old man looked away and said: "Actually, I really can't blame him for this battle!"
"I know."
"Killing him so easily even after knowing you?" "I can't do it without killing him! It's a bad start and everyone else is frightened. If I don't kill him, I won't be able to scare the others, so how can I make them take their lives?!"
Zen Master Jinhu asked again: "Then what are you going to do?"
"The retreating front army directly served as a death camp, and the left and right armies each deployed 10,000 people to attack the city. As for the rain of arrows?
I don't believe it if ordinary people can't stop it, so let the experts take over. Did the Quan Army dare to send people out of the city to fight in the field that day? ”
With an order, the beggar army started moving again, and after spending most of an hour preparing, the dark army was once again ready to attack the city.
This time, the beggar army no longer looked down upon them, and had a sufficient supply of all kinds of armor, weapons, shields and ladders.
The most dazzling thing was the demon disciples standing in front, all covered in pitch-black armor with only blood-red eyes.
And, in the middle of the formation, there is a Red Lotus cultist wearing a white robe with a bloody lotus on it and a look of excitement on his face.
When the drums sounded, the beggar army launched another charge. The heads surged forward like a tide, each one looking like a cheetah, exerting enough strength.
The rain of arrows arrived as expected. The first wave was not large in number, just to determine the location.
Starting from the second wave, it was like a downpour again, and because of the first experience, the crossbowmen were more confident this time and reloaded faster.
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Rounds of arrow rain fell in an arc, leaving almost no gaps. If the shield blocked it, death would be extremely miserable.
Of course, this time the beggar army also has a way to deal with it.
At least seven or eight innate warriors jumped into the sky. Although they could not fly, they could still stay in the air for a short time with their light skills.
They either threw out streaks of sword energy, or slashed out sword rays, or made loud roars that made the air ripple like water, or showed various virtual images, shaking down arrows all over the sky.
Looking from a distance, it feels like eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.
Of course, innate warriors are not martial arts masters after all. The range covered by their sword energy is limited, and they can only protect a very small area on such a battlefield.
But in the military formation, those Red Lotus cultists also showed their power.
Each of them raised their weapons high, chanted the incantation, and activated the Red Lotus Secret Technique.
Streams of flames fell from the sky, covering their weapons. Then, they waved their weapons, rolling up strands of fire storms and shattering the rain of arrows falling from the sky.
There were also the desire demon disciples of Xuanyue Sect. They ignored the rain of arrows and punched the air one after another. The air exploded and shock waves were sent out.
As for the normal warriors, they all use their own methods. Of course, they appear to be much more restrained, instead of the Red Lotus cultists and demon disciples who simply use their lives as consumables.
Just like this, with the protection of experts, the morale of the beggar army increased greatly, and the charging speed became faster and faster.
With just a few hundred breaths, they braved the rain of arrows and rushed two hundred steps outside Yanshui City.
Here, we are very close to the city wall of Yanshui City. Looking up, those with good eyesight can already clearly see the situation at the top of the city.
But just because of taking one more look, many people were almost frightened to tears.
The iron cannons were pushed out of the wall stacks one by one, and the round barrels looked very intimidating.
When the held-up torch lit the fuse, everyone around them took a few steps back without hesitation, clearing the circle.
boom!
There was a loud noise and smoke filled the air. The cannon suddenly vibrated, and the entire city wall seemed to tremble.
A cannonball just flew out, wrapped in gunpowder smoke, and directly crushed a demon disciple wearing triple heavy armor, and then jumped and rolled all the way, crushing countless people to death along the way.
That’s not all!
The sound of ‘boom, boom, boom, boom’ was endless, and bursts of smoke seemed to envelope the top of Yanshui City.
Cannonballs were ejected from the chamber one after another. Some were solid bullets, while others were broken into pieces, with caltrops flying everywhere.
Naturally, there were powerful innate warriors who hacked out swords, qi, and swords, smashing those cannonballs into pieces.
But there are too many cannons to support them!
If he could think of using the bed crossbow, Chu Zhou would naturally not miss these artillery pieces. The reason why he used them now was to maximize the damage and hit people closer to him.
This time, the beggar army was also stunned, especially when the warriors began to think about dealing with the artillery shells, and did not care about the rain of arrows.
The combination of artillery and arrow rain made the beggar army miserable.
Of course, they were not completely powerless to fight back. Many Desire Demons and Red Lotus Cultists launched a charge regardless of life and death.
They no longer paid attention to the beggar army, jumped out directly, and then used Qinggong. The distance of more than 200 steps was reached in just a dozen breaths.
And the seven or eight innate warriors did not retreat.
On the one hand, they didn't dare. When they entered the battlefield and there was no horn to retreat, they were also afraid of being killed.
On the other hand, they were also furious. The innate martial artist's card was there, and they were suppressed and beaten like this. It was impossible to say that they were not angry!
When they rushed to the city head regardless, they wanted to smash the crossbows and destroy the artillery on a large scale.
It has to be said that their charge was still effective, and there was chaos at the top of the city.
The most important thing is that from the rear, the Lamenting King Ran Yongzeng saw an opportunity.
He did not send any more troops, but gave an order, and at least a hundred powerful warriors rushed out.
Among them, there are at least a dozen innate masters, thirty Zang martial artists, and more than sixty great Tongmai martial arts masters.
Those under Tongmai, without internal strength to protect the body, are not within his scope of consideration at all.
The support of these people really made the innate warriors on the top of the city even more aggressive, and their attack and killing methods were even life-threatening.
Of course, Wei Fangjie and others were not vegetarians. After giving the order, Zhu Xuan, who reacted the fastest, rushed out.
This half-step master of Wanxiangzhai is really not a vegetarian. The Divine Elephant Suppression Prison used only a few or two moves to pick off the head of an innate warrior.
And Wei Jinkui also showed his true form as a hegemon. Although he was greeting guests at Xuanzhen Temple, he always smiled and said kind words.
But he didn't dare to relax for a moment when it came to cultivation. He had reached the level of Qi Qi in the Martial Arts and the Qi Entrainment in the Immortal Path. His strength was not bad at all.
It had been so long since he had the chance to fight with anyone, but it made his hands feel itchy.
This time he went on a killing spree, which was truly unparalleled bravery.
As for the Xuanzhenguan disciples he brought, they were all the best among the inner sect. They were all taller than one, and they all became fierce generals on the battlefield. They were also able to deal with those armored demon disciples.
The most difficult ones are the Red Lotus cultists.
The red lotus fire enveloped the whole body one by one, and when it burned, it was the most troublesome and dangerous.
Wei Fangjie stopped them with a silver spear that stirred the air within a hundred feet radius.
They were all fighting hard, and the others didn't dare to be lazy. Even if a few people tried their best, they still rushed forward and found their opponents.
Of course, the final outcome of this battle was not decided by them, but under the double attack of artillery and arrow rain, the beggar army could no longer support it.
Thousands more corpses were left behind, and the beggar army chose to flee for the second time. Their morale collapsed, and many people in the supervising team blocking the road were hacked to death.
After they fled, the masters had no basis for fighting.
Even if more than a hundred of them rushed into Yanshui City, without the support of a large army, they would just be chased down one by one.
Therefore, after those innate warriors sensed something was wrong and began to retreat, only the demon disciples who had lost their minds and some Red Lotus cultists who used secret techniques were left on the battlefield.
After they made the final attempt to stop them, they were eliminated one by one.
Looking at Yanshui City, it was only one day, but there were many casualties in this fierce battle.
On the city wall, there are traces of the battle everywhere, not to mention damage, broken limbs and broken arms are everywhere, and a strong smell of iron blood fills the air.
"We held it!"
I don’t know who said this, but it resonated with countless people. The record of the Beggar Army in Tianyuan Mansion was really shocking.
Even though they are defending the city here and are fully prepared, there are still many people who are panicked and worried.
Until this moment, they finally won a victory, which also showed that the beggar army was not really invincible.
On the top of the city, someone shouted "Long live Xuanzhen Guan", and as a result, more and more people shouted loudly.
The sound became more and more uniform and spread throughout Yanshui City.
Of course, unlike the high morale in Yanshui City, outside the city, the beggar army camp was deathly quiet.
This time, killing a few people can't restore morale.
Even Ran Yongzeng, the king of mourning, lost his sense of control when the artillery appeared and cursed: "Artillery, they actually used artillery. Damn it, are you talking about martial arts?"
"Shit! Shit! A bunch of shit!"
"After the city is broken, I must not seal the sword for ten days. If I don't kill, all the people in Yanshui City will die. I will not be the king of mourning who can make children stop crying!"
He broke the defense, really broke the defense!
His 100,000-strong army lost more than 10,000 people today, and one-tenth of its strength was gone. This is the foundation of his foothold!
On the other hand, the red-haired old man and Zen Master Jin Hu were very calm. They just looked at them indifferently and did not speak.
They have lived long enough and have seen more of the world, so they will not lose their temper because of one or two failures.
After a while, Ran Yongzeng seemed to have calmed down, and suddenly got off the Lingju. His knees softened and he knelt in front of the two of them, saying: "Two masters, it is absolutely impossible to continue fighting like this, so I ask the two masters to give their full help." Me.”
The red-haired old man pursed his lips slightly and said: "I will send two Nine-Leaf Red Lotus Envoys to take action. They have the power of a half-step master. They can directly kill the city and buy some time for the army."
Zen Master Jinhu also said: "Then I will send two master demon puppets here.
They are all made from the corpses of martial arts masters. Although they lack the true meaning of martial arts to drive the power of heaven and earth, their bodies are like diamonds, and they are most useful for breaking down cities and seizing gates. ”
Ran Yongzeng straightened his body and said: "This is not enough!"
"What do you want?"
"Even if we can't win the battle, we really can't stay here for too long. So..."
Ran Yongzeng said loudly: "So, I would like to ask the two masters to take action themselves!"
I wanted to write more, but as a result, I had a gastroscopy in the morning and it was a very uncomfortable day. It was so uncomfortable!
(End of chapter)