Chapter 653 Swine Fever, what are you going to do!
On the city wall, it was like two groups of ants fighting densely.
The Sakprut Army soldiers guarding the city almost fell into despair when they looked at the two siege towers about fifteen feet away from the city wall.
They have reached their limit in resisting stone throws, arrow rain, and facing the Seris army. On the other side, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who climbed to the top of the city have become highly morale. Once the siege tower gets close, lower the top wooden bridge.
The city wall and the ground can be said to be connected together. The armies waiting at the rear will continue to come up, making it extremely easy to attack the city.
However, before they could be happy for a while, the two siege towers that had been advancing suddenly stopped. This situation almost never happened.
It is even more unlikely that it was an order from the commander in the rear. At the critical moment of siege, the enemy would not stop in the middle of the attack unless they lost their heads.
“What’s going on?”
“I don’t know, why did you stop!”
“Don’t worry, continue to hold on, and let the comrades below come up!”< br>
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty on the city wall were somewhat affected, but not too much. They continued to form a formation and stick to the wall climbing point while wondering and muttering a few words.
At the same time, Wu Zixun carried the emperor's oral instructions and galloped to the front line in person. He first asked Li Jing, Qin Qiong and other generals, including Yuchi Gong, but none of them knew anything about it.
The four of them immediately rushed to the nearest siege tower on the right, braving the possible flying arrows, and asked the soldiers over there who were still pushing hard.
Qin Qiong tightened the reins, raised his horse and pointed at the motionless tower, shouting loudly.
“Why stop!”
Over there, a captain in charge of the siege tower hurried over. He was sweating profusely and his boots were covered in mud.
He knelt on the ground and raised his hands: "To General Qin, we didn't know it. We were fine just now, but suddenly we couldn't push it anymore. It was like we were pressed against an invisible wall. No matter we No matter how hard my brother tried, he didn't move at all."
"Is there such a thing?" Li Jing frowned.
Qin Qiong snorted coldly, thrust the horse into the ground, turned over and dismounted, and walked straight over: "Even if there is a wall, it must be bulldozed!"
He waved his hand. He asked a young and strong laborer to step aside, probably because he wanted to push it himself. Then, as soon as he touched the siege tower, Qin Qiong's expression suddenly changed.
"There's something weird!"
Qin Qiong withdrew his hand and shouted towards the top tower compartment: "Yuanba, come down!"
After a while, Li Yuanba was depressed inside. The voice came out.
“Can’t get out! Something is blocking it!”
Li Jing’s brows furrowed even more. He also got off his horse and suddenly pulled out the long sword at his waist. Without waiting for Yuchi Gong and Wu Zixun asked, slashing the wooden wheel of the tower base with his sword.
What sounded was the sound of gold and iron clashing.
"Wu Changshi, please go and tell His Majesty that there are barbarian generals at the top of the city who have used strange secret techniques."
The military situation is urgent, Wu Zixun does not dare to delay, and he does not have many Asked, turned his horse's head and ran towards the central formation with Li Jing's original words.
There was a knight sent by Han Xin on the way, so he ran and relayed Li Jing's words to the knight and asked him to take him to Han Xin.
While Su Chen here was still waiting for Wu Zixun to come back, he was also thinking about what was going on.
Not long after, Dian Wei said: "I'm back."
I saw Wu Zixun holding the leather helmet on his head and galloping over, reaching fifty paces before reining in his horse and slowing down.
"Your Majesty!"
He cupped his hands on horseback and conveyed Li Jing's original words.
Sure enough, it is similar to what Su Chen figured out himself, and someone who can use such a secret technique has been encountered before. After such an analysis, there is a high probability that he can guess who it is.
Judgment Knight Lancelot!
......
In the slightly tilted sky, war horses ran through the chaotic streets.
The sound of running, shouting, and crying could all be heard. The wise knight Gao Wen passed through this street and went directly to the west. Under the guard of the knights at his side, he looked at the crowd gathered on the street from time to time.
The woman was squatting against the wall with her child in her arms, sobbing softly. On the ground not far away, her husband was lying, half of his body was smashed, and there was still some residue from a blood-stained stone bullet. The fire was falling inside the broken wall.
It should be that the Salis people's stone catapults changed their front, adjusted their angles, and the stone bullets that entered the city fell on civilians' homes.
If something like this falls into a place where civilians gather, it will not be easy to kill people.
The only good thing is that there were not many stone bullets that fell here, but more than a dozen people were killed on the spot. The cries of the family members still attracted the sympathy of many people.
But in the face of such an environment and the danger of war, those who want to comfort themselves can't say anything at the moment.
No matter how sad and frightened the civilians in the city are, there are still many recruiting teams going door-to-door in the city to recruit young and strong civilians, and then issue a sign asking them to go to the city wall where the fighting is taking place. .
As the gateway town to the east of Euphila, more than 200,000 civilians in the city were anxious and uneasy in such an atmosphere of tension and fear.
However, the conscription teams occasionally encountered difficulties. Just after Gawain passed through this street and headed towards the center of the city, he saw several conscription teams arguing and clashing with the noble escorts. .
The conscripts were ordered to go from house to house, including the homes of nobles. However, these nobles had a rich background. Naturally, they did not want to hand over the slaves and guards raised in their homes to the hands of the army.
But fortunately, this time they faced a large-scale attack by the Salis people, and the city wall was also crumbling. If it were another country to attack, it is impossible for them to cooperate internally and externally after being forced to dedicate the city to the enemy, and then Continue to be a rich man in the city.
At present, these nobles' vital interests are at stake. Even if they don't want to hand over the slaves and guards they support, they still have to gather some people and let the conscription team take them away.
He even said generously not to let them return it.
Gawain heard the words of these nobles from a distance, and he was filled with anger. He must know that the Selis army attacking the city used up to 200,000 soldiers.
That's not all. Without recruiting civilians, slaves, and prisoners in the city, and pushing up the city walls to consume the Selis people, it would be almost impossible to win this victory.
“When this war is over, the first thing to do is to kill these nobles.”
Gawain withdrew his gaze from the courtyards of the mansions over there and rode on The war horses quickly passed through here, through the city filled with screams and chaos.
Soon, he entered the Nongma Palace.
In the solemn and luxurious courtyard, you can see Greek-style sculptures and small buildings everywhere.
But now, there is no leisure in the past, and many soldiers can be seen guarding here, as well as several city officials, waiting for King Arthur's summons outside.
When the officials saw Gawain coming on horseback, they all saluted.
Gawain got off the horse, with the nobility of a knight, nodded slightly to signal to them, and then walked up the tight stone steps, where the Guards soldiers guarding the palace door pushed the door open. Open and let him in.
There was no sound in the main hall.
In the bright lights, King Arthur sat alone on the throne, and Gawain stepped forward on the red carpet under his feet.
“Meet my king!”
He performed a standard knightly salute, but King Arthur over there was still sitting on the throne, with his eyes closed and did not speak.
Gawain pursed his lips, lowered his head and reported the situation on the city wall and under the city wall to the other party in detail. War is a race against time.
Before he came back, the battle situation had been sent to the palace, but Gawain was one step faster than the commanding cavalry. At the moment, Arthur did not know the siege tower of Selis' army.
"...The Seles people climbed to the top of the city and kept groping for our weaknesses. I gave Lancelot the greatest power...What did you just say?"
It seems that now Arthur, who came back to his senses, raised his eyes and looked at the wise knight who was bowing.
“Siege tower? What a strange word. In our time, such a thing probably does not exist in the world. In the years since we passed away, too many things have emerged. ...Lancelot was panicked by this, which is the emotion a normal person should have."
There was no one else in the king's palace. After Gawain came in, the door was closed again. Arthur stood up and walked to the hanging map. He looked at the city wall sections marked on it with large and small arrows drawn on them. He thought that before Gawain arrived here, Arthur has done the deduction several times.
“So, tell me, how does Lancelot plan to deal with the Seris siege tower?”
“My king, Lancelot may have used secret techniques. , to temporarily curb the attack of the Seles people, but... you know, he can't stay in that state for a long time." Gawain's tone was a little worried, especially before leaving, Lancelot's expression and words were as if he was on his deathbed. Farewell before.
Arthur frowned, and then asked about Lancelot's condition.
"...Then tell me, what does he want to do?"
Gawain hurried forward: "The siege tower must be destroyed."
Destroyed...
This undoubtedly posed a problem for King Arthur.
Destroy the siege tower and you can only leave the city. If the infantry goes out, they will undoubtedly die... Even if they send out cavalry, it will not be effective.
The Seles cavalry almost occupied the wilderness.
"My King!!"
Seeing Arthur's frowning and hesitant look, Gawain whispered urgently, "Knight Captain Lancelot has been following you in battle..."
He Before he finished speaking, the emperor in front of his field of vision had already raised his hand. Arthur was tall and tall, and after losing his Sakprut appearance, he became another calm and powerful aura.
“You don’t need to remind me, I also know how important the Lancelot pair is, Gawain, I only have the last cavalry left in my hands.”
Gawain looked at him silently He, the emperor in front of the throne over there, smiled.
"However, a cavalry should be used where it should be used to reflect its value, Kai!"
King Arthur suddenly called out.
The next moment, Gawain seemed to be dazzled, and saw the air beside King Arthur twisting, and a figure slowly walked out.
That is one of the Twelve Knights of the Round Table. He has always been good at hiding. He is also Arthur's butler. He rarely shows his face in front of everyone.
"Bring the last cavalry and destroy the castle. The Lisi people’s siege tower is very urgent, and only you can complete it, my most trusted friend.”
The man had brown hair, a soft and fair face, and was wearing an open robe, and you could see a pair of fine armor underneath.
The young man named Kai half-knelt in front of Arthur, nodded silently, then turned and left. A stabbing sword carved with hollow roses hung on his waist.
Outside the royal palace, the horn of the cavalry assembly sounded.
On the city wall at this time, the siege tower could not be moved, but the Tang army could not stop. Han Xin was disrupted by the arrangement, reconsidered it, and deduced for a moment with Jia Xu, and immediately issued an order , let Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong lead the army up, and Wu Anjun's Qin army will not move for the time being.
And the Tang army began to take action.
On the opposite side of Nongma City, everyone was operating like crazy both above and below the city. The two legions of Holy Light and Thunder outside the city were pinned down and there was no hope at all.
Only nobles, official guards, and strong slaves could be recruited from the city. At this juncture, the recruitment order became tougher, and it was no longer as perfunctory as before when facing the nobles. Whenever a noble or official disagreed, soldiers would immediately come to the door, beat the owner first, and then recruit slaves and guards, including some of the children of the resisting nobles and officials.
A series of tough orders were implemented, and the pressure on defending the city suddenly became lighter.
A group of slaves and guards were recruited, most of them were strong, and some were rangers with high martial arts skills.
But facing the war, I felt somewhat uneasy.
Just as they were gathering towards the east city wall, an iron cavalry of about two thousand people roared past from a separate street, heading in the same direction as the east city wall.
......
Outside the city, the sky was falling, still bright and dazzling.
The 3rd and 4th battalions of the Tang Army, led by Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong, began to push towards the city wall. The two siege towers they passed over still stood motionless.
Su Chen squinted his eyes, got off his horse, and strode towards the ancestral hearse behind him.
"Director Li, bring the incense!"
As soon as he stepped onto the carriage, Su Chen spread his cloak with his hands, entered the carriage, faced a group of spiritual statues, and held incense and bowed three times.
There was a sudden commotion in the car.
In the blink of an eye, the originally empty carriage was suddenly filled with silhouettes of people.
"Changsheng, where were you hit?"
"Ouch, the sound outside is already attacking the city?"
Cao Cao and Zhu Yuanzhang spoke one after another, but Li Shimin went outside. When he came back, he said: "Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong are also here? Where is Yuanba?" Why don't you see him going to the siege gate?"
"Trapped in the siege tower"
Su Chen told the emperors in detail what had just happened and asked them. Is there any way to counter the opponent's secret technique?
This question also stopped a bunch of emperors.
Most of them are men of great talent and strategy. No matter how bad they are, they are still monarchs who guard the world. The secret techniques they use are also related to the world and the army.
Of course, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was a special case.
He said this himself when he was joking with a group of emperors.
"Everyone's secret skills are all on the table. How can there be someone who can specifically counter other people's secret skills."
Su Chen pursed his lips, sat on the big tiger leather chair, and thought. When figuring out how to defeat the enemy next, a familiar voice suddenly laughed softly.
That laugh was wild and could not be hidden.
"You have this swine fever, why are you laughing?!"
Ever since he knew that the Tang Dynasty that he created ended in the hands of the thief emperor Zhu Wen, he never gave the other party a good look.
"Brother Shimin, don't be angry yet." Zhu Yuanzhang quickly pulled back the angry-looking Li Shimin. He looked at the memorial tablet on the altar table and asked: "If you speak out at this time, you may have a way to solve it. ?”
Zhu Wen’s spiritual body shook twice and jumped down from above.
Su Chen also looked over, and saw that Zhu Wen's spiritual tablet seemed to be akimbo, leaning back slightly, and he spoke with rather proud words.
"That's natural. Don't forget what I did before I became emperor!"
(End of this chapter)