Battle of the Fifty-Eight Imperial Cities (3)
Zhao Yueru saw that none of the three arrows shot at Zhao Hong, so she immediately pulled out two more feather arrows from the quiver, put them on the bowstring, "whoosh, whoosh" twice, and shot out again. only heard the two sounds of "Gecha" and "Gecha", and broke the flagpoles of the two big flags behind Zhao Hong. The flag fell to the ground, and the Song troops at the head of the wall immediately cheered in unison.
Zhao Hong's face turned pale with anger, his whole body trembled, and he shouted: "Come on, give me a siege." ”
The rebels behind him immediately swarmed up and launched another attack on the imperial city. During the period of pause just now, Chen Yichao had readjusted the rebels, and found some tables, chairs, benches, and wooden ladders as tools for climbing the city, and at the same time found some wooden planks to block arrows, so this time the rebels had sufficient tools to launch a fierce attack on the wall.
Under the leadership of Yan Wei, Tie Chenglin, Zhang Wei and others, the Song army defending the city was also prepared, brandished their weapons, rose up to fight, shot with arrows far away from the city, and cut them with guns and bayonets after climbing near the wall, and never allowed the rebels to attack the wall.
After attacking for a while, the rebels still lack special siege training, and there are no siege equipment, only relying on some tables, chairs, benches, wooden ladders are far from enough, not only that, most of the rebels do not even have armor, but the Song army is well-trained, armored, and there are city walls to defend, so the two sides fought fiercely for about half an hour, the rebels were wounded and killed four or five hundred people, although they climbed all over the city wall, but under the strict guard of the Song army, they still could not step on the city wall. Therefore, the morale of the rebels was further depressed, and the remaining rebels saw that the city wall was difficult to capture, and they were a little hesitant for a while, and did not dare to attack the city wall again.
When Zong Tianxuan saw it in the rear formation, he also knew that if he continued to attack like this, he was afraid that he would never be able to capture the imperial city, and he had to think of a way, so he immediately said to Xie Qingfeng and Song Yidao: "Uncle Xie, Uncle Song, this siege is not a way, it seems that we have to go into battle in person to break through the gap for the soldiers." ”
Song Yiren nodded and said, "Tianxuan, let's do it!" The three of us, with the other disciples, divided into three directions, rushed up to the city wall, opened the gap, and let the soldiers attack the city. ”
At that moment, the three of them immediately assigned people, with Zong Tianxuan leading Qin Huang and Liu Jingtian, Xie Qingfeng taking Zhang Fangyuan and Cai Fang, and Song Yiren leading Long Shanhai and Luo Yanchao to attack the city. Leaving Zhao Ping and Shi Qi as two female disciples to protect Zhao Hong. And Chen Yichao sent other rebels to prepare, as soon as Zong Tianxuan, Xie Qingfeng, and Song Yiren opened a gap in the city wall, they immediately followed up and entered the imperial city.
After the assignment was completed, the three groups immediately divided into three directions and flew towards the city wall. The city wall of one or two zhang high is not too difficult for a master like them, not to mention that at this time, a lot of tables, chairs and benches were pushed on the side of the city wall, and some even built up nearly one zhang high, which was just right to borrow. Therefore, Zong Tianxuan took Qin Huang and Liu Jingtian to take the lead near the city wall, and saw a pile of tables and chairs.
The archers of the Song army hurriedly released their arrows, but the long sword in Zong Tianxuan's hand swung and protected himself from the wind and rain, and pulled out the feather arrows to the ground. In the blink of an eye, it fell to the city wall. The Song soldiers defending the city hurriedly raised their weapons and attacked Zong Tianxuan. But Zong Tianxuan's long sword swung out, and Lian Fu cut off a few spears that stabbed at him, and when the sword light reached, several Song soldiers around him were lying on the ground. It's about to burst through a gap.
At this moment, Zong Tianxuan suddenly felt a strong wind hitting his face, and when he looked at it, he saw only a little cold star, and he actually shot closer, and he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and at this moment, he couldn't dodge, hurriedly waved his long sword, and slashed forward with his feelings. With a "dang" sound, the sword blade was slashing the arrow, but Zong Tianqi only felt that this arrow was extremely powerful, and his fingers were a little numb. But before he could recover his breath, there were three more feathered arrows shooting at him in front of him.
The person who shot the arrow was Zhao Yueru, and the rebels attacked for a while just now, but it had no effect and retreated. The Song army on the wall didn't take the rebels to heart. But only Zhao Yueru knew in her heart that although the overall combat effectiveness of the rebels was insufficient, there were many masters in the formation.
Now if the rebels also use this tactic, I am afraid that the Song army will not be easy to resist. I only hate that now I am pregnant again, and I can't perform my peerless martial arts, although archery is not in person, it is also very laborious, because it is Zhao Yueru's frightened bow, it is a hard bow with two stones, ordinary people can't pull it away, just now he shot Zhao Hong with arrows on the city wall, shot off the flagpole, and faintly felt some discomfort in his abdomen, and now he is in a hurry, but there is no way. Zhao Qianru persuaded her to go to the back to rest, but Zhao Yueru still couldn't let go of the current battlefield in the end, so she just retreated to Zhao Chen's side, still standing with a bow.
Sure enough, as she expected, after the rebels were unfavorable in the initial battle, they really used the chiseling tactic, and Zong Tianxuan had already climbed the city wall. Therefore, Zhao Yueru didn't care about being unwell, drew an arrow, and shot at Zong Tianxuan again.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was only more than thirty steps, and at such a close distance, the power of the feather arrows shot with the frightened bow was naturally amazing, and Zong Tianxuan was also extraordinary, dodging left and right on the city wall, and the sword blocked the palm, and even avoided the three arrows one by one and fell on the battlement. And Qin Huang and Liu Jingtian also jumped up and flew up the city wall.
Zhao Yueru "swished" and shot several arrows in a row, shooting towards Qin Huang and Liu Jingtian in the air. The two of them were still in mid-air, and there was nowhere to stay, so they could hide, and each of them was hit by an arrow, and fell under the city wall.
But at this time, Zong Tianxuanji stood firm on the city wall, unfolded his long sword, and killed the surrounding Song troops to the ground, and the rebel brigade also attacked again.
Zhao Yueru gritted her teeth and performed the Lianzhu Archery Technique, one by one, the feather arrows were connected into a straight line, shooting straight towards Zong Tianxuan on the city wall. If it was in peacetime, Zong Tianxuan might be able to deal with it, but now he has fallen into a melee, not only dodging arrows, but also dodging the swords and guns of the Song soldiers, so he is clumsy and very ruthless. struggled to dodge several arrows and killed several Song soldiers, but in the end he couldn't support it, so he had to tap his toes and take the initiative to fall down the city wall. However, he had just involved the Song soldiers, and many rebels had already attacked the city wall, and the two sides started a scuffle.
But Zhao Yueru's face was pale at this time, she only felt a cramping pain in her lower abdomen, and she couldn't help but cover her lower abdomen with one hand and crutches with a bow with the other, almost standing unsteadily. Zhao Qianru hurriedly came over to support her, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister, how are you?" ”
Gu Xueping, Huang Mingxia and others also hurriedly surrounded them, and helped Zhao Yueru to the side and sat down. Even Zhao Chen, who had been calm just now, couldn't help but panic a little when he saw it, and he was busy coming to visit.
Zhao Qianru and the others all had childbirth experience, and said to Zhao Chen: "Official, my sister is afraid that she has fetal gas, so she will ask the imperial doctor to take a look." ”
Zhao Chen also nodded busily, and hurriedly ordered the attendant beside him: "Go and invite the imperial doctor to come, and call Wen Po too." Then he ordered someone to carry the soft couch and let Zhao Yueru lie down.
However, at this time, it was still fierce on the battlefield, although Zong Tianxuan's group was blocked by Zhao Yueru and could not attack the city wall for the time being, but Xie Qingfeng and Song Yiren's two groups were very smooth, and they both climbed the city wall. When Ye Muxue and Ling Xiang saw it, they couldn't care about Zhao Yueru, so they hurriedly went up to resist.
Ling Xiang met Song Yiren, he swung his long sword, the silver light swallowed, and scattered a little cold star, like a huge light net, ** sharp energy, covering Song Yiren. Song Yiren couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect that among the Song army, there was such a master hidden, and the long sword in his hand turned into a white rainbow and stabbed straight into the middle of the light network.
The two long swords emitted a series of clashing sounds, and both of them fought quickly and in the blink of an eye, and after more than ten moves, they were evenly matched, regardless of whether they were up or down. The two men suddenly separated, each holding his sword. Song Yiren was not only secretly surprised in his heart, this young man seemed to be less than thirty years old, and he was able to match himself. Therefore, they did not dare to be careless at all, staring at each other, and did not dare to attack rashly.
Nazhi Ling Xiang snorted lightly, his body moved, and the long sword in his hand turned into a heavy sword shadow again, rolling towards Song Yiren. Song Yiren couldn't help but be surprised, he couldn't imagine that the opponent would attack again so suddenly, but doing so was suspected of being too violent, once he couldn't succeed in one blow, and after he was exhausted, he was counterattacked by the opponent, I am afraid it would be difficult to support. Probably the other party is still too young and inexperienced.
At that moment, Song Yiren was moving his sword like the wind, laying a sword wall in front of him to stop Ling Xiang's stormy attack. The two swords struck each other more than a dozen times, and Song Yiren was so impenetrable that he didn't leave the slightest gap for Ling Xiang. I can't help but feel a little proud in my heart. After all, taking the initiative to attack consumes much more effort than defending, and when Ling Xiang is exhausted after this round of offensive, he can wait for the counterattack.
But at this moment, suddenly a strong wind hit on the left, and a Song soldier appeared there, holding a spear in his hand, and stabbed at Song Yiren. If it was in normal times, this shot would naturally pose no threat to Song Yiren, but at this time, he was trying his best to deal with Ling Xiang's attack, although it was just an ordinary soldier, it was also a great threat to him.
At that moment, Song Yiren hurriedly twisted his waist and dodged, so as not to dodge this shot, the sword in his hand immediately flew out, stabbing the Song soldier to death. But Ling Xiang's sword momentum was like a maggot attached to the bone, and Song Yiren couldn't dodge, and was stabbed in the left rib by Ling Xiang's sword, and immediately drenched in blood.