Chapter 20: The Eve of the Decisive Battle
Jin Zhu didn't want to despair and didn't want to give up, if he and his gang were hanging here. That Yoro was in danger, and it would be difficult for a race that had lost its men to survive in the jungle. It is a place where the weak cannot tolerate the weakness of women and children.
This hall has witnessed the legendary experience of Shangsha, and more than a month ago, it was the temporary presence of the king of Dongou here. Yun Xiao unceremoniously moved in, and humiliated Ou Zhenyang and killed him here. At present, the owner of this place is Jin Zhu, the Yelang King who came from afar. Maybe there will be a change of owner soon, who knows. Anyway, Jin Zhu was now like a tiger trapped in a trap, his eyes radiating a cold light and scanning his pale subordinates.
"Shangsha is besieged, and I don't want to hide it from you. The granary was made of hands and feet, and the upper layer was grain. The bottom layer is sand and stones, and everything you can eat can only be eaten for three to five days. The inhabitants of the city have been questioned, and they have no food left in their mouths.
The Han Chinese were despicable and had already plundered them before withdrawing. Now they don't have much rations, and you know better what we bring ourselves.
I say this without any other meaning, but to sue you. Tomorrow the king is ready to go to war against the Han army, which is a crucial battle. As long as we rush out of the city, we will have a way to live. If you are blocked in the city, you will definitely starve to death. Whether you starve to death or escape depends on tomorrow's battle.
After you go back, you should prepare early and recover as soon as possible. Ugly words, this king said in front, if someone is afraid of war and steals his life tomorrow, this king will march the law. Jin Zhu was furious, and the roar echoed throughout the hall. He is the king of the jungle and the lord of the 100,000 mountains. He is a lion who wants to rule over all beasts, and he must not die in this small Shangsha city.
"Rush out, you must rush out." Jin Zhu muttered silently, looking into the distance with vicious eyes. Staring for a long time.
Yun Xiao's feet were on the table and cocked, and there was a mouthful of fried soybeans in his mouth. This thing is crispy, chewing in the mouth "cluck" "cluck" sound.
The defensive line on the periphery of Shangsha City has begun to take shape, and the ability of the inspectors to dig the soil is first-class. If there is a class of sappers at this time, Yun Xiao must give priority to them. With such a well-organized fortification, Yun Xiao estimated that those Yelang mud legs came up with it. Don't pay a heavy price. That's definitely not going to happen.
The deep trenches were covered with spikes, although they were cut from bamboo. But Jin Zhu's men are all barefoot Yoro warriors, and these people don't wear shoes all year round. Even if you wear shoes, they are homemade straw sandals, which are far worse than the boots handed down by the Han people. Although in the jungle, straw sandals are more ventilated than boots to reduce the chance of athlete's foot. But this is Gangnam, and it's still some distance from the jungle.
When sharpening these bamboo sticks, Yun Xiao also thoughtfully instructed the guards to leave some small openings. It is used to ensure that after piercing the feet of those Yelang sergeants, there will be irregular wounds. Such wounds are difficult to heal. It can delay the enemy's ability to act to the greatest extent.
How long the food in the city can be eaten, Yun Xiao knew in his heart, after many rounds of looting. Although the inhabitants hid some rations, the amount of these rations was not too much. How much food those poor ghosts in Yelang Country can have, Yun Xiao doesn't want to know. Just by looking at them shirtless, you can see that the food they carry is very limited.
As for the grain in the granary, if he dares to eat it, Yun Xiao dares to promise to let them pull it again. A lot of rice is drenched with croton water, and the rice is eaten in the stomach. Eat as much as you want, pull as much as you give Lao Tzu. It's not over if you don't pull your legs into noodles.
Yun Xiao used almost a desperate plan this time. The soldiers of Yelang Kingdom are also considered unlucky to meet this Hades.
The tall dirt mountains were piled higher and higher, and the guild guards began to put wooden stakes and other obstacles on the dirt mountains. The Yun family guards carried bundles of crossbow arrows up the dirt slope. After the battle began. These things will be the main tools of killing, and the slope is too high, and the three-bow bed crossbow has lost its effect. Besides, it is not easy to transport gunpowder crossbows, so you still need to be precious if you can treasure them.
"It's all fucking good, it'll be done by sunrise tomorrow. Master Hou rewarded you with big buns to eat, this is a big bun with beef filling. Have you ever eaten beef? The overseer's guards shouted from below the dirt slope. Not far away, more than two dozen cattle have already begun to be slaughtered.
The Guild Inspector's eyes widened, beef can also be eaten? The government doesn't care? As soon as I thought of this, I gave myself a hard time. Which guy dared to take care of Yunhou's affairs, and the official mansion of Dongou only offended the generals of the Yunhou family. As a result, now their kings have been driven into the jungle to become savages. Also hooked up with these savages out. Look at this posture, these wild people are enough to choke.
Hou Ye said that he wanted to starve these people to death, and he didn't need to starve them to death. It is still the Marquis of the Yun family who is ruthless, and there is nothing more poisonous than arson, and no evil than starvation.
The people of the village have been hungry and know what it tastes like. Starving to death is not a human sin. Today, Tuoyunhou's Fu Neng ate a meal of beef, thinking that the people in the opposite city were about to starve to death. The guild guards couldn't help but shudder.
Tomorrow Yunhou will give him a day off and work hard today. Tomorrow, let him kill him until it is dark, and he will sleep by himself. The Yun family guards are invincible in the world, these savages will definitely not be opponents, and they are very impressed by the combat effectiveness of the Yun family guards.
Yun Xiao knew that tomorrow King Yelang would go out of the city to fight whatever he said. The fish that come ashore have to jump twice to let them out. The Yun family's bow and crossbow will let them know that it is powerful. For these unarmored guys, the iron-tired crossbow is a liability. Just shoot with a bow, condescending and no one fights back. Yun Xiao believed that even if these tens of thousands of people poured out at once, it would only be a matter of death.
After eating the fried soybeans, Yun Xiao clapped his hands boredly. cleaned his mouth with fine salt, and instructed the iron guard: "Lao Tzu should sleep well, and don't bother Lao Tzu with unimportant things." Tomorrow I have to cheer up and watch the show. With that, he got into the carriage.
The guards surrounded the carriage, and all those who approached within a hundred paces were chased away by the guards wielding whips.
It was another early morning, and Yun Xiao woke up, and Jin Zhu also woke up. They were all drinking porridge, the difference was that Yun Xiao was drinking rice porridge and eating steaming steamed buns, while Jin Zhu was drinking rice porridge and eating black glutinous rice cakes.
He's going to be busy today, and filling his stomach is the number one priority. Yun Xiao is very leisurely, what he wants to do is watch a play. Watch a game of slaughter, where a surging crowd rushes like waves towards the earthen embankment. Then it was shattered by a rain of arrows, scattered, and finally shattered into countless fragments lying on the ground. Cold, hardened, inanimate corpse.
Thinking of this, Yun Xiao shuddered, when did it start. Do you like killing so much? The Yoro people are sad that they have chosen the wrong opponent. Yun Xiao is definitely a character who eats people and doesn't spit out bones. It's just that they don't know.
Shaking his head, Yun Xiao drove those unnecessary things out of his mind. Instead, he looked at the battlefield.
On the city wall hung the banner of the Yelang King, and a large white bird was painted on the black linen. The big bird is painted in an impressionist style, with Picasso's style. Yun Xiao pondered for a long time, but he was not sure that it was a bird and not an airplane.
As if they had a premonition, the crows in the sky fluttered and flew over the city wall. Almost every battlement had one squatting on it, a black wall with black crows. The entire Shangsha City seemed to be shrouded in clouds.
This is the breath of death, and Yun Xiao seems to sense it. Just wait for the sun to rise, and a crowd of people will rush out of the city. Then the group was mercilessly slaughtered and became the corpses of these crows. Nature's creatures are always sensitive, and they have an innate ability to sense what is about to happen.
Smoke wafted from the city, "Eat, maybe for many people, this is the last meal in life." Yun Xiao muttered silently and walked down the dirt slope with his hands behind his back.
The guards ate the big meat buns, and dragged their tired bodies down in the tent one by one to sleep. The Yun family guards who had rested all night were in good spirits, and Yun Xiao didn't let them be on duty last night. Rest well, today they are the main force. The Courtyard Monarch's Hyogo warriors did not have bows and crossbows, and Yun Xiao did not plan to equip them with bows and crossbows. It's good to let them be hand-to-hand combat troops, for these people, Yun Xiao still has a sense of precaution in his bones.
"Woo" "Woo" "Woo......
A series of horn sounds suddenly remembered, Yun Xiao was startled, and when he looked back, he found that the Yelang Army had already left the city. It seems that they have been depressed for a long time, and after a night of recovery, the physical failure caused by diarrhea has improved a lot. Although it was not restored to the best state, seven-seven-eighty-eight finally recovered a rough idea.
"A group of people who are in a hurry to die, let the brethren prepare." Yun Xiao gave an order, and the Yun family guards ran up the dirt slope one after another, waiting for those guys on the opposite side to come and send them to death.
Yun Xiao climbed a tall corner tower, where he had a bird's-eye view of the entire battlefield. He looked at the enemy with a telescope, "Damn, these guys are learning so fast." Yun Xiao cursed softly and put down the binoculars.
At the forefront of the opposite team was a group of Yelang people wearing Han army armor and holding shields. If it weren't for the white ash on their faces, Yun Xiao would have thought it was the Han army.
They didn't waste the armor that the guards had discarded, and it was clear that the bare-chested men weren't meant to show their prowess. It's that they don't have armor at all, and now they have captured it. Naturally, they put it on for the first time, and they are also afraid of death. In terms of cherishing life, they seem to have reached some kind of agreement with Yun Xiao.
But it's a pity that Yun Xiao only cherishes the lives of his own family. He still doesn't care about these Yelang people, and it doesn't matter if he dies ten thousand.
"Oops......"
"Ahh ……”
As soon as they rushed out of the city gates, the Yelang soldiers turned on their backs. Many people fell and clutched their feet on the ground. (To be continued......)