Chapter 173: Bloody Battle!
Screams rang out one after another on the battlefield. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Niu Ben's lips trembled, but the bow and arrow in his hand were as merciless as the scythe of death.
Every time he kills someone, he feels a little more guilty in his heart, but he knows that behind him are tens of millions of people of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and he can't be soft.
This contradictory emotion stirred his heart like a thorn.
Xiao Ming's heart is also uncomfortable, killing one person and saving ten thousand people, intellectually speaking, this is right, but now that he does it himself, a strong sense of guilt keeps coming.
These are all unarmed and ravaged by the barbarians, and it was Tong Ze who they missed day and night who shot them.
It's just that Xiao Ming understands that they must bear it, even if they are scolded by thousands of people in the history books in the future, they must bear it.
One by one, the slaves fell, and the laughter of the barbarian cavalry grew louder, as if they were laughing at Niu Ben for doing nothing but futile things, because soon another group of slaves was driven over.
"General, let me out, what is this!"
Lu Fei suddenly ran over from the area he was defending, and his face turned red because of anger.
"General, let's get out of the city, otherwise what's the use of our cavalry!" The soldier who followed behind Lu Fei shouted.
"Shut up!" Niu Ben said angrily, his voice was like a Hong Zhong, "Not to mention that there are only a thousand of you, who of you is as skilled as the barbarian cavalry archers and horses, and go out to die?" ”
"Do you just watch the people come to their deaths! They are also the people of the Great Chongqing Kingdom! Lu Fei's eyes were split.
Luo Xin also came over at this time, he grabbed Lu Fei and said, "Captain Lu, don't mess around, aren't the lives of the soldiers their lives?" ”
"Is the life of the people not the life? For those of you who grew up in Chang'an, are the people all untouchables! Lu Fei shook off Luo Xin's hand.
Niu Ben glared at Lu Fei angrily, "If you are messing around again, Hugh blame will be ruthless, and military law will punish you." ”
"I'm not afraid, as long as I go out of the city to kill the enemy, and you can see my head when I come back." Lu Fei shouted.
"Lu Fei, this king knows that you will make trouble, do you know why you have excellent credit, this king just refuses to let you be the governor of Qingzhou? If this king asks you to command and defend the city, I am afraid that these 20,000 Qingzhou soldiers have now fallen under the bows and arrows of the barbarians, you seem brave to do this, but in fact it is just a brave and unscrupulous horseman, you will not only bury the thousand cavalry who followed you out of the city but also bury tens of millions of people, can you grow your brains! Xiao Ming scolded.
Lu Fei was also angry, and only after coming back to his senses did he gradually understand.
"**** barbarians, give me a hard beating later." Lu Fei stomped his feet and slammed the city wall before turning back.
Niu Ben sighed, "This stunned young man, if he doesn't suffer a loss, this temper can't be changed." ”
By this time a new group of slaves had arrived, and they were back to the trenches.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Xiao Ming gritted his teeth and gave an order, these traps are used to kill barbarians, not to kill these people.
His heart was bleeding.
People!
For the sake of Cangzhou City, I'm sorry! Wait until next year's Qingming Festival, and this king will personally pour a bowl of rice wine on your grave.
"Whoosh ......"
Sharp arrows poured down from the city, and the people driven by the barbarians continued to fall in pools of blood.
But the barbarians drove wave after wave of slaves, not only to destroy the traps, but also to destroy the pillars.
From noon to evening, the defenders at the head of the city were in high spirits, and it was not until the sun went down that the barbarians stopped driving the people to destroy the defenses in front of the city.
There was no moon tonight, and it was as dark as ink.
A bonfire gradually rose in the barbarian camp, and the smell of roast sheep wafted from there, and after tonight, tomorrow would be a bloody battle.
After returning to Xingyuan and resting for the night, Xiao Ming was woken up by the deafening shouting of killing the next day.
He climbed the city wall, only to see thousands of slaves carrying ladders and rushing towards the city wall with knives, guns and clubs.
And the barbarian cavalry stood at a distance, staring at the besieging slaves like overseers.
The five-hundred-meter city wall, the position of the barbarians' attack this time was concentrated in the part of the city gate, and Xiao Ming was standing in this position at this time.
Yesterday the barbarians had almost all the traps set on the outside, and today they repeated their old trick and drove the slave soldiers to attack the city.
These slave soldiers were also the people of the Great Yu Kingdom, but at this time they became the slave soldiers of the barbarians.
"Shoot the arrows!" Niu Ben roared angrily.
The crossbowmen on the city wall immediately poured their arrows down, and the slave soldiers carrying the ladder in front fell to the ground, and the slave soldiers behind carried the ladder and continued to rush forward.
The first batch of charging slave soldiers numbered 3,000 and were densely packed on the battlefield.
In Xiao Ming's eyes, this is even more shocking than the whole school doing exercises in the playground.
The city is still dominated by crossbowmen, and in view of the fact that he can only defend passively in the next few years, Xiao Ming increased the number of crossbowmen in the Qingzhou army, and 5,000 of the 20,000 Qingzhou troops are crossbowmen.
At this time, these crossbowmen exerted their terrifying long-range killing ability, and the power of the crossbow arrows within a hundred meters was very great.
However, the slave soldiers also seemed to be trained, and soon a row of slave soldiers with shields in front of them appeared, and their speed slowed down.
But such a formation allowed them to reduce casualties.
Zhan Xingchang frowned, his mood was complicated at this time, and his sympathy for these slaves suddenly disappeared again, because at this time they had become fierce enemies again.
"Sixty meters!" At this time, Zhan Xingchang suddenly shouted.
As soon as this voice fell, the slave soldiers who rushed in front suddenly disappeared, and a large number of slave soldiers rolled into the trap.
One after another, the traps at sixty meters were all triggered by the slave soldiers, and all the traps dug by Zhan Xingchang this time were gone.
The other slaves did not stop, for him, they could only survive by capturing Cangzhou City.
In this choice, they can only choose to live on their own.
"Liu Xuan, are you really sure that this King Qi has a very powerful weapon?"
In the barbarian camp, a barearmed, white-cloaked barbarian asked, and beside him was a smuggler from the Great Yu Kingdom in a blue crewneck shirt.
"There will be no mistake, although I didn't see it, but when the King of Qi attacked Liujiawu Fort, many people heard a loud noise, and when I passed by Wu Fort, I saw a big hole in the wall."
Liu Xuan said.
"Well, the Khan will soon be with a large army, and before that we must test the true nature of this weapon, and if it does, I will give you a few kind words in front of the Khan."
Liu Xuan looked flattering, "Thank you Gurtai Banner Leader, if the Khan captures Cangzhou City and kills the King of Qi, it will also avenge my Liu family." ”
(To be continued.) )