Is it possible to build a wall in one day?

But it turns out that Yang Xiu just did it.

Yang Xiu ordered the people to pile all the soil on the ice near the wharf, and then poured water on these mounds, and after the water condensed into ice, the soil was piled on it again, and then watered, and so on several times, a section of the city wall formed by the condensation of cold ice was displayed in front of everyone.

This section of the wall is not too long, but it just connects the walls that have been broken by the water, and in addition to this, a mound of earth has been piled out of a tower half a meter above the wall, which can accommodate a hundred soldiers, and the walls are left with shooting holes, and the rest of the walls are all frozen to resist foreign attacks.

After the construction of the city wall was completed, it was already early in the morning, so Yang Xiu could sit back and relax. He left 300 soldiers skilled in archery here to guard it, so that his subordinates could leave the place together, while the remaining 600 soldiers were all scattered to the east, south, and west gates to continue their mission of defending the city.

It snowed heavily overnight, and the snow on the road was more than a foot deep.

Ten miles southwest of Yangzhai City, there was Juntai, Zhang Xiu pushed open the big tent and took a look, and immediately summoned the soldiers to bury the pot to make rice, and after eating, he began to attack Yangzhai City.

At three o'clock, Zhang Xiu's army had been assembled, and Zhang Xiu led the 5,000 cavalry to run directly towards the Yingshui River. After last night's freezing, a thick layer of ice has formed on the Yingshui River, Zhang Xiuxian sent people to gallop on the ice, and after seeing that it was safe and sound, this allowed the army to gallop into the ice in batches. Every hundred people are a team. Mighty towards Yang Zhai City.

The location of Zhang Xiu. In the upper reaches of the Yingshui River, he went all the way down the river, and soon saw Yangzhai City, last night he found an important information about Yangzhai City here, that is, Yangzhai City faces water in the north, there is a wharf by the river, there is no city wall here, even if it is to send troops here to defend it. With the advantage of cavalry, it can also be quickly broken, and directly break into Yangzhai City from the glacier, and you can capture Yangzhai City in one go.

His thoughts are good, but he ignores one reason, that is, the defenders in the city are not stupid, on the contrary, the opponent of him is still a thoughtful one. Extremely intelligent people.

When Zhang Xiu led 5,000 cavalry, it was mighty. When he happily came to the north of Yangzhai City, everything in front of him suddenly made him dumbfounded, and above the glacier, there was an extra city wall out of thin air.

Zhang Xiu restrained the war horse under the seat, looked at it with his eyes, and found that this was a city wall made of mud and ice, and the city wall on both sides was broken because of the water on both sides to form an excellent connection, like a whole.

Here, yesterday it was still a blank space, and it was just a dock. But after only one night, a wall had already appeared here, blocking his way.

Zhang Xiu was annoyed, hating that he didn't directly attack for what he did yesterday, and as a result, he missed the opportunity.

Zhang Xiu looked at a city wall that appeared out of thin air, he was very angry, since he came, he had no intention of leaving again, since he couldn't outwit, then attack, his five thousand cavalry, all of them were elite, they were all knights who were very good at archery, he wanted to use bows and arrows to destroy the willpower of the defenders in the city, so that they knew how powerful they were.

Zhang Xiu did not rush to attack, but ordered the cavalry to go to the woods by the river to cut down some trees, and then brought the cut wooden stake over, and used the reins carried by the cavalry to firmly tie the wooden stake, and the two cavalrymen pulled a wooden stake.

On that section of the newly built city wall, flags fluttered, crowds of people, and swords rattled, as if they had expected Zhang Xiu to attack.

"Attack!"

Zhang Xiu waved the iron gun in his hand and let out a hysterical shout: "The first person to rush into the city will be rewarded!" ”

With Zhang Xiu's order, five thousand cavalry roared towards the newly built city wall, holding their big bows, drawing their bows and arrows, and shooting arrows at the city wall while riding their horses.

For a time, the dense arrows struck like flying locusts, directly suppressing the defenders on the city wall, and the three hundred soldiers who stayed here all stood close to the city wall, for fear of being hit by the arrows. At the same time, he sent someone to inform Yang Xiu, the Taishou, and told Yang Xiu that the enemy was coming to attack.

The commander was a military commander who immediately sent a hundred archers up to the towers of the city walls and used them as bunkers to shoot at the enemy.

Just as the defenders were climbing the platform, the enemy cavalry rushed to the newly built city wall as fast as possible, borrowing the fast mobility of the horses and the strong collision force, but saw that the two cavalry were in a row, pulling a huge wooden stake, and rushed directly to the bottom of the city wall, and then threw the wooden stake directly to the ground, and the two cavalrymen rode their horses to both sides.

After a while, a lot of wooden stakes had been piled up under the city wall, and the attacking cavalry also retreated into the distance, but saw Zhang Xiu riding on a horse, holding a bow and arrows, and shooting a burning arrow directly at the bottom of the city wall.

The arrow hit a stake directly, and as soon as the spark of the arrow touched the stake, the stake quickly burst into flames, and spread outward as fast as possible, and in an instant, a raging fire broke out under the city walls.

The fire soared into the sky, due to the high temperature released by the fire scorching the city wall, the originally frozen city wall, gradually began to melt, the ice in the middle of the city wall suddenly broke, just on the platform of the hundred soldiers, did not react, only felt a burst of staggering, heavy ice composed of the platform, then fell down, fell heavily on the dock, fell apart, and the soldiers in the platform were either killed or seriously injured.

The walls collapsed, leaving only the mounds of earth at the bottom, leaving a large opening in the docks. Zhang Xiu and others outside the city were very happy when they saw it, and cheered loudly, as if celebrating the collapse of the city wall.

It turned out that Zhang Xiu saw that the city wall was all condensed by ice, so he came up with a fire attack plan, he poured fierce fire oil on the wooden stakes, making the wooden stakes extremely flammable, so that he could use the scorching heat of the fire to melt the ice and make the city wall collapse.

"The walls have collapsed, come with me into the city!" Zhang Xiu shouted loudly, and the soldiers under him were all enthusiastic.

"Rush—"

Zhang Xiu rode his horse and spear, took the lead, and rushed to the front of the team, like an arrow off the string, rushing towards the gap, and behind him, there were thousands of cavalry.

At this moment, Yang Xiu suddenly arrived with a large group of men and horses, and saw the collapsed city walls, the burning fire, the wounded soldiers, and the cavalry galloping with thousands of horses, he immediately ordered: "At all costs, you must hold this place, and you must not let the enemy enter the city." ”

Then, Yang Xiu said a few more words to the henchmen beside him, and the henchmen nodded, turned his head and ran towards the city.

Yang Xiu's troops quickly filled the gap here, they hid in the inner harbor of the dock, using the moored ships as cover, and fired arrows at Zhang Xiu and others.

Thousands of arrows were shot out of the air, and the sharp arrows pierced the iron armor of the enemy cavalry, directly killing hundreds of cavalry, and some cavalry were shot off their horses, but they were trampled to death by the horses of the cavalry who followed.

Yang Xiu commanded his subordinates, constantly counterattacking with bows and arrows, and although the city wall collapsed, revealing a big hole, there were still a lot of burning wooden piles piled up near the city wall, and those raging fires not only melted the ice of the city wall, but also melted along with the surrounding ice, and the ice became thinner and thinner, making a big ice cave soon appear in that area, making it impossible for the defenders to approach.

But for the cavalry galloping quickly, it was easy to jump over this ice cave, seeing that Zhang Xiu and the others were about to gallop over.

It was too late, but it was too soon, and a group of ordinary people with torches came to the vicinity of the dock one after another, threw all the torches in their hands near the ice wall, and used the fire to form a wall of fire, at least to organize the enemy's horses to have psychological obstacles when jumping.

Sure enough, Zhang Xiu, who rushed to the front, shielded the arrows with a spear, and was ready to jump into the city, but a wall of fire suddenly rose up, but it seriously affected the psychology of the war horse under the seat, when he arrived at the edge of the ice cave, lifted the reins of the horse, and was ready to jump, the war horse under the seat suddenly came to a sudden brake, and the four hooves stood on the ice, not daring to jump forward.

However, the cavalry that followed behind quickly rushed over, knocking Zhang Xiu into the ice cave with all the men and horses. Zhang Xiu was taken aback, and in a hurry, he immediately waved the spear and stabbed it under the ice, but the head of the spear was firmly pierced into the ice, and the spear stood straight.

But Zhang Xiu's subordinates were not so lucky, the cavalry galloping over one after another rushed behind them, and they all rushed into the front, even if someone reined in the horses and wanted to stop, but they were knocked away by the cavalry rushing from behind, and they all fell into the ice cave.

Moreover, the ice cave was gradually spreading, and soon it became a larger and larger ice cave, and even the destroyed part of the city wall on the ice sank together.

In an instant, hundreds of cavalry fell into the ice cave, and the soldiers who followed behind saw it, and they all stopped advancing in time, so they survived, and those soldiers who fell into the ice cave suffered from the biting cold, and some even flowed directly with the water to the lower reaches of the ice, and were forever sealed under the ice, and there was no one alive.

When the defenders of the city saw such a scene, they all cheered and became excited, and began to fight back fiercely.

Zhang Xiu lost the first battle, and he almost lost his life, and the gap that he finally broke through became bigger and bigger because of the melting of the ice, and the defenders in the city gathered here, Zhang Xiu immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops from here, ready to fight elsewhere, from the city gate to fight head-to-head, at all costs, to attack this city! (To be continued......)