Chapter 46: Lighting the Sky Lantern

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Azig was resentful in his heart, counting the Jiangdong Left Army that rushed to aid Yangxin and the remnants of Shaowu Town who withdrew into Yangxin, there were more than 2,500 capable soldiers in Yangxin City, and there were more than 12,000 troops on their side plus the Han army.

The soldiers pressed the border, but they didn't dare to directly attack the head of Yangxin City, where is the blood and courage of Donghu Nan'er?

After the defeat of Cangnan, he took away the military power, and could no longer lead troops, and without soldiers in his hands, he could not avenge Nayan and Natuzhen.

The sky gradually darkened, Azig did not need to lead troops, and he was not restrained to wander around the camp, the moonlight in the sky was still good, and the campfire reflected the snow of Zhulongpo more transparently, as if the light was faint at dusk.

I have to say that Mo Jiben's subordinates still have some ability to build camps and villages, the early soldiers and horses have been camped in Zhulongpo for three or four days, and there is no ghost in the camp. In the front of Zhulongpo, seven or eight camps are connected, straight to the foot of the mountain in the east of Zhulongpo, and it is two miles away from the northwest corner of Yangxin City. According to Mo Jiben's plan, it was necessary to dig Hao and build a fortress outside the north gate and west city of Yangxin overnight, and the mud from the digging ditch was piled up into an earthen wall, and it was poured with water to freeze overnight, and it became an ice wall, leaving only three or four exits, and the outpost troops monitoring the city gate could quickly retreat to the enclosure to resist when the defenders attacked. Calm down and think about it, although Mo Jiben's method would take two more days, it was very effective in restricting the defenders from attacking.

Azig took the Spurs and thought: How can he identify with these boneless rebels? They must have some ambition, and the iron hooves of the Great Eastern Hu Khanate will not be able to trample on this piece of snow.

Seeing from a distance that the lights were also lit at the head of the north city of Yangxin, there seemed to be a few places attached to the mouth of the battlement wall, Azig felt strange, so he heard the sentry outside the north city shouting, as if he was stimulated by something, and was extremely angry, Azig beat his horse and came over, wanting to see what was happening. Without waiting for Azig to approach, dozens of sentry riders outside the north city rushed to the north gate of Yangxin without authorization, Azig was shocked, the third prince issued a strict order not to attack the city without authorization, what kind of leopard gall did these sentry horses eat?

The sentry cavalry who rushed to the north city suddenly suffered heavy casualties, and the north city gate suddenly opened at this time, galloping out more than 100 cavalry, the sentry cavalry outside the north city was crushed and annihilated, and then stood out to rush to kill the Han army and the people who built a fortress outside the north city, and the scene was suddenly chaotic.

Azigrad did not dare to go forward, and only when a large number of cavalry rushed down from Zhulongpo and the defenders who rushed out of the city did they withdraw from the city.

Azig galloped to the outside of the northern city, where was the light outside the battlement wall, but he did not know how the defenders used to make the dozen or so stripped corpses hanging outside the battlement wall be lit like lamps at the belly button.

The Jiangdong Left Army actually used the corpse of Donghu Nan'er to light the sky lantern! Azig's blood was surging, and he couldn't wait to pull out his sword and jump on the city, and cut the demon in blue armor and red helmet to seventeen or eighteen pieces before he could relieve his hatred.

"Bastard, the unauthorized siegers cut it, Lao Tzu's orders, dare not listen!" Personally led troops to help Ye Ji Duodi angrily took a horse whip and beat a few sentry horses who fled back, not only the Han army and people outside the north city were killed, but the sentry also died more than 30 people, and it is not clear whether the other sentry horses outside the gate of the three cities were provoked in this way.

Just because of such a little trick by the defenders, this side was completely chaotic, Ye Ji Duodi was naturally furious, and sent his subordinates to the other three cities to restrain the sentry cavalry, such a thing must not happen again, and he hated the man in blue armor and red helmets at the head of the city to the core, and swore to capture Yangxin and slaughter the city to vent his hatred!

Mo Jiben looked at the hanging corpse that lit the sky lantern at the head of the city, and his scalp was secretly numb. Mo Ji had never seen Lin Tie, but now, Lin Tie has also made him thunderous, and almost every captive general will grit his teeth when he mentions him, defeating the Donghu Jin Brigade again and again with three thousand weak brigades, and some reputation is also deserved. Now that he has hung the corpse of Hu Bing out of the city to light the sky lantern, it undoubtedly shows his determination to defend Yangxin to the death, never abandon it, and never abandon it. Anyway, anyway, drive the soldiers to attack the city, and this little force will be exhausted, as long as you don't lose your life. Mo Jiben also figured it out in his heart, the imperial court has been unable to suppress Donghu over the years, it is better to vote late than early, or the city is not defended, even if he escapes, he still has to be beheaded for the crime, and he can't even protect his family.

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Lin Jian stood against the entrance of the battlement wall, looking at the soldiers outside the city, Ao Canghai poked his head over, and smiled: "Many generals of the Eastern Captives are gathered there, I really didn't expect that we still have bed crossbow weapons hidden in the city, maybe we can kill a big fish this time!" With a wave of his hand, he quietly filled the eight bed crossbows to the left and right to the level with the mouth of the battlement wall, so that the sergeant wound the winch with the winch, and the click of the winch rolling was very clear to the head of the city, but the captives gathered in front of the outer fortress of the city were not aware at all.

These captives thought they were standing outside the range of the crossbows, but within the range of the bed crossbows and the throwing distance of the scorpion crossbows, in addition to the eight bed crossbows loaded with special three-shot giant arrows, the leather pockets of the scorpion crossbows were also quietly loaded with stone bullets.

Lin Jian glanced back, instructed the soldiers, and said: "Calm down, just one chance, if you can catch a big fish, it is for nothing, and if you can't catch it, there is no loss......

Ao Canghai saw that the soldiers had almost adjusted, and in fact, he couldn't expect the bed crossbow and scorpion crossbow to shoot at a distance of 300 steps, but the crowd gathered in front of the barrier was a good target for bed crossbow and scorpion crossbow throwing.

Ao Canghai decisively waved his hand and cut down, and ordered to fire, eight special crossbow arrows as huge as spears and more than 20 scattered star stone bullets were thrown towards the captives in front of the fortress with a whistling sound that broke through the air.

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Ye Ji Duodi was whipping the disobedient and unauthorized siege of the sentry horse, listening to the whistling sound of breaking through the air, looking up and seeing the cold light shooting, he only had time to turn over and hide on the left side of the horse's belly. A huge arrow pierced through his beloved red horse, and the three arrows pierced through the side of the horse's spine and pierced deep into the ice, splashing his face with ice chips. Before he could react, a stone bullet slammed into the tibia of his left leg, and with a "click" sound, the tibia was undoubtedly broken. The guards on the left and right stood in front of him desperately, and two guards dragged him behind the fortified wall, which had been built to a chest-high level......

Ye Jiduodi bit his lip with his teeth, and only then did he feel a huge pain in his left leg, and he didn't faint from the pain, so he helped him stand up, and saw a giant arrow pierced in the ice and snow in front of the two people and convulsions, and his head of the deputy chief of staff of the guard was directly hit by a stone bullet, and the white brain flowed to the ground, and he had lost his breath. In addition to the injury to the bones of his foot, in addition, the sentry cavalry who was in charge of monitoring outside the northern city was hit by a stone bullet in the chest, although he was dragged to the back of the fence in time, although he was wearing armor, but seeing him spitting blood foaming at the mouth, he could not live.

Ye Ji Duodi hated it so much, Lin Tie was a brute, and at this moment he wanted to cramp and peel off Lin Tie.

These days, the defenders are constantly going out of the city to disturb the attack, but the bed crossbow and trebuchet have been standing still, not revealing at all, just waiting for them to lose their defense, thinking that two hundred and fifty steps is a safe distance, so they took the corpse of the Donghu warrior to light the sky lantern, provoked the sentinel to lose their reason to attack the city, and lured them these generals to the city gate to reprimand the bullet to suppress the restless sentinel, at this time the bed crossbow and trebuchet that had been hidden for a long time to send out a deadly sneak attack.

Of course, Ye Ji Duodi didn't know that these bed crossbows and scorpion crossbows were transported into Yangxin City with Ning Ze's ministers the night before yesterday because of the negligence of the sentinels outside the city.

Ye Ji Duodi couldn't wait to pull out the knife and kill and slash indiscriminately to vent the anger in his heart, this siege battle has not yet been fought, not only his leg was broken, but also the Great Eastern Hu Khanate lost two brave warriors.

"Da Yue Shen crossbow, kill the enemy and stand might, Dongyu children, fart and urine!" At this time, the defenders at the head of the city shouted loudly in unison, shouting these sixteen-character children's rhyme over and over again. The cavalry here could not stand the anger and approached to shoot arrows at the head of the city, but counterattacked with bows and crossbows that had a longer range at the head of the city.

Ye Ji Duodi could endure the huge pain in his legs, but he couldn't help the pain in his heart, his face was blue with anger, and he roared viciously so that the cavalry would retreat, and glared at Mo Jiben again, and said word by word: "I'll give you two more days, I want to see the Han army push to the city to attack the city!" ”

Mo Jiben was gray-faced, just now a crossbow arrow was shot into the air against his body, piercing into the ice chips splashed by the mud, and cutting a very shallow wound on his face, which was considered a fluke, but the fright in his heart was not small.

Nahe Xiongqi heard that Ye Ji Duodi's crossbow was attacked in front of the city gate, not only Ye Ji Duodi's leg bones were discounted, but one of the staff leaders and Ye Ji Duodi's guard deputy staff were killed. He rode over from the Zhulongpo camp, hated to pick up the horsewhip and stabbed Ye Ji Duodi in the face of the guard, and scolded: "Bastard, the Jiangdong Left Army has at least eight bed crossbows, how many times have I reminded you, all generals looking at the enemy, must not approach the city four hundred steps!" You're a first-time squire! ”

Although Ye Ji Duodi said that he was angry in his heart, his reason was still there, and he said in a deep voice: "Xiongqi, don't blame him, it's me who is negligent." If I can't stay awake, you'll be in charge of the army!" ”

"Humble knows!" Na Hexiong Qi replied.

Anyway, Nahe Xiongqi knew that this Yangxin must be attacked hard, if he didn't fight, he would besiege the city and be tired of the third prince Ye Ji Duodi to break his left leg to the Jiangdong Left Army, not to mention that Ye Ji Duodi's face could not get by, which involved the morale and combat will of the Jiangdong Left Army when Dong Hu Jian'er met on a narrow road in the future.

Fortunately, when Ye Ji Duodi went down to Zhulongpo, he led a large group of cavalry to rush to this side, otherwise Ye Ji Duodi was suddenly attacked and injured in front of the city gate, and the city took advantage of the chaos to kill a team of elite cavalry, and this battle would not have to be fought again, and he would be defeated directly back to Jinan......

Azig looked up at the head of Yangxin City with palpitations, and only then did he really know that he could not fight a cunning enemy with blood and bravery. Cangnan was defeated, and he could still say that the Jiangdong Left Army was lucky, Na Yan, and Na Tuzhen accidentally fell for the treacherous scheme, but this and again and again were frustrated, which also made him thoroughly appreciate the cunning and treachery of the Jiangdong Left Army, and the Jiangdong Left Army was an elite army that was completely different from the ordinary Southern Korean soldiers.

Azig followed Ye Ji Duodi's guards to escort Ye Ji Duodi back to the Zhulongpo camp to treat his injuries, Nahe Xiongqi temporarily stayed to reorganize the whole army for Ye Ji Duodi, he stood behind the fortress, his eyes were staring at the head of Yangxin City, and he was secretly planning in his heart.

Attacking Yangxin, relying entirely on the defective Han army, these Han troops can attack other cities, and fight against the Jiangdong Left Army, whether it is morale or combat will and combat ability, it is far inferior to the more than 2,000 elites that Lin Tie has mastered in the city, not to mention that the Jiangdong Left Army has a huge advantage in defending the city, and the 6,000 troops under the command of Mo Jiben are afraid that it is not enough to fill. The soldiers of the Donghu tribe must also dismount and fight, if they can, the surrendered troops of Zhao Jinlong, the right capital of the Han army, can also be transferred to strengthen the offensive against Yangxin, Na He Xiongqi thought to himself.

This time, all the strategic objectives have been completed, and because there is still some time before the river thaws, troops were sent east to break the city and harass it.

Even if the eastward advance is blocked, it doesn't matter, but the nail of the Jiangdong Left Army must be pulled, otherwise it will have to fight with the Jiangdong Left Army when the next border is broken.

The Jiangdong Left Army is a new army that has only been recruited and formed for more than three months, and it is so powerful, and when they meet again next time, won't it be even more difficult to deal with?