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- Chapter 516: No way forward or backward
The nail was put down again and again, and when it was lifted up, the pieces of flesh and blood hanging on the one-foot-long spike continued to fall down. The corpses on the stone wall have been piled half a meter high, and the ground under the corpses seems to have been full of blood, so that the blood no longer penetrates but pools into a stream and flows downward.
Within an hour, at least a thousand corpses were laid out under the stone wall that was just a hundred meters long, including Mongolians and Black Flag Army soldiers.
A Black Flag Army soldier who was hit by an arrow lost his balance and fell from the wall. He landed on a thick pile of corpses and was not killed immediately. But before he could stand up, a dozen wolf cavalry roared and surrounded him. Several scimitars kept falling, and soon the Black Flag Army soldier turned into a puddle of meat.
When the scimitar fell and was lifted up again, blood, fragments of internal organs, and bone residue were thrown into the air. In the sunlight, the blood reflected a dizzying color.
¡°I-fuck-your ancestors!¡±
The Black Flag Army soldier on the stone wall roared and put down the nail bat again. The heavy nail bat hit the crowd besieging the Black Flag Army soldier. At least four Wolf Cavalry were knocked over and pierced by the nails. The leather armor on their bodies was removed, leaving more than one bloody hole on each of them.
The wounds caused by the dense nails were particularly terrifying. Even those who did not die on the spot had no hope of survival.
The shouts and wailing sounds never dissipated over the canyon, and the wild beasts and birds in the mountain jungle were frightened and ran away. The strong bloody smell attracted several ferocious beasts to stand on top of the cliff and look down, but they were frightened by the scene of flesh and blood flying below and fled. Sometimes, people are more ferocious than beasts.
The battle was unprecedentedly fierce. The Meng Yuan people did not stop attacking after losing a thousand-man team. The second thousand-man team shouted loudly, clearing the corpses on the road and trying to push a battering ram closer. This battering ram was extremely crudely built, but it seemed that the giant log that the two people were hugging was heavy enough. If it swung up and hit the door, I don't know if the only gate in the stone wall could withstand the impact.
"Ballista!"
When Xiahou Baichuan saw the battering ram, he shouted in a hoarse voice: "All the ballistas, dismantle the battering ram for me!"
The Black Flag Army soldiers operating the crossbows on the city wall have almost changed, and most of the first batch of people have been shot to death by random arrows. But they killed more enemies before they died. When the war started, the tension and fear before the war had disappeared, and what was left was a determination and desire for revenge that must not let the enemy go.
On the grassland of Mandu Banner, the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty had no way to return home.
Today, these Black Flag Army soldiers are doing what the Mongolian people did back then, making those barbarians unable to return home!
After adjusting the direction, the soldiers operating the crossbow loaded the heavy crossbow into it, twisted the coiled rope with all their strength and then let go. The heavy crossbow flew straight out and knocked down the wolf cavalry pushing the battering ram. The first There was no attack on the battering ram for the first time, and the soldiers immediately adjusted their direction again.
The second round of heavy crossbows roared out again. A heavy crossbow accidentally hit the iron chain hanging from the giant tree. There was a loud sound and sparks were stirred up. The iron chain was broken and the giant tree fell down and hit the base. , the base was smashed into pieces with a click, and the two wolf cavalrymen pushing the cart were knocked over underneath. One had his head crushed, and the red blood and white brains were squeezed out of the deflated leather helmet and mixed. The soy sauce dripped down like tofu.
Another soldier¡¯s waist was pressed, his intestines were squeezed out, but he did not die for a while. He howled miserably and asked his comrades to save him. A wolf cavalryman beside him couldn¡¯t stand it anymore and stabbed him in the heart with a knife.
The battering ram was scrapped and blocked the road behind. Zhelibie loudly ordered the soldiers to move the broken battering ram away. The archers of the Black Flag Army who saw the opportunity immediately poured a rain of arrows over them and attacked. The wolf cavalry near the city hammer fell instantly like weeds hit by hail.
An hour and a half later, more than half of the 500 Black Flag Army soldiers on the stone wall had been lost. One hundred soldiers from the two reserve groups had been replaced. The Wolf Cavalry, who were not adapted to siege warfare, had lost more than 1,500 soldiers. The loss figure of one to seven people is enough to illustrate the ferocity of the wolf cavalry. Although they are not used to this kind of fighting with two feet running and hands climbing, the inherent cruelty in their temperament prevents them from backing down.
¡°Set off rockets!¡±
Xiahou Baichuan's voice was so loud that he could barely make a sound: "Force them back, those in front go down and rest, and the people in the reserve team will come up for me!"
As his order was issued, the archers of the Black Flag Army lit the arrows that had been prepared and wrapped in oilcloth and shot them out, one after another. After a few minutes, the queue of the wolf cavalry began to become chaotic.The Wolf Cavalry was hit by an arrow, and the flames appeared scattered at first, and finally began to spread into a ball of fire.
Because there are mostly bare cliffs on both sides of the canyon, Xiahou Baichuan can safely let people shoot rockets without worrying about causing wildfires.
The wolf cavalry didn't notice it, nor did Zhe Ribie. The reason why those rockets ignited immediately after landing was because black kerosene was poured into many places in the canyon, although most of the kerosene was stuck after being trampled by the wolf cavalry. On the boots, it didn't stop the flames from burning.
The fire rose more than two meters, and hundreds of Wolf Cavalrymen who had no time to retreat were swallowed up by the sea of ??flames. The soldiers behind were forced back by the fire, and many of them had their beards and eyebrows burned off. The soldiers of the Black Flag Army standing on the stone wall felt waves of heat hitting their faces, and many of them collapsed on the ground in exhaustion, breathing heavily. The firelight made their faces red and illuminated their eyes.
Although tired, yet so determined.
People from the reserve team rushed up and replaced the exhausted soldiers.
Such a fire will not burn for long, and maybe half an hour later the enemy's second attack will be more ferocious.
"Replenish the feather arrows and adjust the ballista!"
Xiahou Baichuan leaned on the battlements of the stone wall and gasped for orders. The soldiers in the reserve team carried bundles of feather arrows to the stone wall, and then filled the quivers of all the archers. The replaced soldiers sat down in the canyon on the west side of the city wall, but everyone's face was strangely calm.
Fang Jie looked at the soldiers and suddenly shouted: "Bring the wine!"
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In less than an hour, the flames in the canyon gradually extinguished, and there were burnt corpses everywhere on the ground, exuding a stench. There were several hungry vultures circling in the sky, as if they wanted to fly down and peck at the corpse. Either out of fear of the residual fire or the murderous intent of the humans below, they did not swoop down immediately.
The Wolf Cavalry sat on the ground, looking up at the sky and waiting for the vultures to come down. For them, having a corpse eaten by an eagle is not a shame, but something to be proud of. According to the custom of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, after a person died, the body was placed in a specific place and allowed to be eaten by eagles.
But the Han people did not have such a custom. The Han people believed that it was disrespectful to the deceased if wild beasts and raptors ate the corpse, so some people drew their bows and shot arrows into the sky, but they missed. The frightened vultures cried several times in the sky, but they dared not leave. The feather arrow fluttered down, looking a little lonely.
The one-hour interval passed quickly, especially when the wolf cavalry were driven to stand up by the centurions and captains, their expressions turned out to be dull.
The tragedy of the first battle far exceeded their imagination. After enslaving the Han people for more than three years, they had become accustomed to facing everything with a victor's attitude, but now, they found that the victor's attitude could no longer serve them. To bring victory, they must work hard to win. This is something that has not happened for a long, long time.
If the war had not stopped at this moment, the Wolf Cavalry would have been charging and killing, and perhaps their mentality would not have changed. But this one hour is enough for them to think about many things.
Zheli looked at the soldiers whose morale was actually a little low, and anger burst out in his eyes.
"What are you doing?!"
Zhelibie shouted loudly: "You are the people of Changshengtian and the descendants of the Wolf God. Hundreds of years ago, under the leadership of the great Golden Family, your ancestors swept across the entire grassland with their scimitars. At that time The enemies our ancestors faced were a hundred times and a thousand times more powerful than these Han people. The demon's men were so ferocious and cruel, but they could not scare the descendants of the Wolf God. But what shame do you have! Claims to be a descendant of the Wolf God!¡±
Zheli said angrily: "If they see you like this, they will lower their heads in shame!"
"The heads of Mongolian warriors will never lower their heads towards the enemy! The war has just begun, and you have already become cowards. What will you say to your wives when you return home? We escaped. ? Or return with glory after killing all the enemies?"
The wolf cavalry raised their heads and looked at the stone wall.
"Kill them all!"
"Don't shout loudly."
"Huha!"
The response this time was not intense. The wolf cavalry all knew that Zhelibie was wrong in what he said just now. There was no chance for them to escape. Why was that stone wall so high?
Just when Zhelibie was about to continue the attack with the remaining troops, Kuoketai Menglie's personal soldiers came over aggressively. The leading guard pointed at Zhelibie and said: "You are no longer here."You are now a captain of ten thousand, and the Secret Service has demoted you to a centurion. Go back behind with your cowards. "
"No!"
Zhe Laibei¡¯s expression suddenly changed: ¡°I want to see the special service, and beg the special service to give me another chance! My people are not cowards, I want to personally lead them to charge again!¡±
The guard sneered and said: "You and your people have disgraced the Meng Yuan Empire. Special Qin is extremely disappointed in you. Special Qin has already handed over the next matter to Kuabi Tie'er, and you have no chance."
Zhe Libie saw that Kuebie Tie'er was already leading people up from behind, and Kue Bi Tie'er looked at him with eyes full of disdain.
"No!"
Zhe Lai did not draw his scimitar: "Go back and tell the special agent that if I can't break through the stone wall this time, I will die to apologize! It's not just me, my people will do the same to defend the dignity of the warriors!"
"Give you another chance!"
Kuok Tai Meng Lie's voice came from the distance. Kuok Tai Meng Lie, who had changed his horse, pointed at Zhe Li with his riding crop: "This is the last chance, if you can't break through the stone wall, even if you end your own Life, your family will be ashamed because of you!"
"Xie Teqin!"
Zhe's other eyes were bloodshot. He took off his leather armor and hit his chest with a machete: "Wolf cubs, have you heard this! You are all warriors and deserve to die in humiliation. Or a glorious death?"
He held the machete in his mouth, reached out and grabbed the side of the ladder and lifted it up: "Kill!"
"Huha!"
The shouts this time were much louder than before, because these wolf cavalry all knew that this time there was really no way out.
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