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Volume One: Entrance Chapter 125: Mountain of Corpses and Sea of ??Blood (4)

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    However, before the two sides engaged in a contact battle, Zhou Jun first experienced the terrifying feeling of being "so close and so far away": The battle formations of the two sides were only about twenty meters apart, but the gap between the lowest one meter and the highest two meters from the head of Shouzhou City became a huge gap for Zhou Jun.  A gap that was temporarily insurmountable: as long as someone dared to show his head behind the siege vehicle array, the small trebuchets, ballistas and archers on the city top would immediately form a three-dimensional blocking net. If they were caught, they would be injured, and if they were hit, they would be seriously injured.  Zhao Kuangyin was not convinced, and tried to expose his body once with two large shields on his head. He was immediately hit hard by stones and crossbow arrows. He was so angry that he threw the shield on the earth bag after he stepped back, and cursed angrily: "At the top of Shouzhou City  How old are you, how did you get so many stone arrows?" On the top of the city, Lin Feng was busy directing the soldiers to transport the stones and arrows lifted up from the city by pulleys to the trebuchets and ballistas, while carefully observing the enemy camp.  movement.  Li Gu personally ran to the siege vehicle formation and observed it for a while. He knew that fighting hard now would lead to the death of the soldiers, so he had to order the soldiers to continue using stupid methods and continue to raise the ramp through the earth dragon. However, because the slope was lost, the effect was ineffective.  However, due to the remote distance, they had to use very small earth bags to throw, and the progress was quite slow.  Li Gu also ordered two small trebuchets to be brought in from the rear. As soon as the two trebuchets were smashed out, the trebuchets on the top of the city tracked their positions and launched a continuous fixed-point attack, quickly destroying the two trebuchets.  Zhou Bing was so angry that he cursed loudly. At the same time, he was also increasingly chilled by the fact that the Shouzhou Army could adjust the range of the trebuchet at will.  However, no matter how sharp the attack, there is a time to relax. By midnight that night, the siege ramp had been basically completed, but there was still a two-meter-wide and one-meter-deep tunnel near the city head that had not been filled. The morale of the Zhou army was even higher.  Sheng, cheers continued, drums continued, piles of bonfires were lit, and they took up a posture to prepare for an overnight attack.  On the top of the city, Lin Feng observed with a telescope for a long time, then turned around and said that there would be no formal attack by the enemy tonight, and ordered everyone to take turns to rest.  Sure enough, after shouting for a long time, Zhou Jun saw that the city was calm as usual, so he slowly regained his strength and returned to camp to rest.  In the early morning of November 27th, when the sky had just cleared, the Zhou army had already formed its formation in the cold and gloomy morning. The first batch of elite siege soldiers moved through the "safe passage" to the rear of the siege vehicle array.  , when Zhao Kuangyin took the lead and leaned forward to observe the condition of the ramp, he found a thin layer of ice on the top of the ramp. Needless to say, this was water poured on it by the Shouzhou defenders at night.  Zhao Kuangyin cursed a few times, pulled out two straw ropes from the soil bag next to him, wrapped them around his boots a few times, and tightened them hard. He turned his hand, pulled out two more straw ropes, and handed them to the right side next to him.  A young and capable Imperial Guard signaled him to also tie his feet to prevent slipping.  The young forbidden soldier nodded gratefully and said, "Thank you, General Zhao." He lowered his head and tied his shoes tightly.  Zhao Kuangyin smiled and patted the Forbidden Army on the shoulder and asked: "What do you call me brother?" "Don't dare, go back to General Zhao. The younger one's name is Yang Guangyi, from Tokyo." The Imperial Guard replied a little flattered.  "You and my brother have the same name, they are both named Guangyi, but he is still at the age when he is going to Fangjiewa to make trouble." Zhao Kuangyin scolded him with a slightly stern face, then in a blink of an eye he smiled at the few Imperial Guards around him and said,  "The few of us who can attack the city together are already brothers of life and death. There is no general here. If you don't mind in the future, you can call me Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao, or Kuang Yin. "Thank you, General Zhao.  "Including Yang Guangyi, several forbidden soldiers laughed in unison and replied. Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but shook his head and smiled. Seeing that everyone had bound their feet, he straightened up and whispered: "Everyone, remember, always remember to  Use a large shield to protect yourself. Once the attack goes wrong, withdraw and don't fight unnecessarily.  " Yang Guangyi and others nodded together. Zhao Kuangyin took a closer look at the five forbidden soldiers around him. He held the shield in his left hand and grabbed a handle of the heavy wooden board behind him with his right hand. He shouted softly: "Brothers, let's go, we will be the first.  Call upon the heroes who rush to the top of the city.  " Six people worked together to lift the "I"-shaped wooden board weighing more than 200 kilograms. The moment this strange-shaped wooden board rose from the top of the siege vehicle formation, it immediately became the target of a key attack. However, thick and close  The thirty-centimeter wet wooden board successfully blocked the fierce attacks from all directions at the top of the city. Although stone bullets and crossbow arrows came like rain, the six of Zhao Kuangyin shouted slogans in a low voice and slowly but firmly pushed the "work" board forward.  Move forward. Close, close. Zhao Kuangyin saw that the city wall was close through a small hole in the wooden plank, and immediately shouted: "Prepare, release, protect."  " The "work" board that had been smashed full of pits and pierced by arrows immediately fell heavily, and the one on it was successfullyIt landed on the pheasant ultimatum and made a loud noise, just in time to fill up the tunnel at the head of the city.  The moment the "work" board fell down, Zhao Kuangyin protected himself with a large shield and rushed up the tilted board towards the city head.  With the loud "bang" sound, the advance team composed of large shields behind the ramp also accelerated suddenly and rushed towards the city head.  The hand-to-hand combat began.  Like a wolf and a tiger, Zhao Kuangyin threw himself into the Shouzhou defenders. His shields collided with each other, knocking away the spears in front of him one by one. The steel knife he had just drawn out looked into the air and stabbed fiercely, but was blocked one after another.  Zhao Kuangyin stood still and stood back-to-back with Yang Guangyi who was following him. Only then did he have time to quickly observe the situation in front of him and found that the top of Shouzhou City was not as good as he had imagined. There was no trace of panic at all: the ramp was directly opposite.  On this side, there are two rows of crossbowmen at the outer city wall, followed by a combat team of two to guard them. The combat team of three that he faces, in the north and south directions, are spear formations,  In the arrow array, knife and ax array, and in the last few rows, there are strong men who are unusually tall. Only a pair of eyes are exposed on the whole body, and the thick handle of the knife is neatly exposed on the right shoulder. It should be the Mo Dao that makes everyone frightened.  hand.  Zhao Kuangyin felt a chill in his heart. No wonder it was so easy for him to get to the city. It turned out that Lin Feng had planned to massacre his own elite on the top of the city.  Although he was aware of it, Zhao Kuangyin did not even have a chance to issue a warning due to the fierce offensive that followed.  Only one person met, and the other four forbidden troops had all taken care of their accounts. The corpses were kicked and thrown under the pheasant on the outer city wall by the combat team facing them, and then thrown under the city by other Shouzhou troops.  The other Zhou troops swarmed forward and were immediately separated by these combat groups. These people cooperated with each other so well that the good Zhou Jun soldiers had no chance to block the third sword and were chopped down.  What makes Zhao Kuangyin even more chilling is that these combat teams are still slowly rotating to the north at the same time. The personnel between adjacent teams will suddenly dislocate and take up positions, making sneak attacks on those Zhou Jun masters and brothers who are concentrating on fighting against the team in front of them.  If he was stunned for a moment, he would be struck by two or three steel knives at the same time, and he would immediately fall to the ground.  "Ah." Yang Guangyi, who was behind him, cried out in pain, and the back of Zhao Kuangyin loosened and immediately tightened.  "Retreat." Zhao Kuangyin roared loudly, his sword and shield danced wildly at the same time, knocking away several knives and driving away several knives. He pushed Yang Guangyi towards the slope with force on his back. Several Zhou Jun masters who were still fighting immediately moved towards the slope.  The road gathers.  Those Shouzhou combat teams were still in a stable position, approaching quickly and constantly cutting down the retreating Zhou army's masters. However, with the shout of "attack position 3" from the direction of the city, the direction of those Shouzhou masters' swords  It's no longer the neck, chest, belly and other vital parts, but all rushes to the arms, thighs and other places.  "A1, A2 three rounds of arrows; stop for three seconds, B1, B2 one round of crossbows; stop for three seconds, C3 number seven stone." Another series of strange shouts sounded, this time, Zhao Kuangyin recognized that it was Lin Feng's  He couldn't help but glance towards the direction of the tower.  At this time, Yang Guangyi behind him snorted again, tripped under his feet, and his body went limp again.  Zhao Kuangyin only caught a glimpse of a group of figures in the direction of the city tower. He didn't have time to take a closer look. His shield shook slightly and knocked away the flying arrows. He lifted the handle of the knife in his right hand, picked up Yang Guangyi, and sent him directly to the ramp outside the city, and  He joined hands with the other two Zhou army masters on the left to cover several injured brothers and rush towards the pheasant.  A master of the Zhou army stood on the pheasant shield and was about to run down when a cold arrow flew over and nailed his scalp that was accidentally exposed on the upper edge of the shield. The master roared in pain and let go of his right hand.  The shield fell, and several more arrows immediately jumped in, hitting his face and neck hard, cutting off his roar of pain.  Zhao Kuangyin covered the last three masters and climbed onto the pheasant. With his right hand, he pulled a brother with an injured thigh. He huddled behind the shield and retreated backwards.  Arrow feathers, crossbow arrows, and stone bullets chased all the way and nailed the Zhou Jun on Zhao Kuangyin's right hand all over his body. A tricky stone bullet slipped on the Zhou Jun and hit Zhao Kuangyin's left shoulder.  Zhao Kuangyin snorted coldly, moved faster, and jumped behind the siege vehicle. He pulled back his right hand and found that the Zhou soldier was already dead. He had to put the brother down bitterly and round him with his right hand.  Open your eyes and close them gently.  Standing up holding the wound on his left shoulder, Zhao Kuangyin found that the first batch of 500 siege warriors in front of him only returned six injured Forbidden Army masters. Yang Guangyi's right arm and left leg were stabbed, and his head was covered with pain.  sweat.  Zhao Kuangyin endured the pain and cupped his fists in vain: "This is Yang Guangyi, brother of the Forbidden Army. I'm Zhao Kuangyin. I don't know how many brothers, living and dead, have their surnames." A dark and strong man was the first to say roughly: "Li Jixun, his surname is Yuancheng (  A native of Damingdong, present-day Hebei Province, he is the commander of the casual staff in front of the palace."  "Shi Shouxin, a native of Junyi, Kaifeng, and Marquis Yu of the Imperial Guards." A slightly thin, white-faced young man replied with clasped fists.  "Wang Shenqi, from Luoyang, is a cavalry officer in front of the palace." Another strong man who was injured in the thigh answered.  "Han Chongyun, a native of Wu'an, Cizhou, like Brother Wang, is a cavalry officer in front of the palace." A young man with a face like a jujube said, but his voice was very high-pitched.  "Liu Guangyi, a native of Tokyo, is the commander of the right wing of the Guards Department." The last man with blood on his face said hoarsely. He smeared the blood all over his face with a swipe of his hand and glared towards the city head and said hatefully.  Zhao Kuangyin clasped his fists again, but before he had time to speak, a messenger ran over and shouted: "General Zhao, Commander Li is alive. I will wait for you to recover and recover from your injuries." Zhao Kuangyin glanced at the other soldiers who were preparing to attack.  Brother, he supported Yang Guangyi, who was seriously injured, and slowly walked back. Several injured warriors shook their heads helplessly and followed behind.  When passing the commander's platform, Zhao Kuangyin hesitated for a moment, half-heartedly wanting to go over and tell Emperor Guo Wei and Commander-in-Chief Li Gu what he had heard on the top of the city. However, when he thought of the strange numbers and orders that he had not completely remembered, Zhao Kuangyin hesitated again.  I really can't make a decision.  At this time, Yang Guangyi's body went limp again and he kept humming. Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to endure the pain and use his strength to help him walk towards the camp.  "Zhao Kuangyin, Yang Guangyi, Shi Shouxin, Li Jixun, Wang Shenqi, Han Chongyun, Liu Guangyi (Liu Tingrang), these seven brave men who met at the top of Shouzhou City, plus Liu Qingyi, Liu Shouzhong, and Wang Zhengzhong whom Zhao Kuangyin had known for a long time  , were the very famous "Ten Brothers of Taizu Yishe" in the future, and they were also the main force behind Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion and the establishment of the Song Dynasty on behalf of the Zhou Dynasty. These ten people were originally under the Privy Council Guo Wei during the Han Dynasty. After Guo Wei ascended the throne, they were the main force.  They are all just low-level officers or ordinary soldiers, with roughly the same status. It is unknown when they formed the "righteous brothers" and who was initially led by them. However, according to my inference, these people were injured and recuperating at the same time during the Shouzhou War. Maybe  It was the most critical time for the "Ten Brothers of Yishe" to sworn sworn brothers, and the Shouzhou War must have played a role that cannot be ignored. ", excerpted from "The Unofficial History of the Song Dynasty" written by Anonymous.
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