twin moon

Chapter 168 No.20 Act Two

It has been a blizzard for two days and two nights, and it has stopped at some point.The sky was still gloomy, but the air became clearer after the snow. Every breath, it was as if someone was scraping the chest cavity and nasopharynx with a knife, causing burning pain.

The war drum has already been beating, which is shocking.Tens of thousands of troops carrying the banners of the crescent moon, leopard head, and gray wolf have also assembled under the city of Garhai.

The Shodi people did not have the neat military appearance of Da Shengchao. Not only did they wear all kinds of armor, but it was almost impossible to pick two identical weapons from the soldiers' hands.However, such a seemingly mob-like army came out of their respective tents within a short period of two sticks of incense, and quickly spread out on the grassland.

The fiery Shuobei horse trotted quietly under Kong Wu's rider's crotch. Except for the occasional faint snorting, the tens of thousands of troops seemed to be asleep, and even the rattling of each other's teeth could be heard.

Tuya, who stood on the tall wall of Galhai, leaned over to look at the enemy army like black ants below the city, and sighed softly.After returning to the city last night, she ordered people to completely block the city gate with huge wooden fences.But at this moment, following the last blood of the Bakwuqin family to stand on the top of the city, they are just a group of ordinary herdsmen ranging from sixty-year-olds to children.

Some of the herdsmen had never touched a saber to kill people, and some even couldn't draw a longbow that only weighed half a stone.Facing the dark sea of ​​people outside the city, many people trembled uncontrollably, and some half-grown children hugged rusty weapons that were taller than themselves, leaning against the wall and crying There was a sound.

On the top of the city right now, it seems that there are only a few big flags painted with white deer, still standing fearlessly in the north wind, hunting.

Suddenly seeing a cavalry in the enemy line rushing forward, it was Qihe who raised his head and threatened the top of the wall loudly:
"Listen up, everyone in the Muyun Division! Now that you have nowhere to go, there are only two choices in front of you. One is for us to attack the city, and the other is to open the door and surrender! If unfortunately we choose the former, we will fight against you later. Absolutely no one will be left alive. And if you choose the latter, maybe you still have a chance to live as this year's new slaves, so don't choose the wrong one!"

What he said was confident, and he didn't know whether it was Muhe's intention or Qiheyi's own self-made assertion.But Tuya clearly knows that the tribes in Shuobei have always been at odds, especially the two tribes of Wuma and Chuoluo. They had already shown their differences in the war more than a hundred years ago, and now they covet Tianhehan's power and status.Even if Muhe intends to let go of his fellow clansmen, it is absolutely impossible for the two departments to agree easily, and he immediately shouted:
"Shut up! The members of our Muyun tribe can only die standing up, not kneeling! There is no relative in the city who has not been massacred by you before, and there is no one who has not witnessed your atrocities! , Although there are many of you today, even if you fight to the last person, we will never open the city and surrender!"

"What a blood feud! I would like to ask, when your father ordered those one hundred and one young people to go south for him to go to Dasheng to search for ways to rebuild Iron Mountain in various princes, did you ever think about this? Doing so may cause those children to die in a foreign country, leaving no bones left? My son's spirit in heaven, today I will sacrifice it with the blood of your Bakwuqin family!"

Before the girl finished speaking, another person galloped out, it was Mu He who was wearing a black wolf fur cloak.

Tuya had heard Fuhan tell the story of the one hundred and one warriors more than once, and King Tieqin couldn't help but sigh every time he talked about it.However, this extremely risky decision back then was decided after discussions with the leaders of the major families of the Muyun Department.Muhe's son even recommended himself as the eldest son of Breu, and became a pioneer among them.

Princess Di Ren finally understood that today's war that swept across the entire grassland was actually caused by the past between the Bakwuqin and Brewu families.However, the pain of losing a child is difficult to resolve. At this time, it is obviously impossible to persuade the old man in the city to change his mind in front of so many people.In desperation, she could only make one last desperate attempt for the sake of her clansmen:

"If you could exchange my life for the lives of tens of thousands of people in this city, would you be willing to exchange it?"

Hearing what Tuya said, the herdsmen on the top of the city all looked sideways and gave her appreciative glances, and many of them even loudly advised her not to act rashly.

Moo Hyuk's purpose is revenge after all.As far as he is concerned, it doesn't really matter whether he has become the legitimate leader of the Muyun Department, or whether he is Tianhehan or not.Hearing what Tuya said at this time, he obviously hesitated.

Seeing this situation, the ambitious Qi Hezhen was not happy, and immediately ordered someone to pull a cart out of the formation.I saw that the felt cloth covering the car was soaked in blood. After removing the cloth, I saw that there were countless corpses of Tie Chongshan who had died in the Battle of the Pass lying under it!
"The southerner Hehan, who usurped the throne, has long been decapitated. The last cavalry you can rely on is wiped out! If you continue to resist, everyone will end up like them!"

Qi He was standing beside the cart, provocatively flipping through the frozen corpses with the long knife in his hand.Seeing this, Tuya's eyes were instantly ignited with flames of grief and anger.Originally, she had already planned to sacrifice herself in exchange for the lives of her clansmen, but the moment she saw those corpses, she already understood that such a choice was by no means a way of life, but that it would push tens of thousands of old and weak women and children in the city to the point of no return. death trap.

"Get my bow!"

The girl roared angrily.A shepherd beside her immediately handed a dark brown horn bow that looked quite old to her hand.With tears in her eyes, Tuya stretched her bowstring with all her might, then ignited the oil-coated arrow on the bonfire at the top of the city, and shot it without hesitation!

No one could have expected that this seemingly weak princess could be so precise in her arrow skills.The rocket drew a slender arc in the air, and landed steadily on the cart full of corpses.

Shuobei Grassland lacks wood, so in order to prevent rain erosion, Shuodi people's carts are covered with a thick layer of animal fat.As soon as the rocket landed, the flames sprang up with a bang, engulfing Tie Chongshan's body in a blink of an eye, causing quite a bit of chaos in the enemy formation.

Qi Hezhen hurriedly ordered people to put out the fire, and Muhe also scolded loudly for his reckless behavior.Seeing all this, the grief and indignation on Tuya's face was gradually replaced by courage and determination.She raised her voice, and ordered to the herdsmen guarding the city beside her:

"The bow and arrow are ready—"

The herdsmen at the top of the city turned their heads to look at the girl standing at the top of the city, with doubt and hesitation written on their faces.She never thought that Tuya would reach out and pull out a dagger from her waist, and cut off the black hair down to her waist like a waterfall behind her ears, and then she drank again with all her strength:
"Everyone, cheer me up! You are the men of the Muyun Department, and you must not be afraid to shrink back just because of a few threats from the other party! Take up the weapons in your hands, even if we die here together today, you must Go to Changshengtian to face our ancestors with a clear conscience! Hehan told me that reinforcements will definitely come! Until then, we must hold on!"

The girl knew clearly in her heart that she shouldn't make such a promise.She couldn't even judge the meaning of Jiang Yan's order to stick to it for three days before leaving.What's more, with just one volley, it is impossible to successfully kill and injure many viable forces in the enemy's formation.

But now, the ancient city at the foot of the snow-capped mountains has become a Jedi.Regardless of whether the opponent attacks or not, once the food and grass in the city are exhausted, they will not be able to survive the coming severe winter.At this moment, she must restore hope to the herdsmen.Only in this way will they have the courage to fight with all their might!

Seeing that the princess had broken her will, and knowing that there would be reinforcements coming, the herdsmen on the top of the city finally cheered up, and the crowd became excited for a while, and they actually let out bursts of loud shouts.It's just that the voice is not a war cry of victory, but the determination of the herdsmen to survive!

Wu Ren, who had just climbed to the top of the wall, followed closely behind Tuya, but he didn't know what to say.The girl noticed the panic on the other person's face, and stretched out her hand to pull him aside, but told her to prepare quickly:

"Grandma, please help me prepare the old, weak, women and children in the city as soon as possible, and lead them to withdraw into Lancang Mountain along the secret road tonight, and run for your life."

Hearing this, Wu Ren's expression changed immediately:

"Gu Enji, what you said just now, didn't you lie to everyone? Those corpses on the cart-Xinhan and the three thousand iron mountains, were the whole army really wiped out?"

Tuya did not answer, but shook her head slightly, signaling to the other party not to guess wildly: "You just listen to me. If you can stick to it for one more day, you can hide for one more day, and the enemy will be harder to find." you."

"But what about you, Gu Enji? You'll come with us, too, right?"

Wu Ren thought of the princess's haircut before, and had already guessed the other party's thoughts, and planned to persuade the girl to leave together.But Tuya raised her head and stared at the other party's eyes, her eyes showed incomparable determination:

"I have a hunch that Jiang Yan will be fine! I will wait for him here, and he will definitely come back to save me and the entire Muyun tribe!"

"But what if Xinhan really can't come back?"

"If I can't wait for him to come back, I will go to Changsheng Tian to meet him! The battle is imminent, so Grandma just do what I tell you, don't say any more!"

After Tuya finished speaking, she immediately returned to the defenders and ordered loudly, "Shoot the arrow!"

As the princess's raised palm fell heavily, thousands of iron arrows flew straight towards the opposite army formation.The warriors in Muhe's army raised a circular shield in unison.

Although the prairie man's shield is not as huge as the Dasheng military system, it is flexible and can be controlled with one hand even when riding a horse.With the sound of arrows piercing into the wood, only three or five horses and a few people in the army fell to the ground.The unscathed warriors of Shuodi poked their heads out from behind the shield again, knocked off all the arrow shafts on the shield with their weapons, and then charged towards the front of the ancient city like a tide!
At the same time, the crossbowmen behind the enemy's formation also fired a salvo at the top of the city.The opponent's arrow rain was much denser than that shot by the defenders before, as if a large black cloud had risen into the sky, making the already gloomy sky even darker.

Seeing this, Tuya immediately hugged a ten-year-old child beside her, and hid under the parapet.

"Look for cover!"

One after another, the sound of orders spread along the direction of the city wall, but the untrained herdsmen were unable to follow orders.Many people were bending their bows and shooting arrows again, aiming intently at the army rushing down the city. After a moment of hesitation, they were shot into hedgehogs by countless arrows on the spot.

After two rounds of arrow rain, the enemy suddenly stopped firing.Tuya's heart froze, she immediately got up and ran towards the top of the city, because she knew that the other side was going to focus on a place with the weakest defense on the city wall and attack fiercely.

Sure enough, behind a female wall less than a hundred steps away, dozens of herdsmen who were killed in the volley fell in disorder.Before the left and right had time to close the gap in the defense line, the enemy army seized the opportunity in this short moment, rushed to the bottom of the city wall and threw the siege hooks, which were firmly hooked on the cracks in the city bricks. middle.

And on the entire city wall, there are more than ten gaps like this!
The Shodi people are good at using ropes to lasso horses, so they also often use this kind of hook tied with ropes to attack the city.Because of its resemblance to a wolf's claw, it is also called a flying wolf's hook.The difference with the ladder is that once the claw hook climbs up to someone, it is very difficult for the defender to remove it from the wall. They can only watch the enemy soldiers climb up the top of the wall and have to fight hand-to-hand.Because of this, this kind of claw hook was also a siege weapon that frightened the defenders of the Dasheng Dynasty more than a hundred years ago.

"Fight back, fight back! Don't let the opponent climb the wall!"

Tuya naturally knew the power of this kind of claw hook, and immediately ordered the crossbowman beside her to aim at the enemy army who had already attacked the city along the rope.The flying arrows were like locusts, and the warriors of the Woma tribe who had climbed halfway to the city wall were shot down one after another.However, more and more claw hooks flew up from all directions, making people overwhelmed.

"Oil, pour out the oil in the brazier!"

Tuya saw a few braziers filled with lamp oil at a glance, and immediately led several defenders to overturn them from the top of the city.The brazier was overturned on the heads of the climbing enemy soldiers under the hook, and hot oil poured on them immediately, soaking the rope under the hook.

In this way, it was difficult for the attacking enemy army to hold on to the ropes in their hands, and they slipped down one after another, until their tendons were broken and their bones were broken.Seeing this, the other defenders on the top of the city also followed suit.Soon, the first wave of offensive was finally suppressed with difficulty, and the clarion call for retreat sounded in Muhe's formation.

There was a burst of cheers from the top of the city.Before the war, no one dared to think that such an improvised herdsman defender could defend for a while in the face of a powerful offensive.But judging from the current situation, if they can continue to fight at this level, it shouldn't be a problem at all for three to five days.Immediately, the herdsmen's confidence increased sharply, cursing and continuing to pour countless arrows at the retreating enemy troops below the city, trying to kill as many people as possible.

However, Tu Ya felt that Mu He hadn't used [-]% of his combat power, so he gave the retreat order too hastily, and gave away the victory of this round.Such thoughts made her nervous, and she once again turned her gaze to the foot of the city wall.

Sure enough, the retreat was far from as simple as she imagined.Soon the princess found a newly dug deep pit at a corner on the side of the city that was easily overlooked.In the pit with a radius of only a few feet, there seemed to be continuous wisps of faint green smoke.It clings to the outside of the city wall, which is not unusual at first glance.But Tuya knew very well in her heart that Muhe, a cunning old wolf, would never waste wasted energy when attacking the city.

However, before she sent people to carefully investigate what kind of weirdness was hidden in the pit, she heard a loud bang, and a dazzling fire erupted from the deep pit, as if a thunderbolt from the sky had hit the ground.

It turns out that the previous siege was just a cover, and Muhe managed to make everyone, including Tuya, focus on the flying wolf hooks thrown over the city, but its real purpose was In order to bury this terrifying weapon at the foot of the city wall!
Even though Tuya understood it in an instant, it was too late to remedy it.Amidst the billowing smoke, the city wall above the deep pit could no longer stand, and collapsed like a pile of fragile loess.In the dust flying everywhere, a huge gap with a width of several feet gradually appeared!

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