The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 493 492 Jingzhou Storm (4)

To build a city wall, can it be done overnight?

But the facts proved that Yang Xiu did it.

Yang Xiu ordered people to pile all the soil they had brought in on the ice near the pier, and then pour water on these mounds. After the water condensed into ice, they piled the soil on it again, and then watered it again. After repeating this several times, a section of the city wall made of frozen ice was displayed in front of everyone.

This section of the city wall is not too long, but it just connects the city walls that were disconnected due to the presence of water. In addition, a tower half a meter higher than the city wall was piled up with mounds of soil, which can accommodate a hundred people. Soldiers, there are shooting holes in the wall, and the rest of the surrounding area is completely frozen to resist external attacks.

After the city wall was built, it was already early morning, so Yang Xiu could sit back and relax.He left [-] soldiers proficient in archery here to guard, so that the officials could leave here together, while the remaining [-] soldiers were all scattered to the east, south, and west gates of the city to continue their journey. The task of defending the city.

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

At Juntai, ten miles southwest of Yangdi City, Zhang Xiu pushed aside the big tent to take a look, and immediately called the soldiers to bury pots and cook food. After the meal, they began to attack Yangdi City.

At three o'clock, Zhang Xiu's army had assembled, and Zhang Xiu led the 100 cavalry and rushed directly towards the Yingshui River.After the freezing last night, a thick layer of ice had formed on the Yingshui River. Zhang Xiu first sent people to gallop on the ice. They formed a team and headed for Yangdi City mightily.

The location where Zhang Xiu is located is in the upper reaches of the Yingshui River. He walked all the way down the river and saw Yangdi City not long after. Water, there is a pier by the river, there is no city wall here, even if you send troops to defend here, with the advantage of cavalry, you can quickly break through it, directly rush into Yangzhai City from the glacier, and you can take it all at once. Yangdi City.

His idea was good, but he ignored one reason, that is, the defenders in the city were not idiots, on the contrary, the one who opposed him was a thoughtful and intelligent person.

When Zhang Xiu came to the north of Yangdi City with [-] cavalry, he was stunned by everything in front of him. Above the glacier, there was an extra city wall out of thin air.

Zhang Xiu reined in the war horse under his seat, looked into the distance, and suddenly found that this was a city wall made of mud and ice, which formed an excellent connection with the city walls broken by the water on both sides, like a whole.

Here, yesterday there was nothing but a pier.But after only one night, a city wall appeared here, blocking his way.

Zhang Xiu was very annoyed, and hated himself for not launching an attack directly yesterday, but missed a good opportunity.

Zhang Xiu looked at a city wall that appeared out of thin air, and was very angry. Since he came, he had no plan to leave again. An archery knight, he wants to use his bow and arrow to destroy the willpower of the defenders in the city and let them know how powerful he is.

Zhang Xiu did not rush to attack, but ordered the cavalry to cut down some trees in the woods by the river, and then brought over the cut wooden stakes, and tied the stakes firmly with the reins carried by the cavalrymen. The cavalry pulls a stake.

On the newly built city wall, banners fluttered, crowds of people were crowded, and swords were on the verge of breaking out, as if Zhang Xiu had already expected Zhang Xiu to attack.

"attack!"

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

Following Zhang Xiu's order, five thousand cavalry roared and rushed towards the newly built city wall. They all held their big bows, drew out their bows and arrows, and rode their horses wildly while shooting arrows towards the city wall.

For a moment, dense arrows struck like locusts, directly suppressing the defenders on the city wall, and the three hundred soldiers who stayed here stood tightly against the city wall, for fear of being shot by the arrows. Arrow arrives.At the same time, send someone to inform the prefect Yang Xiu, telling Yang Xiu that the enemy is coming to attack.

The person in charge of commanding here was a military commander. He immediately sent a hundred archers to the tower of the city wall, and used the tower as a cover to shoot at the enemy.

While the defenders were climbing the tower, the enemy's cavalry rushed to the newly built city wall at the fastest speed, borrowing the fast maneuvering power of the horses and the strong impact force, but saw two cavalry lined up side by side, pulling a The huge wooden stake rushed directly to the bottom of the city wall, and then threw the wooden stake directly on the ground, while the two cavalry rode their horses and ran to both sides.

After a while, a lot of wooden piles had been piled up under the city wall, and the attacking cavalry retreated to the distance one after another, but Zhang Xiu was seen riding on a steed, with a bow and an arrow, and shot a burning arrow directly. To the bottom of the city wall.

The arrow shot directly at a wooden post. As soon as the sparks from the arrow touched the wooden post, the wooden post immediately burned and spread outward at the fastest speed. There was a raging fire.

The flames shot up into the sky, and the high temperature released by the fire scorched the city wall. The frozen city wall gradually began to melt, and the ice layer in the middle of the city wall suddenly broke. I only felt a stumbling, and the building made of heavy ice fell down, and fell heavily on the pier, falling to pieces, and the soldiers inside the building were either killed or seriously injured.

The city wall collapsed, leaving only the mound at the bottom, leaving a big hole in the pier.Zhang Xiu and others outside the city were very happy when they saw it, and cheered loudly, as if they were celebrating the collapse of the city wall.

It turned out that Zhang Xiu saw that the city wall was condensed by ice, so he came up with the plan of attacking with fire. He poured strong kerosene on the stakes, making the stakes extremely flammable. The scorching heat melted the ice and caused the city walls to collapse.

"The city wall has collapsed, follow me into the city!" Zhang Xiu shouted loudly, and the blood of the soldiers under him was also boiling.

"Come on—"

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

At this moment, Yang Xiu arrived suddenly with a large group of people. Seeing the collapsed city walls, burning fire, wounded soldiers, and cavalrymen galloping forward, he immediately ordered: "At all costs, we must Hold here and don't let the enemy enter the city."

Then, Yang Xiu said a few more words to his confidant, who nodded, turned around and ran towards the city.

Yang Xiu brought reinforcements and quickly filled the vacancy here. They hid in the inner harbor of the dock, used the moored ships as cover, and shot arrows at Zhang Xiu and others.

Thousands of arrows were shot out one after another. The sharp arrows penetrated the iron armor of the enemy cavalry and directly shot hundreds of cavalry to death. Some cavalry were shot off their horses, but were followed by The cavalry's horses were trampled to death.

Yang Xiu commanded his subordinates to counterattack with bows and arrows non-stop. Although the city wall collapsed and a big hole was exposed, there were still many burning wooden piles piled up near the city wall. Those raging fires not only melted the ice layer of the city wall, Together with the surrounding ice layer, it also melted, and the ice layer became thinner and thinner, causing a large ice hole to appear in that area very quickly, preventing the defenders from approaching.

But for the galloping cavalry, jumping over the ice cave was a breeze. Zhang Xiu and the others were about to gallop over.

It was too late, and then soon, a group of ordinary people with torches came to the pier one after another, threw all the torches in their hands near the ice wall, and used the fire to form a wall of fire, which could at least prevent the enemy's horses from fighting. There are psychological barriers when jumping.

Sure enough, Zhang Xiu, who rushed to the front, blocked the incoming arrows with his spear, and made plans to jump into the city, but a wall of fire suddenly rose, which seriously affected the movement of his horses. Psychologically, when he reached the edge of the ice cave, raised the reins, and prepared to jump, the horse under him suddenly braked suddenly, standing on the ice with all four hooves, not daring to jump forward.

However, the cavalry who followed quickly rushed over, knocking Zhang Xiu and his horse into the ice cave.Zhang Xiu was taken aback. In desperation, he immediately swung his spear and stabbed at the bottom of the ice. As a result, the tip of the spear stabbed firmly into the ice, and the spear stood upright. He was shot out of the ice hole and fell heavily on the ice surface about Zhang Xu away.

But Zhang Xiu's subordinates were not so lucky. The cavalry galloping up one after another rushed into the front one after another. He fell into the ice cave all at once.

Moreover, the ice cave was also gradually spreading, and soon became a bigger and bigger ice cave, and even the destroyed city wall on the ice surface sank together.

In an instant, hundreds of cavalrymen fell into the ice hole like this, and the soldiers who followed behind saw them and stopped advancing in time, so they survived, while those soldiers who fell into the ice hole suffered The biting cold, some even flowed downstream with the water, and were sealed under the ice forever, and not a single person survived.

Seeing such a scene, the defenders in the city cheered and were excited, and began to fight back violently.

Zhang Xiu was defeated in the first battle, and he almost lost his life. Moreover, the gap that was finally broken through became bigger and bigger due to the melting of the ice layer. Withdraw the army, prepare to move to another place, face-to-face confrontation from the city gate, and attack this city at all costs!

(End of this chapter)