Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 526 Attack and Defense of Ten Mile Fort ([-])
Liu Shijun, a well-educated soldier, reported last night's losses in front of him: "670 people died in the battle last night, and now our army is not counted as the manpower of the Huaxia Weifu brought by the imperial envoy, and there are still 140 people left." One person, but there are more than 400 wounded soldiers, and none of them can go back to battle in a short time."

After Liu Shijun heard this, his face was as gloomy as the sky above his head. He had 500 troops under his command plus 500 troops from Qingzhou who were sent by the imperial envoy, making a total of 600 people. Now the only ones who can fight are left More than [-] people.These people are the elite of the elite of the Northwest Frontier Army, and it is unimaginable that the loss is so heavy.

Liu Shijun closed his eyes, the soldiers didn't know what he was thinking, he hesitated, and his voice stopped.

"Why didn't you say it?" Ye Chen asked, opening his eyes.

The soldiers hurriedly continued to Ye Chen: "There are still more than 1 arrows, which have been collected and distributed to those who are good at archery, and one third of them are handed over to the imperial envoy. The most important thing is to defend the city." We are running out of utensils."

There was an extreme shortage of arrows in the city, and there was no fuel, no wood or stone, not even much firewood to boil water, and even less equipment to defend the city.Although the Song army was good at defending, it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it was impossible to lack sufficient supplies for defending the city.Therefore, demolition of houses in the city began yesterday afternoon.

At this time, this soldier and many defenders and people in the city were very puzzled. Ten Mile Fort is not a major traffic route, nor is there a lot of gold, silver and treasure hidden here. Hold on to it?For a long time, in the perception of the Northwest Frontier Army and the Han people, the party members fought for money, food and women, and would never engage in loss-making business.

But now the lower-ranking sergeants and civilians in Ten Mile Fort found that what he was facing now were all organized elites, who were much stronger than ordinary party members in terms of tenacity, so private discussions were unavoidable since last night.No matter when and where there is no shortage of smart people, some people have already guessed that the party members may come for the imperial envoy.But Ye Chen's reputation is too great, and his status is too prominent compared to ordinary soldiers and common people. In the past two days, Ye Chen led his subordinates to lead the way, so although some people talked about it, especially some common people also felt resentment , but for the time being, no one dared to say anything, let alone do anything.

After Liu Shijun knew this from his own soldiers, his expression was a little ugly. He didn't want to hug Ye Chen and Huaxia Weifu's thick legs because he had established a friendship with Ye Chen through adversity this time, but because of himself The ignorance and gossip of his subordinates and the people in the city displeased Ye Chen and corrupted him.

He gathered everyone together, looked at his subordinates who were complaining more or less, and he felt a stern feeling in his heart: "Listen to me if you don't want to die! There are more than 2 party members , now most of them are dead, and there are only about [-] people left. How many times have our Northwest Frontier Army fought against the Dangxiang thieves over the years? Come on, if anyone dares to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army, don't blame me for being rude."

He roared loudly and spoke nonsense without hesitation: "No one wants to be scared away by the party members by being said to have two eggs in the crotch, right? Don't embarrass the Northwest Frontier Army in front of the imperial envoy. Hold on to today, there will definitely be reinforcements coming from Qingzhou tomorrow, not to mention that the imperial envoy is here, as long as you make great achievements, the rewards you get will be many times higher than usual."

During the siege of the Dangxiang camp in Ten Mile Fort, Tuoba Zhenli jumped off his horse.The fatigue accumulated over the past two days did not affect his agility at all, but the rising smoke made him cough a few times.

According to the result of Tuoba Zhenli's repeated questioning from the envoy of the temple, they only have less than a day at most.If after half a day, they were still unable to capture Ten Mile Fort, the only option left was to drink their hatred and retreat.

If this is the case, it will be too great a loss for the Seventh Department of the Party.Not only did more than 1 people die, but they would not receive all kinds of support promised by the Holy Church. The next thing they would have to face Song's revenge was the most troublesome thing for them.

Tuoba Zhenli, who only wanted to restore the tribe to its former glory in the Eight Departments of the Party, would never let his name be associated with failure.His cold eyes licked the faces of all his subordinates like poisonous snakes, staring at them and their hearts tightened.

I could only hear the voice of the leader of the Tuoba clan, so cold that it could turn September into the twelfth lunar month: "Just now we have agreed with the other six patriarchs that each tribe is responsible for a part of the city wall. At the top of the city, those who go out to fight and retreat will be beheaded!"

The bleak sun in the sky has not yet shown signs of setting, but the battle of attacking and defending the city has lasted for nearly two days, and the sound of fighting has never stopped. Now, at this time, it has finally moved from the bottom of the city to the top of the city.

Accompanied by the desolate and mournful long horn from under a large white banner outside the city, thousands of party fighters rushed towards the city wall like swarms of ants, holding up long ladders.

The soldiers of the Northwest Frontier Army of the Song Dynasty on the city wall stared dumbfounded at the fact that the party members were completely different from the madness of the previous attacks.The wall, which is only one foot high, is just the most primitive and crude line of defense, and it doesn't even have much use value.As long as the long ladder provided by the church to the party members is managed to be erected and erected under the city wall, it is the easiest and easiest way to go up the city.

Under the urging of the trumpets, the party members rushed to the top of the city three times in just half an hour by relying on hundreds of long ladders.There are no trenches, no horse faces, no sheep and horse walls. Shilibao is not a city at all, but a small stockade. The walls can be as high and strong as possible.

If there are trenches to block, the thieves can't rush to the bottom of the city at all. If there is a horse face protruding outward from the city wall, they can cross-shoot from the left and right to attack the enemy under the city.If there is a wall of sheep and horses, then there are two layers of three-dimensional defense lines up and down, and the thieves can't get to the top of the city at all.But now, no matter how many arrows the soldiers of the Northwest Frontier Army guarding Ten Mile Fort shot with all their might, they could not stop the Dangxiang soldiers from charging.

Under the personal leadership of Tuoba Zhenli and the six chiefs of the Dangxiang tribe, the attack of the Dangxiang people is like a torrent breaking through the dam, and the long arrows shot from the top of the city seem to be thrown into the flood in despair Firewood can't plug the gap at all.

The fragility of the defense line of the city wall and the lack of materials for defending the city at this moment make it lack any effective countermeasures on the top of the city.The soldiers in the city had to start a face-to-face fight with the party members who attacked the city.

A soldier of the Northwest Frontier Army yelled and stabbed straight with his gun. After a muffled sound, the tip of the gun sank into his heart and killed the party member who was about to rush to the top of the wall.But the next moment, the sword light flew up from below, cutting off the long spear that hadn't had time to be retracted with one move.The soldiers of the Northwest Frontier Army retreated quickly, and then the Dangxiang people who climbed up the city wall trampled on them, swung their long knives, and cut off their necks.But then, before he had time to show off and look for his next opponent, the party member was easily crushed by a whizzing iron sword.

Such scenes appear on the top of the city every minute and every second.Fighting with a knife and a sword is a bloody exchange of lives.Under the urging of their respective patriarchs, the party members rushed desperately towards the city wall, while the Northwest Frontier Army and Huaxia Weifu masters defending the city were resisting desperately for their own lives at this moment.

On the city wall, the red general flag is still flying.Under the banner, Ye Chen took a deep breath.The sound of inhalation was long and endless, like a giant whale sucking water, pressing the chill in the mountains and fields of the twelfth lunar month into the lungs that were on fire together with the air.

The three long arrows were firmly stuck, and they rested firmly on the bowstring.The left hand holding the bow arm was pushed forward, and the right hand pulled the bowstring backward at the same time. The strength of hundreds of catties was easily poured into the bow body, and a three-foot long bow stretched like a full moon.

Exhaling and letting go of the bowstring with his right hand, there was a buzzing sound, and three long arrows flew out like lightning.The bowstring was still vibrating violently, and three pitch-shifted screams pierced the air from three places a few feet away.

Three party masters with a height of nearly six and a half feet and a body as strong as an iron tower were originally wielding a huge wheel-like axe, fighting against five or six Song soldiers alone.His extraordinary martial arts and unimaginable divine power not only made him not lose the slightest bit in the battle, he even roared and rushed forward, cutting the head of an opponent who couldn't dodge in two.But after three flashes of light came, the three ax masters simultaneously covered their right eyes and fell to the ground.He twitched intermittently, the white arrow quivered between his fingers, and the exposed one-foot shaft proved that more than one-third of the long arrows shot by Ye Chen pierced into their skulls through the eye sockets. middle.Ye Chen used the smallest force to kill the enemy from the eyes of the most fragile human body.

After shooting down three party fighters who are very powerful compared to ordinary battles, Ye Chen's face did not change at all, and after his movements were smooth and fast, three more arrows were shot out, and three more opponents were shot. The powerful party fighters died.

In the eyes of outsiders, it is already an astonishingly fast shooting speed, but in fact, even with Ye Chen's abnormal body.The speed at which arrows could be shot four times in one breath, has now dropped to less than half.Sure enough, since it is a legendary innate body, there are times when it is weak.

Ye Chen switched from holding a bow in his left hand to holding a bow in his right hand, and then switched from holding a bow in his right hand back to holding a bow in his left hand.He stretched his bow back and forth with both hands, fully performing his amazing archery skills of galloping left and right, but even if he did so, it was still too late to recover the power that was gradually consumed in his arms, because he never stopped at all.

(End of this chapter)