wild trail

Chapter 351 Login
In the tenth year of Taichu, on the third day of March, on the northeast coast of the mainland of China.

On a sunny afternoon, a group of seabirds soar above the blue sky above the sea. The spring in the north has just arrived. From the sea, the freshly sprouted grass is spread on the ground like a carpet.

The scenery is so pleasing to the eye, but the soldiers stationed in this stronghold are not in the mood to appreciate this picturesque scenery.

A large group of black spots on the sea level in the distance is slowly approaching the sea, and the general stationed here nervously holds a telescope and looks at those black spots.

It was a huge fleet, so densely packed that it was impossible to see the end at a glance.

The general knew that this was definitely not the fleet of the Xia Kingdom, and the current Xia Kingdom only had a dozen sea-going ships.

Realizing that the arrival of these fleets was not good, he quickly asked the soldiers to light up the smoke.

According to the speed at which the ship approached, it would be able to land before dusk. There were only 300 people in the stronghold here. Facing so many enemies, the soldiers suddenly felt extremely desperate.

Panic spread among the crowd, and the general knew that if he continued to develop without being attacked by the enemy, he would collapse.

According to Xia Guo's military law, those who retreat without a fight are killed, rather than being executed for treason by their own people, it is better to die more vigorously.

The news of the enemy's attack has been sent out, and the general will gather [-] soldiers in the stronghold.

"Brothers, it seems that this is the time for us to serve the country. You have also seen the play performed by the performance troupe from the capital, and you also understand what will happen if those people set foot on Shenzhou. Most of you Most of them have their own wives and children, we take a step back today, what awaits them will be something more terrible than death, today we and I will stick to this place, and I ask you if you are afraid." The general roared loudly.

Everyone will feel fear in the face of death, but in order to protect their wives and children behind them, the soldiers shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid!"

The general nodded, and said loudly: "The enemy will come to the shore soon, everyone, this is our burial ground, follow me to kill the enemy."

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The roar of 300 people went straight to the sky, as if to let the gods far away in the sky take a look at the tenacious spirit of human beings.

The soldiers were full of fighting spirit, and after stabilizing the morale of the army, the general asked to bring over the reserved wine and let everyone have a big sip.

The strong drink dispelled the chill in the soldiers' hearts, and the hands holding the weapons stopped trembling. The race war is either you or me, there is no second choice.

No one thought about the idea of ​​surrender. Surrendering to a foreign race, what awaits him is probably more terrifying than death.

The defense equipment was moved onto the city wall. This is not the key defensive target of the Xia Kingdom. In this small stronghold, there is only one heavy bronze cannon and three bed crossbows.

In the face of menacing enemies, 300 troops can only defend against the city.

It is five days away from Guiyu City. It is almost impossible to wait for reinforcements. Now the soldiers are only looking forward to killing and kicking a few more people before they die, so as to delay the invasion and let the troops behind There is time to prepare.

On the narrow walls, soldiers stood ready. , Seeing more and more black spots on the sea, everyone knew that they would soon shed blood on the battlefield.

The enemy ship on the sea stopped. From this distance, the figure of the ship walking back and forth can be seen through the telescope.

Those ugly dinosaurs put down their boats and approached the coast with soldiers in silver armor.

"The artillery is ready!" the general shouted.

The artillerymen hurriedly adjusted the angle of the artillery, and the soldiers holding the torches waited quietly for the order to ignite.

The general constantly estimated the enemy's distance, and when the enemy entered the range of the artillery, he shouted loudly: "Fire!"

The artillery, which had already been prepared, immediately ignited the fuze, and a deafening cannon sounded.

The solid shells roared towards the enemy ship.

"Wow!"

There was no public target for the first shot, and the powerful shells fell into the water, causing waves several meters high.

The change of thunder in the clear sky stopped the dinosaur's progress, and he looked at the water area where the shells fell in panic.

Suddenly, a dinosaur man seemed to have discovered where the thing fell from, and pointed in the direction of the stronghold and screamed a few times.

The dinosaur soldiers rowed the boat and quickly approached the shore.

"Adjust the angle and blast them to death for me." The general shouted.

Although the artillerymen moved quickly to clean the barrel, the front-loading smoothbore guns were very locked. After more than a year of training, these artillerymen can be said to be qualified artillerymen. on the coast.

With an order, the artillery roared again. This time, the powerful artillery shell hit a small boat, tearing the boat into pieces instantly, and the dinosaurs swept away by the artillery shells were like pieces of paper. fly.

The terrible damage caused by the artillery shells stunned the dinosaurs all at once. The dinosaurs who had already landed gathered together in panic and looked ahead in fear.

Seeing the broken corpses floating on the sea, the dinosaur man was frightened, some boats stopped moving forward, and some slowly retreated.

When the dinosaurs hesitated, the artillerymen loaded the shells again.

"Fight those monsters on the shore!" Said the general in a deep voice.

The artilleryman adjusted the angle and pointed the muzzle at the group of dinosaurs gathered on the beach.

The artillery rang together, and the soldiers of the dinosaurs were crowded together like canned sardines. For the artillerymen, this was a huge target.

The power of the cannonball remained undiminished after it fell, and the ejected cannonball directly pierced the chest of a dinosaur man, and the silver armor on his body was as vulnerable as a piece of paper.

The terrible scene caused by this cannonball frightened the Dinosaur immediately. Seeing his companion die tragically at close range, the Dinosaur started to flee towards the sea in fear.

But those dinosaurs who retreated were mercilessly beheaded by several strong dinosaurs before they could escape to the boat and three of them.

After killing more than a dozen people in succession, the fleeing soldiers finally settled down, but this time, as if the dinosaurs had learned to be smart, they dispersed and waited for the arrival of their companions instead of gathering together.

"Continue to attack!" The general shouted.

Although there was only one bronze cannon with a rate of fire of only 2 minutes, the dinosaurs were stunned for a while by the unknown weapons. As the sun gradually set, after losing four small boats, the dinosaurs finally retreated. went back.

Although this attack caught the enemy by surprise, the joy of victory still inspired the soldiers.

Amidst the cheers of the soldiers, the general knew that the victory was only temporary, that artillery was not omnipotent, and that with only one cannon, it would be extremely difficult to hold the stronghold.

As long as the enemy reacts and rushes directly with a huge number of people, the artillery basically loses its effect.

In the binoculars, with the afterglow of the setting sun, the general saw the enemy's warships floating peacefully on the sea, and there was no one on board. He didn't know what conspiracy these ugly enemies were planning.

The dinosaurs did not attack at night, and the soldiers had a rare peaceful night.

At dawn, the soldiers had a hasty breakfast, gathered on the city wall, and stared at the sea vigilantly.

The grain storage area in the stronghold has been poured with oil and covered with hay. As long as the stronghold is breached, the granary will be burned down immediately. This is already an unwritten rule in the army.

As the sky became brighter and brighter, the dinosaur man, who had been quiet all night, finally moved.

This time the Dinosaurs sent far more boats than yesterday. From a distance, they were densely packed like ants.

The soldiers swallowed their saliva and clenched their weapons tightly. With so many enemies, this small stronghold was as fragile as an eggshell.

When the dinosaur man entered the artillery range, the roaring cannon sounded again.

This time the dinosaurs seem to have found a way to deal with this weapon.

The scattered boats quickly approached the beach, and the fast-moving dinosaurs quickly divided into small groups to gather on the shore after landing.

In just ten minutes, there were as many as thousands of dinosaurs scattered on the shore, and there were still a large number of ships approaching the shore on the distant sea.

The general had a gloomy face, and with a binoculars, he saw that some ships on the sea were carrying large bed crossbows, at least dozens of them.

The artillery roared from time to time, and every time it hit a target, it would take dozens of fresh lives.

"Woo~"

With a deep howl, the dinosaurs who had landed and assembled immediately charged towards the stronghold.

The speed of the dinosaur man's running made the soldiers guarding the city break out in a cold sweat.

"Archers, bed crossbowmen get ready!" the general shouted hastily.

The dinosaur roared, holding up the shield weapon and rushing towards the stronghold quickly.

The artillery bombarded the boat in the distance, and when the charging dinosaurs entered the range of the bed crossbow, several bed crossbows immediately started firing.

Spear-like crossbow arrows roared towards the dinosaur man, and a dinosaur man was directly pierced through the chest by the high-speed crossbow arrow.

The huge power of the crossbow bolts brought the soldier flying backwards, knocking down the soldiers behind him, and stopping the charging dinosaur man.

"Fire arrows!"

A hundred archers who had already prepared released a dense rain of arrows.

Dinosaurs are not afraid of bows and arrows.

Holding up the shield, he continued to charge against the rain of arrows.

When they came to a distance of more than 20 meters from the city wall, the shieldmen of the dinosaurs quickly formed a human wall, and the archers behind them shot towards the city wall under the cover of the shieldmen.

The bows and arrows of the dinosaurs are different from the longbows of the Xia Kingdom. They are similar to the recurve bows. With their strength much stronger than that of humans, the arrows they shoot make the soldiers' iron armor useless.

The soldiers who were shot screamed and fell from the top of the wall. The dense rain of arrows made the soldiers on the wall unable to lift their heads.

With the suppression of the bow and arrow, the tall dinosaur man rushed to the city wall to build a ladder, and the dinosaur man behind screamed strangely, stepping on the back of his companion and rushed towards the city wall.

"Kill, beat them down." The general roared angrily.

Sword and shield held the shield in his hand and bowed his body, rushing towards the attacked city.

The green hand of a dinosaur man had just touched the city wall when a sharp steel knife cut it down.

After a scream, he grabbed his broken arm and fell heavily down the city wall.

But with more and more dinosaurs under the city wall, the pressure on the defending human soldiers suddenly doubled.

"It's still stone, dung water." The general roared angrily.

The prepared equipment for defending the city fell like raindrops, and the enemies who were doused in the scalding dung water let out heart-piercing screams while covering their faces.

The tenacious resistance of the officers and soldiers of the city had done a great deal of damage to the dinosaurs. Under the three-meter-high city wall, a large number of corpses had piled up, and the undead enemies were wailing under the city in pain.

The vanguard of the dinosaurs stormed towards the city gate. When the follow-up troops of the dinosaurs landed, dozens of bed crossbows, dragged by the strong dinosaurs, rushed towards the stronghold.

Facing the tide of enemies, the soldiers had already forgotten their fear at this moment. Seeing their former comrades die one by one in front of them, the angry soldiers had already turned their eyes red, repelling the enemy's attacks again and again.

Facing the tenacious resistance of humans, the vanguard of the dinosaurs suffered heavy casualties and slowly retreated towards the follow-up troops.

Although the enemy retreats without chaos, the archers cannot effectively kill them.

The soldiers who had breathed a sigh of relief leaned tiredly against the wall. Some soldiers collected the bodies of their dead companions and wiped the blood from their faces.

"Commander, the shells are gone." The artilleryman reported in frustration.

"I see, you gather the remaining gunpowder and put them into the cannon!" The general sighed.

"Commander, if you do this, the cannon will explode." The artilleryman said hastily.

"I know this, I hope we can be brothers again in the kingdom of heaven."

Several artillerymen took a deep look at the general, understood the meaning of the words, and bowed deeply: "This subordinate swears to follow the general!"

The general nodded and told them to retreat.

"Li He!" the general shouted.

Hearing this, a strong man hurried over and said, "What's the matter with the general!"

"How many grenades do you grenadiers have left!"

"More than 100 left!"

"Gather your people to guard here in a while, I guess they will attack this city gate in a while. If the grenade is gone, you can use knives, fists and teeth. If I die, the army will be commanded by you. Our task is to drag the enemy here and buy time for General Zhao and the others."

"General! You..."

The general waved his hand and said: "We may all die here, now we don't care about rank, you and I will be brothers in the next life."

"Your subordinate understands!" Li He bowed to the general.

After a short rest, dozens of bed crossbows of the dinosaurs are ready.

The general was a little surprised. It is okay to defend the city, but it is useless to attack the city. Even if there are more numbers, it is of no use.

After the dinosaur man was ready, the soldier operating the bed crossbow pulled down the rope vigorously, and dozens of crossbow arrows whizzed towards the city wall.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The powerful force of the crossbow arrows instantly broke through the bricks of the wall and firmly fixed them to the city wall.

The general was stunned for a moment, wondering why these enemies only shot at the city wall but not people, did they still want to use crossbow arrows to shoot down the wall?
But when his eyes fell on those crossbow bolts, he immediately realized that these crossbow bolts were all made of steel, which were not used to kill people at all.

Hastily shouted: "The bed crossbowman fights back, suppress the enemy's bed crossbow!"

(End of this chapter)