wild trail

Chapter 353
The two sides ate breakfast in peace. At around ten o'clock in the morning, the camp of the dinosaurs was full of people, and the phalanxes gathered one by one. Looking around, it was dark and dense. Counting the ships on the sea, it can be said that you can't see the end at a glance. .

The soldiers knew that the enemy was going to attack, and this time the attack would be as violent as a storm.

When the enemy's unique horn sounded, the phalanxes slowly moved towards the stronghold.

Under the escort of a large number of infantry, more than a dozen trebuchets moved forward slowly.

When hundreds of meters away from the stronghold, the enemy's infantry stopped advancing.

And the soldiers who operated the trebuchet were busy skillfully.

The attendant will use the telescope to see that the dinosaurs will hold the torches and set the stones blocking the launcher on fire.

After a while, I saw more than a dozen huge fireballs coming straight to my side.

"Get down!"

Looking at the roaring huge fireball, the soldiers lowered their bodies and hid behind the wall.

"Boom boom boom!"

Several fireballs hit the city wall, and the city wall vibrated violently. Under the attack of this violent storm, this small stronghold was crumbling.

Some of those fireballs landed in the city, and after destroying the houses, the fire spread instantly. At this time, no one cared about the damaged houses. They knew that this stronghold might no longer exist after today.

The enemy quickly launched a second attack. After the first round of bombardment, spider web-like cracks had already appeared on the not-so-solid city wall. The soldiers hiding there screamed and were thrown into the air, and those who were directly hit by the huge boulder already had a puddle of flesh.

The enemy's offensive was so fierce that the soldiers defending the city had nothing to do.

After several rounds of blows, a city wall finally collapsed, and a large number of bricks and human corpses were scattered in the huge gap.

The city was on fire, thick smoke was billowing from the oil-splashed granary, and the air was mixed with the scent of rice. Feng Mao could vaguely smell the smell of barbecue.

Seeing that one part of the human city wall was blown down, the dinosaurs immediately cheered.

The trebuchet stopped firing, and groups of soldiers in silver armor rushed out of the gap like a tide.

The general gave a wry smile, and shouted: "Brothers, today we will live and die with the city! Kill the enemy with me!"

The soldiers roared, and under the leadership of the general, rushed to the gap.

There are hundreds of people in the area, facing the enemy's army of hundreds of thousands, their strength is as weak as a mantis' arm. Although the human soldiers resisted the enemy's attack tenaciously, the grenadiers even ignited all the grenades on their bodies, holding the enemy with them They died together, and the death was extremely heroic.

This narrow gap has already piled up like a mountain of corpses. The tenacity of human beings has moved the dinosaurs. The soldiers who are attacking have already accepted their arrogance. They no longer regard these human beings as inferior beasts, but a respectable opponent.

The general Li He was killed in battle, and the guards around him fell one after another. The general's steel knife had already been slashed. At this moment, he was waving the steel knife in his hand mechanically like a bloody man.

At this moment, his arms were already so sore, but he knew that the moment he put down the knife was the moment of his death, and he would be able to smile even if he could kill one more enemy before he died.

In a blink of an eye, there were only five soldiers left among more than 100 soldiers. These five soldiers and the generals gathered closely together, fighting and retreating with the enemy.

"Retreat in the direction of the artillery." The general shouted.

Following the generals and retreating to the city wall, the dinosaurs didn't know what these humans were still resisting. They must be dead. Why didn't they lay down their weapons early and die happily? Wouldn't it be better.

The six people gathered at the artillery on the city wall, looking at the enemies who were slowly surrounding them.

"Your Majesty, I've tried my best." The general said in a low voice, and then said loudly: "Brothers, I will wait for the kingdom of heaven to be brothers."

The soldiers shouted after hearing the words: "I will follow the general to the death."

Several people leaned against the cannon and looked towards the south, with smiles on their faces.

With a loud noise, along with the corpses of a large number of dinosaurs, all three hundred soldiers were killed in battle. This unnamed stronghold fell completely after holding on for three days.

Yancheng in the south.

Wang Lang was compiling a new book, but for some reason he suddenly became restless, holding the brush in his hand, and was in a daze, the ink dripping on the paper without noticing it.

Fan Xing, who was mending Wang Lang's clothes, stopped her needle and thread, walked to Wang Lang's side, and said, "What's wrong with you, Your Majesty."

Wang Lang came back to his senses, frowned and said: "It's nothing! I'm just a little upset, by the way, what time is it now?"

Fan Xing looked at the moon in the night sky, and said, "It's almost midnight, Your Majesty should rest early."

Wang Lang nodded and said, "Go to sleep first, this candle is dim, and it's easy to hurt your eyes."

Fan Xing smiled and said: "Your Majesty still said to me, didn't you hurt your eyes by Rong Fu yourself?"

"Hey, as the king of a country, this is what I should do. I wrote for a while and then went to sleep."

At this time, a guard suddenly reported in a panic: "Your Majesty, the Minister of the Ministry of War asks to see you."

Hearing this, Wang Lang was startled and quickly got up from his seat. Something terrible must have happened for Lin Huo to come so late.

"Let him in quickly."

Fan Xing at the side quietly retreated to the inner hall after hearing the words. He knew that Wang Lang disliked women's too much participation in political affairs.

Lin Huo ran in in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, something is wrong. The dragoons have sent news that the smoke from the north is rising."

"What!" Wang Lang was shocked, and quickly asked, "When did it happen?"

"It's been almost five days since the news reached here." Lin Huo said worriedly.

"It's been five days." Wang Lang muttered to himself and asked, "But there is still more detailed news."

Lin Huo shook his head and said: "No more, Your Majesty, the population in the north is large, and there is no possibility of any accidents there, unless those dinosaurs came."

Wang Lang knew that he must not panic at this time, took a few deep breaths, tried to calm down his mood, and said after a while of silence: "It is very likely that this is the case, but I never thought that the enemy would choose the north to attack, and the coastal defenses in the north are weak. , It has been five days now, if those dinosaurs came, I am afraid that the stronghold in front has been breached by now."

"Your Majesty, if the frontline stronghold is breached, the enemy will soon be able to reach Guiyu City. There are heavy guards there. As long as the people are withdrawn from the city, Guiyu City should be able to hold on until reinforcements arrive." Lin Huo said slowly. Said.

"Who is the current defender of Guiyu City?" Wang Lang asked.

"It's the two generals Shi Yue and Zhao Jian. There are about 2 soldiers stationed there." Lin Huo said slowly.

Wang Lang nodded and said: "With these two people guarding there, Guiyu City should be fine. Now you should immediately send an order to the army in the north to reinforce Guiyu City. At the same time, send an order to the army stationed on the coast. Soldiers should not act rashly and must guard Good port, anyone who disobeys will be executed!"

Lin Huo nodded solemnly, and hurriedly backed away.

That night, the yamen of the Ministry of War was brightly lit, and the officials drafted various documents and sent dragoons to the north overnight.

Wang Lang clenched his fists to relieve his tension. After several years of military expansion and preparation for war, it was time to test the results. Whether or not they could defeat the attacking dinosaurs would determine the survival or death of human beings.

After breaking through the human stronghold, the dinosaurs reorganized the human stronghold and used it as a base for invading the human continent.

After the dinosaurs on the ship came ashore one after another, a large number of warships headed south along the coastline.

According to those explorers, there is an important port for mankind in the south. As long as the sea power of mankind is wiped out, mankind can be completely blocked on this road.

There are [-] to [-] dinosaurs gathered in the stronghold. Such a huge number of people may be the largest number of dinosaurs since ancient times.

The superior of the dinosaur man is very interested in the human weapon that can make a loud noise.

It's just that with the self-detonation of the grenadiers and the destruction of the artillery, only some residual gunpowder was left.

This kind of black powder, although it doesn't know what it is, people still collect the powder carefully and take it back for those wise men to study. As long as Shi Lunjia masters this technology of human beings, I believe that the empire will It will become the overlord of the old continent in one fell swoop, and the unification of the old continent will no longer be a fantasy.

The sophistication of human weapons surprised it. From the collected weapons and armor, it can be seen that the humans here have mastered extremely advanced smelting technology, and the quality of steel is not inferior to that of their own.

More importantly, the specifications of these weapons are very uniform, as if they were carved out of the same mold, which has to make it feel moved.

This is a very powerful opponent, it thought secretly.

Returning to Yucheng, when they saw the smoke rising, Shi Yue and Zhao Jian immediately mobilized all their troops and returned to defend Guiyucheng.

As an important town in the north, there can be no mistakes here. If the enemy breaks through here, they can drive straight into the hinterland of Xia Kingdom.

If a fight broke out in the hinterland of Xia Kingdom, it would cause incalculable losses, and the pressure on the two of them could be said to be enormous.

The frontline stronghold successfully held back the enemy's advance, giving the defenders of Guiyu City enough time to prepare.

During the past three days, the prefect of Guiyu City hastily issued notices informing all villages and towns that they are prohibited from going out, asking local officials to lead the villagers to prepare for resistance.

As for the villages and towns that are closer to Guiyu City, all the villagers have been transferred to the city, and there are no signs of human activities outside the city.

In three days, the defenders in various strongholds quickly withdrew back to Yucheng, and the arrival of more than 2 troops immediately made the city crowded.

In order to cope with the upcoming war, Guiyu City has stored a large amount of food in the past few years. As long as the city is not breached, it will be enough to feed tens of thousands of people in the city for several months.

Zhao Jian and Shi Yue stood on the high city wall and looked into the distance. It had been five days since the signal was sent out, but there was no news from the front line, so they had an ominous premonition.

The dragoons had already set off to inquire about the news, and the two could only anxiously wait for the news to come back.

Half a day later, a few huge figures flew from the sky, and the two of them hurriedly sent people to meet them.

After the dragoons landed, they quickly ran over to report: "Two generals, the stronghold has been occupied by the enemy, most of the city walls have collapsed, frontline soldiers, frontline soldiers..."

Seeing the hesitant look of the dragoons, Zhao Jian was furious and said, "Quickly tell me, what happened to the frontline soldiers."

The dragoon choked with sobs and said, "General, we saw that all our soldiers were killed in the sky. Their heads were cut off and stuck on sticks. The corpses were eaten by wild beasts."

"What!" Zhao Jian's eyes were about to burst when he heard the words, and he slammed his fist heavily on the wall, and said with a ferocious face, "How dare you do this to my Great Xia warrior, damn monster, I, Zhao Jian, will definitely scratch your skin and cramp."

Although Shi Yue was extremely angry in her heart, she was still calm and asked, "About how many enemies are there?"

"It's a lot, it's so dark, it looks like the number of Guiyucheng." The dragoon said in a deep voice.

Shi Yue gasped when she heard the words, "There are tens of thousands of people, so many people are here."

"General, we have seen a large number of enemy ships heading south along the seashore. I am afraid they are going to attack our port." The dragoon said what he had found.

Upon hearing this, Shi Yue quickly said: "You guys rest for a while, fly to the capital right away, and explain the situation here in detail."

The dragoons bowed and retreated at the command. After a short rest, they put on new pterosaurs and flew desperately towards Yancheng.

The people in Guiyu City were panicked, and the people were organized to carry the defense equipment. Dozens of bronze cannons piled up a large number of shells. It was not only the first time in human history, but also the first time in the world that artillery was used in such a large-scale battle. the first time.

"Brother Zhao, the pressure on you and me this time is enormous!" Shi Yue said slowly.

Hearing this, Zhao Jian said in a deep voice: "So many brothers Paoze died in battle, yet their corpses are so humiliated, I hate it!"

Shi Yue sighed and said: "They have faced hundreds of times the enemy with a mere 300 people, and they have held on for such a long time. We will never let them die in vain. We must defend Guiyu City, otherwise we will have a lot of trouble after we die. How can you face them, you and I have known each other for many years, this time let us advance and retreat together!"

Zhao Jian nodded and said, "This is where they are buried."

The existence of pterosaurs made Xia Kingdom different from the feudal era of another world. The area controlled by Xia Kingdom now is comparable to that of Song Dynasty in another world.

With the dragoons, it only takes more than [-] days to arrive from south to north.

After taking off from Guiyu City, and after changing pterosaurs at the station along the way, the dragoons finally arrived in Yancheng five days later.

The news of the dinosaur attack has already spread in Yancheng. When the common people see the dragoons flying from the sky, they all know that this is new news from the front line.

Women with husbands and sons who served in the Northern Army anxiously waited for news from the imperial court, and the last thing they wanted to see was the death list.

(End of this chapter)