Chapter 25: Lingguisaka resists the stubborn enemy, and the front line of the world can't be shot
The enemy finally came. Everyone went to their posts to prepare for the battle. Zhao Jin stood at the top of the castle and secretly looked at the figure of Yuxiang riding away. The horse she rode was also small and exquisite. Although it was not a powerful horse, it was very gentle. The jade fragrance rode and touched it. Zhao Jin couldn't help thinking, "Good horse, I want to exchange with you." At this time, when he saw that Yuxiang also looked back at the castle, Zhao Jin hurriedly shrank his head and came to the other side to overlook the enemy who was gradually gathering ants under Sakashita.
The rebels have properly ambushed as Zhao Yu's previous instructions, and only raised a few flags on the fort to prevent emptiness.
The enemy really didn't care much. After the assembly, thousands of people shouted towards Sakagami under the order of the vanguard.
There was a noise below. Zhao Jin looked at the number of enemy troops and thought it was not enough to fight, so he ordered the rebels to stand up, shout loudly, and warm up. So more than 100 righteous soldiers danced spears, some slapped shields, and some jumped, which provoked the enemy's eyes.
Sakashita's vanguard saw from afar that the barbarians were shouting and moving. After thinking about it, he waved the flag and joined another thousand-person team.
Lingguizaka was steep and slippery, and the Yuan army soldiers climbed up with knives and spears on the ground.
Zhao Jin asked for a tube of bamboo water and drank it slowly to watch. Many Rebel archers lay in ambush behind their feet and obeyed orders without even raising their heads. Under the wall in front of the fort, more archers ambushed in front of them, as well as spearmen and sword soldiers preparing for close combat in the back, all lying motionless.
Zhao Yu looked at the distance and gave an order: "Little guys, call me!"
A hundred people shouted, took bows and arrows one after another, and shot at the enemy.
In ancient wars, archers generally shot arrows randomly with a rough glance, only for a launch speed. If the speed goes up, the density of the arrow rain will be high, and the probability of killing the enemy will be high. Why don't you aim carefully? Because the bows and arrows used in ancient times do not have the same aiming and ranging instruments as modern firearms; even if it takes a lot of time to aim carefully, the effect is very limited - first, in the absence of assembly line factories, it is difficult to match the length and weight of artificial arrows, which affects the hit; second, even the very small and extremely high-speed modern Guns and bullets will be affected by the wind and deviate, and the large and slow arrows in ancient times will inevitably be blown away by the wind. Therefore, only the experienced archer can adapt to complex factors such as the weight of the arrow, the direction of the wind, the distance, and the movement of the target, and can hit the target. The usual archers just shoot randomly. This also shows that divine archers must be trained for a long time and accumulate a lot of experience to practice. Old players like Xiao Shizhong and Yan Shizhong have been practicing arrows since childhood, and novices like Zhao Jin can never learn to kill the enemy in a hundred steps at once.
At present, more than 100 volunteers fired arrows into the air, and the arrow rain was sparse. They fell into the Yuan army group that were climbing the hill, and the killing and injury was very limited. Yuan Jun continued to charge up, but was not much affected by the rain of arrows. The main reason was that the ground was too problematic. They stumbled and rushed to the Rebels on the slippery bare rock Changban.
Lingguizaka is just like its name. It is a large tortoise-shaped slope, with a flat and open ground in the middle and cliffs on the left and right sides. Due to frequent flash floods in this area, this long slope is washed by mountain torrents on rare giant rocks. Trees are difficult to grow, and there are many sand grains on the rocks that are easy to slip. In addition, because mountain spring water seeps from top to bottom for many years, there is slippery moss in many wet places... Usually pedestrians climb carefully, still And it often falls on this slope; now the Yuan army enters the mountain to fight, because this Lingguizaka is the only way to the hinterland of Miaojiang, so they have to charge on it with arrow rain, not to mention the awkwardness! Many Yuanjun rushed down, got up and rolled down, and complained incessantly.
"Drums!" Zhao Jin issued an order.
"Dong Dong Dong Dong Dong..." A rapid war drum sounded.
This is not only an incentive, but also a code. According to Zhao Jin's previous instructions, the archers ambushed on the fort stood up when they heard the sound of drums, shouted in unison, rushed to the wall to roll up their bows, and immediately shot down a burst of arrows. These hundreds of archers were divided into two teams. The front team shot arrows and retreated. The back team rushed up and shot. The back team retreated after shooting. The front team has re-arranged arrows, that is, shooting again... In such a rotation, the rain of arrows poured down uninterruptedly.
This hit made the Yuan army howling, and the bodies and wounded people who were shot rolled down one after another.
"More barbarians?!" The vanguard of the Yuan army didn't expect it. He thought that the Rebels had fled without the intention of fighting, but he didn't expect it to be so energetic! Previously, because of the slow march, he has been scolded many times by Lord Buching. Now if he doesn't take down Lingguisaka quickly, he is afraid of being more blamed and even punished by military law.
So the Yuan army also beat the war drums and added two thousand-person teams. Because they are urged, they will be cut off on the spot if they don't move forward. If they fall behind, they will also be shot by the vanguard officer. They have to run up desperately and get up from where they fall...
"The thief is very powerful!" Zhao Jin looked at the Yuan army that climbed up Mansaka, and they obviously climbed faster, so he ordered, "Knock the gong!"
"Bing, bing, bing!" A rapid and loud sound of gongs sounded.
In ancient times, when fighting, knocking gongs are called "ming gold", which generally means withdrawing troops. At first hearing the sound of gongs, Yuan Jun thought that the rebels were going to escape and climbed up happily. Unexpectedly, this was Zhao Jin's code again!
According to Zhao Jin's previous instructions, the rebels heard the sound of gongs and ambushed! Not only the top of the castle, but also the shooting stack wall facing Nagasaka on the two floors below the fortress. All of a sudden, it was full of archers and "swrong" arrow rain, which launched down more intensively!
A thousand-person team at the head of the Yuan army was struggling to climb over the three sharp gates. The group of people who climbed to the front were about to rise and attack the low wall. Suddenly, behind the low wall stood up a dense "barbarian" and an arrow went straight to their hearts!
Only the screams were heard endlessly. The Yuan soldiers who were shot rolled down one after another and could not roll down across the sharp gate, so many bodies were accumulated on the edge of the three sharp bars, some of which were stuck on the tip of the gate, and the front position was quickly bloody.
Only then did the Yuan soldiers know that there were so many "barbarians" that it was too late to shout that they would be deceived. He is smart inside, no matter whether he has been shot or not, just fall to the ground and roll down. Although it is inevitable to be stained with sand and moss, and your nose and knees are swollen, at least you will still die!
The vanguard officer looked at his soldiers or the bodies of his soldiers rolling down, and the one was angry and anxious! But there is nothing we can do. It's no good to rush up and die for nothing. Yuan Jun had to camp and wait for Lord Alibuhua to come to make a decision in person.
...the next day.
This day is a more thorough sunny day with no clouds. The commander-in-chief of the Yuan army led the army on his way, and he was sweating profusely. His mind was so hot that he was stuffy, and he was in a bad mood. At this time, a horse flew there. He was so angry that he immediately sent a general to replace the vanguard officer to lead the army and urged the main army to rush overnight.
Before receiving the report of defeat, the answer was full of enthusiasm. When he went out of the city, he was praised by the left-behind officials, and another group of military officers relayed along the way, which made the Lord more angry. Due to the rapid retreat of the rebel army, the Yuan army did not encounter obstacles for a moment. Those officials who were full of hope to make achievements without spending effort praised one after another: "I heard that the barbarian came, and the barbarian soldiers retreated in panic. Obviously, they are deeply afraid of the prestige of the adult!"
The answer did not take the joy at that time. However, after several days of rushing to the road overnight, I finally arrived at the Linggui Fort and saw many of the corpses of my army scattered on Sakagami. The vanguard knelt on the ground with a gray face and pleaded guilty. Answer it without kicking it over and asking him how he failed. The vanguard said hesitantly and didn't have the patience to listen to it. He kicked again, plus a few horse whips, and ordered him to be taken back to Dali City, put in prison, and wait for his triumph to return.
The banners of the rebels are flying in the distance. The answer was so angry that he scolded the officers, "You said that the barbarian soldiers have retreated. What's on it?"
Class 1 looked at each other and didn't know how to whitewash it. Fortunately, one was more clever and hurriedly replied, "The barbarian retreated entirely because they were afraid of adults. As for the vanguard, the barbarian soldiers are not afraid, so they dare to resist.
I didn't hear anything in the answer. Officials all say yes. In the answer, he asked a few generals to raise the banner of their own generals, organized attacks, and ordered, "Kill Shangban quickly, destroy the barbarians, and slaughter their fortress!"
The generals got orders to line up. In addition, he ordered to use the new weapon he specially brought - artillery. The output of raw materials needed for artillery is very low in this era, so it is not used much at ordinary times, but it is not necessary to spare the old capital in order to flatten Miaojiang in one fell swoop. So the Yuan army took a heavy truck, moved out the artillery, and went to the Linggui Fort with a fierce bombardment!
The original artillery of this era uses solid shells that will not explode, which cannot be compared with modern artillery with countless shrapnels that cause great lethality after the shells explode. The original artillery is not only difficult to carry, but also has a limited range, time-consuming and lacks accuracy. The effect of being used in the field is not good - with so many people, so much time and materials, it takes so much time and materials to kill at most a few enemies, which is not as the killing efficiency of archers. However, if it is used to attack the city, it is unprecedented. A sharp weapon!
Under the bombardment of multiple artillery, a solid shell flew to the tortoise castle with a loud sound, and the spiritual shock was very powerful! Although the hit rate of shells was not high, after such a long bombardment, the tortoise castle was finally shaken. At this time, a shell hit, and in the middle of the fragile place, the turtle castle suddenly collapsed!
"Kill!" However, the generals drove the soldiers up.
The sun is hot, and the steaming hot air comes out of Linggui Saka, which has been seeping under the spring water for many years. Yuan Bing urged the generals to climb up, a group of black, like sesame scones on the iron plate, sweating like rain, climbing and slipping, suffering unspeakably.
What about the rebels? How about the casualties? Can you still resist?
(to be continued in the next section)