Chapter 399: Siege

At night, Baokang City was plunged into darkness. Due to the curfew, there was hardly a single person on the street except for the patrolling yamen servants and soldiers. The streets that have been cleaned of snow during the day are covered with a thin layer of white at night.

There is wind and there is snow.

Outside the city, the trampled snow and black soil in the daytime are mixed together, showing a mottled variegated color, but at this time it is already frozen hard, and the fine snow particles that fell from the sky , Most of them rolled down in those large and small depressions.

Above the city tower, a few solitary lamps swayed in the wind. The faint light could not even illuminate the surrounding area of ​​the city head. There were faintly visible soldiers wrapped in thick felt blankets, holding spears in their hands, shrinking Avoiding the wind and snow in the doorway, only when the footsteps of the patrol team sounded, they jumped up and stood upright with guns.

Standing on the top of the city tower, looking to the north, you can see an infinite wilderness, and in the direction of Yingkou in the south, there are high and low hills not far away, and now they are all covered with white winter clothes. Among them, there are ups and downs, extending into the distance.

Rows of black figures suddenly appeared from between the hills, like ghosts and ghosts. After crossing the hills, Baokang County is within easy reach. There are more and more black shadows, and in the wind and snow, they stand upright and silent, and when they get closer, they will find that they are groups of Hejian County soldiers in black uniforms, each of them said, They all had a wooden stick in their mouths, and among them, the war horses were all bitten, and the iron palms under their feet were also covered with a thick layer of cotton cloth.

This is the army of Hejian County, led by Yan Peng, the son of Yan Shenghao, the governor of Hejian County.

This is a surprise attack that cooperates with the inside and the outside, and the pursuit is a fast word. In the process of advancing, serious military discipline is indispensable. Therefore, the first wave of attack was the three thousand Hejian elites led by Yan Peng. This is the most powerful force in Yan Shengxu's hands. They are much stronger than Chen Ying's troops who were wiped out on the grassland. They are also Yan Shenghao. With the biggest reliance on guarding Hejian County.

They were waiting, waiting for a signal from inside the city.

After several repeated contacts with the people in the city, Yan Shenghao finally confirmed that there were indeed only more than a thousand Huns cavalry in the city, and these cavalry were divided into two groups, one was dominated by the Gongsun tribe, and the other was loosely disciplined horse bandits , these people really want to come to Maodong in Baokang City.

Yan Shenghao was furious, and was extremely angry that the Xiongnu, who had thousands of people, dared to despise his authority. They dared to attack Baokang brazenly and regarded his rule as their vegetable garden. If his head is hung on the city wall of Baokang, his prestige will be challenged in Hejian County, and he will also become the laughing stock of those big figures in other places.

"Attack and cut off their heads." The furious Yan Shenghao issued a combat order.

Yan Peng squinted his eyes, staring at Baokang City lying on the ground like a monster in the wind and snow in the distance. This is a very precipitously built city. , It is also a very difficult thing. Not long ago, the Huns took him down with a combination of inside and outside, and now, they will use their own way and return to their own way, and use the same method to recover Baokang City.

A solid fortress is breached from within. The corners of Yan Peng's mouth twisted, showing a smile, the saber around his waist seemed to be whispering, and he couldn't wait to drink the blood of the enemy.

On the top of the city in the distance, a star of fire suddenly appeared, and the fire light drew several circles in the air and disappeared without a trace. Yan Peng waved his hand, and a team of one hundred people stepped out quickly, trotting all the way towards the distant city. Baokang City rushed to the place, while the brigade slowly moved forward.

A team of thousands of people, under the cover of wind and snow, quietly hid towards Baokang City.

The city gate was open, and Yan Peng put his hand on the waist knife, but his eyes were fixed on the hundred-man team that was about to approach the city gate in front of him, until he saw the hundred-man team disappear at the city gate, and the hand that was pressed on the waist knife Finally grasping the handle of the knife, with a choking sound, the waist knife came out of its sheath, and Yan Peng roared: "Kill!" With his legs clamped into the horse's belly, the horse rushed forward like an arrow, and the three thousand subordinates behind him no longer had to hide The whereabouts, closely following Yan Peng, shouted loudly, and rushed to the gate of Baokang.

The city gate was already in sight, and the smile on Yan Peng's face became thicker and thicker. More than a thousand Hun cavalry, no matter how fierce their fighting power, were trapped in the city, and their equestrian skills were discounted by half. Entering the city, he lost another three points psychologically. This battle, he will definitely win.

The dark city gate is like an open mouth of a beast, welcoming the delicious food that is about to arrive.

Yan Peng even saw the huge copper rivets on the wide-open city gate, but his smile suddenly froze at this moment, and there was a loud bang. Inside the originally wide-open city gate, heavy The heavy gate fell with a whistling sound, and with this loud noise, two worlds were separated inside and outside the city.

Yan Peng reined in his horse fiercely, his face, which was originally flushed with excitement, suddenly turned white.

"It's been tricked!" These three words suddenly flashed in his mind, "Stop, stop, back up, back up!" He shouted desperately, but how could it be him who shouted in the formation of thousands of people charging, Can you stop if you say stop?

The soldiers in front had already seen the falling jack gate, heard Yan Peng's roar, and stopped in horror, but the soldiers behind were still rushing forward, bumping into each other between motions and movements, and suddenly they turned their backs and became a mess.

At the same time, the originally dark top of the city suddenly burst into light, one after another torches were lit, and some were thrown down the city. With a bang, a large group of flames exploded. At the base of the wall, a pile of firewood sprinkled with grease.

Heads emerged from the top of the city one by one, the blankets were torn away, and a bed crossbow was exposed to the wind and snow. Aim down.

In the light of the fire, Gao Yuan appeared on the top of the city, his black cloak fluttered high in the wind and snow, hunting, looking at the prey that fell into the trap, Gao Yuan showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth, after all, it didn't take him a moment After a lot of painstaking efforts, Hejian County brought out their elite elite, but after today, they will no longer exist in this world in the future.

He raised his hand and waved it lightly, the heart-piercing whistling sound of the bed crossbow suddenly sounded in the air, mixed with the bed crossbow, it was the unique sound of the arm tension crossbow.

At this time, the soldiers of Hejian County were too close to the city wall, and thought that the city gate was wide open. Most of these people were gathered together, and the distance between them was too narrow. dodge.

The soldiers of Hejian County raised their spears and broadswords above their heads in vain, and swung them desperately. Those who had shields raised their shields, trying to hide their bodies under the shields.

But everything is in vain, because the arrows shot from the top of the city are not shot by human power. Whether it is a bed crossbow or an arm crossbow, they are all driven by machines. To resist, the crossbow arrows easily penetrated the weapons wielded by the soldiers, and a cloud of blood rained down in the air. In the light of the fire, even the snow particles flying in the sky were dyed red.

Yan Peng's horse was shot into a sieve by the crossbow at the first time. As the general of this army, he is naturally the focus of attention on the top of the city.

Yan Peng did not die in this round of shooting, his reaction was extremely fast. When he saw the flashing crossbow arrow just now, his hair stood on end, he yanked his horse, and the horse neighed. He got up and blocked a few crossbow arrows for him. As the horse fell heavily to the ground, he quickly jumped off the horse and fell behind the horse on the spot. His personal soldiers rushed forward desperately and stood in front of him , raised the shield.

The crossbow arrows shattered the shields of the guards. These shields are just a layer of iron covered on the outside of the wooden boards, which can block ordinary feather arrows. They can hardly resist the terrifying strength of the bed crossbow and arm crossbow. Several of the soldiers who rushed up were pierced by crossbow arrows without even making a sound, and they couldn't die any more.

But they finally bought time for Yan Peng. Yan Peng, who escaped the blow by chance, retreated quickly under the protection of other soldiers.

On the tower, Gao Yuan saw that the soldiers of Hejian County, who had suffered heavy casualties from this blow, abandoned the leading troops in front in a very short time, and the rear troops turned to the front troops, and retreated quickly.

"Beating the drum!" Gao Yuan nodded slightly. Yan Shenghao's army at the bottom of the box really has a way. If this time he didn't set up a trap to let the opponent get in, but fought face-to-face with the opponent, it would be really difficult to win. , especially when one's own forces are at a disadvantage.

In order to increase the suddenness of these next trips, Yan Shenghao led the most elite 3,000 people to raid overnight, and he led another 2,000 people and 3,000 county soldiers conscripted from various places to advance. This seems to be a safe arrangement. , but finally let him fall into the abyss.

With the sound of drums rumbling at the head of Baokang City, a large area of ​​torches suddenly lit up on the left and right of Hejian County soldiers. On the left, Tang Ming Wangyi's thousand Fufeng infantry slowly advanced forward, and on the right, Ye Really high on the horse's head, the Qianye clan's private soldiers under his command were approaching step by step with shouts, and further away, the rumble of the horse's hooves made Yan Peng's heart shattered.

Just now I was still imagining how to go into the city to torture and kill those Huns, but in a blink of an eye, I was surrounded by strong enemies, and I was actually wrapped in dumplings.

Gao Yuan casually picked up the Mo Dao beside him, looking back at Tie Xuan, Ding Wei said, "Let's go, let's add fire and take down this group of people, and Yan Shenghao is waiting for us to deal with it!"

Both Tie Xuan and Ding Wei laughed, annihilating the enemy in front of them, and the war was basically over. Yan Shenghao was afraid that he would run away after hearing the news. rs