Chapter 652: Snowstorm and Cold Blade (4)

Three thousand cavalrymen came out of the camp in a black mass, and lined up neatly outside the range of the crossbows. The flags of Moyanduo fluttered in the wind and snow. After a while, the sound of war drums rang loudly, and more than ten cavalrymen came out. They all held chain hammers in their hands. On the long iron chain, the hammer heads the size of watermelons with inverted teeth whirred above the heads of the Donghu soldiers. When they ran to the obstacle, they shouted loudly, and the chain hammers flew out suddenly and hit the top ice and snow block heavily. With a loud bang, the upper half of the snow block disappeared. , I have you all the way!

With a flick of his wrist, the chain hammer flew back, and the Donghu soldier made a small arc in front of countless obstacles and passed by. Behind him, more than ten people followed suit. For a moment, there was a rumbling sound under the fortress, and one after another, hard ice and snow balls were turned into ice chips under the bombardment of the chain hammer.

"Xiao Haizi!" Song Hongxin shouted, "Roll call!"

"Okay!" Xiao Haizi on the watchtower agreed happily, stood up straight, and picked up a strong bow beside him. Unlike ordinary people's bows, this bow is obviously Xiao Haizi's unique thing, which is slightly larger than the standard longbow in the army. Standing steadily with one foot in front and the other in the back, holding the bow in his left hand and pulling the string with his right hand, the bow is like a full moon, and an armor-piercing arrow breaks through the air in the eyes of countless people, tearing through the wind and snow.

A Donghu soldier swung a chain hammer to destroy an ice block. Just as he was retracting the long chain, an armor-piercing arrow came unexpectedly. With a sound of "chi", the sharp arrow tore through the cavalry's leather armor without any hindrance. A few snowflakes suddenly appeared in the air. The cavalry leaned back and fell off the horse.

"Good!" Thunderous cheers broke out on the city wall.

Xiao Haizi is not very old, but he is a famous sharpshooter in this unit. Before joining the army, he was a hunter in the mountains. The longbow in his hand is also a family heirloom, which is stronger than the standard bow in the army. More importantly, it is something that Xiao Haizi has used for many years. If this longbow has spirit, then there is no doubt that Xiao Haizi's spirit when holding this bow is much higher than when he holds other longbows.

At this distance, the ** crossbow and the arm crossbow can easily reach, but the opponent has only more than ten cavalrymen. Unless you use a covering attack, it is difficult to shoot down the opponent. However, shooting like this is too wasteful. The rest of the soldiers, shooting at this distance, are afraid that ten arrows will be empty, not to mention that the opponent is still moving quickly on horseback, even if they stand still, they may not be shot.

But letting the opponent destroy the obstacles under the fort one by one and just watching is too damaging to the morale of his own soldiers. Song Hongxin is very glad that he has a sharpshooter like Xiao Haizi under his command. Such people are not common in the army. Although only one person can be shot down at a time, the deterrence given to the enemy is no worse than the battle a few days ago.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Xiao Haizi's face flushed, exhaled and shouted, and shot two more arrows. The arrows sounded and the people fell down. Two more bodies of Donghu soldiers were left under the fort.

The Donghu cavalrymen who had previously recklessly rushed up to attack Bingtuozi,

their morale could not help but stagnate, and their speed could not help but slow down. Some cavalrymen put away their chain hammers, drew their bows and arrows, and fired back at the top of the city wall, but they shot from the bottom up, and the wind in the air was also very strong. The cavalry bow itself was softer than the foot bow. When the arrow flew to the top of the city wall, it had already shot down powerlessly.

Laughter rang out again on the top of the city wall, but this time, it was a mockery.

After shooting three arrows in a row, Xiao Haizi's face flushed, and the sound of panting was obvious. He put down the longbow in his hand and gently rubbed the muscles of his right arm.

"Xiao Haizi, shoot, shoot again, at the critical moment, you can't wilt!" The bearded man shouted with his teeth and claws bared.

Xiao Haizi responded with a bitter smile. It was very snowy today. At this distance, he had to draw the bow to its full length and calculate the wind speed and other factors that affect the arrows. After shooting three arrows in a row, his right arm was already sore. Usually, he only shot for half a month, but at this distance today, he had to draw the bow to its full length.

"Hu Zi, don't talk nonsense. Do you think it's an ordinary soft bow? You can shoot as many times as you want!" Song Hongxin shouted, "Let Xiao Haizi rest for a while."

Hu Zi blinked his eyes and thought for a while, "I'll go and massage him!" He ran to the watchtower and climbed up like a monkey, and massaged Xiao Haizi's shoulders and arms diligently.

Xiao Haizi felt Hu Zi's unusual enthusiasm, looked at the expectant eyes of everyone under the city, and then looked at the Donghu cavalry that began to rage under the city again. He gritted his teeth and raised the longbow again.

The sound of arrows whistled again. After three arrows, only two people were shot down, and the other arrow flew away.

Xiao Haizi looked at Hu Zi apologetically, "Hu Zi, I'm really not good enough."

"Five, five!" Hu Zi stretched out a big palm and shook it in front of Xiao Haizi, "Very good."

"Xiao Haizi, don't force yourself, take a rest, don't shoot, anyway, it's impossible to stop the opponent from clearing the obstacles, I'm counting on you to show your power next time, don't get hurt." Song Hongxin shouted on the top of the city.

Without the threat of the opponent's sharpshooter, the speed of the Donghu soldiers clearing the obstacles is getting faster and faster. On the watchtower, Xiao Haizi watched the snowman he carefully built being hit by a hammer and the lower head was smashed by another hammer, and he couldn't help spitting in annoyance.

In the distance, under the banner of Moyan Duo, a general dressed in the uniform of a Donghu general, but with a face that was clearly from the Central Plains, spoke to Mo Yandu in half-baked Donghu dialect: "The opponent only has one sharpshooter. After only a few arrows, the threat was not great, but the opponent's crossbows were about to enter the effective range. General Mo Yanduo sent his shield soldiers forward to cover the large group of people and immediately moved forward to clear the remaining obstacles as quickly as possible. Bar!"

"Okay!" Mo Yanduo turned around and immediately gave some instructions without any hesitation.

The so-called big shield is actually Mo Yanduo sent people to cut down countless big trees and nail them together one by one to make them look like door panels. The style is rough and crude, but it is thicker than before. On the back of this door panel, wooden sticks with just enough grip were nailed. Several Donghu soldiers tightly grasped the sticks, propped up the door panels, and strode forward. Behind them, a large number of The dismounted Donghu soldiers followed closely with hammers in hand.

"Son Turtle has learned a lot!" Song Hongxin murmured. "Get the crossbow ready. First tear open the broken door panels for me. The second round of the crossbow will be accurate. Faster and slower. Those broken door panels will be propped up again. This thing is worthless. How much does it cost?" , how much can they make.”

The howling crossbow fell from the top of the city. Just one of them tore the thick wooden boards that had been hastily nailed together from the joints. The moment the wooden shields spread out, the crossbows began to cover and shoot, breaking the wooden shields. The places where they were opened were all covered by crossbows, and the sound of screams could be heard endlessly.

Amidst the constant screams, the Donghu soldiers below the city also began to fight back. Feathered arrows flew up to the top of the city. They were not very accurate, but they still suppressed the city, forcing the soldiers above the city to attack. Soldiers no longer dared to expose their upper bodies unscrupulously from cover, and the crossbow arrows inevitably exposed gaps.

The sound of rumbling was endless, and the obstacles were quickly destroyed in the process of the flying arrows. After the Donghu soldiers dropped nearly a hundred corpses, under the city, the densely packed buildings built by the soldiers of the Eastern Expeditionary Army The lumps of ice and snow all turned into broken ice on the ground.

The general next to Mo Yandu showed a smile on his face, "General, you can withdraw the people. Come forward with a ranger, quickly run around the village wall, try to suppress the opponent's long-range strikes, and push our crossbow When approaching, the cavalry should try their best to observe the openings in the opponent's defense while running around the stronghold. Although the stronghold is strong, there are only more than a hundred soldiers stationed there, so the opponent's defense must be focused and hit to the side. The key point is to launch an attack immediately to affect the opponent's defense. "

Mo Yandu actually obeyed the general's words. He turned around and said to Gu Jili beside him: "Gu Jili, with you leading the army, we will do as General Li said."

Hundreds of cavalrymen, led by Gu Jili, ran around the small village at high speed, drawing their bows and shooting while flying at high speed. This was the strength of the Donghu cavalrymen. Even if they could not shoot to death, as long as they caused damage to the opponent, That's enough. There are only more than a hundred soldiers in the stronghold. If one is injured, the combat effectiveness will be reduced by one point.

"Aim at the opponent's crossbow and destroy them for me!" Song Hongxin shouted loudly on the city. The bows and arrows below the city did not pose a great threat to the soldiers in the village, but the opponent's crossbow could cause damage to the village wall. Every time Shooting can knock down a large piece of ice wall. If you hit it too much, the ice and snow armor on the outside will be stripped away. The strength of the wall itself is not high inside. A crossbow can penetrate the wall at a hundred paces. wall.

When it comes to the accuracy and speed of shooting, the crossbows of the Zhengdong Army are obviously superior. One after another Donghu crossbows were scattered on the city during the exchange of fire, turning them into ruins. , but obviously Moyanduo's army has a lot of this kind of crossbows, and they don't feel bad about this loss.

Gu Jili flew back and saluted Mo Yandu: "General, we have found the opponent's weakness. It is in the northeast corner of the wall. It seems to be the highest and most dangerous, but the counterattack is the weakest."

"General Li, what do you think?" Mo Yandu glanced at Gu Jili and said with a smile: "The place that seems to be the weakest may not necessarily be the weakest. Maybe it is the enemy's trap there, so Mo Yandu General Du, I mean, do the opposite and storm the southwest corner."

Gu Jili glanced at General Li disapprovingly, "There is so much to talk about. We have already attacked the southwest corner before, but suffered a lot of losses. We just need to concentrate all the crossbows and blast the northeast corner. , broke the ice wall outside, and the village could not be defended. "

Mo Yan Duo looked at General Li. General Li smiled and said, "General Mo Yan Duo, our testing has been enough today. Why don't we just withdraw our troops and come back tomorrow."

"How can we delay it until tomorrow!" Gujili shouted, "In a few days, the enemy will be able to thicken their ice wall again, and our efforts today will be in vain."

"General Gujili, if we attack today, can you break the city?" General Li responded with a smile.

Gu Jili was stunned and shook his head, "I can't guarantee that this village is just a damn hedgehog, it can sting people very hard."

"Then I can guarantee that I can break this stronghold tomorrow." General Li said confidently.

After hearing this, Mo Yandu nodded and said to Gu Ji, "Retreat."

"General Moyanduo, before we retreat, we have to do one more thing. Destroy that watchtower." General Li pointed to the towering watchtower and said, "All our actions can be seen at a glance from there. Destroy the watchtower." "The enemy will be blinded, and it will be difficult for them to guess our actions."

Mo Yandu smiled, "That's easy. Come on, gather all the crossbows, aim at the watchtower, and knock it down for me."

The enemy was retreating. Although Song Hongxin was a little puzzled, today's battle was just an attempt. The enemy was looking for his flaws. This made him a little nervous, but the enemy's retreat was of course a good thing. He held on for another day. Anyway, it was just a matter of fighting back and flooding.

Teams of Donghu soldiers retreated backwards. When they retreated nearly 200 steps, the Donghu soldiers who gathered together suddenly dispersed, and the crossbows that were previously covered by the formation were revealed. Song Hongxin saw the direction in which the arrows of the black crossbows were aimed, and he was immediately shocked, "Xiao Haizi, come down quickly!"

The buzzing sound continued, and hundreds of crossbows as thick as children's arms flew in the air. The target was the highest watchtower in the village, and it was the only place that was not wrapped in ice and snow armor. P