The Legend of Swing Sword and Execution of Demons

Chapter 763 Singing and Advancing
March 14, 2363 in the Zhongzhou calendar.

After traveling hundreds of miles, the Japanese and Goryeo coalition forces only left 30% of their men to set up camp, and the remaining 70% did not take any rest and went straight to attack Songchuan County, as if they were determined to win.

At that time, drums were beating loudly outside the city, and the sounds of fighting shook the sky.

This coalition force was a fast-marching force, semi-lightly equipped, and able to move quickly, so it did not have any bulky tower vehicles that would slow down its marching efficiency.

The main means of siege were siege vehicles, ladders, and bamboo ladders, and there were only six catapults.

Therefore, during the seven hours of fighting, Songchuan County was able to take advantage of the terrain, with pre-dug trenches, laid out chevaux de frise, hidden caltrops, well-aimed rain of arrows and heavy crossbows to block the enemy's repeated attacks on the city and keep the enemy at a distance of fifty feet from the city.

As one of the few long-range attack methods used by the coalition forces, the power of the catapult was greatly reduced due to its long distance.

Besides, there are ten chivalrous men on the city wall of Songchuan County, who have no shortage of means to stop the boulders thrown from far away.

However, the Japanese and Goryeo coalition forces were not discouraged at all. They had already experienced the resilience of the Zhongzhou people in defending the city. The losses within seven hours of the siege were still under control, and they continued to execute the established tactics without haste.

As time went by, the sky grew darker, the defenders' vision was limited, the defense dispatch response slowed down, and sporadic omissions occurred occasionally.

The attackers have completed the rotation of personnel, and their momentum and fighting spirit are even higher!
Under the cover of night, a siege vehicle finally avoided the fire coverage of the three heavy crossbows defending the city, rolled over the filled-in trench, lifted the wooden stakes and smashed heavily on the gate of Songchuan County!

One after another, the hooks of the bamboo ladders grabbed hold of the bricks and stones on the top of the city wall and prevented them from being cut off in time. There was even a cloud ladder that stuck to the hook and grabbed the city wall!

At the same time, Japanese ninjas and Goryeo warriors climbed up the walls using grappling hooks and attacked the defenders on the city walls!

Even though the soldiers defending the city were able to fight back vigorously with rolling stones and wooden planks, they were still forced into a gap by the allied forces' desperate waves of attacks, and were swarmed into the city walls by groups of enemies.

Fortunately, the ten righteous heroes from Zhongzhou, who rarely had a chance to show their skills during the day, remained highly vigilant, and no one retreated from the city wall after nightfall. This allowed them to block the foreign ninjas and samurai in the first place when the battle situation suddenly changed, making it difficult for them to act arbitrarily.

Among them, the egg has the strongest martial arts. Wherever the sword falls, both ninjas and samurai will fly and fall off the wall, transforming from living people into falling objects guarding the city, and their value will be squeezed out.

However, he didn't know how many ninjas and samurai there were. In order to speed up the process of repelling the enemies, Jidan snatched a sword and killed them with both hands for two hours. However, he still saw that there were many nimble and agile enemies among them, so it was difficult to kill them all.

On the first day and night of defending the city, the defenders of Songchuan County were put to the ultimate test.

They had to be thankful for the strength of the Zhongzhou martial arts world, and were even more thankful that these martial artists put righteousness first, were fearless in the face of danger, and would not retreat in the face of death. They erected a wall of sighs on the top of the city, forcing the invaders to crash their heads into the city walls time and time again, leaving them with bloodied heads.

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The next day.

I opened my eyes in the early morning mist, and the war had stopped for a while.

Ji Dan's hands were stiff and his hair was disheveled. He used the smelly shoulder of Mei Huaijin as a pillow and leaned against the city wall to rest, but his eyes were bloodshot and he dared not close them.

The Japanese and Goryeo allied forces attacked for a day and a night and then voluntarily called off the attack.

Although they failed to enter the city and suffered over ten thousand casualties, nearly five hundred ninjas and samurai were killed, but this exchanged for the lives of more than eight thousand defenders, as well as the deaths of two Zhongzhou chivalrous men and one serious injury.

Judging from the casualty ratio of non-military forces alone, Zhongzhou Jianghu can be said to have achieved a comprehensive crushing victory.

But Matsukawa County was the defending side after all, and no one left the city. The fact that more than 8,000 people were killed also proves that the military suppression of ninjas and samurai over ordinary soldiers was extraordinary.

Not to mention that the enemy coalition forces still have nearly 90,000 troops waiting covetously, and they can launch another offensive after a short rest.

What if there are still nearly a thousand ninjas and samurai in the enemy camp? Even if Matsukawa County can withstand the attack during the day, can it survive tonight?
"Last night the King of Hell knocked on my door, and tonight the God of Death is here to collect souls~~~ When do you think we will enter this life and death gate tonight?"

Last night, Mei Huaijin narrowly escaped death as he was stabbed half an inch into his right chest. After a simple hemostasis, he joined the battle again and had a fight with several people. Fortunately, he fainted among the dead bodies. When he woke up, he was covered in blood and felt very uncomfortable. He wanted to rub the itchy spot, but because his whole body was sore, he could only scratch it with his lips.

The egg was too lazy to judge the poet's itchy and smelly poem, and only hummed expressionlessly: "If there are no other variables, the night is indeed a matter of life and death for us."

Mei Huaijin didn't dare to move his body, and he was too lazy to think, so he asked casually, "What other variables do you think there will be?"

Ji Dan had already made a decision in his heart, but he didn't want to say it out loud, so he simply replied: "If you don't want to wait for death, you have to create variables."

"It's difficult to assassinate before the enemy invades. Even if we relax a little now, it's not a good opportunity..." Mei Huaijin suddenly got an idea and started thinking again. As soon as he started to analyze, he felt something was wrong and guessed, "You, are you going to kill us?"

Because of this nervousness, his voice became much louder, which attracted a lot of attention.

Kill out?

Although Mei Huaijin stuttered a lot, it did not prevent the people around him from automatically completing the original meaning of his words.

After hearing what they said, the dozen or so soldiers and martial artists who were closer to the two men couldn't help but wonder about the feasibility and danger of taking the initiative to attack.

Mei Huaijin knew that Jidan didn't want to attract any attention for his secret plan, so he immediately asked, "What are you kidding about?"

Then, along with the egg, he gave an awkward but rude smile, trying to erase the words he had just said in everyone's mind.

However, not long after, Ji Dan and Mei Huai Jin heard that the generals of Songchuan County had taken advantage of this brief truce to hold an emergency meeting.

The conclusion is that it is difficult to defend tonight, and only by fighting can we have the capital to delay for another day.

The egg, who had not moved at all from the beginning to the end, raised the corner of his mouth, tapped Mei Huaijin's knee with his finger and said with a smile: "Look, this is called coincidence."

At this time, the remaining five martial artists who had also heard the news, after some discussion, walked towards Ji Dan and Mei Huaijin who were collapsed against the wall.

"Brother Egg, if you want to go out of the city to kill the enemy, we can help you clear the way!"

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A battle to defend a city never means holding out to the death.

After withstanding the first round of siege by the Japanese and Goryeo allied forces, the commander and deputy commander of Songchuan County soon realized that if they did not take the initiative to change, they would soon be engulfed by the enemy's momentum. There were more than a hundred chariots and three thousand horses in the county.

They could have taken advantage of the coalition forces' concentration on attacking the city and launched a counterattack.

Use chariots to charge into the enemy lines, light cavalry to follow up and flexibly advance to reap the rewards, and infantry to cover the rear and plunder the enemy lines.

If the enemy is thrown into disarray by the killing, you can go deep into the enemy group and kill more of them.

If the enemy is well prepared, reacts quickly, and strikes back hard, you can also sacrifice your rook to save your life, and fight while retreating.

Only by fighting back can the defenders have a chance to temporarily regain the initiative in this battle.

Ji Dan and Mei Huaijin, who were unfamiliar with military affairs, naturally did not think of this.

However, as Jidan said, this coincidence greatly reduced the risk of him fighting alone. The other five people were willing to follow him, so Mei Huaijin swallowed his objections.

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Boom, boom, boom, boom!

When the Japanese and Goryeo coalition forces sounded the clarion call for attack again, Mei Huaijin also beat the drum urgently on the top of the city wall!

Although he had perfected his "foot-slipping skills" over the past few months, his second-rate skills would be a burden if he left the city. It would be better for him to stay on the city wall and cheer up his generals and close friends.

Mei Huaijin watched as hundreds of chariots rushed out, smashing the coalition forces pushing siege vehicles and carrying ladders into pieces, and destroying the siege equipment in the process!
Watching the three thousand cavalry charging left and right in the enemy's formation, heads falling with swords and corpses hanging with guns, they were like they were in an empty space!
Watching the six gangsters, including Jidan, disguised as cavalrymen, quickly harvesting the lives of the enemies, and then quietly breaking away from the cavalry formation and gradually moving deeper into the enemy's stronghold!
Tens of thousands of infantrymen lined up and advanced in a row!

I couldn't help but feel a surge of heroic spirit in my heart, I beat the drums more vigorously and sang more generously!

"The wind rises and the clouds fly!

"Don't be afraid of bandits and guard your hometown!
"We, the brave warriors, will fight in all directions!"

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The drums were beaten for more than two hours.

Mei Huaijin's hands were sore, but he still played the drum without any disorder.

Compared to his hands and arms, his neck, which had been tilted sideways, was even more sore and stiff, and his eyeballs were gradually turning red from staring into the distance for so long.

The proactive attack tactics of the Songchuan County defenders were very effective at first. They made rapid progress and caught the coalition forces off guard, forcing them to flee in disarray.

However, the enemy was so numerous that even if they gave up 10,000 or 20,000 men to fight in vain, they would still be able to tire out the defenders who took the initiative to charge.

In the following hour, the coalition forces, which had withstood the pressure, counterattacked on the front while dividing their forces to try to cut into the defenders' infantry formation from the left and right flanks, intending to kill as many Zhongzhou troops as possible who risked their lives to leave the city.

In the chaos, Mei Huaijin had already lost track of Jidan and the other six people.

Mei Huaijin thought to himself that he had excellent eyesight. If even he could not spot the whereabouts of Ji Dan and the others, then how could the enemy coalition forces notice the stealth of this assassination team?
The eggs did not make Mei Huaijin's eyes go blind.

Before night fell, Songchuan County, who was leaving the city, gradually retreated to within thirty feet of the city gate.

About three miles away, a carriage was split into two by an invisible sword like a piece of tofu without any hardness, and fell heavily to the ground like a coffin!
All I heard was that familiar young man's sonorous and powerful voice, roaring through the sky!
"The general of Gulihua will surrender! The egg of the heir of the Zanghua Sword is here, who will accept the death?"

Such noise boosted the morale of the Zhongzhou army and also caused a commotion among the Japanese and Goryeo coalition forces.

It seems that the enemy coalition forces failed to understand the words of the egg, or the so-called Hwarang General was only a front-line commander or deputy general, not the main commander who could control the battle situation. Although he died, it was difficult to shake or intimidate the enemy's morale. Therefore, the coalition forces' counterattack was only delayed for a moment, and then they pressed forward step by step again.

Mei Huaijin had already asked someone to take over the job of beating the drum. He hurriedly ran down from the top of the city wall, his body tilted and he rolled and crawled.

"Stupid egg, I still didn't help you.

You stinky egg, hold on right there!

Damn it, wait for me to get you back!

Damn you, damn you!

Mei Huaijin muttered to himself and, regardless of anyone's dissuasion, rode out of the city and rushed towards the place where the egg made the sound!
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Six days later, heavy snow fell.

The 3,000 soldiers who managed to survive the battle to defend Songchuan County were escorted to the relatively safe Danfeng County a thousand miles away.

Mei Huaijin mostly walked and ran along the way.

Xiaoliu, who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, was unable to recognize Mei Huaijin and Ji Dan outside the city gate.

Mei Huaijin's clothes were ragged, his shoes had been worn out, and he just used torn linen to wrap his feet.

On his back was the unconscious and barely breathing Egg.

It’s one day late, almost two days, but I still want to say Happy Winter Solstice~ and Merry Christmas in advance~!

In addition, the AI ​​image produced by Qidian is still hard to compliment. This is a weird and strange image. The key sentence I used is: a ragged man, with his feet wrapped in rags, carrying an unconscious boy on his back...

And then, that's it???