My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 381 Xiliang! mighty--

The early morning in Qingming was slowly fading, and the sky to the east was gradually turning fish-belly white. The more than [-] remnant soldiers rarely had a good sleep, and then they were awakened by the sound of war drums.

Subconsciously holding weapons, they rushed out of the tent. Some of them were still naked and stood outside the tent, the nerves in their brains tensing up.

"what happened?"

"Didn't you say yesterday that we don't need to attack..."

"It's the Xiliang Army..."

Amidst the sound of war drums, the remaining soldiers around and even further around the tent could faintly see soldiers of the Xiliang Army walking around the Chinese army camp. Xu Mao, Xu Jinwu, Han Jinsu and other surrendered generals heard the drums and walked out of the tent. When I saw the fat General Dong, the commander of the Xiliang Army, walking out of the tent, he twisted his waist as if no one was watching.

"General Dong!"

The three people stepped forward and bowed to Dong Zhuo. The latter twisted a few more times, stretched out his thick beard, and smiled at them: "Why are you getting up so early? I also told you to sleep more. Now that you are up, , then follow up!”

Dong Zhuo waved to them, then walked forward and led these people to the school ground. The drums were still beating. At this time, many Xiliang Army soldiers were already standing in the huge military school ground. These soldiers were almost not lined up. They were sitting or standing everywhere, polishing their blades with stones, checking their clothes and armor, and wrapping their leggings.

"General Dong, they are..."

The eyes of Xu Mao and other generals were full of doubts. It had been some time since they surrendered to Su Chen. They had heard about several elite troops under the emperor's command. Naturally, the Xiliang Army had heard about it. It was rumored that they were rare elites in the world. This was the beginning of the emperor's army. Created, it is much more powerful than other armies.

But at first glance, they were surprised that they could be so lazy.

Of course, he would not show it. He just stood behind Dong Zhuo and watched quietly. Not long after, a general named Li Jue came over on horseback, got off his horse, bowed his hand to Dong Zhuo, and said, "Meet the Grand Master."

Xu Mao and the other three showed surprise on their faces. They had always thought that this rugged fat man was the commander-in-chief of the army. Unexpectedly, he was actually the Grand Master of the dynasty. They hurriedly handed over their hands and wanted to see him again.

"No need, don't blame those who don't know."

Dong Zhuo looked fierce, and even if he smiled kindly at this moment, it would put great pressure on the three of them, as if he wanted to settle a score with them afterwards.

"Zhiran, inform the whole army and say something to boost morale."

Li Jue nodded and strode towards the general ordering platform within the sight of the three generals. At this time, the drumming had stopped, and the school grounds were filled with people from the Xiliang Army. They were noisy and laughing among themselves. There was no semblance of military discipline.

But just as Li Jue stepped onto the high platform, the voices below quickly quieted down in two breaths.

"Xiliang Army!"

Li Jue dragged his cloak and stood in front of the high platform with the sound of his armor scraping. The soldiers below immediately moved quickly. In the surprised eyes of Xu Mao and others, tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers found their own without any hesitation. position, lining up at extremely fast speeds.

"The Grand Master asked me to give you some words to boost your morale. Do you want to hear it?!"

"Think!" tens of thousands of people shouted.

"Okay, then there is only one sentence: take down the wall of Taikangnan City within two hours!" Li Jue looked at them, "I'm done!"

A group of Xiliang troops below suddenly burst into laughter and shouted: "Two hours is too long, let's give it one hour!"

"General, are you ready with the reward?"

There were also soldiers slapping their shields with their swords, smiling and shouting: "I'll see you in the city if you're alive. If you're dead, we'll meet again at the monument!"

These were tragic words, but there was another unspeakable ferocity in the mouths of these Xiliang soldiers. Taikang City seemed to be in their eyes.

"We'll wait until we take down the city wall. Your Majesty will have your own reward!"

Li Jue replied to them, walked down from the general platform and came to Dong Zhuo's side, "Grand Master, you've finished speaking."

"That's a good point. I thought you were going to go into the city and burn, kill and loot at will. It's much better now than before."

Dong Zhuo nodded with satisfaction and turned towards the high platform.

As for Xu Mao, Xu Jinwu, and Han Jinsu here, they were sweating coldly as they listened to their words. If they didn't know that they were the direct soldiers of Emperor Xia, they would have thought that the bandit army came from somewhere.

But soon, the three of them's previous doubts about this army disappeared. They saw Dong Zhuo walking up to the high platform, raising his arms and making fists in the air.

The kindness in front of the three of them just now faded from the other's face. Now it was full of ferocity, and Dong Zhuo's voice was rough and high-pitched.

"Xi Liang!"

The army that was originally laughing and joking suddenly became full of energy, and tens of thousands of people shouted in unison: "Mighty!"

Dong Zhuo, who was standing on the high platform, suddenly waved his hand away.

"Siege!"

……

In Taikang City, sorrow clouds filled the air.

In the hall in the backyard of the government office, two coffins were parked. The brazier below was burning with thick ashes. Tuoba Zongjue sat on one side and looked at the coffins quietly.

He didn't close his eyes all night, and as soon as he closed his eyes, Tuoba Congwu's heroic face would appear in front of him.

The pain of having his relatives killed was not the most important thing. What annoyed him even more was that he could not explain to His Majesty that the Fushan and Trekking armies were almost cut off by more than half. The two armies together were less than [-] men.

In addition, the emperor wanted to cultivate a future pillar of the clan, but it was broken in his hands. Even if he was lucky enough to block the Xia army, even if the emperor tried to offset the debt, he would still become a political enemy in the future. The blame will eventually fall on him sooner or later.

The darkness of politics is not just talk.

"Let's just fight to the death!" When he closed his eyes and sighed, he vaguely heard the sound of war drums penetrating the sky and coming here.

Outside the hall, the prefect Ye Cimi hurried over. At this time, he was wearing leather armor and carrying a sword on his waist, and he crossed the threshold and came in.

"General, the Xia army is about to attack the city!"

"There was a big victory yesterday, they will definitely attack the city!" Tuoba Zongjue stood up slowly and patted the lid of Ximu Langluo's coffin. After a while, he left a message: "Take their bodies back to the Western Capital. ." Lifting his cloak, he strode out of the central hall.

After leaving the government office, he got on his horse and led his guards to the south of the city. After climbing the city wall, he quickly walked behind the wall stacks. While observing a black line in the field outside the city, he asked the deputy general Mandu Bubu.

"Can they change the army?"

"Here is the message from the outside scouts." Mandu Burianbu took out the earliest note from his arms and handed it to Tuoba Zongjue.

The latter took a look and frowned, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

"Xiliang Army?!"

"Great?"

"The Emperor of Xia's powerful force." Tuoba Zongjue took a deep breath, crumpled the note into a ball, and immediately summoned all the messengers, and issued one order after another from his mouth.

All of a sudden, the knights were galloping at the top of the city. The reserve battalion and the other three soldiers in the city also mobilized two battalions. The young men recruited had already been mobilized. They were frantically going up and down the inner city wall, carrying wood and stones, lighting bonfires and boiling them. Gold juice, fire oil.

Just as the gongs and drums were in full swing in Taikang City, the shocking sound of war drums sounded.

Tuoba Zongjue and even the Liang soldiers on the top of the city looked outside the city one after another, and then ran around the city more anxiously, delivering messages, and piling up bundles of arrows.

At this moment, in the field outside the city, two carts were slowly pulled by horses. There was a big drum on each cart, and the strong and bare-chested man kept waving the drumsticks.

Boom!

Boom!dong dong!

At the end of the sky and the earth, a black line stepped on the node of the drum, advancing neatly. The camp flag with the word "Xiliang" and the general flag with the word "Dong" were flying in the wind, with dense and neat footsteps. Here, [-] Xiliang troops were advancing, and gradually began to change their formation as the captains and captains on horseback shouted.

Behind them, Tang Dynasty trebuchets were being pushed by civilians, and there were more craftsmen carrying burdens, as well as siege tower parts pulled by donkey carts. When the military formation stopped, they began to unload Get off the truck and assemble it skillfully.

The [-] troops were divided into five battalions and formed a silent formation. When the war entered, the entire army was filled with a solemn atmosphere, which was completely different from the previous situation in the camp.

General Xu Mao, who came with him to see how the Xiliang army attacked the city, was secretly worried about the quality of this army.

"Master, please give the defenders at the top of the city a little sweetness first."

Li Jue rode back from the front and reported that the troops and horses for the siege had been assembled and ready to attack the city at any time.

"Then give it." Dong Zhuo raised his hand, "Be more accurate!"

"Haha, Grand Master still doesn't know about me? Jue was famous for his accuracy back then!" Li Jue laughed loudly, galloped out, pulled out the Huanshou knife from his waist, and used twenty slingshots that had been adjusted The car was pushed up by the soldiers.

The moment the heavy stone was placed on top, the soldier slashed the rope with his sword.

boom!

The stone as big as a millstone was thrown away in an instant, along with more than a dozen other stone bullets, which traced long trajectories in the sky and flew towards the distant tower.

On the top of the city, Liang Bing screamed hysterically, and the shouting suddenly stopped.

bang bang bang-

The stone bullets hit the tower with a whistling sound. The eaves of the building were shattered, and the tiles above were scattered in all directions. Some of them hit the wall stacks, shaking them.

Some also hit the shield, and the infantry holding the shield was directly hit and flew backwards.

Tuoba Zongjue stood on the city tower and watched a stone bullet flying towards him. The guards beside him shouted: "Be careful!" and at the same time, they all stepped forward and raised their shields to block it.

However, the stone bullet passed over the shield and slammed into Tuoba Zongjue. The latter swung away the long knife in his hand and forcibly split the stone bullet into two halves. The fragments crackled on the doors and windows of the tower behind him.

He looked down at the stone chips still shaking on the ground, and frowned: "This catapult is so powerful."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guard on the side had already called out.

"General, the Xiliang army is attacking the city!"

Tuoba Zongjue raised his head. In his field of vision, an array of [-] people on the field was divided into two battalions of [-] people. They were almost the same as ordinary soldiers. They were approaching the city wall with shields covering the ladders. A thousand flying bears were not wearing iron armor. The army flew under the city wall and began to suppress the city.

"Get the archers ready!"

Just as the archers guarding the city stepped forward to draw their bows, a voice shouted from the Xiliang soldiers advancing in the field below: "Quick!"

The pace of the crowd suddenly accelerated, and even the soldiers pushing the ladder began to gallop under the long shield.

On the city wall, Liang Jun's archers fired arrows one after another. The moment the falling arrows bounced on the shields, the folding ladder was unfolded on the frame, pushed by the soldiers, and slammed against the wall stack.

"I'll go first!"

"And I!"

Two Xiliang soldiers holding shields climbed up with one hand holding the shields. The other soldiers held the backs of their swords in their mouths and climbed quickly behind them. They had great experience in siege, and the first ones to climb were all veterans in the army. , most of them followed Su Chen and raised troops from Ding'an City. They were almost instinctively keen on how to guard against incoming spears and arrows.

When they were approaching the wall, the Liang soldiers who had been waiting for a long time thrust out a spear with force. While being blocked by the shield, the Xiliang soldier at the front suddenly reached out and grabbed the handle of the spear, and with the force of the fall, he instantly pulled the person to the wall. Lying on the ground, grab the opponent's arm, raise your hand and throw the shield in your hand towards the leaning archer.

The moment he overturned the opponent, he drew his sword across the spearman's neck, jumped to the wall and rushed towards the nearest Liang soldier. The second Xiliang soldier who followed him was also agile. As soon as he got to the top of the city, he slashed with his sword. The archer who had just been hit by a shield.

In an instant, he grabbed the spear, threw the shield, and cooperated skillfully with his comrades behind him, almost in two breaths. This lightning-fast way of climbing the city was so fast that the surrounding Liang soldiers were stunned. ,

However, in just a short moment, Xiliang soldiers rushed up the city walls and several ladders that stretched for miles, and a fight broke out in an instant.

……

The three men of Xu Mao and Xu Mao who were under the banner of the Xiliang Army outside the city were excited. The three of them clenched their fists on horseback and looked at the Xiliang soldiers who came to the city to fight with the defenders for a moment. He shouted: "Mighty!"

Listening to their excited shouts, Dong Zhuo closed his eyes and hummed proudly.

"It doesn't matter whose troops it is."

(End of this chapter)