I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 545: What’s the Use of Jackie Chan?

These Mohist creations could cause such horrific damage on the city walls even though they were miles away.

What's more, at this moment, we should level the muzzle of the gun and fire directly at close range?

If there hadn't been a strong man who reacted and tried to stop it, the casualties caused by this round of bombardment would have been even more terrible.

Just when many of Huang Tiandao's soldiers who rushed out of the city gate were a little confused, someone suddenly felt a faint vibration under his feet.

When he raised his head again, his already pale face became even paler.

"No... Not good! You Man has been prepared. This... This is to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the gate!"

Looking at the black-armored cavalry in front of them that were gradually speeding up and were already approaching like a mountain, the Huang Tianjun at the city gate exclaimed continuously.

Those who reacted quickly roared almost subconsciously.

"If I stay on the city wall, I will die. If I don't die now, when will I die?"

"Follow me! Stop them!"

When it comes to not fearing death in battle, there are probably not many armies in the world that can compare to the Huang Tian Army.

With the blessing of faith, even the Zhen Liao Army was slightly inferior.

However, victory or defeat, strength or weakness on the battlefield cannot be determined simply by not being afraid of death.

At this moment, there is someone who still has reason at the city gate.

Seeing the powerful and unstoppable Zhenliao cavalry, and then seeing their own formation in tatters after a round of artillery bombardment, they calmed down in a short moment.

No! The Youman horses are already strong and cannot be stopped!

If they take advantage of the situation and break into the city, there will be chaos in the city and the situation will be critical!
Realizing this, General Huang Tianjun, who led a group of Taoist soldiers out of the city and was ready to kill the Zhen Liao army by surprise, struggled for a few moments, and finally gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"All believers, obey my command! Retreat!"

Hearing this military order, many Huang Tiandao soldiers became anxious.

"General! Why!"

But in this critical moment, where is the time to explain?

Almost at the moment the military order was issued, General Huang Tian led his troops to retreat towards the city without stopping.

Needless to say, the chaos caused during this period.

After most of the Taoist soldiers withdrew back to the city, General Huang Tian's military order was issued again.

"Close the city gates! Do not let the barbarians enter the city!"

After hearing this, not only the Taoist soldiers, but even many generals changed their expressions.

"General! No! We still have many followers outside!"

"General, please postpone closing the city!"

Once the city gate is closed, the inside and outside are separated.

The fate of those Huang Tiandao soldiers who remained outside the city is obvious.

However, in response to the generals' requests for permission, General Huang Tianjun showed a hint of pity in his eyes, but still gave the order indifferently.

"Pass on my order! Close the city!"

There was no way, the Zhen Liao Army was obviously well prepared.

In just a few moments, they were already several hundred steps closer to the city gate. If they delayed any further, it would be too late!

Soon, the tall city gate, which had just been opened for less than half a minute, slowly closed again with a dull sound.

The many Huang Tiandao soldiers who saw this scene finally reacted at this moment.

"You can't close the door! My brother is still outside!"

"Please, General, don't close the door! Wait for my son to come in! Wait for my son to come in before closing it! Please, General, have mercy--"

But the urgent and mournful cries still could not stop the city gate from closing.

Through their increasingly narrowing perspectives, they watched helplessly as those ochre-yellow figures who had brazenly rushed forward to stop the Zhen Liao Army were torn apart, trampled on, and slaughtered...

Then came those who did not have time to retreat back to the city.

Seeing that the situation was not right, they retreated quickly driven by their survival instinct, trying to escape back to the city.

But by this time it was too late.

Those terrifying killing gods wearing black armor and riding like dragons arrived in an instant after dealing with some obstacles.

"Wait! Don't close the door! Don't close the door!"

"Wait a minute—"

……

boom--

The city gate slammed shut with a bang.

Through the gap between the two huge doors, one could even see the black-armored cavalry methodically killing the ochre-yellow figures that were stranded outside the door.

Suddenly——

The Zhenliao cavalrymen, whose black armor was stained with blood, suddenly raised their heads and met the gazes from inside the door.

Under the ferocious black mask, those eyes did not have the scarlet red of a wild beast. Instead, they contained only cold composure, as well as ridicule and disdain that could be understood at a glance.

"Youman, you are really a tiger and wolf!"

The general Huang Tianjun in the city murmured to himself subconsciously.

The screams from outside the city gate became weaker and weaker until there was no sound anymore.

The original shouting and noise inside the city gate gradually fell into deathly silence.

Dead, all dead.

The whole family believes in Taoism and worships God.

Therefore, when the Great and Good Teacher held high the great banner of Yellow Heaven, fathers and sons, uncles and nephews, brothers, and fellow villagers all followed the Yellow Heaven Army.

But now they have to watch their own blood relatives being slaughtered...

"Why? General..."

The Huang Tiandao soldier's voice was not loud and his tone was hollow.

Huang Tianjun, who ordered the door to be closed, closed his eyes lightly to hide his emotions and responded indifferently.

"Nothing can be lost in this city."

After giving a few words of explanation, General Huang Tianjun turned around and disappeared at the city gate.

Having practiced Taoism all his life and preached for many years, he was a little tongue-tied at the moment and couldn't say much.

Besides, leaving the city was not feasible at the moment, so he hurried to report to the central army.

Well, I'll take the blame...

Looking at the disappearing figure of his commander, a soldier of Huang Tian Dao, who had just witnessed his son being beheaded, suddenly laughed.

"Every day we talk about the great world, and how everyone is like a dragon...but my son is dead, what's the point of becoming a dragon?"

……

The original intention was to kill those barbarians unexpectedly and force them to stop bombarding the city walls so wantonly.

But the final result was that he lost more than he gained.

The four city gates opened simultaneously, but all the troops returned in defeat.

As for the South Gate, if the city had not reacted quickly and sent strong men to block it in time, the Zhen Liao Army would have killed its way into the city in just one wave.

The morale, which was already somewhat low, was reduced by another point.

The only difference from before is that at this moment the core senior officers in the military are particularly calm.

After dealing with the South Gate Guardian and completing the replacement, the only decree given to the other four gate guards was -

守。

Faced with such an imperial decree, the four gate guards, including the new south gate guard, looked at each other, all feeling helpless.

Everyone knows how difficult it is to implement this seemingly simple military order.

But military orders are military orders and they cannot be questioned.

So after performing a Taoist salute, the four gate guards left silently.

……

Boom, boom, boom——

The roar was far louder than thunder in the sky and earth, and it seemed to have no end, continuing day and night.

In this way, the Huangtian defenders on the city wall survived the end of August in the 61st year of Taikang.

For two whole days, the sound of tearing void and the subsequent shattering of bricks and stones whizzing past the top of the city wall almost never stopped.

The consequence was that the originally tall and neat Yinping city wall was now in a mess.

The battlements that once served as shelter were almost completely flattened.

At first glance, it looked as if a piece of the entire Yinping City had been cut off.

The new commander of the South Gate inspected the city walls as usual. He caught a glimpse of the Taoist soldiers huddled in the corner and wanted to say a few words to boost their morale.

But when I opened my mouth, I suddenly couldn't think of any words.

After all, he had said too many things like this in the past two days, so he was at a loss for words at this moment. With a slight sigh, he was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly he heard a loud noise behind him, followed by a violent tremor under his feet.

It’s the north gate!
Huo Ran turned around and looked towards the north gate opposite. The guard looked confused for a moment, and soon a soldier came to report in a panic.

"General! It's bad!"

"The north gate... a section of the city wall at the north gate has collapsed!"

The city is high and the walls are strong. Unless a strong man from the upper three realms takes action, even a powerful man from the sixth realm cannot easily destroy it.

But now... it collapsed?

The commander of the South Gate was stunned for a moment. After he regained his composure, he grabbed the soldier anxiously and shouted, "What's going on?"

"You Man, can we take this opportunity to enter the city?"

The Taoist soldier, whose bones and muscles were almost broken by the huge force, endured the pain and hurriedly said.

"Don't worry, General. The Youman have not launched a large-scale attack on the city."

No?

Upon hearing this, the commander of the South Gate showed a hint of doubt on his face.

"Besieging but not attacking, what exactly do these barbarians want to do? Are they really going to completely flatten Yinping?"

The killing power of the Mohist creation is terrifying.

But it is impossible to completely flatten a city.

Moreover, although Mohist creations are powerful, they have a fatal flaw, which is that they are extremely wasteful.

The Pogang Crossbow is a good example.

However, this new creation of the Mohists is even more powerful and terrifying than the Pogang Crossbow, and its use will inevitably consume huge amounts of energy.

He just didn't believe that if they could sustain it for one or two days in such a bitter and cold place like Youzhou, how could they sustain it for half a month or a month?
Thinking of this, he felt a little relieved.

"Just hold on a little longer, and this 'thunderbolt' should stop soon."

No one knows the name of this new creation of Mohism.

It’s just that this thing often makes a loud noise like thunder, so it is called a thunder bomb.

"Wait until the thunder stops, then we can fight with real swords and guns, that will be the moment to decide the victory!"

……

On the first day of September, the Zhen Liao army still surrounded the city but did not attack, and only used "thunder bombs" to wreak havoc on the top of Yinping City.

The second day of the new year is the same.

The originally confident commander of the South Gate did not wait for the artillery fire of the Zhen Liao Army to stop, but instead saw a small section of the city wall collapse.

Although he acted in time to rescue several Taoist soldiers who were defending that section of the city wall, the incident happened too suddenly and that was all he could do.

An entire group of Taoist soldiers were buried in it.

"Damn it!"

After cursing like this, he quickly ordered the defenders on the city wall to put on armor and wield swords to prevent the Zhen Liao army from taking the opportunity to attack the city.

While calling on people to go and poach people.

Unfortunately, as the bricks and stones were quickly moved away, all that came into view was a scarlet mess of flesh and blood.

Even in the brief moment when they appeared, several people were taken away by the "Sky Bomb".

"General! Take us out of the city and kill again!"

Over the past few days, batches of Taoist soldiers were added to the top of the city walls, but the top of the city walls seemed like a huge abyss that could never be filled, swallowing them up.

The soldier who spoke was considered to be of extraordinary luck, as he managed to survive.

But everyone knows that luck will eventually run out.

Perhaps in the next moment, a small piece of broken and flying rubble could take his life.

Of course, the most important thing is that this suffocating despair is too tormenting to the mind.

If this continued, the soldier was afraid that he would become like the man yesterday, screaming madly and jumping off the towering city wall, smashing himself to pieces.

Hearing this, the commander of the South Gate remained silent for a while.

He looked up at the collapsed city wall again and finally made a decision.

"Just wait, I will go and ask for the decree."

If we continue like this, it really won't work.

Even if the city wall can hold up, the soldiers and believers on the top of the city will not be able to hold on.

Go out and kill once, regardless of victory or defeat, at least it can delay the continued bombardment of the thunder bomb.

Just as he was considering his words and thinking about how to request an imperial decree, he did not expect that the generals in the central army did not even give him a chance to speak and spoke directly.

"Go if you want to, just don't let the barbarians enter the city."

……

The other three gate commanders, who were also unable to bear it any longer, went to the central army to ask for legal decrees and military orders after the south gate commander's request for permission.

And the answer I got was the same.

"Don't let the barbarians enter the city."

They didn't understand why the central army repeatedly emphasized this, and didn't bother to think too much about it.

After receiving the approval of the imperial edict, he summoned his Taoist soldiers without any hesitation and chose to go out of the city to meet the enemy again.

Unlike before when they were totally unprepared, this time they were mentally prepared.

In addition, the Taoist soldier was tortured to the point of mental collapse, and at this moment, the only thing in his mind was the strong desire to vent.

So after opening the city gate, when he saw the row of Mohist creations shining with golden rune light, he was not too panicked.

"spread!"

We learned the lesson from the last time we went out, when the formation was too dense, resulting in heavy casualties.

This time they spread out quickly as soon as they left the city gate.

Moreover, the strong ones among them had already gathered their strength and concentrated their minds, waiting for the thunder to explode so that they could take action in time to intercept it.

In fact, this approach is indeed effective.

Even though those Huang Tian warriors were not able to stop them all, the remaining ones still caused terrible casualties.

As a result, the Taoist soldiers who stepped out of the city gate later almost stepped on the slippery blood mud and rushed out of the city gate towards the shattered blood mist.

Before he even went into battle, his entire body was dyed red and ochre yellow with blood, turning into a bloody man.

"Charge! There is a time interval between the launch of those thunder bombs!"

"Hurry! Don't give them a chance to build up their momentum!"

Just like that, countless ochre-yellow figures, like a flood of water, flooded towards the Zhen Liao army that was blocking the road ahead.

"Remember! Killing comes second! Be sure to destroy those bombs first!"

Without the thunder bomb, the situation was immediately reversed!

If these Youzhou barbarians want to take over Yinping City, they will have to pay with their lives!

By then the offensive and defensive situations will be different, and it will be time for them to vent their anger!

"kill!"

Just when Huang Tianjun thought that the Zhenliao cavalry were about to rush over to fight him, a faint voice came from the opposite side.

"withdraw."

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers who were operating the "Thunder Bombs" slapped their waists, and those Mohist creations that looked extremely heavy disappeared in an instant.

"Storage kit?"

No one expected that the Zhen Liao Army would be so extravagant as to distribute extremely precious storage bags to these insignificant soldiers. Everyone was dumbfounded for a moment.

At this time, the gunners of the Shenji Camp had quickly jumped onto their horses, and then their figures disappeared into the formation of the Zhenliao Iron Cavalry, and ran away into the distance.

From this perspective, the tens of thousands of cavalry seemed to have become guards for those insignificant soldiers.

Seeing those bastards who had tortured them for days going away with the Zhen Liao Iron Cavalry, the Huang Tian Army behind them suddenly became anxious.

"You bastard! Get out of here! Get killed!"

As the two were chasing and escaping like walking a dog, a general of the Huang Tian army soon realized that something was wrong and exclaimed.

"Oh no! They are going to use their old tricks again!"

There has always been a unique skill in horse fighting, either the surprise attack from the back horse or the dragging sword strategy.

Although the move is old-fashioned, it is quite effective.

Just like now, Huang Tianjun here just reacted.

The Zhenliao cavalry that was originally fleeing in front suddenly turned their horses' heads and then shouted coldly.

"Suppress Liao Army!"

"charge!"

……

(End of this chapter)