Great Han Empire

Chapter 42 Yanzhao Fengyun
Before Ji Ming became a soldier, he was a carriage driver. Because his family was poor and could not afford a wife, he became a soldier in a fit of anger.He participated in several campaigns to pacify the rebellion of the Karasuma people, made military achievements, and was promoted to the rank of head of the village.As an officer, he has more rank and wealth, but he has money.Ji Ming married a daughter-in-law last year, who was the daughter of a county magistrate in Xu Wucheng.He feels happy and smiles everywhere he goes.

When he saw Li Hong, Li Hong was sleeping on the city wall with his hair loose.Li Hong has always disliked curly hair.Probably getting used to it in Xianbei, he felt that loose hair would make people feel free and feel more comfortable.In Lulongsai, limited by military regulations, he had no choice but to tie it casually with a cloth rope and put on a helmet.

When Ji Ming saw Li Hong for the first time, he felt that this man was worth making friends with.The most impressive thing about Li Hong is his honesty and honesty, followed by his murderous aura, a frightening murderous aura rushing towards his face.Ji Ming had heard about Li Hong for a few days, and today he finally saw the rumored big man.Li Hong was woken up by Ji Ming, got up and was about to salute his boss, but was stopped by Ji Ming.

Looking at Li Hong's smiling face and tall and strong body, Ji Ming's first words were: "You are so strong."

"Could you tell me about the battle during the day? I was in Guannei City, and I only heard the fierce fighting here, but didn't see the specific situation."

When the new boss had an order, Li Hong naturally had to answer it.

It was already very cold in the early winter night.The mountain wind was raging, screaming like howling ghosts and wolves, and the trees swayed and trembled in the wind.There was a faint smell of blood floating in the air.

Li Hong talked about the battle in the afternoon and put forward his own views.

"The main reason for the heavy casualties today is that we were not well prepared. We never thought that the enemy would choose this place to attack. As a result, we rushed to the battle, resulting in a disorderly defense, and fell into a melee with the enemy. Secondly, the enemy's bows and arrows shot endlessly. It completely suppressed the support from our upper and lower sides, which is also one of the reasons for the increase in casualties."

Jiming was surprised to find that this rough-looking big man not only spoke in a very orderly manner, but also had a calm mind and accurate analysis and judgment on the matter.He must be very learned and have read a lot of books, otherwise he would not be so smart.While thinking, Jiming asked him, "Then do you have any suggestions for tomorrow's defense?"

"If the defense continues to be so passive, our losses will be very large. The key is to grasp the initiative in defense."

"Defensive initiative? I don't quite understand what you're talking about. Can you explain in more detail?"

"Because of the mountain situation, the enemy gave full play to their specialties. They used different high and low points to suppress our defense with dense long arrows. If we can't break through their bow and arrow troops, no matter how we defend, we can't defend ourselves." It is very passive, and the losses will increase.”

"Do you have a way to break it?" Jiming asked eagerly.

The mountain wind blew Li Hong's loose long hair wildly, and the cold air penetrated into the flesh along the armor on his body, and Li Hong shivered involuntarily.Looking at Meishan shrouded in darkness, he didn't make a sound for a long time.

Jiming said disappointedly, "Is there nothing you can do?"

Li Hong thought of Zhou Hao, and he seemed to see Zhou Hao full of arrows, shouting and running on the city wall. "Burn it, burn this mountain." Li Hong suddenly pointed to the forest in front of him, and said through gritted teeth.

Jiming's eyes lit up, he seemed to see a fire raging in the woods, Xianbei soldiers were struggling and shouting in the fire.Jiming cheered, ignored Li Hong, turned around and ran towards Wangri Tower.

Not long after, Wu Fei and Wang Jin hurried over.Li Hong hurriedly gave the army Sima, and the army waited to see him.

Wang Jin looked at Li Hong with a very appreciative gaze, and said with a smile, "You are the sunspot? Yes, smart. He was the one who suspected that the enemy was going to fill the platform with soil bags this morning, right?" He turned to Wu Fei and asked.

Wu Fei nodded, "That's him. He's a talent. Your lord should recommend it to the captain."

Wang Jin patted Li Hong on the shoulder vigorously, and then boasted a few more words: "Not bad, not bad. Your idea is good. We can make better use of it properly."

Wu Fei hurriedly asked, "Does your lord have any other ideas?"

"We have to lure in more enemies, and even give them the entire Meilou. Once the fire starts, the enemy will suffer even greater losses. This time I will see where they will flee."

In the middle of the night, Captain Tian Jing came with a group of soldiers himself.This group of soldiers quietly climbed down the city wall along the ropes in the dark. After they threw a lot of flammable materials in a hidden place in the woods, they carried more kerosene and other combustion-supporting items and disappeared into the dark night like ghosts.

Li Hong was awakened by the passionate sound of horns.He got up sleepily and looked in the direction of the camp of the Hu coalition army.In the big camp, the banners are flying, and people are shouting and neighing.The enemy seems to be mobilizing all of them today and launching a full-scale attack.Li Hong subconsciously glanced at the dense forest outside the city.The stormy attack of the enemy yesterday frightened him.

The soldiers standing guard on the tower suddenly sounded the alarm gong.Li Hong was very disgusted with this sound. He felt that it was weak and weak, and it was far less pleasant than the horns of the barbarians.The deep and deep sound of the horn makes people feel the majestic momentum of the prairie and the vastness and desolation of the desert.Of course his favorite is the drums.The sound of drums is more vigorous than the sound of horns, and it has an invincible momentum that is majestic and invincible.

On Meishan, the enemy appeared.Exactly the same as yesterday, they started intensive shooting.The infantry set up the ladders, and the assault troops began to climb the city.The Han army learned the lesson of yesterday, and the troops did not garrison in points, but spread out on the long city wall. More than 200 people started from one end of the main city wall and extended to the Mei Tower.This defensive method is particularly unfavorable to the enemy's focused attack.But when there is no other way to avoid the enemy's arrow rain, this is the only way to avoid the danger of the reinforcements on the two wings being blocked by the enemy yesterday.

It wasn't until the attacking soldiers climbed up the ladder that the long-range soldiers stopped shooting.But then more close-range shooting soldiers shot long arrows in their hands, helping their own siege soldiers to continue to suppress the Han army on the city wall.

From the beginning of the enemy's shooting until the enemy climbed up the city wall, the Han army was firmly suppressed on the top of the city wall by the enemy's bows and arrows, unable to get out.Li Hong was so angry that he waited impatiently for the enemy to stick out his head above him.A frightened and restless face suddenly appeared in front of Li Hong.Li Hong dodged to avoid the stabbing knife from the opponent, and at the same time swung the saber round, and slashed fiercely on the enemy soldier's head.The enemy uttered a heart-piercing scream and fell off the ladder.The long arrows that rained down like torrential rain suddenly stopped.The enemy roared frantically, and began the battle to seize the city.

Li Hong stood on the crest of the city wall that he was defending, brandishing his saber in the whistling wind, struggling to block the enemy's attack without fear.There were seven or eight dead enemies lying around him.A big Xianbei man was fighting head-to-head with Li Hong, and sparks shot out in all directions with the harsh sound of metal clashing.The enemy soldiers who climbed up after them appeared on the city wall and were shot by an arrow immediately.Seeing that he couldn't live, the big man suddenly roared and leaped up with all his strength, he opened his hands and hugged Li Hong who was slashing across from him.Li Hong was caught off guard and was hugged upright by him.Following the huge impact of the man's jump, the two fell heavily on the top of the city wall together.The enemy soldiers who confronted Li Hong with swords were very strong. They immediately followed up and swung their swords round to cut Li Hong's neck.Li Hong was crushed by the enemy's body and had no way to resist.Li Hong roared instinctively.Death came really too fast, and he was about to be decapitated before he did anything for his country.

With a loud roar, Jiming resisted the blow from the enemy behind him, and before the enemy's saber fell, he stabbed his long sword into the enemy's vest, piercing his heart.The enemy looked at Li Hong on the ground with infinite regret, and suddenly fell down.Li Hong picked up the saber dropped by the enemy, exhausted all his strength, roared and threw it into the body of the enemy soldier who was about to chop Ji Ming again.

Li Hong pushed off the corpse on his body, turned over and got up, glanced at Ji Ming gratefully, and rushed towards the area he was defending like a madman again.There are more enemies that are climbing in from the ladder.

On the main city wall, Tian Jing stood in the middle, looking at the densely packed enemy troops below the city, and patiently waiting for the enemy's attack horn.

"My lord, what is Wu Yan dawdling about? The attack horn has sounded twice, and he hasn't seen him attack yet. Is he playing tricks on us?" Chai Ting stood next to Tian Jing, very anxious.

"Looking at his appearance, he doesn't seem to want to attack in the morning. Is he dragging us to prevent us from reinforcing Meilou?" Wang Jin said solemnly on the other side of Tian Jing.

"Wu Yan is clever. He made a gesture, and we couldn't move. It can't be seen that this Khan Lu King is quite good at fighting, so we can't underestimate him." Tian Jing said with a smile.

"Wait a while and burn a few thousand of his people, and see if he dares to trick us." Chai Ting said gleefully.

"It's impossible to burn thousands of his people, but at least it can stop him from attacking Meilou, and it can also deal a severe blow to their arrogance... We have less burden, we can deal with the frontal enemy wholeheartedly, relatively For example, the certainty of sticking to it for a longer period of time is much greater."

Tian Jing said and glanced at Yunlou on the right side of the mountain, "I'm afraid they will fail to make another plan and go to attack Yunlou, it will be bad."

"My lord, he doesn't have so many troops to dispatch. If he really has the courage to attack Yunlou, we'll burn him again." Wang Jin also glanced at Yunlou worriedly, and said softly.

Tian Jing sighed, and said: "This strategy is irreversible and can only be used once. Wu Yan is very cunning, and he is not a fool."

Tian Jing paused for a while, then suddenly said: "The original design of this fortress required [-] soldiers to guard it. If my Han Kingdom has been deploying troops with this number, why is it in such a dangerous situation?"

"My lord, Governor Liu will arrive in time. Don't worry. Once the reinforcements arrive in a few days, our Lulongsai will be truly impregnable."

An hour later, the enemy was killed and retreated.The loss of Jiming's troops was huge, and nearly 100 people were carried down.There is nothing opportunistic in this kind of hand-to-hand combat, either death or injury.Generally speaking, if a city has been defended to this point, it will not be too long before it is breached.Both the enemy and the enemy are fighting for people.Whoever has more will be able to reach the end.

Ji Ming stared blankly at the enemy in the distant woods, and for a while still couldn't accept the viciousness and tenacity of the Xianbei soldiers.As long as they rushed to the city wall, they would never look back until they died in battle.This kind of pure way of taking death is really a bit jaw-dropping.This is a group of desperate people.

Li Hong took a piece of pancake and quietly walked behind Jiming, "Master Tuen, eat some."

Ji Ming turned around and saw Li Hong chewing hard on the food in his mouth, and said vaguely: "The Xianbei people came too early, we didn't even eat."

Jiming took the pancake from his hand, tore a small piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

"The barbarians are too vicious, no wonder you lost so much yesterday."

Li Hong smiled bitterly.After so many fights, he has gradually become numb.He has seen too much blood, lost too many friends, and countless lives were reduced to ashes before his eyes. He has no interest in life and death in the world.Sometimes he even thinks that it is better to be dead than to be alive, to know nothing, to do nothing, to be happy.

"Xianbei people admire bravery and despise cowardly and incompetent people. They have always been like this." Li Hong sat on the base of the wall with Jiming, basking in the warm sun, and said slowly.He thought of Iron Wolf, Gongsun Hu, and Murong Feng.

"The Xianbei people were originally a brave and fearless nation. In the past, under the leadership of the great king Tan Shihuai, they conquered all over the world, and they had the potential to sweep the world. Fortunately, Tan Shihuai died suddenly."

Jiming nodded, "Xianbei people are much better than Karasuma people."

The two chatted softly and slowly.

Li Hong saw Ji Ming take out a very beautiful green lotus-shaped sachet, held it in his hand, and looked at it affectionately.

"What is this? Is it very fragrant?"

Jiming glanced at Li Hong strangely, "Don't you even know about the sachet?"

Li Hong scratched his head in embarrassment, "I'm from the country, so I haven't seen it before."

"Generally, if a girl likes someone, she will make one and give it to him to express her love." Ji Ming said softly with a happy smile on his face.

Li Hong nodded, "Oh, that's what happened. Is this a gift from your wife?"

Jiming carefully inserted the sachet, nodding repeatedly.

"Do you have someone you like?" Jiming asked him suddenly.

Li Hong laughed loudly, "I've grown up so much, I haven't even seen many women, let alone girls." Suddenly he thought of Fengxue in white clothes like snow.Is she okay.He ran away in the middle of the night that day without saying goodbye to her.What happens when she wakes up and sees that she is no longer there?

(End of this chapter)