Great Han Empire

Chapter 43 Yanzhao Fengyun
Su-ri was very pleased with the first attack.He immediately assembled 500 men, plus a hundred archers, for a second attack.He now wants to seize Meilou, wants to occupy it completely.

It's not that he doesn't understand what Xiong Ba means.But he was not willing to give up Meilou, which had been attacking for two days.Didn't his people die in vain?So he decided to take it down, even if the loss was greater, it didn't matter.As long as Lu Longsai is captured, based on his own merits, he will definitely have more assets than Que Ji in the future.Because of this battle, the wealth of his own Mushen tribe may not necessarily exceed that of Queji's Pegasus tribe, so the chances of Eastern Xianbei becoming the boss are getting faster and faster.

Following Suli's order, the second attack began.

Hearing the attack horn from Meishan, Tian Jing turned her head and said loudly to the messenger: "Tell the army Sima Wang, the timing must be grasped, not too early."

Then he said to Chai Ting who was standing beside him: "Tell the troops to get ready to prevent the enemy from attacking. Once the enemy on Meishan captures Meilou, Wu Yan may take the opportunity to launch a siege immediately."

Wang Jin stood behind twenty giant crossbow machines.This kind of giant crossbow machine can reach a range of [-] steps, and it is generally only equipped with large fortresses like Lulongsai.However, this crossbow machine has many defects, resulting in a very low utilization rate.The giant crossbow machine needs a vehicle seat, otherwise the center of gravity cannot be controlled when moving and shooting, requiring five soldiers to operate at the same time, and the hit rate is extremely low.In the process of defending Lulongsai this time, Tian Jing didn't even think about it, he thought it was useless at all.It wasn't until Li Hong put forward the plan to burn Meishan that this behemoth suddenly showed its importance.One hundred giant long arrows lying on the ground are neatly stacked next to each crossbow machine.The head of each arrow is covered with a thick oilcloth.Twenty braziers were placed behind the crossbow machine.

Wang Jin looked at the huge banner on the Lulong Tower, smiled and said to the followers behind him: "Look, today's Northwest style is so big, even God is willing to help."

The entourage behind him suddenly whispered: "My lord, the northwest wind does help the fire, and the fire starts from the enemy's back. The enemy on the mountain will definitely be wiped out. But the fire will also burn Meilou? "

"Yes. But have you ever thought about it? If the enemy occupies Meilou, we will suffer. Once it is burned down, no one would think of it, and no one will suffer. After the battle is won, we will repair it, right? Same use."

Wu Yan looked at Meishan, and said to Xiong Ba next to him: "Fatty doesn't seem to want to listen to you, he is launching a fierce attack by troops, and he probably wants to take down Meilou."

Xiong Ba smiled wryly and said: "Su Li wants to fight for success. Since he doesn't feel sorry for his loss, he has no choice but to let him go. I'm afraid that if he wins the attack, he won't be able to defend. Let's prepare to attack."

"Now?"

"No. We will start after Fatty hangs the battle flag on Meilou."

Li Hong dragged a wounded soldier with one hand, while waving a knife to resist the enemy's attack, he was retreating.On the section of the city wall from Meilou to the enemy's attack point, there is no longer a single Han soldier.

"Kill...kill..." Li Hong handed over the wounded soldier to his comrades behind him, holding a knife in both hands, he tried his best to kill an enemy.He was injured in many places, and he was already a little unable to support.Standing shoulder to shoulder with him, Jiming led the last more than 50 soldiers to resist bravely, vowing to die.Hundreds of people crowded on the narrow city wall, one by one like a red-eyed butcher, slashing back and forth mercilessly, flying blood and blood into rivers.

Suli was already standing under the city wall.More than 1000 soldiers of the follow-up troops also moved forward and approached Meilou.His fat face trembled with excitement, and he roared loudly: "Put up the battle flag, put up the battle flag..." More soldiers rushed up the city wall.A hundred archers who followed the assault force had occupied Meilou.They cheered loudly, climbed to the top of the building, cut down the Han army flag, and erected the wood god battle flag of their own tribe.

Wu Yan waved vigorously, and a dozen giant horns blew behind him at the same time, and the Hu allied forces began to attack the main city wall of Lulongsai.The earth-shattering shouts of killing were accompanied by a flood of people. Inspired by the victory of the left-wing friendly army in capturing Meilou, the Karasuma people and Xianbei people, like wild buffalo herds out of control on the grassland, rushed to the battlefield frantically.

Over Lulongsai, the drums sounded like thunder, and the soldiers shouted loudly.Following Chai Ting's order, the first batch of long arrows roared and flew out.

The soldiers next to the crossbow machine were all sweating on their faces and bodies, not because they were roasted by the brazier beside them, but because they were anxious.Wang Jin's black face was expressionless, his eyes were fixed on the bloody killing field on the auxiliary wall.He saw Jiming being kicked down by the enemy, a centurion captain cut through with four sabers, and Li Hong with disheveled hair, devouring the enemy's life like a devil.Immediately he saw the Hu clan's battle flag erected on Meilou.

Wang Jin suddenly became angry.How can the Hu people be rampant in the territory of the Han Dynasty?

He roared wildly: "Light the fire." The sweating soldiers who had been waiting for a long time picked up the long arrows in a hurry as if they had been granted an amnesty, and lit them in the brazier.

"Up arrow..."

"Let it go..." Twenty giant long arrows let out a thrilling roar, and flew out with a "boom".

"Let it go..., let it go..." Wang Jin yelled at the crossbowmen almost hysterically.

Xiong Ba saw a very spectacular scene.

Twenty flaming long arrows suddenly flew out from the city wall of Lulongsai. They lined up like a giant fire-breathing dragon and flew towards Meishan with a piercing sound.

Xiong Ba's heart felt like being stabbed by a sword for a moment, and the heart-wrenching pain forced him to moan.

Wu Yan was stunned, and even forgot to call out the order to retreat.

Early winter.

A whistling northwest wind blows over Meishan.The entire mountain is covered with bare trees, large tracts of dry shrubs, and withered weeds on the ground.In addition to the kerosene that the soldiers of the Han army quietly sprinkled on the bushes last night, and the nitrate powder on the weeds, the fire started in an instant.

In the sky above Lulongsai, fire dragons roared and roared continuously, flying towards every corner of Meishan.In the forest five hundred paces away from Suli's army, the soldiers of the Han army secretly ambushing here last night saw the forest in front of them on fire, immediately lit the bushes, and built a second wall of fire behind the first wall of fire.In this way, even if the enemy escapes the first wall of fire, he cannot escape the second wall of more violent fire.

Su Li was stunned.He didn't know how things could suddenly become like this.Victory has been firmly held in the palm of my hand, how could it suddenly fly again.

After the first batch of rockets went to the sky, Wu Fei personally rang the golden gong in his hand and ordered Ji Ming and his soldiers to retreat.Li Hong brandished two knives and stayed at the end, fighting and retreating.

Jiming yelled: "Heizi, run quickly, the stone gate is about to close." Between the main city wall and the auxiliary wall, there is a stone gate, which is ten feet five high, which is what the designer originally considered. If the auxiliary wall is lost or the main city wall is lost, there is a temporary emergency stone gate that can cut off the contact between the two sides.Now the stone gate is falling.

Wu Fei pointed to the archer beside him and said, "Lie down on the ground and shoot me, shoot..."

With the help of the archers, Li Hong got rid of the enemy's entanglement, and when the stone gate was about to close, he crawled over.He was lying on the ground, panting heavily, unable to stand up.

The follow-up troops of Suli's army were the first to panic.They panicked and scattered like birds and beasts down the mountain to escape for their lives.After discovering that the road down the mountain was completely blocked by the fire, everyone cried and ran up the mountain, towards the wall of Meilou City.Suli climbed onto the city wall as soon as the fire broke out. More than 1000 follow-up soldiers desperately fled to the city wall along ten ladders.In a short period of time, the entire auxiliary wall was crowded with soldiers. They had no way to escape from the fire area, and could only watch helplessly as the fire swept across the sky and covered the sky.

After suffering a burst of heavy fire from the Han army, the Hu coalition forces were about to counterattack when they heard the sound of retreating horns.Immediately, they saw Meishan, which had begun to burn blazingly.When they retreated beyond the range of the Han army's bows and arrows, the entire Meishan was already a huge fireball.

The Hu allied forces were stunned, dumbfounded, looking at the burning Meishan, looking at the looming soldiers on Meishan, as if their screams were right next to their ears, which made people feel heartbroken. .The excitement and excitement just now turned into fear and pain in the blink of an eye.

The fire in Meishan was getting bigger and bigger, and the flames continued to soar into the sky, and half of the sky was already red.The temperature in the sky above Lulongsai suddenly rose, and even the air was scorching hot. The ashes from the burned trees floated in the air with the wind, and fell on the bloody battlefield.

Su Li was so angry that he almost killed the guard who reported to him.

The other side of the city wall is close to the valley, which is about ten feet long. Let alone a ladder, nothing can reach the bottom.Su Li looked at the fire on Meishan in despair, clenched his hands into fists, and roared to the sky.I was brave all my life, but I didn't expect to end up in such a brutal end.

With the help of the wind, the fire became more and more intense, and the temperature on the entire auxiliary wall was getting higher and higher, like a steamer, which could no longer treat people.Meilou finally couldn't stand the burning of the fire, and began to ignite spontaneously, black smoke mixed with more and more prosperous flames rose into the sky.

The soldiers who were squeezed by the Meilou couldn't bear it at first. The fear of being burned alive by the fire was really unbearable.First, a soldier jumped down the valley, and then more soldiers jumped down desperately.The auxiliary wall is a dead end.The people above are either conscious of a dead end, or waiting for the arrival of the god of death.

The soldiers of the Han army on the main city wall were stunned. They did not expect that the fire could burn to such a large scale in a blink of an eye.Gradually, they couldn't stand the scorching fire, and gradually moved away from the stone gate dozens of steps away.

From the other side of the stone gate came the sound of knocking on the door, shouting, begging for mercy, crying, screaming, and all kinds of sounds, which were really unbearable.Some soldiers couldn't bear it, and quietly walked further away.

Wang Jin stood next to the crossbow machine and said coldly: "Don't have any compassion. Once these ferocious barbarians catch us, they never leave us alive. They kidnapped our innocent people and killed our defenseless border counties. People, have they ever had a heart of compassion? Have they? If these barbarians are not killed, our great Han country will never have a peaceful day."

"Kill..." a soldier shouted loudly.

"Kill..." More soldiers raised their arms and shouted.

Li Hong sat blankly on the base of the city wall alone, not knowing whether what he did was right or wrong.Thinking of his comrades who were brutally killed, he felt that there was nothing wrong with what he did.Hearing the miserable pleading outside the stone gate, he felt that he was too cruel again.More than 1000 people were burned to death in one fire, which is really a heinous crime.

Why, why do you have to kill each other like this, forging countless hatreds?
Wu Yan, Xianbei, and Que Ji watched Su Li and his troops being engulfed by the fire.

They cannot accept this harsh fact.Under the almost one-sided absolute advantage, the Han army took advantage of such a big loophole, set fire to Meishan, wiped out Suli's entire army, and was annihilated by the entire army so cruelly.Xiong Ba was sad and blamed himself.He felt that he should think about this problem, but he was dazzled by the superiority of the troops and the initial victory, which made him ignore the potential harm that might exist in fighting in the mountains and forests, and underestimated his opponent.

The blow to the Hu coalition forces by the Han army was too great, especially the blow to morale.Seeing the burning Meishan, seeing the soldiers struggling to death in the flames, no one is not afraid, no one is not afraid.Lulongsai, who is like a fortress of copper and iron, gave soldiers not only an unbreakable myth, but also inhumane and terrifying means of destroying the enemy.

The demise of Suli's troops caused the Hu coalition forces to lose their superiority in numbers, and the siege of the city seemed out of reach.Wu Yan's troops seemed to be overly frightened, and even retreated three miles away from the battalion, far away from the charred Meishan.They are no longer attacking, they are waiting for Xiongba's return.

That night, Xiong Ba hurriedly left the camp with a dozen guards.He also has contingency plans.He left the camp to implement this emergency plan.

The fire burned until noon the next day before it was slowly extinguished.If it wasn't for that city wall that hindered the continuation of the fire, we don't know where and when it will burn.

The soldiers who jumped down the valley could not survive, and the soldiers who remained on the auxiliary wall were either roasted to death by the fire or smoked to death.On the third day, when the soldiers of the Han army opened the stone gate, they were surprised to find that there were still people alive.Pressed down by a large number of corpses, the few Xianbei soldiers who were close to the stone gate were still alive, and fat Suli was among them.

Lulongsai won the first battle, and the whole fortress was immersed in a joyful atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)