Chapter 54 Cottage

The red sun hangs on the treetops, and birds are frightened by the sound of drums and trumpets. This barbaric land is rare to have such a lively scene.

The rows of people flowed through the river and gathered only a few hundred steps away from the opposite village.

The enemy soldiers were closed at the gate and showed no sign of taking the initiative, so the Tang soldiers pressed down to a distance of hundreds of steps.

After crossing the river, the terrain of the river bank was slightly lower and flat, but the hills were also undulating, so the troops set up their camps horizontally among the uneven low forests and grass.

After a while, a horse carried a soldier holding a flag and ran towards the gate and shouted: Yang Gong, the governor of Annan of the Tang Dynasty, was ordered to seek rebellion, and he would be able to save himself from death when he opened the door and surrendered!

The horse wandered in the distance for a while, and suddenly saw an arrow shot from the Zhuzhu's arrow tower but failed to hit the horse. The knight turned around and rode his horse back and came to a hill to report: Report to Mr. Yang, the rebels refused to surrender.

The generals smiled and said: That's all we can start fighting.

Yang Sixu stood there expressionlessly and looked carefully at the situation of the village for a while.

This place is located at the intersection of several waterways and traffic. It can be seen that it is a village with a lot of adults. You can see many low houses and bamboo buildings on the mountain from afar. It is one of the important towns where barbarians live. However, the disadvantages are also obvious. There are no dangerous mountains and rivers within a radius. As a military town, it is a bit insufficient, and it is a convenient transportation for goods distribution.

Even so, its defense is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The hillsides are surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the entrance to the village gate is relatively flat and there are heavy troops to defend. In front of the valley, a stone wall is built on the wall like a city tower in the Central Plains, and several arrow towers were built on the left and right.

But Yang Sixu confidently said last night that he would not be afraid of the soldiers who were determined to win this place in one day.

Obviously, only a frontal attack, and attacking it in a straight manner is in line with the legitimate statement of the sect leader and takes the lead in momentum.

But the people on the arrow tower and stone wall opposite were dressed in various ways, including those wearing Ubuds, those wearing white turbans, and those wearing animal skins. Many people even barely exposed their tanned loaches...

In the eyes of the Tang army soldiers, these people could not be called an army.

At this time, Yang Sixu gave the order, and the soldiers under the hills carried the assembled crossbows and approached them, and stopped within the range and aimed at the arrow towers.

After a while, the heavy arrows of the crossbows flew up one after another, and there was still a fire on them. From a distance, I thought that the rocket was like a meteor, running around.

The Tang army's ordnance is the most exquisite and advanced thing around and even in the world. Its range is hundreds of steps, far exceeding the range of Nanzhao weapons. They can only wait to beat them.

The crossbow shot overturned for a long time, and the stone wall in the middle was almost intact. The arrow towers on both sides were made of wood and bamboo. After a while, the fire was burning, the raging fire had been burned, and several balls of fire burned to complement the sun in the east.

Dongdong... After a sound of drums, the horn was also played in three or five short ways. The Tang army vanguard team in front of the camp beat the skin drum and pushed forward neatly.

The actions of each department were orderly, and even the footsteps of the team marching in the mountains were almost neat and uneven.

The barbarian guides and the minority allies on the Tang army were staring at the scene in front of them in a daze. It was obvious that it was rare to see so many people in a scattered economy in the mountains.

Several teams protected several giant woods and slowly approached the village gate. The sword and shield hands were holding shields in front, and the crossbowmen shot arrows to cover the wall behind.

The barbarians were backward in equipment, and even the range of the crossbows was much different from that of the Tang soldiers. Although they had the advantage of hiding behind the wall, they could not shoot the Tang army's crossbowmen, so they could only attack the sword and shield hands that were leaning on, and greeted them with arrows and stones.

For a time, arrows and stones rolled and wood flew around, and people fell from the wall from time to time.

The Tang army's roars were trembling, and the barbarians were screaming, and the two sides were fighting fiercely.

At this moment, a can of oil suddenly splashed down and fell on the shield of the knife and shield hand in front of the door, and the oil splashed everywhere.

After a while, many torches were thrown out one after another. The Tang army below was lit before they could react. The soldiers immediately started to burn with a coaxing sound. Some waving under the walls to slam the fire, some rolling around on the ground, and some slamming the fire on the lit soldiers with things.

Screams were everywhere, and a stinking smell spread in the thick smoke.

The formation in front was chaotic, and the defense was greatly reduced when the arrows and stones on the wall were about to fall. Many people were shot, and some people were hit and their heads were bleeding. They covered their heads and screamed in pain.

A loud laughter came out of the wall, which was extremely unpleasant as if a duck was chirping, and he was clamoring about something that the Tang people couldn't understand at all, but they understood that it was not a good thing.

The troops were furious, and a general from the Battle Strike looked back and said: What is the food in the Shooting Camp?

The crossbowmen were sweating heavily and shot densely at the wall. At this time, a shirtless barbarian picked up a clay pot and came to the wall.

It was said that it was soon, and a archer immediately let go of the bowstring in his hand, and the arrow feathers responded to the sound of the clay pot, and then slammed it into the guy's forehead.

Then more than a dozen ignited rockets flew over, and a fire broke out on the wall with a coaxing sound. Tang Jun watched the people on fire running around and falling down from the wall, and immediately cheered with revenge.

The Zhanfeng team took this opportunity to carry the giant tree to the front of the door. People stood on both sides of the wood, one, two, three... bumped!

boom!boom!Boom... The huge sound made the stone wall almost collapse, and the dust fell down.

People on and below the wall were busy fighting each other with long-range weapons. Some Tang army carrying the wood was injured by arrows and would be repaired immediately. The courage of one after another burst out in the roar.

After hitting for a long time, suddenly with a clang, the thick wooden door was knocked through a hole, and it didn't even hit it open?

Someone shouted: I blocked it with a big stone from behind. The barbarians didn't plan to come out, I'm afraid they couldn't get it away!

A general ran to the hole and looked inside. Suddenly, a sharpened bamboo was poked out from it. The general hurriedly dodged but never avoided it. Blood suddenly splattered in his eye socket. He screamed and took a few steps back and covered his eyes and shouted: "My mother, I'm blind!"

What did you see?

Big stone!

A general shouted: Retreat!I can't get the ladder to attack!

After hearing this, the troops turned around and ran away in a mess. Since the door was blocked, there was no need to worry about the enemy soldiers chasing them out to cover them, so the team members did not care about the team and ran to the distance before they could complete the team.

The retreat looked a little embarrassed, and the barbarians on the wall laughed and cheered, and were very happy, as if they had won a battle.

Several generals went back and knelt in front of Yang Sixu on one knee to apologize. One of them had gauze wrapped around his eyes, looking like a one-eyed dragon pirate.

After hearing their description, Yang Sixu said: Since he couldn't get rid of it and did not bring other equipment, the blame was not on you.

We took the ladder and continued to attack!

Yang Sixu said calmly: It’s too slow to climb the wall, I have another killer weapon.Come on, carry it up!

After a while, two soldiers came up carrying a wooden barrel. Someone was surprised to see this: It turned out to be gunpowder!

Yang Sixu said: During the Battle of Shibao City, King Xue Lang of Jin used gunpowder to combine poison to break the city of Iron Blade, which is a surprise attack.I think that there are many dangerous places in Nanzhao Mountain Village, which are inconvenient for troops to attack, so I prepared gunpowder for emergencies. Fortunately, I brought a lot of them, and now I try to burn the city gate.