life in ancient gods

Chapter 116 116
The drums of war are everywhere, and the smoke is billowing.

Ten ladder vehicles and one siege vehicle of the enemy army outside the city gate have already entered the range of the crossbow arrows, followed by three thousand enemy troops holding high shields, like scales of fish scales, also approaching step by step. Its situation swept like a black tide.

"General, the bandits are about to enter the range of our crossbows!"

"Order the crossbowmen and bed crossbow troops to shoot arrows together!"

"Here!"

With an order, two thousand crossbowmen carrying divine arm crossbows and more than twenty crossbow troops on the city wall fired crossbow arrows at the enemy troops who were constantly approaching the city wall.

Tens of thousands of arrows were fired, and the sky was full of arrows, thick and thin. Countless arrows flew wildly in the air, and the dense arrow rain covered the sky like locusts crossing the border, falling straight down towards the enemy army below the city.

More than 20 bed crossbows fired huge crossbow bolts, one shot and three sword crossbow arrows, which fell on the fish-scale-like large shield of [-] enemy troops below the city, and a large piece of it burst open suddenly, and the fish-scale shield formed by the enemy army was instantly shattered.

Immediately afterwards, countless arrows rained like raindrops, shooting down the enemy troops under the city one after another. In an instant, there were wailing and blood everywhere outside the city.

"what!……"

"Wow……!"

The bandit army below the city was in chaos, and their screams and screams were heart-breaking.

The siege vehicles were destroyed by the huge crossbow arrows of the large bed crossbows. Seven or eight of the rebel ladder trucks were also destroyed. While holding up their shields, they were pushing the remaining three ladder trucks of the enemy, while struggling to move the ladder trucks towards Advance on the city wall.

The rain of arrows was so violent that the bandits were shot into hornet's nests one by one, and the lucky ones who survived scattered, turned around and ran back, but within two or three steps, they were shot into sieves by another wave of crossbow arrows. He fell in a pool of blood and dust.

"Rush! The sword and shield soldiers will charge for Lao Tzu! Those who retreat will be punished with death, and I will charge for Lao Tzu!"

Seeing such a scene, Shen Gang, the god of Qingtian, was shocked and angry in his heart. He raised the horse in his hand and shouted at the five thousand sword shield soldiers on the left wing.

"This..." The [-]-sword shield soldiers of the enemy army received the order, and they all looked at each other in blank dismay, with hesitant expressions on their faces.

"What? How dare you disobey my general's order?!" Seeing the hesitant expressions on the faces of all the soldiers under his command, Shen Gang immediately jumped into a rage. The soldier's head was cut off, and blood gushed out immediately.

The headless corpse turned twice on the ground before falling to the ground.

"Here!"

When the soldiers saw such a scene, their pupils shrank and they were horrified. They felt that Shen Gang was too cruel, and they couldn't help but feel fear and hatred towards Shen Gang.

But the military order had to be obeyed, so he could only hold up the shield in his hand, bite the bullet and move forward.

But as soon as the five thousand knife shield soldiers entered the range of the crossbow arrows, the bed crossbowmen and crossbowmen on the city wall of our army had already been loaded, and we were waiting for them.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa...!"

Shen Gang's sword and shield soldiers held small round shields, how could they block the dense rain of arrows, moreover, there were huge bed crossbow arrows mixed in the dense arrow rain, their destructive power was extremely terrifying.

There was another wave of arrow rain mixed with terrifying bed crossbow arrows, which sprinkled down the sky and covered the ground, followed by pieces of mourning, and a large number of enemies fell to the ground.

The corpses and flags of the traitors were piled all over the ground under Jinling City, and the blood gathered into a river.

Under the fierce shooting of our army's crossbowmen and bed crossbowmen, the morale of the bandit soldiers also dropped.

"kill!……"

At this moment, more than 2 soldiers of our army suddenly came out from the dense forest behind the bandit army, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

The killing sound shook the sky and resounded through the sky. The more than 3000 cavalry led by Ye Chenli rushed forward, followed by [-] long sword soldiers, sword and shield soldiers, and [-] archers, like wolves and tigers. As if sweeping from all directions, the enemy army was surrounded in the middle, and the situation was turned upside down in an instant.

"Ah! Not good, I was ambushed by the enemy, retreat quickly!..."

Even though Shen Gang was proud before, he panicked at this moment, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly directed his soldiers to resist.

Ye Chenli led more than 3000 cavalry, and a large cloud of dust rose behind him, rushing through the bandit army like a lion, galloping freely, leaving corpses all over the ground covered by the cavalry.

"General, there is a gap in the west, let's break through that gap!" The general on Shen Gang's left saw a gap in the west, and shouted to Shen Gang.

"...Okay,...just...let's break out from the west!"

Shen Gang was in a state of distress at the moment, with a disheveled face, his helmet fell on the ground, and his hair was messed up. He didn't care about that much anymore, and he took his two generals and hundreds of personal guards and fled towards the gap in the west on horseback. .

He didn't know that Ye Chenli actually left a gap for him on purpose, just to prevent Shen Gang's army from fighting with trapped beasts when they saw that there was no way out, and would fight with their backs instead.If the enemy is left with a way to escape, the enemy will lose their combat effectiveness in an instant and will only focus on escaping without caring about anything else. This is what Ye Chenli learned from Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Since Su Pingan became General Dingyuan, he has also been studying military books every day, and he has a little understanding of the art of war from a novice, otherwise how could he control the more than 5000 soldiers under him.

"Kill! Kill, kill, don't let the bandits run away!..."

"what!!"

"hiss!"

Unexpectedly, Shen just escaped from the west, but several deep horse traps had already been dug in the west, and the enemy soldiers and their horses fell into the traps. Just stab Shen Gang and his general guards into a sieve.

Shen Gang and his generals and guards were only in a hurry to escape, never thinking that the escape gap to the west would become their burial place.

Seeing that their general Shen Gang had died, the enemy's morale fell to the bottom all of a sudden, as if their general Shen Gang had died. Their faces turned pale from fright, and they gasped one after another. They didn't know what was wrong.

Su Pingan stood on the tower and shouted: "Your general is dead, as long as you put down your weapons and surrender obediently, this general will save you from dying!"

Although the voice was not loud, it reached the ears of everyone in the bandit army. After hearing that there was still a way out, the enemy army threw their weapons on the ground and surrendered.

"General, we surrender...we surrender...please the general don't want us..."

Everyone in the bandit army was terrified at the moment, and they only asked Su Pingan to leave them a way out.

……

In this battle to guard Jinling City, more than 1 enemy troops were captured, including more than 2000 cavalry troops, including 500 heavy armored cavalry and more than [-] light armored cavalry.

Just confiscating the heavy armor of the heavy cavalry, the war horses and the horse armor of the war horses is not a small gain. In addition to the war horses of more than 500 light armored cavalry, the spoils of war are extremely rich.

They also obtained a large amount of food and supplies, but the siege equipment was basically destroyed by the crossbow bolts of the bed crossbow, and only one or two ladder vehicles could be repaired at most.

However, Su Ping'an can order craftsmen to make siege vehicles and ladder vehicles, and they are not worth anything.

Su Ping'an and Ye Chenli's armies basically suffered no losses. This battle to defend Jinling City can be said to have been a great victory.

Although Su Ping'an and Ye Chenli's army won an unprecedented victory, this is not the time to celebrate the victory, because according to the detailed reports that have already entered the enemy's city, there are only five or six soldiers in the city of Guangde County. There are thousands of soldiers defending the city, and half of them are wounded soldiers. This is a great time to recover Guangde County.

However, here comes the problem.

It is easy to defeat Guangde County, but it is difficult to defend it. To defend Guangde County, there must be enough soldiers to garrison. Then Jinling City has not enough soldiers to defend the city. If the enemy troops attack Jinling City from Hu County, then On the contrary, Jinling City will fall into an extremely dangerous situation, so the loss outweighs the gain.

Therefore, now it is best to digest the more than 1 captives as soon as possible, and at the same time develop the city defense force, and wait for the [-] Imperial Forest Army from the imperial court to arrive in five days.

After the imperial court sent [-] Imperial Forest Army to support Jinling.

Unexpectedly, there was a rebellion in the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom was too busy to take care of itself, and could not care about fighting the Daye Dynasty.

Therefore, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom repaired the book and negotiated a peace with the Daye Dynasty, and the emperor of the Daye Dynasty was naturally willing to accept the peace.

After all, the top priority of the Daye Dynasty at the moment is to get rid of Fang La's cancer. Originally, the court didn't take Fang La's army of farmers seriously, but they didn't expect Fang La's bandits to grow so strong.

After Fang La's capture of Lin'an, Fang La's bandits captured Hu County and Guangde County in succession. At this moment, Fang La's bandits became a thorn in the eyes of the imperial court. This cancer is gone.

The peace agreement between the two countries was reached, so that the pressure on the northern border would be gone, and the imperial court could let go of their hands and feet and mainly counterattack the Fangla bandit army.

There are 50 troops on the northern border, and most of the troops are warriors who have fought against the Liao Kingdom all the year round, and they are all elite troops of the imperial court.

Although the Liao Kingdom and the imperial court negotiated a peace, the imperial court did not dare to be careless. It only drew 20 horses, and mobilized more than 30 soldiers and horses from various places. .

Five days later, when the [-] Imperial Forest Army arrived at Jinling City, all the soldiers and civilians in Jinling City breathed a sigh of relief.

Jinling City was full of laughter, singing and dancing, and the people celebrated the hard-won victory, and regarded the two young generals Su Ping'an and Ye Chenli as national heroes.

It was Su Ping'an and Ye Chenli, the two young generals, who relied on their intelligence and bravery to defend Jinling City and the safety of the people in the city.

It's just that there are two shopkeepers in Jinling City who are crying, one is the shopkeeper of Fulai Inn, and the other is the shopkeeper of Fuhai Restaurant.

The two shopkeepers thought that Jinling City could not be defended, so they sold Fulai Inn and Fuhai Restaurant to Su Ping'an at a very low price.

At that time, Su Pingan gave out 10 taels of silver from Fuhai Restaurant, and none of the shopkeepers of Fuhai Restaurant sold it.

But now it was sold to Su Ping'an at a low price of 3 taels. Now that the shopkeeper of Fuhai Restaurant saw that Jinling City was defended, he felt regretful.

The shopkeeper of the Fulai Inn is even more regretful. His Fulai Inn is worth 15 taels. It has five floors, pavilions, pavilions, and terraces. The price was sold to Su Ping'an.

It can be said that Su Ping'an gained both fame and fortune in this war.

In fact, Su Ping'an was fighting with fate.

in a few days

After the emperor heard the news that Su Ping'an and Ye Chenli had won the victory of guarding Jinling City, Long Yan was delighted.

To reward Ye Chenli as General Yulin Qianniu from the third-rank guards, to lead the [-] Imperial Forest Army sent by the imperial court to exterminate Fang La's bandit army.

Rewarding Su Pingan as a fourth-rank loyal general and guarding Jinling City means that the imperial court gave up Ye Chenli's position to Su Pingan.

Backyard of the General's Mansion

Under the big tree in the sky, Ye Chenli and Su Pingan sat on both sides of the stone table, on which a pot of wine and two silver goblets were placed.

A ray of afternoon sunlight shines through the tall branches and shines on the silver goblets in front of Su Pingan and Ye Chenli's table.

"Brother, I will give you all the original [-] soldiers." Ye Chenli is now the general of the guards Yulin Qianniu in charge of the [-] Imperial Forest Army, and the original [-] troops were given to Su Ping'an. It's like the fat doesn't flow.

Su Ping'an was a little flattered. He had just been awarded the title of General Zhongwu by the court, which meant that he had taken over Ye Chenli's position. Now Ye Chenli had to hand over [-] troops to him to command. This was a huge hesitation. pie.

"Brother, it's better to be respectful than obedient." Su Ping'an was overjoyed, and there was no need to be polite between them.

Ye Chenli and Su Pingan drank a glass of wine, "Brother, you and I are not separated from each other, but after Fang La's bandit army is wiped out, my younger brother may go to Bianliang, the capital city, so I can't often drink and chat with my brother. "

"Brother, it's too early to talk about this..." Su Pingan said with a smile after drinking the wine in his glass.

Seeing that the two of them had finished their glasses of wine, the maid at the side quickly stepped forward to pick up the jug on the stone table and filled the tables of Ye Chenli and Su Ping'an with wine.

Ye Chenli picked up the wine, took a sip, and said to Su Ping'an with a smile: "Brother, I'm afraid you don't know yet. The imperial court has mobilized 30 horses and is rushing here. This time is different from the more than 30 people last time. The temporarily mobilized troops, the 20 troops sent by the imperial court this time, [-] of them are brave cavalry from the northern border, will probably arrive in less than half a month, and it will only be a matter of time before Fang La is wiped out."

"...Uh, what happened?" Su Ping'an blinked.

Ye Chenli seemed very happy today, with an unconcealable smile on his face, he nodded to Su Ping'an and said: "Well, the Liao Kingdom has been repaired by the court, and the Liao Kingdom has proposed a trade agreement with our dynasty on its own initiative. There has been no war on the border for years."

"Haha, this is very good. In this way, we can concentrate our efforts to eliminate Fang La." Su Ping'an was also very happy. With the court's 30 troops, plus his and Ye Chenli's troops, Fang La's bandit army must be able to defeat Fang La in one fell swoop. can be destroyed.

(End of this chapter)