The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

As the city gate opened, Wang Ying rode a war horse, carried a spear, and arrived outside the city surrounded by a group of cavalry.

"Everyone who comes has a name, I will not kill unknown people!" Wang Ying looked at the Japanese general who was as short as himself opposite, and shouted loudly after he came to the front of the formation.

"I am Masao Takeda! Let the people of the Central Plains suffer death!" After the Japanese war general reported his name, he rode towards Wang Ying. The weapon in his hand was a samurai sword with an obviously lengthened handle. Seems nondescript.

The long handle of the sword allowed the Japanese warrior to hold the sword with both hands, and then the momentum of the war horse struck Wang Ying hard with the sword.

Seeing this, Wang Ying quickly raised his spear to block. After a loud clang, Wang Ying blocked the opponent's knife. What surprised Wang Ying was that although the Japanese man was short in stature, he was very powerful. If If it weren't for the fact that he had practiced the upper-level martial arts skills given to them by the above, he might not be able to block this sword! After all, his original strength was based on the evaluation standards of the Qinglong Empire, which was just the strength of a dark warrior.

However, after practicing the techniques handed down above, and following Emperor Ye Tianlong's military expeditions during this period, he had ample opportunities for actual combat experience, and now his strength has already been upgraded to the Huajin level.

After pushing up hard and pushing open the long sword of the Japanese warrior, Wang Ying stabbed the opponent's chest with a spear.

In order to show off his skills in front of the brothers, Wang Ying even mobilized a lot of internal energy in his body to support the spear with this spear, causing a faint green spear light to appear on the tip of the spear. .

The Japanese war general wanted to block with his sword, but Wang Ying's spear directly cut the sword in half, and then the spear plunged into his heart without losing power.

"Die!" Wang Ying roared, and actually used a spear to pick up the Japanese warrior from his horse, and then shook the spear in his hand hard, and the body of the Japanese warrior fell from the spear. He fell down and flew several meters away, splashing a cloud of dust.

The Japanese soldiers on the opposite side were all surprised when they saw that the general sent by their side was killed without even catching a single move of the Han general. After all, that general was already one of the top masters in their army!

Wang Ying looked at the obviously frightened Japanese soldiers and felt very proud. He laughed and shouted: "I am the short-legged tiger Wang Ying! Who among you Japanese slaves dares to come and die!"

Although Wang Ying acted very arrogantly, due to his performance of instantly killing his own general with one move, no one from the Japanese country dared to go out to challenge Wang Ying.

When Wang Ying saw that none of the Japanese people dared to fight for a long time, he couldn't help but smile even more proudly. Then he said in a very loud tone: "Since one person doesn't dare to go up, then why don't three or five of you come up together?" , I will just take them all!”

Hearing what Wang Ying said, Song Jiang, who was watching the battle on the city wall, couldn't help but frown, thinking that Wang Ying was wandering again! Has this kid forgotten that among the Liangshan generals, his strength can only be regarded as third-rate! How dare you pick many people at once like Lu Fengxian did in the past!

Contrary to Song Jiang, the Japanese people couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard this. After all, since the Han general dared to add the word "tiger" to his nickname, it meant that he was definitely the top general among the Han people. If the opponent can be defeated, the enemy's morale will definitely be greatly reduced. For this reason, it doesn't matter even if multiple people are besieging them and the methods are a little shameless.

So not long after Wang Ying finished speaking, three generals from the Japanese army rushed out on horseback and charged towards Wang Ying.

Two of the three Japanese warriors used long spears, and one used a long-handled battle axe.

When Wang Ying saw three people coming at once, he didn't dare to be careless. He immediately waved his spear and fought with these three people.

Although he was besieged by three people, Wang Ying fought with all his strength and successfully resisted the three people's offensive. Moreover, as the battle continued, the power of the three Japanese warriors became weaker and weaker. , there is even a tendency to be suppressed by Wang Ying in turn.

Fortunately, at this time, another warrior with a samurai sword on his waist and a bow and arrow ran out of the Japanese formation.

This Japanese warrior took advantage of Wang Ying's attention being attracted by the three companions, quietly walked around behind Wang Ying, then drew his bow and arrow, aimed at Wang Ying's heart, and shot an arrow.

"Wang Ying, be careful!" Song Jiang saw that the Japanese war general was about to launch a sneak attack and quickly reminded Wang Ying.

After Wang Ying heard the reminder from his elder brother Song Jiang, he immediately noticed the sound of the arrow coming from behind him, so he turned around and wanted to fly away the arrow that was aimed at him.

However, at this time, the three Japanese generals also unleashed their last strength and launched fierce attacks on Wang Ying, holding Wang Ying back so hard that he did not dare to turn around and shoot away the arrow.

Seeing that Wang Ying was about to be hit by an arrow, Xiao Li Guanghuarong immediately opened his bow and shot an arrow, accurately hitting the arrow that was aimed at Wang Ying's back and split it into two pieces.

"Wang Ying, come back quickly!" In order to prevent Wang Ying from being plotted and attacked by other Japanese generals, Song Jiang hurriedly ordered him.

At this time, Wang Ying also realized that he had been careless. These Japanese people could not defeat him head-on, and they would also play tricks on them! If that's the case, then he won't play with these guys anymore.

So in the next second, Wang Ying swiped the spear in his hand forward and forced the three Japanese generals back, then turned around and fled back to the city.

The hundreds of cavalrymen who came out with him also rushed over to take Wang Ying back to the city.

However, those Japanese generals took the opportunity to shout that the Han generals had been defeated by them, and then directly led the army to launch an all-out attack.

When Wang Ying saw this scene, he couldn't help but ride his horse and run faster. After all, no matter how arrogant he was, he didn't think he could withstand the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops!

At this time, the four Japanese generals stepped forward to intercept Wang Ying.

Wang Ying kept waving the spear in his hand, and after finally stabbing one to death, he felt that he was a little exhausted. Fortunately, Hua Rong took action again at this time, with a wave of three arrows, and the remaining three Japanese generals were hit by arrows in the throat. He fell off his horse and died without saying a word.

At the same time, Gongsun Sheng of Ruyunlong also began to wave the magic sword in his hand. As the magic sword in his hand continued to dance, a tornado suddenly appeared between the sky and the earth without any warning, and this tornado just appeared in front of the Japanese army, wrapping it up. The sky full of mud and gravel crashed into the Japanese army.

"No! It's a tornado! Run!" Upon seeing this, the Japanese generals who were at the front were so frightened that they turned their horses and ran away. In the end, they were hit and trampled to death many of their own soldiers who were unable to dodge.

But at this time, we can't care about some accidental injuries. After all, once we are caught by this terrible tornado, we may have a narrow escape!

Many Japanese soldiers without war horses were quickly overtaken by the tornado, and then their short bodies were swept up by the strong wind without any resistance. Then they hit each other in the tornado, and the armor and weapons on their bodies were also blown away. They were all forcibly blown away and turned into weapons for killing people. Many Japanese soldiers were accidentally hit in the body by the spears and knives blown by the strong wind, and died screaming in the tornado.

As a large number of Japanese soldiers were killed by the tornado, the originally gray-black tornado gradually became stained with a dazzling blood red.

"Phew! This use of magic to deal with mortals is really too much!" At this time, the remaining magic power in Gongsun Sheng's body could not continue to maintain the spell, so he could only stop casting spells and let the tornado quickly dissipate.

In the original work of Water Margin, Gongsun Sheng, the great mage above Liangshan, usually only takes action after the enemy has a mage, and rarely takes action against mortals who cannot use magic.

Ye Tianlong also asked about the reason, but Gongsun Sheng was unclear. However, it seemed that there were indeed some taboos that Ye Tianlong didn't understand. This caused a powerful mage like Gongsun Sheng to deal with those mortals. After only a few minutes, I couldn't hold on any longer.

Fortunately, his purpose was achieved. The Japanese army was blocked by the tornado summoned by his spell. Wang Ying also led the one hundred cavalry back to the city successfully.

Then the east gate of Dengzhou City was tightly closed, and there were even a lot of sacks filled with sand piled behind it.

Those Japanese generals who had escaped by galloping on their horses were not too upset when they saw that the raid was unsuccessful. After rearranging their formations that were a little messy after being frightened by the tornado, they began to attack the climbers from three city walls at the same time. Zhoucheng launched an attack.

Upon seeing this, Song Jiang immediately arranged 3,000 regular soldiers and 5,000 militiamen on each of the three city walls for defense.

Since those militiamen were all new recruits, they basically didn't learn many other skills. Except for a few simple marksmanship, most of their time was spent training and learning how to winch heavy crossbows.

So at this time, these militiamen raised their winches and heavy crossbows on the city wall, and fired waves of arrows at the Japanese soldiers approaching quickly below the city.

The Japanese soldiers, who were only equipped with thin bamboo armor and leather armor, suffered heavy losses under the attack of these powerful crossbow arrows. Every time a round of arrow rain fell, thousands of them fell.

By the time the first batch of Japanese siege troops finally braved the rain of arrows and rushed to the city wall, they had already suffered more than 8,000 casualties. And the first batch of siege troops only had 10,000 people per wall. Around 30,000 people in total, which resulted in more than 8,000 casualties, and the casualty rate was almost one-third.

But these Japanese soldiers did have a ruthless spirit. Even though they suffered heavy losses, they still put up simple ladders on the city wall one by one and began to attack the city.

When Song Jiang saw this, he was not polite. While ordering the militiamen to continue firing arrows at the Japanese follow-up troops, he also asked the heavily armed soldiers to hold up pieces of rolling wood and rocks, lean out from the city wall, and point at them. Smash them down where the enemy troops are most concentrated below.

Every piece of rolling wood and stone that fell could kill at least five or six enemy soldiers, but at the same time, the enemy archers under the city were constantly firing arrows at the defenders who emerged from the city wall.

Fortunately, those responsible for smashing rocks were all regular soldiers. The armor they wore was either light armor or steel plate armor. Those with weak bow power and arrows shot from the bow could not break through the defense of their armor. Many soldiers had Dozens of arrows were inserted into it, and even though it was almost like a hedgehog, it still continued to move the rolling logs and stones on the city wall to hit the enemy troops that kept rising up.

After the two sides fought fiercely for more than an hour, the first batch of Japanese soldiers who attacked were all lost. The few remaining soldiers, although they did not receive the order to retreat, all retreated quickly. After all, the defense of Dengzhou City was too strong. Being stronger, they felt that if they continued to fight, they would have no chance of winning, and they would just die in vain.

After all, in this fierce battle for more than an hour, almost all of our own army of more than 30,000 people were killed, but not a single soldier successfully climbed the city wall. They were all smashed by those rolling logs and rocks while they were still climbing the wall. Came down.

Seeing that it was getting late, the Japanese generals also took advantage of the situation to withdraw their troops, led the army back to the camp not far away, and started to light a fire for cooking.

Speaking of which, the treatment of these Japanese soldiers is really poor. While the defenders of the Qinglong Empire in the city were happily eating braised pork and rice, most of these Japanese soldiers could only eat some food with a lot of adulteration in it. Wotou made of wild vegetables and wheat husks.

It is precisely because the food is so poor that the Japanese soldiers are so short.

The food of the Japanese generals was pretty good compared to the soldiers below. There was fish and meat on the table, and the rice they ate was also rice.

However, although the food was good, the appetite of these Japanese generals was not high, because in today's battle, we lost 30,000 troops, but we did not even climb the wall of Dengzhou City once, killing and wounding the enemy The army is probably also very few.

According to today's situation, if we continue to fight like this, even if we kill all the remaining 200,000-odd troops, we may not be able to capture Dengzhou City.

So after some dark-faced discussion, these Japanese generals decided to give up attacking Dengzhou City and instead focus on attacking and plundering those villages. After all, the defenses in those villages were definitely not high, and they There was no way there was a city wall as strong and tall as Dengzhou City that they could still chew through.

Of course, in order to prevent the defenders in Dengzhou City from leaving the city to pursue them, they will definitely leave some of the army in the camp and make it appear that the army is still here, so that the Qinglong Empire army in Dengzhou City can Don't dare to leave the city easily.

While the Japanese generals were discussing their future strategies, Song Jiang, regardless of his physical fatigue, still personally visited the soldiers who were fighting today on the city wall, and even offered kind words of comfort to the injured soldiers, which made those soldiers The wounded soldiers no longer feel any pain from their wounds.

It has to be said that Song Jiang's ability to win people's hearts is indeed very strong. In addition, after following Ye Tianlong and broadening his knowledge, he has gradually become a qualified commander. Perhaps he can fight against a powerful army like the Jin Army. It's not very good, but it can be used to deal with those Japanese people.

Just like now, because they defended Dengzhou City watertight, the Japanese no longer wanted to fight here, and instead prepared to plunder the villages that had no troops to defend them.

At the same time, the morale of the defenders in the city was very high under their constant inspections and encouragement, and they did not feel panicked because they were surrounded by enemy troops several times their own.