Steel Dynasty - Chapter 172

[Chapter 172 The bloody battlefield]

In the early morning, wisps of smoke floated in Cangzhou City.

If it weren’t for the soldiers running back and forth in the city, Xiao Ming would have even suspected that he had returned to the mountain village of his childhood.

But after living here for a while, to him, everything here is just like the countryside.

In the past, he always thought that the ancient royal family lived like the people on TV. Only when he came here did he realize that the royal family’s food was similar to that of ordinary people in modern times.

This is not a matter of material shortage, but of technological level.

Xiao Ming didn’t sleep last night. Facing a large-scale cold weapon war, he was not strong enough to act like a normal person.

After hastily eating a bowl of rice porridge and meat pie brought by Lu Luo, he put on tailor-made armor and climbed onto the city wall.

At this time, all the soldiers were already on guard on the city wall, and many people in the city gathered under the city wall, ready to help at any time.

The news brought by Luo Xin and Lu Fei last night meant that the first wave of attacks in Cangzhou City was about to come.

“Your Highness, here we come!”

It was not yet noon, and the sky was like a dark cloud floating in. At this time, Niu Ben pointed to the north and said to Xiao Ming.

Picking up the telescope, Xiao Ming looked over. Through the enlarged image, he saw a large number of barbarian cavalry.

Lu Fei and Luo Xin immediately went to their places.

Because the city wall is very long, there is a school captain responsible for commanding each distance, and Niu Ben is responsible for scheduling the entire war.

“I’m afraid our trap is useless.” Xiao Ming put down the telescope and sighed.

Standing beside him was Zhan Xingchang, who was also observing with a telescope, “The barbarians drove so many slaves ahead, our trap is about to be over.”

In front of the barbarian cavalry were slaves tied up with ropes. These slaves and The faces of the people of Dayu are the same, and they were clearly the people of Dayu.

Niu Ben said: “There is no way around this. The barbarians will definitely use slaves to charge into the battle before they attack. Your Highness, you cannot be soft-hearted at this time. They are indeed the people of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, but behind you are also the people of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.” “

It was precisely because King Yong at Shanhaiguan was temporarily soft-hearted that he allowed the expelled people to enter the city before the war. As a result, some of these slaves were willing to become the hawks of the barbarians. This led to the city gate being captured and the barbarian cavalry taking advantage of the situation. Come in.” Niu Ben continued.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. There were countless such examples in wars throughout the ages.

The figure of the barbarian cavalry is getting closer and closer, one thousand meters, eight hundred meters, five hundred meters.

Finally, at a distance of 500 meters, the barbarian cavalry stopped. The battlefield was silent, and the defenders of the city were staring at the barbarian cavalry.

The barbarian cavalry also stared at the soldiers in silver armor on the city.

The two sides faced off like this for a while, and suddenly a loud horn sounded from the barbarian formation. At this time, the barbarian cavalry suddenly dismounted, and the driven slaves skillfully took various things from the horses.

“They are camping on the spot.” Niu Ben said at this time.

The Huyantuo tribe is a purely nomadic tribe. Wherever the cattle and sheep go, they will stay. This time, the Huyantuo tribe brought slaves and drove the cattle and sheep.

“It seems that the barbarians are preparing to besiege Cangzhou City.”

Xiao Ming looked at the artillery wrapped in black cloth on the city wall. The range of the artillery he produced this time was between three and four miles. At this time, the barbarians were stationed within the range. .

One shot can definitely knock them off their feet, but they have to hold back no matter how itchy they feel.

Because the real important role has not yet appeared, if the barbarian Khan really appears, then it will be the time for the artillery to fire.

The barbarians camped leisurely, and the soldiers on the city could only watch.

There is no way, these barbarian soldiers are cavalry when mounted, and infantry when dismounted.

If we send cavalry to attack at this time, we will face 20,000 cavalry and archers, who will never come back.

“A slave is coming.” Niu Ben sighed suddenly.

Xiao Ming looked around and saw that among the Huyantuo tribe who were camping at this time, some slaves suddenly walked towards Cangzhou City.

These slaves lined up in a line and walked towards Cangzhou City step by step.

Zhan Xingchang gritted his teeth, “These barbarians are so heartless that they don’t regard our people of Dayu as human beings at all.”

“Not only do we not treat our people as human beings, don’t you know what other things the barbarians think of the people of Dayu? “

A title?”

“What!” Zhan Xingchang asked.

Niu Ben looked at the slaves who were marching towards death and said: “Two-legged sheep!”

“Two-legged sheep!” Xiao Ming frowned slightly. This term has appeared in modern history. As the name suggests, this two-legged sheep is A sheep with only two legs.

At that time, China was in an era of chaos. The Han people, known as the two-legged sheep, were not only slaves of the barbarians, but also the food of the barbarians. This is where the two-legged sheep came from.

Niu Ben continued: “When the barbarians invaded Youzhou, there was a shortage of food. At that time, the barbarians ate the Han people. This is the origin of the double-legged sheep.”

These words made Zhan Xingchang clenched his fists. I never thought barbarians could be so vicious.

“Ah!”

A scream came. The slave who was walking on the grass suddenly fell into the trap, and bursts of screams came from the pit.

At this time, a burst of laughter came from the mouth of the barbarian cavalry following the slave.

On the city wall, the soldiers watched everything, and their weapons turned white because they were holding them too hard.

They knew what the barbarians were laughing at. They were laughing at the traps they had worked so hard to dig that could only kill their own compatriots.

Xiao Ming watched everything in silence. This is war, a battlefield where all means are used. There is no pity or sympathy on this battlefield. The only purpose of both sides is to kill each other.

The driven slaves were in panic. They hesitated and did not dare to move forward. This angered the barbarian cavalry. They waved their scimitars and slashed at the slaves who refused to move forward.

The shrill screams resounded on the empty battlefield, and the slaves trembled and moved forward again.

The traps were destroyed one after another, and the barbarian cavalry finally stopped two hundred meters away. At this time, there were only about a hundred slaves left out of the five hundred in front of them.

At this time, the barbarian cavalry took out their bows and arrows and continued to shout at the slaves to move forward.

“Your Highness, we can’t let these slaves move forward, otherwise all the traps will be over.” Zhan Xingchang almost gritted his teeth and said, this was the hatred of the barbarians.

Looking at the barbarian cavalry stationed 200 meters away, Niu Ben took a soldier and handed him a bow and arrow. He said: “Your Highness, you must not be kind to women at this time. A war may only be caused by a few traps.” It will change.”

“Old General, let’s deal with it ourselves.”

Xiao Ming looked solemn, it turned out that this was a battle to defend the city.

“Whoosh!” There was the sound of a sharp arrow being shot, followed by a scream. Xiao Ming clearly saw a mass of blood bursting from the chest of the slave walking in the front.

(End of chapter)