Steel Dynasty - Chapter 174

[Chapter 174 Barbarian Archers]

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The sounds of fighting and roars intertwined on the battlefield, and blood dyed the grass on the ground red.

On the land, the corpses of slave soldiers gradually piled up, and the slave soldiers who followed were still rushing forward without fear of death.

With the barbarian’s bows and arrows behind them and the Cangzhou City soldiers’ arrows in front of them, there is still a glimmer of hope for survival if they capture Cangzhou City. If they cannot capture the city, they will all be killed by the barbarians.

This was the order given by Gurtai, the leader of Huyantuo Banner, before the siege.

In order to survive, they no longer care that those on the wall opposite are their comrades. Behind the wall is the land of Dayu and the people of Dayu.

No, they are not only trying to survive, but they actually still have hatred in their hearts. They hate the Chongqing Kingdom. They hate that when their wives, children, and children were raped by the barbarians, why didn’t the Chongqing Kingdom send troops!

They hated that when their homeland was burned to the ground by the barbarians, why didn’t Dayu send troops!

They hated King Yong and committed suicide in the palace. Why didn’t Dayu send troops?

This kind of hatred was brewing in their hearts day and night. The country behind the city wall gradually became unfamiliar to them, and a desire for destruction grew in their hearts.

If you want to die! Let’s die together!

Gurtai looked at the slave soldiers who were constantly attacking the city wall of Cangzhou City and smiled knowingly. The strategy of using slave soldiers as forwards was very popular among the barbarians, and the victory of each war pushed this strategy to a lofty status.

In their eyes, other nations are cowardly, and the threat of death and the desire for life will make these slave soldiers willing to be driven by the barbarians.

And the most important point is that these slaves have no hope of returning to their homeland.

No one or any army can fight the barbarian cavalry on the grassland.

And from time to time, they would instill in these slaves the idea that their king had abandoned them, which made these slaves gradually lose hope in the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

Liu Xuan was also looking at these slave soldiers who were fighting desperately. His expression was complicated, and he couldn’t tell whether it was sympathy or sadness in his eyes.

But this emotion was quickly replaced by hatred.

Among the people in the Golden Horde who gave advice to the barbarians, there were many people from Dayu, including frustrated scholars and businessmen traveling between the two countries.

Most of them are the descendants of slaves. They have now completely integrated into the life of the barbarians. For them, Dayu is just a distant country.

Like many merchants traveling to and from the grasslands, he believed that it was only a matter of time before the barbarians conquered the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

Because to him, the word “barbarian” is nothing more than Dayu’s prejudice against barbarians. This is a country that is not inferior to Dayu in terms of government affairs, people’s livelihood, commerce, and skills, and has a complete bureaucracy and military system.

And because they controlled the Hexi Corridor and the Silk Road during the Han Dynasty, the barbarians made a lot of money by taxing merchants along the road.

The powerful people of Dayu believed that the war between the barbarians and the Ottoman Empire was just because the barbarians were bloodthirsty and warlike, but they did not know that in fact, what the barbarians and the Ottoman Empire were fighting for was this trade route that ran through the east and west.

After all, the power of the Ottoman Empire also benefited from this trade route. They imposed heavy taxes on merchants from the west to the east, which led to excessive trade costs. Therefore, over the years, Western merchants gradually gave up this trade route, and it is said that from the sea Create a route to the East.

This incident made the barbarians quite upset, and then the war between the barbarians and the Ottoman Empire broke out.

But the Ottoman Empire was equally powerful, and the barbarians killed a thousand and wounded eight hundred.

Liu Xuan came back to his senses and looked at the battlefield again. At this time, the slave soldiers rushed through the stone pillars in front of the city wall and began to build ladders.

At this time, the soldiers on the city wall attracted his attention. These soldiers were all wearing silver armor that covered their entire bodies.

He looked at Gurtai. At this time, Gurtai showed a playful look. He said: “You also noticed that I have seen several similar armors in the Khan’s palace. It is said that this kind of armor came from the West. “It

‘s the first time I’ve seen this kind of armor. I haven’t been back for a long time,” Liu Xuan said.

Gurtai frowned and said: “This kind of armor is not easy to deal with. Ordinary swords are not of much use to them, and it takes a lot of silver to forge a pair of this kind of armor. When did you not only master this kind of armor?” “Forging, and creating so many armors.”

“According to the information I received, King Qi seems to have mastered the forging technology of this kind of armor, so this King of Qi is not simple,” Liu Xuan reminded Gurtai.

In barbarian nomadic tribes, one tribe has one banner, the small tribe has the small banner, the middle tribe has the middle banner, and the big tribe has the big banner, and the leader is called the flag leader.

The Huyantuo tribe was just the central banner among the Golden Horde.

Because of his outstanding achievements in the capture of Shanhaiguan, Tian Khan gave him all the land in Shanhaiguan.

So for him, this war is particularly important to him, because it will mean whether he can continue to expand his tribe’s territory.

Over the years, the population of the Huyantuo tribe has increased a lot. If he can get the fertile land in the pass again, he believes that it will only be a matter of time before he becomes the leader of the banner.

“There are not many princes of Dayu who are useful. So what if they wear these armors? Can they still withstand our bows and arrows? Replace them with armor-piercing arrows.” Gurtai curled his lips.

Seeing the slave soldiers rushing to the city, he waved to the cavalry beside him.

Two thousand barbarian archers immediately formed a phalanx and moved towards the city wall.

At this time, on the top of the city, Qingzhou Army soldiers kept throwing stones and rolling logs at the slave soldiers climbing the ladder.

The slave soldiers on the ladder were constantly being hit by rocks and rolling logs to death or injury, but one slave soldier after another continued to climb up.

“Hot oil!” Niu Ben looked at the battlefield situation and gave the order.

The slave soldiers came one after another, and the arrows under the city were as dense as hedgehogs. The injured slave soldiers wailed in pain under the city, and soon died at the feet of the following slave soldiers.

On the inside of the city wall, hot kerosene had been boiled. With Niu Ben’s order, the auxiliary soldiers immediately lifted the hot kerosene onto the city wall.

These kerosene are used to deal with the ladder. As long as the ladder is not broken, these slave soldiers will keep climbing.

Xiao Ming had been observing the situation on the battlefield, when he noticed the barbarian archers starting to move forward.

But this was not what he was most concerned about, because he also discovered that the slave soldiers below the city were digging out the roots of the city wall.

“You guys, kill those slave soldiers!”

Xiao Ming directed a pair of crossbowmen to point at the slave soldiers who were digging holes under the wall. These slave soldiers had only one purpose in digging holes, and that was to use gunpowder to blow up the city wall.

The crossbowman received the order and immediately shot at these slave soldiers. During the winning streak, these slave soldiers immediately fell into a pool of blood.

At this time, the barbarian archers were getting closer and closer. They were to cover the slave soldiers’ attack on the city.

At this time, Xiao Ming shouted: “Catapult, load the gunpowder can!”

(End of this chapter)