[Datang Shuanglong] Aspiration

Although Song Shidao was very sure that Song Que would bring troops to support him sooner or later, the problem was that Song Que hadn't arrived yet, and Li Shimin's army had already marched over——

The situation is not optimistic.

Kou Zhong stood on the wall outside the cottage, looking into the distance at the terrifying lineup of King Qin's army, he couldn't help feeling his scalp tingling and his back sweating coldly.

Li Shimin's army strength is between [-] and [-]. They set up camps all over the vast hilly area facing the Shanzhai.Hundreds of thousands of siege equipment, such as ladders, crash vehicles, arrow-blocking troop carriers, trench-filling frog carts, trebuchets, crossbow arrow machines, etc., have been pushed to the front line more than [-] steps away from the cottage by the soldiers of the King Qin Army. The flaring teeth and claws show the strength and richness of Qin Wangjun's army - in comparison, the number and equipment of the Young Marshal's army are much inferior. If their army camp had not taken advantage of the geographical advantage, this battle would have been over. I can't fight anymore.Even if they can still fight, just looking at the heavy faces of the young commanders and soldiers, they know that this battle will be difficult.

"Li Er really invested a lot of money this time..." Kou Zhong muttered rather depressingly. Although the Young Commander-in-Chief got rid of poverty and became rich after getting Yang Gong's treasure house, Li Shimin's reaction was too fast and he almost didn't give them any money. It takes time to spend money on expansion; moreover, siege equipment cannot be bought with money. Warlords of all walks of life need to prepare materials by themselves, and then spend a lot of effort to train reliable craftsmen to design and build them. The amount and quality of the army can also best highlight the background of an army.

Yang Gongqing tugged on his own beard viciously, looking more depressed than Kou Zhong, and said, "The King of Qin didn't spend any money at all, those equipments were shipped directly from Luoyang City, and most of them were delivered by me personally." created by the overseer!"

"It would be great if those instruments knew how to recognize their masters. Mr. Yang can recruit them here." Kou Zhong smiled wryly, and said, "What should we do now? Why don't I lead the cavalry to kill a round first?" Try to destroy the opponent's siege equipment as much as possible, otherwise no matter how strong our stronghold is, it won't last long."

This is called "a mountain is higher than a mountain". Although Song Shidao found such a good place to set up a stronghold and was well prepared, he still couldn't handle Li Shimin's "money sea tactics": soldiers and equipment The difference in numbers is too great, even if the Young Commander-in-Chief can really hold on and wait for reinforcements, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.

"No!" Everyone objected in unison.

"The hilly terrain would have weakened the role of the cavalry, not to mention you, as the commander-in-chief, how can you put yourself in danger?" Yang Gongqing said with a beard and a stare.

Xu Ziling interjected: "I'll go, you all stay behind to help." He secretly gave Song Shidao a look, which seemed to be a bit of a complaint no matter how he looked at it.

The strategist who was lying down and shot again rubbed his nose, and said with a faint smile: "Young commander doesn't have to worry, Mr. Yang doesn't need to get angry, and Master Xu doesn't have to work hard. I arranged the back move early in the morning. Disciplining the King of Qin will cost nothing! "

Song Shidao sent people to put box after box of poisonous smoke arrows and kerosene bombs on the wall, and distributed them directly to the soldiers guarding the village.Seeing this situation, Yang Gongqing, Xuan Yong and others were surprised and suspicious, and asked: "When did the young commander have these armaments, and we didn't know anything?"

"I brought some private goods with me when I transported grain last time..." Song Shidao said vaguely, obviously not wanting to go into details: In fact, he did some things for the public to benefit his own interests, and transported the secret weapon of the Song Clan. Come to the young marshal's army.Before Kou Zhong was not around, Song Shidao couldn't let Yang Gongqing and others find out about this, otherwise he would not be able to explain clearly, and maybe he would be regarded as a spy.

Kou Zhong understood, so he helped to change the subject and said, "Great, this way we will have more confidence in defending the village. Can these kerosene bombs burn down Li Er's pile of equipment?"

Song Shidao shook his head and said: "The other party's equipment must have a fire-resistant coating. Poison smoke arrows and kerosene bombs are best used to deal with dense waves of soldiers. The effect is definitely not bad. As for dealing with equipment, you have to Use this—" He took another big box from his personal soldier, lifted the lid and opened it, and everyone looked around, only to see two strangely shaped bows folded into three!

The bow bodies of these two bows are twisted and woven with special steel wires, which are both elastic and extremely strong. The strings are also made of steel wires. After splicing them back together, everyone was dumbfounded.

"These two bows are named 'Stabbing the Sun' and 'Shooting the Moon', and they are the top works of a strange archery master. It takes two hundred stones of arm strength to open the bow. With the ability of the young commander and Master Xu, the arrow can be shot a thousand steps away. It’s not a problem.” Song Shidao handed the two divine bows to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, pointed to a box of iron bullets brought by his own soldiers, and continued: “These are specially made thunderbolts, shot out from the bow. , as long as two or three are enough to blow up a siege machine."

Kou Zhong held the bow and couldn't put it down, but before everyone reacted, shouts of killing broke out outside the village: King Qin's army began to charge!

The soldiers of the Young Marshal immediately performed their duties, ordering the soldiers to push the wood and rocks down the mountain in an orderly manner, and set fire to ignite the kerosene in the trench. , When passing through the raging trenches and rushing to the shooting range within a hundred steps from the gate of the village, arrows rained down one after another, killing all the fish that escaped the net...

This first wave of soldiers has always been used to find the way and die, so Song Shidao's secret weapons are not in a hurry to use them. When the first wave of enemies is almost dead, the second wave of enemies also rushed over, and then The third wave and the fourth wave... This is the legendary sea of ​​​​people tactics. No matter how tight the defense of the army village is, the enemy can always cross the position one after another and rush to the front of the village. Start melee.

Now there are enough defensive equipment in the village, and there are very few enemy troops who can pass through many obstacles and climb up the ladder, let alone kill the young commander, there is no one at all——Kou Zhongchu did not fight here After a while, he felt very bored. He wanted to try the power of the bow, and Song Shidao suggested that they go back to the Zhaizhong archery field to try shooting. Anyway, it is only the first day of the battle, and both sides know clearly Not much progress will be made in these first few days.

It is impossible for Li Shimin to be so stupid as to transport the siege equipment to waste in the first place. They will at least wait until the defense equipment of the Young Commander's Army is almost consumed before they can be launched. Now those big guys are just showing off and intimidating. It is only useful, so the bow that Kou Zhong just got is temporarily useless.

The battle to siege the city and seize the village consumes time, manpower and financial resources. Even the generals who lead troops to charge and issue orders have to go into battle in groups and take turns to rest. In the first few days, they have to eat enough and sleep enough, because After that, it is basically necessary to kill the enemy without sleep.

Concentrating his internal strength and loudly encouraging the soldiers, Kou Zhong withdrew back to the village for the time being.Yang Gongqing continued to guard the wall of the village, but turned his eyes to the inside of the village. He seemed to be watching the young marshal, but in fact he was staring at Song Shi who was walking beside Kou Zhong, and said: "As I said before, armaments and armaments are expensive. If you can't buy it, this kid has bought a large number of them so blatantly, which is simply suspicious.But Song Shidao and Kou Zhong are inseparable now, it doesn't matter if they are suspected, anyway, the young commander will know the truth sooner or later.

"Who is the master of arrows? These two bows are really beautiful." Kou Zhong said excitedly, stroking the slightly golden arms of the bow.

Song Shidao responded with a light smile: "Master Arrow is a well-known bow craftsman. The people I sent out a few years ago finally found him and invited him to visit Lingnan. Now Master Arrow is probably arguing with old man Lu. Sooner or later we will have the opportunity to meet him."

Xu Ziling shook the silvery bow in his hand uninterestedly, curled his lips and said: "Two bows, one for each of you is just right, even the names are dated, so it sounds like a pair, I I'm afraid it's inappropriate to hold it." He casually threw the moon shooting bow at Song Shidao, with a supercilious look.

Receiving the bow, Song Shidao shrugged and said with a smile, "Young Master Ling, you think too much. How can I be so narrow-minded. But since you don't like this bow very much, then forget it."

Xu Ziling snorted a few times, turned around and left.Song Shidao secretly praised "knowledge", and then he took Kou Zhong to be happy.

However, when the shouts of killing were loud, they really couldn't be happy for long.It was relatively easy to defend the village in the first few days, but after seven or eight days, Kou Zhong was about to go into battle and kill the enemy bravely—more and more enemy troops climbed up the wall. Zhong and Xu Ziling took over the important task of filling the vacancy by relying on their powerful force, fighting over and over again on the wall of the stronghold, and sending the rushing enemy soldiers back to their hometown in the underworld.

During the offensive and defensive battle for more than ten days, the battlefield was full of fireworks and blood flowed like rivers. The Qin King's army had lost nearly ten thousand people, and the young commander's army had also lost more than [-] people; The wood and rocks have been basically exhausted. Even if soldiers are assigned to keep cutting wood and moving stones, they still cannot make ends meet...

As far as Li Shimin is concerned, the soldiers lost by King Qin's army are very worthwhile, and the significance lies in consuming the defensive equipment of the young commander's army——

Now, it's finally time for Qin Wangjun's siege equipment to shine!

Huge stone bombs fell from the sky, shaking the walls of the village and making toothache sounds, and the soldiers defending the city were also killed and wounded, bloody and bloody everywhere.

While dodging the stone bullets, Kou Zhong drew his bow and shot the thunderbolts at the enemy's catapults. However, even though he destroyed nearly a hundred of the enemy's catapults within a few days, the wall of the village was riddled with holes. Finally, I couldn't stand it any longer... Another stone bomb flew towards us, and it became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Only a loud "crash" was heard, and the wall of the village collapsed!

"Kill!" King Qin's army cheered loudly, and the soldiers rushed over like a tide. Kou Zhong quickly grabbed the box containing the thunderbolts at the moment the wall collapsed, and threw it out—— Dozens of thunder and fire bombs exploded in the crowd of enemy troops, causing screams and blood flying everywhere.

When the wall of the village turned into a pile of broken wood, the young generals in the village shouted and rushed out, the two armies bit each other fiercely, and the killing was dizzy.

"Quick! You all retreat to the inner stronghold to guard the mouth of the gorge, and leave the outside to us!" Song Shidao broke the neck of an enemy lieutenant general with the bowstring in his hand. After killing dozens of people in a row, they finally rescued Yang Gongqing, Xuan Yong and others who were almost trampled to death by the rebel army, and rushed to the inner village to protect them.

"Where's the young commander?" Yang Gongqing covered the bloody mouth on his head and hissed, "He was still at the wall just now, could he be suppressed..."

"He'll be fine, take care of yourselves!" The rebels smashed their "headquarters" to pieces, and Song Shidao had no choice but to personally protect these most valuable advisers. He dragged Yang Gongqing and others to the ground. Get it to the crossing of the gorge, ready to be shipped away at any time.

But Yang Gongqing, a stubborn old guy, obviously didn't appreciate it. He refused to return to the inner village without seeing Kou Zhong. The old man will not change to another family!" His judgment was quite sharp, but he regarded Song Shidao as a middleman of other forces.

Song Shidao continued to swing his knife, cutting melons and vegetables to eliminate the incoming enemies, and replied without turning his head: "The young commander is not so easy to die, if he dies, I will not live!"

Just at this time Xu Ziling killed them all bloody, Song Shidao hurriedly handed over the counselors to Xu Ziling's care, turned around and charged into the densely packed enemy formation.

Xu Ziling guarded Yang Gongqing and others to return to the inner village, and personally guarded the mouth of the gorge, which was opened by one man and one man. When he saw his own people, he let them in, and killed the enemy. Not long after, the gorge was opened. A "wall of corpses".

The exhausted wounded soldiers and counselors all collapsed on the ground behind the mouth of the gorge, breathing heavily in the bloody air. Yang Gongqing asked worriedly, "Has Ziling seen the young commander? And that Yue Yue?" Military division... do you know his details?"

"Old Yang, don't worry," Xu Ziling leaned his back against the cliff, almost numb to killing, and he was slightly relieved when he heard Yang Gongqing's question, and smiled with the corners of his mouth: "They Even Lord Hades dare not accept these two guys."

For the soldiers of King Qin's army, Song Shidao and Kou Zhong are the real Lords of Hell. After they got together, they brought thousands of remnants from outside the gorge, and forced the tens of thousands of King Qin's troops to pour into the village after the wall collapsed. Kill with horror!

Endless beheadings, endless blood flow, at this moment, Song Shidao was also killing people so that his movements were stiff, but he still devoted part of his mind to pay attention to Li Shimin's central army. When he saw Li Shimin leading the army into the When he was within a thousand steps of the collapsed village gate, a hungry wolf-like light suddenly appeared in his eyes——

"Young commander, split up and act!"

The two performed lightness kung fu, and rushed towards the two "abandoned wells" in the village like afterimages, removed the boulders on the wells, and threw all the lit banners and fire folds into them.Although Kou Zhong didn't know the meaning of doing this, he always trusted Song Shidao's arrangement [-]%.

Song Shidao obviously would not disappoint this trust. When the two of them finished their mission and reunited again, the ground suddenly trembled. The soldiers on both sides were a little panicked. Many soldiers shouted "The earth is shaking", "God is angry!" "... At this moment, only the sound of "Boom Boom Boom" rang in my ears, and more than a dozen flames shot into the sky, and the Chinese army where Li Shimin was in was already in chaos!

It turned out that as early as when the village was built, Song Shidao ordered people to dig a semi-circular passage sloping down from the ground starting from the location of the two abandoned wells, and then to a place about a thousand steps before the gate of the village. More than a dozen huge wellheads with a radius of several feet were dug to connect with the deepest part of the underground passage, and crude oil was poured into them. Finally, all the wellheads were covered with stone manhole covers, and soil and turf were sprinkled to cover them: so once When these crude oils are ignited, the high-heat airflow will break open the manhole cover, engulfing the burning crude oil and blasting out of the ground...

For a moment, Rao Yi, who was elite and good at fighting, was also scared out of his wits by such accidents: The Chinese army is the main general, their King Qin will be fine, right? !

How can such a good opportunity be missed, Kou Zhong immediately shouted: "Li Shimin is dead, the brothers of the Young Marshal Army will follow me to kill!" The army killed the shit.

Song Shidao took the lead to charge forward, while staring wide-eyed at the chaotic King Qin's army, searching for Li Shimin's location. After a long while, he finally saw the guy in the golden armor from a distance—"It's a blessing! Damn, I didn’t get killed like this!” Crude oil burned and exploded, killing at least a thousand people in King Qin’s army, and countless wounded, but Li Shimin was still safe and sound!

Could it be that the Lord of Destiny really couldn't be killed? !

Song Shidao sneered, and suddenly speeded up, rushing into the densely packed soldiers of King Qin's army. Along the way, he pulled seven or eight arrows from the corpses all over the ground, and then ignored the swords, guns, swords and halberds that were attacking him. Standing on top of one person's head, he jumped up, stretched his bow and shot——

With the sound of piercing through the air, the arrow flew over a distance of more than a thousand steps, and the target was Li Shimin!

Li Shimin, who hadn't recovered from the tragedy of the explosion, couldn't react in time when he heard the sound of breaking through the air. If the guards beside him hadn't thrown him off his horse with all their might, the majestic King Qin would have died!

At the same time that Li Shimin was injured by falling off his horse and dodging the deadly arrow, Song Shidao was also injured by the enemy's spears and random arrows in the air, and fell to the ground: but he didn't care, instead, when he landed, he fell to the ground. With a sweep of the bow, he used the bow instead of the knife to clear out a large area of ​​enemy troops around him, and then Song Shidao flew into the air again, and continued to stretch his bow vigorously to shoot and kill Li Shimin...

One after another flying arrows hit, Li Shimin could only completely abandon his image and dignity, and rolled on the ground to avoid the arrows, until seven or eight arrows were inserted obliquely into the ground beside him, and the arrow feathers were still fierce. After the shaking arrows, His Royal Highness King Qin, who was still in shock, finally avoided all the deadly arrows, and was dragged by Li Jing rolling and crawling to escape.

As for Song Shidao, if he shoots arrows with a bow of [-] shi from a thousand steps away, seven or eight arrows are already at his limit, not to mention that Song Shidao still needs to save some strength to send off the soldiers who besieged him, and prepare to face the flying arrows. The master-level master Li Shentong who came... Fortunately, Kou Zhong has also killed him, and the two joined forces to fight against the enemy, and they were invincible!

When Li Shentong was finally killed by Song Shidao and Kou Zhong together, the desolate trumpets sounded far away, and Qin Wangjun finally retreated... The sunset slanted, and another day passed.