Chapter 698: Bloody Battle at Crowsing Ridge (3)

In the Yaqueling Military Village, the golden drums roared, and the sound of killing shocked the sky. Waves of attacking soldiers rushed towards the defensive position of the Hengdao Army standing on the top of the mountain like a wave of sea. The front hit the front and smashed to pieces before the camp, falling down with a bang, but the one behind pressed up again.

The rock bombs were flying in the air, and the unique whistling of the Eight Cow Crossbow resounded throughout the battlefield. Each sound meant the loss of several or even dozens of lives. The defenders used their inherent geographical advantages and excellent equipment to make the attackers return without attacks again and again, while the attackers pushed Mengchong's car, carried the cloud ladder, and hit the wood, and launched repeated decisive attacks without hesitation.

This is the third day. Zhou Zuhao and Ouyang Gangqiang's two troops took turns to fight, but neither made any achievements. They only left behind corpses before the military camp. The Dingzhou military flag was still flying high above the high military camp's fortress.

At this time of the bloody battle, both sides had their eyes red. The originally soft land had been trampled to the iron level. The blood from the injured and dead soaked into the ground, turning the yellow land into purple-black, and the broken arms and limbs were everywhere. Now it was hot and the smell of these things really made people feel nauseous.

The ladder was put on the city wall, and some soldiers desperately pulled the rope tied to the center of the ladder to prevent the ladder from being pushed away by the opponent, while the other soldiers immediately climbed up. This stage was the most deadly for all soldiers because they almost lost all their protection capabilities.

On the military camp, some push rods immediately hit the ladder and pushed the ladder outward. This was a struggle process, but it was the city's advantage. During the push process, other soldiers picked up the stone and smashed it hard, either the soldiers climbing in the sulfonium or the people below. The most terrifying thing was that the ladder happened to be under the rolling wood. At this time, the soldiers of Dingzhou only had to put down the rope of the rolling wood, and the rolling wood with sharp blades fell down the city wall, and cut the soldiers on the ladder like a shaved head. The worst thing was that some were pierced by the sharp blade. When the rolling wood rose again, the people were still hanging on it, and the wailing and screaming were almost like human voices. Faced with such things, the only thing under the city could do was to immediately pounce on the moment the wood fell, and cut off the rope on the rolling wood with a long cutting sword, so that it could not rise up for a second attack.

An officer from the capital camp finally climbed up the city wall, stood on the city wall, holding a long slashing sabre in his hand, and immediately cut off several spears that had stabbed him. After sweeping across the circle, he forced the Dingzhou army around him to escape. He roared and jumped off the wall, landed on the village wall, slashed the sabre, and swung a big circle. Behind him, more than a dozen soldiers from the capital camp immediately climbed up, surrounded the officer, and worked hard to maintain this hard-won bridgehead, protecting the ladder behind him, waiting for more people to climb up.

"Go up, go up!" Ouyang Gangqiang jumped up excitedly and fought for three days. This was the first time he had attacked the city wall. He turned around and looked at Zhou Zuhao beside him, "This is Niu Geng, the number one strong general under his command. How about it, is it that the soldiers in our capital camp better?" His proud look was beyond words.

The two sides fought for several days, and some of the previous unhappiness had disappeared. The side-by-side battle on the battlefield was the easiest way for the two men to burst into friendship. Although Ouyang Gangqiang was proud, he had a hint of ridicule in his tone. In the past three days, the courage of the Qinzhou soldiers has left him a profound impression.

Zhou Zuhao smiled slightly, "The officers and soldiers of the capital camp were selected from the whole country, and their individual combat capabilities were of course the bravest of the three armies." Although the soldiers of the capital camp took the lead, they did not admit defeat verbally. You have strong individual skills, but we will not lose to you in group combat.

Ouyang Gangqiang laughed and had already gained the upper hand. He didn't think it was too much. There was no need to fight for the win or lose verbally. The two of them had a verbal battle, but their eyes were fixed on the point they had just broken through. Breakthrough may be easy, but it was even more difficult to keep. If they couldn't keep it, everything would be in vain.

At this point when the city was broken through, the Dingzhou army's formation on the city wall suddenly became extremely flat, and both sides squeezed desperately into the middle, but the defense became weak in the forward passage. This change of formation made Niu Geng, who was attacking, uncontrollably advanced step by step. With this movement, the attacking soldiers who were climbing up early also attacked forward, which made them get further and further away from the city wall.

The people involved in the fierce battle were still unaware of anything, but Ouyang Gangqiang and Zhou Zuhao, who were watching the battle at the city, were both shocked and changed their colors. Before the two could react, they heard a loud bang. The form of the city had changed drastically. The soldiers of the Dingzhou Hengdao Division who were trying hard to squeeze forward finally formed a attack and joined the dragon behind Niu Geng, cutting off his retreat. The attackers who were climbing up from this point immediately encountered a catastrophe.

"Retreat, withdraw!" Ouyang Gangqiang screamed in panic. Niu Geng, whose retreat was cut off, was like a fish that had lost water. Even if he was a shark, he would have to tear it off one by one piece, turning it into a skeleton, and becoming a spoil of Dingzhou soldiers.

Niu Geng was in his early thirties and was a general with extremely rich experience. When his way back to the village wall was cut off and his comrades around him fell down one by one, he noticed the changes in time.

"Go back!" he roared, turned around, slashed the sabers in his hand, and turned around and rushed to the city wall again.

However, the soldiers of Dingzhou blocked the ferocious killing god and were slashed by him, and they successfully approached the city wall.

"It's not easy to come, it's even harder to leave!" A loud shout suddenly sounded among the Dingzhou soldiers. A general in armor held a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, jumping out of the group of soldiers. The man was in the air and slashed down with one knife.

As the wind came, all the soldiers of the capital camp beside Niu Geng had fallen, leaving him a bare general. Seeing the opponent hitting down the air, he slashed the sabers in his hand and forced the spears around him to move away from the long spears, and the swords were crossed, trying to block the opponent's slash.

With a light crack, the mulberry wood knife rod soaked in tung oil, and then wrapped in metal wire outside immediately broke into two pieces. A sudden light in his hand, Niu Geng was shocked. His opponent's sword just paused slightly, and then slashed straight down again, and his body suddenly twisted in place. At the same time, the broken knife in both hands also stabbed at the opponent at the same time. If the opponent's sword does not change and slashes directly, it would be a two-defeat.

The opponent snorted coldly, turned his body to the side, and the knife posture changed slightly. The knife was cut off against Niu Geng's face, almost causing Niu Geng to lose his nose forever.

After avoiding the trouble of slashing the head, Niu Geng also broke out in cold sweat. The strength of his opponent's sword is far beyond his imagination. He had no time to change the weapons in his hand, so he could only wave two broken swords to fight with his opponent.

The opponent roared repeatedly, and the swords continued to slash like raindrops. The force of each knife made Niu Geng feel cold. At this time, he dared to use the knife rod in his hand to set up the opponent's sword at will. If it was cut off again, the weapon in his hand would almost become a dagger.

The two of them fought together and fought in a bunch of them, but the soldiers around them were hard to deal with. The two changed positions frequently and had very fast bodies. If they were shot, they might stab themselves on their generals and could only surround them and kept cheering for their own people.

After Niu Geng fought for a while, he realized that it was not good. His opponent's martial arts skills were extremely high. He was not under him. No matter how long he fought, he could not win. The problem was that this was the enemy's territory. It didn't matter if the enemy was defeated. If he failed, he would probably turn into a sieve and be filled with holes. While fighting, he was urgently thinking about how to escape. Although this situation made him extremely embarrassed, he also invisibly resolved the situation of being besieged.

Above the main castle, Guan Xinglong accompanied Li Qingzheng to watch the dragon and tiger fight with interest, "Lord, will this move fool the opponent?"

Li Qing did not answer him directly, but smiled and said, "The capital camp is indeed a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. This enemy general has a good martial arts skills. If he competes in a fair environment, Tiebao is probably not an opponent."

Guan Xinglong smiled and said, "The capital camp selects elite soldiers and powerful generals in the country, and they are naturally powerful generals, but Dingzhou is not bad either. Not to mention General Wang Qinian and General Feng Feng, it is me, Guan. If you carry a sword into battle, the enemy general in front of you will definitely kill him within ten moves."

Li Qing laughed, "It's not bad, I forgot, there's a sword around me, only General Guan!" He looked at the fierce fight on the city wall, "That kid is going to run away when he fights."

"Iron Bao pretends to be stupid and pretends to be stupid. He wants the other party's life. This is simply escorting his opponent's Xiaguan!" Guan Xinglong said with a laugh.

"It's OK to run, it's OK to run!" Li Qing stood on the wall and said, "Xinglong, the strength we have shown in the past few days has made our opponents feel that it's just a short line, so next, we have to make our opponents feel desperate."

"Of course!" Guan Xinglong said: "Next, we will let our opponents know what is the real Dingzhou Army that is rampant in the world."

Above the city wall, Tiebao and Guan Xinglong fought to the edge of the city wall. Niu Geng leaned against the city wall, and he was secretly happy. He was only a little short of the last time that he could get out.

"Eat my Tie Leopard with a knife!" Tie Leopard seemed to have resisted for so long in this scene, and felt a great loss of face. With a roar, he held the knife in both hands and slashed his head. The empty door in front of him opened. Niu Geng couldn't help but be overjoyed. He lifted up with one hand and inserted the half-cut rod in the other hand hard forward. The sharp blade in the tail of the pole is not a playful thing. He really wants to pierce it. Even if he can't wear armor, severe pain is inevitable.

Tiebao shouted muffled, put away his knife, and retreated. The opportunity in this moment was the opportunity that Niu Geng had been waiting for a long time. The saber in his hand swung rapidly and forced the guns around him to jump up the city wall. The man had already climbed up the city wall and laughed: "Tiebao, we will fight again tomorrow." After a turn, he fell to the city wall. The soldiers on the city wall were shocked, rushed to the city wall, and looked down.

After Niu Geng fell down by ten meters, the slashing sword in his hand slashed towards the city wall. The blade was embedded into the city wall. The huge force caused a spark to burst out from the blade, and the sparks flew downwards. As the sparks splashed, Niu Geng's body began to slow down. When he was several meters above the ground, Niu Geng let go of the hand holding the knife. At this time, the right hand holding the knife was covered with blood. As soon as it landed, the soldiers around him immediately rushed up, raised their shields, and retreated quickly.

"Good boy, it's really good!" Tiebao on the city wall nodded in praise when he saw his opponent retreating so neatly, but he felt a little regretful. He was really unwilling to be unable to kill such a brave general on the city.

The Qinzhou army and the soldiers of the capital camp under the city couldn't help but cheer loudly when they saw Niu Geng escape from the city like a divine weapon descending from the sky.

With a lot of cheers, this attack returned in a desperate situation.

"What did you say?" Zhou Zuhao and Ouyang Gangqiang and both stood up suddenly, staring at Niu Geng who was bandaging the injuries on his hand. "The general Dingzhou who fought with you called himself Iron Leopard?"

Niu Geng nodded, "No, he calls himself Tiebao, his martial arts skills are very good, and his sword, tsk, is so sharp. With one knife, I cut off my knife rod one by one. If I hadn't reacted quickly, I wouldn't have come back today."

Zhou Zuhao and Ouyang Gangqiang ignored Niu Geng and looked at each other, "How could it be Tiebao?"

"Why can't it be him?" Niu Geng, who stood up with his hands, looked at the two generals in confusion.

Ouyang Gangqiang looked at him and said in a deep voice: "Tiebao is Li Qing's personal bodyguard in Dingzhou. He is Li Qing's shadow. If he is here, then Li Qing?"

Zhou Zuhao's face was excited and he suppressed himself, "This is just our guess. Whether Li Qing is there or not depends on the reaction of the Dingzhou army in the future."

Ouyang Gangqiang clenched his fists and his hands were trembling nervously. If Li Qing was really here, he would be very excited.

"Why is Li Qing here?"

Zhou Zuhao pondered for a moment, "It is very likely that Li Qing happened to come here to inspect, and we launched an attack very suddenly. Ben Kuan's troops did not come here to meet us as planned, but instead penetrated into Xiao Ai River, cutting off the other party's way back, making it impossible for Li Qing to retreat."

"If this is the case, then the mountain wind in Qinzhou will definitely explode the nest. In a short period of time, a large army will inevitably come to rescue. Therefore, as long as we discover the military trends of the mountain wind in Qinzhou, we can judge whether Li Qing is here?" Ouyang Gangqiang said excitedly.

"There is another way, that is, we can find out if Li Qing is here after we capture the Yaqueling Military Village?" Zhou Zuhao said.

"Of course we have to fight with all our might, but at the same time, we must report Li Qing's possible situation here to Xingzhou, and ask General Zhou to make a decision quickly. Moreover, now, Shang Shoujiao and Commander Yuan are still in Xingzhou. If they all make a judgment together, there should be no problem." Ouyang Gangqiang said.

"You are right. We will immediately send a message to Xingzhou, and at the same time, we will send military information to Ben Kuan, so that he will block the passage of Xiao Ai River at any cost and buy us more time. If our judgment is good, then he will likely be attacked with extremely fierceness."

On a slope, the Xingzhou soldiers led by Ben Kuan were arranged in an array along the hillside. In front of the soldiers, there were defense lines composed of chariots. In front of each chariot, there were sharp blades with cold light. After the chariots, spears were erected, and the lines were formed into a forest of guns. Below the hillside, Li Feng's Yizhou camp cavalry was lingering. Seeing the military formation on the slope, Li Feng spat hatefully, "I want to fight again, but I can't really smash the opponent. Damn, this job is really cowardly."

He looked up at him for a while and said loudly: "Li Tie, attack."

"Yes, general!" Li Tie responded loudly, grabbed the horse's belly, took the lead, and rushed to the hillside.

The cavalry dispersed, accelerated on the flat ground, then rushed towards the slope, waved the iron bones with iron chains in their hands. As the cavalry entered the range of bows and arrows, a dark cloud suddenly burst out from the hillside. First, it rushed into the sky, then turned around and rushed towards the rushing cavalry.

The rain of arrows fell, and the soldiers immediately lowered their heads slightly and let the rain of arrows fall on their armor. At the same time, the iron bones in their hands had already flew out. The heavy iron bones connected to the iron chains roared into the gun forest, smashing the soldiers in the gun forest one after another, rushing up the slope, and following the opponent's chariot formation, the cavalry circled in a circle and rushed down from the other end, and the ones behind rushed up. The rain of arrows and iron bones were flying in the air, and soldiers fell from time to time on both sides.

Although Ben Kuan occupied the terrain, he did not dare to take the initiative to attack. The Dingzhou Iron Cavalry had a strong shadow in his heart. The soldiers under him relied on the military formation and could barely fight against the opponent. However, if he took the initiative to attack, once the military formation was dispersed, he was extremely worried that he would not be able to stop the opponent's impact.

This impact and counterattack lasted for about half an hour. After both sides sacrificed hundreds of lives, Li Feng took the initiative to retreat and set a distance from the other party.

Such an attack has been staged almost every day for several days, and the result is always the same. As time goes by, Ben Kuan's confidence has been fought day by day. The famous Dingzhou soldiers are nothing but this. After fighting for a few days, he has not suffered much loss. This makes his mood extremely good.

But his good mood was completely destroyed with a secret letter from Ouyang Gangqiang and Zhou Zuhao in the Yaqueling Military Village. Seeing the letter, Ben Kuan was shocked. If it was as they said, he would probably be able to resist the next one, but the Qinzhou Kuangshanfeng Group, which had countless soldiers. That was nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. If they really came over, he would be swallowed up so much that he would not be able to leave even the scum left.

Ben Kuan regrets this. He was so stubborn that he was wrong at that time. He wanted to come here to block the opponent's escape route. Now, he besieged Yaqueling and captured such rare skills as Li Qing, but he couldn't get a little bit of it. Instead, he wanted to block the opponent's powerful reinforcements here. Isn't this seeking death?
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