Chapter 437
Ye Xingyuan was not polite, and cut off the envoy's ears and replied to Xiong Wei. He didn't talk nonsense. He only had six words, "If you want to fight, you will fight."
For these uneducated bear monsters, there is no need to waste their energy, and they can't understand them anyway.
Sure enough, Xiong Wei saw Ye Xingyuan's six-character characters, and was clean and neat. Not only did he not feel rude, but he was very impressed. He showed all the generals in the camp and praised him: "I heard that Ye Xingyuan, a great hero of the Dajiang Gang, was indeed not an ordinary person. If Xiao Wang had not been on a hostile standpoint with him, he would have been willing to make friends with him."
When he praised the enemy, his generals were dissatisfied. A barbarian general Ashina was dissatisfied and stood up and patted his chest, saying, "Fourth Prince, why should the enemy be more ambitious and destroy his majesty? Ye Xingyuan is so rude, our team will take the lead tomorrow to attack, climb the city wall, break Jiangyang City, cut off his head, and drink with the prince."
Xiong Wei was overjoyed, took off his sword and gave it to Ashina, and smiled and said, "It is rare that General Ashina is as brave as he is. You can hold my sword and take Ye Xingyuan's head!"
Anyway, the first day of the siege was definitely a vassal army rather than the elites in the headquarters. Xiong Wei praised Ye Xingyuan and wanted to arouse the spirit of these generals. As expected, Ashina jumped out by himself, so he would not urge him to point him.
Waiting for tomorrow dawn, Xiong Wei drives the army to attack the city from three sides. Among them, Ashina is indeed the vanguard on the front and goes straight to Jiangyang City Gate.
Jiangyang faces the river and is connected to the water camp, which is as solid as a god. Although the cavalry of Xiong Yao is powerful, the navy is not good at first learning and training. This side can be said to be the lifeline of Jiangyang, including materials, grain, and reinforcements, all must be transported from the river.
But there was no danger to defend on the other three sides and was on the plain. During this time, Ye Xingyuan unified the Dajiang Gang, seized Jiangyang City, and began to repair the city walls, but it was only a little repair and stamped, and it could not be considered a heroic city.
The Bear Demon tribe has guided the Western Regions, fought countless heroic cities, and had many advanced siege equipment. Although Xiong Wei knew that Jiang Yang was not easy to chew, he still felt that under a strong attack, he would definitely be able to go down in one go.
Mrs. Li stood on the city wall and looked at the military situation and analyzed: "The southeast side should be a feint attack. Today, the demon clan coalition forces do not know the reality of the city and have not invested too much military force.
However, the barbarians on the front seemed to be injected with chicken blood, rushing into the city wall with arrows, and it seemed to be a suicide squad."
Ye Xingyuan smiled and said, "The barbarians are a little stubborn. The bear demon destroyed the countries of the Western Regions, killed so many barbarians, and recruited their strong men. They just used them as cannon fodder, but they were still obsessed with it."
He saw a golden-armored general who waved his horse spear, majestic and mighty, and could not bear the strong force. He was able to shoot the arrows calmly, and he was about to rush under the wall.
Ye Xingyuan gently stroked the red cannon at the main entrance, smiling and silently. Several ignited gunners were a little anxious and asked, "Sir, the thief is approaching, let's fire!"
The hundreds of elite iron armored soldiers led by the Golden Armored General drove away thousands of armored infantry, which was only two hundred steps away from the city gate. If you move forward, the bow and arrow will not be effective.
"No hurry." Ye Xingyuan was calm and composed. These demons had not suffered from cannons. The first time they fired the cannons, of course they had to leave a deeper impression. He stared at the general and smiled: "When he rushed to the city, it would be too late to fire the cannons when he signed up."
This general was so brave that he rushed to the city gate with a stern, how could he not shout and raise his morale? After Ye Xingyuan waited for him to report his name, he would dispel their morale in one fell swoop. Wouldn't it be a kill of two birds with one stone?
Xiong Wei, who was firmly sitting in the central army tent, saw that Ashina had a very smooth attack and nodded frequently and said, "There are also brave generals among the barbarians. After Ashina joined our army, she made many military achievements and could be the commander of ten thousand men."
At that moment, the generals in the Bear Demon's direct line were dissatisfied and shouted: "If we had taken action, the city gate would have been opened long ago. Why should we be so slow?"
Seeing that the demon clan was surrounded by confidants, Xiong Wei laughed and said, "You are all the generals cherished by the father. How can you compare with the reckless men who charge in battle? The barbarians are not my race, and their hearts must be different. Wouldn't it be nice to let them die with these human races?"
They were very clear in their hearts. Now most of the barbarians in the Xiong Demon army were recruited and surrendered in the Western Expedition a few years ago. Speaking of which, most of them have a grudge against Xiong Demon to destroy the country. How much trust can they have?
The southern expedition to destroy the human race and consume the strength of the barbarian surrendered army. It was originally a strategy that the upper class of the Bear Demon tribe did not say, but knew it well.
Only then did the bear demon generals feel satisfied and laugh out loud, but a demon fox with white hair frowned for a long time without saying a word.
This monster comes from Qingqiu Kingdom, and is a military advisor who is highly valued by Xiong Wei, named Hu Yong. He is good at marching and formation and has a brilliant plan. Now, looking at Ashina's charge, he feels that it is too smooth.
Xiong Wei observed his expression and glanced at the wrong expression of Military Advisor Hu. He felt a little nervous and asked again: "Military Advisor, is there anything unusual?"
Military Master Hu nodded, shook his head again, and hesitated: "I heard that there are thirty-six wonderful methods of human race guarding the city, which is very cramped. However, after General Ashina charged in 300 steps, Jiangyang City was still blocking it with arrows and did not use the genus of rolling wood and stones, which is a bit strange."
The generals of the bear clan who were clamoring at first were distracted and smiled: "Maybe this is because they were scared of General Ashina's fierce power."
Ashina is a Western barbarian, with a height of ten feet and a head full of golden retrievers. She is like a fierce god, charging into battle and going all the way. Although the generals of the bear clan were not convinced, they had to admit his power in private.
Xiong Wei knew that Military Advisor Hu must be targeted. He had just praised Ye Xingyuan, and such a person would never be easily scared. Could it be that they had any tricks?
He rode his horse forward, raised his head and looked into the distance, feeling shocked and puzzled. At this time, Ashina had led hundreds of elite troops to the moat, waved his sabre proudly, and shouted: "The one who broke the city is the leader of the ten thousand men, Ashina, a human dog, eats a knife from his grandfather."
Before he finished speaking, Ye Xingyuan raised his hand and said, "Fire!"
Eighteen red-clothed cannons on the city wall ignited fire together. The gunners were well-trained. In just a moment, they heard a burst of bangs, just like thunder falling, and the fire was shining under Jiangyang City!
Most of the army in the Bear Demon Clan were cavalry. They were frightened by the sound of thunder. Herodol raised his hooves and almost threw the bear power on the horse's back.
Fortunately, Xiong Wei grew up on the horse's back and had amazing riding skills, so he barely managed the horse. But from a distance, he saw that the city was covered with blood and blood. Asina, who was as powerful as a god, had already fallen off the horse and rolled into the dust, and did not move at all, probably because he was shot to death.
Even if the five hundred elite barbarians led by him were not wiped out, they would be seriously damaged under the cover of artillery fire, and everyone was injured and panicked.
He turned around and ran away cleverly, and was stunned for a little while, thinking that he had been struck by thunder, so he dared not move. The archers on the city wall were not polite, and they shot one shot and gave them a note.
"What is this?" Xiong Wei saw fire spurting on the city wall, and then it was decay. Even the knowledgeable prince of the Bear Demon Clan couldn't understand what happened.
Military Commander Hu's face was pale and murmured to himself: "Is this the power of the fire-carrying equipment in the book? How can it be used on such a large scale? Even in the Western Regions, the power of artillery is less than one-tenth of this. Where did Ye Xingyuan get it?"
Xiong Wei's face darkened, and he called Military Advisor Hu to his face and asked, "Do you think this is a cannon? When my father was expeditioning the west, I had been with him and had seen cannons. The sound was not as loud and the power was not as strong as it was."
Military Commander Hu smiled bitterly and said, "The artillery in the Western Regions is mainly used to fire solid iron bombs, and it is more like a stone throwing machine in the army. It is a powerful weapon for siege and decapitation of villages. But even in terms of the power of gunpowder, it is far inferior to the cannons such as Jiangyang City.
What's more, these cannons were fired and bombed out with one shot, covering dozens of steps, which was extremely lethal to people and horses. General Ashina was so mighty that he could die reluctantly. Jiangyang City had such artillery, but he was afraid that the head-on attack would not be worth the loss!"
Without needing to say this, Xiong Wei himself understood this. Generally, as long as he is willing to use his life to fill it, he can always create flaws.
But such a terrible artillery cover bombardment can kill dozens of people in one shot, and it has such a powerful and deterrent effect. Even if it takes time to reload, it is enough to beat ordinary siege infantry to lose their temper.
Unless we keep using elite lives like Ashi to attack, even the Bear Demon tribe, how could many elite lives be sacrificed in vain?
At this time, the troops behind the army were not good, and the troops behind were unwilling to advance before they could figure out the situation. The cavalry on the southeastern sides were afraid of the powerful artillery on the city wall, so they dared not get too close. They only wandered around in the near and far away, which was obviously not working.
Xiong Wei knew that the morale of the army was depressed today, and his morale was completely lost. There was no good result for barely siege the city. Unexpectedly, he didn't get a good start, but was knocked on the head and could only endure his anger and call the gold to withdraw his troops.
Hearing the gongs, the soldiers who were about to approach the city wall breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and retreated without hesitation, much faster than the one who was moving forward slowly just now.
Seeing this scene, Xiong Wei was so angry that his nose was crooked. The army of the Bear Demon tribe has always been extremely brave and only knows how to advance but not retreat. Unexpectedly, the cannon immediately revealed its true form.
It seems that the army is expanding too quickly, with dragons and snakes mixed together. If they were all elite soldiers of the Bear Demon clan, there would never be such a situation.
He looked gloomy and ordered his left and right, "Retreat five miles and set up camp, and instruct scouts inside and outside the city to find out the arrangement of artillery in Jiangyang City. If you can get the specific situation, you will be rewarded."
Chapter completed!