The sound waves roared, and around the valley on the bank of the Yellow River, the roar of people lit up the entire night.

It was dusk in the past, but the sky had already darkened. The fire arrows coming back and forth were like fireflies flying in the night sky, illuminating the vision of people in the snow. On the west side of the foothills, there were a large number of soldiers holding shields.

Rushing through the snow, some of them carried ladders, and arrows fell on their shields, bodies, and the snow around them. In the woods behind them, the fire burned into a sea, and the archers who ignited the arrows fired a wave.

The poacher rushes out, shoots arrows, and then spins back into the snow forest where the bonfire is burning. At this time, you will see a large number of light spots like locusts falling on the summer village camp wall.

Covering blows fell one after another on the high points of the wooden camp wall. Too many fire arrows fell on the wood in this harsh winter, and some even burned.

There was no sound of elm cannons from the top of the Xia Village wall. During the Ever-Victorious Army's charge all over the mountains and plains, there was always a considerable distance between the soldiers. They held their shields and ran outside the wall, only at certain times.

A sudden fierce attack was launched at several points. Ladders were put up, and the crowd swarmed up. Inside Xia Village, the defenders poured boiling water with their hands, and there was a forest of spears piercing out from the camp wall, trying to climb in.

The elite of the victorious army were stabbed to death on the top of the wall. Dots of light rushed out of the woods in the distance. When they tried to fire a salvo at the top of the wall, the archers rushing over from inside the camp wall also fired their fire arrows at the opponent's group of archers.

Sometimes the victorious army shoots faster, sometimes it's the defenders of Xia Cun. When the fire falls on the wall and the ground inside and outside, the defenders who can't escape are holding their wounds and rolling on the ground screaming.

Then another wave of attacks came up.

The injured were still rolling on the ground, and the reinforcements were still far away. The soldiers behind the camp wall rushed out from the bunker and started fighting with the elite of the Ever Victorious Army who tried to storm in.

The general responsible for the defense of Section B on the west side of the camp wall is named Xu Lingming. He is short in stature and has a body as strong as a black iron tower. He has more than 500 men under his command and is defending the 40-foot-wide camp wall. At this time, he is undergoing constant pressure.

The victorious army took turns attacking, and the originally abundant manpower was rapidly being reduced. As far as the eye could see, the surroundings were extinguishing fires, running figures, the shouts of the messengers, the screams of the wounded, and the ground inside the camp.

A few arrows were inserted into the soil, and some were still burning. Since Xia Cun is a valley, it is impossible to see the outside from the low places inside. He was standing on a high observation deck looking out.

On the slope outside the wall, the charging soldiers of the Ever Victorious Army were scattered, shouting, and running like a swarm of ants, and only occasionally launched attacks on a certain section of the camp wall.

Further away, countless fire spots in the woods were about to rush out, but I didn't know where they were going to shoot.

"They're going to charge, they're going to charge... Xu Er. Let your brothers prepare! Rocket, if I say light it, light it. When I tell you to charge, all go up the wall!"

He suddenly shouted loudly from the watchtower. Below, Xu Er, who was leading the archery team, was his clan brother. He also shouted immediately. More than a hundred archers around him immediately picked up arrows wrapped in oilcloth and poured more glue on them.

Thick kerosene, he rushed to the bonfire and waited. Xu Lingming quickly rushed down the watchtower, picked up his shield and long knife: "Xiao Zhuo! Brothers in the reserve team, follow me and charge!"

Waiting in the rear bunker were more than fifty of his most elite men. At his order, they picked up their shields and swords and rushed forward. As he ran, Xu Lingming was still paying attention to the colors in the sky.

However, halfway through the run, on the wooden wall in front, an observing soldier suddenly shouted something. His voice was drowned in the tide of shouts of death. The soldier turned around, shouting and waving his hands. Xu Lingming opened his eyes wide.

Looking at the sky, it was still black, but the hairs on the back of my head stood up.

"Take cover—beware—"

Xu Lingming squatted down, raised his shield, and shouted with all his strength. The soldiers behind him also quickly raised their shields. Then, arrows rained down in the darkness, and some people were shot to the ground. Near the wooden wall, some people were hiding.

Behind the bunker, some soldiers who had no time to dodge were shot over and fell to the ground.

During the previous period, the Evervictorious Army had been suppressing the Xia Cun defenders with rockets. On the one hand, burns would indeed cause huge harm to the soldiers. On the other hand, against the elm cannon that could block the advance of the Evervictorian Army soldiers two days ago,

As the top general of this army and one of the famous generals in the world, Guo Yaoshi did not show excessive awe of this emerging thing.

When he was in the north, he had also come into contact with the immature firearms of the Wu Dynasty. At this time, he came to Xiacun and immediately responded to the existence of elm cannons: he used a large number of rockets to focus fire on the elm cannons originally placed there.

The wooden cannon is high up on the camp wall.

I had originally blocked these positions, but with the arrows flying randomly, I didn't dare to open the window for firing the elm cannon. Once an arrow was actually shot into the muzzle, the consequences of the gunpowder being ignited would be disastrous.

In front of the camp wall, when the soldiers were dispersed as much as possible, the damage that the elm cannon could do was not large enough. Therefore, during this period, Xia Cun's side did not let the elm cannon fire for the time being, but sent people to try their best to fire the elm cannon.

Nearby gunpowder and shells were removed.

As the sky grew dark, bursts of fire arrows flew in, which basically caused the soldiers behind the wooden wall to form a conditioned reflex. Once the arrows flew in, they immediately made evasive movements. But at this moment, what fell was not

Rocket.

Xia Cun immediately suffered a big loss.

"Xu Er - light the fire - go up the wall - kill with me -"

Xu Lingming shook his head and shouted loudly. Next to him, several injured people were screaming, and one with an arrow in the thigh was crawling on the snow in front. Farther away, a Jurchen's ladder was set up on the camp wall.

The soldier who warned him earlier grabbed his long knife and turned around to kill the enemy. A resentful soldier rushed in and struck him with a knife, sending his arm flying out. The surrounding defenders stood up and fought on the wall.

Xu Lingming roared "Ah——" and rushed towards the wall.

In the bloody fight, a Victory Army soldier jumped into the wall, and slashed his long knife down with the leap. Xu Lingming raised his shield and swung it, and the shield smashed the steel knife. His iron tower-like figure and that

The burly Northeastern men collided with each other. The two of them crashed against the camp wall, their bodies entangled, and then they were violently smashed and bloody.

"Kill the enemy——"

In the shadows, the resentful soldier fell down, and Xu Lingming drew his sword and shouted wildly. In front, the soldiers of the Ever Victorious Army crossed the wall. From behind, Xu Lingming's elite men and archers who lit rockets also swarmed towards this side.

, everyone rushed to the top of the wall, setting off a bloody wave of fighting on the wooden wall, while the archers rushed to the top of the walls on both sides. They began to shoot down arrows in the area where the victorious army usually concentrated.

Similar scenes are constantly happening in different places on the camp wall. In front of the main entrance of the camp, several carts decorated with shields have been temporarily paralyzed due to the firing of two crossbows and bows and arrows on the wall.

On the ground, heads and corpses were trampled in the snow. The large-scale harassment of the camp's defenses did not stop for a moment.

Although Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren were temporarily out of Guo Yaoshi's control during the Battle of Chaobai River, now that the option of surrender has been wiped out, the commander-in-chief of the ever-victorious army resumed his control as soon as he arrived.

Under his control, Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren had also cheered up and fully assisted the opponent in this attack.

Regarding the elm cannon and the more than 100 heavy cavalry that had made great achievements earlier, Guo Yaoshi was more keen and determined than Zhang and Liu. This was also because he had more available troops. At this time in Xia

Outside the village valley, the strength of the Ever Victorious Army has reached 36,000. They are all elite tribes who followed the south. However, in the entire Xia Village, the actual strength is only more than 18,000. More than 100

Heavy cavalry can expand its advantage in a small area, but on the battlefield of a decisive general attack, once the attack is launched, Guo Yaoshi will resolutely eat up the opponent, even if it pays the price. As long as the opponent's trump card is taken away, the opponent's morale will inevitably plummet.

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As for the firearms, in the past, the firearms of the Wu Dynasty were flashy and almost useless. Now they have reached a usable level. The things that have just appeared are powerful and powerful. In the skirmish line, they may not be able to kill a person at once. Compared with bows and arrows

, what's the difference? He let go of his courage and suppressed it with rockets. In a blink of an eye, he restrained the weakness of this new weapon.

"There are no empty warriors under such a great reputation..."

During the attack of the resentful army, the Xiacun Valley was also noisy. The soldiers on the periphery had already entered the battle, and the reserves were tense. On the high platform in the center, various messages were received, and they were planning and looking at the periphery.

With the fighting and the arrows coming and going in the sky, Ning Yi had to sigh at the power of Pharmacist Guo.

His ability to control the battlefield in real time is not very strong. In this valley, the ones who are really good at fighting and commanding are Qin Shaoqian and several previous generals from Wurui Camp. There are also prototypes of famous generals like Yue Pengju. As for Hongti, he came from Luliang Mountain

Han Jing, the leader of the team, in such a battle, is not as capable as those with a professional background in all aspects of control.

Soon after understanding this matter, he placed all the responsibility of command on Qin Shaoqian's shoulders and stopped making unnecessary remarks. As for the young general Yue Fei, he still lacked training and was still not as good as Qin Shaoqian in overall planning.

However, he seemed decisive and sharp in dealing with small and medium-sized situations. Ning Yi entrusted him with commanding elite troops to respond to the surrounding wars and make up for the gaps.

At this time, there was no big gap near the camp wall, but the pressure had gradually appeared. Especially the suppression of the elm cannon made Ning Yi understand that this new weapon with big thunder and small raindrops was not suitable for real combat.

After all, they couldn't be confused for too long - although Ning Yi didn't expect them to dominate the battle, he was still surprised by how fast and accurate Guo Yaoshi's response was.

The other party is so powerful, which means that what Xia Cun will face next is the most difficult future...

Of course, there is no room for retaliation in this matter.

In the chaotic battle situation, Yuwen Feidu and several other members of Zhuji who were highly skilled in martial arts were running in the battle formation. Although the young man's legs were limping, which affected his running somewhat, his cultivation was still there, and he had

He is keen enough that ordinary thrown arrows pose little threat to him. Although these elm cannons were transported from Luliang, the person who is best at operating the cannons is Yuwen Feidu's young mind among the bamboos at this time.

, is one of them. During the Luliang Mountain Grandmaster Battle, he even threatened Lin Echan with an elm cannon.

The young man ran past the camp wall in section B2. The fighting on the outer wall was still going on. He fired an arrow and then ran towards a nearby wall where elm cannons were placed. Most of these elm cannons were

With the protection of the outer wall and ceiling, the two Luliang elites in charge of gunnery did not dare to fire the cannons randomly, and were killing the enemy with arrows. They hid behind the camp wall and said hello to the young man who ran over.

Xu Lingming was fighting on the wall. As an officer leading 500 men, he wore an armor that was half iron and half leather. During the fierce fighting, he was also hit by a knife on the shoulder, which was bleeding. He was hitting it with his shield.

Looking at the tip of the spear of a Victorious Army soldier who climbed up the ladder, he saw someone carrying the elm cannon to the ceiling high on the camp wall, and then there was a bang.

The firelight shined directly into the crowd gathered outside the camp wall, exploding with a bang, sparks flying, dark red blood splashing, and limbs flying, which was shocking. After a while, another sound was heard from the other side, and several shots were fired.

Cannonballs fell into the crowd one after another, amidst the boiling sound of killing. The cannon operators moved the elm cannon down. After a while, they were covered by rockets again.

On the huge battlefield, there was a deafening sound of fighting. Thousands of people rushed to kill each other from all directions. The occasional sound of cannons, flames and snowflakes flying in the sky, and human blood boiling and flowing away. Looking from the night sky, only

I saw that the shape of the battlefield was constantly changing. Only inside the valley in the center of the battlefield, more than a thousand people who had been rescued gathered together, trembling with each burst of fighting and shouting. There were also a few people who clasped their hands and chanted. In the valley

In other places, most of the people were running to the front, or were ready to run to the front at any time. In the wounded barracks, screams and curses, crying and shouting were mixed together, and there were also seriously injured people who finally died. They were carried from the rear.

Come out and put it in the cleared snow...

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The fighting in the night gradually stopped, and the smell of blood and burnt smell filled the air. Mao Yishan sat down inside the camp wall. There was sticky blood on the camp wall, but it had basically begun to freeze. He didn't care about this.

.His body only felt severe fatigue and tearing pain. At first he thought he had been stabbed on his back or somewhere, but then he realized that he had lost strength.

The extremely tense nerves began to relax, but the pain was still severe. He grabbed a small piece of snow from the corner of the camp wall that had not been stepped on or stained with blood, and subconsciously put it into his mouth, wanting to eat.

This night, he killed three people. Fortunately, he was not injured, but when he was concentrating, all the strength in his body seemed to be drained.

Near and far, brothers from the rear came over and quickly looked for someone to take care of the wounded. Mao Yishan felt that he should also help, but for a while he didn't have the energy to stand up. Not far from him, a middle-aged man

He was sitting next to a big rock, tearing off strips of clothing and bandaging the injuries on his legs. There were many corpses and blood around that area. He didn't know if he was seriously injured, but the other party just gave him a leg injury.

I packed my bag and sat there to catch my breath.

The man glanced at Mao Yishan, then continued to sit and look around. After a while, he took out a steamed bun from his arms, broke it in half, and threw it to Mao Yishan.

"Thank you……"
To be continued...