Chapter 74: Xhosa Raiders (4) Balengar (Part 2)
If it were the norm, Nie Xu and Weilong should have taken these hundred people to the south gate on the city wall, but Nie Xu and Weilong made an incredible choice!
He hung down the tiger claws and pivoting line from the female wall near the inside of the city wall!
"Everyone..."
He asked someone to approach him quietly and whispered: "The chief lieutenant has mostly arrived near the south gate. If we kill from the city wall at this time, we will face a large number of enemies. I have observed carefully that most of the enemies on the city wall are guarding the outside of the city wall. Their main target is the outside, not the inside."
"In addition, the sky is dark, which is the perfect opportunity for us to climb down the city from here, and then we rushed from the base of the city wall inside to the south gate. The Xhosa people did not have a winch, and their doors were also wooden doors, which were all opened from the bottom of the city. Therefore, the best effect is to catch up from below to the south gate!"
He is Du Yuhou, so everyone will naturally listen to him.
Not long after, all one hundred people went down to the city!
In addition to Baicheng and Shakr, the remaining walls of the Xhosa people were mostly built by Jews. Most of the Jews in their country came from Carthage in North Africa and Sicily in the Mediterranean. Naturally, they were also in Roman style. Below the inner wall is a corridor about one meter wide, and there are many streets leading to the depths of the city, and they are not as symmetry as China. From a city gate, it is opposite to a street that can lead to the opposite city gate, but it is winding. It is not easy for those who are not familiar with the path to find somewhere soon.
However, it is still possible to reach the south gate along the corridor close to the base of the city wall!
One hundred people quickly ran towards the south gate, and this run attracted soldiers patrolling the city!
For Romanesque castles, patrols are not required near the gates, because there are Tibetan soldiers or enemy buildings similar to the Central Plains near each gate, but they are just cylindrical, and at least one hundred soldiers can be housed there. Therefore, the patrol ranges of soldiers patrolling in the city are mainly corridors and streets.
Just as Nie Xu and Weilong rushed towards the south gate, a team of patrolling soldiers in the city came from behind. The soldiers in the south gate in front were also rushing here after hearing the movement. Unfortunately, Nie Xu and Weilong were blocked at thirty meters away from the south gate!
Rainy days, nights, climbing walls has caused them to be unable to carry heavy weapons, and the longest time is to have a sword with both hands!
At this time, it is not the best time to cast the thunder, because if they cast it, they will inevitably attract the army in the city, so they can only dress up as the Alan people with the most Barengals. Of course, it is just to add an Alan single coat outside the cotton armor.
The long-range weapon is only half a meter long short crossbow. If you carry a strong crossbow, one meter long and eight pounds will be too burdensome!
So, they can only trust the long sword.
In the Sailing Ye Army, the other ones who practiced the crossbow soldiers were not only strong crossbow soldiers, but also mountain camps. Since the mountain-leading weapons cannot be used, the crossbow sword was the most advantageous weapon!
It is about four feet long, with a blade body of two and a half feet, a hilt of one and a half feet, a blade body of about six millimeters thick, and weighs about four and a half kilograms. It can be cut and stabbed. The knife technique was originally summarized by Li Jing and Li Ji and simplified. There are twelve styles in total, known as the "Twelve Styles of Duke Li Wei".
Sun Xiurong retained his "Four Skills and Skills", but the "Four Skills and Skills" borrowed the moves of the Tiger Camp of the Great Xia Kingdom. In fact, it was a mixture of Li Weigong's twelve styles and later level eight swords and Japanese samurai swords. There were also four styles, but Sun Xiurong canceled all the remaining "Four Blocking Styles".
In other words, the two-handed horizontal sword technique of Shattered Ye Jun only has offense but no defense!
This is also the result of the fact that the Suoye Army has relatively complete equipment and scientific training, and does not advocate fighting and the use of arrays, tactics, and equipment to cooperate in combat.
At present, with Nie Xu and Wei Long as the leader, the three most powerful people are in front. The starting style of the long sword in their hands is obviously a quick chopping style, while the three people following behind are a quick stab, and the three people behind are holding short crossbows!
The three rows at the end seemed to be different, but the one in the front was not the swords and shield soldiers, but the swords and shield soldiers. They were naturally the most elite swords and shield soldiers among the hundred people. Behind them were three long sword soldiers, and behind them were also holding short crossbows. In other words, the one behind was obviously mainly focused on keeping steady, while the one in the front had to rush forward regardless of everything!
"kill!"
After seeing the enemy approaching, Nie Xuweilong pulled down the mask on his helmet, so his whole face was exposed, and the Xhosa soldiers on the opposite side were obviously also imitating the costumes of the Roman infantry. The front was chain mail, short sword, and shield!
If Nie Xu and Wei Long had a Modao or a Tiger Spear in his hand at this time, they could repel all of these people in a short time, but now they only have a long sword. Long sword against a sword shield is obviously not an ideal choice, but there is no way to do so. Even if there are eight long sword styles that have been transformed by Sun Xiurong, it is not easy to defeat the enemy in front of you in a short time, and the figure of the sharp army in the mountain camp is not superior (it is impossible to climb up and down, it is impossible to be too tall).
However, Nie Xu and Wei Long's eyes were still extremely firm. He held the long sword in both hands and ran towards the enemy troops coming from the south gate with a steady pace!
Ten feet!
Five zhang!
What is beneficial to the Slash Ye Army is that at this time the soldiers guarding the city still thought that the Alan people in the city were preparing for rebellion, and the number was not large, so they did not send a large army to intercept it, and the soldiers on duty were mainly the soldiers on duty.
Three zhang!
Another lightning bolt tore half of the sky apart!
At this time, both sides naturally saw each other's appearance. For the Xhosa soldiers, the dress of these Alans was really strange, but fighting with masks was a convention of the entire European barbarians (Celtics, Germans, Slavs). The Ostrogoths on the Taurus Peninsula were the best, so it was not surprising that the Alans secretly made this dress.
Therefore, after a little surprised, the Xhosa soldiers on the opposite side rushed forward!
One zhang!
The Xhosa soldiers opposite were holding shields in one hand and short swords in the other, while the soldiers behind them threw a bunch of javelins over!
Judging from the figures of these soldiers, they are obviously elite soldiers near the South Gate, and they are much taller than the Thunder Ye Army!
Nie Xu and Wei Long's eyes became even more serious!
But at this moment, the long knife hands on both sides of him suddenly rushed to the front of him and squatted on the ground!
And Nie Xu and Wei Long stepped on them with one step!
Nie Xu Wei Long rose up in the air!
Then he flew over the Xhosa soldiers!
"Click!"
Another strong lightning bolt, and at this moment, Nie Xu and Wei Long's long sword slashed down!
Although it is a long sword, as the most elite soldier in the entire battalion, the quality of the long sword is also extraordinary. It appears almost at the same time as the heart-wrenching lightning. Nie Xuweilong's long sword slashed the head of a Xhosa soldier from top to bottom!
As mentioned earlier, the most elite infantry of the Xhosa soldiers also had chain mail, even the head, but even the Romans could not use good fine iron to make chain mail, let alone the Xhosa people. However, the long sword in Nie Xu and Weilong's hand was a steel knife made of a small amount of steel made using crucible steel!
With one slash, the long knife cut open the chain mail and shattered his head!
As the rabbit rose and falcon fell, Nie Xu Weilong fell down, just in the middle of the Xhosa soldiers. He picked up the long knife and rotated it. The so-called inch long and inch strong, and a space was opened around him in an instant!
At this time, the Xhosa soldiers in front were naturally in chaos, and the Thunder Ye Army quickly killed them!
"Swish swish"
After two sounds of bending strings rebounding, the two Xhosa soldiers who were blocking Nie Xu and Weilong also fell to the ground, and the Shattered Ye Jun behind them met Nie Xu and Weilong!
......
The long sword and short crossbow cooperated perfectly on this rainy night. With the long sword slashing and stabbing, Nie Xu and Wei Long quickly repelled the soldiers and came to the south gate!
However, at this time, the defending general in the city was obviously awakened. He was rushing towards the south gate with a small number of cavalry. The vibration of the war horses stepping on the ground had already reached the south gate, and the Xhosa soldiers on the city wall were also shooting at the Shattered Ye Army with a single bow!
The Broken Ye Army began to suffer major casualties, but Nie Xu and Wei Long had already seen the gate!
The gate made of hard beech, which was as high as ten feet high. There were three iron bolts on the gate. A broken Ye Jun squatted down again, and Nie Xuweilong stood up from his shoulder!
"Bang"
He took off an iron bolt and threw it on the ground, and then the second one. When he was taking the third one, the enemy cavalry was already several meters away!
However, at this time, the Shattered Ye Army did not retreat. More than a dozen people held long swords and short crossbows to meet them!
However, on the narrow streets, it is obviously impossible to use infantry to block the aggressive cavalry. With the sound of being knocked away, the action of Ye Jun was about to fail!
"Crash!!!"
Another violent thunder and lightning, and at the same time, a fresh air blew over!
Nan Gongxi arrived with heavy cavalry!
......
Before dawn, all three thousand soldiers of the Broken Ye Army entered the castle!
However, they only occupied the outer city, and the inner city was still in the hands of the Xhosa people. However, at this time, Nan Gongxi had no need to worry too much. The largest 200-pound Fran machine cannon was placed in front of the inner city gate. Each cannon was loaded with three kilograms of solid iron bullets in advance!
"boom......"
After the three rounds of artillery, the gate made of beech wood fell down!
After a volley of shotguns and a dozen thunders were thrown in, heavy infantry rushed in!
......
It was dawn and Nan Gongxi occupied the city of Barongarh!
During breakfast, Deputy Duke Yuhou was reporting to him about the battle situation last night.
"Prince, more than half of the 100 soldiers led by Nie Xu and Weilong were injured, and Nie Xu and Weilong himself was also injured."
"Is the injury serious?"
"Fortunately, during the battle, the helmet fell because the belt of the helmet was loose. His right ear was cut by the enemy, and only a little flesh was left in his ear. After the military doctor sewed it for him, he also had a high fever and was sleeping."
"In the battle in the city, our army had the advantage and suffered very little casualties. On the part of the enemy, about a thousand people were killed by our army, and more than a thousand people were injured and captured."
"There is no surrender?"
"Of course there are, but not many, they are all Aval people who stay here."
Chapter completed!