Chapter 71 The Battle of Yanmen Begins

Yanmen Pass is called the most important pass in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is not without reason.

It was Ye Li Yuqi's first time to attack Yanmen. It had been a child's play before, but now he had to be fully prepared for a real war.

"General, how do you think this battle should be fought?"

"We all listen to you!"

"Ever since I came to Yanmen, I've been holding my breath. I've been wanting to do something big for a long time!"

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Many generals spoke one after another.

Even after the war started, they still had this spirit, which was exactly what Ye Li Yuqi wanted.

"In the past few months, although I have been defeated repeatedly, I have not done nothing."

"Yanmen is surrounded by mountains. Digging tunnels and destroying the city walls is not feasible."

"If we are surrounded without attacking, we can't afford it. For now, we can only take a steady approach."

Having said this, Yeli Yuqi's expression turned grim and he said in a deep voice:

"Cross Yanmen, kill the Great Wall, and go south to capture the dragon, today!"

If the children of the Han family living in the pass join the army, the greatest honor they can seek in their lives is to be granted the title of Xu.

The greatest honor of the nomads living outside the Pass is to cross the Great Wall and go south to capture the dragon.

After he said this.

All the Xixia generals suddenly became excited.

They didn't really believe that they could accomplish the feat of going south to capture the dragon.

But since arriving at Yanmen Pass, the repeated defeats have made everyone lose face.

Now, there is an opportunity to regain face, how can we not be excited?

The next day.

It was just dawn.

Wei Yuanzheng and Xu Changzhi inspected Yanmen Pass.

"According to the general's instructions, the materials for defending the city and the traps in the urn city have been prepared."

The latter spoke softly.

Wei Yuan nodded, stepped into the pass from Wengcheng, saw two forked roads, and said:

"The road on the right leads to a fake city tower. I will place all five hundred warriors here."

"As long as the enemy army really attacks Yanmen, let them go over the mountains and ridges from there, go around behind the enemy army, and burn their food and grass."

Xu Changzhi said worriedly: "Let's not talk about how long it will take to cross the Great Wall, climb over the mountains and ridges, and get behind the enemy. How can we solve the problem of providing food and grass for 500 people?"

Wei Yuan pulled him to the cook's barracks and suddenly took a spoonful of flour.

"Try it and see."

Xu Changzhi was slightly curious, "This flour"

Wei Yuan explained: "Wheat, grind it into powder, fry it, taste it to see if it satisfies hunger."

Xu Changzhi nodded, took a mouthful of fried flour, and suddenly choked.

Wei Yuan quickly handed him the kettle again.

Xu Changzhi took a big sip before dissolving the flour in his mouth into his stomach.

He felt the changes in his belly and said curiously: "It really has the effect of filling the stomach."

Fried flour, one bite can relieve your temporary hunger.

Eat in and you will feel full and hungry quickly.

But it is useful to carry during emergency marches.

Five hundred people don't need to carry any food and grass. They only need a few bags of fried flour and kettles hanging on each person's body, which can guarantee that they will be worry-free for at least half a month.

Half a month, no matter what, can be bypassed.

Someone once thought about using this surprise attack to attack Yanmen, but they were discovered by the Yanmen defenders at the time and immediately killed them.

Therefore, Wei Yuan's method is only suitable for raiding enemy troops outside the pass.

"General, do you really think these five hundred people can accomplish anything?"

Xu Changzhi asked.

Wei Yuan said: "I am just preparing for a rainy day. If Yeli Yuqi never thought about attacking Yanmen from beginning to end, then naturally there is no need to use them."

Two days later.

The Xixia army invaded Yanmen.

now.

Outside the city gate.

Wei Yuan and Xu Changzhi saw the large siege equipment of the Xixia Army one after another, like dumplings, one after another.

Catapults, battering rams, rams, ladders, pointed wooden donkeys, etc. are constantly coming.

Looking at this battle, Yeli Yuqiu has taken out all his family wealth.

The Xixia army he led seemed to be dispatched in full force.

The battle line spread out is extremely long and seems to cover every corner of the Great Wall as far as the eye can see.

Generals at the army, battalion and other levels are mobilizing their soldiers before the war.

"We, the people of Daxia, have started to call us cowards after we failed to attack the city several times before, saying that we are afraid of the Zhou garrison stationed at Yanmen!"

"Are we afraid? No! We are not afraid! Before, we just didn't have the luggage, but now, everything is ready, and we should avenge our shame!"

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Words like this permeated the entire Xixia army.

Although it may not be of much use, saying it is better than not saying it at all.

It's a human being who will explode after being suppressed for a long time.

Nowadays, Ye Liyu Qiu is trying to ignite the anger of all the soldiers in the army.

"Woo——"

With a blast of horns.

In the Xixia army, on the roofs of several watchtowers, flag-bearers waved the flagpoles in their hands.

It means, there is going to be a war.

Immediately afterwards, more than 100,000 troops lined up in formation.

They are lined up with various siege equipment in front of Yanmen Pass.

At this moment, on the top of the city, Wei Yuan looked solemn and ordered the soldiers standing on the turret to wave their flags and issue orders to put the entire army on alert.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Countless Xixia soldiers shouted this word in their native language.

The momentum was earth-shattering.

As the flag commander kept waving the flag in his hand.

Xixia's catapults have also been pushed to the front of the three armies' formation.

What is tied to the trebuchet is not an ordinary boulder.

It's a fireball!

A burning fireball made of gunpowder.

It doesn't need to be ignited, just throw it to the top of the city wall, and after colliding with the wall, it will explode and sparks will fly.

The lethality is much higher than that of ordinary boulders.

"Fire!"

With the order from Yeli Yuqi who personally supervised the battle.

Those catapults were divided into three rows and fired one after another.

For a time, there was a continuous rain of bullets.

Those fireballs fell on the city wall and exploded instantly.

If you are hit by the fireball, even if you don't die, you will be burned.

"Scatter! Scatter!"

Xu Changzhi shouted.

In the face of such a dense fireball attack, the only way is not to gather together.

Otherwise, there will be piles of damage.

If you scatter, only a few people will be affected.

However, any dodge will be vulnerable to the overly dense attack.

Soon, Zhou Jun soldiers suffered a lot of casualties.

Wei Yuan remained calm in the face of danger and shouted: "Pull our catapults into the city and fight back!"

The defenders can also use catapults to attack the enemy.

It is not a big problem to adjust the distance and direction.

The Xixia army, under the cover of catapults, was slowly advanced by shield soldiers, and the other arms followed closely and slowly approached Yanmen.

Their positions were not dense, and even looked a little loose.

Basically, there were some soldiers following around one or more siege machines.

The shield soldiers at the front played a defensive role.