Chapter 62 Section VII

"boom!" There was a loud bang.Xiao Ziyan woke up with a start, turned over and sat up.He didn't even take off his soft armor when he fell asleep, sat up, put on his shoes very quickly, and shouted: "What happened?" It was not yet dawn, even if it was midnight, the soldiers nearby were all awakened by the loud noise.At this time, a night watchman rushed in and shouted: "Captain Xiao, the rebels are attacking the city!" The Republican Army actually attacked at night!Xiao Ziyan's heart trembled.The enemy's deployment is quite different from usual, and I don't know what's going on at the top of the city.He stood up and said loudly: "All gather and stand by, Xiaotang, Xiaotang!"

Tang Wei got out from nowhere and said, "Captain Xiao, I'm here." "Bei Ma, you and I go to the top of the city to see the situation, and the rest of the people will carry the flying machine to the top of the city and install it." Xiao Ziyan didn't say much, and rushed out of the barracks.At this time, Hong Shengdong had already put on his clothes and jumped down, and started to move the aircraft with a few soldiers. Seeing Xiao Ziyan rushing out, he said loudly: "Captain Xiao, are you going to leave immediately?" The wind is very strong, there are no stars or moons in the sky, and there may be a heavy rain.Xiao Ziyan looked at the sky, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go to the city first, maybe we will start soon."

It is indeed a very dangerous thing to go into space in such weather, but when the matter is urgent, no matter how dangerous it is, it can only be done.When he and Xiao Ziyan reached the edge of the city, the sound of cannons was already ringing all around.Outside the south gate of Dongping City, the Dragon Cannons set up in the Second Fort of Zuofu Youbi continued to bombard them alternately, and all the lanterns and torches were lit up, illuminating the city brightly.He jumped off the horse, handed the horse to Tang Wei, and walked up the stairs quickly. As soon as I went up to the top of the city, I happened to see Zhong Yugu and several soldiers standing on a high place watching the battle.Xiao Ziyan rushed to him, knelt down and said, "General Zhong, Xiao Ziyan, the centurion commander of the last general, is here to stand by."

Zhong Yugu looked at him and said, "General Xiao, you came so fast." But he didn't say anything else.Xiao Ziyan stood up, stood beside him, and looked down the city. The Second Prime Minister's Fort is like the two giant arms stretched out from Dongping City, just enclosing the gate. If the Republican Army wants to attack the city, it must pass through the Second Prime Minister's Fort.Ma Yaoxian was old in the army and well-prepared. The dragon cannons on the two forts alternately bombarded the Republican army rushing towards the city gate. The flames rose into the air, and the beacon smoke filled the ground. The forward of the Republican army was blocked from rushing forward.But Xiao Ziyan knew that this kind of power could not last for a long time, and the Shenlong cannon could not continue bombarding endlessly. If more than ten cannons were fired, the muzzle would become as red as if it had just been cast. At that time, no more gunpowder could be added. .

When the artillery fire of the Shenlong Cannon thinned out, support from the city was necessary.If the entire army of the Wind Corps is here, hundreds of flying planes are condescending and throwing mines, and the enemy cannot go beyond the mines.Although there are less than ten members of the Wind Legion now, it can still give Ma Yao a chance to breathe.Xiao Ziyan thought that Zhong Yugu would order him to attack immediately, but Zhong Yugu didn't know what he was thinking, he just looked at the Republican Army swarming below, his mouth seemed to be sealed, and he would not open it again.

The artillery fire gradually died down.Xiao Ziyan's heart was also suspended, but he didn't dare to talk too much.Just watching, there was a commotion behind him, but it was Hong Shengdong and the others who carried the flying machine up to the city. There are still seven flying machines that can still be used.Seven flying planes lined up at the top of the city. Hong Shengdong and the soldiers of the Wind Corps quickly installed them. They walked over and saluted, and said, "Officer Xiao, the flying planes are ready to stop and are on standby at any time." Xiao Ziyan glanced at Zhong Yugu, but Zhong Yugu didn't seem to hear it, and remained silent.He was very anxious, stepped forward and said: "General Zhong, General Ma is in a tight spot, hurry up and help!"

Zhong Yugu turned his head, looked at Xiao Ziyan, and said, "General Xiao, how many people are there in the Republican Army?" Xiao Ziyan was startled, and said: "More than sixty thousand." "There are only three or four thousand people attacking now. It can be seen that they are only feigning an attack. If we go out of the city to support and fall into their tricks, the enemy will surely rush forward." Xiao Ziyan's heart trembled.He has no experience in commanding a corps in combat, and he has not read much about the art of war. He never thought that the enemy would use this kind of strategy.He looked at the republican army that was rushing towards Zuofu Youbi Erbao, and said: "But, General Zhong, what should we do if General Ma can't stand it anymore?"

Zhong Yugu said coldly: "Then there will be four thousand more martyrs in the empire." Even though it wasn't very cold, Xiao Ziyan shivered.Perhaps, in Zhong Yugu's view, Ma Yao refused to obey his own arrangement and insisted on sticking to the Second Fort of the Prime Minister.And the Republican Army, those feint attacking troops at the forefront, aren't they also regarded as pawns that can be sacrificed?He didn't dare to say another word, but just looked down the city. The Second Fort of Zuofu Youbi has been in operation for many years, and it is very strong. Although the Shenlong cannons have been thinned out, they may have to stop if they fire a few more cannonballs, but the Republican Army's offensive is fierce, but it has not made much progress.On the contrary, many corpses fell, and none of them could cross the second castle and rush to the gate of the city.He also let go of his heart in mid-air, knowing that Ma Yaoxian had been in the army for a long time, although Zhong Yugu said it coldly, he probably believed that Ma Yaoxian could withstand the enemy's attack.

As he was watching, his hand suddenly touched a round object on his waist.It was a gourd of wine that Ma Yao first gave himself when he went to build an overpass during the day, and he never drank it.Of course now is not the time to drink, but Xiao Ziyan suddenly wanted to take another sip. When Zhong Yugu and Xiao Ziyan were watching the battle at the top of the city, in Xu Hanchuan's house, the two were standing upstairs looking up. Xu Hanchuan's house is in the city, and he can't see the scene below the city at all.The sound of fighting came from far away, one after another, Xu Hanchuan suddenly sighed: "General Fang's loss is probably not small."

The one surnamed Hu sneered, "For victory, sacrifice is inevitable." Xu Hanchuan looked at the sky again, and said, "Why didn't the airship team come? Are the infantry allowed to die in vain?" "When the Shenlong cannon is finished, the airship team will move." Xu Hanchuan also shivered.In addition to the Wind Legion, the Shenlong Cannon will also pose a certain threat to the airship team.General Fang Ruoshui deliberately let a partial division feign an attack, first consume the Imperial Army's Shenlong Cannon, and then launch a decisive blow from above.From a tactical point of view, this strategy is impeccable, but those troops who acted as feints are waiting to die in vain.He gritted his teeth. Although there was only black tiles and white walls in front of him, he seemed to see fallen Republican soldiers in pieces.

His expression was noticed by that person, who sneered and said, "Mr. Xu, do you think this strategy is too cruel?" Xu Hanchuan said: "Sacrifice is inevitable, but this is too..." Before he finished speaking, the man surnamed Hu said: "If you don't break through Dongping City in one fell swoop, the number of soldiers who died in the battle will increase exponentially. Don't you think it's hard to see?" Xu Hanchuan sighed and said nothing more.The surname Hu said again: "What is Zhong Yugu thinking? Will there be any changes?" Xu Hanchuan thought for a while and said, "He won't cry when he sees the coffin. If we can't show him our combat strength, he might hesitate." The surname Hu smiled and said: "I'm afraid that if General Fang is defeated, he will immediately turn his face and deny it, and instead silence us, right?" Xu Hanchuan's heart skipped a beat.In fact, he has been worried about this all the time, and he has never dared to say it clearly. He didn't expect that this surname Hu had already figured out this point, but he was not afraid.He paused, and said, "If we really come to this point, what should we do?" "Sacrifice is always inevitable." Still giving the same answer, the man surnamed Hu looked up at the sky again.Tonight, the wind was strong, the clouds were densely covered, there were no stars or moons, the night sky was like a thick black cloth, nothing could be seen, but he looked up and was engrossed.Xu Hanchuan's heart skipped a beat, and he said slowly, "Mr. Hu, aren't you afraid of death?" The man didn't turn his head, just nodded and said, "Of course I'm afraid." "Then you're not worried at all?" The man laughed: "Is there any use in worrying? I only know how to do what I should do. Mr. Xu, you are older than me, and you should have seen more things than me. Tell me, why do you ignore the danger? To work as an undercover agent in the Imperial Army?" Xu Hanchuan was stunned, thought for a while, sighed, and suddenly laughed: "Maybe I'm really old." As soon as he finished speaking, the man's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said, "The Shenlong cannon has stopped!" Xu Hanchuan looked at the night sky.The night was as thick as ink, and nothing could be seen.The sparse sound of cannons finally stopped, but the sound of fighting became clear all of a sudden.In the surrounding silence, people's roars became strangely grotesque, almost like the neighing of monsters.He tried his best to see if something different appeared in the sky, but he still couldn't see anything when he opened his eyes wide, and finally said dejectedly: "I can't see anything." "Of course I can't see it." The man smiled, raised his head again, and muttered, "Wanggu, it's up to you." On the top of the wall, Xiao Ziyan almost forgot to breathe. It was not the first time he had fought bloody battles, he himself had participated in several times, but it was the first time he had seen such fearless soldiers.The soldiers of the Republican Army rushed towards Zuofu and Youbier Forts like ants. When the Shenlong Cannon on the fort spewed out a long tongue of flame, a large number of people rolled and fell down, and the soldiers who escaped followed suit. Rush forward, completely ignoring the rolling wood and rocks thrown from the fort.It seems that they don't know that the further they rush, the more dangerous they are. Tang Wei felt chills all over his body, he gasped and said, "Xiao...Captain Xiao, are they... are they all crazy?" He also heard that the combat effectiveness of the Republican Army was not very strong, Because although the Republican Army is numerous, many soldiers are new recruits who have not been in the army for a long time, and some of them can't even use knives and guns. Compared with the well-trained four-phase legion of the empire, it is far inferior to the ordinary legion. Not necessarily great.However, the soldiers of the Republican Army seemed to disregard life and death, rushing forward recklessly once the battle started, even a mob was often enough to fight against the elite soldiers of the empire.When he heard this kind of story before, he also laughed it off, and always found it unbelievable. Now that he really saw it in his eyes, he felt that it was not an exaggeration.When he was a child, the snake people besieged the imperial capital, and the snake people at that time seemed not as vicious as the Republican Army now.Although the Prime Minister's Second Fort is still as firm as a rock, he is afraid. 60,000 Republicans, what if all of them are like this? Just as he was thinking, a lieutenant rushed over, knelt down in front of Zhong Yugu and said, "General Zhong, the Shenlong Cannon on the Second Fort of the Prime Minister has almost stopped. It's just..." Indeed, at the beginning, the Shenlong cannons on the Zuofu Youbier Fort fired a series of bombardments, and the cannons rumbled and joined each other. At this time, it has become very sparse, and it takes a long time for the bombardment to start after the cannon fires.If the vanguard of the Republican Army is really a tactic to lure the enemy, then now that they have achieved their goal, the main attacking force can cross the Second Fort of the Prime Minister and rush to the gate of the city.Zhong Yugu said: "Just what?" "It's just that the enemy army relaxed their attack on the Prime Minister's Second Fort, and retreated instead." The real battle begins.The reason why the Republican Army did this was probably to take advantage of the gap between the Shenlong Cannon and destroy the city in one fell swoop.It’s just that it’s really risky for them to do this, because once the city cannot be attacked, when the Shenlong Cannon of the Prime Minister’s Second Fort can be fired again, the republican army gathered under the city will become the live of the Shenlong Cannon in the three places of the left, the right, and the top of the city. target.Although Dongping City is not as powerful as the Republican Army now, it will never be defeated in one fell swoop. It seems that Fang Ruoshui, the chief general of the Republican Army, is a bit too famous and made a mistake in command.Xiao Ziyan was shocked, looked at Zhong Yugu, Zhong Yugu also stood up, and said: "Send the order, the whole army is on alert, and is on standby at any time!" As soon as he finished speaking, someone from the watchtower suddenly yelled: "What is that?" The voice was extremely frightened, as if he had been stabbed.Zhong Yugu raised his head, with a trace of displeasure floating on his face, he shouted: "Go and see personally, what happened above?" Before the people he sent had set off, a man rushed down from the archery tower, and immediately knelt down in front of Zhong Yugu, out of breath, and said: "Zhong...General Zhong, there is a foreign object in the sky, Right above Fort Right!" He spoke in such a panic that everyone who heard it was taken aback and looked at the sky above Youbi Castle in unison.Xiao Ziyan also opened his eyes wide to watch, but the night was dark and he couldn't see anything.He was wondering, but he heard Tang Wei shout: "Captain Xiao, there is really something in the sky!" Xiao Ziyan rubbed his eyes and looked hard, but he still couldn't see clearly, but he vaguely saw a place with a different color.Could it be that the Republican Army also has flying machines?He frowned, and was about to ask Tang Wei to bring a telescope over, but Tang Wei reached out and handed a telescope to him.Xiao Ziyan took it over and took a look. Although the telescope could not see it very clearly, he could indeed see a long ellipsoidal foreign object in the clouds above Youbibao.Although the color is pitch black, hidden in the night, it can be seen that this is by no means a chaotic cloud. "What is this?" Xiao Ziyan said softly, and Tang Wei said beside him: "It is ellipsoidal in shape, with a total length of more than ten feet, and the speed is not fast, about..." Tang Wei couldn't say anything here, this thing seemed to be suspended in the air. The air is generally motionless, almost stationary. Zhong Yugu also held a telescope in his hand, and then he came over and said, "General Xiao, take a look, what is this?" Xiao Ziyan thought for a while, and said: "This is definitely not a natural thing, but it can't be a flying machine, maybe it's a new weapon of the Republican Army." At this time Tang Wei suddenly shouted: "Something is falling from above! Oh, it's thunder!" As soon as the word "雷" was uttered, there was a loud noise on the Fort of Youbi.The sound was the same as the Shenlong Cannon, and even louder than the Shenlong Cannon. Even the people at the top of the city were shaken, and the ground seemed to tremble for a while.Zhong Yugu staggered and almost fell, so he quickly supported the battlements.When he stood still, there was already a trace of panic on his face: "It's really a thunderstorm!" The Republican Army also has long-range weapons such as the Shenlong Cannon, and they all know it.It's just that none of them thought that the Republican Army would have such an air force as the Imperial Army Wind Corps.The tactics of flying planes throwing mines always give the enemy a headache. Whether it is the former Snake Army or the current Republican Army, they are all very afraid of the three-dimensional combat of the Imperial Army.However, because the flying machine has to hover in the air, the accuracy of throwing mines is not very high. Dealing with small groups of enemies is often not worth the candle.But that thing in the sky doesn't know the reason, it seems to be quite different from the flying machine, but it can hover in the air.Seen from the air, Youbi Fort is only a little smaller compared to Dongping City, but the thunder that that thing dropped had a very small deviation, almost right in the center of Youbi Fort. No wonder the Republican Army is retreating... Zhong Yugu's face changed.Although he was encouraged by Xu Hanchuan to surrender, but as an important rising general of the imperial army, he really didn't want to surrender without a fight, so he really had a wait-and-see attitude as Xu Hanchuan said.If the republican army was exaggerated, not as powerful as Xu Hanchuan said, but was defeated by Ma Yao first, then the republican army is large in number, but it is not to be feared.But now it seems that the enemy has this sharp weapon, and it is really easy to destroy the second fortress of the prime minister. They just sneak attack on his official residence at night, and he is afraid that a single thunderstorm will blow him to death in his sleep. Just as he was thinking, a lieutenant rushed over and said, "General Zhong, hurry up to reinforce! If you don't reinforce, they will be wiped out!" This lieutenant general originally belonged to Ma Yaoxian's command, and he was close friends with the defender of Youbi Fort, seeing that Youbi Fort was in danger, he was startled and ignored the etiquette.Zhong Yugu glanced at him coldly and said, "Do you have any good ideas?" The lieutenant was speechless for a while.The Imperial Army has always relied on the attack power of the Wind Legion to bombard the enemy at will, but never prepared for the enemy to do the same.It's okay to transport supplies from the overpass to Youbibao, but if you want to transport people, I'm afraid it won't take a long time to transport hundreds of people. Just as he was hesitating, Xiao Ziyan suddenly said from the side: "General Zhong, instead of raising the soup to stop the boiling, it is better to draw the bottom of the pot, please send the Wind Army to fight!"