Chapter 1438
The Siege: He and She Were from Wei
Chapter 1438 The Siege: He and She Were from Wei
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The enemy's arrows rained down, heading straight for Zhong Baihu and his men who were retreating.
The enemy, seeing them break out from afar, were enraged and began waving flags, ordering their slave soldiers behind them: "Use catapults to hurl fire and poison at this Wei army!"
"If we can't kill them, we'll at least let them get the plague, ha ha ha!"
Damn your ancestors!
Whoosh—Boom!
The arrow, carrying a small, sharp ball, flew straight at the officer who had spoken, sending him to become a slave to the enemy's god.
The one who shot this arrow was Xiao Yi, a young man with exceptional accuracy, a talent for shooting arrows at the gate.
"Retreat quickly, stop shooting, or we'll be surrounded!" Commander Zhong hurriedly pulled him onto his warhorse and carried him toward the bridge.
"Use sharp weapons to bombard the enemy, and don't give them a chance to fire arrows at our soldiers!"
Rumble rumble rumble rumble!
Packets of two-pound weapons flew from the bridge toward the poison-poisoning army, the timing of the detonation was perfect, and they exploded as soon as they landed.
"Bombard again!"
Rumble rumble rumble rumble!
For a full quarter of an hour, the bombardment of the heavenly thunderous weapons never stopped.
The enemy soldiers were terrified and dared not rush onto the bridge to pursue Zhong Baihu and his men. They had to retreat instead: "Retreat quickly, get out of the range of Liang Wei's weapons, or you'll be blown to death by Liang Wei's thunderbolts!"
"Nonsense! This is a divine thunder weapon of our Eastern Desert, a gift from the gods, which was stolen by that bastard Liang Wei!"
Damn it, they were almost blown to death, and they still couldn't resist spreading rumors. It's really hateful that the weapon wasn't from the Eastern Desert.
dong dong dong, dong dong dong!
"Gather, gather! Are all the men who were supposed to be in the battle here? Roll call!" Jiang Dalang and the others gathered on the bridge and counted their numbers.
However, even without naming names, it was clear that this sneak attack had resulted in heavy casualties.
The soldiers under Zhong Baihu suffered the most casualties, followed by those under Da Gan Qianhu. Even the generals were called out: "Where is Da Luo Zongqi? Has Da Luo Zongqi returned? Have any of Da Luo Zongqi's soldiers returned?! Step forward and answer!"
Unfortunately, no.
The Grand General and all his soldiers perished in battle.
But some soldiers witnessed their final moments: "When Commander Da Gan was unconscious, Commander Da Luo led his soldiers to block him. In the end, they were surrounded by the enemy, but Commander Da Luo grabbed the enemy general and died together with the poisoned general."
It refers to Alita.
This is why Alita remained as if dead at the end, never calling out to pursue the Wei army.
Alita is really dead, killed in the chaos of battle... Originally, it was thought that with the advantage of numbers, they could quickly shred the Great Luo General's Banner and then advance to kill the Great Gan Thousand-Household Commander as well.
Unexpectedly, Wei Jun's ferocity before his death was astonishing. He was merely a guard general for a prince, and his own abilities were only on par with those of the Grand General of Luo.
He was eventually killed by General Luo.
"Salute the spot where your comrades fell, quickly!" Commander Zhen shouted, immediately saluting the Wei army's salute towards the riverbank, saying, "Homage to the heroic souls, may you rest in peace, and your families will receive every penny they are entitled to!"
Everyone present bowed and shouted the same thing.
Then it was time to retreat quickly.
"Quickly, leave enough warhorses, gunpowder, and weapons for Commander Jiang and his men, and also leave two catapults. Those of us who haven't entered the poison-throwing formation should retreat back into the city!" Commander Zhen shouted.
Old Tao and his men, along with Lü and his men, hurriedly led their troops into the city.
Commander Zhen and Commander Tang were the last to leave, riding back with their personal guards, followed by Commander Gan's carriage.
The vehicles were driven by elite medics. There were several vehicles, and inside lay the wounded Wei soldiers who were too badly injured to move.
"Drop the weapons and blast these bastards to death!" Jiang Dalang's eyes were filled with venom as he stared at the enemy troops at the poisoning position.
When he first transmigrated to the Great Wei Dynasty, he had no feelings for this foreign country. After the century-old spy case was exposed, when he deduced that there might be a major war in this Great Wei Dynasty, all he thought about was taking Su Su with him, or at most, taking a few families who had fled famine with him.
I never imagined that I would risk contracting the plague to support the Great Gan Thousand Household at the poisoning site.
Su Su, you're right. What makes us human is that we have feelings.
Emotions are the most uncontrollable thing; they don't cease to exist just because you don't want them, you can't, or you don't want them.
As an emperor, Jiang Dalang/Sheng Ting vehemently abhorred being controlled by emotions, for being entangled in emotions was a disaster for an emperor and for a dynasty.
But now, Jiang Dalang does not reject this feeling of loving the Great Wei and this land... He is no longer a ghost from another world, he is a Wei person.
Su Su, on the other hand, seemed to have recognized himself as a Wei person even earlier than him.
Very good. In this life, at this moment, he and Su Su are no longer bound by any ties. They are just two ordinary people who want to protect their homeland from invasion.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Rumble rumble rumble rumble!
Another explosion rang out. Jiang Dalang calculated the time and said, "We're far enough away. Grab all the remaining weapons and ride back into the city!"
We must take these powerful weapons with us; we can't let the enemy benefit from them.
Zhong Baihu, Lan Hu, Xu Sanjun, and other surviving members of the surprise attack Wei army responded in unison, throwing their weapons onto their horses and mounting themselves.
"Let's go!" Jiang Dalang shouted, with Xiao Yi on his back.
Xiao Yi carried a bow and arrows, with small balls of gunpowder attached to the arrows. He was responsible for using the sharp weapon to kill the enemy if they came after him.
After waiting a while, the enemy, seeing that the thunderbolts had not sounded, hurriedly beat the drums and gave the order: "Charge! Kill our way to the walls of those lowly Wei bastards! Attack the city! Attack the city! Avenge our humiliation!!"
The officers and soldiers shouted and roared as they charged forward like wild beasts, crashing onto the bridge and destroying the catapults in the middle of it.
"These are the things that used to bombard my heroes of the Eastern Desert with heavenly thunder weapons, destroying them all, destroying them all for this general!"
"Yes!" The Eastern Desert soldiers immediately carried out this idiot's order, dismembering the two catapults to vent their resentment at the defeat.
Well, eating too much grain and meat really does hurt your brain.
The time you spent struggling with the catapults gave Jiang Dalang and his men enough time to escape back to the capital city.
However, the enemy's foolishness might also stem from their reluctance to die.
After all, if they dared to rush to the walls of the capital city of Wei, General Chu would dare to throw rolling stones at them from the walls and kill them.
Why not use a sharp tool?
Weapons are precious, and these beasts abandoned by the Eastern Desert are not worthy of them.
dong dong dong, dong dong dong!
"The heroes are back! Open the small city gate and let them in!" Commander Zhen and his men rushed to the city gate, shouting, "Commander Jiang and his men killed the enemy's fourth prince. His head is in the bag at Commander Jiang's waist. Open the small city gate and welcome the heroes back!"
Lu Baihu looked at his commander and was speechless: "Commander, we entered the city a long time ago. The small city gate has been open for a long time. You can come in quickly. Don't block Commander Jiang and the others from returning to the city. Since they are close by, they need to be isolated to prevent the spread of the plague."
Commander Zhen cursed at him: "You don't know anything! I'm happy. That was not only a prince, but also a prince who led the vanguard of various enemy forces. He was killed by our Wei army's young general. This proves that our Wei army has successors and is not in a state of talent shortage. Such a great event, I have to shout it out a few more times to share the good news with everyone. What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that?!"
"Nothing, nothing, Commander is right." Commander Lü pointed to the vehicles behind and said, "Commander, please come in quickly, Commander Da Gan and the others are still unconscious."
I know you're happy, but could you please not block the way for the wounded?!