Chapter 84 - Stepping Forward
Nothing to say all night. . .
Early the next morning, there was movement in the camp of the Xianbei people. Huangfu Chaobo hurriedly ran to the front line of defense to have a look. Unexpectedly, the Xianbei people came out with a few hundred teams, but they didn't come for them, but ran to the nearby woods. Huangfu Chaobo felt strange, and said to Huang Zhong: "Brother, what are they doing? Could it be that they want to come around from the woods? That's not right..."
"Not good." Huang Zhong looked at it and said, "My lord, you see they are planning to cut down trees to make shields."
Huangfu Chaobo took a look, and sure enough, the cavalry stopped at the edge of the woods, tied up their horses, and took out their knives to chop trees. Just when Huangfu Chaobo asked Huang Zhong what to do, drums sounded from the Xianbei camp in front, and the Xianbei cavalry began to attack. Therefore, everyone quickly prepared for the battle. After yesterday's battle, Huangfu Chaobo's movements became much more skillful. He skillfully drew out the arrow from the quiver and inserted it on the ground. Then, he stared at the front Xianbei cavalry.
However, today's Xianbei cavalry are obviously coping. They basically rush to about a hundred paces, shoot two arrows towards Huangfu Chaobo and the others, then turn to hit their horses and leave. However, just like this, everyone has spent a lot of effort, who knows when those guys will really rush up?
The morning's offensive and defensive performances came to an end soon, but the effect was obvious. Apart from the fact that both sides were wasting arrows, only a few Xianbei cavalrymen were shot off their horses by Huang Zhong.
In the afternoon, the Xianbei people finally made more than a dozen giant shields. Why are they called giant shields? Because they are all made of logs directly. They cut a few logs into a person's height, and then tied them with ropes. A simple shield was made, but this kind of shield is not light, and it is not very strong, but it doesn't matter, they are only used to block bows and arrows, Huangfu Chaobo and the others don't have any defensive equipment such as rolling stones, bows and arrows simply shoot Do not wear these trees.
Huangfu Chaobo watched those Xianbei people approaching him step by step while holding the wood. Can't help feeling bitter. Rolling Stones? do not have. There are 檑木, but the situation below is all full of potholes, don't think it's useless even if you throw it away. Kerosene? do not have. . . If there is no kerosene, even if the rockets are shot down, the wood will not be able to burn. Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo looked at Huang Zhong eagerly, hoping that he could do something, but Huang Zhong smiled wryly at him. It seems that there is nothing he can do. Huangfu Chaobo's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Okay, then we have to fight..."
I have to say that Xianbei people are not that stupid. I saw wooden shields used to open the way in front to block the bows and arrows on the mountain, followed by two centurions on foot, and after preparing to clear the obstacles on the road, the last few cavalry centurions rushed up directly.
"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but shoot two arrows on the wood, only to hear two sounds of "Duoduo", the arrows were all shot on the wood, but the shield wall of the Xianbei people was not hindered in the slightest, and they continued to go up the mountain step by step Move over. Although they shot two rounds during this period, they did not pose much threat to the Xianbei people at all.
In a blink of an eye, the shield was fifty steps away from the wall of corpses. Huang Zhong knew that if this situation continued, he would have to retreat all the way, so he said, "Young master, I'll destroy their shields. You guys are looking for opportunities to shoot here." kill them..."
As he spoke, he lifted the knife and rushed down. As soon as he got close to the opponent's shield and raised his knife, he slashed at the middle of the two logs, and one shield fell apart, but immediately someone behind blocked the gap with another shield. Although Huang Zhong destroyed several shields one after another, the opponent seemed to have been prepared. Once one shield was broken, another one would come up immediately. The entire shield wall was steadily advancing towards the mountain from beginning to end. Huang Zhong had no choice but to retreat slowly up the mountain.
Seeing that the shield wall is approaching the corpse wall,
Huangfu Chaobo suddenly remembered that the corpse should be ignited, so he told everyone to get ready to ignite. Just wait for the shield to lean against the wall of the corpse, and then light the fire. Fortunately, after everyone worked hard, the fire was finally lit, and several shields of the Xianbei people were also burned. But after all, there was no other fire starter, the fire was extinguished quickly, and the shields behind continued to line up again. Impatient, Huangfu Chaobo had to ask everyone to retreat behind the first earthen wall.
Looking at the steady stream of shields, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but feel anxious. If this continues, all these things they built will be leveled in two days, and the miracle he was looking forward to may not be expected. But now I can't take care of so much, let's solve the troubles in front of me first.
The shield wall continued to move forward, and soon reached the front of the first earthen wall. Although the traps in the middle also caused some troubles for the Xianbei people, these had no effect on the overall situation. When the Xianbei people reached the front of the first ditch, they directly put one end of the shield on the edge of the ditch, and the upper part fell down and stood on the earth wall. Seeing this scene, Huangfu Chaobo became dumb all of a sudden. Who said Xianbei people have no brains? Damn, just use the large shield as a suspension bridge.
"Ready to fight." Huang Zhong's shout woke Huangfu Chaobo up.
Looking up, the Xianbei behind him had rushed up the suspension bridge with a machete. It looked like it was about to rush to the top of the earth wall. There was no way, everyone put down the bows and arrows in their hands, picked up the weapons in their hands and went up to them.
The Xianbei people who rushed up first were split in half by Huang Zhong before they had time to be happy, but soon more and more Xianbei people rushed up the wall, and then jumped off the wall to join the melee middle. Among Huangfu Chaobo's gang, apart from Huang Zhong, only Chen Jing, Dugutian, and Hu Yan are still capable of fighting. Can't compare to Huyanda. There was no way, the four of them fought on their own, while Dugu Xiong was in a group with Dugu Ba, and Huangfu Chaobo was in a group with Hu Yanda. It was okay that there were not many people coming in at the beginning, and everyone could handle it, but as more and more Xianbei people jumped off the earth wall, Huangfu Chaobo felt more and more strenuous. Huangfu Chaobo looked at the situation of the few people around him, and found that everyone was almost surrounded by Xianbei people. Huang Chao and the others are fine, and they have not yet appeared to be bankrupt, but the situation of a few people with low military strength is getting more and more dangerous.
"flutter..."
"Ah..." Just as Huangfu Chaobo was distracted, a Xianbei man took the opportunity to chop at him. Seeing that something was wrong, Hu Yanda immediately rushed over to block the knife, but he himself was also injured.
"Brother, retreat, let's retreat behind the second wall, there are too many people coming up." Huangfu Chaobo shouted at Huang Zhong;
As soon as Huang Zhong saw it, he knew it was impossible to hold this place, so he said: "Okay, you guys retreat first, and I will stop." After saying that, he raised his knife and dealt with the Xianbei people around him, and then surrounded the others. After being rescued by Li, the group of people slowly retreated towards the second earthen wall.