Chapter 749: This Is the Real Ambush

As long as the city gate was lowered and the main force entered the city, their side would win for sure!

So far, this game had progressed quite smoothly.

One of the big men just wanted to grin, but an arrow flew from somewhere, piercing the bone-chilling cold wind, and actually 'sou' shot into his mouth!

The powerful north wind couldn't even deflect its direction.

A cloud of blood mist exploded behind his head, and he didn't even have time to scream before he immediately hit the street.

Immediately after, three or four more arrows arrived, and a group of soldiers suddenly rushed out from the civilian house at the street corner, holding bright knives, guns, and axes, killing their way to the city gate in two steps! And outside the city, when the bandit army was still more than eighty zhang away from the city gate, more than two hundred soldiers suddenly appeared on the city gate, each dressed in bright armor, their helmets worn very straight.

Sou sou, flying arrows were like rain.

The first row finished shooting and consciously retreated, and the second row stepped forward to supplement the shooting.

The bandit army immediately scattered, everyone holding shields.

The military equipment on the city gate turned, and it had actually been loaded long ago. The muzzle was aimed at the enemy, one ignited, and the first round of shells went out.

They were all filled with explosive shells, each shell containing more than two hundred sharp nails the length of a little finger, which exploded after hitting the ground, and the sharp nails inside shot in all directions, turning both men and horses into sieves! The catapults on the city gate had also started moving. They were all chain hammers, also called meteor chain hammers, which broke tendons and bones if they hit a person, and were even worse if they hit a horse's leg, sending men and horses flying several zhang away in their screams.

More than half of the archers and loaders on the city gate were new recruits who had just joined the army. Seeing the scene of people falling and horses turning over, flesh and blood flying under the city gate, even though they had psychological preparation early on, they were still scared silly, their hands holding bows and shells trembling.

The impact of war, bloodshed, screams, and death on novices was beyond doubt.

The veteran soldiers on the side would often punch them, roaring to remind them: "Don't be cowardly! Continue!"

At this time, the thieves who pushed the winch had all been hacked into meat paste, and the army outside the city was looking forward to it, but the city gate creaked a few times and did not drop.

Torches were everywhere on the city and under the city; even the dullest leader understood that the inside response had failed.

The plan to break the city gate without attacking had also miscarried.

Of course, they had other ways to storm the city gate; two giant bear demons in the team were carrying a powerful crossbow, the crossbow arrow was five feet long, and the hook at the top would bloom after shooting into the city gate, fixing it firmly.

This kind of giant crossbow didn't need to be taken down and could be operated by people from behind. Once the crossbow arrow shot into the door, there were several powerful demon beasts in the back of the team that could try to drag the gate down forcibly.

But now there was no need to try, because Yuheng City was clearly prepared and was waiting for them to attack!

The sound of gongs rang out in the bandit army, and the messengers were also shouting: "Retreat, retreat!"

Yuheng City was sturdy and well-armed; their chance of victory lay in a surprise attack.

This prerequisite couldn't be achieved, so what was the point of continuing the battle? It was just sending lives in vain.

Therefore, the bandit leader decisively ordered a retreat.

This team had some quality, and didn't retreat in a swarm, but turned around and headed east.

As soon as they fled, the artillery fire on the city became even more joyful.

Before they could escape a hundred zhang, rows of ground spikes suddenly emerged from the ground under the feet of the bandit army, small ones like daggers, large ones six or seven feet high, all rising from the ground without warning, turning men and horses into skewers.

There were angry shouts, screams, and curses everywhere.

This was the pre-set battle formation—a large ground spike array.

It couldn't move, consumed a lot of energy, and required seven or eight sorcerers to join forces to set up and cast; the people couldn't move around when casting.

But the power of the formation was quite considerable, and it was the best choice for setting up ambushes and playing dirty tricks.

By the time the bandit army waded out of the ground spike array and escaped the artillery and crossbow range of the city gate, the two thousand bandit army only had more than thirteen hundred left, each with a face full of fear.

"Disperse, disperse!" There was a fork in the road ahead; the survival rate of breaking into pieces was higher.

This place was not far from the border, so everyone should work hard.

They had just split up to march when a large group of people suddenly emerged from the small hillside ahead, and two waves of arrow rain led the way again, and then they swooped down from the woods, with shouts of killing shaking the sky! This was the real ambush!...

An hour later, the battle was completely over.

This night battle dragged from under the city gate to the border, with corpses lying along the way, which added quite a bit of difficulty to the later battlefield cleanup.

But everyone's face was full of joy.

The Yuheng City Army had won the first battle! The two thousand bandit army fell into an ambush and suffered heavy casualties, with only more than six hundred escaping in the end, and more than three hundred kneeling on the spot and becoming captives.

He Lingchuan led the army to pursue to the border, seeing the enemy army flee across the Yin River, throwing away their helmets and armor all the way. He didn't pursue across the border, but only let his subordinates turn over a fat wild boar demon.

It had already been scared crazy when pushed near, foaming at the mouth and shaking its head and tail. But He Lingchuan had seen with his own eyes just now that it had gored a Yuheng soldier until his belly was broken and his intestines were flowing out.

He Lingchuan ordered people to tie a smallest-sized explosive thunder under its belly, lit a long fuse, and drove the pig toward the opposite bank.

This pig ran faster than an ordinary horse.

People called out to it along the way, but it turned a deaf ear, its heart set only on fleeing.

After a while, figures appeared in the woods on the opposite bank, and many people seemed to be running wildly outward. Immediately after, a loud 'honglong' sound rang out, and the explosive thunder exploded.

The soldiers on this side were all laughing.

After enjoying this scene, He Lingchuan ordered the troops to return to the city.

On the way, the two armies led by Meng Shan and Liu Tiao also returned one after another, all triumphant.

Meng Shan asked He Lingchuan in a rough voice: "Boss, how did you know they would come to attack in large numbers?"

He and He Lingchuan were originally opponents, and later they fought more than a dozen life-and-death battles; he watched He Lingchuan turn from weak to strong, and his military rank was raised again and again. If it were someone else, they might be envious, jealous, and hateful, but Meng Shan didn't have this emotion, but instead admired him to the point of prostration.

Able to fight, able to kill, having a brain—it was deserved that he was promoted to be the number one person.

"After I took office in Yuheng City, they didn't come to harass us, which meant they were holding back their energy to make a big one," He Lingchuan's long halberd hung down, the tip of the halberd dripping the last drop of blood. "They wanted to give me a show of force."

Yuheng City had a new Commander; so many days had passed, it was impossible for the opposite side not to know.

He Lingchuan was a new general in Panlong City; to the outside world, his reputation was not as good as Commander Xiao's, so the other side inevitably underestimated him.

Meng Shan grunted: "Just this many people want to take Yuheng City; they really look down on us too much!"

"They didn't think they could take Yuheng City, they just wanted to bleed us, establish their prestige, teach us a lesson, and also give me a little trouble," He Lingchuan was very clear about what the situation was right now. "In their plan, perhaps they could rob the city east, and wait for us to organize an effective counterattack before they roared away."

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