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Chapter 644 The Great Wheel of Life and Death in the Ningdong Snow Sea (8)

Chapter 644 The Giant Wheel of Life and Death in the Ningdong Snow Sea ([-])

The stone has been on that ridge for many, many years.It was an unnamed low mountain, inconspicuous, with no scenic spots worthy of praise. That stone was just one of many stones, which had witnessed the rising and setting of the sun, experienced vicissitudes of life, and endured the changes of four seasons.The water of the Yellow River submerged it several times, and when the crowd came and went around, the cattle herding children occasionally rested on it.For a long time, it has not moved its position.

When the men in armor dragged it from there, snow had just fallen from the sky, as it had fallen for many years before.It was dragged along with many stones to a flat ground, and when the snow was about to cover its body, the people who dragged it began to hit it with things, and it was knocked rounder some, and then piled among countless other stones.

In front of it is a rough, wooden camp, and further ahead, a huge high wall extends towards both sides of the sky and the earth.

The snow falls, the sun rises and sets, sometimes the stone is lively and sometimes deserted, people rush back and forth, sometimes remove the companion next to it, and sometimes put more stones around it.Light and darkness alternated, and the surroundings suddenly became more lively. The footsteps of people and horses shook the ground, and more machines with wheels were pushed from around.Restless breath mixed with falling snowflakes.

When the sky darkened and brightened again, the humming and huge vibrations had enveloped everything, the voices of people were running, all kinds of rough and weird sounds, around it, a large number of stones were quickly moved away, those The stone streaked across the sky and disappeared.Finally, footsteps rushed over, lifted it, and placed it on the wooden board.They rushed quickly across the difficult snow, the road was bumpy, high and low, and when someone rushed over, they jumped over the stone, and then there was a lot of galloping horses all around, and the plank hit the hollow. With a bang, the stone rolled down, and the person fell beside it, but after a while, he got up and pushed it onto the wooden board.

The little journey ended at the gigantic wooden machine, and when the plank came to rest, two men lifted the stone and placed it in a sunken container.The stone sank, the winch sounded, and people shouted.

After a short while, it flew into the sky.All over the sky, the snowflakes are spreading towards the endless distance. It collides with the snowflakes and rushes through the cold wind. The horse riding team is running under its body. Below it, there are fallen people, blood and flames, hysterical yelling.The huge high wall in front of him quickly enlarged, and an arrow with a sharp arrow rushed past him in the opposite direction. The rebound flew without a trace.

The words "Xin Suanzao Gate" flashed across the huge city tower, and the stone hit the huge wall, and the stone chips splashed everywhere, and then there was a huge drop, it fell from the top of the high city wall, with a bang, Another splash of ice and water.The stone fell on the edge where the original moat met the city wall.Half of it was smashed into the ice, and half was still outside.

To the left and right of it, more stones hit the wall and fell, as did snowflakes, and arrows, and then other things.When it stayed there quietly, strange things always fell on it like raindrops, the arrows bounced off, and the water poured from the high wall gradually froze on its body , and then it was smashed open by another falling stone, the snow fell, and then the huge log also fell, with a bang.

The restless and violent scene paused as the sky turned dark, the snow was still falling, there was light on the city wall, and there was also a continuous light behind it, and water washed down from the city wall.Before dawn, when the surroundings were still quiet, at a certain moment, the sound of restlessness suddenly sounded again, stones flew, arrows flew, the fire approached, and the huge wooden building and ladders also approached. It was placed above the position of the stone, and then the human body also fell down, and fell beside the stone, with strange-shaped flesh and blood, and then, black viscous liquid.

The whistling sound swept over with the light, the fire spread down, the stone was submerged in the raging fire, and then the burning people also screamed and fell down, and not long after, the ladder also fell down...

The sun's light rose in the east and swept across the huge high wall. It changed its position and fell again, and countless lights and shadows around it were in conflict.In the stone's journey, everything around is both ephemeral and eternal.It is at the other end of the vicissitudes of life, and it is one with everything around it, whether it is undergoing a huge explosion, division, or deformation, no matter the surrounding is air, water, hard gems or shining pearls, no matter A part of it becomes a lush tree, or becomes a life of flesh and blood, no matter whether it can fly or merge into the soil, everything is like the change of sand blown by the wind, and this change is also a part of eternity.

It is quietly embedded in the ice that melts and starts to freeze, and the falling things shape it over and over again.The cavalry ran, arrows flew, swords and guns intersected, flesh and blood splattered, snow danced wildly, flames burned... The corpse fell down with a scream, and the hard bones were smashed on its body. The flesh and blood slowly slid down from the stone, and then continued to coagulate...

All of these are part of eternity, but perhaps in a short period of time, they have different meanings for these transiently deformed objects called living beings...

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"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

The huge hysterical sound filled everything, the blood was in the eye sockets, it made people's brain ache, the wooden frame was being pushed crazily in the light of dancing knives, the Jurchen was pushed back, and then hit the battlement, he didn't want to be pushed down , stretched out his hand and climbed on the battlement, the knife light cut off the hand with force, Xue Changgong kicked the man down the city with force!

"Where are the others! Where are the others!"

Facing the captain next to him whose face was covered in half blood, Xue Changgong yelled vigorously. He rushed to the side of the female wall, poked his head out and took a look outside. Coming here, the wooden buildings and ladders for the siege are all being put up, the moat at the city gate has been filled up, the charging cart is protected by soldiers holding shields, and someone pours kerosene from the tower, A long fire dragon was pulled out from the snow, and the arrows were shooting down desperately.Another wave of attacks.

"There are only so many people! The other brothers are all dead! Just now the Jurchens rushed up—"

"Yasha is not strong enough, he was chopped off by someone, quickly ask someone to carry it up! There is still kerosene, don't be reluctant to part with the kerosene-don't patronize the main entrance! Look at the third section of Wu, and follow me! The Jurchens are going to attack there- —”

Outside the stretching city wall, the Jurchen offensive was like a sea tide, while inside the city wall, soldiers and volunteers defending the city frantically climbed up and down like a colony of ants.Even if the greatest force has been mobilized, the defense on the city wall is sometimes not thick enough.The Jurchens launched a fierce attack on the entire northern city wall, which was crazy enough to make the defenders of every section of the city wall feel terrified.However, the Jurchen generals also used this raging attack to test the weak points on the city wall—more precisely, they actively created weak points, trying to break down the entire city wall's defense with the soldiers' amazing fighting awareness.

During the fierce attack, the Jurchen cavalry also galloped down the city, suppressing the city wall with high-density arrows.Once the defense of a certain section of the city wall is a little weak, the siege force will rush towards this side frantically. Once the Jurchen soldiers rush to the top of the city, the torn hole will immediately bring amazing casualties. In the siege, the Jurchens have achieved such a record four times.

At noon on November 23, more than [-] Jurchen soldiers successfully climbed to the top of the wall. They killed the surrounding defenders, as well as the people who assisted in defending the city, and retreated in large numbers. In the short period of time when the city wall was taken back, more than [-] soldiers and people died. A large part of them were directly killed by the Jurchen soldiers and fell from the inner side of the city wall to death.

And on the afternoon of the 22nd, when the Jurchens climbed to the top of the wall for the first time, they repelled three attempts by the soldiers of the Wu Dynasty to regain the top of the wall with powerful combat power. As a result, the Wu Dynasty soldiers' recapture turned into a refueling tactic.Later, Master Zhong led the Divine Bow Battalion over, covered the city with arrows, and then piled up more than 500 elite soldiers on both ends of the city wall with their lives, finally pushing the Jurchen back temporarily.There were [-] casualties in this wave. At that time, the Jurchens and the generals of the Wu Dynasty had not yet adapted to such a high-intensity rhythm. However, the sensitivity of the Jurchens' fighting consciousness was amazing. The mid-level generals facing this side, such as Xue Changgong, have finally gradually adapted to such battles.

Flying stones and arrows occasionally crossed the city wall and smashed into the crowd inside the city wall——Among the Jurchen siege equipment, there are not many that can throw stones over, and even if they can do it, they often venture into the bow and arrow within the firing range.But almost every time there was a potential for casualties.Compared with the Jurchens, who were the attacking party, who could build ladders anywhere outside the city, the people of the Wu Dynasty, as the city defenders, often had fixed corridors for the upper and lower walls.When the fighting intensity above the city wall is too high, the defense equipment needs to be replenished at any time, which leads to a large number of people crowded in the corridors, and they often become victims of arrows or stones.

But other than subconsciously dodging on the spot or finding a wooden plank to support them, there was no other way to evacuate, because once their work stopped, the defense on the city wall would be in jeopardy.

In fact, the Jurchens' crazy offensive and amazing fighting power are already taking away part of the defenders' fighting spirit.This kind of taking away the fighting spirit is not to order people to flee, but to make people truly realize the strength of this army. The amazing fighting spirit makes it difficult for the Jurchens to push them back once they break through the city. The soldiers of the Wu Dynasty did not dodge subconsciously, but subconsciously felt when they went up to them: they couldn't beat them.

At this time, the guarding troops of the Wu Dynasty were all the most elite Forbidden Army of the Wu Dynasty. They had enough training and food on weekdays.Facing the founding army of a dynasty, the gap in subjective initiative is almost irreparable. For three days, on this city defense line that stretches for several miles, the string of defense has always been tightly stretched, and people are in a hurry. Coping with everything calmly, the city defense feels like it might collapse at any moment.

But it hasn't collapsed yet.

Rolling logs and rocks were thrown down from the city wall like raindrops, mixed with kerosene, hot water, and arrows. Soldiers were occasionally shot by arrows and fell into a pool of blood, while the people who came up to deliver things occasionally picked up forks and waved them loudly, trying to stop the Jurchen coming up from the ladder. Mixed in the wind and snow all over the sky, it spread across the entire city wall.

A large number of wounded were carried down and sent to the wounded barracks.The weather was too cold, and the injured two days earlier were quickly infected with the wind and cold due to the decline in body resistance. The weak were dying anytime and anywhere, and all the doctors in the city had been mobilized.Li Shishi is helping out there. She hasn't rested for a day and a night. Her clothes are dirty and her hair is messed up. There are other people's blood on her forehead and face, as well as the ashes from boiling medicine. In the wounded battalion surrounded by the wounded, they just help out mechanically.

This sudden and tragic scene made her a little dazed, coupled with the almost non-stop busy these days, accompanied by blood, it was difficult for her to think about the things in front of her, and she could only do things endlessly. Response—Hou Jing once told her about the casualties during the Jurchen attack, but in the current situation, perhaps Hou Jing was a little dazed.

In just three days, under the strong attack of the Jurchens, perhaps the entire Bianliang City has been stunned.

Anxiety about the war swept over.

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Twenty miles to the northwest of Moutuogang, Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui, and Liu Shunren's over [-] ever-victorious army had already left the Jurchen camp.

Zongwang wanted to storm Bianliang, and at the same time further temper the Jurchen's siege combat power, which was constantly improving when the Liao Kingdom was destroyed. He never thought about the possibility of failure.In this big battle, he did not let Guo Yaoshi's army participate in it. Of course, he had a reason for his arrogance and self-confidence. Fight together.

In the process of going south, there is no enemy that requires the combination of their two armies to defeat. On the other hand, the most important thing is that once they stand side by side with Guo Pharmacist on the battlefield, a large part of the outcome of the battle will be handed over to him. Pharmacist Guo has it.

Although Zongwang had already recruited the Ever Victorious Army, but there was no process of "domestication" for this army.Assuming both sides attack Bianliang together, and Guo Yaoshi contributes, there is no doubt that the city will fall, but if he turns his back on the battlefield at the most critical moment, even the strongest Jurchen army under his command may die with certainty.

Confucian scholars in the Wu Dynasty liked all kinds of conspiracies and tricks, and who knew if Guo Yaoshi was playing tricks, waiting to give himself a knife at the most critical moment.

If the people of the Wu Dynasty really had such a sinister idea, and let their army drive straight to the Bianliang city, and then turned against them, it would be like what was written in the letter, and no one would be able to suppress Nianhan anymore.

Out of such considerations, Zong Wang would not allow the Ever Victorious Army to enter the siege battlefield.Guo Yaoshi also understood this point. After Zong Wang arranged a task for him, he quickly launched an investigation to find out which Wu Dynasty team was trying to kill the Yellow River.Later, it was discovered that the most likely one was the Western Army troops currently led by the Zhongshi Division.

Of course, such a conclusion is a bit rash, but it doesn't matter.Zongwang had already started to attack Bianliang, he didn't want to wait until everything was fully implemented before making a move.Maybe Bianliang will fall by then, and on the other hand, he won't get any more credit for taking refuge in the Jurchen. Before Zongwang captured Bianliang, he felt that there must be a victory. Next, the Western Army has the best record - the other guys are soft persimmons. If he was still in the Wu Dynasty and defeated such an army, he could claim credit for it, but now in the Kingdom of Jin, he can boast of credit for just fighting like that , It's just a joke.

Because of this consideration, when a message came from the outside world saying that it was the Western Army who wanted to go at this time, he immediately believed it, and set out to fight, and went to the current station of the Western Army—too lazy to stay in the military camp for leisure.

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Outside Bianliang City, farther away from the Jurchen military camp, Ning Yi was riding on a horse, holding up a binoculars, watching the astonishing siege scene, Hong Ti followed behind him, and Qin Shaoqian was on the other side. Han Jing and others.

After putting down the binoculars, Ning Yi swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "How long can Bianliang last?"

No one answered, and after a while, Qin Shaoqian finally said: "...I don't know." His voice was so low that he lacked confidence.

Seeing that no one was talking, Han Jing stretched out his finger and pointed at Bianliang: "In any siege battle, if you can't surround it from ten to ten, there is also a strategy of attacking one side and attacking the west. The Jurchen's offensive is so fierce, they concentrate on one side. If they can't attack for a long time, we will Guess Zongwang will surely divide his troops to attack the other city gates by surprise, if he can predict the enemy's opportunity, maybe he can catch them off guard and eat up a group of them."

Ning Yi frowned. Not far away, Yue Fei didn't have a high status among these people, but he was already familiar with them these days. At this time, he said: "General Han is right, but the Jurchens here are all under Zongwang's command." Elites, even if we attack one-on-one, I'm afraid we won't be able to take advantage of it, not to mention that the response on the battlefield is fast. The soldiers under Zong Wang dismount as infantry and mount as cavalry. I'm afraid they won't just sit back and watch us wait. Run away. You must investigate."

Han Jingdao: "Brother Yue reminded me."

"However, there are still at least 2000 people in the Moutuogang camp. Although most of them are infantry, there are also craftsmen, but with our numbers, it is still difficult to take action." Someone said by the side.

"No matter what, we can't drag it on any longer." Ning Yi, Qin Shaoqian, Hong Ti and the others looked at each other, "Go back first, we have to make a decision tonight... prepare to do it!"

The group of people turned back, but the direction they were going was no longer Xia Village, but an abandoned village on the Bianliang Snowfield at this time.A total of 300 people have left Xia Village at this time and are stationed here.

Among the team brought by Hongti from Luliang Mountain, there were nearly 2000 people in total. Among them, there were 160 heavy cavalry who worked hard to save, and the rest were light cavalry.In the Wurui Camp, Qin Shaoqian entrusted Ning Yi to train more than a thousand soldiers at Dulonggang, but after the defeat at the end of September, there are now less than [-] soldiers left. , now Qin Shaoqian has less than [-] cavalry left in his hands, plus the rest of the available veterans, that is the number here today.Two thousand and five cavalry, one thousand and eight infantry.

As for those left behind by Xia Village, there are still more than [-] people in total at this time. Of course, there are some elites, Zhuji managers, or martial arts masters who are used to suppress the formation, but the morale of this group of people is only just now. After being instigated for more than a month, they could only be left in Xia Village to deal with future defensive battles. Pulling them out and confronting the Jurchens head-on was basically courting death.

The wind and snow kept falling in the icy village. Ning Yi and others discussed the situation, calculated the battle situation, and sometimes argued for a while.The Jurchens are too strong, and no one knows how far this power can be used.However, there was no time, and this night, they had to make a decision.

In Bianliang, the fierce battle is still going on...

Wanyan Zongwang wanted to settle all of this within a few days...

　Well, the prelude to the great war has really begun.

(End of this chapter)