Book 54 Chapter 13 – The Heaven Wants Me Perish (1/2)
Book 54 Chapter 13 – The Heaven Wants Me Perish
Translator: Foxs' Wuxia
Within half a sichen, one by one the three trenches were filled flat Their work finished, the Tang soldiers filling the trenches retreated, they withdrew back into their cath exhausted,blown by the wind and battered by the rain, eating the suffering of the attack of the wet and cold to the fullest!
The rain poas slightly reduced, the north wind gradually let up, yet the heaven and earth were still covered in boundless heavy rain ‘Crash!+ Bang!’ the sound of the wind and the rain drowned the shouts of the soldiers and the sound of the wheels, the second batch of fresh powered aran to brave the rain to advance, all were infantry There were five units consisted of saber-and-shi+eld-wielders, archers and construction battalion soldiers, all over the hills and the plains, pressing on toward the filled-flat trenches, their target was the external wall of the hold unit was preceded by ten heavy battle vehicles and beating-the-wood carts, which could block the arrows and could knock against the wall, equipped with cloud ladders, like five vicious dragons,forward
‘Dong! Dong! Dong!’
More than a hundred battle dru various units, whichthe total of theatmosphere of the hazy, dark heaven and earth
Shao Shuai Ar, Bai Wenyuan, and wang Xuanshu’s leadershi+p, rushed out of the htest bit of hesitation Kou Zhong has always loved and protected theht at the head of his troops, this has deeply touch every single one of their heart,to the death
Kou Zhong looked at hison bravely with no thought of personal safety to climb to the top of the wall, to clis, to prepare the stone-throwingto deliver a frontal assault to the ene aloud, he said, “Fresh arhold to rely on, natural barrier that can defend us The target is even th is increased three tith of both sides is even”
Patting the Stealing the Heaven Sword on his back, Ba Fenghan laughed and said, “On top of that, we have the Piercing the Sun and Shooting the Moon, Stealing the Heaven and Moon in the Well, which happen to cover up the enemy’s superiority What is there for us to fear?”
This ’s side and said, “Chen Gong is in charge of defending the south gorge exit, I set aside four hundred men for hi happily nodded his head, he casually asked wang Xuanshu, as following behind Bai Wenyuan, “Where did you settle Xiao He’er?”
wang Xuanshu had no tiaze toward the disposition of the ene to less than a thousand paces frohty power shook the heaven and cowered the earth; drawing a mouthful of cold air, he replied, “Xiao He Meizi is inside the inally pleaded with me to let her come and help, but how could Xuanshu dare to let her risk the danger of bow and arrows and flying stones”
Ba Fenghan’s tiger-body suddenly shook severely, his pair of eyes penetrated the boundless heavy rain, he cast his gaze far ahead, and spoke in heavy voice, “Brother! We th is not three ti was shocked; he cast his gaze back to hills and plains outside the stronghold, and cried out involuntarily, “His granny’s bear, there are also eight-crossbow-arrowcaht here fro via the ay”
The torrents of rain already beca of the past, but Laotianye’s interest still re to stop, but has not ceased yet, in the form of fine drizzle The thick, black dense clouds in the sky disappeared, becorey and hazy The entire battlefield was shrouded in the drizzle like inside the s
In the depths of the hold ene theon together Each was equipped with ten of the eight-crossbow-arrow ht and portable cloud ladders, which could rapidly scale the wall The two armies consisted of the lance-and-shi+eld-wielders, saber-wielders, and archers Farther away, in the hazy distance, he could also see rows of cavalry forht down
How could this battle be fought? But he had no choice but to fight it Merely dealing with the other side’s 25,000 vanguard attacking-the-stronghold troops was enough to th-exhausted, hold-destroyed, injuries and deaths disastrous! How could they endure the ravaging other division of the integrated force, whose strength was even greater, equipped with the eight-crossbow-arrow -rock-cannons, which for felt that death was drawing near, along with the enemy’s step-by-step approach
Lei Jiuzhi cae to talk with Han Zenan, husband and wife, while Xu Ziling cae; he asked in low voice, “Have you heard any news about Kou Zhong?”
Hou Xibai replied, “No one really knohat happened between Li shi+ should still strive to obstinately resist Li shi+ji and Pengliang’s Shao Shuai Ar are still continuously being dispatched to the south Now, nobody dares to be opti”
Hou Xibai cast hi’s expression was still tranquil, he felt a bit relieved, and went on, “Li Yuanji’s public execution of Dou Jiande was really a wrong move, it provoked extreme antipathy in the heart of the remainders of the Dou Arainst the Tang Ar said, “Dou Jiande’s most elite troops were completely defeated by Li shi+e is so unwise, in such a disadvantageous position he still fights like a trapped beast Ay! But he is precisely that kind of hero ould rather die than subard, Li Yuanjithere, he was in charge of the City of Luoyang Not only he does not ave an order to hunt and arrest Jiande’s for them to unite under Liu Heita’s banner This nation of the people of Hebei Dou Jiande upholding justice by releasing Huai’an wang [king] Li Shentong and Princess Xiuning, everybody in the world knew about it Li YuanjiDou Jiande was not supposed to happen, he even wants to kill them to the last one Liu Heita is able to receive extensive support after Dou Jiande’s dehed inwardly; if they let such a person like Li Yuanji to come to power, there would be no peace under the heavens, and neither Li Jiancheng nor Li Yuanji was not a material to rule a country, furthermore, they were not Xieli’s match
Hou Xibai said, “I heard that Liu Heita, supported by Hebei Arenerals Fan Yuan, Cao Zhan and Gao Yaxian, raised atroops is coe like a gathering storain, they will set off another wind and rain”
Xu Zilingreally could hold out until Song Que’s main forces come up north, at that tiood, he would have to deal with the war on two battlefronts
Hou Xibai continued, “Liu Heita is not without fears of trouble in the rear, because Gao Kaidao on the northeast border saw the City of Luoyang fell, he surrendered to the House of Tang, so that Liu Heita is facing the ene recalled Gao Kaidao’s great general Zhang Jinshu, which also brought the Shanhai Pass’ Du Xing tonow?”
Hou Xibai replied, “In order to e ht to the Great River, take the boat downstreao up north to Zhongli, which is within the Shao Shuai Ar’s fa wanted to say so’s troops were defeated, Zhongli would be attacked by Li Zitong one step ahead of Pengliang He thought about it, but did not want to say it out loud
Hoished that he could i’s side If they had to die, then everybody should die together However, the nored, at least until Han Zenan, husband and wife, and Yun Yuzhen reached their destination, only then would he dare to separate himself and leave Furthermore, Yin Xianhe needed him to take care of him, in case his old illness relapsed If that happened, then even Da Luo Jin Xian would not be able to save him