"Shoot the horse! Shoot the horse!" After another shout from the vanguard of the pursuers, Yin'er felt something hit his left waist hard. The horse he was riding suddenly screamed in pain, rushed to the side and collided violently with another horse.

Inr was badly defeated...

"General!" a soldier shouted.

"Don't stop!" Yin'er covered her left waist, turned over and jumped up. The piercing pain made her dizzy. When her body swayed, another feather arrow flew past her ear, which made her break out in a cold sweat.

"Colonel!" A second lieutenant turned his horse around, lay down on the saddle and stretched out his arm in the rain of arrows, grabbing In'er. When the two men held hands crosswise, In'er jumped up, and the second lieutenant pulled with force and pulled In'er onto the horse's back.

"Hurry!" Yin Er glanced back and saw that the nearest cavalry was less than forty steps away...

"Yes!" The lieutenant whipped his whip vigorously, "Go!"

"Chase! Chase quickly!" The shouting behind him became more and more frantic...

After a while, Iner finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although she paid the price of more than two hundred lives, she finally led the enemy into the "pocket" that had already been opened.

This is a section of ancient riverbed only about twenty steps wide, with sparse woods on the left and piles of rocks and grass on the right. It is not easy to hide your tracks during the day, but on a night like this, it is an excellent slaughtering ground.

"Scatter!" After In'er shouted, the hundred or so cavalrymen at the end of the team suddenly slowed down their horses. The last row raised a wooden box, and dozens of caltrops flew out of each box. After throwing, they immediately rode away quickly. The cavalrymen who were the second to last row and now the first to last row continued to throw...

In just a few breaths, a hundred or so cavalrymen dropped six or seven thousand caltrops on the pursuers within an area of ​​more than two hundred steps. If more than two hundred people had not been killed on the road, the number of caltrops would have been even greater.

Only the dozens of cavalry vanguards of the pursuers saw the Yiner army throwing the caltrops, but they couldn't see clearly what was thrown. They were even confused for a moment, and didn't even think about reining up to investigate. It wasn't that they didn't want to, but they couldn't afford to. The enemy was just dozens of steps ahead and had been passively beaten all the way without fighting back. What else would they wait for if they didn't rush to grab such an advantage? Besides not being able to afford to, they couldn't rein in their horses to investigate - there were still two thousand cavalrymen following closely behind them. If they reined in their horses and stopped in the dark, they would be crushed into meat paste by the swarms of swarms from behind.

But tragedy was already doomed. Their lack of hesitation only delayed the time of being turned into minced meat. After a few breaths, the horses of several cavalrymen in the front row suddenly broke their hooves. They only had time to scream before they flew off the horses in a frenzy. Then, more horses neighed, more cavalrymen fell, and more screams of pain rang out...

At the same time, Yin'er and others also ran through the bend of this section of the ancient riverbed. After the more than 300 archers who were waiting here waited for them to pass, they blocked the bend tightly with dozens of chevaux de frise of different sizes. Then, all their torches were extinguished.

"Swoosh", a bright light shot up into the sky with a sharp whistle and flew straight into the clouds.

At the edge of the woods, Eddie shouted loudly: "Fight!" At this order, hundreds of archers who had been unable to contain themselves for a long time drew their bows and arrows without hesitation, and rushed to shoot arrows at the enemy cavalry who were struggling, wailing, and in chaos in the ancient riverbed.

Crossbow arrows were constantly flying out from behind the rocks and bushes opposite Eddie, competing with the archers on Eddie's side for "harvest"...

On the rocky beach behind the bend in the riverbed, In'er was helped off his horse by two soldiers.

"All those who are not injured should prepare for battle. Don't let any enemy come." Yin Er gave the order while bandaging the wound with the help of the soldiers...

Pu Tong was also giving orders, but compared to Yin'er, he had it much easier. Although Yin'er only led away nearly 40% of the garrison's troops, the six consecutive shots from the 20 mortars not only caused more than half of the casualties among the remaining garrison troops, but also disrupted the entire Liumu Town.

"Charge!" Pu Tong raised his whip.

"Charge! Charge!" The soldiers under Pu Tang shouted in unison.

Immediately afterwards, more than 20,000 civilians carried wooden sticks and baskets and rushed towards the east gate of Liumu Town, which was more than two miles away. They ran so resolutely, and all of them exuded a fearless spirit, because they knew that there was food in Liumu Town, and the Wu Lai army behind them would help them get the food.

Of course, they also knew that they would most likely die in Liumu Town or even die on the way to Liumu Town, but what did it matter? All the food within a hundred miles had been robbed or destroyed by the Tianjuan Army. If they couldn't get food, they would either starve to death or be bitten to death by wild beasts, wolves or insects while hunting. They would die anyway, so they might as well charge head-on and let those hateful invaders know what the Assyrian backbone was.

"Look, their momentum is no worse than your soldiers." Pu Tong laughed and said to the battalion commanders of the first and second battalions beside him.

"Colonel, the lord said..." The battalion commander hesitated for a moment, feeling that he still needed to remind his superior.

"I know." Pu Tong waved his hand impatiently. He certainly knew what the battalion commander wanted to say. Wu Lai had repeatedly stressed that civilians should not be forced, lured or used to participate in the war, because charging into battle is always the duty of a soldier.

But now it seems that Pu Tong has violated Woolley's intentions.

"Third Battalion Commander!" Pu Tong touched his nose.

"Here!" The third battalion commander rode over on his horse.

"Go! Let your cavalry company rush over and blast open the East Town Gate for me, and open a passage into the town for the civilians." Pu Tong ordered.

"Yes!" The third battalion commander grinned and immediately turned his horse to mobilize troops. At this time, Liumu Town was in chaos. There were only a hundred or so panicked enemy soldiers defending the East Town Gate. Wouldn't it be easy to capture them by blasting open the East Gate? The first battalion commander was anxious: "Colonel, why do you want the third battalion to go? My second battalion hasn't done anything tonight."

"Why are you in such a hurry? The Second Battalion has no combat mission tonight, so stay on standby. By the way, your battalion will be responsible for escorting tonight's spoils." Pu Tong glared at the battalion commander, thinking to himself, who told you to make such random guesses?

Before the cavalry company of the third battalion approached the East Town Gate, the defenders of the East Town Gate fled. You know, although they could not see clearly what the momentum of the charge of more than 20,000 civilians would be, the footsteps and shouts had obviously reminded them that the one rushing over was a behemoth.

Therefore, the cavalry company of the third battalion easily ran to the gate of Dongzhen and fired a mortar shell, which blasted a big hole in the gate. After hesitating for a while, the cavalry company commander pointed his saber and said, "Brothers, go in and take a look!"

"yes!"

At the same time, Pu Tong, who had already left the first battalion behind, led the rest of the troops to rush towards the north gate...

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"Send an order, tell General Dega Avram to immediately draw 10,000 troops from the reserve army." Helen frowned, "Bring more bows and crossbows. No matter what, we must not let the enemy succeed in Liumu Town. If it's urgent, report immediately."

"As you wish." An attendant immediately took the order.

I hope nothing happens to Liumu Town. Just as Helen was thinking this, she suddenly heard a rumbling sound.

"Your Majesty, the enemy is firing." A female attendant said in surprise.

Helen narrowed her eyes, raised the telescope and scanned a few times. She was suddenly startled and blurted out, "It doesn't look like artillery firing." Because the rumbling sound continued, but there was no flash of artillery flames on the north and south peaks.

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That rumbling sound certainly wasn't the firing of artillery. Although the artillerymen on the north and south peaks were ready, no one dared to act on their own and disrupt Wu Lai's arrangements before receiving the order - Wu Lai said that they should wait until the enemy troops poured into the horse trail and formed a large concentration of people before firing. Anyway, they only had one way to go.

If there were no artillery fire, where would the rumbling sound come from? The answer was underground, or more precisely, from the area where the First Corps of the Limoli Left Army was located—a mile in front of the North Peak.

This is a minefield - since he had already made artillery and mortars, how could Woolley not make this relatively cheap defensive weapon? So he not only made it on Grindo Island, but also built an arsenal along the beaches of Muritania, because he believed that small-caliber artillery, mortars and mines together formed the iron triangle of weapons that could block the enemy.

The mines made under Wu Lai's guidance are the most common explosive type, buried half an elbow deep in the ground, with a pressure plate on top. Once the pressure plate is stepped on, it will explode. However, the direction of this mine is not to kill but to injure and deter. It can destroy nearby objects, such as unprotected legs and feet. Although the explosion may not necessarily blow these targets into pieces, the shrapnel scattered when it explodes is enough to cause a large number of soldiers to injure their legs or waists. Under the current conditions, once these parts are injured, it is difficult to avoid infection, and it is very troublesome to treat them.

In such a war, inflicting 10,000 wounded soldiers who are difficult to heal quickly is no less effective than killing 10,000 enemy soldiers, because the former will not only become a burden, but will also constantly consume and weaken morale. If their number is large enough, depression and fear of war will surely permeate the entire camp...

Wu Lai arranged to bury 2,000 mines around the mountain in an area of ​​one to half a mile in front of the foot of the North Peak. The same was true in front of the South Peak. Li Moli's Left Army's First Corps rushed forward in a hurry, but within a few breaths, a soldier stepped on a mine, followed by the second, third, and fourth...

Almost everyone thought that artillery was being fired at them from the top of the mountain, so the First Corps of the Left Army rushed forward faster and spread out further, and naturally more mines were stepped on.

Every low explosion was accompanied by thick smoke and screams. Every time there was a stampede, dozens or even scores of people would be injured or killed. Their screams and falls caused widespread panic. For a time, the First Corps of the Left Army was in chaos, because it seemed that there was artillery fire everywhere and danger was waiting everywhere.

Their confusion undoubtedly also affected the other two legions that were attacking the horse trail. The most intuitive manifestation was that the formations of the two legions suddenly became disorganized. Some soldiers rushed forward, while others slowed down and looked up - observing anxiously.

After a while, Li Moli, who was at the rear of the army, finally saw the clue, and then he issued the most accurate order: "Pass the order! All soldiers of the First Army of the Left Army, stay where you are! Stay where you are!"

"Yes! Pass the order! All soldiers stay where you are!" The twenty communication riders beside Li Moli repeated the order while galloping forward.

After the mines exploded dozens of times, except for the wounded soldiers and horses who fell to the ground groaning and struggling, all the rest of the First Corps of the Left Army stayed where they were, not daring to move.

"The cavalry team should lead the way! Approach the peak a hundred steps in front of it and set up a large mine train!" Li Moli gave the order again, and a hundred cavalrymen immediately lined up and charged forward. After stepping on four landmines in a row, they successfully verified Li Moli's idea at the cost of one death and five injuries.

Sure enough, it won't explode if you don't step on it. Li Moli sneered and waved his sword: "Big train! Go!"

With the sound of promise, five or six hundred soldiers carried huge wooden beams and rushed forward quickly along the area opened up by the cavalry. At the same time, the sky gradually began to brighten...

"Colonel Sares, the enemy is causing trouble at the foot of the mountain. Do you want to fire a few shots down?" A lieutenant quickly ran up to Sares and asked.

"No." Sarres, who was watching the Tianjuan Army attacking the horse road through a telescope, said decisively, "Our main attack direction is the horse road."

"I understand, Colonel," the lieutenant nodded and said.

Thirty percent of the 80,000 Tianjun troops that attacked the horse path soon arrived. Upon seeing this scene, Bailey on the South Peak could not help but clench his right fist.

Why is there no movement at the North Peak? Bailey thought to himself. According to Wu Lai's arrangement, the North Peak would be the main attack, and the enemy would be intercepted when the opportunity arose, attacking some of them and leaving some to rush to the checkpoint. The South Peak's mission was to "check for gaps and fill in the gaps", respond to the artillery fire of the North Peak, and prevent the enemy from attacking the North Peak - compared with the South Peak, the terrain conditions of the North Peak were worse, and although there was also a passage to the top, it was not as easy to defend as the South Peak.

When he saw the big locomotive being set up, a ferocious look flashed across Li Moli's face.

"Hit!" He raised the sword in his hand, the tip of the sword pointed directly at Beifeng...