Chapter 256 General Attack
There was a strong wind and snow at Yanliang Pass, and the doors and windows were creaking.
Chen Yu did not sleep well.
Ever since she arrived at Yanliang Pass, she had been suffering from nightmares and had not been able to sleep through the night for a single day.
In her dream, Yanliang Pass was still ravaged by wind and snow. She had gradually become accustomed to living with nightmares and could look at the scene in front of her calmly in her dreams.
But this time it was different, she heard footsteps, as if someone was coming to watch this dream with her.
"princess!"
Chen Yu was awakened by the howling. She sat up and realized that the footsteps in her dream came from reality.
She got out of bed, put on her coat, opened the door, and Changliu ran towards her.
"What happened?" Shen Yu asked.
Chang Liu was about to speak when the two of them turned their heads at the same time and looked towards the city gate.
Drums and trumpets sounded simultaneously; this was no ordinary enemy attack.
"The Siberians are coming."
Chen Yu quickly dressed and put on armor, while telling Chang Liu, "I'm going to the city gate. I may not have time to explain later. You wait here. If the city gate is lost, you ride a fast horse and take Si Xi to the north. Don't stay here."
Chang Liu burst into tears when he heard Chen Yu's tone of explaining the afterlife, "No, Princess, the prince will come, he must be on the way."
Shen Yu smiled at him, "I know."
Chang Liu followed and chased after him, "I won't leave, the prince will come."
Shen Yu stopped and patted him on the shoulder, "Be obedient."
She climbed onto the horse, and the sound of horse hooves was drowned out by the warning sound carried by the wind in the snow.
The soldiers crawled out of their beds and ran through the streets, all heading in the same direction.
When Chen Yu climbed up the city wall, it seemed as if the wind stopped for a moment.
Before they had time to observe the enemy's situation, there was a loud "bang", the city wall seemed to tremble slightly, and heavy boulders hit the wall.
"It's a catapult!" the soldier shouted, running towards them amid the flying rubble.
"Princess, the Western Jue people have launched a general attack!"
Chen Yu looked outside the pass. The continuous torches lit up half the sky, extending into the distance until they disappeared in the vast snow and wind.
The opportunity the Western Jue people had been waiting for finally came.
There are more than 100,000 Western Jue soldiers, and the disparity in strength is terrifying enough just by looking at it.
But Chen Yu couldn't retreat, not even showing any fear.
Yes.
Chen Yu calmed down and asked, "Have the smoke signals been lit?"
"General Xiao has given the order." The soldier said, "But..."
Chen Yu knew what was going on. The wind and snow were so strong that the beacon tower ten miles away might not be able to see the beacon fire here.
Besides, if we light the beacon, who can we expect to provide reinforcements at this moment?
The Xiao family army from Chihe will not come, and neither will the soldiers from the South Camp.
She knew that she couldn't put her hopes on others. All they could do now was to hold on and delay the time as long as possible, waiting for Beilin's rescue.
Huge rocks hit the city wall one after another. The city wall of Yanliang Pass was reinforced at the end of last year, and the thickness was increased from the original 15 meters to 25 meters.
However, the 25-meter-thick city wall was still dented by the attack of the catapult, and bricks and rubble were splashed everywhere.
Chen Yu stood beside Xiao Chuan, holding onto the parapet and said, "They actually brought battering rams and trench bridges. We can't let them get close. We have to suppress them as long as we can."
Xiao Chuan looked serious, staring at the advancing Western Jue army, and said firmly: "They also brought Lu Gongche with them. It seems that they did not discover our intention."
A trench was dug outside the city. This time it was a real trench, but time was tight. They worked day and night, but only dug it to two meters deep and three meters wide.
There was no water diversion, and the trenches were filled with sharpened wooden stakes. But they did not expect that the narrow trenches could stop the attack of the Western Judeans.
Chen Yu and Xiao Chuan looked into the distance together. The catapult threw a huge rock into the sky. It gradually grew bigger in their eyes, and then slammed into the wall.
The parapet under Shen Yu's palm was shaking slightly, and she frowned, "The wind and snow are too strong."
Xiao Chuan leaned against the wall and wiped the bow and arrow in his hand, "That's enough!"
Boda was riding on a horse. He couldn't see the people on the wall clearly. The wind and snow blew his braids. His eyes were sharp.
The deputy general rode beside him and said, "Captain, they actually wanted to use trenches to stop us. If they could dig trenches well on the first day they arrived, they might be able to dig wider trenches, but they wasted too much time."
Boda did not dare to underestimate his enemy, for his current opponent was the daughter of Shen Zhongan, who had suppressed him and his father for more than twenty years.
Shen Zhongan built an iron wall of defense on the northwest line. It took Boda and his son more than 20 years to break through this line of defense.
Now, Shen Zhongan’s young daughter has taken up this line of defense again.
"Forward!" Boda said word by word, "We must cross Yanliang Pass and take the rich land inside the pass for my people. We will no longer have to worry about having no food in the winter."
The catapults were pressed in the rear, and the soldiers pushed Lu Gong's chariot and battering ram forward.
Chen Yu and Xiao Chuan stared at the front, and Xiao Chuan raised his bow in the wind and snow.
Beads of sweat appeared on Xiao Chuan's forehead. He was distracted by the heavy blow of the catapult, and his scattered mind could not be focused no matter how hard he tried.
The Western Jue people's battering rams and Lu Gongcha were about to reach the line he drew with his bow and arrow. Xiao Chuan was still nervous. If he missed the target, their shield soldiers would be alerted and block all the arrows from behind.
Then their deployment would be in vain.
A hand was placed on my shoulder, pressing down gently with a little weight.
Xiao Chuan saw Chen Yu's weak but determined profile from the corner of his eye, and his heart suddenly calmed down miraculously.
Boda had a bad feeling in his heart, but he didn't understand what it was yet.
"Stop!" Boda said, "I have a bad feeling."
The deputy general waited quietly. His leader had an extraordinary keen sense of war and had led them to heights never reached before. He trusted Boda's judgment.
"Why did they stop?" Xiao Chuan put down his bow. "Could it be that they discovered us?"
Shen Yu didn't say anything.
After a while, the Western Jue army started moving again and continued to advance.
Shen Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
The heavy battering ram continued to move forward, and Xiao Chuan's sharp eyes were fixed on the bowstring.
Boda looked at the city wall in the distance and said, "I think I'm overthinking it. We are not yet within the range of their bows and arrows."
Just as he finished his words, there was a crisp sound of a wooden board cracking, and the front wheel of the battering ram sank into the ground. However, Lu Gongche was too high, and he lost balance and fell down.
Screams were heard, and the Western Jue soldiers who were walking in front of Lu Gong's carriage were crushed underneath.
The soldier yelled, "Fuck it! There's a trench here!"
It was more like a ditch than a trench. It was not wide, less than one meter, but the entire front wheel of the battering ram sank into it.
"Quick! Lift it up!"
The soldier jumped into the ditch and tried to carry the battering ram on his shoulders. When he landed, the ground was soft and he could vaguely smell a different smell.
"Oh no! There's kerosene!"
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