Chapter 597 Nahlan (Part 2)
As the saying goes, every advantage has its disadvantages.
Sun Shaozong's act of uprooting the camphor tree certainly boosted the morale of both sides, but it also eliminated the barbarians' underestimation of the enemy.
Therefore, this offensive and defensive battle became fierce almost as soon as it started...
"Release the arrows, release the arrows quickly!"
Amidst the shouts at the top of their lungs, countless rockets soaked in tung oil were fired from behind the village gate, stirring up balls of flames on the stone steps, on the Teng shields, and on the people!
More than a dozen three-meter-long hooks protruded from both sides of the village gate, like the god of death's scythe, reaping lives one after another.
Closer still, there were ladles of scalding golden liquid emitting a foul odor, pouring down from the top of the city wall continuously, soaking the front of the village gate, making it like a stinking hell.
"kill!"
“Charge!”
"Break the door open!"
The government troops naturally did not want to be outdone. With roars, wooden-handled grenades swirled and fell behind the village wall.
Boom~Boom~Boom~
Although nearly 60% of the grenades misfired due to getting damp during transportation, the remaining 40% still caused thunder and blazing flames!
With a loading capacity of nearly one and a half pounds, even if it is just black powder with a relatively reasonable ratio, it still demonstrates considerable lethality.
The screams and wails coming from behind the village wall were the best proof of the power of this firearm.
If it were somewhere else, the unexpected power of firearms and the thunderous momentum would be enough to throw these ignorant barbarians into chaos.
However, this is Nahlan, the ancestral home of the Wuxi barbarians!
"For the ancestors!"
"The Ancestral Spirit is the Most Holy!"
Hysterical shouts drowned out the wailing and crying, and were often followed by a more fierce counterattack from the barbarians.
Some barbarians were even aroused to ferocity and jumped directly down from the four-meter-high wall of the village and rushed into the government army without avoiding swords and knives.
Although they soon died at the hands of the government troops, it inevitably caused a certain degree of chaos.
Boom, boom, boom!
There were several more explosions, but they did not come from the barbarian castle, but from a grenadier in the government army who was shot in the chest by a rocket in a panic and died on the spot.
But the rocket on his body did not go out. Instead, it spread and ignited the wooden-handled grenade on his body.
The grenadiers of the Firearms Battalion were the focus of strict protection by the government troops. This series of explosions could be said to be a explosion in the center, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
Even Sun Shaozong was accidentally scratched on the forehead by shrapnel, leaving a blood groove one finger wide and three fingers long in the middle of his forehead.
Blood gushed out from the wound, instantly dyeing Sun Shaozong's face red.
"grown ups!"
Seeing this, Lu Jianxing and Wang Zhen, who were not far away, hurriedly surrounded them with several bodyguards.
Lu Jianxing held up his shield to block the sweeping hooks, protecting Sun Shaozong while fighting and retreating .
Wang Zhen even lifted up his battle robe, tore off the lining to bandage Sun Shaozong's wound, and said anxiously: "Sir, this is not a solution. Why don't we retreat temporarily..."
"Back off!"
Sun Shaozong pushed him and made him stagger. He rubbed his brow fiercely, glared at him with bloodshot eyes and shouted: "If anyone dares to retreat again, don't blame me for being merciless!"
If it weren't for special circumstances, if his hard attack was frustrated, Sun Shaozong would definitely choose to retreat temporarily, take stock of gains and losses, think about countermeasures, and then reorganize his army to fight again.
However, there are unexpected changes in the weather. When the government troops launched the attack, it was just cloudy, but after half an hour of fighting, the sky was already covered with dark clouds!
It seems that a rain and snow are about to fall, and it will be extremely difficult to break through Nahlan by then!
What worries Sun Shaozong even more is that if the mountains are blocked by rain and snow, making travel difficult, and the government troops fail to capture Nahlan, they will inevitably be caught in a dilemma.
By then, the barbarians from all directions will swarm in again, and what awaits the government troops will probably be a catastrophic disaster!
This damn thing really is that man proposes, God disposes!
Isn’t it said that there is rarely rain or snow in Wuxi Prefecture in winter?
How come I was caught up with him? !
Sun Shaozong's anxious eyes swept across the people in front of him and looked towards the village gate a dozen steps away.
But surrounded by corpses lying all over the place, the huge iron-clad and wooden gate still stood upright, without any signs of loosening.
The only change was the bumpy impact marks on the surface of the iron sheet.
On both sides of the gate, the remains of eight bamboo ladders were still burning. The government troops had originally hoped to suppress the barbarians with firearms and then climb the bamboo ladders to attack the city.
Who would have thought that they not only underestimated the barbarians' fearlessness and bravery, but also misjudged the thorough preparations of the Nahlan defenders.
After all, Sun Shaozong was just a rookie on the battlefield. His first two attacks on the barbarian stronghold went smoothly, which made him underestimate the difficulty of attacking Nahlan...
Damn it!
I can’t care about so many things right now!
Since you've already acted rashly, you might as well just go all the way!
Sun Shaozong suddenly threw the drummer Weng Jinchui and Teng Dun to the ground and ordered in a deep voice: "The rest of you, please cover me!"
As he spoke, he tried his best to lower his body and ran towards the village gate in small steps.
"Protect the adults, protect the adults quickly!"
Lu Jianxing and Wang Zhen shouted in panic, and put the Teng shields together to form a tortoise shell formation to cover Sun Shaozong's advance .
"Throw firearms, throw firearms quickly!"
At the same time, Shen Lian, who was not far away, loudly urged the remaining grenadiers to provide support with grenades.
However, the grenadiers suffered the heaviest losses in the previous explosion, and now only seven or eight people can respond to his orders.
Of that round of grenades thrown, only three exploded successfully.
Because of this, the resistance on the city wall was only slightly weakened, and then everyone focused their fire on Sun Shaozong again - after all, with that kind of protection, anyone could guess that the person's identity was extraordinary.
At that moment, five or six hooks reached out towards the tortoise shell formation, intending to tear open the tortoise shell and then slaughter the government troops underneath.
"Get up for me!"
At this moment, Sun Shaozong shouted loudly, and a pillar as tall as the sky suddenly appeared in front of the village gate!
It turned out to be the camphor wood that the government troops had used to ram the gate of the village, and was completely embraced by Sun Shaozong.
The camphor wood was about three meters high, with a diameter of about seven inches [23 centimeters], and weighed more than a thousand pounds. However, Sun Shaozong used it as a weapon, and pounded it against the wall of the village like a golden hoop, and then swept it across the wall!
All I saw were grappling hooks and blood flying everywhere on the city wall. More than half of the twenty or so barbarians who were leaning over to control the grappling hooks died on the spot!
Those who were lucky enough not to die were also swept off the city walls by the battering ram!
The time is now!
Sun Shaozong slammed the battering ram to the ground, stomped on it firmly with his foot, then stepped back seven or eight steps, and suddenly broke into a run, intending to follow the 60-degree inclined battering ram and rush to the top of the city wall in one breath!
But I saw that giant bear-like body suddenly jumped up to a height of several feet at an incredible speed. Almost in the blink of an eye, his sight was already level with the top of the city wall!
It should work!
Lu Jianxing, Wang Zhen and others looked up at the majestic body, opened their mouths in great excitement, and wanted to roar, but were afraid of disturbing Sun Shaozong, so they did not dare to make any noise at all.
Instead, Shen Lian, who was not far away, suddenly shouted, "Master, be careful!"
With this loud roar, all the government troops under the city changed color.
It turned out that a short and strong barbarian suddenly appeared on the empty section of the city wall!
The barbarian held a clay pot in his hands wrapped in coarse cloth. A foul odor rose from the pot. It was a pot of golden juice made from feces mixed with poisonous mountain weeds!
Who in the city and outside the city doesn't know how vicious this thing is and how to use it?
No matter how brave and courageous Sun Shaozong is, if he gets involved with this thing, he will probably end up in disgrace!
Unfortunately, Sun Shaozong had just rushed into the air, so even if he wanted to dodge, he was unable to do so.
Everyone below the city was horrified, while those on the city walls were cheering and jumping for joy, just waiting for the barbarian to pour the golden juice on their heads .
Sniff
At this moment, a feather arrow suddenly came like lightning and hit the barbarian's throat!
“Here!”
At this moment, a loud shout came from the government army's formation. Who else could it be but the Han Gang?
At the critical moment, this guy finally lived up to his reputation as a sharpshooter!
However, the hideous smile on the barbarian's face froze in an instant, and his body fell forward due to inertia, and fell off the city wall together with the jar of gold juice.
At the same time, Sun Shaozong stretched out his hand and touched the top of the city wall, and his body, whose momentum was gradually weakening, climbed over the wall!
Standing on a man-high earthen wall, looking at the barbarians filling the village, Sun Shaozong's blood-soaked mouth curled up slightly. With a clang, he drew out Frostmourne from behind, jumped off the earthen platform alone with the sword, and instantly a blood mist was stirred up!
The barbarians of Nahlan are indeed very brave.
Seeing Sun Shaozong chopping several of his comrades into pieces with a casual swing of his sword, he still rushed forward fearlessly!
But all he saw was swords and spears being wielded from all directions. The two barbarians on the left and right swung their swords at his head, and the two barbarians in front held long spears in their hands, stabbing his heart and throat!
There was a short and strong barbarian standing diagonally below. He lowered his body and swept the axe in his hand across Sun Shaozong's knees!
Knowing that he would be hacked to pieces if he wasn't careful, Sun Shaozong remained calm and fearless. Instead of retreating or dodging, he lowered his shoulders and rushed towards the barbarian in front of him on the left.
The barbarian was holding a steel knife, ready to chop down Mount Hua with all his might, but Sun Shaozong rushed into his arms first. An overwhelming force crushed his ribs and internal organs in his chest!
His body was like a kite with a broken string. It was suddenly thrown back several feet and knocked over several people, breaking bones and tendons before it came to a stop.
At the same time, the Frostmourne in Sun Shaozong's hand was not idle either. The ferocious serrations on the side first chopped off the head of the axe-wielding barbarian, and then cut the two gun-wielding barbarians into three sections from the thigh!
As soon as two screams were heard, Sun Shaozong moved with his sword and cut open the chests of the two barbarian archers.
Before the mess could even fall to the ground, half of the head and arm of an armored Kangxi barbarian guard were cut off.
With just these few sudden moves, the area near the village wall was filled with wailing!
And this was just the beginning. Sun Shaozong was like a meat grinder, rolling straight towards the dense crowd!
Seeing him chopping melons and vegetables with a face full of blood, as if he was in an empty space, the barbarians finally began to waver. Someone shouted "monster" in the chaos, which immediately caused a panic.
Some followed suit and called it "monster", while others called it "sheep demon" in reference to the goat-headed devil on the sword. But soon, the barbarians all called it by the same name:
Three-eyed demon!
This was because of the wound on Sun Shaozong's forehead, which made it look like he had an extra bloody eye!
Although ignorant beliefs can bring extraordinary courage, they also often lead to greater fear when facing unknown things.
Sun Shaozong's inhuman bravery has undoubtedly touched the realm of "unknown things".
Seeing that the barbarians who were fearless just now had begun to subconsciously avoid him, Sun Shaozong felt a little relieved.
Just as he was about to turn around to look at Lu Jianxing, Wang Zhen and the others, wondering if they had taken advantage of him to attract the barbarians' attention and climbed up the city wall along the battering ram, he suddenly heard someone shouting, "Get out of the way, let me have a fight with this bastard!"
Although these words were spoken in barbarian language, Sun Shaozong saw the barbarians parting like a tide, revealing Hassam's bear-like body. Didn't he understand that he wanted to fight him in a duel?
Just as he was about to step forward to fight, he heard Hassam stuttering and shouting in Chinese: "Who are you? Hassam will kill you. If you want your name, you will be a ghost!"
This should mean "Don't kill nameless ghosts under the knife", right?
Sun Shaozong roughly guessed the meaning of his words, but did not respond. Instead, he rushed forward and swept up with his sword!
When Hassam saw that Sun Shaozong refused to tell his name, he immediately screamed and raised the copper stick in his hand.
Ding~~~
But all they heard was the sound of metal clashing, which was echoed all around!
Sun Shaozong took half a step back and felt a slight numbness in the palm of his hand. He couldn't help but curse in his heart - this guy really has a bear-like body for a good reason, his strength is not much less than his own!
I was just thinking whether I should use some tricks to avoid being entangled with this barbarian.
Unexpectedly, Hassam screamed and rushed forward again, swinging the copper stick in his hand vigorously, forcing Sun Shaozong to either continue fighting or retreat.
How could Sun Shaozong be willing to weaken his momentum at this time?
Besides, ever since he traveled through time, he has always been the one to conquer others with force, but today he was being forced by brute force, and he felt very dissatisfied and indignant.
So he held the 102.4 jin Frostmourne in his hand horizontally and hit the copper stick head-on!
Ding~~
Ding~~~
Ding~~~~
The sound of metal clashing against metal became louder and louder, shocking the barbarians around and making them feel tinnitus and chest tightness!
And every time the two heavy weapons collided, countless sparks exploded!
At first, Sun Shaozong was full of confidence, but after more than ten collisions, the barbarian on the opposite side became more and more courageous, and he could not help but groan inwardly.
My hands are already feeling numb. Even if I can win if I continue fighting, I'm afraid I won't have much energy left to fight.
At this time, I wanted to use some tricks, but because my arms were sore, it was difficult to do so...
Ding~~~
It was another powerful blow. Sun Shaozong involuntarily took a half step back and felt a burning sensation on his right hand. He looked down and found that his knuckles were broken!
Damn it!
This is really a case of a good swimmer drowning in water!
But who could have imagined that there was someone among these barbarians who could fight on equal terms with his golden finger-like strength?
Just as Sun Shaozong was regretting his decision, he suddenly realized that something was wrong - Hassam took two steps back and did not launch another attack.
Could it be...
This guy found that his strength was beginning to weaken, so he was ready to call on all the barbarians to besiege him? !
"puff!"
Just as he was anxiously watching out, he suddenly saw Hassam's throat surge, and then he spurted out a mouthful of blood, followed by a second mouthful, and a third...
In the end, what Hassam spurted out was not just blood, but also a lot of sticky fragments.
Others might not be able to tell what these things were, but Sun Shaozong recognized them at a glance; they were pieces of flesh from shattered internal organs!
Plop~
Hassam fell to the ground exhausted, coughed and trembled a few times, and then there was no sound.
“Ha…hahaha…hahaha!”
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh.
It turned out that the barbarian was still inferior to him. He only broke the tiger's mouth, but Hassam's internal organs were shattered!
Those last few strokes might have been the force that Hassam squeezed out of his last breath.
"The general is mighty!"
"The general is mighty!"
"The general is mighty!"
At this moment, Sun Shaozong suddenly heard a burst of cheers and shouts behind him, which changed from noisy to orderly.
It turned out that Lu Jianxing, Shen Lian, Wang Zhen and others had already crawled in along the battering ram. Seeing that the barbarians were attracted by the duel between Sun Shaozong and Hassam, they quietly moved to the door and let the government troops outside in.
At this moment, Sun Shaozong relied on his unparalleled divine power to kill Hassam, the first warrior of the Wuxi barbarians. As a result, the government troops that rushed in cheered at the same time.
Corresponding to this, the barbarians looked at each other in horror.
Although they still had the advantage in terms of military strength, they no longer had the slightest desire to fight.
I don't know who shouted, but nearly half of the barbarians started running away in all directions!
At the same time, Sun Shaozong felt a chill on his face. He looked up and saw snow falling all over the sky...
