Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 232: Ruyi Chariot as Wooden City

Early morning of September 3rd.

Wen Dunhunyu woke up from the bed, and the smell of blood lingering in his nose made him frown.

These bastards are good at killing people, but they are not careful at all.

Why kill him in the house? Why not drag him out and kill him?

After killing someone, he didn't bother to clean up quickly and let the blood flow all over the floor. After a night, the original fishy smell had become a bit smelly.

These random thoughts only flashed through his mind for a moment before completely disappearing.

After all, it is wartime, and after all, it is the goodwill of the men. What else can we do?

Even if he really wanted to find a county town and a landlord's mansion, Wen Dunhunyu would not be able to live there!
Feeling a little grumpy, Wen Dunhunyu walked out of the small village with his personal guards. While patrolling around, he discovered that the villagers who had not been killed had several different accents.

"Where are you from?"

Wen Dunhunyu asked, lifting a woman's chin with his sword.

The woman was naked and covered in bruises. She was squatting on the ground, trying to protect her body from the gazes of the men around her, but she had to stand up under the pressure of the knife.

"Mr. Te An..."

The woman said vaguely.

"What?" Wen Dunhunyu frowned.

The woman, who was quite pretty, protected her upper body with one hand and pointed at her mouth with the other.

Wen Dunhunyu only then noticed that blood was still oozing from the corner of the woman's mouth. He didn't know whether it was because the Jin army cut off her tongue because she was noisy, or because they broke her teeth.

"Come closer." Wen Dunhunyu moved the woman's head with the tip of the knife.

The woman moved forward meekly, but her voice was still small and unclear.

"Closer."

The woman finally walked to Wen Dunhun's jade horse, forced a smile on her face, and then suddenly pulled out the wooden hairpin in her hair. Regardless of the bleeding wound on her neck caused by the tip of the knife, she stabbed Wen Dunhun's jade fiercely.

"squeak……"

The wooden hairpin scratched against the iron armor, making a teeth-grinding sound, but did not cause any harm to the heavily armored knight.

Under Wen Dunhunyu's indifferent expression, the woman quickly lost all her strength and fell to the ground holding her neck.

Blood spurted out from between the woman's fingers. Soon, she stopped struggling and lost her breath.

"guilty!"

Only then did one of the armored cavalrymen dismount and cut off the woman's head with a single blow. He then knelt on the ground and confessed his guilt.

Wen Dunhunyu felt bored and didn't want to know where these people came from. He pointed directly at the nearly 100 villagers who were trapped in an open space.

"Don't leave any one alive. Kill them all."

After saying this, Wen Dun Hunyu patted the non-existent dust off his armor, turned his horse and rode away, leaving the crying and wailing behind him unattended.

After a night's rest, the Jin army regained some strength, reorganized itself, and marched towards the Loyal Army camp.

Just as the hour of Si arrived, Wen Dunhunyu received news from the pioneer Pushandong.

"What do you mean by fighting a chariot array and needing the support of a large army?" Wen Dunhunyu frowned. "Why would Pushandong, after all, have so much time to spare to fight a baggage train? Their only target today is the Loyal Bandit Camp! Let him deal with it quickly!"

The military envoy was sweating profusely: "This is not an ordinary baggage train. There are about 1,200 soldiers in it, and about 100 armored soldiers marching.

But they were on the march, so it's hard to say exactly how many there were. The bandits surrounded the carts, and the soldiers inside fired arrows, making them very strong. Our general led his troops to charge several times, but not only did we get nothing, we even injured many men.

"My captain thinks there must be several hundred regular soldiers among them, all going to support the enemy's main camp. If we leave them alone, something terrible might happen." Wen Dunhunyu swayed on his horse.

This was one of the situations he least wanted to face.

When facing Meng Tian's fierce attack to defend the country, the loyal army did not try their best, and even the reinforcements had not arrived behind them.

But when the time comes, is there any choice?

Do we have to turn around and fight the pursuing Tianping Army?

In such a deadly situation, the only option is to fight to the death!

Wen Dunhunyu's eyes turned fierce as he thought of this: "Meet Lancheng! Lead the cavalry to the rear, and I will lead the infantry to the front!"

Hui Lancheng wanted to persuade him, but he saw Wen Dunhunyu riding out, waving his hand and pointing at several infantry generals, who then followed the military envoy and rushed forward.

Before the battlefield even arrived, Wen Dunhunyu heard deafening shouts and cries of killing. When he got closer, he found that the battle had entered a fierce stage.

Pushandong had already led his troops in a charge for a while, and now there were several broken arrows stuck in his shoulders. Under Meng'an's banner, he looked very angry and frustrated.

"Even if there were a few hundred combat soldiers, how could the 1,000 men of the Seventh Meng'an not be able to defeat a mere chariot array? Why don't armored cavalry fight on foot?"

After Wendun Hunyu arrived, he first scolded Pushandong.

Pu Sandong chuckled, "Ayu, go and see for yourself. This chariot formation is a little unusual. By the way, leave your cloak and helmet tassel behind. The bandits have some powerful crossbows in the chariot formation, specifically for sniping officers. I've already lost one of our army's marching officers."

Wen Dunhunyu pulled off his helmet tassel and threw down his cloak. "I have brought five infantrymen with me. I will command them at your command. We must capture this city as quickly as possible."

Pu Sandong wanted to say something, but he could only sigh and bow in response.

Wen Dunhunyu didn't understand why Pushandong, a veteran, would react like this, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he took a few personal guards and moved forward.

After circling the car formation twice, Wen Dunhunyu finally understood.

This isn't a car formation at all, this is a wooden city!

This is a city built from the ground up!

First of all, this big vehicle is not an ordinary two-wheeled vehicle.

Two-wheeled vehicles are unstable. If you put dozens of them together, there will be gaps. And where there are gaps, there will be opportunities.

These four-wheeled carts are very stable, connected neatly on both sides, and there is not even a single gap.

Secondly, chariots like the sidecar, because they have two wheels, can carry about the same amount of weight as ordinary baggage carts and cannot be made tall. However, these four-wheeled carts are not only tall and wide, but they even pull a heavy wooden board covered with cowhide.

Including the height of the heavy wooden boards, the entire car body is nearly two people tall.

The crossbowmen hid behind them and shot arrows. The Jin army archers didn't even have a decent counterattack and could only hold up their shields and take the beating for a while.

This is a reinforced side-carriage vehicle that sacrifices mobility in exchange for defense, specifically designed to restrain cavalry charges!

The Jin army cannot use the method of attacking chariots to attack, but should use the means of attacking the city!
Thinking of this, Wen Dunhunyu returned to the Meng'an flag despite the flying arrows.

"This isn't an attack on the chariot formation, this is an attack on the city!" Wen Dunhunyu shouted, "Go cut down trees and make ladders! Have the armored cavalry circle the chariot formation and shoot arrows! Get some fuel and make some rockets, and then we'll all shoot arrows together when we attack the city!"

Immediately, some soldiers rushed into the surrounding woods, but Pushandong still looked worried.

After all this trouble, when will we be able to capture this chariot array? Even if we capture this place, won’t the men be exhausted? Can we still attack the loyal bandit camp?
Moreover, this is the enemy's hinterland, and there are pursuers behind us who may suddenly appear at any time. We also don't know if there are other reinforcements around. In this case, is it really wise to fight to the death in the chariot formation?

However, when Pu Sandong saw Wen Dunhunyu's blood-red eyes, he finally understood.

From the moment they took on the task of copying, they had no choice.

Now we can only fight to the death.

(End of this chapter)