novelden Chapter 189: Hold on Until Dark
Chapter 189: Hold on Until Dark
Not long after the defeated Hun soldiers came again from different gates, and this time they were not riding horses.
Arrows were fired from all sides, but they were prepared and rushed towards the prison room with their shields raised.
The door to the prison area was very narrow and could only allow one person to pass through after it was opened. Moreover, the wooden door was thick and solid and could not be knocked open by one person.
"Find me a tree and make it into a door-breaking hammer to break the door open!" One of the Hun soldiers shouted loudly. Judging from his posture, he seemed to be the leader.
"call out!"
A sharp arrow suddenly flew out from somewhere, with a sound of breaking through the air, and shot straight towards the man.
"Be careful!" Someone saw it and shouted to the Hun leader.
However, it was too late. The arrow hit the man's shoulder blade accurately. A scream of pain was heard. Several shield soldiers rushed to protect him and carried him out.
"You hear me? Break down the door!"
As soon as one Hun leader was carried away, another leader came roaring and giving orders.
"Go ahead, there are only three or four Great Zhou people in the room, and someone has gone up to the roof!"
In the prison room, someone was shouting loudly in Xiongnu.
Most of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty could not understand the language of the Huns, but some officers in charge of supervising the prisoners in the mine could understand it.
"Hun warriors outside, if you can switch sides, do so now. Changshengtian is watching you, and so is the king of the grasslands!"
The prisoners in the prison area shouted loudly, causing people in other rooms to shout as well.
"There's someone on the roof..."
"Our warriors, stop assisting the Great Zhou people and quickly defect!"
The soldiers who didn't understand were calm, but those who could understand began to panic.
"There are Huns in our team, be careful they might turn against us!"
The team instantly fell into chaos, and everyone raised their knives, vigilantly guarding against the people around them.
The Huns who had already surrendered were all frightened by this commotion, and some even started fighting with the people around them under the suspicious gaze.
Lu Yihou had been on the border for a long time and was quite familiar with the Xiongnu. Chengtang Sanben was also from the Xiongnu grassland. When they were in Xiaolongshan, the two could communicate in the Xiongnu language.
When people in the prison area shouted like this, Lu Yihou instantly became alert.
"You bunch of bastards, don't try to harm me. If you want to fight, do it openly!" Lu Yihou waved his knife and shouted angrily at the Hun prisoners beside him.
The people with him didn't understand what was going on, so they also pointed their knives at the people around them, and some even pointed their knives at the officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou.
The scene was chaotic!
The Huns outside soon figured out the situation.
There is someone on the roof.
So they raised their bows and arrows and aimed at the roof.
The security personnel in the mining area were equipped with grenades. Seeing that the situation was not good, they threw dozens of grenades directly at the crowd in the yard.
Several people were hit by arrows before they could throw the grenades, causing them to roll off the roof.
Some fell in the front yard and killed the Hun soldiers at the door.
Another grenade fell beside him, blowing up the roof and killing him...
The scene fell into chaos again.
"Aren't grenades standard equipment for your Dingzhou Army?"
"We thought there wouldn't be any fighting in the mining area, so we left it behind when we set out. Besides, it's very dangerous."
Landmines and hand grenades are controlled materials in the military and will not be distributed unless combat is necessary.
It truly achieved the separation of man and bullet.
These are the only two conventional hot weapons that the Dingzhou Army has.
The army that came to the mining area this time did not bring any of these.
Tuoba Jing only felt a moment of fear, but at the same time he discovered the flaw in their grenades.
"Don't be afraid, as long as they don't throw it at us, they will be the ones to die." Tuoba Jing shouted anxiously as he looked at the soldiers fleeing outside.
"Archers form a formation, and shield soldiers provide protection." A Hun leader remained calm in the face of danger. He commanded the fleeing archers to return to their original positions and cross-aimed at the rooftops to prevent anyone from throwing grenades again.
The shield soldiers were also driven back, and this time their number increased a lot.
In the prison room, blood slowly flowed out from the crack of the door.
The Hun soldiers knew that this must be the blood of the people who had just spoken to them. Most of these people were probably dead, and most likely blocked the door.
"Bang..." The battering ram hit the door hard, making a loud noise.
"Ah..., damn, I want to go home..." A long spear suddenly stretched out from the observation window on the door and pierced the kidney of a sergeant who was breaking down the door, causing the man to scream in pain.
"There's someone on the roof..." Someone among the Hun soldiers shouted, drawing everyone's attention back.
Someone on the roof threw a grenade, and the archers below rained arrows.
The person on the roof who tried to throw another grenade was hit by an arrow and fell to the roof, and the grenade slid down the roof...
Explosions sounded again, and houses, roofs, and gates were all damaged.
The Xiongnu leader, his face filled with ecstasy, brandished a battering ram and smashed open a door. "Charge! Charge in!"
"The door is broken, block it, block it for me."
The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty inside shouted at the top of their lungs.
The room was not big, and the Huns who rushed in were beaten out again, and several lives were lost.
"Use the wood from the bed to block the door."
Lu Yihou was also panicked. These people didn't dare to go out, and they would die sooner or later if they were stuck inside.
The soldiers who understood the meaning blocked the gate with wood and the bodies of the prisoners they had just killed.
"Hey, Lu, do you have any other good ideas?"
The captain of the mining area security and the commander-in-chief of the Dingzhou army were discussing something. When they saw Lu Yihou commanding the defense, they shouted at him.
"I don't have any ideas. Let's hold out until dark. If they retreat, we can find a way to evacuate."
"What if they're stationed at the mining area?"
"The weapons in our hands can also kill the enemy. At worst, we can just fight our way out."
Lu Yihou's words made the captain and the governor look at each other in surprise. They did not expect that a prisoner could have such lofty insights.
"It seems like this is the only way."
The two said in unison.
There were still people fighting in and out of the prison area. Even if the door was smashed open, the wood inside was crisscrossed like supporting ramming holes, making it difficult for people to enter.
The fighting continued like this until the sun set and everyone was exhausted.
Tuoba Jing ordered some people to stay outside the mining area, light fires and monitor the people in the mining area to prevent them from escaping.
"Hey, Lu family, come here!"
"Don't keep referring to the Lu family. I'm the captain of the second team after all. Can't you just call me Captain Lu?"
Lu Yihou was really angry this time. After all, they were fighting together, so couldn't he show some respect?
"Don't be angry, these people were invited by your Lu family, and we are used to calling them that."
"Ah? Oh!..."
Only then did Lu Yihou understand why these people came to the mining area.
"What do you want from me?"
"Captain Lu, we called you here because we think you have a good idea and we want to hear it."
The security captain of the mining area was familiar with Lu Yihou and spoke first.
"I'm standing by the Xiongnu who came to help..." Lu Yihou just started to speak, but suddenly felt something was wrong and shook his head and said, "These people were not invited by the Lu family. There is something fishy here."
"Don't worry about who invited us. We want to know which direction we should go to break out at night."
Lu Yihou slowly raised his head and looked at the hole in the roof. A ray of moonlight shone into the house, as bright as frost, but also with a hint of chill.
"Let's do this. First, we need to split into two groups to even out our combat effectiveness. The first group will be the Dingzhou troops, charging eastward. The second group will be our mining area personnel, responsible for covering the rear..."
When the people present listened to Lu Yihou's words, they all showed expressions of approval on their faces and nodded from time to time, as if placing their hopes on him.