Chapter 641: Above the Han Land

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Wan Xuan, who was terminally ill, suddenly returned to the light when he heard the news of the enemy's large-scale attack, and the reason why this happened was because he had faith in his heart, and this belief was to support the Han family.

Not only Wan Xuan, but most of the soldiers under Liu Xiu's command have the belief of helping the Han family, and people also firmly believe that only the Han family can save the world from fire and water and end this troubled era of human life.

Liu Xiu and Wan Xuan went to Nancheng, climbed the city wall of Nancheng, raised their eyes and looked out, only to see the enemy army outside the city, overwhelming, and there was no edge in sight.

The size of the army of 30,000 should not be underestimated, and just looking at it with the eyes brings a strong sense of oppression.

The soldiers of the Han army on the city wall had been frightened by Deng Zhongjun outside the city, but now they suddenly saw Liu Xiu and Wan Xuan on the top of the city, and people couldn't believe their eyes.

Isn't Your Majesty in Luoyang? When did you come to Wancheng? Isn't General Wan already sick in bed? It is said that it is difficult to even get into the ground, but now why has it suddenly become a dragon and a tiger?

People are all question marks, but the arrival of Liu Xiu and Wan Xuan greatly boosted the morale of the Han soldiers, especially the news that Liu Xiu was in Wancheng, which made the Han soldiers all happy.

Seeing so many enemy troops outside the city, people had no fighting spirit, but now the Son of Heaven drove the expedition in person and came to Wancheng in person, and this battle was definitely fought by his own side!

Woo woo โ€“

A long horn sounded from Deng Zhongjun's camp, followed by the roar of drums, and the phalanx of the first row began to advance in unison, followed by the second and third rows...... The phalanx marched towards Wancheng in turn.

Even from a distance, you can hear the grinding of armor and the footsteps of the soldiers.

Liu Xiu stood at the head of the city, holding the arrow stack in his hand, looking intently at the enemy army outside the city, and nodded secretly, Deng Zhong still has some ability, at least in terms of arranging troops, he can't find his flaws at all.

As Deng Zhongjun's phalanx got closer and closer, Liu Xiu turned his head sideways and shouted: "Archer, send arrows!" โ€

A soldier on the side answered, and then twisted his bow and arrow, and the edge of the arrow was aimed at the sky.

Whoosh โ€“

An arrow flew out, drawing a long arc in the air, and with a bang, it nailed to the ground outside the city. This is the distance of a hundred paces, and it is also the range of the archers of Wancheng.

As Deng Zhongjun's army continued to advance, the positioning arrow was getting closer and closer, and finally, the front row of Deng Zhongjun's soldiers stepped through the positioning arrow and officially entered the range of Wancheng.

People's eyes looked at Liu Xiu and Wan Xuan in unison, just waiting for the two of them to give an order, and they could shoot an arrow array to kill and injure the enemy troops outside the city.

Wan Xuan's eyes stared at the military formation outside the city without blinking, and he said without looking back: "The crossbowman sends a positioning arrow!" โ€

The soldiers of the Han army present were all stunned, and then, a soldier picked up a crossbow machine and shot an arrow outside the city. Crossbow arrows do not go in an arc, but in a straight line. This crossbow arrow was nailed about fifty paces outside the city.

Wan Xuan stared at the distance between the enemy phalanx and the positioning crossbow arrows, and slowly raised his hand. As soon as the ten thousand people moved, the archers put their arrows on the bowstring in unison, and the crossbowmen all raised their crossbow machines in unison.

When the enemy phalanx was less than ten paces away from positioning the crossbow arrows, Wan Xuan waved his raised hand forward and shouted, "Release the arrowsโ€”"

With his order, the sound of the bowstring snapping on the head of the city was connected. Bows and arrows flew out of the parabola in the air and smashed into the phalanx of Deng Zhongjun's army, while crossbow arrows went straight and shot at the front row of Deng Zhongjun's soldiers.

A round of arrows was fired, and thousands of arrows poured out, causing a riot in the front phalanx of Deng Zhongjun's army, and from time to time someone fell to the ground with arrows.

After the first salvo, the second salvo of the Han army came.

Deng Zhongjun, who was advancing, raised the wooden shields in their hands one after another, and as the arrow array poured down, people heard the crackling sound above their heads, and the shield surface of the wooden shield was soon covered by arrows. Under such a dense array of arrows, even the soldiers with shields are hit by arrows from time to time, and those who do not have shields are even more miserable, some are shot in the head, some are shot in the neck and chest, and the soldiers who advance forward are often walking.

He suddenly fell to the ground and never got up again.

The way forward of Deng Zhong's military formation, there were corpses of soldiers on the ground.

This kind of advance on land is not the most dangerous, the real danger is crossing the moat. The reason why Wancheng is easy to defend and difficult to attack is because the city defense facilities of Wancheng are too perfect.

The outermost part of Wancheng is a moat five or six meters wide, and after the moat, it is an upward slope, and after this slope, it is close to the city wall. It's such a journey, it's become Deng Zhongjun's nightmare.

Deng Zhong's army advanced to the front of the moat, used the ladder as a single-plank bridge, and the soldiers crossed the ladder on the moat, and then stepped on the ladder and ran to the opposite bank.

But under the arrows of the Han army at the head of the city, how easy is it to run through this moat, which is only five or six meters wide?

The soldiers stepped on the ladder, and within a few steps of their march forward, arrows came at the head of the city.

People used shields to block arrows, but the shields could block the upper body, but not the lower body, and the soldiers were sometimes hit by arrows in their legs, screaming and falling down the ladder and falling into the moat.

Some soldiers who are good at water can still splash in the river and swim ashore, while some soldiers who are not watery can fall into the river and plunge into it and never get up again.

The soldiers, who were lucky, braved the rain of arrows on the top of the city, finally crossed the moat, came to the slope on the opposite bank, and were running up, and the city fell down the rolling logs.

The rolling log fell under the city wall, rolled down the slope, and the soldiers had no way to retreat, and they were hit by the oncoming rolling logs, and they all screamed and fell into the moat. At that time, Cen Peng guarded Wancheng, there were not many troops, Liu Xuan led tens of thousands of Han troops, it was impossible to attack on the left, and could not attack on the right, until the city of Wancheng had run out of ammunition and food, and people were so hungry that they were about to eat people

This can be regarded as taking Wancheng.

This shows how difficult it is to fight Wancheng. Now Deng Zhongjun is just like the Han army back then, in front of Wancheng City, suffering a lot. The officers and men of the whole army are advancing all the way to death, especially in the moat, where the floating corpses are paved.

However, Deng Zhong did have a set of governing the army, and the soldiers under his command, no one flinched, they all stared, roared loudly, and kept pushing forward.

After all, the number of defenders at the head of the city was limited, and as more and more enemy troops advanced in front of the moat and set up pontoon ladders on the river, the Han army at the head of the city began to take care of it.

As time passed, the number of Deng Zhong's troops who crossed the moat and advanced under the city walls increased, and people began to build ladders and climb to the top of the city.

At this time, the Han army on the head of the city had nothing to keep, and those who had arrows put arrows under the city, and when the arrows ran out, they looked for heavy objects nearby, what rolling wood, stones, and smashed what they touched under the city.

Deng Zhongjun, who climbed the ladder, was shot down by arrows, and some were smashed down by rolling logs and stones. The slopes under the city wall were covered with a layer of Deng Zhongjun's corpse, and the surface of the moat was even more stained dark red with blood.

After paying such huge casualties, Deng Zhong's army showed no signs of retreating. As long as there is no sound of gold from the rear, as long as the sound of their own drums does not stop, there is only one thought in people's heads, which is to advance forward and attack the city.

In the face of Deng Zhongjun's almost frantic onslaught, regardless of casualties, the Han army at the head of the city gradually could not support it. Seeing this, Wan Xuan turned his head sideways and shouted: "Pour fire oil-"

Fire oil is a big killer in city defense. As a pot of boiling oil tilted down, under the city wall, screams and wails continued.

But soon, all sounds died down. I saw that the torches were thrown from the top of the city, and the torches fell on the fire oil, and the slope outside the city turned into a sea of fire in an instant.

People struggled and tumbled in the fire, and many went straight into the moat, but the surface of the moat also flowed with fire oil and it was also burning. Jumping into the river is like jumping into a sea of fire.

In this situation, even the defenders at the head of the city could not bear to look at it directly.

Under the attack of Huoyou, Deng Zhongjun was finally repulsed.

But they did not retreat too far, but set up shields on the other side of the moat to defend against the arrows at the head of the city, while the soldiers behind pushed up one after another stone throwers.

On the other side of the moat, Deng Zhongjun fixed the stone thrower and began to launch a long-range attack on the Han army at the head of the city.

Stone after stone catapulted into the air, smashed on the city walls, and smashed on the city's head, and the loud rumbling sound was incessant.

Some of the Han troops who couldn't dodge were smashed to the point that their bones were broken, and even the hoarded rolling wood and stones on the city head were not spared, and some were smashed everywhere, and the scene on the city head was chaotic.

When the fire oil outside the city was extinguished, Deng Zhongjun began the second round of strong attack.

This time, the Han army was under even more pressure. Not only do they have to deal with more ferocious enemy soldiers, but they also have to watch out for falling rocks from the sky from time to time.

The battle between the two sides lasted from morning to afternoon, and although the Deng Zhongjun army besieging the city suffered heavy casualties, the Han army at the head of the city suffered many casualties.

When it was nearly evening, Deng Zhongjun's offensive did not weaken, but became more ferocious, and the officers and men of the whole army almost poured out of the nest, looking at the posture, that is, to capture Wancheng in one go.

At this time, the Han army at the head of the city began to be unable to resist. Soon, an enemy soldier climbed up the ladder to the top of the city, but was picked down by a nearby Han army with a spear.

This was just the beginning, as more and more of Deng's army climbed to the top of the city, the soldiers of both sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat on the city walls.

Faced with such a battle situation, even Liu Xiu personally participated in the battle.

Armed with the Red Sky Sword, he charged at the group of enemy troops closest to him. This group of enemy troops, somewhat similar to the Ben Ming Lang under Jia Fu's command, were shirtless, armed with sharp blades, and were extremely good at fighting, and the surrounding Han troops were killed by them row after row.

Just when he kept slashing and killing the Han army and doing his best to disrupt the Han army's city defense, Liu Xiu came to the other party with his sword in front of him, and the Chixiao sword drew a long cold light in the air and swept sideways towards the crowd.

An enemy soldier hurriedly erected his sword to block Liu Xiu's killing move, and when he heard a crisp click, the opponent's sword broke in response, and the Chixiao sword castrated unabated, directly cutting off the opponent's neck, and the severed head flew into the air.

Deng Zhongjun, who was present, was also taken aback, and people roared angrily and besieged Liu Xiu.

Before Liu Xiu could resist, he heard an angry roar from behind. Liu Xiu's figure shook and moved out horizontally. The moment he moved away, Wan Xuan swept past him, and the spear in his hand stabbed into the chest of an enemy soldier.

Burst! The enemy soldier screamed and was directly knocked off the city wall with a spear.

Wan Xuan waved his spear and swept it horizontally, and the tip of the spear instantly tore open the breastplates of the three soldiers, blood spurted out, and the three soldiers staggered back, all of them fell in a pool of blood.

"Where the sun and the moon shine and the rivers go, they are all Han soil! On the Han soil, how can you allow the thief army to be rampant! โ€

Wan Xuan held a gun, and when he came up, he killed several enemies in a row, not to mention that the Han soldiers present were all deeply encouraged, and even Liu Xiu was enthusiastic. The soldiers of the Han army launched a counterattack against the enemy army attacking the head of the city, and at the same time shouted in unison: "On the Han soil, how can Ronger and other thieves be rampant!" Killโ€”"