Chapter 520: The Battle Before the Breaking of the City
In the early morning, the sun is rising. Bubble*Book*()
The golden sunlight sprinkled down and shone on the city wall of Chang'an City, embellishing this majestic and vicissitudes of ancient city with a solemn appearance, revealing an ancient charm precipitated over the years.
On the city tower, soldiers who stayed up all night to guard the city stood crookedly with their heads bowed. They were in a deep sleep with their hands on their chests and their eyes closed. These soldiers who stayed up late to defend the city changed guards in the middle of the night, and after dawn, they waited for another group of soldiers to come and replace them before they could return to the camp to rest.
"Step! Trample! ……”
On the tower of the city, a group of soldiers wearing armor and swords at their waists came on foot.
This group of soldiers came in high spirits, and it was the soldiers who came to change shifts. As soon as they walked up to the castle tower, they woke up the soldiers who were immersed in sleep, and the soldiers who were resting with their eyes closed saw the soldiers coming from the changing of the guard, their bloodshot eyes suddenly brightened, and their spirits suddenly became vibrant, and they hurriedly sorted out their clothes and prepared to leave.
If there is no accident, they can go down the tower and go back to the camp to rest. However, just as the soldiers on the night vigil were about to leave, a loud roar suddenly sounded from the city tower: "The enemy is attacking, and the Xiliang army is attacking the city." ”
The silence of the morning was completely broken by this shout.
When the soldier who was about to go down to the castle tower to rest, he struck a spirit, and his sleepiness disappeared all of a sudden. They turned and ran, and immediately returned to the castle tower to assist the soldiers who had just changed the guard to defend the city.
"The Xiliang army has attacked the city!"
"The Xiliang army has attacked the city!"
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One by one, the soldiers hissed and shouted, passing the news.
In a moment, the news spread, and the situation in Chang'an City suddenly became tense. At the same time, the sound of war drums also sounded on the castle tower, and the roaring war drums continued to beat. This is specially used to convey the news, when the war drums are beating, it means that there is a Western Liang army attacking the city. At this moment, the castle tower has fallen into panic and busyness.
Lu Bu has never returned to his home, and he lives on the city tower.
Hearing the sound of war drums, he quickly got up, put on his clothes and armor, and rushed out of the room with Fang Tian's halberd and ran to the city tower. When he came to the castle tower, he had already seen the soldiers trying to prepare the sassal wood, and set up a cauldron to start boiling oil and water, and at the same time preparing large stones and other defensive equipment.
Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu fought a battle, and there was no siege for a few days, so the soldiers in the city were given enough time to prepare the equipment for defense, so after discovering the Xiliang army, it didn't take long to prepare the equipment for defending the city.
On the castle tower, huge sassalwood trees are piled together.
The fires were lit quickly, and the oil and water in the cauldron had to be boiled.
Lu Bu took a deep breath, walked quickly to the female wall, stretched out his hand to prop himself on the city wall, and looked at the empty land in front of him.
Looking at the Xiliang Army galloping in the distance, Lu Bu gasped suddenly, only to see rows of soldiers running continuously. At the front of the soldiers, a group of soldiers carrying ladders and giant trees that had struck the city gates, they were running fast, their eyes flashing with excitement, as if a wolf had seen a sheep and salivated.
The soldiers were followed by generals such as Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and Li Meng. After that, there were crossbowmen in the Western Liang army. Behind the crossbowmen were tens of thousands of Xiliang troops.
Lu Bu looked at the army rushing over, and said secretly in his heart: "It's finally here!" ”
He knew that it was impossible for the Xiliang army to give up, so he stayed on the city tower all the time, waiting for the Xiliang army to come. Although I don't know why the Xiliang army attacked the city after a few days, it didn't affect Lu Bu to wait patiently on the city tower. He looked at the galloping Xiliang Army, sneered twice in his heart, and showed a look of disdain on his face.
The Xiliang army attacked the city in a big way, he was not afraid, he had the confidence and ability to drive the Xiliang army down.
"Boom!"
There was a muffled sound, from far and near.
More than 50,000 Xiliang troops quickly approached Chang'an City.
Fan Chou rode a sweaty horse, and when he saw that the army was within a hundred steps of Chang'an City, he pulled out the war knife on his waist with a sonorous sound, and the snow bright war knife shone brightly under the light of the morning sun. He roared angrily: "Sons, today is the time to break Chang'an City and kill Lu Bu, the crossbowmen are ready, release!" ”
At the sound of an order, the soldiers who were already armed with bows and crossbows quickly stopped, took out bows and arrows and placed them on the crossbows, and then aimed at the city tower and shot the bow and arrows towards the city tower.
"Whew!"
"Whew!"
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Bows and arrows shot out quickly, and the black-pressed bows and arrows left vague shadows in the air, wrapped in a terrible and piercing roar, and shot towards the city tower.
The sudden attack of bows and arrows caught the soldiers on the tower by surprise, and before they could prepare their shields to resist, the bows and arrows had already been fired. The Xiliang army did not use a longbow to shoot arrows, but used the kind of bow and crossbow with poor accuracy and very strong lethality, and the bow and arrow were shot at a very fast speed, and they hit the soldiers on the city tower in the blink of an eye.
"Poof! Burst! ……”
There was a muffled sound, and the soldiers were shot with bows and arrows.
Some soldiers were shot in the forehead with bows and arrows, and immediately fell to the ground, motionless; Some soldiers were shot in the cheek, shoulder, thigh, etc., and then fell to the ground and screamed, and the soldiers who were not killed by the bow and arrows still had the right to struggle and scream compared to those who were suddenly killed by the bow and arrows.
Lu Bu didn't expect the Xiliang army to attack the city in this way, which was too surprising.
Historically, one of the reasons why the Qin State was able to sweep the city was that when the army attacked the city, it first used crossbow arrows to suppress the enemy, so that the soldiers could attack the city, so as to easily seize the city.
At this time, Fan Chou used this method.
They didn't have trebuchets throwing hundreds of pounds of boulders to siege the city, nor did they have advanced weapons, but it was a good idea to use bows and crossbows to suppress each other and let the soldiers siege the city. As the crossbowmen continued to shoot arrows, the soldiers carrying the ladders and giant trees rushed towards the tower.
At the same time, the 50,000 Xiliang army also began to rush up, preparing to attack the city.
On the city tower, Lu Bu hid in the city wall and shouted loudly: "Quick, move the shield out, move the shield out." ”
Because the last time he was shot with a bow and arrow, there were enough shields on the castle tower to prevent bow and arrow shooting. After Lu Bu's order was given, a soldier came out with shields after a while. Lu Bu let out a low shout, brandished Fang Tian's halberd, split the bow and arrows that were shot, and then quickly took a shield, blocked it in front of him, and shouted: "Pick up the shield, kill the enemy, kill the enemy!" ”
The crossbowmen did not shoot for long, and it didn't take long for them to stop.
Because when the army is attacking the city, it cannot continue to shoot, otherwise after the bow and arrow are fired, it will not only shoot the enemy, but also shoot its own soldiers.
Outside the city, war drums rumbled and trumpets sounded high-pitched and screeched.
Both inside and outside the city are in a state of tension and excitement.
When the Xiliang soldiers rushed up one by one, Zhang Xiu, Yang Ding, Wang Fang and other generals did not rush up, but let the tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers under their command attack the city.
A series of ladders were erected on the city wall, and one by one the soldiers quickly climbed up and rushed to the city tower. Under the city tower, the soldiers carried the giant trees and constantly hit the city gate, but the thick and ancient city gate seemed to be a towering mountain, standing still, no matter how the soldiers hit, it still firmly blocked the Xiliang soldiers, so that the Xiliang soldiers could not take a step forward. Lu Bu stood on the city tower and constantly commanded the soldiers to resist the Xiliang army.
"Quick, hurry up, pour boiling water, pour the boiling oil and water."
"Use the sassaga wood, quickly lift the sassale wood and smash it down, don't care about so much, smash it to death for me."
"Throw them with stones, throw them with stones, and knock them to the ground."
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Lu Bu shuttled through the city tower, shouting back and forth.
As time passed, countless Xiliang soldiers climbed the city tower and fought hard.
Because of this, the crossbowmen who constantly shot bows and arrows outside the city did not dare to shoot with their bows. At this time, the war on the city tower has become white-hot, whether it is the Xiliang soldiers or the soldiers in charge of garrisoning Chang'an City, they are all red-eyed, waving the war knives in their hands, and constantly fighting.
A puddle of blood splattered and fell to the ground, exuding a disgusting fishy smell.
The light of the knife flashed, and the stump was broken......
Roars, screams, screams......
At this time, the city tower has become a purgatory on earth, and the situation is tragic. Lu Bu kept rushing and killing on the city tower, his expression was indifferent, his eyes were like knives, and when the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand was swung, he would take the lives of the Xiliang soldiers. The sharp and sharp halberd had a piercing whistling sound hanging from the tip, dancing rapidly.
Wherever Lu Bu passed, corpses flew sideways, blood splattered.
When Fang Tian drew the halberd, there was also a young man on the city tower wielding a nine-foot long knife, the knife light flickered, exuding a cold light, and the Xiliang soldiers who rushed up were slashed by the young man's long knife, either seriously injured or killed by a knife.
This young man is Zhang Liao.
His strength may not be very strong, but the nine-foot long knife seems to be alive in his hands, wielding it with ease, and when each knife is chopped out, there is no thrilling momentum, but it seems to be a cook, and the most critical place can be split, which is where Zhang Xiu is powerful.
On the tower of the city, waves of Xiliang troops poured up, wanting to occupy the city.
However, waves of soldiers rushed over from the city to resist the Xiliang army.
Wang Can and Zhang Xiu stood side by side, he looked at the battle in full swing on the city tower, his expression was a little solemn. Although there are countless Xiliang troops who desperately climb the city wall, the speed is still too slow, and it is still in short supply, because it takes a long time for each soldier to rush up, and it is very difficult to face the slashing of the soldiers on the city tower.
The battle lasted from early morning to noon, and the Xiliang army still failed to gain an advantage.
Among them, the biggest reason is that Zhang Liao and Lu Bu are stationed on the city tower on the left and right, making it difficult for the Xiliang army to make a big breakthrough. Unless two generals rush forward to contain Zhang Liao and Lu Bu, there may still be hope. It's a pity that Zhang Xiu didn't go to the battlefield, and the rest of the generals of the Xiliang Army are also like this, so they can only maintain the current situation.
"Bell! Clang! ……”
Outside the city, the Xiliang army sounded the gong and called the gold to withdraw the troops.
After hearing this, the Xiliang soldiers retreated like a tide and no longer continued to fight.
Seeing this, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao did not chase and kill the retreating Xiliang soldiers. Although the two of them are strong in martial arts, they have already consumed a lot of physical strength after fighting all morning, and their physical strength is a little exhausted. Lu Bu was better, he was able to walk slowly with Fang Tian's halberd, but the nine-foot long knife in Zhang Liao's hand fell to the ground with a clatter, his hands propped on his knees, and he gasped for breath.
Lu Bu grinned, smiled, and said, "Wenyuan, can you still hold on?" ”
Zhang Liao nodded solemnly, with a smile on his face. Just as they were both smiling, the city suddenly burst into flames, and the fire burned brightly, and the smoke billowed into the sky.
PS: Two of the three watches, ask for collections and flowers.