Chapter 71: The Last Madness (Part II) (2nd Update)
Because the east wall of Shenchi was a tofu scum project, it was easily collapsed by Fan Junzhang with a trebuchet. Although the collapsed wall was only the upper part, the earth and rocks fell outside the castle after the collapse of the wall, forming a steep slope.
Although it was not easy to climb this steep slope, the soldiers of the Tianxing Army led by Fan Junzhang flocked to it like a tide.
Due to the accidental collapse of the city wall, more than 200 Tang soldiers who were originally defending here were swallowed up, except for a few dozen soldiers who were dug out of the mound by other Tang soldiers, and the other soldiers were buried under the city wall.
The surviving more than 100 soldiers of the third regiment subconsciously released arrows, and the formation of the soldiers of the Tianxing Army was too dense, as long as the direction was good, they didn't even need to aim and always hit one.
Arrows flew in the air, the soldiers of the Tianxing Army were roaring, screaming, many soldiers of the Tianxing Army fell to the ground with arrows, and the soldiers on the ground were soon trampled into pulp by the soldiers of the Tianxing Army behind, and finally turned into dust, and life was as cheap as mustard.
The officers and men of the Tang Army naturally fought to the death and did not retreat, although it was only a thin military formation of more than 100 people, it was simply delusional to imagine using bows and arrows to oppress the enemy who was more than 20 times larger. The archers of the Tianxing army began to rain arrows on the city walls.
The soldiers of the Tang army shot hundreds of arrows in front of them, and they really gave up the idea of using bows and crossbows to block the enemy from climbing the city wall. If they fight in close quarters, they still have the strength to fight.
After all, the gap in the city wall is only more than a hundred steps, and no matter how many people the Tianxing Army has in this range, it will not be able to exert itself. But shooting at them at medium and long distances is completely sadistic. Only a wave of arrows rained down, and almost all the officers and men of the Tang Army were hit by arrows.
If it weren't for the good equipment of the officers and men of the Dingyuan Army and the iron armor of all colors, I am afraid that this round of arrow rain would be enough to wipe out the entire Third Regiment. Fortunately, the third regiment had a stainless steel armor defense, and the archers of the Tianxing Army did not use armor-piercing arrows, and the more than 100 Tang Army soldiers, except for a dozen unlucky ones who were hit in the throat or face and died, although the others were like hedgehogs and covered with thorns (arrows), they were still alive.
Melee white-knuckle combat, the inevitable begins.
"Kill, kill, kill!" The soldiers on both sides roared and slashed with their blades.
Shenchi City, at this time, was like pouring a scoop of cold water into a boiling oil pot, and it boiled instantly.
At this time, there was only a formation of more than 100 people, which could plug the gap. Fan Junzhang did not directly participate in the attack, he was the commander of the whole army, not the captain of the daredevil. His post was in the command position, looking at the thin formation of the city wall, he believed that with 2,000 people and 20 times the superior force, the Tang army would definitely not be able to resist.
However, the facts slapped Fan Junzhang hard.
The time of a pillar of incense passed, and the soldiers of the Tianxing Army tore and killed under the city wall.
At the time of the two pillars of incense, the soldiers of the Tianxing Army were still tearing and killing under the city.
During the period of the Cold Weapon War, it was indeed easy to have more appalling achievements, such as the Tang Dynasty Xijun bought 100 cavalry to break through 10,000 enemies, and during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Liangzhou Governor (this is an official position invented in the Jin Dynasty, similar to the current political commissar) Beigong Chun led a thousand Liangzhou foot cavalry, and broke Liu Cong's 100,000 army under Luoyang City, and naturally Chen Qingzhi's 7,000 army, defeating hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northern Wei Dynasty. There is also Ran Min, 3,000 Han cavalry broke through the 100,000 army of the Huns, beheaded more than 30,000 levels, and chased a hundred miles. Xie Xuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty broke Qin Fujian's army of more than 1 million with 80,000.
Under such a dazzling record, there is a prerequisite. The equipment of the two sides is not proportional, and the side with a large number of people must be poorly equipped, otherwise such a record will simply not exist. Now the soldiers of the Tang Army are wearing Mingguang fine steel armor, and they can resist in the face of the inferior weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the Tianxing Army. However, the horizontal knife in the hands of the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army can make the soldiers of the Tianxing Army lose their combat effectiveness.
The superiority in equipment, to a certain extent, can naturally be offset by the superiority in numbers, and as the battle continued, the officers and men of the Tang Army fell one by one in a pool of blood.
Under the light of the fire, there were less than thirty Tang soldiers standing on the gap in the wall of Shenchi. However, just this thirty Tang Army soldiers are like stubborn stones, no matter how the Tianxing Army rampages, they just don't move.
"Ho-ho. Ho-ho-" The surviving Don soldiers let out a roar like a beast. In fact, the death war was not created by Chen Ying, who gave the soldiers of the Yuan Army the hope of recovering Hedong. As long as they recover Hedong and Taiyuan, they will be the great heroes of the Tang Dynasty, and they will be crowned with wives and sons in the future, and it will be okay to return to their hometowns in brocade. Even if they die in battle, their families can also receive a pension of twenty and a half years of tax from Datang.
Chen Ying instilled a strong faith in the soldiers of the Tang Army, and injected the soul of their army. When the enemy is encountered, he will show his sword, even if he is under siege, even if he is outnumbered, as long as there is still a breath, it is a fight to the end.
Therefore, even if there were only thirty people, even if they were already scarred, they did not give up and still gritted their teeth and persevered.
Madness is not the patent of the officers and soldiers of the Dingyuan Army, and the Tianxing Army, which was in an offensive state, looked at the only twenty or thirty scarred soldiers left in the Tang Army, and they were also ruthless. There was a low, intimidating roar. In the roar, hundreds of soldiers rushed close at the same time, replacing the weak and weak soldiers of the Tianxing Army, this round of attacks was completely different from the previous one!
This new army joined, they took the shield as the guide, between the shield, there was no gap, the shield slowly advanced like a wall, no matter how hard the surviving Tang soldiers tried, they could not cut through the shield wrapped in iron sheets. Hundreds of soldiers of the Tianxing Army pushed the shield hand in front of them, pushing upwards like bulldozers.
The surviving Tang soldiers frantically waved the blades in their hands, either stabbing or stabbing, slashing or chopping, but to no avail. They are like a pebble in front of a bulldozer, pressed by the shield wall and slowly retreating.
Fan Junzhang, who was watching the battle under the city, was overjoyed when he saw this: "The first to board will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars!" ”
The soldiers of the Tianxing Army, who originally had the absolute upper hand, were even more excited at this time. They roared: "The Tianxing army is victorious, and the general is mighty." ”
Push the surviving Tang soldiers located in the gap to the center of the city wall and force them into a dead end.
The dozen or so survivors were full of grief and indignation, but they were helpless.
At this moment, Ji Huailiang of the Tang army looked up to the sky and roared: "Qin Shimingyue Han Shiguan, the Long March has not yet been returned!" ”
More than a dozen surviving Tang Army soldiers also shouted: "But make Longcheng Feijiang, don't teach Hu Ma to cross Yin Mountain." ”
Fan Junzhang said expressionlessly: "They are all strong men, each for their main ears, reward them with all their corpses!" ”
Fan Junzhang did not persuade him to surrender, he knew that these Tang army soldiers would not surrender at all.
Ji Huailiang slowly knelt down in the direction of Yanmen Pass: "General, humble and incompetent!" ”
After speaking, Ji Huailiang and other dozens of surviving soldiers gathered together, waiting for the last moment to come.
At this time, Fan Junzhang's order was conveyed to the front line of the Tianxing Army: "The officers and soldiers of the Tianxing Army obey orders, these are warriors, reward them with all their corpses!" ”