Chapter 18 Attack and Defend the City Gate
The gate was not strong in the first place, and it was not well repaired after it was blown open by the clouds. After the fire, where can withstand such an impact.
At the moment when the city gate was slammed, the Huns erupted into a tsunami-like cheer. Several Hun knights rushed into the city gate, despite the fact that it was still burning, urging their horses.
Yun Xiao had just washed up, and he had just taken a sip of the rice porridge on the table.
"Report, Master Hou. The city gate is on fire, and General Dai Yu is directing people to put out the fire with all his might. ”
A villager ran out of breath and panted.
Yun Xiao was shocked, and the city gate was actually on fire. As for the dilapidated city gate, Yun Xiao was worried that the wind would blow it apart. Now that it was actually on fire, Yun Xiao didn't dare to think about the scene after the city gate was lost. Hurry to the armor rack and put on the armor with the help of the Iron Guard.
Before the armor could be put on, another villager stumbled in.
"Report, Master Hou. The city gate was destroyed by the Huns, and General Dai Yu was leading people to resist. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”
Yun Xiao's hands trembled, and he didn't put on his helmet several times. He slammed his helmet to the ground and ran out in a hurry. With the two hundred guards around him, he rushed to the city gate.
The battle at the gate was very fierce, and the light of the fire obstructed the view. The Huns who rushed in first slammed into the rejecting horse, and the Huns on the horse flew out far away. Whether they are dead or not, they are all greeted by a saber.
"Arrows, arrows." Dai Yu commanded Xiang Yong to release arrows outside the city gate, and arrows flew through the flames outside the city gate from time to time. For a moment, the two sides shot at each other through the flames. Instead, the cave of the city gate became a place where arrows led to guò. Anyone who wants to get involved will be mercilessly pierced by arrows.
But the good times did not last long, and a group of Hun foot soldiers rushed up with wooden shields. The arrow nailed to it with a clanging sound, and they tried to push away the rejection horse, and Dai Yu was in a hurry when he saw this. If the horse is pushed away, the Hun cavalry will pour in like a flood.
Seeing that the three-layer rejection had been pushed away, Dai Yu took out his saber and shouted, "Brothers, follow me." With that, he brandished his saber and ran forward.
Under the leadership of Dai Yu, the villagers drew their sabers and rushed to reject the horse.
A sturdy Hun man was pushing the horse with all his might, and suddenly felt a light hand. He found that his hands were still on the horse, but his wrists were already gushing blood. Before he could feel the great pain of losing his hands, the sharp saber had already touched his neck.
is worthy of being the first swordsman in Jingchu. Dai Yu cut off three pairs of arms in the blink of an eye. Refusal immediately held a few severed hands strangely. But their masters were already dead on the spot.
The dying people on the ground were still squirming, and Dai Yu had already rushed out with his chest on his feet. A sweeping leg kicked down a Hun man, and the saber in his hand quickly cut off the feet of the other two Hun men.
The screams continued one after another, and the Hun soldiers who had lost their feet rolled on the ground screaming. Hands scratching incessantly. The Huns behind them fell down one after another. The city gate, which was only three zhang wide, was suddenly half blocked by them.
Dai Yu brandished his saber and was killing up. Suddenly, a powerful arrow shot into his chest almost in a straight line, and Dai Yu felt his body fall backwards after a moment's notice. The fire at the city gate had been trampled on, and Dai Yu clearly saw an old man with a felt hat put down the bow in his hand.
The townsfolk behind the "General ......" rushed forward. Desperately block the Huns who rushed up. The other two villagers hurriedly helped Dai Yu up.
"Let go, let go. To kill the enemy, the Huns must not be allowed to rush in, even if they are all dead, they must hold out until the Hou Ye comes. ”
Dai Yu pushed away the villager next to him and spit out a mouthful of bloody spit. With his saber in both hands, he re-entered the battle group.
When Yun Xiao arrived, both sides had already killed Red Eye. Hundreds of Han Chinese and Xiongnu people each crowded the city gates, and one side wanted to squeeze the Xiongnu out. One side wanted to press the Han people into it. The two sides did not give in, and the small city gate hole was already full of corpses. But someone still crawled over the corpse and continued to wield their blades and slash.
"Report, General Dai Yu will not retreat from the battle with arrows. The Huns have been withheld. ”
One of Dai Yu's own soldiers came over to report to Yun Xiao.
"Bastard, who let him go on top. Hurry up and drag him back for me, you don't have to come back if you can't drag him back. ”
Yun Xiao raised his hand and gave this soldier a whip, just folded the bear, if he folded Dai Yu here. Then the cost of this trip to the Western Regions will be too great.
"Bring me the bull."
Yun Xiao commanded the iron guard behind him.
The space here is small, and it is where the husband and wife are incompatible. If the cattle were here, they wouldn't be able to rush in with a single Huns.
"No" Tiewei beat the horse and went.
There were more and more corpses at the gates of the city, to the point that the Huns had to drag the corpses away to clear the way. Both sides of the gate were densely littered with the corpses of the dead, and Dai Yu was stabbed in the shoulder with a spear. Now he can only fight desperately with a saber in one hand.
The two guards rushed to Dai Yu and stretched out their hands, no matter how Dai Yu struggled. One of them grabbed one arm and dragged him backwards out of the warband. Dai Yu struggled hard, and one of the guards slashed a knife on his neck. That's what quieted him down.
Goshawk led a large number of village warriors, followed by a carriage loaded with wild cattle to support.
Yun Xiao climbed onto the roof of a house, surrounded by guards. A huge iron shield held him tightly in the center.
It's a dead end at the moment, with both sides trying to capture the gates. Although this king of Huqiang was clever, he ignored one point. The gates were too narrow, and he had the advantage of strength but couldn't open them at all. He wanted to rush in the moment the city gate fell with the impact of the cavalry, but he met Dai Yu.
Seeing that the fire at the city gate was uncontrollable, Dai Yu pushed the horse to the city gate. There was also a push of three platoons, when the first wave of Hun cavalry failed. It is destined to be a tug-of-war, and it is also a meat grinder for the soldiers. Both sides filled in the lives of a large number of soldiers, but it was very detrimental to Yun Xiao to fight like this. Because the Huns are more than ten times their own.
"Goshawk, you take someone to occupy the roof and shoot at me condescendingly. Give a hundred men to the bulls, and put them on the front street. The brothers who were covering the inside of the city gate were withdrawn, and the iron man would be tired after fighting for so long. ”
Yun Xiao quickly distributed his manpower, and his purpose was to let the Huns rush in. Use a bow and crossbow to deal with them, or fight like this. Sooner or later, I will exhaust the township courage that I have worked so hard to build.
As the cloud screaming orders were issued one after another, the people brought by the goshawk quickly occupied the head of the roof wall. The wild bull stood in the street with a hundred village warriors with helmets and armor.
Arrows like raindrops shot into the city gate hole, and Yun Xiao ordered people to ring a small gong to summon the villagers in the city gate cave to retreat.
The two sides are already entangled together, where is it so easy to separate. The Huns took advantage of the opportunity of the villagers to fight and retreat, but with the help of bows and crossbows, many villagers successfully retreated.
The Huns, thinking that the Han army had collapsed, rushed into the city gates with shouts of joy and shouts. But they didn't have time to rejoice long before they were overturned by the rain of crossbows.
The Huns in front of them held large shields to cover the people behind them, but several thick spears shot at them almost in a straight line. The heavy wooden shield was shot through like a piece of paper, and the remaining strength also pierced through several Hun soldiers, stringing them together.
As the huge shields in the front row were shot through, the iron-tire crossbows began to shoot. At a distance of two hundred paces, the iron-tired crossbow was as accurate as a rifle. Almost every arrow was fired at the head of the Huns.
The inside of the doorway is crowded, and there is no possibility of zài dodging. The Huns fell layer by layer as if they were harvesting wheat. The Huns in front wanted to retreat, but the Huns in the back still wanted to rush forward. The Huns themselves lifted up the oxen in the cave of the city gate.
The small gate hole was quickly filled with corpses, and some clever Huns even came up with a trick to lift the corpses of their companions in front of them. But the corpse couldn't stop the giant spear fired from the three-bow bed crossbow, almost every shot. A bloody alley would be shot out of the crowd, and strings of Hun soldiers would be strung together and turned into corpses.
The brute bull was so anxious that he screamed, but the Huns couldn't break through the goshawk's arrow rain. None of the breasts could come to his feet, which made the brute cow feel very unhappy.
"Send some more men and climb the walls. Condescending to shoot down, damn King Huqiang. Today, Lao Tzu asked him to steal chickens and rice, and don't think about leaving anything for Lao Tzu. ”
Yun Xiao commanded the villagers around him to climb the city wall and fire arrows down condescendingly.
King Huqiang pressed the bow and arrow in his hand, and it was he who almost shot Dai Yu with an arrow just now. If it weren't for the armor of the general's door, I'm afraid this arrow would really kill Dai Yu.
After the failure of the first cavalry charge, he knew that tonight's operation was going to fail. See, when he saw the soldiers on both sides fighting, he saw some hope. His plan was to kill these Han Chinese, even though they were very warlike. Especially the one who was shot by himself, but they were limited in number after all, as long as the pressure was maintained in the city gate.
The opposing generals will be forced to refuel tactics and fill in their own forces little by little. When you run out of people, you win. Although it is inevitable that the casualties will be larger, it is the best way to do it now.
However, he definitely did not expect that the generals of the other side would have the courage to withdraw their troops. If the troops are withdrawn at this time, some of their own people will inevitably be killed. But the general of the other party still did it, and I heard that the intelligence said that these people were sniping Da Danyu's army in Lingwu. No wonder Da Dan Yu lost his troops under Lingwu City, it turns out that these guys are so difficult. (To be continued......)