Volume 2 Heroes in Troubled Times Chapter 10 Winning the Central Plains Section 81
"Let it go...... Put...... Put ......"
Feng Ji, Xian Pei, Gao Rou, Zhu Ling and others commanded the soldiers on the city wall to shoot hard, and the arrows roared like a raging storm, pouring down.
On the crossbow platform behind Fu Yan, He Mao waved the order flag again and again. One ballista after another opened their bloody mouths and roared loudly.
Han Juzi commanded thousands of strong archers to stand on top of Fu Yan, raised their bows to the sky, and shot continuously.
The few dozen remaining stone cannons were also pushed onto the avenue, waving their long arms and throwing pieces of stone projectiles into the air.
At the same time, Yuan Zhong, Xun Chen, Wang Xiu, Zhao Rui, Lu Hong and others, the guards of the eastern, southern, and northern cities, each took their most elite soldiers and rushed along the spacious avenue to support the west city gate.
The gates of the Luoyang arsenal were opened, and tens of thousands of able-bodied civilians crowded on the avenue in front of the arsenal, waiting to receive their weapons.
Yuan Wei and Chen Lin stood at the door of the arsenal, shouting incessantly, inspiring these panicked people to fight bloodily for their own survival. Each man who got a weapon could get a hundred dollars, although the money was very small, but Yuan Wei promised that as long as Luoyang was held, as long as reinforcements came, as long as the Luoyang battle was won, every surviving man could exchange this hundred money for a hundred acres of land.
The reinforcements are dozens of miles away, as long as Luoyang is firmly held, the Northern Xinjiang Army will be defeated, and then each person will be able to get a hundred acres of land. Almost all of them forgot about danger and death in the face of a rich reward. They only have a hundred acres of land in their eyes, and a hundred acres of land belongs to them.
"Brothers, come with me to kill the rebels." Lu Kuang galloped on the avenue, "A rebellious person changes his head for a hundred acres of land, and the more he kills, the more land he has." ”
Dozens of soldiers shouted in unison behind Lu Kuang, as if the head of a rebellious person was like a mustard on the ground, within reach.
The people are boiling, their blood is burning, the dream of a good day is around them, what is their own life? If his life can be exchanged for food and clothing for his whole family, he would rather be broken than get back land and food.
"Kill the ......" The people who had lost their minds raised their arms and shouted wildly, and rushed to the battlefield with the rumbling of drums.
One hundred and twenty wells were advancing synchronously on the three-mile-long battlefield, and they were overwhelming.
The well was getting closer and closer to the city wall, and the breath of death surged up like a stormy wave, overwhelmingly crashing into the city wall.
Dense arrows have no effect on it. The powerful ballista could only bow down to its large, hard body. Although a few stone bullets occasionally hit them, this thing is too big, and one or two stone bullets of a few catties or a dozen catties cannot pose a threat to it at all.
"Shoot people, shoot people for me......" The judge raised his sword and shouted, "Concentrate all the bows and crossbows, shoot, shoot ......"
The defenders shifted the direction of their fire and fired wildly at the northern frontier soldiers below the well.
The well is pulled forward and pushed back, and although the soldiers in front of the well hold their shields high, casualties are inevitable.
At this moment, the stone artillery, ballistae, and crossbowmen of the Northern Xinjiang Army had stopped shooting for fear of accidentally injuring their own people, and could only rely on the assault soldiers in the well shacks to return fire through the arrow holes to suppress the enemy troops on the city wall.
The advance speed of the well is getting faster and faster, and as long as you enter the enemy's shooting corner, the soldiers in front of the well will be safe.
The war drums of the Northern Xinjiang Army became more and more violent, and the roars of the Northern Xinjiang soldiers resounded in the sky.
The rush was still fifty steps away from the city gate.
The defenders of the city were in a hurry, and they climbed to the gatehouse, which had become a ruin, regardless of the danger, and fired down from a higher position. After the collapse of the two-story gatehouse, it was submerged by stone bullets and became a small stone mountain.
The soldiers of the Vietnamese cavalry battalion guarded both sides of the chariot, controlling the speed and direction of the chariot's advancement, because the speed of the chariot gradually accelerated, the assault formation was a little messy, cracks appeared in the shield array, and many soldiers fell down with arrows.
Chen Wei, who was behind the rushing car, roared angrily: "Tell the chariot battalion, shoot with a ballista, shoot ......"
Before Chen Wei's words fell, the ballista on the crossbow platform behind him had already roared. The non-commissioned officers of the chariot battalion did not hesitate to launch a salvo after discovering that the enemy was exposing themselves regardless of the danger. Twenty ballistas and hundreds of strong bows fired wildly at the gatehouse, and the enemy soldiers turned into dead bodies in the blink of an eye.
The rush approached the city gate.
The gates of Yongmen are wide, tall and thick, and there are dozens of movable perforations for shooting on them. In order to defend against fire, the defenders also nailed a number of staggered round-headed wooden stakes to the outside of the gate, and then tamped a thick layer of earth between the stakes.
The perforation in the city gate suddenly opened, and for a moment the arrows were wildly sprayed.
The assault soldiers had already prepared, and they set up formations on both sides of the city gate before rushing the carts, and erected high shields to cover the advance of the cart soldiers with all their might.
Rush to kill. The ramshell on the car is more than 100 feet long and more than 20 feet thick, the body of the hammer is covered with raw cowhide, and the head of the mallet is wrapped in thick iron, which is a sharp cone. The ramming hammer is suspended on the five booms of the rushing car, and there are hundreds of hemp ropes under it for the soldiers to pull the ram.
"Brothers, force, force, force......" Qin Yi held a round shield in his hand, waved his knife and shouted, "Hit the city, hit the city......"
A hundred thugs struggled to pull the linen ropes, shouting neat trumpets, and pulling up the ramming rams high.
"Release ......" Qin Yi's sword and shield struck each other, and let out a heaven-shattering roar, "Release ......"
The ram slammed into the city gate with a thunderous force.
The gates shook violently, and splinters of earth and wood flew all over the sky. The Yongmen tower shook violently in the impact, and the defenders on the city wall all changed color in shock, and their hearts and galls were broken.
"Bump, bump me, hit ...... continuously" Qin Yi shouted at the soldiers who were roaring with excitement, "Hurry, hurry, hurry......"
Hundreds of ballistae in the rear fired at the gatehouse in turn. More than 2,000 strong archers advanced a hundred paces from the gatehouse, and suppressed the defenders on the gatehouse with a dense volley, preventing them from having the slightest chance of returning the favor.
The defenders on the gatehouse hid behind the women's wall and used the shooting hole to frantically return fire, but they had no way to attack the charging car in the shooting corner directly below the gatehouse, so they could only throw the earthen pot filled with fire oil down through the shooting hole, and then throw the ignited firewood under the city in an attempt to burn the rushing car.
The assault soldiers who were guarding the rushing car tried everything they could to extinguish the fire. In fact, even if this rushing vehicle is destroyed, there are still four rushing vehicles in the rear that are ready to fight at any time under the city to continue fighting.
"Boom, boom, boom......" The impact speed of the ramshell is getting faster and faster. The city gate howled miserably in the impact, the city wall trembled in the impact, and the city of Luoyang groaned miserably.
The well was devastated and devastated, and rumbled close to the city wall.
Arrows rained down. All the wooden components on the well were hit wildly by clusters of arrows, and the huge gangplank above the well that faced the city wall was full of arrows. The defenders had no choice but to vent their fears by shooting.
The soldiers under the well were able to adjust the distance between the well and the city wall as quickly as possible. The gangplank on the well is only forty feet, and beyond this distance the gangplank cannot be built on the city wall. In order to ensure that all the assault soldiers could enter the city to fight, the soldiers did everything they could to push the well as close to the city wall as possible. Under the city wall is a shooting corner, and the casualties of the soldiers have been greatly reduced.
Zhao Yun opened the back door of the shack and stretched out his head to look down. Below the well, a soldier held high the red order flag and shook it vigorously.
"Jing Yan has arrived at the location, brothers, get ready...... "Zhao Yun roared and waved his hand vigorously, "Check your weapons and wait for the order to attack."
The thugs agreed in unison.
Xiao Hei looked down, turned back to Gao Ran and shouted, "My lord, the well is already in place." ”
"What about the other wells? Are they all in place? Gao Ran asked loudly as he stood in the middle of the thugs.
Xiao Hei turned his head and looked around. Once each well is in place, the soldiers under the well will raise a red order flag to inform the assault troops on the well. Now on the battlefield under the wells, you can see waving red order flags everywhere, and most of them have been advanced into place.
"My lord, it's almost, it's all right."
"Be prepared." Gao Ran waved his hand at the soldiers around him, "Once the Black Panther Order Flag is raised, we will lower the springboard and launch a strong attack. ”
The thugs shouted excitedly, eager to kill immediately.
"Black Panther...... Black Panther Banner ......" The old crooked suddenly shouted, "Attack, attack ......"
The soldiers in the shack looked back at the battlefield in unison. In the middle of the dense battle array in the distance, a huge black panther banner was slowly rising, waving in the wind.
"Put down the springboard, put down the springboard......" Xu Huang roared, "Brothers, get ready to open the door......"
"Dense formation, shield raised, crossbow ready to ......"
"Boom ......"
The giant springboard in the upper part of the shaft suddenly fell and slammed into the female wall battlement. Several defenders of the city were caught off guard and were stoned to death and wounded several people on the spot. The soldiers who were lying under the women's wall and shooting were so frightened that they crawled backwards and fled.
The time is too short, and there are still many stone bullets on the top of the city wall that have not been cleaned up, but the Northern Frontier Army is about to enter the city, and it is too late. The trial ordered all the people to withdraw behind Fu Yan, and 10,000 soldiers defending the city lined up in a dense formation on the narrow wall of three miles long, and confronted the assault troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army head-on. At this moment, either you die or I live, there is no choice.
"Boom, boom......"
The gangplanks on the one hundred and twenty wells fell almost all in the same time, and the top of the city wall roared.
The guards of the city were frightened, and the people in the front row subconsciously retreated, but the people in the back row had no way to retreat, their backs were against the cold city wall, and there was no way to retreat.
Feng Ji's eyes widened suddenly, and he let out a long breath from his mouth, then turned around and raised his sword, and his voice was hoarse, "Drumming...... Beat the drums, fight to the death......"
"Knock knock knock ......" The war drums thundered, and the sky fell apart.
Judge, Gao Rou, Zhu Ling, Zhao Rui, Lu Hong and others all raised their arms and shouted, and more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city roared in unison, "Kill ......"
"Attack, attack......" Wen Chou pointed in front of his sword, "kill, kill out......"
"Kill ......" The soldiers roared like thunder, and the battle formation pushed rapidly.
The soldiers in the front row of the battle formation roared, the shields were struck, and the shack was opened.
All of a sudden, crossbow arrows rained down. The archers on the city wall immediately shot all the arrows in their hands into the hut.
The shield array is impermeable to the wind, and it does not move at all.
As soon as the rain of arrows was exhausted, the shield array suddenly shattered, and the assault soldiers roared out, and one after another roaring crossbow arrows were nailed into the enemy formation.
Twenty-five soldiers of the "...... Killer" rushed over the gangplank and rushed to the city wall like a hurricane.
"Kill ......" Wen Chou was in the air, the war knife in his hand thundered out, the shield was crooked in the enemy's exclamation, blood burst out, and half of his face was gone, "Brothers, kill ......"
The sound of killing rose to the sky.
Three thousand soldiers from the northern frontier climbed the city wall, and the two sides were entangled in a fierce battle, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
As they approached, 3,000 of the men of the lower shacks also slaughtered the walls. On the city wall, there was a sea of people for a while, and severed limbs and stumps flew all over the sky. The dead bodies scattered like autumn leaves.
A group of soldiers from the northern frontier rushed up to the well and climbed rapidly along the spiral ladder. After a few moments, there was probably no place for a pin on the city wall.
The Northern Frontier Assault Soldiers are too strong and extremely experienced in combat, even at the top of this narrow city wall, they are in groups of three, cooperating with each other, and each group coordinates to attack and defend, using every possible opportunity to snipe the enemy.
The defenders of Luoyang were obviously inferior, and too many new soldiers retreated one after another because of fear and cowardice, and the battle array was squeezed to the extreme, almost becoming the target of wanton assassination by the Northern Xinjiang Army. Many of the defenders of the city had no way to escape, and they jumped off the hundred-foot-high wall in desperation. The base of the city wall was soon covered with corpses, and the blood stained the various stone bullets piled up under the wall, and the wall was even more bloodstained, which was shocking.
The slaughter became more and more brutal, and the sixty-foot-wide walls were covered with rivers of blood.
Zhao Yun waved his spear, invincible, and the two guards behind him protected him left and right, and the shields pointed, and the arrows and spears were blocked one after another, unable to penetrate.
Zhao Rui commanded the guards to fight desperately, with a sword like a rainbow, and chopped four northern Xinjiang soldiers in a row. The knife broke, the spear was changed and the battle was renewed, and three more northern frontier soldiers fell on the city wall.
Zhao Yun was furious, and the spear flew the frontal enemy pawn, inserted into the enemy formation like a tiger, and killed Zhao Rui directly. The two guards were attached like shadows, and the swords were bloody, and they were dead by Zhao Yun's side. "Kill ......" Zhao Yun shouted violently, and the spear roared out like an arrow, piercing two enemy pawns with one shot.
Zhao Rui's personal guards were killed head-on, the battle axe was chopped down, and the spear was interrupted. Zhao Yun took half of the gun and plunged it into the enemy's chest at an unbelievable speed, took the battle axe, and took two quick steps to approach Zhao Rui. Zhao Rui retreated sharply, and when the spear shook, he smashed open the opponent's round shield and killed one more person.
"Kill ......" Zhao Yun roared, and the tomahawk took a little blood flower and slashed down in the air. Zhao Rui retreated again, raising his spear to block high. The spear is broken, and the sword is drawn and the battle is renewed. Zhao Yun's eyes were quick, and he didn't wait for the battle axe to run out, and then roared and slashed horizontally. Zhao Rui couldn't dodge, and half of his arm left his body. Zhao Rui howled, staggered back, and the guards behind him swarmed up. "Those who block will die...... Zhao Yun chopped down with an axe, cutting down the frontal enemy soldiers and even people with shields to the ground. Zhao Yun's two personal guards sword and shield together, blocking the enemy on both wings, Zhao Yun flew out, kicked the enemy away, and then threw a battle axe at Zhao Rui, who was retreating. Zhao Rui couldn't hide, and watched as the tomahawk chopped into his chest.
"Kill me, kill ......" Zhao Yun drew a knife in his hand and looked around coldly, "Leave no one." ”
Zhao Rui was killed in battle, and his personal guards scattered and fled, and this section of the city wall was immediately lost.
"Attack and kill left and right, attack and kill left and right......" Zhao Yundao pointed to the left side, fingered to the right, and roared sharply, "Divide and surround, don't talk about killing." ”
The stick lifted its foot and kicked a shield from the top of the wall, and the shield rose into the air, spun all the way, past the fallen Blackie, and slammed into a spear that flew from him at close range.
The spear slammed into the blue brick, and the bloody tip of the spear stabbed hard against the green brick, splashing a few sparks. Xiao Hei jumped up, and without waiting for the enemy to collect his spear, the war knife in his hand had pierced the enemy's abdomen, and blood burst out, spraying Xiao Hei's head and face. Huang Tong and sticks pounced left and right, spears and war knives roared down, squeezing to death to block the enemy soldiers who rushed up.
Gao Ran and two guards killed horizontally, spears like lightning, and challenged two enemies in a row. "Separate the enemy, separate the ......"
A few steps away, Zhu Ling held a spear in his hand, looked back and shouted: "Form a formation, form a dense formation, don't let the enemy divide, hold the formation......"
"Kill him." Gao Ran pointed at Zhu Ling and shouted at Huang Tong, "You left and I right, kill ......"
Huang Tong, Stick, and Xiao Hei roared in succession, and rushed straight up with great momentum.
Zhu Ling was taken aback, he only turned around and shouted, there were six more enemies around him, and six bloody weapons roared from the sky and the earth. He instinctively exclaimed and dodged back. Almost at the same time, several of his guards also rushed forward to meet the enemy.
Gao Lan's spear smashed on the handle of Zhu Ling's gun, Huang Tong's spear stabbed at the guards behind Zhu Ling, the knife of the stick chopped on the spear of another enemy pawn, and Xiao Hei's shield blocked Zhu Ling's powerful legs. In an instant, in this short moment, one of Gao Ran's personal guards stabbed the halberd in his hand into Zhu Ling's lower abdomen. Zhu Ling looked up to the sky and howled. The spear flew up, carrying a sky-high rage, and stabbed the halberd soldier like a fly. Gao Ran roared angrily, the spear rose again, and a "flutter" pierced Zhu Ling's throat.
Old Song stopped, he looked down at the long sword that passed through his abdomen, looked at the blood spurting from his armor, and realized that he was going to die.
Feng Ji roared and smashed his fist into Lao Song's face, intending to knock him to the ground and draw his sword to fight again.
"Bang ......" old Song Zhongquan.
The upheaval was prominent, and Lao Song was not only not knocked down by him, but let out a shocking howl, "You dare to kill me?" Lao Tzu skinned you......" Lao Song threw away the round shield, took a step forward suddenly, and crashed headlong into Feng Ji.
The long sword sank into Lao Song's body as a whole, and the long blade rushed out from behind him with red blood.
Feng Ji was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the enemy to be so strong, and he could rush over like a madman if he was pierced by a long sword. He couldn't pull out his long sword, so he could only retreat, but at the moment when he was stunned, Lao Song collided with him, and then Feng Ji felt a sharp pain coming from his lower abdomen.
Old Song actually inserted the war knife into his lower abdomen before he died. Feng Ji screamed loudly, and grabbed Lao Song's neck with both hands, he wanted to push the enemy away and pull out the war knife inserted into his lower abdomen.
"Lao Tzu killed you." Old Song opened his eyes and used all his strength to push the war knife into Feng Ji's lower abdomen.
Lao Song died, and before he died, he stared at Yihan's angry eyes. Feng Ji died, and before he died, he firmly stuck Lao Song's neck. The two fell to the ground together.
Xu Huang and Lao Crooked rushed up, they wanted to save Lao Song. Feng Ji's personal guards rushed up, and they wanted to snatch back their superiors.
Bloody battles, bloody battles to the death. Xu Huang was like a man-eating beast, and his battle axe cut down one enemy after another. Lao Crooked killed several people in a row, and finally grabbed Lao Song's arm. But the enemy soldier swung down with a knife and cut off this arm, and the old crooked only got half of the arm. The enemy soldiers rushed up, and they cut Lao Song's body into several pieces and snatched Feng Ji's body back.
The trial was drenched in blood, and several wounds were bleeding non-stop. Several guards supported him, and he staggered back to the gatehouse.
On both sides of the gatehouse are stone steps, go down the long stone steps, it is the ring road, and behind the ring road is Fu Yan. There was still a steady stream of soldiers rushing up the long and wide stone steps, and the fierce battle on the top of the walls continued, but the situation became more and more unfavorable for the defenders.
The follow-up troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army quickly ascended the city wall through one hundred and twenty wells, and then rushed along the female wall on the outside of the city wall in the direction of the Shangxi Gate and Guangyang Gate, apparently to occupy the other two gates of the West City and gradually advance into the city.
On the three-mile-long city wall of Yongmen, in the hand-to-hand battle between the two armies, the soldiers defending the city were bloodily killed by the soldiers of northern Xinjiang. Now some of the defenders of the city are divided and surrounded and are in a desperate situation, and some are beaten to the point that they have no power to fight back, and they are retreating one after another. Although Gao Rou, Lu Hong and others were still commanding the soldiers to fight hard, the loss of the city wall was a foregone conclusion.
Wang Xiu panted and appeared on the city wall, "Due south, the city wall can't be defended, retreat to Fu Yan and hold on." In this way, we can shoot the city wall with a bow and crossbow to prevent the Northern Frontier Army from continuing to ascend the city from Jingqi. Once the Northern Xinjiang Army has enough troops to kill in the direction of Shangximen and Guangyangmen, and the three gates are attacked at the same time, we will not even be able to defend Fu Yan. ”
Fu Yan's defensive capability is really limited, although it took more than half a year to reinforce, and recently borrowed stone bullets from the Northern Xinjiang Army to strengthen the city. But this city-within-a-city is still embarrassing and useful, especially in the case of multiple attacks by the Northern Xinjiang Army, Fu Yan will be lost overnight.
The judge gasped sharply, staring coldly at the bloody battlefield without saying a word.
"Boom ......"
The gatehouse shook again and again in a loud noise, and then the deafening cheers of the Northern Xinjiang army came from under the gatehouse.
The faces of the judge and Wang Xiu changed drastically, and they all looked at the city.
"The outer gates are broken." Wang Xiu was shocked and said, "Zhengnan, give an order quickly, hurry up......"
The judge no longer hesitated, and shouted sharply: "Quick, put down the hanging door and block the Northern Frontier Army." ”
"Order, all departments to remove the city wall and defend Fu Yan."
"Tell He Mao and Han Juzi to ......shoot immediately when all the soldiers in the city are withdrawn," Wang Xiu turned around and left, and after taking two steps, he suddenly turned around and shouted to a few personal guards, "Pick up your lords, withdraw quickly......"
"I'll pull back at the end." The judge pushed away the guards and shouted, "Don't panic, cover while retreating, otherwise you will give the Northern Xinjiang Army an opportunity to take the opportunity to kill the city." ”
"What are you talking about...... Wang Xiu pointed to a few guards and shouted angrily, "Carry him, let's go." ”
The soldiers of the Yue cavalry battalion rushed into the doorway.
The doorway is long, about two hundred feet away. At this moment, the defenders were scrambling to close the inner city gate opposite the doorway, and the arrows were so dense that it seemed to rain.
The shield-bearer rushed to the front, followed by the mute, the camel, the eight pounds, and a group of thugs. They carried two chariots made of many sleepers connected to each other and hurried along the sides of the doorway. The two chariots were about ten feet high, fifteen feet long, and five feet wide, like a thick wall. The thugs dragged the chariot in the middle of the doorway, and gradually stopped, looking up at the upper part of the doorway.
The inner city gate was closed, and the light in the doorway dimmed immediately.
"Boom......" There was a loud bang in the doorway, and then a huge city gate suddenly fell in the middle of the doorway.
The hanging door pops up.
The "Boom ......" hanging door landed accurately on the two tanks and got stuck.
In order to deal with the hanging gate, the Northern Frontier Army specially designed this kind of chariot, and they wanted to hold the hanging gate before the hanging gate was closed, so as to ensure that the soldiers could continue to attack the inner city gate.
The dumb man was excited, punched the sleeper, and screamed, "Attack, attack......" Before his words fell, there was a loud roar in the doorway, and the screams came one after another. The dumb man was horrified, screaming loudly at the top of his voice, "Formation, formation......"
Several small doors suddenly appeared on both sides of the doorway, and the enemy soldiers lurking in the cave roared out.
The dumb man scolded, "You can also hide people here, look for death...... Kill, kill them for me......"
The soldiers of the northern frontier were furious and killed head-on. The enemy soldiers who rushed to the front were stunned, they obviously didn't expect the hanging door to be stuck. If the hanging gate falls, the enemies trapped between the hanging gate and the inner gate will panic, and they will take the opportunity to sneak up on them. Who knew that when I rushed out today, not only did the hanging door not close, but the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang rushed in like a tide. It's dead.
Qin Yi stepped on the corpse of the enemy and walked to the inner city gate, and the dumb man and the others held shields to protect them on the left and right. There are also many shooting holes in the inner city gates, and arrows are constantly coming in.
"My lord, what should I do? Is it burned with fire, or is it rammed with a small rushing car? The mute asked.
"Pour oil on the oil and burn it first." Qin Yi said coldly, "Immediately report to the general and requisition a large rushing car." ”
"Big rush?" The dumb man looked around, "My lord, this door hole is big enough, but this hanging door is blocked in the middle, and large rushing cars can't get in." ”
"If you can't get in, I'll crash it." Qin Yi turned around and pointed to the hanging gate and said, "Break it first, and then break the inner city gate." ”
The defenders on the city wall retreated in panic, but there were too few people who could retreat, and most of them were divided and surrounded by the assault troops of the Northern Frontier Army.
Many people surrendered, but the Northern Frontier Army had no time and no one to take prisoners, and surrender was death. The thugs are red-eyed, and they don't care if you surrender or not, and they will talk about it after slashing it.
Gao Rou and Lu Hong only withdrew from the city wall with a few hundred people, and Wang Xiu had already ordered He Mao and Han Juzi to shoot intensively at the city wall without waiting for the army on the city wall to withdraw.
All the exits of the well were blocked by long arrows, and the troops of the Northern Frontier Army who landed in the city were temporarily blocked and blocked in the lower layer of the well block.
The defense facilities in the city gave the Northern Xinjiang army a big headache. This is completely different from what they had expected. Originally, they thought that if they captured the city wall, they would be able to take advantage of the situation and capture Luoyang City, but now the rebels have dug a trench on the ring road. There was also a strong trench behind the trench, and the defensive layout of the city within the city blocked the way for the Northern Frontier Army to advance.
Gao Ran braved the rain of arrows to find Zhao Yun, "Zilong, kill it now, purely send it to death." Immediately tell Zijun and Komei, stop the attack, and stick to the city wall. ”
Zhao Yun squatted behind the female wall, looking at the city through the shooting hole, his sword eyebrows locked. Although the city wall is very high, it can suppress the crossbow platform and Fu Yan in the city. However, the terrain of the attack under the city was too narrow, and the assault troops were blocked in front of the trenches and Fu Yan, and they would become a living target for the rebel archers, and as many as they died.
"Yongmen is our main direction of attack, and it is also the main direction of defense of the rebels, the defense here is too strong, and it will take time for us to break through." Zhao Yun turned his head to look at Gao Lan, "Brother Zhengqing, you and Brother Gongming each take a thousand soldiers to the Shangxi Gate and Guangyang Gate. Cooperate with the assault troops that arrived there in advance to capture the city gate, and strive to let the main force of the army enter Luoyang City in the shortest possible time. ”
"Okay." Gao Ran stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Yun, "Don't worry, we have already captured the city wall, the defeat of the rebels is imminent, and it is only a matter of time before they enter the city." ”
"I know." Zhao Yun smiled gratefully, "Try to avoid heavy casualties as much as possible, there is no need to let the soldiers fall on the city wall now." When you get to the upper west gate, if you break through the difficulty, don't go on the offensive. ”
Gao Ran bowed his hand. After Xu Huang, who was on the south side of Yongmen, received Zhao Yun's order, he hurried to Guangyangmen with a group of people.
"Urgently report to the general, the situation in the city has changed, please immediately order the Yue cavalry battalion to break through the city gate and flank the rebels with me."
After Li Hong read Zhao Yun's urgent report, while handing the letter to Lu Yi and Zhang Yan, he turned his head and asked Yang Feng, "Qizhi, how many of us have gone up to the city tower?" ”
"There are about 20,000 people, and the exact number is still to be investigated." Yang Feng asked strangely, "What's wrong?" Did something happen? Why didn't the assault continue to attack the city? ”
"The rebels dug a trench in the city and built a trench to form a defensive layout within a city, and the assault force was blocked on the city wall." Li Hong explained the situation in the city a little, "Zilong asked Zhengqing and Gongming to command Shangximen and Guangyangmen, trying to open the situation from both sides, but it was very difficult for me to see. Since the rebels knew that the West City Gate was our main direction of attack, they naturally deployed heavy troops on this side. If the assault force attacked in such a narrow place, the casualties must have been staggering. ”
"General, pause the attack." Zhang Yan held the urgent report in his hand, waved his hand and said, "We have captured the western city wall, which means that we have already taken Luoyang City, there is no need to hurry, so as not to force the rebels to be cornered and burn Luoyang City." ”
"You can't stop, keep attacking." Lu Yi snorted coldly and interrupted Zhang Yan's words, "Tell Qin Yi to immediately break through the inner city gate, and attack Zilong up and down, and break through Fu Yan." Tonight, we must enter Luoyang City. ”
"General, wait a little longer, if you want to hurry, you won't be able to reach it." Jia Xu whispered.
Li Hong thought for a moment and waved his hand resolutely, "Attack, continue to attack ......"
Zhang Yan and Jia Xu looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
"Tell Zilong to let the soldiers on the city wall shout into the city, saying that Yuan Shao is dead, Cao Cao is also dead, Liu Bei is also dead, Yuan Tan is also dead, the rebels are all defeated, and the day of peace in the world is just around the corner." Li Hong sneered slightly, "I don't believe it, I have hit the city wall, and the rebels can continue to hold on." Call me ......."
At noon, Nangong, Mingguang Palace.
Yuan Shao was withered, emaciated, lying on the couch, motionless.
Yuan Shang knelt beside the couch and cried softly. Yuan Wei, Yuan Zhong, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, Chen Lin and others surrounded them, looking sad.
Suddenly, Yuan Shao snorted lightly and slowly opened his eyes. The crowd was amazed and delighted, and hurried around them.
"Dad......" Yuan Shang gently shook Yuan Shao's arm and shouted softly, "Dad, how are you?" ”
A smile appeared at the corner of Yuan Shao's mouth, and he tried his best to open his mouth, and spit out a few words with difficulty: "Xianfu...... Xianfu ......"
Yuan Shang cried with joy and cried repeatedly, "Dad, I'm here, I'm here." ”
"Xianfu...... Xianfu ......" Yuan Shao's eyes looked straight up, and he kept calling Yuan Shang, his voice getting smaller and quieter, and gradually became inaudible.
Yuan Shang suddenly found that his father had closed his eyes and no longer had any breath. "Daddy......" Yuan Shang exclaimed, hugged Yuan Shao, and cried loudly, "Daddy......"
Yuan Wei was in tears and sat down on the ground.
Yuan Zhong, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, and Chen Lin knelt down and burst into tears.
In the afternoon, Yongmen.
"Boom, boom......"
The crashing sound of the car was continuous. The loud noise terrified the soldiers in the city.
On the city wall, the shouts of the Northern Xinjiang Army came and went. Yuan Shao is dead? Cao Cao is also dead? Liu Bei is also dead? Yuan Tan is also dead? So who will save Luoyang? Where are the reinforcements?
Standing on Yongmen Avenue with a long sword, looking at the dilapidated city towers in the distance, looking at the frightened soldiers around them, and looking at the terrified people, he looked up to the sky and sighed. "Dahan, who will save Dahan?"
"Boom ......"
The inner city gate was finally torn apart under the scorching fire and the continuous impact of the rushing cars.
"Shoot, shoot......" Gao Rou jumped up, raised his gun and shouted, "Block the Northern Frontier Army, block them." ”
"Ignition, ignition......" Wang Xiu rushed to the top of Fu Yan and smashed the torch in his hand into the trench. The trench was covered with firewood and grass, sprinkled with fire oil, and the flames rose to the sky in an instant, and the billowing smoke enveloped the entire Yongmen in a blink of an eye, and nothing could be seen except the roaring arrows and the earth-shattering sound of killing.
The northern frontier in the door cave was choked by the smoke and retreated, and he was at a loss.
Qin Yi was so angry that he scolded, and he was so anxious that he went back and forth under the city gate.
The thick smoke in the city rose suddenly, making Li Hong, Liyi, Zhang Yan and others all change color, and they rushed down the handsome platform one after another, beating their horses and galloping down the city.
"What's going on? Was it the enemy who set fire to the city? Koji Yi took the lead and rushed to the city gate first.
"No, the enemy lit the firewood and grass in the trench to prevent us from attacking." Qin Yi and Chen Wei hurriedly caught up and explained to Li Hong and the others, "We can't rush in, there is no way at all." ”
Li Hong took a long breath, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, turned over and jumped under the horse.
"General, let's take it easy." Zhang Yan persuaded again, "If you push the enemy into a hurry, anything can happen." Once Luoyang is burned, the consequences are unimaginable. ”
"General, persuade to surrender, immediately persuade to surrender." Jia Xu, Fu Gan and others hurriedly surrounded them and persuaded them again and again.
Li Hong's face was pale, his heart was pounding, and the strong feeling of suffocation made him not breathe for half a day, "Okay, okay, persuade him to surrender immediately." Quickly, send an order to Zhao Yun and shoot a letter of persuasion to the city again. Let the soldiers shout loudly, those who descend will not die, and those who descend will not die. ”
Koji covered his nose and stood near the doorway and looked inside the city. He wanted to take a closer look at the terrain, but the smoke was so great that he choked on him and coughed violently, so he had to retreat back angrily under Qin Yi's persuasion.
"Hit, give me a hard beating......" Koji Yi waved his horsewhip and roared loudly, "Give me an immediate kill." ”
"My lord, there are ditches and Fu Yan in the city, and I can't kill them for a while." Qin Yi had a cold face and said murderously, "My lord, extend the time a little, even if I fill it with dead bodies, I will kill it in the middle of the night." ”
"What kind of corpse to fill in? You don't have a brain, do you? Koji Yi stared at a pair of eyes, pointed to the giant rushing car under the city gate and said, "Unload the ramming hammer and push the base of this rushing car over, this is the bridge, you will step on this bridge and kill it." ”
Qin Yi turned his head to look at the giant rushing car, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The base of the giant truck is about 100 feet long, which can not only go all the way over the trench to Fu Yan, but also because the center of gravity is behind, its front end will not fall into the trench. This base is about ten feet high, which is not much different from the height of Fu Yan, and the soldiers can jump up and rush directly to Fu Yan. This base was about twenty feet wide, and it could be pushed through the doorway, and this width could also ensure that the attacking troops had enough troops to quickly enter Fu Yan and advance quickly into the city.
"Brothers, cut the slings for me and unload the ramshells." Qin Yi turned around excitedly and ran, "Dumb, gather people, carry some logs to the doorway, ...... quickly"
Li Hong did not stop Qin Yi's attack. Persuasion to surrender is persuasion, but in order to succeed in persuasion, the last hope of the enemy must be completely shattered.
"Summoned Zhao Yun, shoot intensively, and suppress the enemy army. Summons Wen Chou, assemble the soldiers, and prepare for the attack. ”
"Urgently transfer the infantry battalion. Once the Yue cavalry battalion successfully broke through, it was then covered. ”
The soldiers of the Viet Cavalry Battalion pushed the base of the giant rushing cart through the doorway.
The northern frontier warriors on the city walls shot wildly, doing everything in their power to suppress the rebel archers.
"Brothers, push, ......" Qin Yi opened his eyes angrily and raised his head and shouted.
Hundreds of thugs shouted in unison, using all their strength to push the base of the car to move on the log.
The speed of the base of the car is getting faster and faster. It rushed out of the doorway, whistling all the way, and slammed into Fu Yan.
Qin Yi raised his shield and was the first to jump on the base of the rushing car, "Brothers, kill, kill the past......"
The roar of the Northern Xinjiang soldiers was like thunder, and they followed closely behind Qin Yi, running wildly. "Kill ......"
Like a roaring lion, the soldiers of the northern frontier rushed out of the flames, rushed out of the thick fog, and faced the panicked rebels head-on.
Gao Rou was shocked, and as soon as he wanted to encourage his subordinates to fight bravely to kill the enemy, Qin Yi's burly body fell from the sky, and the whistling sword chopped him upside down and flew up. Several guards around Gao Rou rushed up, but in the blink of an eye, two were stoned to death by shields, one was stabbed with a sword, and the other was kicked into the air by Qin Yi.
"Kill, kill me......" Qin Yi raised his bloody sword and roared like a god, "Kill without mercy......"
The soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion were inspired by the fearlessness and courage of the commander, and shouted hoarsely one by one, and went straight to the enemy formation, "Kill, kill ......"
Chen Wei's spear flickered, and the enemy soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and there was no room for resistance at all. Wang Xiu was shocked and retreated in panic, but Chen Wei's spear was too fast, and before Wang Xiu could turn around, the tip of the spear had already passed through his chest, nailing him to the ground.
The judge led his guards to block desperately, and the dumb man took the lead in rushing into the enemy formation, killing two people in a row, and tearing a gap. Then camels, eight catties, and a dozen thugs swarmed in. He was exhausted from a long battle, and was pierced by three spears and died. Dozens of personal guards who were judged and swore not to retreat, and fought to the death.
The soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion fought for their lives, completely disregarding life and death, and their attacks were fierce and the killing was so fierce that they were extremely terrifying. Under their frantic attacks, the rebel soldiers and improvised civilians retreated one after another, and the defensive position did not last long before it collapsed.
"Kill, kill me, don't talk about killing, don't talk about killing......" Qin Yi and the soldiers took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the heads of people under the knife flew and blood shot everywhere.
Wen Chou rushed down with the soldiers on the city wall, and they crossed Fu Yan and entered Yongmen Avenue.
Chen Jian led the soldiers of the infantry battalion to rush into Yongmen and enter Luoyang City.
"Knock knock......" On the battlefield of Xicheng, the drums shook the sky.
The army conquered Luoyang City.
On Yongmen Avenue, there is a sea of people. The rebels and the people mingled, and the wolves ran wild. The Northern Frontier Army then pursued, killing like thunder.
In the melee, He Mao was shot by a strong crossbow, Han Juzi was killed by a spear, Lu Hong was hacked to death by a soldier in northern Xinjiang, and several rebel generals on the Yongmen battlefield were all killed.
At dusk, Xiao Tianzi and the general Li Hong, the left guard general Lu Yi, the right guard general Zhang Yan and other ministers galloped into Luoyang City.
Zhao Yun stood at the city gate to greet him.
"Where has the assault front army advanced?" Li Hong looked around at the battlefield littered with dead corpses, and asked happily, "Can you surround the palace?" ”
"General Wen Chou has commanded a large army to surround Nangong." Zhao Yun bowed down and said, "The letter of persuasion has been shot several times, but there is no news so far. ”
Li Hong nodded lightly, and was about to slap his horse forward, when Zhao Yun suddenly whispered, "The trial is dead." ”
Li Hong's heart trembled, he sat on the horse, and did not speak for a long time.
"Where is he?"