Chapter 171: The Battle of Wonju (Part I)

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The moment the war broke out, it was like a flash flood, and it was extremely terrifying.

The Hexi Army lined up in rows of soldiers, set up ladders, and in the rain of arrows of the Tang Army, holding iron shields and horizontal knives across their waists, risking their lives and moving forward quickly.

In the city wall, the vigilant Right Qianniu Guard, when the Hexi army attacked, panicked, snatched weapons, and in the corridor of the city wall, shouted, sprayed and ran, and quickly went to his post.

The Hexi Army attacked three times in a row in the early stage, but was defeated by the Right Qianniu Wei with a strong defense.

At present, when the Hexi army came again, the right Qianniu guards did not panic, worry, and helpless when they resisted the enemy for the first time.

These tough men who have been attacked know what to do when they are in danger.

Suddenly, with the battlements of the city wall and the iron tire bow in hand, he launched a counterattack on the advancing Hexi army.

Zhang Yan, the general of the Hexi Army, led the fourth onslaught on Yuanzhou City, and probably figured out the deployment routine of the Yuanzhou City defenders.

The other party does not seem to have left Yuanzhou at all, but instead intends to hold on for a long time and consume the vitality of the Hexi army.

Therefore, Zhang Yan was not in a hurry, on the contrary, he focused his attention on the North Gate, wanting to seize control of the North Gate in one go.

With blazing eyes, staring at the city wall not far away, the corners of his mouth flashed with a smile, he drew his horizontal knife, and said: "The front army marches quickly, the shield soldiers cover, the infantry attacks the city, kill!" ā€

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The siege of the Hexi Army, moving forward, the pace was neat, not a step forward, and the sound of overwhelming mountains and seas came out of his mouth.

Mighty, majestic, and high-spirited, at first glance, it seems to be an army that can fight well.

Suddenly, the shield soldiers formed a platoon, using the iron shield to cover the infantry in the rear, among the infantry, there were archers, strong arms pulled the iron tire bow, sharp arrows detached from the bowstring, and quickly flew towards the city wall.

Sharp arrows thundered and struck the city walls, making a clanging sound.

Occasionally, he shot at the right Qianniuwei, poof, poof, submerged into the flesh, and the blood flowed down the wound, slowly flowing down, staining the armor on his body red.

Waves of arrows rained down, crackling, and landed on the city walls.

Right Qianniuwei hurriedly hid, and by the way, fired back with rapid fire.

Gao Xiaoyun and Zhang Shaoqing stood on top of the city tower, their eyes were blazing, staring at the siege Hexi army, with a slight fear in their expressions.

The Hexi Army attacked three times in a row, all of which were in vain, and if something happened to an ordinary army, it would rarely continue to storm and even take the initiative to evacuate!

However, the fourth siege of the Hexi Army was still imposing, without a little tiredness and helplessness.

This kind of will to fight to the death rarely appears in Tang Jun!

Zhang Shaoqing and Gao Xiaoyun faced such a strong enemy, they did not dare to be a little sloppy, otherwise, if they were not careful, the Hexi army was very likely to break through the city wall.

His eyes were always on the Hexi Army, Zhang Shaoqing found that the Hexi Army besieging the city, when it reached the bottom of the wall, encountered the combat effectiveness of the Right Qianniu Guard, and the offensive was not weakened by the rain of arrows, but still maintained the strong fighting spirit of the first siege.

Whew, Zhang Shaoqing took a long breath, turned around and said directly to Gao Xiaoyun: "General Gao, you come to control the overall situation, I will personally go to the north gate to lead the troops to defend against the enemy." ā€

Lingzhou City was lost, Zuo Wuwei suffered serious losses, Zhang Shaoqing had a dark fire hidden in his heart, and there was no place to vent.

In this matter, the Hexi Army attacked fiercely, like a group of tigers hunting for food, attacking the city, full of tricks, Zhang Shaoqing is ready to teach a hard lesson.

What's more, Yuanzhou is only two days away from Chang'an, if Yuanzhou City is lost, Chang'an City will immediately fall under the Hexi army, and the court will fall into panic.

Therefore, in the battle with public and private, Yuanzhou City, the Hexi Army must be beaten, otherwise they will have the slightest chance to seize the city.

Gao Xiaoyun nodded, his eyes were resolute, and he said: "There is General Lao Zhang, hold on for two or three more days, King Yan will definitely lead the right military guard to make moves, all of them, it is time for us to lead the army and crusade against the Hexi army." ā€

Zhang Shaoqing didn't say much, grabbed the horizontal knife, turned around and strode away.

At this time, the forward siege troops of the Hexi Army drove the ladder on the city wall, and many Hexi troops grabbed horizontal knives, braved the rain of arrows, rolled wood and stones, and climbed quickly to the city wall along the ladder.

The arrows rained down quickly, rolling wood and stones, and were quickly pushed down from the city wall by the right thousand cow guards.

As we walked forward, it was like a flash flood, and countless boulders rolled down from the mountain.

On the ladder, the Hexi army luckily avoided the rain of arrows and dodged the rolling wooden stones. The unfortunate person was directly shot by a rain of arrows from above and rolled to the ground, or was hit by a rolling log and stone, and let out a miserable scream from his mouth, like a dead leaf in the wind, fell under the ladder.

When Zhang Shaoqing arrived at the north gate, the fierce battle between the two sides of the attack and defense entered the white heat, and on the aisle of the city wall, many soldiers of the right thousand Niu Guards were lying in a pool of blood.

Regardless of the casualties of the right Qianniuwei in the aisle, Zhang Shaoqing took out the horizontal knife at his waist and shouted loudly: "Arrow rain, arrow rain suppression, we must not let the Hexi Army support the mountain wall!" ā€

After that, he directly snatched the iron bow and arrow box in the hand of the right Qianniu Wei next to him, pulled out the longbow, put on the sharp arrow, and shot towards the Hexi army that was moving quickly under the city.

The arrow flew off the string and flew quickly, and soon, it hit the Hexi army climbing on the cloud ladder!

Six or seven arrows were fired in a row, and six or seven attacking Hexi troops were quickly shot, causing the right Qianniu Wei on the city wall to applaud again and again.

For a while, the momentum of the right Qianniuwei gradually increased, and a wave of arrow rain quickly and rapidly increased, shooting the Hexi army on the cloud ladder,

At this time, Zhang Shaoqing took advantage of the victory to pursue and ordered: "Quickly destroy the cloud ladder and block the siege passage of the Hexi army." ā€

The right Qianniu guard quickly grabbed the steel fork prepared in advance around him, poked at the top of the ladder, and several people worked together to overturn the ladder!

A cloud ladder, like a dangerous wall, under the concerted efforts of the right Qianniuwei, collapsed, and the Hexi army climbing on the ladder fell to the ground with the ladder and fell heavily to the ground.

On the city wall, the right Qianniuwei took the opportunity to shoot arrows and shoot the Hexi army that was in a weak position on the ground and was scrambling to flee!

Under the city wall, Zhang Yan, the lieutenant general of the Hexi Army, was always engrossed in the battle below the city wall.

In the past, in his eyes, the Tang army was completely vulnerable, and when he attacked Yuanzhou for the first time, the Tang army showed panic and had a strong fear of the Hexi army.

However, after three battles, the Tang Army's will to fight in the city of Yuanju was constantly increasing, and the fear of the Hexi Army was constantly decreasing.

Today, with the help of the city, the opponent could not help but successfully block the Hexi army, and the experience of defending the city became more and more abundant, and he defeated the Hexi army besieging the city for the first time.

Zhang Yan was not a mediocre person under Chen Anbiao, and from the performance of the Tang Army, he gradually discovered that the Tang Army's will, courage, and combat effectiveness were constantly increasing in the battle against the Hexi Army.

If the Tang army is allowed to resist the city and defend it, it will be more and more difficult to attack the city, and if you want to seize the city of Yuanzhou and point to Chang'an, it will inevitably cost more money.

(To be continued.) )