Chapter 431: Sima Wang, Defeated and Self-Immolated (Middle)
When the moon was in the sky, the silver light in the sky was evenly sprinkled on Chang'an City, and the entire Chang'an City was shrouded in a piece of moonlight.
Except for Changle Palace, the battles elsewhere have gradually subsided, and Chang'an City in the silver seems so quiet and tranquil, it seems that it has always been so quiet.
In addition to the army stationed at the city gates and patrolling the streets of Ningning, the rest of the Shu army is gathering in the direction of Changle Palace, although the moon is white, but the Shu army still lit the torches, a long line of torches in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City meandering in, its scene is magnificent.
Most of the entire Chang'an City has been taken down, and now only Sima Wang's Changle Palace is left, although Changle Palace was also known as the first palace of the Han Dynasty, with brilliant golden walls and magnificent momentum, but there is only one palace left, Sima Wang is just a trapped beast, the general trend of the Wei army has gone, what is the point of guarding a Changle Palace?
Although some people suggested that Liu Yin temporarily suspend the army and wait until tomorrow to clean up Sima Wang, after all, it was late, and Changle's palace city was very strong, and there were many uncertain factors if it was attacked at night.
But Liu Yin is ready to take Changle Palace in one go, a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, leaving Sima Wang, more than 10,000 people in Chang'an City, has always been a disaster, in line with the principle of rushing early and not late, Liu Yin decided to solve Sima Wang overnight.
There are more and more Shu troops surrounding Changle Palace, and the three layers of Changle Palace are surrounded by three layers outside, the needle can not be inserted, the water cannot be splashed, and from the palace wall of Changle Palace, the following is densely packed with human heads.
Hu Shi secretly gasped, the great Chang'an City was lost, and the hope of holding the Changle Palace was almost minimal. When he retreated to Changle Palace, Hu Shi was also forced to be helpless. In the street battle, the Wei army, which was inferior in strength, could not defeat the Shu army at all. And Changle Palace also has high palace walls, which can be resisted for the time being.
However, this is also Hu Shi's expedient measure, after all, although Changle has tall palace walls, it is not equipped with any fortifications at all, such as rolling wood and stones, arrow towers and ballistas necessary for defending the city, and there are no defensive weapons except bows and arrows. Moreover, these bows and arrows were also brought by the retreating Wei soldiers, and they were almost consumed in the defense of the city, and each archer only had a few arrows on his body.
Although all the defenders of Changle Palace add up to at least 12,000 people, Hu Shi is very clear that if the Shu army comes to attack with all its might, Changle Palace will not be able to hold on for a long time, the most optimistic estimate is that it can hold on for three or five days, and the most pessimistic estimate is likely to not be able to hold out even today.
The morale of the current Shu army is high and the fighting spirit is high. On the other hand, the Wei army was languishing one by one. Morale is low, with such a state, how can you fight this battle of life and death.
"Governor, I'm afraid Chang'an City can't hold it, take advantage of the night, it's better to break through as soon as possible, until dawn, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even break through." Hu Shi said to Sima Wang.
Sima Wang didn't understand this, to be honest, he was very unwilling, but what could he do if he was unwilling, from the defeat of the street pavilion, to the defeat of Wuzhangyuan, and until the defeat of Chang'an, Sima Wang went from being complacent to the end of the road, and only fought three defeats, and these three defeats made Sima Wang's life end gloomily.
If it is said that when he left Luoyang at the end of last year, Sima Wang, who had just passed the age of sixties, still marched into Guanzhong with a momentum of not accepting the old, but in just a few months, Sima Wang understood what the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and when he was old, he felt that he was really old.
At this moment, the Shu army outside the palace gate suddenly flashed to both sides, made a way from the middle, dozens of fast horses, and gathered one person to the palace gate, under the light, Sima Wang saw it clearly, this person was in a white robe and silver armor, his face was like a crown of jade, his eyes were like a bright star, and he was handsome, but he saw someone smiling at the palace gate, and said loudly: "General Sima, now that Chang'an has been lost, how can a Changle Palace be guarded for a long time?" Why don't the generals surrender early, but also let the subordinates who follow the generals avoid the suffering of the sword soldiers. ”
Sima Wang saw that this person's popularity was extraordinary, and he was like a star and a moon in the Shu army, so he said: "Your Excellency is Liu Yin, the general of Zhenbei?" ”
Liu Yin hugged his fists slightly and said: "No, it's down." ”
Sima Wang had long heard that Liu Yin was just a twenty-seven or eight-year-old young man, but he didn't expect to look younger than twenty-seven or eighteen when he looked at him today, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said: "A certain person received the grace of the King of Jin, and only swore to die in case of retribution, and today he was fated to meet General Liu, and there was no regret in his death." ”
Liu Yin said: "Knowing the times is a handsome, now that the general trend is gone, why should the general be obsessed with this?" With the prestige of a general, he is ranked among the Han court courts, and he does not lose the position of hussar general! ”
Sima Wang secretly smiled bitterly, he didn't know the current situation, in the end, it was naturally a dead end, but Sima Wang had no choice, since he was a member of the Sima family, many things were involuntarily.
"General Meng Liu's love, a certain grateful, but the Sima family only has heroes who died in battle, there is no bending the knee, a certain head is here, if you have the ability, just come and take it." Sima Wang said proudly.
Liu Yin knew that even if he was at the end of the road, Sima Wang would not be able to surrender, as the supreme commander of the Wei State in the Yongliang region, and at the same time a member of the Sima family, even if Sima Wang died in battle, it would never be possible for him to defect.
Since the persuasion has been fruitless, there will be a strong attack, Liu Yin believes that with a small Changle Palace, it is impossible to stop the pace of the Shu army's advance, and it is only a matter of time to conquer Changle Palace, and it will definitely not take a long time.
Countless arrows constituted a dense rain of arrows, and under the moonlight and firelight, the Shu army set up a cloud ladder at the palace wall and launched a final assault on Changle Palace.
The Wei army resisted desperately, but the arrow rain of the Shu army was so powerful that it was almost like mercury, and countless Wei soldiers fell on the palace wall. Now the Wei soldiers are already in an absolute disadvantageous position, the few poor bows and arrows are completely unable to form the scale of the counterattack, there is no heavy equipment, there is no rolling wood and stones, it is quite difficult to hold the palace wall of Changle Palace.
The Shu army even transferred bed crossbows and crossbow carts, providing strong fire support for the dense rain of arrows, the Shu army completely gained the upper hand, the number of casualties of the Wei army continued to increase, and the entire defense line had become dangerous. (To be continued.) )