【Chapter 784】 Even the shield broke the camp
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Allied camp, in front of the gate.
"Whoosh!"
"Bang bang bang!"
From the moment the Xiliang army surrounded the camp, the defenders on the city tower began to fire arrows.
In the meantime, as long as the Xiliang soldiers approached the gate a little, the defenders immediately pushed down the sandalwood rolling stones that had been prepared long ago, as well as the steaming boiling water of fire oil, and also poured down.
However, when the defenders were busy and actively guarding the camp, the Xiliang army, which had completed the siege of the camp, did not immediately attack the city, but besieged it but did not attack. Because so far, they have not received the siege order from the coach Li Li.
From this, it is not difficult to see that at this moment, the Allied soldiers trapped in the camp have become frightened birds, and they are afraid of the Xiliang army like tigers, and it is self-evident how effective it is.
Since they were cowardly before the battle and had no fighting spirit, they did not know why the soldiers of the Allied defenders had not opened the city for a long time to ask for surrender, and they were still making the last resistance, which was also a senseless resistance.
Since the war, hundreds of thousands of allied troops on the original main battlefield in Loudi have scattered and fled, and Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance who retreated to the camp early, has also led his troops to abandon the camp and flee. At this point, the alliance of the princes has really gone and has become a rout.
As far as the eye can see, the entire Loudiyuan battlefield is full of Allied soldiers who fled in a hurry, as well as the Xiliang cavalry who rode horses to pursue and capture prisoners of war. Among them, the battle flags of the allied princes and generals were almost invisible, and the flags floating in the air were all the flags of the Xiliang Army.
In such a situation, the defenders on the tower will not be blind. On the contrary, they were condescending and saw far better than the Xiliang army under the city. There was not a single flag of an Allied general on the huge battlefield. There is no handsome banner of the princes all the way, what this means, as long as you are not a fool, you will not know.
The qiē in front of him told the soldiers who were guarding the camp a cruel and unavoidable fact: the alliance leader Yuan Shao ran away, the princes from all walks of life also ran away, and even hundreds of generals in the allied army ran away without a trace, and the princes' army was completely defeated!
On the occasion of this great defeat. The army of hundreds of thousands of princes has been scattered, rushing for their lives, and the general trend has gone. The rout is already in place. The army of the princes is still inferior to the Xiliang army, let alone their garrison soldiers and horses?
Therefore, what they are doing now is meaningless, and any resistance will be in vain. In addition to needlessly increasing casualties. Doesn't change anything at all. It is even more impossible to stop the Western Liang army from sweeping a torrent of iron hooves.
"All the soldiers obeyed the order, and rode and shot to suppress the defenders' bows and crossbows!"
"Trap the camp and listen to the order, and attack the city!"
In the sound of the shouting order, Li Li jumped out, pulled out the sword of the Son of Heaven, pointed directly at the gate of the camp, and brazenly ordered the army to attack the city.
"Dadada?????? Whoosh! ”
With Li Li's order, more than 20,000 Xiliang cavalry in front of the garrison Yuanmen jumped out. They all took their bows and wound them, and then spread out to the wings. The horses galloped close to the Allied Dazhai, and then flickered left and right, and galloped with bows.
In an instant, tens of thousands of sharp arrows rushed straight to the defenders on the city tower and roared away, like a dark cloud, harvesting the frightened lives one by one.
In the sound of "bangbang", 2,000 heavily armored infantry soldiers in battle drove to the front of the battle with giant shield spears, and the huge shields raised above their heads formed an impermeable barrier to block the rain of arrows and arrows that came from the fluttering attack, and steadily advanced towards the gate of the camp.
The heavily armored infantry army was followed by more than 20 well railings and three city-ramming vehicles with huge crashing logs.
At the same time, more than 50 catapults slowly pushed in front of the Chinese army's formation, and then one by one the burning oil canisters roared into the air and smashed into the Yuanmen Tower.
These catapults were the siege ordnance that survived the battle at the beginning of the decisive battle; It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as only a fruitful.
"The well fence stepped forward, and the giant shield superimposed the formation!"
In the midst of a loud shout, he saw that Gao Shun, the leader of the trapped camp, took the lead and led more than 100 personal soldiers to push a well fence in front of the Yuanmen Tower. Immediately, under the cover of 3,000 cavalrymen galloping with bows, the heavily armored infantry army that had approached the Yuanmen camp moved when they heard the sound. But I saw that the five hundred heavily armored giant shield soldiers at the front knelt on the ground around the well fence and carried the giant shield on their backs, and then the three hundred armor soldiers who came stepped on the giant shield and walked up, and then squatted down around the well railing, also carrying the giant shield on their backs and kneeling on one knee on the giant shield at the bottom to form the second layer of the giant shield array. Immediately after that, the third team of 200 armorers stepped on the second layer of giant shields to form the third layer, and then 100 armorers formed the fourth layer??? The fifth layer, the sixth layer, are stacked in turn.
These six-layer giant shield stacking arrays are all formed around the well railing leaning against the wall of the city tower, each layer is only four feet high, high in the front and low in the back, like a steep slope, and the well fence is the main peak of this steep slope. After the formation was completed, the giant shield array was only five feet away from the tower, and any soldier could rush up on the giant shield array, and then jump up to the tower.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, rush to the city tower and seize the gate!"
The moment the formation was completed, Gao Shun waved his hand, and the five hundred lightly armed soldiers hidden under the shield of the heavily armored infantry army responded to the sound, and then stepped on the giant shield like a steep slope and flew like a fly, and then stepped on the giant shield and jumped up the city tower, and fought to the death with the defenders.
At the same time, the stones and rolling logs on the city tower fell like rain, and the boiling water in the oil pot was poured head-on more than ten times in succession, but the soldiers of the trapped camp relied on the well fence to hold the formation and finally sent 500 soldiers to the city tower. Although dozens of lightly armed soldiers were stabbed to death by the defenders at the moment of jumping upstairs, the vast majority of soldiers still climbed the tower to fight the defenders at the first time.
After the lightly armed soldiers climbed the tower, the sixth-layer armor warriors on the top jumped upstairs, and then when the four floors below suddenly rose a few feet, the fifth-layer armorers turned over and jumped up the tower. At this point, the mission of the Giant Shield Stacking Array was completed.
When the heavy infantry in the formation withdrew from the formation, only more than 700 of the original more than 1,000 armorers were unharmed, more than 300 armorers were wounded, and more than 100 armorers died of exhaustion.
At the same time, Gao Shun commanded the rest of the infantry army to storm Yuanmen, and the three city-rushing vehicles took turns to hit Yuanmen under the cover of the giant shield soldiers, and the heavy Yuanmen clanged.
"Dingding??????dingding"
Just when the siege battle was in full swing, I saw that Yuan Shaoshuai's banner on the tower of Yuanmen City was suddenly cut off, and then I heard a rapid and crisp sound of gold.
"Ugh! This??? What does this mean? Could it be that the defenders want to open the city and surrender? ”
At first glance, seeing the drastic changes on the city tower, Li Liton, who was in charge of the Chinese army, was surprised and said in disbelief.
"Exactly!" After Guo Jia heard this, he affirmed with a happy face.
Immediately, he pointed to the two scribes in robes who were standing in the middle of the city tower surrounded by many soldiers, and said to Li Li: "My lord, look, among the two scribes, on the left is Xun Chen, a famous scholar from Yingchuan, and the person on the right is Guo Tu Guo Gongze. If Wei Chen's prediction is correct, these two should be the chief officers of the defending army at the moment. Therefore, at this moment, when they saw that the officers and soldiers of our army had already climbed the city tower, they were in chaos, and hurriedly cut off Yuan Shaoshuai's banner, trying to switch and surrender. I don't know what happens under the Lord's will? ”
"Is the switch down?" Li Li's expression changed slightly, and after a deep groan, he sneered: "Bow before and after, don't cry if you don't see the coffin!" Why didn't they surrender before, but now that our army has climbed the tower, they stand up and ask for surrender?
However, at this time, it is okay to surrender, we are happy to see it, but our army will not stop the siege. Since they want to open the city and surrender, then prove their sincerity with practical actions and open the gate immediately! There is no other way. Our army's siege of the city is a great thing, according to this, it will not take half an hour, our army can capture the gate, then they will not be able to surrender or not, if they do not surrender, they will die! ”
"Uh??? No, Wei Chen sent someone to shout, presumably they will act according to the orders of the lord. Guo Jia originally wanted to intercede for Xun Chen and Guo Tu, but after seeing the undoubted look on Li Li's face, he immediately gave up this idea, and then took the order to leave.
Seeing Guo Jia leave, Li Li raised his eyes to look at the Yuanmen City Tower, and said in a deep voice: "Xun Chen, Guo Tu?" They are all famous Yingchuan celebrities, and Yuan Benchu relied on a lot of strategist guests, why didn't they follow Yuan Shao this time? ”
After Jia Xu heard this, he rode his horse close to Li Li and asked softly, "The lord suspects that there is fraud in it?" ”
"Probably not." Li Li shook his head slightly, an indifferent smile appeared on his face, and said in a harmonious voice: "These two are both scribes, even if they have some strategies, they have no ability to lead the army to fight. On the occasion of the defeat of the Allied forces, even if these two people have the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, they are also powerless. Therefore, these two people should not be afraid, they should sincerely ask for surrender. After all, please surrender at this time, they still have a glimmer of life, if they wait until our army breaks through the camp, these two people's lives will not be guaranteed. ”
Jia Xu's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Guo Jia, who was ordering someone to shout, and said suspiciously: "Listening to the meaning of the lord's words, it seems that he doesn't want to recruit these two people, and intends to kill them?" ”
Li Li bowed slightly, and said in a very unkind tone: "The matter of the collapse of the pit, presumably these two people must be inextricably involved." If this is the case, what is the use of a person with such a vicious heart to stay? Even if he is quite talented, Li disdains to use it; If it's useless to keep it, what's the harm in killing it? ”
"Well, what the lord said is very true." Jia Xu nodded happily, and then thought about it and said, "If Yiqiē is as expected by the lord, Weichen also agrees with this law. However, as far as Weichen knows, Yingchuan Xun Chen is known as a virtuous person, a generous person, and extraordinary talents, so he became Yuan Shao's guest and was quite appreciated. Judging from this person's origin and nature, the poison plan of the pit should have nothing to do with him, so this person can still use it. As for Guo Tumo, this person is the brother of Fengxiao, although he is not a relative, but he is ultimately the same clan and the same family, and he is in the same lineage. Therefore, Weichen implored the lord to hand over this matter to Fengxiao, no matter what the result is, at least there will be no disagreement between us and us. I don't know what happens under the Lord's will? ”
After Li Li hesitated for a moment, he smiled and said, "Well, Wenhe's words are exactly what I want, so let's do it." It is said that Feng Xiao has a very close personal relationship with the Xun brothers, and he has the same righteousness as Guo Tu, so it is indeed appropriate to hand over this matter to him. Wenhe is calm, and he should be a person who seeks the country for the old man, which is my Li Li's luck. Hehehe??????"
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