Chapter 773 Tragic Battle

Zuo Huairen sneered, and didn't expect a few words to persuade Guo Da to lead his troops to surrender, so he waved his hand and shouted: "Order the three armies to attack the city immediately!"

The commander gave the order, and the rebels immediately attacked the city. Hundreds of thousands of troops came in dense packs like locusts and ants, and dozens of siege vehicles were erected in the air and set up on the city walls. There is no moat or other waterway in Pengze County, but fortunately, Guo Da was quite prescient, ordering people to dig ditches day and night, and digging trenches widely. These waterways and trenches were so deep and deep that they caused a lot of trouble for the rebels, and it took at least a lot of effort to fill in the ravines before they could move freely.

Zuo Huairen's men were all elite soldiers and strong generals, and they had extremely rich experience in siege of cities, so a small group of soldiers brought stones and wooden planks to reluctantly fill or cover the waterways and ditches for the army to trample.

Looking down from the city tower, I saw countless soldiers rolling like a wave, hitting the city wall fiercely, Guo Da pulled out his sword, and shouted: "All the soldiers listen to the order, defend Peng Ze, and never allow a single soldier to step into the city!" Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted, and at that moment, thousands of archers bent their bows and arrows, and other generals squinted at the movement of the vanguard of Zuo Huairen's army, and when they rushed to a thousand steps away from the city gate, they shouted: "Release the arrow!"

The archers shot into the sky in unison, brushing and brushing! One after another, I saw the arrows falling like rain, and when the sharp arrows fell, they brought up waves of qi and stabbed into the vanguard of the enemy army, only to hear the sound of the arrows tearing the armor and the flesh resounding, and the screams were endless, and hundreds of people were immediately killed under the arrow array, and most of them were nailed to the ground alive by the sharp arrows, and died of exhaustion.

Both sides were veterans of a hundred battles, Zuo Huairen's side ignored the dead comrades and still charged bravely, while the archers in the city did not look at the results of the battle, but only bent their bows and arrows and shot silently. Guo Da divided the archers into three rows of men and horses, and took turns to shoot, round after round, and by the time Zuo Huairen's army finally ran under the city wall, thousands of soldiers had died under the rain of arrows!

The soldiers who died for the rest of their lives were killed under the city, and they didn't care about anything else, so they immediately set up a siege ladder, and there were skilled martial artists who ran to the city tower along the long ladder. There was no need for Guo Da to order, his own lieutenant general shouted: "Quick! Roll the oil!" Dozens of sergeants carried the cauldron and poured the boiling oil in the pot fiercely, only to hear the screams, and the guy with bad luck was just poured on his face, shook his hands and feet, planted the siege ladder, twisted a few times, and saw that he was not alive.

A pot of boiling oil was poured down, and soldiers continued to pour down the city, but the military orders were like a mountain, and the rebels were still one after another, without end. Finally, several people jumped on dozens of siege ladders and killed them with their swords. At present, there are also strong martial arts in the defenders to catch up, between the two armies, there is no need to have grievances, but also pay attention to what to fight alone, several defenders fight together, a few moves to cut down the rebels, and then go to another place to fight with the rebels.

The battle of Pengze's attack and defense, once launched, was already a white-hot stage of short-handed encounters and flesh and blood, and the two sides did not give in to each other, even though the number of defenders was much less than that of the rebels, but they still marched forward bravely, relying on the advantages of city defense and the rebels back and forth.

After an hour of killing, the arrows fell one after another, and hundreds of rebels had already driven several huge siege vehicles, put on huge trees, and bombarded the gate of Pengze fiercely. Rebels continued to pour up on the tower, ignoring life and death, and slammed into the defenders, just to open up a small foothold for those who came after.

Between the flesh and blood, the entire Pengze County has become a huge meat grinder, and the two sides are strangled back and forth under and above the city, completely forgetful. Ling Kang's face on the city tower turned pale, although he had experienced several battle formations, how had he ever seen such a ferocious tragedy, it was good to be able to barely stand and not faint. Ling Chong was next to him, guarding against any accidental injuries such as falling arrows, and seeing such a tragic scene, he was also concerned.

Qin Jun looked sad and muttered: "The murder weapon of the soldier is also a sage's last resort! Alas, why bother to fight like this!" Shangguan Yunzhu glanced at him and sneered: "The benevolence of the woman!" Qiao Huaiqing on the side whispered to Yi Jing: "Senior Brother Yi, what should I do?" Yi Jing smiled and said Mu Ran: "Wait and see what happens!"

Guo Da was already red-eyed, patrolling around, shouting loudly, and directing the battle. Under the closed four gates, the rebels could only rely on their bodies to pile up little by little, capture the tower, and the defenders invisibly took a lot of advantages, otherwise, with only 300,000 defenders, it would be difficult to hold Pengze County safely under the attack of 500,000 rebels.

Under the banner of the rebels, Zuo Huairen sat on a horse, his face was gloomy, even if the corpses of the rebels kept falling from the city tower, he could not shake his heart in the slightest. A general beside him came over and said, "Marshal, such a siege is not good for our army, and 20,000 soldiers and horses have already been lost!"

Zuo Huairen sighed, unmoved. The general hurriedly said: "Dashuai! If you continue like this, I'm afraid that the army's heart will fluctuate! Please make a decision!" Zuo Huairen turned his head slightly, glanced at him, and then focused his gaze on the city.

The general was ruthless and whispered: "Great commander, the last general heard that those immortal masters in the army are all powerful, why don't you ask them to take action? As long as they are willing to do it, it will not be easy to take down Peng Ze? You can also die less!"

Zuo Huairen's blue eyes rolled, and he finally smiled: "You are so bold! Those immortal masters don't even dare to provoke me easily, so you dare to drive them to attack the city for you? I don't even know how to write dead words!" When it came to the last sentence, it was already very loud!

The general's heart trembled, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground, and repeatedly kowtowed to apologize. Zuo Huairen wrote lightly: "For the sake of you and me for many years, get up, these words will rot in your stomach in the future, and never mention them again! You go to the front of the battle to supervise the battle, and tell those few little things that if you don't collapse the city gate, you will come to see you!"

The general escaped death and hurriedly went to give the order. Zuo Huairen's face was gloomy, he looked around at the generals behind him, and sneered: "You don't have to think that this commander wants to avenge the defeat of the previous battle, so he will make a big move, and he has to take Pengze County." Don't you know that Peng Ze is the gateway to Jinling, and if you don't take this city, you can't conquer Jinling. Your Majesty has already issued a holy decree, if you don't take Jinling this time, we will all have to engage in military law! You have remembered clearly, before Your Majesty killed Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai first cut you and the others!"

All the generals behind him were awe-inspiring, Zuo Huairen led the troops to be known for not recognizing his six relatives, if Emperor Jing killed him, he would first kill all the generals under his command, and be a companion on the Huangquan Road!

Zuo Huairen smiled with satisfaction, he didn't care about the life or death of his generals, as long as he could take Peng Ze, even if the 500,000 army was killed and wounded, it was nothing, and it was a big deal to ask King Jing for it.