Chapter 677: The First Veteran in Shu
Raise your eyes and look at it, only to see this sword pavilion pass in front of you, seven or eight zhang high, across the mountains and valleys, the left and right walls stand ten thousand blades, the mountains stand horizontally, it is extremely sinister. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The potter had to admit that this was the most dangerous pass he had ever seen since he entered Shu.
It can even be said that this is the most sinister Xiongguan he has ever seen in his decades of crusade against the world, and there is no one!
If you want to capture this Sword Pavilion Pass, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, you can't give full play to the advantage of having a large number of people.
Very simply, this Sword Pavilion Pass is built between two mountains, the terrain before the south pass is extremely narrow, and the soldiers and horses used for the siege of the city at one time do not exceed more than 2,000 people.
This means that even if the potters have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, the number of troops that can be used to attack the fortified positions each time is no more than 2,000.
The defenders of Shu in the city could have two thousand defenders, or even more than two thousand people, to block their attack.
At this point, the gate is on the wing, the mountain is towering, the birds are difficult to cross, and it is impossible to spare the gate from the flank, so it can only be attacked from the front.
"His grandmother's, this Sword Pavilion Pass is so dangerous, I really didn't expect it!" Seeing the danger of this Sword Pavilion, Fan Hao couldn't help but shout.
Zhang Liang nodded slightly, but sighed again: "This Sword Pavilion is indeed the first male pass in the world, there is a husband as the pass, and there is no way to open it, but in the north to Hanzhong, there is only one way to the Sword Pavilion, if we want to completely wipe out Liu Zhang, we can only gnaw this bone." β
The pottery merchant took a light breath, recovered from his sigh, his heroic face rekindled his arrogance, waved the sword in his hand, and said coldly: "How strong is this Sword Pavilion Pass, how can you know if you don't try it, pass the order, tomorrow the army will be exhausted, and send it to this king to attack a wave!" β
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That night, the potter rode back to the camp, told the soldiers to rest, and the next day as soon as the sky was bright, he led 70,000 soldiers and horses out of the camp and forced the city to line up.
Tom tom tom -
With the edict of the potter Wang Zhao in the Wei army, more than ten cowhide drums were responded to by the earthquake, and the loud sound echoed in the valley, shocking people's hearts.
The large array of 70,000 Wei troops was sensational, approaching the Sword Pavilion Pass.
In the front military department, the general Ma Yuan led 17,000 people trapped in the city, holding high the big shield, and advanced towards the Sword Pavilion Pass.
After the horse reinforcement of the front army, the two generals Hou Yi and Yang Yuji, led by 5,000 crossbowmen and 5,000 elite archers, followed by the sword and shield hands, advanced towards the enemy city.
The Wei army is approaching!
Above Guancheng, Gou Jian was fully armed, standing solemnly, his eyebrows were deeply condensed into a rope, and the word unease was clearly written on his face.
Although he believed that the Sword Pavilion was the most dangerous pass in the world, after all, he had failed again and again before, he had been scared by the pottery merchants, and he suffered from "pottery phobia" in his heart, and now he was facing the attack of the Great Wei Heavenly Army again, even if the danger was in hand, it was inevitable that he would be a little afraid in his heart.
"Don't worry about the king, with my Yan Yan here, Wei Jun doesn't want to set foot in the Sword Pavilion for half a step!" Yan Yan, who was beside him, saw his worries and comforted.
With Yan Yan's words, Gou Jian was a little relieved, nodded and said solemnly: "Old General Yan, the life and death of my Dashu will be handed over to your shoulders, you must not let this king down." β
It was Yan Yan who proposed to stick to the Sword Pavilion, and he had guarded the Sword Pavilion for many years, and he knew the terrain here best, and the five thousand elite Sword Pavilion defenders under his command had not been hit, and their morale was still there.
"The king retreats into the city tower for a while, and let's see how the old minister makes Wei Gou break the halberd in the city." Yan Yan raised the sword in his hand and shouted proudly.
Gou Jian relieved his heart, and with anxiety and expectations, he retreated into the city tower first.
The entire Sword Pavilion was closed, and Yan Yan had become the supreme commander and controlled the entire army.
This veteran general of Shuzhong, the Wei army approaching in front of the city proudly, had a cold disdainful expression on his old face, and the war knife in his hand was horizontal, and he shouted: "Crossbowman, release arrows to the old man, and shoot Wei dogs to death!" β
Woo woo woo -
At the head of the Sword Pavilion City, the sound of trumpets rose to the sky, faintly overwhelming the sound of Wei Jun's drums.
The flag waved, and the crossbowmen of the 1,000 Shu army, who had already been in place, loosened their fingertips, and the sharp arrows broke through the wind, overwhelmingly attacking the Wei army approaching in front of the city.
Whoosh!
Arrows are like rain on a rainy day, and the momentum is terrifying.
With the height of the fortress, two thousand sharp arrows struck like flying locusts with additional dive.
The horse reinforcements under the city had already prepared, and when they saw the sharp arrows coming, they shouted: "The whole army, raise the shield and block the arrows!" β
The order was shouted, and the soldiers who were trapping the city in the advance raised their big shields in their hands one after another and protected them in front of them.
Bang Bang Bang!
Countless sharp arrows broke through the air, most of them were shot down by the big shield, but some of the sharp arrows penetrated the gap between the shields and hit the legs and feet of the Wei soldiers.
The screams burst out, and soon the wounded soldiers fell to the ground, and the blood stained the ground in front of the city in a blink of an eye.
"The whole army, only allowed to advance, not to retreat, let me continue to advance!" Ma Yuan shouted loudly while swinging his sword to block the incoming arrows.
The soldiers of the Wei army are all elite soldiers, the strongest soldiers in the world, how can they be confused by this little rain of arrows, the fearless soldiers are still holding high the big shield, against the rain of arrows at the head of the city, slowly retreating forward.
As for the soldiers who fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, they were carried out of the battlefield by the medical soldiers who followed them, and the medical officer group led by Bian Que carried out emergency treatment.
Although there are many potters, but the life of each soldier is a precious existence in his eyes, so in order to avoid casualties to the greatest extent, the potters set up a medical battalion as early as a few years ago, and established a medical regiment composed of 500 doctors and more than 70 doctors, specifically to rescue those soldiers who were wounded on the battlefield.
It is precisely because of the existence of this advanced medical battalion that most of the wounded soldiers of the Wei army were able to save their lives in time, so that the Wei army could control the number of attrition to a minimum after every battle.
In front, the Wei army had advanced to a range of more than 150 steps in front of the Sword Pavilion Pass, a distance that had entered the range of the Wei army's own crossbowmen.
Seeing the situation, Yang Yuji immediately shouted: "Break the army crossbow battalion, release arrows to me!" β
"Archers, shoot the enemy city on your back, suppress the enemy army, and cover the infantry brothers to ascend the city!" Hou Yi also shouted at the same time.
The order was passed, and the 10,000 crossbowmen who followed behind quickly drove to the front, half-crouching in front of the city, and fired their bows and crossbows in unison.
Woo woo woo -
Thousands of birds fluttered their wings and buzzed, suddenly made a big move, more than 10,000 sharp arrows rose into the air, drawing a graceful arc, like a meteor sword net flying upside down, overwhelmingly shooting towards the Shu army at the head of the city.
Puff puff!
In an instant, the Shu army, which had no time to dodge at the head of the city, was shot to the ground in pieces, and the screams above the city head were loud for a while, and blood was overflowing.
Although the crossbowmen of the Shu army have a condescending trend, but after all, the number is small, how can they be the opponent of the Wei army's ten times the crossbowmen, and in an instant, the long-range offensive at the head of the city was fiercely suppressed.
In the Central Military Department, the pottery merchant had seen the situation clearly, without a trace of hesitation, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted: "Siege the city, step on the Sword Pavilion for this king!" β
Tom tom!
What was supposed to be a steady drum beat, suddenly the rhythm quickened, became high-pitched and rapid, and the order for a general attack spread throughout the army.
Ma Yuan, who heard the drum order, did not hesitate at all, and shouted: "The whole army is attacking the city, fighting for the Great Wei, fighting for the King of Wei, kill me!" β
"Fight for the Great Weiβ"
"Fight for the Kingβ"
"Kill all the thievesβ"
Tens of thousands of Wei soldiers and soldiers, the roar shattered the heavens and the earth, and the formation cracked, rushing towards the Sword Pavilion Pass.
The sword and shield hands swarmed up, although the momentum was strong, but the closer to the Sword Pavilion Pass, the narrower the terrain in front, when they rushed to the front of the pass, the distance between the left and right had shrunk to less than 100 zhang, and the cross-section of the original more than 10,000 people had shrunk to only accommodate more than 2,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers and horses could only crowd behind.
Rao is like this, the first 2,000 siege teams also fearlessly carried the ladder and held the shield high, and rushed to the bottom of the city in an instant.
Seeing that the Wei army was easily approaching under the city, at the head of the city, the veteran Yan Yan was still proud and fearless, standing with his sword, and there was only confidence in his old eyes, and there was no trace of jealousy.
"Hmph, pottery thief, let the horse come over, and let you taste the real horror of my Sword Pavilion Pass!" Glancing at Guancheng, Yan Yan's eyebrows even raised a trace of cold and sarcastic sneer.
In addition to the main city wall, a towering arrow tower is set up every ten steps, and in front of the main city wall, there are several auxiliary city walls, and all the defensive buildings constitute a tight defense network.
It was precisely by relying on such a solid defense system that Yan Yan was confident enough to retreat the Wei army, which was dozens of times larger.
Just when Yan Yan sneered, the first wave of Wei soldiers trapped in the city, including Ma Yuan himself, had also rushed under the walls of the Sword Pavilion.
Ma Yuan raised his eyes and couldn't help frowning, because he found that the terrain in front of the wall of this Sword Pavilion was steeper and narrower than what he saw in the distance, and it was far more difficult to attack than he imagined.
In the face of such a narrow terrain, he can use the soldiers who can climb the city at a time, at most no more than a thousand, and the rest of the thousands of troops and horses can only be blocked behind and fired at will by the crossbowmen of the Shu army.
In the face of such a difficult situation, Ma Yuan did not have the slightest fear, but his chest was aroused with ambition, and he waved his sword and shouted: "The soldiers of Great Wei, no matter how strong the enemy city is, take out your blood and give me the city!" β
Under the encouragement of Ma Yuan, nearly fifty cloud ladders, in the blink of an eye, were raised high by the sound of the earth-shaking trumpet, and they were suddenly attached to the city wall.
Immediately afterwards, more than 1,000 sword and shield bearers held the big shield high with one hand, grabbed the cloud ladder with the other, pinned the ring head knife behind their waists, and climbed bravely towards the city.
Ma Yuan was fearless, and above the city, Yan Yan was also fearless, and the old man's face was full of green muscles, and even showed strong excitement.
"You all think that my Yan Yan is old and has no place to use, today, I Yan Yan will let everyone in the world see the majesty of my first veteran in Shu......"
The pride in his heart was burning wildly, Yan Yan pointed his war knife towards the city, and shouted: "It's the men who all show their blood, and they all move for the old man, and the flying stones and skulls are smashed to the old man to death, and give me a hard lesson to the rampant Wei dog!" β
When the order was passed, the blood of the defenders of Shu at the head of the city was also boiling, and they stood up one by one against the rain of arrows in the city, and smashed countless sassagers and flying stones towards the Wei army who climbed the city.
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