Chapter 25: The Battle of Weinan [5]

The galloping boulders slammed down on the walls with a loud roar, and the massive impact staggered the defenders on the towers.

The rammed city wall collided violently with the stones, and the splashed rubble cut through Ma Yue's face like sharp arrows.

"Hidden!"

He shouted such words, and the boulder smashed heavily behind him, rolling several Liangzhou soldiers down the city with a puddle of minced meat, crushing the residential buildings in the city.

The ghost cried wolf, the sergeant could no longer hear his voice, he could not hear the sounds around him, dozens or even hundreds of pounds of boulders left a half-man deep ravine at the head of the city, the huge impact sound made him dizzy, and his ears kept ringing.

Unable to stand firmly, Ma Yue could only crouch behind the city stomp to hide his figure, and the dust of the city wall was stirred, and it was difficult to see what was happening three steps away.

A post-apocalyptic scene.

"Hidden ...... Shelter ......"

Ma Yue knew that his mouth was moving, but he didn't know if the voice was really roaring out. It was as if he was in hell, his whole body was delusional, and the walls were constantly shaking, making it difficult for him to perceive his body.

"Bang!"

With a huge shock, a boulder fell on the city stomp where the ballista was erected, and the broken wooden thorns shot in all directions, and the three adjacent city tramples were directly smashed flat.

Yuan Shao stood up and watched countless boulders smash violently on the Weinan city wall in an arc in the air, and a large area of floating soil was stirred, and it was difficult to distinguish the casualties at the head of the city for a while. But the corners of his mouth were already hooked, even if the stones were not precise enough to fall scattered in the city, at the city's head, or on the walls, but it was enough. In the past seven days, the Han army craftsmen have rushed to nearly 200 boulders, and he can continue to smash them until sunset!

Two hundred boulders, as long as one of them falls on Ma Yue's head, it will be enough!

Can this city be defended?

When a boulder fell beside Ma Yue again, he knew that the city head could no longer stay, and if he continued to squat here, he would sooner or later be deeply smashed into the earthen wall...... Strength can't save him, and the iron armor on his body can't save him!

"Run, run west of the city!" Ma Yue shouted with his mouth open, but he couldn't hear the sound. But he was still shouting, shaking his arms as he shouted, grabbing every panicked subordinate around him and leading them towards the city. "If you don't run, it's too late, Chengxi!"

Ma Yue saw Xu Huang, Wang Shuang, and Wanning...... Those familiar figures were now following him, the boulder fell beside them, and every moment there were robes smashed into pieces by the boulder, and they could only run, desperately running down the city, Ma Yue commanded them to run to the west of the city.

The entire eastern part of the city was already in chaos, and although the previous battle was fierce, the people in Weinan City were worried but not necessarily really afraid. This Xiliang army was strictly disciplined, and although it was brutal to collect grain and grab some meat, it had never committed the evil act of raping women and killing the people without permission. This is also the reason why no one in Weinan has fled.

But now it's different, huge boulders from the sky cover the entire east of the city, whether it is outside the city or inside the city, and I don't know when there will be boulders smashed on the yard and houses. Nothing can withstand the smashing of stones, whether it is a house or a house, it will be crushed.

The people fled in the streets, like a swarm of headless ants, who did not know which direction the catapults were attacking, only that they could not sit idly by, and packed their simplest bags and fled out.

There was chaos in the city, the east city wall could not be defended, and the north and south gates were attacked again and again by the angry people, and it was difficult for the armored army alone to control tens of thousands of people...... If this continues, there will be no need for the Montenegrin army to attack the city again, and the city of Weinan will be destroyed without attacking.

Ma Yue led a group of exhausted generals and subordinates through the crowded crowd in the city, no one dared to stop in front of their group of blood-covered soldiers, and the people gave way one after another, until he saw the county magistrate's office safe and sound, and then he held his legs and gasped.

While untying off the finely forged heavy armor of his coat, Ma Yue looked up at the generals and said, "Gongming is still there, what about Wanning?" Well, where is Wang Shuang? Jiang Xu...... Where's the fuck Jiang Xu? ”

With Ma Yue's call, Xu Huang waved his hand weakly in the crowd, Wang Shuang tiredly agreed, and Wan Ning followed him all the time. Only Jiang Xu is gone.

"Who saw Jiang Xu?" Ma Yue threw the finely forged heavy armor to the ground, and walked towards the Jiang Ziqi behind him from the bottom of his heart, Jiang Xu's flag bearer was still there, why was he gone? Walking up to the flag soldiers, Ma Yue asked with an unkind expression, "What about Jiang Xu?" ”

"General, general, the head of the house ran to the city and ran back...... His brothers fell into the city. The person carrying the flag was obviously a soldier of the Jiang family, and he was wearing a suit of armor and was also majestic, and in the face of Ma Yue's questioning, he could only timidly lower his head and whispered: "The little one can't hold it." ”

Ma Yue angrily threw his shoulder armor on the ground, Jiang Xu has always taught him that he is a very old and serious young man, how can he be so troubled this time, can the current city head be climbed again?

Looking back, I saw the boulders pouring down on the east of the city like heavy rain, and the houses were crushed everywhere, and even the city walls were crumbling, and there were people wandering everywhere...... In such a situation, can Jiang Xu take it out?

"Gongming, you quickly lead everyone to join Yan Yanming and Jia Wenhe, you must find Cheng Li, and let Jia and Cheng come up with a countermeasure, whether to abandon the city and flee west or fight with Yuan Jun in the streets." Ma Yue took two mouthfuls of rudeness and said: "Order the sergeant to dredge the streets, lead the people to evacuate to the west of the city for the time being, don't leave the people to be hit by boulders in the east of the city, and remember not to hurt the people!" ”

"Wang Shuang, can you still run?"

"General Hui, I still have strength!" Although Wang Shuang's answer was full of enthusiasm, in fact, Ma Yue could see that this kid was very tired, but he still said with a strong spirit: "General, give the order!" ”

Everywhere was the wailing of the people, and there were only three or four hundred people who followed him and rushed down the city to the left and right, gathered around the county government, one by one, like frosted eggplants.

"Ordered? Take off your armor, and the big stone can't keep it against you. Ma Yue gave the order: "Gongming, protect Wanning, don't let the junior get hurt." I will go to the head of the city to bring back the brothers who have fallen, and you will go to find Jia Xu in the north of the city and Cheng Li in the south of the city, and I will meet you in the west of the city later! ”

With that, Ma Yue took out a short sword from a Liangzhou soldier and stuffed it into the scabbard under his ribs, and ran back with Wang Shuang again.

While running, he shouted loudly to the people who were bumping everywhere around: "A certain Ma Yue, the Weinan brothers are running to the west of the city, and the enemy's catapult is running to the east and west of the city!" ”

"Run to the west of the city, run!" Shedding his heavy armor, he moved much more flexibly than before wearing only light crotch armor, moving and jumping along the way to avoid flying rubble and wooden thorns, and led Wang Shuang to evacuate the people while running against the crowd towards the crumbling eastern city wall.

Jiang Xu can't die, if he doesn't die, Ma Yue must save him. He is not an ordinary person, he is the first local wealthy family in Liangzhou to bet his life on himself, and he is also the head of the Jiang clan, even if Ma Yue is dead, he has to snatch his body back. Even if you take millet from the fire.

At the risk of being smashed into flesh by a boulder at any moment, the two actually returned to the steps of the city gate.

At this time, the eastern part of the city was already devastated, although in fact the damage was not so exaggerated. But the rubble everywhere, the collapsed and compacted clods of earth at the head of the city, and the dust and corpses that rose high in the air and the flesh and blood everywhere all converged into a hellish scene on earth.

Along the way, Ma Yue saw that there were more than 100 of his subordinates, and one by one the miserable-looking Liangzhou soldiers threw away their armor and ran down the city, Ma Yue could only walk against the crowd towards the city, while asking Jiang Xu's location while pointing out the direction of the west of the city for the rout.

"Did you see Jiang Xu? To the west, the army was on the west side of the city. ”

"Did you see Jiang Xu? Go west, and there are our people in the west. ”

"See...... West of the city, run. ”

When Ma Yue climbed to the top of the city, the front was even more miserable, the flat city head was plowed out by the flying boulders one after another terrible scars, and the flesh and blood could not be seen at all. Under such a tragic scene, Ma Yue saw Jiang Xu, who was dressed in heavy armor, standing alone at the head of the city, leaning against a boulder and squeezing backwards, in a vain attempt to push the half-human-high boulder away.

But no matter how hard he tried, the boulder never moved.

Ma Yue saw that there was a young man whose legs were crushed under the boulder, and a large amount of blood flowed out from under his body, stained with dust and mixed black.

Ma Yue didn't say a word, stepped forward and threw Jiang Xu aside, pointed at him and scolded: "You don't want to die?" ”

Jiang Xu glanced at Ma Yue in a daze, Ma Yue, who was panting at this moment, was particularly tall in his eyes, there was no divine light behind him, only a boulder speeding in the air. Jiang Xu didn't speak, nor did he blame, but just got up and pushed the immovable boulder again.

Seeing this, Ma Yue couldn't persuade Jiang Xu, sighed hatefully, no longer persuaded him, looked at the boulder of nearly three or five hundred catties, gritted his teeth and called Wang Shuang, and the three of them worked together to support it.

Seeing the young man's legs smashed into flesh, Ma Yue hurriedly beckoned the two to throw the stone aside. Among the three, Jiang Xu had the least strength, but he was the first to react and picked up the young man on his back and wanted to go down to the city, but his steps were soft in the blink of an eye.

He was wearing more than thirty pounds of armor, although it was not the kind of finely forged heavy armor of the armor-covered army, it was heavy enough, where could he still have the strength to carry a big living person.

Seeing this, Ma Yue hurriedly carried the injured young man behind him, let the blood stain his entire back, and led the two of them to gather the surviving defenders in the city while rushing towards the city.

Back in the city, there are not many people stranded in the east of the city, and there are fewer boulders flying outside the city. Ma Yue, with the mood of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, led more and more people gathered behind him and the Liangzhou rout army all the way to the west of the city.

Adjacent to the west of the city, he saw Cheng Li and Jia Xu from a distance, and Ma Yue asked anxiously: "Did they tell you two, should they abandon the city and flee west or start a street fight?" ”

"If you abandon the city and flee west, Yuan Shao will have prepared heavy troops in the west. Zaixia and Brother Zhongde both thought that they were defending the city, and there was still a glimmer of hope in the city. Jia Xu didn't have the worry that Ma Yue imagined on his face, but pointed to the people around Ma Yue with some joy and said: "Make the king, the people's hearts are available!" ”

Ma Yue turned his head and saw faces full of gratitude to him, and those simple faces were full of hatred and hatred.

"Give an order, open the arsenal and distribute the armor to the people in the city." Seeing this, Ma Yue didn't say anything more, and the young man surnamed Jiang behind him climbed high and raised his arms and shouted: "The enemy army smashed the city with huge stones, causing many casualties among the people, and Ma and you are heartbroken. I wanted to abandon the city and flee west, but if I fled west, the people would suffer. Therefore, Ma swears here, the city is in the people, the city is destroyed and the people are killed, Ma will never take a step back and fight to the death with the Yuan thief! ”