Chapter 130: A dead end
"Lord Taishou's order, General Guan Kui and all the soldiers."
"The success or failure of this battle depends on whether the officers and men of our Qin army can persist in holding Xiping Pass, and the important task here is related to the survival of Qin and the lives of millions of compatriots, and it is also the attention of all the military and the people. At this time, the rear of the enemy army is cut off, and the main force of our army is besieging from all sides, and the general will not live up to the trust of his own officials, nor the expectations of the people of Qin......"
In Xiping Pass, Guan Kui was wearing a general's armor, a cloak on the back, and a war knife on his waist, located in front of the crowd, and another civil official was reading out Xiao Yuan's instructions loudly.
Below, there are countless soldiers of the Qin army, all with straight waists, black armor and red tassels, long halberds, and the military looks at a line horizontally and obliquely.
The people listened quietly.
After he finished reading, Guan Kui also took two steps back and forth in front, and while scanning the soldiers, he said in a loud voice: "Do you hear it clearly!" ”
"This is a letter from Lord Taishou!"
"Now, the main force of our army has defeated Xirong on the front line!"
"The enemy army is in a desperate situation, there is nowhere to escape, and in the last resort, they are trying to attack our Xiping Pass!"
"Behind us are millions of people in Qindi! Among them, there are our parents, wives and children, and brothers and sisters! ”
"Once Xijon is allowed to break through, the compatriots will be slaughtered! There is no need to say more about the responsibility of our soldiers! ”
"Now, General Ben wants to ask you if you have the heart to fight!"
"There is !!" All the soldiers shouted in unison.
"Good!" Guan Kui said again: "I know, you are all recruits, but because you are recruits!" It is even more important to let Lord Taishou see that our new army can also go to the battlefield! You can also defeat Sijon on the battlefield! ”
Guan Kui's voice was shocking, and at the suggestion of the civilian officials, he encouraged the soldiers in the customs and did pre-war mobilization.
Under such circumstances, the 40,000 new troops, with their morale like a rainbow, were ready to give Xijon the final fatal blow.
The next morning, Xianda really led 30,000 Xirong soldiers to the city.
At this time, he had already ordered his subordinates to cut down trees overnight, and urgently made more than a dozen ladders.
But this army, running around for its life, and having no food and grass supplies, has long had no morale at all.
But Xianda understands that if they don't break through Xiping Pass, they will all have to die!
Therefore, he had no choice, and after arriving here, he immediately ordered the whole army to launch a strong attack.
The Xirong soldiers below wanted to attack the city, but when the military order was issued, people were forced to be helpless, so they could only bite the bullet and rush towards Xiping Pass.
Looking down from above, on the plain outside the city pass, the dust was flying, and countless Xirong soldiers had no formation to speak of, and they flocked to it, and another team of soldiers, carrying cloud ladders, rushed towards the city pass.
Before they could get closer, after reaching a certain distance, Guan Kui in the center of the city head was already waving his hand and shouting: "Release the arrow!" ”
With his order, for a while, the arrows rained down from the city, and in the process of rushing forward, some people were shot to the ground from time to time, and let out a terrible howl, and at the same time, they also began to throw their bows and arrows, and launched a return fire at the city.
The rain of arrows on both sides shuttled back and forth in the sky, and naturally there were also Qin troops who were shot by stray arrows and fell off the city wall screaming.
In a short time, the Xirong soldiers had rushed to the city under the rain of arrows, and immediately after, a series of ladders were erected to all parts of the city wall.
The Sijon soldiers began to climb frantically.
On the city wall, the Qin army was strictly defended, and many soldiers raised stones with both hands and threw them down at the Xirong soldiers who were climbing upwards.
Once a boulder falls, it often brings down a large piece.
There are also soldiers of the Qin army who just lifted the stone, but they were shot by stray arrows and fell to the ground in a miserable howl, and then they were dragged to a safe place by their comrades behind them, and the soldiers were on top of them.
This scene is happening all the time.
"Don't panic! If your enemy shows up, stab them to death with your weapon! ”
"Hit! Defeat them! ”
Guan Kui ran back and forth on the city wall, commanding the battle, and constantly slashing the Xirong soldiers who had just emerged with his sword.
The Qin army in Xipingguan has 40,000 people, and only needs to hold these dozen cloud ladders, Xirong has become the end of a strong crossbow, and once this wave of offensive is suppressed, the result can be imagined.
The war continues, and the scene is extremely bloody.
The howling never stopped.
Xirong went forward and followed, but the next batch fell, followed by the previous batch, and I don't know how many people died in the battle.
Two hours passed like this, and when it was close to noon, Xijon finally couldn't stand it.
Under the city walls, there were piles of corpses, rivers of blood, rolling stones smashed everywhere, and carved feathers were slanted all over the ground.
After throwing corpses on the ground, the army of Sijon began to retreat like a tidal wave.
At this time, Xianda was watching the battle in the rear, you know, he did not order the withdrawal of troops.
When the lieutenant returned, he also glared angrily and asked sharply, "Who told you to stop the siege!?" ”
"General." The adjutant general said sadly: "Xiping Pass is heavily guarded, if you don't retreat and can't capture the city pass, I'm afraid our warriors will all die in battle......"
"How can this be true? General Ben didn't give the order, you dare to withdraw your troops without permission! What a crime! ”
"General, the soldiers can't move......"
"Get out of here!" Xian Da was furious, and then quickly stepped forward, kicked a Xirong soldier, and roared angrily: "Get up! me off! Go ahead and besiege the city! ”
Because at this moment, after Xirong withdrew, almost everyone was lying on the ground on all sides, and the weapons and battle flags were thrown to the ground.
The Xirong soldier was kicked twice, but he didn't have the strength to get up at all, but began to plead: "General, it is impossible for us to capture Xiping Pass......"
"What did you say!?" Xianda simply wondered if there was something wrong with his ears, if this was before, how could Xijon soldiers dare to say such words!
But now, the morale of the army has long been chaotic, people are running with him to die, going here to be beaten, going to that to be beaten, running around, there is no food and grass, in a desperate situation, it is very good to be able to hold on to it until now and have not been disbanded.
Before the Xijon soldier could reply, someone else pleaded:
"General, we really don't have the strength......"
"General, please spare us......"
Listening to the pleading voices of the Xirong soldiers around him, Xianda's eyes suddenly widened, revealing an incredible expression.
He first looked around for a week, and saw that everyone was lying on the ground and did not want to move, and then, with anger rising in his heart, he also drew his scimitar at once, aimed it at one of the soldiers, and slashed it with a swing of the knife, and at the same time shouted sharply:
"Roll up! Go ahead and besiege the city! ”
Blood sprayed, and the soldier's head was cut off by the knife.
When the other Xirong soldiers saw this, they were all shocked and immediately panicked.
"General, spare your life......" another Xijon soldier screamed.
It's just that before his words fell, Xianda had already swung it over again.
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