On the city tower, Lin Zhong saw 50,000 soldiers approaching the city, and the perennial garrison of the small post horse pass was only 3,000 people. In the face of the 200,000 troops of the Chu army moving north, the Changfeng Army stationed 150,000 permanent troops in the inner Nanjing defense line. The 100,000 Changfeng Army has reshaped the defense line in the past two years, and the last dangerous pass in Qingzhou in Yima Guan, once it loses the territory of Qingzhou, there will be no danger to defend.

The thirteenth battalion of the kamikaze battalion was ordered to be in danger, and Lin Zhong appointed the commander of the post horse pass to be responsible for garrisoning the post horse pass so that it could not be lost. Now that there are less than 20,000 soldiers, it is still a question whether they can hold the post horse pass. If the Chu army only has 50,000 right wings, it may be able to hold out, as long as Chen Geng completes the border defense after Yima Pass, there will be a battle in the face of the Chu army's all-out attack.

The rear of the right wing of the Chu army reported as early as three days ago that there were still 30,000 troops attacking Wushan Fort thirty miles away from Yima Pass. Wushan Fort is just a ragtag army of less than 5,000 soldiers and civilians, and it is already the limit to be able to hold out for three days. If it weren't for this, why should Liu Zhixing lead 1,000 and 13 battalions of dead soldiers to block the right wing army for an hour, and it would be easy to rely on 50,000 Chu troops to break through the kamikaze battalion and 18,000 soldiers including the 13th battalion.

Yima Pass is undoubtedly a dangerous place, but it is difficult for the Chu army to attack due to lack of resources, and it is difficult for the Liang army to retreat. Once the entire military town of Yima Pass is lost, it will be destroyed. The vast plain of Qingzhou behind the Yima Pass will be the battlefield of the cavalry of the Chu army, and it will undoubtedly cost you unimaginable if you want to block it.

After a round of arrows, the cavalry of the Chu army retreated, and Lin Zhong not only did not take it lightly, but looked solemn. At noon, I believe that soon the Chu army will attack in an all-out way, how can I not know that the confrontation between the two armies is more in the novel. How can the tragic words of a battle be depicted, the thirteenth battalion and a thousand cavalry blocked the battle, and the number of soldiers who came back was less than 300, and more than 700 people was just a number. Human life on the battlefield is like a wheat field in autumn, harvested one by one.

Lin Zhong, who hurriedly swallowed a few pieces of dry cakes as the sun traveled westward, climbed up to the top of the city and watched the Chu army camp as the smoke slowly dispersed in the breeze. The soldiers at the head of the city looked up at the black oppression, and no one knew if they could walk down the city alive under the all-out attack of the Chu army.

The city wall is three or four miles flat, dozens of siege vehicles are in front, and dozens of trebuchets are neatly arranged in the rear. Lin Zhong stared ahead, calculating the distance. The general beside him listened to Lin Zhong's mouth and kept chanting: "Wait, wait, wait." ”

The head of the city, which can only line thousands of soldiers, bends the bow and fills the moon, and then tightens the bowstring with a beat. Watching Chu Jun approach step by step, Lin Zhong shouted in a deep voice: "Release the arrows, the trebuchet is ready." "Thousands of arrows flew down the city, and the first and second rounds continued.

Arrows were nailed to the wooden frame, and the Chu troops pushing the cart fell one after another under the arrows. Round after round approached, arrows leaping from below the city were all over the sky. The soldiers at the head of the city raised their shields high, and the difference was a millimeter of arrows into their chests and thighs.....

The sound of the impact stopped, as if he could finally catch his breath, and before the shield could be dispersed, a soldier was dying. A hundred-pound boulder smashed the shield, and the bones of four or five people were bleeding profusely. Lin Zhong immediately ordered: "Trebuchet." ”

At the head of the city, there are only a dozen old-fashioned trebuchets erecting boulders and throwing them under the city, and the small stagecoach Guanchengtou soldiers are miserable under the attack of rocks and arrows, and no one knows whether it is an arrow or a stone to take away a young life in the next moment.

At a distance of less than a hundred paces, the Chu army kept throwing stones. The Chu army began a full-scale attack, and the dense Chu army rode under the cloud ladder city, and the high ladder pushed by manpower slowly moved forward. The soldiers at the head of the city kept bowing and arrows, and the boulders were thrown down.

When the integrity resisted with all his might, several fires rushed into the sky. A veteran in his forties couldn't bend his bow to shoot arrows, and a young soldier in his twenties stared at the rushing firelight and shouted, "Fireball, fireball." ”

Seeing the opportunity, the veteran pulled the young soldier to the ground, and the sound of bombardment filled the black smoke. The little soldier saw the veteran lying on the ground with his own eyes, and his body was covered in flames. There was blazing fire everywhere on the green bricks, and the middle-aged general kept shouting in the noise: "Extinguish the fire, extinguish the fire quickly." ”

Xiao Bing stared at one after another of the brothers in the same camp who were still talking about the prosperity of Qingzhou City yesterday, and roared in the flames. There was a pungent stench in the air, and the veteran stood up and raised his longbow before an arrow leaping from under the city plunged into his chest and fell to the ground.

Crawling up to the veterans who had entered the barracks to take care of a lot, his eyes were red. Watching the veteran hold the bleeding arrow, a mouthful of blood gushed out. The little soldier kept shouting, "Old donkey, old donkey." ”

The veteran forced a smile on his face, and said yesterday: "Twenty years old is not a little child, Lao Tzu has experienced a hundred battles, and the arrow must not turn around when he sees Lao Tzu." "At that time, everyone just took it as a joke, but now who dares to laugh out loud.

The general commanded more than a dozen trebuchets to throw stones non-stop, and in the face of the dense Chu army charge, it was undoubtedly a little raindrop. As soon as a boulder was loaded, a boulder flying from the sky smashed the already small trebuchet. There was a huge pit on the city wall, and a person was directly splashed out and hit the city head while smashing it.

Lin Zhong, who had been guarding the city tower, heard Lang Guan running over: "General, the Chu army has climbed the city." ”

Lin Zhong was shocked, he didn't expect the Chu army to be so fast. In less than an hour and a half, he arrived at the city, and without waiting for the order, he hurried to the edge of the city and said, "Roll the wood, prepare." ”

Staring at the Chu army that set up a ladder to climb the city like ants climbing a tree, countless boulders and rolling logs fell down the city head. Seeing that the Chu army was about to ascend to the head of the city, the Liang army ruthlessly went down to the city with a long spear barrel. The bones of the corpses in the city were black, the limbs and arms were broken, and the bones of the corpses under the city were all over the field.

With the help of the corpse of the robe, he finally climbed to the center of the city wall, and fortunately avoided falling rocks one after another. Chu Bing held the steel knife in one hand, and his steps kept crawling upward. There is no turning back after climbing here, and if you can climb to the top of the city first, it will be a great achievement for the army to occupy the post pass. The military exploits of the first climber are great, far greater than the decapitation of the third. Seeing that the military exploits were about to be reached, they didn't know that a hot oil from the city was coming, and the whole person couldn't feel the rapid fall under the tearing shout.

Climbing the ladder one after another, it is extremely lucky to be able to climb the ladder, and many of them have not waited for the ladder to be smashed to the ground by the soldiers who fell to the city. One by one, they are not afraid of death to climb, and any climber knows that he will make a great contribution to the city, and the cowardly retreat from the latter will be beheaded to show the public.

Lin Zhong jumped all over the city, less than four miles of city walls, and there were dangerous peaks on both sides. In the final analysis, stationing in the post horse pass is to do the battle of trapped beasts again, and if you want to hold the post horse pass, you can only block it with a fresh life. If there is one more person dead here, maybe there will be one less death in the Qingzhou territory, and Lin Zhong will not be able to show mercy. If the Chu army easily broke through the Yima Pass, the first one to be sorry for was the more than 700 brothers of the 13th battalion who died in the blocking battle.

Walking in the city for three or four miles, there were fallen soldiers everywhere and it was unbearable to see. Over the years, he has participated in more than a dozen large and small wars, most of which are cavalry clashes and frontal battles on the battlefield. There are also a few large and small battles in command, and the defense of the city is far more tragic than the attack.

There are fewer soldiers and soldiers killed in the siege of the Chu army, and the art of war is cloudy: the soldiers are less than three times, and the city is difficult to break.

Now the defenders of the city are full of wounded soldiers, one falling and the other on top. Three hours have passed since it got dark, and the days of early summer are still a little longer. As many new faces appeared at the head of the city, as many soldiers fell in pools of blood. The smell of fire oil is everywhere on the green bricks, and you can imagine how many soldiers died in the fire.

I saw a Chu soldier climb to the top of the city, and then climbed to the head of the city and slashed with a sword. The soldiers defending the city were almost cut off by the Chu army with a knife when they were a little careless, but Lin Zhong stepped forward and kicked the Chu soldiers off the city without the slightest hesitation. Pulling up the soldier with one hand, he picked up the steel knife in his hand and threw it into the soldier's hand and said: "Hold your knife tightly, I saved you once, but I can't save it a second time." ”

The sun gradually came to an end, as if he was tired of fighting. There was blood flowing from the bones up and down the stagecoach pass, perhaps because of the death of a day. I really can't bear to look at it, and I may hope that my eyes will be the same tomorrow.

The beacon fire shone on the narrow stagecoach pass, and the first moon was only half a child, like a child who was afraid of death, and it was like watching the excitement. The stars in the sky are like watching a big show, blinking non-stop.

The bright sound of fighting in the city continued, and Lin Zhong, who had never drunk a sip of water from noon to night, could not tolerate thirst and always wandered at the head of the city to command the battle. Seeing one soldier after another being helped down from the city, many of them had no breath.

Another round of arrows kicked the ladder over one by one, and finally a long-lost voice came: "The Chu army has retreated." ”

There was joy in the voice, as if there was nothing happier in the world. The sound came from the head of the city, and the city was full of cheers. This battle to defend the city was extremely fierce, and the soldiers who were guarding the city and ready to enter the city at any time finally loosened their tense heartstrings.

Lin Zhong stood at the head of the city and commanded the soldiers to clean the city, and the ladders that the Chu army sandwiched on the city wall could be picked up, and they could not be overturned or smashed one by one. This is just the beginning, and tomorrow there will be even more tragic fighting. Who knows when the Chu army will start attacking the city tomorrow, and the slightest action will result in countless casualties.

The righteous Chu army retreated happily, Lin Zhong looked at the siege ladder three miles away, and the trebuchet in front of it. I was afraid of these Chu army equipment in my heart, and today's siege may be just a temptation. Under the light of the moon, the siege vehicles and trebuchets of the Chu army more than doubled compared to the afternoon. Advancing from ten miles to three miles, it is very likely that tomorrow we will be close to the city wall, and it will be a battle.

Liu Zhixing and Chu Hanlin, who had rested, walked up to the city and looked at Lin Zhong with a frown and looked into the distance. Liu Zhixing stepped forward and followed Lin Zhong's gaze to look at dozens of siege vehicles, as well as more trebuchets. Just glanced at Liu Zhixing's heart, the Chu army didn't want to give the post horse pass a chance to defend the city at all, maybe without waiting for support, if they wanted to use 50,000 troops, they would capture the post horse pass stationed at nearly 20,000.

said: "It seems that Chu Jun doesn't want to give us a day. ”

Chu Hanlin stared at the siege vehicles three miles away and said, "This is to use boulders to fill the post horse pass." Turning his head, he immediately asked Lin Zhong, "General Lin, there is a stone mountain near Yima Pass." ”

After Chu Hanlin's inquiry, Lin Zhong was shocked, as Chu Hanlin said, the Chu army was not the main force attacking the city today. It seems to be strong, but it is more of a temptation, and Liu Zhixing looked at each other and said at the same time: "Kuerzhuang." ”

Lin Zhong said: "That's where it is, the only place outside the gate is the stone mountain, which is less than fifteen miles away from here. I'm afraid that the Chu army didn't care about blocking the attack at all, and had already thought of countermeasures. ”

Liu Zhixing said: "For the sake of today's plan, we can only destroy the catapult before the boulder is delivered." ”