Volume 1 The Eagle's Flying Han Dynasty Chapter 88 The Bloody Battle at the City Gate
Above and below the city, the fierce fighting continued, and the Celestial Division's army was obviously unable to continue, and as a large number of long ladders were destroyed and the soldiers were killed and wounded, their offensive weakened. Whether it is equipment or combat power, they are far from being the opponents of the Eagle's Nest, their only advantage is number, but under the frustration of morale, no matter how the supervising team swings their swords and scolds after the battle, many soldiers of the Heavenly Division Army still deliberately slow down their pace and refuse to step forward to die.
An Eagle's Nest warrior had just swung his sword to slash down the last enemy soldier who had climbed to the top of the city, when another warrior suddenly shouted, "Captain, lo and behold, their ladder cart has finally come up!" ”
The captain lifted the mask, and the young face inside the mask was also splashed with bloodstains, he wiped it casually, and laughed: "Haha! Their long ladder is almost burned down by the Lao Tzu! Can siege engines not be on board? I'm afraid he won't come! You see, the brothers of the Ballista squad are already in a hurry! ”
He looked at another dense wave of Heavenly Master troops under the cover of dozens of siege equipment, rushed up again, waved his long knife, and shouted: "Brothers, this time it's really moving!" Don't give the fuck a soft egg to me! If you're afraid of death, get out of it as soon as possible! ”
A group of subordinates around him burst into laughter, and one of them shouted: "Don't worry, captain, if you die, you will die, what is there to be afraid of?" We're about to avenge our brothers who just died in battle! ”
The captain said angrily: "Fart, how can you die so easily? You bastards don't kill three, no! It's five enemies who are not allowed to die! Shame on Lao Tzu! ”
The crowd laughed in unison, and their morale was high.
A bulky ladder truck was finally pushed up to the bumpy ravine, although this short ditch was hastily filled by the Heavenly Master Army, it was still bumpy and difficult to walk, the speed of the implementation immediately decreased, the body shook violently, and it was difficult to get closer to the city wall, and the wooden wheels made a jerky "creaking" sound.
The little leader who led the troops shouted: "Brothers, steady! Keep it up! As long as the ladder truck is leaned against the top of the city, we will make a contribution! ”
Dozens of soldiers of the Heavenly Division Army withstood the dense rain of arrows above their heads, huddled behind the high-raised baffle, shouted loudly, and tried to push.
Suddenly, with a "tom", the whole ladder truck was shaken.
The little leader was stunned and shouted, "What's the matter? As he spoke, he poked his head out and followed the sound, and his eyes widened in shock.
A thick black spear was firmly nailed to the top of the ladder cart at some point, and a thick rope was attached to the end, which stretched out to the head of the city not far away.
Before he could figure out what was happening, he saw that the long rope, which had been loose, suddenly stretched straight, and the ladder cart was led forward.
The soldiers pushing the cart felt a light in their hands, and they could not help cheering in unison when they finally pushed the cart out of the difficult area.
The little leader's confused mind finally came to his senses, and he said in shock: "Brothers! Don't ....... anymore"
An arrow of "whoosh" came and hit him in the chest, and he reluctantly stopped the warning and slowly fell to the ground.
With the pull of the spear and the joint efforts of the unsuspecting soldiers of the Heavenly Master Army, the rear wheel of the ladder car finally lifted off the ground little by little, and the front end slowly fell forward.
The soldiers of the Heavenly Division Army pushing the cart finally discovered the vision and exclaimed in unison, but unfortunately it was too late.
In the disbelief of all the witnesses, the top of the huge ladder cart leaned forward in slow motion, and finally fell to the ground with a bang, overwhelming and overturning a large number of dazed Heavenly Master soldiers.
Suddenly, another towering siege tower fell down, and dozens of soldiers lurking in the tower rolled over and rolled like dolls, falling to the ground, and the screams of the city resounded.
The sacrificial wine that supervised the battle after the battle was stunned, and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "cang" sound, and he said dreamily: "What's going on?" How can it be? ”
His lieutenant was quite sober, grabbed his shoulder and shook him violently, and shouted, "Lord Sacrificial Wine! The enemy shoots huge spears with crossbows, pulling down our siege ladders! Quickly give the order to continue the assault, as long as they rush to the edge of the city, they will have nothing to do! ”
The sacrificial wine finally came to his senses and hissed, "Quick! Hurry up and send out the flag order! ”
Nanying smiled and watched the mighty ladder trucks and siege towers fall down with a bang, and the enemy army was in chaos, and couldn't help but praise: "Very good!" In this battle, the ballista squad should be credited with the first credit! ”
Zhang Lu was also dumbfounded, and said dumbfoundedly: "I never thought that this battle of Nanzheng would be so thrilling!" ”
Dian Wei didn't know when he also came behind him, the double halberd was drenched in blood, obviously he didn't know how many people he had killed, he said in a deep voice: "Lord! Don't relax too soon, you see! We've only pulled down most of their equipment, and there are still nearly a dozen ladder carts and siege towers on the way to the edge of the city, which is not enough distance to bring them down! ”
As he spoke, a siege tower had rushed to the edge of the city, and with a "bang", the upper side of the baffle was knocked down and placed heavily on the battlements, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Division Army hidden inside rushed out with red eyes.
A loud shout came from afar: "Cast! "The voice is firm and confident, it's high-speed rail!
Dozens of round guys flew over in dense clusters, slamming heavily on the siege tower, and a large amount of liquid poured out, splashing everywhere.
A torch drew a dazzling arc, accurately falling on those liquids, and when it landed, the flames more than one person high jumped up, and the siege tower became a sea of fire when it was up and down, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Division Army on the tower turned into fire people, letting out a ghostly cry wolf howl, rolling and pinching in the fire.
"It's an oil tank!" Zhang Lu and Dian Wei exclaimed in unison.
Nanying smiled: "Not bad! Old canon, you should remember, right? I think back then, you and I suffered a big loss in Chen Liucheng, and we were almost burned alive by Li Yong's cart of oil cans! ”
He smiled at Zhang Lu urgently: "However, those oil cans later made our big sacrificial wine suffer!" ”
Zhang Lu smiled awkwardly: "How can there be such a lord in the world?" will only blindly make fun of subordinates! That's right! Lord, you prepared these oil canisters in advance, right? ”
Nan Ying smiled and said, "Since the Heavenly Master Army is carrying a large number of siege equipment, how can I not take precautions in advance?" Relying only on the fire oil in those kettles in the city is effective against the enemy troops on the long ladder, but the number is too small and it can't reach far, and it will definitely not be able to stop the large siege equipment! Therefore, I ordered the high-speed train to bring some self-made fire oil canisters from the Eagle's Nest, but unfortunately there were not many of them. ”
Zhang Lu said sincerely: "The lord is wise! ”
Nan Ying shook his head and said, "What is this?" When I'm free, I'll make a few Molotov cocktails for you to see! That's what it calls awesome! ”
As he spoke, all the siege equipment under the city was lit into huge fireballs, and countless soldiers of the Heavenly Division Army jumped from the high frame with a body of flames, crying for their fathers and mothers, and the air was filled with an indescribable scorching stench.
Dian Wei laughed wildly: "Good burn!" Now they're gone! What do I see they are doing to attack the city? Hey! What is that? ”
In the smoke of gunpowder, a strange rushing car slowly appeared a huge figure. Eight massive wheels prop up a boxy frame with a thick mallet suspended from the frame, and the metallic front end makes it impossible for anyone to doubt its destructive power.
Nanying shook violently and shouted, "Not good! It's a city breaker! They're going to break through the gates! ”
He turned around and roared, "Quick! All tanks give me concentrated blows! ”
The speed of the city breaker was quite astonishing under the frantic push of hundreds of enemy troops, and it was already approaching the city gate in an instant.
More than a dozen oil canisters flew out sporadically, and just as they smashed on the city-breaking ram, some enemy soldiers completely ignored the rain of locusts and arrows overhead, and risked their lives to sprinkle large bags of sand and soil on the place where the oil was splashed, so that the fire that had just been lit was immediately extinguished.
An Eagle's Nest warrior shouted, "Sir! The oil tank has been exhausted! What to do? ”
Nanying's face changed miserably, once the city gate was broken, even if the Eagle's Nest warriors were brave and good at fighting, it would be difficult to block ten with one. How did the situation get to this point? This was supposed to be an easy practice battle to defend the city!
His mind was racing, and he suddenly shouted: "Where are Zhang Lu and Dian Wei?" ”
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and said in unison: "Here!" ”
Nan Ying's face flashed with extreme excitement, and he sneered: "Are you interested in accompanying me crazy once?" ”
The two of them were dumbfounded: "What does this mean?" ”
Nanying shouted: "Everyone continues to guard the city, Zhang Lu and Dian Wei come with me!" After speaking, he put his two knives in his hands and ran towards the city.
Zhang Xiu put his hand on the pergola, squinted his eyes and looked at the city gate, and the fierceness on his face finally faded. He never imagined that he would encounter such stubborn resistance, when all the siege equipment fell into a sea of fire, he almost ran away on the spot, after months of painstaking construction of the family goods before it could be used, it became a pile of coke, which means that even if this battle is won, his pace of conquering the whole territory of Hanzhong will definitely stagnate, how can this not teach him to drip blood in his heart?
However, fortunately, this was the case, and all the fire oil of the defending troops was exhausted, so that the original attack mallet of the disciples of Namomen had a chance to reach the city gate, and with the loss of the city gate, his thousands of siege troops would rush into the city with a devastating force, and slaughter the stubborn enemy army.
Zhang Xiu seemed to have seen that the Heavenly Master Army was fluttering in the wind on the head of Nanzheng City, and the enemy army was kneeling down and begging to surrender one by one. He exhaled a long breath of comfort, this loss was still worth it, with the materials and money in Nanzheng City, he would continue to create more sharp weapons.
He turned his head to a sacrificial wine beside him and ordered, "If you win this battle, the Momen disciple you found should be credited!" I'm going to reward you both! ”
The sacrificial wine smiled and said, "Thank you, Master!" How dare his subordinates take credit? It's all about the wisdom of the teacher! ”
Zhang Xiu smiled and said: "You don't have to be humble, after this battle, you still have to work hard to supervise the creation of siege equipment, I still have a heavy reward!" ”
The sacrificial wine's eyes lit up, and he shook it to the ground, and said respectfully: "No! The subordinates wish Shijun Wuyun prosperity and prosperity and unify Yizhou! ”
Zhang Xiu was in a good mood and shouted: "Good! Pass my order, all reserve troops, all into battle, I want to take Nanzheng in the shortest possible time! ”
He smiled at the sacrificial wine and said, "You, prepare to follow me into the city to drink tea!" ”
Nan Ying, Dian Wei, and Zhang Lu stood side by side in the doorway, looking at the city gate in front of them with a solemn face. The impact was so hard that the seemingly sturdy and heavy gate was groaning helplessly, as if it was about to collapse at any moment.
Nan Ying listened to the heavy breathing of the two people around him, and said lightly: "How is it?" Scared? ”
Dian Weihao smiled: "Don't worry, lord! I never knew what it was to be afraid! With these halberds here, I will definitely kill him enough! ”
Zhang Lu smiled bitterly: "I want to say that I am not afraid, that's a lie!" But my lord, you are really crazy enough to use the strength of the three of us to smash thousands of enemy troops. Alas, following such a madman as you, even if you die, it will not be in vain! ”
Nanying said calmly: "Don't worry! The city gates will be breached, and the enemy army will mobilize all their forces in an attempt to take it in one fell swoop! This situation will definitely fall in Wen He's eyes, if he doesn't know how to take advantage of this opportunity, then he doesn't deserve to be called Jia Xu! ”
Hope rose in Zhang Lu's heart, and he said happily: "You mean, reinforcements are about to be launched!" ”
Nanying nodded: "Not bad! The premise is that we have to live to that time! ”
Zhang Lu said proudly: "Don't worry, my lord, we won't die so easily!" ”
Nanying patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well said! The door is narrow, not conducive to group fighting, even if we invest our troops to defend the door, it will only cost the lives of our brothers in vain. At present, the three of us are the strongest masters in the entire Nanzheng City, and it can be said that the three of us are in charge, and we can't open them! ”
He smiled and said, "I think, if we hold on for a moment, the victory will be ours!" Let's create this myth in the history of warfare! ”
The three of them had a strong battle intent in their hearts, and they laughed wildly together.
After one last violent tremor, the gates finally collapsed.
Before the city-breaking hammer could retreat, countless soldiers of the Heavenly Master Army with red eyes had already rushed in impatiently.
Dian Wei shouted violently, and the twin halberds turned into two black lights, and they slammed into the side axle of the city-breaking hammer like a storm.
In the midst of everyone's stunned, the axle of the heavy breaker shattered and suddenly tilted, blocking most of the city gates, and also overwhelming a dozen unfortunate enemy soldiers by the way.
"When! While! The two spears that were attacking the south eagle swept him away with eagle knives, and then one turned and cut between the two enemies, the left knife slashed diagonally, the right knife swept, and the two enemies screamed in unison, blood sprayed wildly in the chest, abdomen, and neck, and he fell down like dancing hands and feet.
Zhang Lu was infected, moved horizontally, a fist was imprinted on the chest of an enemy, a backhand pointed out, and it hit the eyebrows of another enemy, and in the terrible sound of bone cracking, the two enemies fell to the ground and died.
The three of them joined forces, and they blocked a large number of enemy troops outside the city without giving an inch, and for a while, the corpses in the small doorway were all over the ground, and blood was overflowing.
This also stimulated the ferocity of the soldiers of the Heavenly Master Army, and the tide poured in from the narrow passages on both sides of the city-breaking hammer one after another, and countless cold and shining weapons all attacked the three of them.
Dian Wei was able to kill, and simply jumped on the city-breaking hammer, and swept condescendingly in all directions, all of them broke their tendons and fractures, and should be thrown away by the halberd.
Nanying didn't know how many people he had killed, but at this moment, he finally deeply realized the cruelty of war. All the years of training in killing have lost their effect here, and he has to rely entirely on his body's instincts, using the most primitive, direct, simplest and most effective methods to kill and avoid being killed.
Every second, all kinds of weapons came from all directions, so that they had no time to breathe, and the space to dodge and move was shrinking.
There was a hot pain on his leg and right shoulder at the same time, followed by someone next to him snorted, leaning heavily on the right shoulder injury he had just fallen, Nan Ying almost screamed, he hit out of his left shoulder, knocked the two enemies into a rolling gourd, and flew out with a kick, hitting an enemy in the lower abdomen, kicking him so that he flew backwards with blood spurting out of his mouth, and finally helped Zhang Lu who was just leaning on his side.
Zhang Lu had also hung colors in many places, one right arm was dripping with blood, and he could barely lift it, and he showed a self-deprecating wry smile to Nan Ying.
Nanying gritted his teeth and protected him behind him, blocking all attacks.
Although Dian Wei was still not injured, he had already been forced to fall from the city-breaking hammer, and when the double halberd waved, his strength gradually weakened, and he no longer had the courage to be suitable.
The only thing to be thankful for is that after the tragic fighting, the corpses in the small door hole have already piled up, and in some places the corpses are waist-high, and the enemy troops outside the city want to bypass the battering ram and attack the inside of the door, but it is also very difficult.
After killing a few more people, Nan Ying was stabbed with a spear again, fortunately, he had cowhide armor to protect his body, and the wound was not too deep, he sighed in his heart, knowing that he could no longer support it, otherwise the three of them would definitely die here, and he was just about to send a signal to Dian Wei to fight and retreat.
Suddenly, an arrow flew from behind him, hitting the front door of an enemy in front of him.