Chapter 354: A Brave Husband
"Killββ!"
The attack in the Han army's flag array had just been launched, and the former soldiers of the Han army, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately shouted and rushed to the middle gate of the enemy camp that had been smashed open by the Han army's counterweight trebuchet. The Western Chu army camp was also shouting constantly, the soldiers on the camp hurriedly opened their crossbows and released arrows, shooting directly to block the Han army's charge, the archers of the Western Chu army behind the wall hurriedly lined up in a horizontal line, ready to be under the command of the lookout, with bows and arrows to cover and kill the enemy, the Western Chu army team responsible for guarding the gate also hurriedly pushed the Saimen knife cart forward, set up temporary fortifications to protect the camp gate that had been smashed open, and basically did not do it busy but not chaotic, but did not live up to the strict training that the generals of the Western Chu army usually gave them.
"Whewββ! Phewββ! Phewββ! Phewββ! β
It is also deserving of these poor soldiers of the Western Chu Army who are unlucky, because Xiang Kang's order is to send his own soldiers to convey, and he failed to deliver the order at the first time, the Han army examination order Yang Bu's Han army trebuchet team actually threw a wave of stone bombs to the middle gate of the Western Chu army at this time, and huge stone bullets fell from the sky, these soldiers of the Western Chu Army who had just assembled on the position were caught off guard, and were suddenly smashed to the point of blood and flesh, and there were countless dead, and the screams and shouts that rose to the sky even directly overwhelmed the shouts and kills of the Han soldiers.
It was still at this time that Xiang Kang asked the trebuchet to change the order to bombard the right gate of the southern camp of the Western Chu army before it was sent to Yang Bu, and Yang Bu, who had not closed his eyes for two nights, quickly ordered the Han army trebuchet team to turn around, staring at the eyes that were already bloodshot, and personally helped the Han gunners to adjust the shooting angle, and then fired stones in unison, slamming the right gate of the southern camp of the Western Chu army. At the same time, the 3,000 Han infantry had also quickly run to the right gate of the Western Chu army, so that they could immediately launch a charge after the Han trebuchet blasted open the door of the enemy's camp.
On the side of the middle gate, the commando team of the Han army has also rushed into the bow and arrow throwing range of the Western Chu army, under the command of the gesture of the lookout on the base, many soldiers of the Western Chu army also hurriedly threw feather arrows into the sky, fortunately, the Han army took advantage of the opportunity to make a mission, and had already discovered that the Western Chu army was equipped with bows and arrows more than crossbow arrows, so the Han army commando carried enough shields to protect, and just saw the rain of arrows rising behind the Western Chu military camp, and immediately raised the shield to protect their diagonal top, so although the bows and arrows of the Western Chu army were projectile quite accurately, Most of them were shot on the heads of the Han commandos, but the effect was not great, and they did not cause many casualties to the Han soldiers, let alone the Han commandos who were repelling the charge.
In this way, after several rounds of arrows hurriedly thrown by the Western Chu army, the Han army commando team has rushed to the side of the camp protection trench of the Western Chu army camp, and the soldiers of the Western Chu army on the wall are like crazy, desperately blocking the moat bridge built by the Western Chu army with crossbow arrows, but the soldiers of the Han army mustered up the courage and resolutely rushed to the bridge at the fastest speed, rushing to the door of the Western Chu military camp that had been wide open, and the soldiers of the Western Chu army behind the door hurriedly resisted the Saimen knife car in front of the door, and blocked the gate smashed open by the Han army's trebuchet.
It's a pity that the Han army's tricks are too many, when they are about to rush to the front of the camp, the Han army commando suddenly threw a number of primitive grenades one after another, directly over the Saimen knife car of the Western Chu army, fell to the rear and exploded, such as thunder, ceramic fragments flew wildly, and the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were caught off guard were suddenly in chaos, and the soldiers of the Han Army took the opportunity to step forward, and used the crashing wood brought by the army to open a Saimen knife car, and the Han soldiers behind took the opportunity to follow, and even stabbed and slashed to death and injured several soldiers of the Western Chu Army who resisted the Saimen knife car, Rushed into the Western Chu military camp through the gap in the Saimen knife car.
But that's just the end of it, because there are too many soldiers and soldiers in the Western Chu, they quickly rushed up, surrounded and killed the soldiers of the Han army who rushed into the camp, and also resisted the Saimen knife car again, Leng Shengsheng blocked the charging footsteps of the Han army with a knife car full of spikes at the front end, even if the soldiers of the Han army threw the original grenade again, they failed to blow up the crowd of the soldiers of the Western Chu army, and they were blocked by the Saimen knife car, and they could only use the door and spear Ge to resist the camp knife car of the Western Chu army, while wrestling with the soldiers of the Western Chu, When he saw the vacancy, he used an axe to chop the Saimen knife cart of the Western Chu army, and fought with the Western Chu army in the dark.
Fortunately, at this time, the rear army of the Han army of 3,000 people has also arrived, while using the trench bridge car to grab a temporary bridge on the trench, while urgently transporting the flying ladder over the trench, the ant attached to the base and the enemy to compete for the position on the base, some brave Han soldiers also took the opportunity to board the trebuchet smashed out of the wall gap, condescendingly and fight with the enemy in the camp. However, the performance of the Western Chu army was equally brave, relying on the limited geographical advantage and the stubborn resistance of the Saimen knife car, and did not fall behind for a while, and did not give the Han soldiers the opportunity to take the opportunity to kill in the barracks.
When the middle gate was stalemate, the Han army's trebuchet team also began to bombard the right gate of the enemy camp, and the heavy stones continued to fall near the right gate of the Western Chu army, smashing the soldiers of the Western Chu army who could not avoid it to blood splashing, brains bursting, screaming continuously, and constantly smashing gaps in the camp of the Western Chu army, and soon smashed the arrow tower of the Western Chu army above the right gate, which greatly weakened the defense of the right gate of the Western Chu army.
"Quick! Fast! Load the stones! Try to aim at me, you must smash the right door of the Western Chu army thieves as soon as possible, it's not early, we have to smash the left door of the Western Chu thief army! Fast! β
Yang Bu's voice was about to roar hoarsely, but fortunately, the hard work paid off, at this time, a boulder happened to hit the middle of the right gate of the Western Chu army as if it had eyes, and immediately smashed the solid camp gate directly, and the soldiers of the Han army suddenly burst into joy, but the Western Chu army was a voice of regret and chagrin. Then, under the command of Xiang Kang, another Han assault team immediately launched a charge, and the Han army trebuchet team hurriedly adjusted its direction again and concentrated its fire on the left gate of the last camp gate of the southern camp of the Western Chu army.
"Hold on!" Cao Ji yelled like crazy, "Give the right door an order, no matter what it takes, you must resist me!" And the left door is the same, if it is smashed open by the trebuchet of the Han thief, I have to resist it at any cost! Thieves must not be allowed to storm our camp! β
In order to smash open the left door of the Han army as soon as possible, at the request of Yang Bu, the Han army team sent to protect the trebuchet team also quickly divided their manpower, came to help pull the throwing arm, carry the stone projectiles, and the huge stones also continued to fly in the air, smashing into the left gate of the Western Chu army one after another.
The Han army assault team that attacked the right gate of the Western Chu army was soon dragged into a stalemate by the Western Chu army, just like the Zhongmen battlefield, and also failed to make a breakthrough. The Han army's trebuchet team also fell into a strange circle of more and more urgent luck, throwing dozens of boulders one after another, Du Leng failed to smash the left gate of the Western Chu army, and could not open a new road to enter the army, the sky gradually began to darken, and it was about to fall into the night, and the armies of the warring sides gradually lit torches.
Seeing this scene, Cao Ji, who was commanding the battle on the high ground in the camp, was of course secretly happy in his heart, and constantly thanked the heavens for blessing and shared the huge pressure for himself. Although Xiang Kang, who was fighting on the high ground outside the camp, was silent on the surface, he also began to be anxious in his heart, and said secretly: "My luck won't be so bad, if it gets dark and I can't smash the left door of the Western Chu thief army, just relying on two ways to enter the army, this battle will be more difficult." β
"Idiot! Get out of the way! Let me! β
What was even more urgent was Yang Bu, a junior apprentice in the blacksmith shop of Shiling Pavilion back then, seeing that he couldn't open the left door of the Western Chu Army, Yang Bu simply stepped forward in person, pushed away a Han gunner who had just been loaded with stone bullets, personally adjusted the shooting height, and rushed to the back of the car to grab the axe, and struggled to cut down the rope that pulled the scoop, and shouted with red eyes: "Zhong! β
A miracle appeared, seeing that the sky was about to be completely dark, after Yang Bu's own hand threw this stone projectile flew out, it happened to hit the upper end of the left door of the Western Chu Army, and directly smashed the left door of the Western Chu Army from top to bottom, the camp gate was wide open, the soldiers of the Han Army cheered loudly again, the soldiers of the Western Chu Army screamed in despair, Yang Bu, who had not rested for three days and two nights, laughed, and then sat on the ground with his buttocks, lying down with his feet open to the sky, and then fell asleep on the battlefield where people shouted and neighed.
"Kill!"
The third assault team of the Han army, which had been gathering momentum for a long time, shouted and charged, rushing towards the left gate of the Western Chu army like a torrent of tides, but Cao Ji on the high ground in the camp was so angry that he drew his sword and threw it to the ground, and roared: "Order the whole army to defend the camp gate!" Whoever takes a step back without permission will be put to death immediately! β
Xiang Kang hurriedly got up and rushed to the edge of the high ground to look hard, looking for the main direction of attack of the army, and at the same time, the Han army's trebuchet team can also free up their hands and use the remaining stone bullets to bombard the camp and the camp of the Western Chu army, and do their best to share the pressure for the attacking infantry, and as long as it is smashed accurately, it can immediately cause huge casualties to the soldiers of the Western Chu army lined up in a dense queue.
In the end, the Han army commando still made progress at the middle gate of the enemy camp, relying on unremitting efforts, after paying a considerable price, the Han army commando first seized the high ground of the wall on both sides of the middle gate of the enemy camp, condescendingly smashed the enemy behind the door with the stone ash bottle prepared by the Western Chu army before, and the Han soldiers who stormed the camp gate took the opportunity to exert their strength, and drove a Saimen knife car of the Western Chu army with the top of the wood, and other Han soldiers also took the opportunity to rush up, and slashed fiercely at the enemy behind the other Saimen knife cars, Then the front end of a Saimen knife car was overturned to the ground, and finally opened a road into the camp, and the Han soldiers who were blocked from the road cheered and rushed into the camp, and the Western Chu army had no choice but to hurry up and block the advance of the Han army with a dense queue.
Judging from the confusion of the torches and the shouts of killing, Xiang Kang didn't dare to waste time anymore, and immediately sent someone to order Zhang Zhong to lead the army to storm the middle gate of the enemy camp, and arranged for Long He to lead the rear army to follow early, preparing to cooperate with the Han army's heavy armor to rush into the enemy camp.
After receiving the order, Zhang Zhong, the fierce general of the Han army, also did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly stepped forward with five hundred Han heavy armor soldiers equipped with steel helmets and steel armor, and attacked the middle gate of the southern camp of the Western Chu army head-on.
Finally, after crossing the crowded crowd, the slow-moving Han army heavy armor soldiers still rushed to the front of the camp of the Western Chu army, and rushed into the camp forcefully, and they were immediately stopped by the dense crowd of the Western Chu army, and the spear and sword were also stabbed like a storm, but the Han army heavy armor soldiers did not panic, and simply ignored the enemy's attack.
Needless to say, the bronze weapons commonly equipped by the soldiers of the Western Chu Army were of course difficult to cause any damage to all the heavy armor soldiers of the Han Army wearing steel armor, even if they stabbed the vital point in the chest and abdomen and splashed strings of sparks, there was absolutely no way to penetrate the steel armor of the heavy armor of the Han Army. On the contrary, every knife cut by the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army can easily cut off the arms of the Western Chu soldiers, smash the bones and necks of the Western Chu soldiers, and every shot can directly penetrate the simple leather armor on the Western Chu soldiers, causing fatal injuries to the Western Chu soldiers, and also cutting down and stabbing the enemies on the opposite side one after another, constantly advancing to seize the space in the camp.
"It's the ironclad soldier of the Han thief! Ironclad soldiers who can't be killed! β
Similar shouts have long been in the crowd of the Western Chu army, and it has further shaken the morale of the soldiers of the Western Chu army, who have suffered a great morale because of drinking water poisoning and the camp gate being directly smashed open, and encountered the Han army heavy armor soldiers who were famous for their fear during the Xingyang War, of course, the soldiers of the West Chu army are more panicked, even if there are supervising the war team in the back to pick up the axe and cut people, there are still many soldiers of the West Chu army who are constantly retreating, and the Han army heavy armor soldiers take the opportunity to advance step by step, seizing more and more space in the camp.
When the 500 Han army heavy armor soldiers led by Zhang Zhong all rushed into the enemy camp, the Western Chu army completely lost any hope of recapturing the Zhongmen position, and the Han army heavy armor soldiers who fought in clusters were like a group of humanoid tanks, rampaging in the Western Chu military camp, invincible, killing the Western Chu army infantry to the point of crying wolf and fleeing continuously, and the Han army commandos behind also took the opportunity to swarm into the camp, helping the Han army heavy armor soldiers to seize more space in the camp. At the same time, other soldiers of the Han army who were inspired also succeeded one after another, rushing to the enemy camp wall one after another, and continuously expelling the frightened enemy from the base, and gradually connecting into one.
Then, Long Ji also led the rear army of the Han army to launch a charge, and relying on the help of the heavy armor soldiers of the Han army, he quickly and directly entered the enemy camp, and during the period, he continued to throw primitive grenades with amazing intimidation effects to blow up the enemy, and took the opportunity to disrupt the whole army, killing the Western Chu army to the point of defeat and retreat, and soon expanded the number of troops entering the camp to thousands of people.
Seeing this situation on the high ground in the camp, the civil and military forces of the Western Chu Army closed their eyes in pain, all of them understood that the camp of the self-army was doomed, and the loss of the camp was basically a foregone conclusion. Although Cao Zhi also understood this in his heart, he refused to be reconciled, and shouted at Gong Ao: "Gong Ao, take your army, no matter what, drive all the Han thief army out of the camp and keep our camp!" β
Gongao is also a fierce general, even if he knew that there was little hope, he still did not hesitate to hold his fists and agree, immediately rushed back to his army, and led the reserves of the Western Chu Army to launch a counterattack on the middle gate, and Cao Zhi yelled again: "Order all the armies to defend their respective positions with all their might, and those who dare to retreat without permission will be killed immediately!" β
The soldiers on the left and right agreed, and immediately scattered to all parts of the camp to give orders, Cao Ji also closed his eyes and said secretly: "God bless, you must help me defend the camp, if the thieves only fight once and break my camp, I will not have the face to go back to see the king." β
At this moment, the battle in the camp has also reached a fever pitch, the soldiers of the Han army are like a tide, constantly rushing into the camp of the Western Chu army from the middle gate of the enemy camp that is open, near the middle gate of the Western Chu military camp is as chaotic as boiling rice porridge, everywhere you can see the soldiers of the two armies who are fighting to the death with red eyes, spears and swords continue to pierce the human body, bringing out strings of hot blood, Zhan Ge smashed people's heads, the war knife cut off the head of the arm, blood waves and white brains continue to splash, and the soldiers on both sides are constantly howling and falling, The dead and the wounded appear one after another every second, and there are more than one or two.
At this time, the Han army's individual soldier quality advantage has finally been brought into play, even if it has been killed, it has been heated by the boiling blood, and the Han soldiers who are mostly veterans are still able to skillfully dodge the weapons stabbed and cut by the enemy, and at the same time quickly make a counterattack, using the best weapons left by Qin Shi Huang and Qin II to bring death or serious injury to the enemy. However, the soldiers of the Western Chu army with too many recruits are diametrically opposed, many recruits only know how to slash and kill indiscriminately, and they died tragically under the swords and spears of the old sparrows of the Han army one after another, and the number of casualties is far greater than that of the Han army, and because of the lack of morale, they were rushed back by the Han army one after another, and were soon forced to retreat to the camp area.
What's even worse is that at this time, the officers and soldiers of the Western Chu Army are still constantly having poisoning reactions, and many of the Western Chu soldiers who drank the poisoned water either have unbearable abdominal pain, or the world is spinning, and there are even cases of vomiting constantly, and in front of the soldiers of the Han army, they are like lambs to be slaughtered, and they are easily killed by the soldiers of the Han army. Affected by this, the military spirit of the Western Chu army was inevitably even more panicked, and gradually showed signs of collapse.
At this time, Gong Ao had also rushed to help with the reserves of the Western Chu Army, but unfortunately, as soon as the reserves of the Western Chu Army arrived at the scene, they directly encountered the most difficult heavy armor soldiers of the Han Army, and what was even more unfortunate for the Western Chu Army was that in order to stimulate morale, Gong Ao still took the lead and rushed to the front, and together with his own army, he became the first reserve of the Western Chu Army to encounter the heavy armor soldiers of the Han Army.
"There are big fish!"
The conspicuous armor and dazzling cloak on Gongao's body, as well as the fact that he rode a high-headed horse and became a magnet, immediately attracted the attention of the heavy armor soldiers of the Han army, and Zhang Zhong, the fierce general of the Han army, was the first to see Gongao, and immediately roared, the first to rush to Gongao who was surrounded and protected by his own soldiers, and the standard-bearer behind him followed, and the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army immediately charged towards Gongao, and the roar resounded directly through the heavens and the earth, "Kill!" β
"Rush forward! Kill this thief! β
Because the Han army's heavy armor soldiers did not have time to put on torches, in the chaotic night battle, Gong Ao not only did not find out that the enemy opposite was the Han army's heavy armor soldiers who were known as invulnerable, but also personally led his personal army to meet them, in a vain attempt to kill this group of Han infantry who did not know whether to live or die, and make a good start to boost morale. So......
"It's the iron armor of the Han thief!"
The screams of the pro-soldiers in front made Gong Ao's heart skip a beat, and it also made Gong Ao, who had already seen the strength of the heavy armor soldiers of the Han army, immediately change his face, and secretly complained in his heart, "Oh no, why did you happen to meet this group of plague gods?" β
No matter how hard you complain, it's useless, at this time, the Western Chu army is already at a disadvantage, if Gong Ao dares to turn around and run, it is strange that the West Chu army does not collapse immediately, so Gong Ao has no choice but to restrain the war horse, shout loudly from the sergeant to step forward, in a vain attempt to use the numerical advantage to pile up the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army.
It's a pity, even if it depends on the number of people, it's useless, all the Han army heavy armor soldiers composed of hundreds of elite soldiers rely on the advantage of equipment, not only kill the swarming soldiers of the Western Chu Army to cry and scream, but also like a sharp knife, constantly stabbing towards the location of Gong Ao, in the blink of an eye, it is less than ten steps away from Gong Ao, Gong Ao saw helpless, and he didn't care whether it would affect the morale of the army, so he quickly turned his horse's head and prepared to flee for his life the way he came.
Tonight's luck is obviously not on the side of Gong Ao, with the light of the torches in the hands of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army, seeing that Gong Ao turned around and wanted to run, Zhang Zhong, who was one of the few in the world in the late Qin and early Han dynasties with a high degree of martial arts, first handed over the steel knife to his left hand, and then grabbed a spear stabbed by a soldier of the Western Chu Army with his right hand, raised his leg and kicked the soldier of the Western Chu Army, and then ignored the enemy spear stabbed from the left, turned the tip of the spear he caught, lowered his waist and raised his arms, and threw himself towards Gong Ao, shouting in his mouth, "Die!" β
The spear flew out of the air, and the one who wanted to die happened to pierce the back of Gong Ao's neck, although the edge of the spear head was rubbed by the bronze armor worn by Gong Ao, the tip of the spear flew upward, just piercing into the back of Gong Ao's neck and neck socket, breaking the neck and entering, and the tip of the spear drilled out of Gong Ao's mouth, so that Gong Ao couldn't even scream, and his body shook, and he fell directly off the war horse.
"The communist general died in battle!"
The cry of the Gongao soldiers was like a thunderclap, which quickly spread throughout the crowd of the reserve of the Western Chu Army, and when they heard that the main general was killed in battle, the reserve of the Western Chu Army, whose morale was not high, was suddenly in chaos. As a result, seeing this situation in the high ground of the camp, Cao Zhi of course jumped like thunder, beat his chest and shouted: "Gong Ao Pifu! How did you bring the soldiers? When you come back, Ben Shuai will definitely not spare you! β
At this time, other Han army troops have also broken through the left and right gates of the Western Chu army, just like two tides, and have rushed into the Western Chu military camp, the Western Chu military camp is completely chaotic, everywhere is chaotic Western Chu army crowds, but also everywhere are lit camp tents, the Han army soldiers who launched the main attack from the middle gate are like a rainbow, directly advancing towards the Chinese army camp of the Western Chu army, Cao Ji roared and roared on the high ground in the camp, but it did not play any role, He could only watch as the Han army gradually approached his Chinese camp......
"Da Sima, our camp can't be saved, let's prepare to withdraw to Puyang City to defend the city."
Kui Che's kind suggestion was exchanged for a heavy slap in the face from Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhi's thunderous roar, "Shut up!" Ben Shuai swears to live and die with the camp! If the camp can't be saved, Ben Shuai will definitely not steal his life alone! β
After roaring, Cao Ji tidied up the clothes and armor on his body, and said loudly: "Order all departments of the Chinese army to defend the camp of the Chinese army, even if they die, they must not disgrace our Western Chu army!" β
Kuaiche hung his head helplessly, and said secretly: "Although he is still a big man who stands up to the sky, it is a pity that like the king of Western Chu, he is a useless and brave husband." β