Chapter 184: The First Siege
"Fengxiao, in your opinion, is it possible to hold this tiger prison?" On a hill between the coalition camp and the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhang Hao looked at the mighty alliance army, frowned and asked Guo Jia.
Early this morning, the coalition army began to reorganize the army, except for the army left behind in the camp, the mighty army of more than 200,000 people, under the leadership of all the princes, went straight to the Tiger Pass.
Although Zhang Hao petitioned to stay in the camp, he did not stay in the camp honestly, but brought people to this hill in advance to watch the battle.
At this time, Zhang Hao and Guo Jia sat opposite each other, watching the army below, Tong Fei and Dian Wei stood sideways beside Zhang Hao, and Guo Jia was beside Zhao Yu.
In the outer half circle, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Hua Xiong, and Yu Ban were standing on horseback, and of course, Zhang Fei was also followed by Gongsun Yue.
Now Zhao Yu basically follows Guo Jia all day long, even her own brother Zhao Yun wants her to accompany her It is very difficult, and Gongsun Yue also follows Zhang Fei's side, not leaving an inch.
"My lord, I think that at least within a day or two, the coalition forces will not be able to defeat the Tiger Pass, but no matter how long it is, no matter how easy it is to defend and difficult to attack, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold on, unless Dong Zhuo's reinforcements arrive." Guo Jia said without thinking.
"Oh? There are not many defenders in the Kannai now, can they hold out for a day? Zhang Hao looked at Guo Jia and asked suspiciously.
"My lord, listen to my analysis, first of all, although the coalition army has nearly 300,000 troops, but due to the terrain, the maximum number of people who can attack the city wall at the same time is only 10,000 people.
"The second is that although the coalition forces are numerous, they are not subordinate to each other, and there is no unified command when they act, and they are acting independently, which will definitely affect their combat effectiveness."
"In the end, all the princes still have room to spare, although it is profitable, but they still haven't used all their strength, my lord, please see the forces of all parties rushing to the front."
"There is no formation between these armies, and the discipline is extremely loose, if I am not mistaken, these should be newly recruited soldiers from all sides, and the elite, even the trained troops, are hidden in the snow."
"Now such an army has no combat effectiveness, and the leaders of all parties have different intentions, and if they want to fight and win the Tiger Pass, the only way to fight is to fight the number of people, and the army will keep attacking and consuming the defenders, which will not be able to be done for a while and a half."
Guo Jia pointed to the army below as he spoke, Zhang Hao looked in the direction of Guo Jia's finger, and sure enough, the army at the front of the army looked like an untrained recruit, and he was very lazy.
"Alas, that's fine, otherwise we really let these people beat the tiger prison and go straight to Luoyang to take Dong Zhuo, and we will really not be able to do it in the future." Zhang Hao said with a wry smile.
"They will soon regret hiding the elite, if they do their best in this battle, they may be able to defeat the tiger prison, and now in this situation, Dong Zhuo's reinforcements may be able to arrive soon." Guo Jia smiled and said.
"Why did Bong Hyo say this?" Zhang Hao frowned and asked.
"According to the time, the reinforcements from Luoyang should have arrived a long time ago, but now there has been no movement, I think Dong Zhuo must be brewing some big move."
"Maybe he is gathering a large army, or maybe Dong Zhuo's army has been assembled and is on the way here, no matter what the situation is, as long as there is a war here, Luoyang only needs to send a team of vanguards, and the horse will arrive quickly, and the situation can be stabilized." Guo Jia smiled and said.
"What does Bonghyo mean? There is a conspiracy? Zhang Hao asked with a twinkle in his eyes.
"That's right, the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, and I suspect that on the one hand, Dong Zhuo is gathering a large army and preparing to deal a heavy blow to the coalition army, and on the other hand, he has other actions in Luoyang." Guo Jia nodded and said.
Listening to Guo Jia's words, Zhang Hao fell into deep thought, it seems that Dong Zhuo's relocation of the capital to Chang'an was not because the Tiger Prison Pass was broken, but because it was premeditated.
"Knock, knock, knock......" Just as Zhang Hao was thinking, a burst of war drums came, accompanied by a burst of shouts of killing, the coalition launched the first wave of attacks, and tens of thousands of troops at the forefront of the coalition army rushed to the Tiger Pass.
"Boom, boom, boom......" A sound of breaking the air came, and before the alliance army could attack the pass, a rain of arrows was shot in the pass, killing the siege soldiers on their backs.
Most of the soldiers who rushed up from the coalition were recruits, and some people were even ready to turn around and run away, but the people who came up behind were rushing forward, and they were suddenly in a mess.
A dense rain of arrows fell in the ranks, and the coalition soldiers fell in pieces, and even those with shields could not protect their bodies.
Those soldiers who were directly shot to death were okay, and the worst ones were those who were shot and fell to the ground, and between the charges of the army, how could it be that it didn't matter whether there were corpses or wounded soldiers lying on the ground, and as a result, they were directly trampled into flesh by the people who rushed up from behind.
These recruits were still rushing forward with their enthusiasm, but as the bloody gas in the air became thicker and thicker, and then saw their comrades-in-arms who were trampled under their feet, some of them had poor endurance, and they vomited on the spot.
Those who had the ability to bear it, although they were not so embarrassed, but many of them were frightened, the blood in their chests was gone, and the morale of the army plummeted.
Zhang Hao looked at this scene and couldn't help but shake his head, before he arrived at the city, the combat effectiveness of the besieging army had been reduced by at least three or four percent, relying on such a team, I am afraid that even the city wall would not be able to attack.
After two rounds of arrow rain, the besieging army finally rushed to the pass, and some soldiers carrying the ladder set up the ladder on the city wall, and the rest of the soldiers climbed the ladder.
These soldiers thought that they would be safe after dodging the rain of arrows, and they just waited to storm the city wall and then go back to receive the reward, but they did not know that their nightmare had just begun.
When the ladders on the city wall were full of siege soldiers, several defenders appeared next to each ladder on the city wall, and these soldiers brought out a large cauldron and poured the liquid in the pot against the ladder.
The soldiers on the ladder and the soldiers under the city were killed, and there were bursts of screams, and the cauldron must have been boiling tung oil, which was poured down on the city, and as long as it touched it, the skin was opened.
Tung oil poured on the ladder, not only causing damage to the siege soldiers this time, but also more terrifying was still behind, before the siege soldiers could react, hundreds of fires appeared on the city wall.
Some of the defenders lit torches, first by lighting the ladder and then by throwing the torches under the city, and some of them threw the lighted rags and grass directly down the city walls.
The ladder and the land below, as well as the soldiers under the city, were stained with tung oil everywhere, and a small spark could set a large area on fire.
Some soldiers in the city, who were not scalded by the hot oil just now, were secretly rejoicing, but a flame fell in front of them, instantly igniting the tung oil on the ground, and swallowing the soldiers into the sea of fire.