Chapter 389: Decisive Decision
"Here we go again!"
Hearing this frightened shout, he looked up and saw that a heavy boulder was whistling towards this side, and several Zhao Jun crossbowmen who were loading arrows were scattered, and subconsciously squatted down, hiding their bodies as much as possible in the shooting dead corner behind the arrow stacks with the action of dodging the bow and arrow under the city.
It's a pity that the counterweight trebuchet threw out, not a light fluttering feather arrow, but a heavy stone bullet weighing about 150 catties, this stone bullet also seemed to have eyes, just hit the location of these unlucky Zhao crossbowmen, like destroying the sand castle on the beach, easily smashed the arrow stacks to pieces, and then smashed the several Zhao army crossbowmen hiding behind the arrow stacks to the point that the flesh was flying, the brains burst out, and the corpses almost turned into meat sauce.
A nearby Zhao soldier was so frightened that he cried out loud, not only crying bitterly for his comrades-in-arms who had just been together and throwing arrows side by side to stop the Han soldiers from filling the river, but also glad that he had escaped death, and fortunately was not hit by the boulder that fell close at hand, and several other Zhao soldiers nearby were also beating their hearts together, and they were so frightened that they couldn't move for a while.
Under the control of the Han army trebuchet, thirty counterweight trebuchets bombarded the head of the giant deer city, constantly smashing heavy boulders on the head of the giant deer, killing and wounding the soldiers of the Zhao army who could not dodge, and also smashed the most critical protective facilities on the city wall, the female wall and the arrow battlement, which were full of holes, collapsed and shattered, revealing the protective gaps of different sizes, and also left a gentle slope that was easy to climb on the rammed earth city wall. The defenders of the city had no way to counterattack the counterweight trebuchet of the Han army, let alone any way to resist the huge stone bullets falling from the sky, so they could only run north and south on the city wall, dodging the bullets in embarrassment, and shivering and praying that they would not be hit by the boulder.
During this period, with the efforts of the auxiliary soldiers of the Han army, countless bags of soil and straw were thrown into the moat outside the east gate of Julu one after another, and gradually paved up two roads of march several zhang wide, and then changed the position, seized the time to open up a new road across the river, although the defenders of the city also continued to release arrows to block, but under the influence of the huge psychological pressure caused by the Han army's trebuchet, it had little effect, and there was no way to stop the Han soldiers from constantly filling the river anyway.
Or during this period, the Qi army that set up camp in the northeast corner of Julu sent troops to feint three times, pretending to impact the Han army's trebuchet position, and the Han army Zheng Bu's department responsible for reinforcements also sent troops to intercept each time, but the Qi army retreated every time, quickly withdrew to hide in the camp, lured the Han army to pursue near the camp of the own army, and let the companions on the camp take the opportunity to shoot arrows to kill the enemy, and the soldiers of the Han army were furious, but they had no choice but to keep scolding in the distance outside the Qi military camp, wasting their physical strength in vain. Inevitably, there was some slackness gradually.
Still during this period, the fourth force on the Julu battlefield, the Western Chu army, was unprecedentedly unprecedentedly idle, and could hide in the self-army barracks far away from the battlefield to rest and watch the show, but in order to prevent accidents, under Xiang Guan's strong request, Zhou Yin, the commander of the Western Chu army, still organized an army to assemble and wait, so as to send troops to rescue allies at a critical moment.
Although there is no city brick protection, but the rammed earth city wall is a gravity wall with a narrow upper and lower width after all, and it is of course not possible to completely collapse by relying on trebuchets, whether it can break through the Julu City, and finally still have to rely on ants to attack the city and seize the city gate, so at nearly half of noon, seeing that the female wall on the east gate of Julu has been seriously damaged, and at the same time, the Han army auxiliaries have also successfully filled the four sections of the moat, Xiang Kang, who personally commanded the battle, decisively ordered to stop throwing stones, while letting the trebuchet team replace with incendiary bombs, Preparing to set fire to the houses and streets in the city to disturb the enemy, he asked Worm Da, who took the initiative to ask Ying to launch an ant-attached siege to the city, to lead the army forward, preparing to launch an ant-attached attack on the east gate of Julu.
The Zhao army also reacted quickly, just saw that the Han army stopped throwing stones, and the Zhao general Ben Hao, who was guarding the east gate, immediately understood that the Han army was about to start to be annexed, and quickly ordered the soldiers to return to their posts to prepare for battle, and at the same time transferred the reserves in the city to the city to strengthen the already weakened defenders, and waited anxiously for the Han army to attack.
After another moment, just seeing that the army was ready, Xiang Kang immediately issued an attack order, and the soldiers of the Han army immediately carried the flying ladder and pushed the crash car trotting forward, and the Han army's trebuchet team also immediately started, smashing thirty pottery urns filled with charcoal and tung oil into Julu City, and then, with the landing of the original incendiary bombs one after another, there were many fires in Julu City, even if Zhao Jun had previously used the method of dealing with rockets to do a certain amount of fire prevention treatment on the houses in the city, It was still unable to resist the fierce flames caused by the burning of tung oil, and many houses were lit up to the sky, forcing the people and the defending soldiers in the city to rush to extinguish the fire, shouting and shouting into a mess, and the morale of the army was seriously affected again.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the trebuchet team desperately setting fire, the Han soldiers who gradually charged quickly rushed to the side of the moat, among which the Han soldiers who carried the flying ladder to charge were of course crossing the river by the freshly filled river section, and the city crash car was to cross the strong bridge leading directly to the city gate, and directly hit the east gate of the giant deer.
Seeing this scene, Xiang Kang in the flag array couldn't help but yawn again, knowing that the next step would definitely be a stalemate for a short time, and it would be difficult to make any major breakthroughs for a period of time. However, Xiang Kang underestimated the courage and ferocity of the soldiers of his own army, and also overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army, which had lost its elite.
"Yes, much faster than this king expected, Worm Da is really a brave general!" Xiang Kang praised happily.
"Kill the thief! Fast! Kill the thief to Lao Tzu! ”
At the same time on the Julu City, Ben Hao, the general of the Zhao army who had not been hit by the boulder, was yelling with red eyes, but he couldn't, the Zhao soldiers finally relied on the strength of the crowd, and stabbed the Han warriors who first landed in the city with spears down the city wall, and immediately several Han army warriors rushed to the city wall from the gap in the female wall of other city sections, and almost stood firm on the city wall, forcing the Zhao army to be in a hurry to plug the shortage, and in the panic, there was also an embarrassing scene of the Zhao soldier standing unstable and falling down the city wall from the gap in the female wall.
At this time, the Qi army also began the fifth camp feint, still pretending to impact the Han army's trebuchet position, luring the Han army to intercept it, and then just as the commander of the Qi army expected, after being played one after another, after seeing the Qi army turn around and run, the Han army that attacked and intercepted really did not want to waste any more strength to pursue the close live target, just chased a hundred steps away from the Qi army camp, and stopped the pursuit with a scolding scolding, and at the same time, most of the soldiers of the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han army were already sitting on the ground to rest, and their morale had obviously fallen.
"Your chance is coming." Tian said to himself in his heart, and said secretly: "If you play the thief like this a few more times, the thief should be completely relaxed." ”
Maybe it's too careless to underestimate the enemy, seeing that Zheng Bu's corps has been repeatedly tricked and obviously has slack, whether it is Xiang Kang, the final boss of the Han army, or the resourceful Uncle Zhou, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, none of them even said a word, letting Zheng Bu's corps fool around a few miles away, patiently just observing the situation of the city's head position at the east gate of Julu.
Xiang Kang was slightly disappointed, although he played very beautifully at the beginning, and successfully rushed to the city in the first ant attack, but in the next fierce battle, the ant attached Han army never made any new breakthroughs, even if there have always been Han warriors rushing to the city wall from time to time, but they have never gained a firm foothold in the city and held the position space. At the same time, the Han army's ramming car was also met with stubborn resistance from the defenders in front of the city gate, and was smashed by huge stones and yaksha so that it could not get close to the city gate, and it also fell into a stalemate.
Although such a stalemate is very common in the ant war, of course Xiang Kang will not be satisfied, and after smiling, Xiang Kang asked Uncle Zhou, "General Zhou, what's the matter?" Stalemate, don't want to think of a way? ”
"Your Majesty, please be patient." Uncle Zhou replied with a smile: "At this time, the physical strength of the Zhao State thief army is still very abundant, and all kinds of materials for defending the city are also very sufficient, it is not the time to exert force, please give the minister a little more time, and the minister will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation." ”
Xiang Kang smiled, didn't speak again, and Uncle Zhou didn't take any action, just let Worm Da, who took the initiative to ask Ying to be the vanguard, deploy troops in the front, constantly strengthen the attack, consume the enemy's physical strength and city defense materials with a fierce offensive, and patiently wait for a good fighter to appear.
Probably too boring, after a while, Zheng Bu's banner left his banner array, led a team of brightly armored guards, and casually came to the Tao Xi army that had sent troops to intercept the Qi army several times before, and stopped as if to personally appease the soldiers, seeing this situation on the high ground in the camp, the heart beat of the Qi army commander Tian Bu couldn't help but speed up a little, and said secretly: "Do you want to gamble?" ”
At the same time, in the Xiang Kangqi array, seeing Zheng Bu's banner appear in the front line of his army, Uncle Zhou laughed directly and said: "What a fragrant bait, it seems that it is difficult for the Qi State thief army not to take the bait this time, okay, we should also exert our strength, and help General Zheng by the way." ”
After that, Uncle Zhou casually pointed to one of his own personal soldiers, and said with a smile: "Go and ask Worm Da for me, I haven't rushed up for so long, are you tired?" Do you want him to come back to rest and eat, and change Ling Jing to go up to attack the city? ”
Before the words fell, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping next to him had already laughed directly, and then as Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou and other treacherous rats expected, after the soldiers brought Uncle Zhou's original words to Worm Da, Worm Da, who finally snatched the vanguard responsibility from among the many Han army generals, really exploded his chest and roared: "Return to General Zhou!" I'm not tired! Beat the drums and give me a general attack! ”
After the roar was over, Worm Da also jumped off the war horse, threw a spear and grabbed a sharp axe, and rushed to the front with the first soldier, and personally led the army to charge.
Uncle Zhou's radical plan received satisfactory results, under the encouragement of the pioneers of the worms, the follow-up rushed up the Han army ladder like undulating waves, one after another on the head of the giant deer city, the Han generals led by the worm Da all ascended first, against the rain and hail like stone ash bottles to charge upward, seeing such a scene, the former soldiers of the Han army who had not been able to attack for a long time also forgot their fatigue and hunger, red eyes and again exerted their strength, and launched a more violent charge towards the head of Julu City.
At this time, of course, the physical strength of the Zhao soldiers had dropped very much, Ben Hao reacted a little slower, and the order to mobilize the reserves to go to the city for reinforcements was a little late, resulting in his fresh army not being able to rush to the city wall in time to reinforce, and the tired soldiers were of course difficult to parry such a fierce attack, so in just a moment, dozens of Han soldiers rushed to the city wall one after another, and then immediately after, accompanied by a red Han army flag rushed to the city, An earth-shattering cheer immediately erupted on the battlefield of the East Gate of the giant deer.
At this time, seeing that the situation of the Zhao army was critical, Tian Bu could only quickly make up his mind, and sent a lure army out of the camp for the sixth time, pretending to reinforce the Julu East Gate battlefield, trying to lure Zheng Bu, the corps-level commander of the Han army, who happened to be in the front team, to personally lead the army to intercept it, and at the same time, a large number of Qi army soldiers were already ready to attack.
Let Tabe be ecstatic, seeing that the Qi army came out of the camp again, Zheng Bu, who had been repeatedly teased, really led the front team to charge, and faced the Qi army who was shouting and attacking, while most of the soldiers of Zheng Bu's corps were still sitting on the ground and resting, obviously slacking off to an incorrigible opportunity. Seeing this scene, Tabe gritted his teeth, still with red eyes and yelled, "Beat the drum!" Sortie! Kill Zheng Bupifu! ”
The earth-shattering sound of war drums suddenly sounded in the Qi army camp, and the three southern gates opened at the same time, and the elite troops of the Qi army, which had been gathering momentum for a long time, shouted and attacked, and rushed to Zheng Bu, the corps-level commander of the Han army, who personally led the army to intercept it. However, at this time, the love general Yu Ling suddenly rushed in front of Tian and loudly dissuaded: "General, it's too risky!" Zheng Bupifu came to the front team in person, it may be that he is luring the enemy! ”
Tian Bu was stunned, but seeing that the soldiers of the main brigade of Zheng Bujun's main brigade in the distance were just hurriedly getting up and urgently regrouping the queue, Tian Bu still said: "Fighting a war is an adventure!" Anyway, it's going to attack, so it's better to gamble now, and bet that we can kill Zheng Bupifu directly! ”
Facts have proved that Tian should have made the right bet this time, after seeing the sudden attack of the Qi army, Zheng Bu, who personally led the army to meet the battle, found that it was not good, and he could only lead the Han army front team back sharply with Tao Xi, and quickly fled back to the main force to join the main force, the Qi army finally caught such a god-given opportunity, of course, no one would let go, shouting that one rushed more fiercely than the other, and the Qi army front team that attacked first was still in a position far from the Zheng Bujun brigade, and bit the tail of the Zheng Bu army's front team.
Once again, Tian Bu and the Qi army soldiers were ecstatic, seeing the Qi army approaching, Zheng Bu made a mistake in his busyness, and actually took the Han army front team back to face the battle, and stopped his own steps to escape, and the Qi army soldiers who attacked behind cheered one by one, rushed faster and more fiercely, and chased close in a blink of an eye, winning the opportunity to directly engage with the Han army's front team.
"There's a chance!" Tabe likes to call.
"Well done." Xiang Kang also praised in the Han army flag array.
As Xiang Kang expected, after luring the Qi army brigade to the vicinity of the self-army brigade, Zheng Bu's banner quickly disappeared in the front of the Han army, and the other spare Zheng Bu Shuai flag suddenly reappeared in his flag array, and after smirking smugly, Zheng Bu also yelled again: "Beat the drum, attack!" Kill all the thieves out of the camp! ”
The war drums sounded, and Zheng Bujun's brigade immediately sent three troops, two or so to kill, rushing out of the camp to attack the left and right flanks of the Qi army, and the third team rushed directly to the Qi army camp to cut off the road back to the camp of the Qi army. As a result, seeing such a situation in the camp, Tabe also turned pale and screamed: "I have been tricked!" Zheng Bupifu is deliberately luring the enemy with his handsome flag! ”
"The last general has already said it, but you don't listen, general." Yu Ling smiled bitterly and complained.
"Less nonsense, what should we do now?"
Tianbe's angry questioning made Yu Ling subconsciously look behind him, but unfortunately, the fellow soldier who really helped Yu Ling to be in the limelight during this time was not behind Yu Ling at the moment because he was not qualified to follow Yu Ling until he spoke in front of Tian Ling, and of course there was no way to put forward any good suggestions in time to help Qi Jun resolve the current critical situation......
So of course the poor Qi army out of the camp soldiers, the combat effectiveness is not as good as the Han army, the equipment is only a second-rate level, this will meet the Han army Zheng Bu Corps in a state of rage in the field, the Qi army is of course not an opponent, the battle is only a moment, out of the camp Qi army was out of the cage tiger like the Han army soldiers killed corpses all over the field, ghosts cry wolf howl, had to quickly flee to the self-army camp, the Han army team that rushed to the front did not hesitate to meet the front, and the self-army pursuers joined forces, front and back to flank the poor Qi soldiers, The one with red eyes was slashed more fiercely than the other, and the other was slashed harder than the other.
Out of the camp Qi army soon completely chaotic, the Han army from all directions attacked like a storm, killing them to the back of their horses, screaming endlessly, the long-suppressed Han army soldiers are all brave, everyone is vying for the first, crazy roaring and constantly beckoning weapons to the enemy, spears pierced through the body of Qi soldiers, smashed the heads of Qi soldiers, Zhan Ge even stabbed and pecked and dragged, constantly splashed blood on the bodies of Qi soldiers, those Han army elites with steel knives were even more unstoppable, brandishing snowy steel knives, Cutting off the enemy's head and arms like chopping melons and vegetables, he vented the monstrous anger of the previous successive losses on the poor Qi soldiers.
Unable to withstand the crazy offensive of the Han army, countless Qi soldiers and soldiers scattered and fled for their lives, but the Han cavalry led by Guan Ying had long been on the periphery of the battlefield, constantly wandering and slashing and killing the Qi army's rout, chasing and chasing, like a group of hungry wolves hunting poor lambs and rabbits.
There was really no way to force it, Tabe could only hurry up and send the army out of the camp again, and go all out to meet the attacking army back to the camp to flee for his life, but Tabe was destined to do so only to give Zheng Bu more and better opportunities for revenge, under the personal leadership of Zheng Bu, the Han army brigade quickly launched an attack, and entered the battlefield to start a melee with the Qi army that had left the camp one after another, just like a tide ocean, quickly engulfed the trapped Qi army, and also met the Qi army rescuers who hurriedly went out of the camp to respond. For a while, there were swords and swords everywhere outside the Qi military camp, and there were also soldiers of the Han and Qi armies who sacrificed their lives to fight, and the chaos was like a pot of boiling rice porridge.
At this time, relying on the brave impact of the insect department, the soldiers of the Han army have also firmly established a foothold in Julu City, and won a certain amount of position space, no matter how the Zhao army sent reserves to the city to counterattack, there was no way to expel the Han army back into the city, and the Han soldiers under the city relied on the cover of their companions to go to the city one after another, and accumulated a sufficient number of troops on the city's head position, constantly fighting for position space with the Zhao army inch by inch.
The second team of the besieging Han army, Ling Jing's department, had already assembled outside Julu City, but Xiang Kang and Zhou Shu were not in a hurry to invest in the rear army to strengthen the offensive, because Xiang Kang, Zhou Shu and others knew very well that the most ideal time for Ling Jing's department to attack should be when the Qi army completely collapsed and fled back to the camp, at that time, the morale of the Han army was even more boosted, and the morale of the Zhao army was definitely more affected.
The Julu battlefield where there are four forces at the same time is too complicated, Xiang Kang also had to consider the reaction of the Western Chu army, and after thinking for a while, Xiang Kang suddenly took a silk pen and quickly wrote a paragraph on the white silk - General Zhou Yin, you know my brother's temper, even if you can go back, you will die! Surrender to me with the army, make you a marquis, and give you a thousand households! Han King Xiang Kang!
After writing this letter in a hurry, Xiang Kang didn't even seal it, and immediately handed it to Chen Ping, instructing: "Send someone to the camp of the Western Chu thief army immediately, as long as you see the Western Chu thief army sending troops to reinforce the Qi Zhao thief army, immediately send it to the camp of the Western Chu thief army and hand it over to Zhou Yin!" I bet that if the Western Chu Thief Army sends troops to reinforce the Qi Zhao Thief Army, it will definitely be my brother Xiang Guan's commander, without him making trouble next to him, it is the best opportunity for us to recruit Zhou Yin, and we must not miss it! ”