Chapter 45: The Beginning of the Great War [Five Watches Break Out and Seek Collection]

In front of Yingzhou City, the 300,000 army was neatly arranged in a thirty-square formation before and after, and the atmosphere of slaughter entered the hearts of the people without too much rendering. In front of the army, Zhang Shicheng's proud sophisticated equipment also stood quietly at the front of the team, and the giant catapult was like a beast that had been hungry for a long time, which made people look frightened. In the very center of the army, a huge crash truck was carrying a three-person thick crash log, which was cylindrical and wrapped in iron sheets, and Zhang Shicheng was trying to break open the city gate in one fell swoop.

To push such a huge crash car, it takes 100 people to work at the same time. And their task now is to cover the more than 100 people who successfully reach the city gate and hold out until they break the city gate. The task is not complicated, but it is not easy to execute. Zhang Shicheng was not confident that he could successfully break through the city gate with 200,000 of them at the appropriate level of sacrifice, so he invited the Red Turban Army to help, to put it more bluntly, he wanted the Red Turban Army to share some or even most of the sacrifice for him.

As the supreme commander of this combined army, Zhang Shicheng and Han Yu stood side by side on the chariot at the front, and Zhu Chuba, Yu Mingqing, and Luo Guangyu all straddled horses and followed closely behind the two marshals.

On the city wall of Yingzhou not far away, it is also ready to fight. Du Li and Chakhan Timur both appeared on the front line, staring solemnly at the mighty army under the city wall. Chakhan Timur's eyes stayed on the ramming wood and the catapults for a long time, these things will be the most difficult things to deal with today.

"The archers are ready to take position, and the slinging troops are close to the walls, ready to throw stones at any moment."

Chakhan Timur spoke in a deep tone and issued orders in an orderly manner. And Du Li, the governor Yin who is the highest authority in Yingzhou City, doesn't know what to do in this tense and grand scene at this moment. I had no choice but to be an honest bystander.

Du Li's worried gaze drifted into the distance: "I really hope that the reinforcements from the imperial court can arrive in time......"

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There is no need for any situation to greet you, war is like that, it is on the verge of breaking out. A thousand soldiers who had been selected to be strong stood neatly beside the crash car, and 100 people pushed the crash car slowly as the starting team, and the rest followed the crash car with shields in hand. The reason why so many people were sent to follow was not to expect these 900 people to be able to protect the 100 soldiers of the cart, but to be able to quickly fill the position after someone in the starting cart team died. The crashing car must not be stopped, otherwise it will not have enough force to cause enough impact on the city gate if the speed is not enough before reaching the city wall.

As the crashing troops slowly moved forward, Zhu Chuba also led the 10,000 red turban troops under black pressure to catch up with the crashing troops and rushed to the city wall first. The 10,000 troops were the vanguard troops, carrying long ladders in their hands, in order to distract the enemy troops on the city walls, so as to better cover the advance of the crashing troops.

Since there is a ladder in hand, why not send more soldiers and horses to climb the tower directly through the ladder?

From a distance, Chakhan Timur saw the 10,000 advance troops carrying the ladder approaching quickly, and his expression was calm and not nervous. His eyes looked through the ten thousand troops, at the crashing troops slowly advancing behind them, and ordered loudly: "Archers, you are not allowed to release arrows without my order. ”

He pointed to the crash unit behind the advance unit and said, "Did you see the crash there?" When they are in range, all the archers, release their arrows over there,"

"As for the 10,000 advance troops," Chakhan Timur looked at him, "the slinging troops are on standby, let them set up ladders, and wait for their men to climb half the height before throwing stones down." ”

After the order was sent by the heralds to all directions, Chakhan Timur's eyes looked at the huge catapults again, and his calm expression finally brought a touch of worry.

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Since Chakhan Timur did not order the archers to target them, Zhu Chuba easily came to the city wall. Zhu Chuba ordered his soldiers to set up the ladder, he did not immediately climb the ladder, the main general should not easily be in danger, Zhu Chuba led the army to rampage over it was not suitable, if he risked his life to climb the ladder first, in case of any accident, the 10,000 advance troops may have to retreat immediately without a fight.

Under the command of Zhu Chuba, the brave soldiers climbed the ladder one after another, and there was no obstacle in the first half, but when the soldiers reached the central position, large stones suddenly fell from the top of the city wall, and fell directly on the heads of the soldiers. The city wall is ten meters high, and the soldiers were hit by a boulder, and fell from a height of five or six meters, and the moment they landed, blood splattered out, and the ground was red and white one by one, and it seemed that they could not survive.

When Zhu Chuba saw the sacrifice of his soldiers, a moment of unbearableness flashed in his heart, and then it was replaced by a firm look. This is war, and he, Zhu Chuba, is the commander of this war. Ci is not in charge of the army, so he can't be soft-hearted, even if all the 10,000 soldiers die in front of him, he can't hesitate at all, he can only rush forward.

These soldiers are all Chinese who hate the original people to join the army, and sacrificing themselves in order to kill the original people is undoubtedly the most valuable way for them to die. They have put life and death aside from the moment they decided to join the army, and now they will not skimp on their bravery on the battlefield. There is no need for Zhu Chuba's command, if one team of fighters falls, another team of soldiers will soon make up for it. I don't know how long it took, Zhu Chuba only saw the corpses of the soldiers under his feet piled up layer after layer, and finally, the boulders that kept falling on the city wall stopped. Zhu Chuba's spirits perked up, and he took the lead in climbing a ladder, and ordered: "Brothers, the enemy's boulder has been thrown, it's time for us to counterattack, everyone, get ready to climb the ladder." ”

"Roaring ......"

The warriors roared like wild beasts.

On the city walls, the heralds carried the news that the boulders had run out. Chakhan Timur did not show panic: "Send the order to go down, let the slinging troops retreat, and the long stick troops are ready, and all the ladders will be lowered." ”

"Yes."

Zhu Chuba took the lead and climbed up the ladder, but he did not forget the main purpose of this trip. The main reason why he and Han Yu sent troops to Yingzhou was that Chakhan Timur was in Yingzhou, and his purpose was to kill Chakhan Timur to avenge Han Lin.

Zhu Chuba climbed up, seeing that he was about to reach the top, he suddenly rushed to the cloud ladder at his feet and floated for a while, and then the entire cloud ladder actually fell backwards. It's close to ten meters in the air, and if you let it fall like this, you will be crippled if you don't fall to your death.