It was very unfortunate for the poor Handan Zhao Jun, when the city tower at the south gate of Handan was smashed, their general Chen Ze happened to be in the city tower.

Chen Ze transferred into the city tower, not only because he listened to the persuasion of his friend Zhang Xiao, but also because of the experience accumulated in his career as a horse for many years, in order not to be hit by the stones thrown by the enemy, so he just saw the Han army start to throw stones, and Chen Ze, who was burdened with heavy responsibilities, immediately strode into the city tower and hid in the city tower with a certain defensive power to avoid bullets.

Dogmatism kills people, poor General Chen Ze never dreamed that because of the substantial increase in the weight of stone bullets, the primary target of the Han army's trebuchet is no longer the defender soldiers hiding behind the arrow stacks on the city wall, but the conspicuous city tower that plays a very important role in the defense of the city.

What's more unfortunate is still behind, the first boulder that hit the city tower of the south gate of Handan, also happened to hit the bearing beam of the city tower, and with the momentum of devastating and decaying, it was very easy to directly smash the girder, and then smashed through the floor, fell straight to the bottom, and the roof of the city tower that lost its support collapsed, and immediately buried Chen Ze, the general of the Zhao army who had just hid in the city tower.

"General——!

Seeing this scene, none of Chen Ze's personal soldiers outside the city tower did not scream loudly, and rushed into the outer wall of the city tower that was still intact to search for and rescue Chen Ze, but before they could see the situation inside the city tower clearly in the dust, two boulders flew one after another, one smashed the outer wall of the city tower, easily smashed through the wall and smashed into the building, and the other fell directly from the sky, smashed through the remnants of the city tower again, smashed into the already messy city tower, and smashed the two Chen Ze soldiers who couldn't dodge directly into meat sauce.

At the same time, more boulders are also constantly smashing around the city tower, and the boulders weighing about 150 catties go, either smashing the Zhao soldiers to the flesh and blood, and the body is sparse, or leaving a huge deep pit on the rammed earth city wall or the ground, and a few boulders directly hit the arrow battlements, smashing the solid arrow battlements into bricks and stones, shattering and disappearing, and by the way, the Zhao soldiers hidden behind the arrow battlements were smashed to death or wounded, and there was a scratch gap several feet wide on the city wall.

The first to bear the brunt of the defenders of the south gate of Handan was also in chaos, the soldiers shouted at the generals, or ran to avoid the bullets, or hurried to rescue the injured companions, or rushed into the city tower full of rubble and debris to search for the missing boss Chen Ze, who had already gone down to the city, Zhang Wei, the general of the Zhao army, also risked his life, and rushed back to the city to check the situation in person, but after seeing the gap in the city wall smashed by the Han army's trebuchet, Zhang Xiao was also like the color of the earth, so surprised that he forgot even the major event of searching for and rescuing his friend Chen Ze, "What kind of trebuchet is the Han thief?" So powerful?! ”

Then, before the Zhao soldiers turned out Chen Ze from the pile of debris, the second round of stone projectiles of the Han army's trebuchet had been smashed again, and the target was still the Handan City Gate Tower, which had not completely collapsed, and the accuracy had been greatly improved, and a total of six boulders had smashed into the city tower, in addition to smashing the city tower even more seriously, it also smashed many Zhao soldiers who were searching for Chen Ze directly to the broken bones, the flesh and blood were blurred, and at the same time, several bloody pits were smashed on the rubble in the city tower.

"Save Chen Ze! You must rescue your General Chen! ”

Zhang Wei's personal order hurt the poor Zhao soldiers, the almost collapsed South Gate Tower was originally the primary target of the Han army's trebuchet, too many soldiers concentrated near the city tower, the lethality of the Han army's trebuchet also rose greatly, basically as long as a boulder was smashed, it usually could take away the precious lives of five or six Zhao soldiers, and at the same time continued to hit the already incomplete South Gate Tower, but in a moment the city tower was almost completely razed to the ground.

At the same time, under the command of Zheng Bu, the Han soldiers also couldn't wait to start picking soil and carrying stones, filling the moat near the south gate of Handan.

It was also taking this opportunity that Sergeant Zhao, who insisted on searching and rescuing, finally found their boss Chen Ze in the ruins of the city tower, but after poor General Chen Ze was dragged out of the ruins, his whole body was covered with blood and dust, his left leg was directly smashed to pieces, and the person was unconscious, and even the medical workers did not dare to guarantee whether they could save him back. Zhang Wei was forced to have no choice but to let Chen Ze be carried back to the city to rescue him, and at the same time let Chen Ze's deputy Chen Kun take over the South Gate guard and lead the Zhao army to resist the attack of the Han army.

The outrageous is still to come, poor General Chen Ze is probably a prisoner of Tai Sui today, his own soldiers finally carried him off the city wall, and before he could take a few steps, a boulder fell from the sky again, and smashed directly into the stretcher he was lying on, smashing his body straight into the ground, leaving a blood pit several feet deep on the ground! The surrounding soldiers were so frightened that they scattered and fled, and Zhang Wei cried loudly after receiving the report, "Brother Chen, why are you so unlucky?!" ”

Today's unlucky is not only the general Chen Ze who killed Tai Sui, but also the Zhao soldiers who were forced to stay in the city to hold on, the twenty-five trebuchets of the Han army have been throwing stones at the south gate of Handan from beginning to end, and the Zhao soldiers on the city are in danger of being directly smashed into flesh and blood at any time as long as they are slightly unlucky, and the sound of screams and screams has been constantly sounding in the city. At the same time, under the continuous impact of the boulders, the rammed earth city wall of the south gate of Handan is also constantly riddled with holes, and the city walls on both sides of the city gate that have been attacked by the key attack have begun to collapse gradually, and there are two gaps in the city wall that are easy to climb, and the road above the city wall directly reinforced by the defenders on both sides has been directly cut off.

After all, he was a veteran of the battlefield, and after gradually discovering that the key attack target of the Han army's trebuchet was the wall sections on both sides of the city gate, Zhang Wei, the commander of the Zhao army, quickly guessed the tactical intention of the Han army, knowing that the Han army wanted to isolate the defenders above the city gate by smashing the gap, and then used flying ladders and city crashing vehicles to cooperate with each other to storm the south gate and open the way into the city. In order to shatter the dream of the Han army, Zhang Wei also quickly made-for-tat arrangements, so that the reserves in the city immediately began to prepare sandbags, earth and stones, so as to block the city gate and corridor when the Han army launched an attack on the city.

After the Zhao army reserve prepared a sufficient number of sandbags, soil and stones, and the time was already the afternoon to meet Shen, the Han army trebuchet had not only smashed two large gaps on both sides of the city gate, basically isolating the defenders above the city gate, but also filled in a section of the moat near the city gate, opening a stable road to the city of Handan. Then, the banner in the Han army flag array waved, and the twenty-five Han army trebuchets immediately stopped throwing stones, and at the same time, the Han army infantry stepped forward with long shields and trotted to the vicinity of the city to form temporary fortifications, covering the crossbowmen to release arrows to suppress the defenders of the city.

"The thieves are attacking the city!"

The experienced Zhang Wei immediately understood the next move of the Han army, in order to prevent accidents, Zhang Wei also immediately issued an order, so that the reserves in the city began to carry sandbags to block the city gate corridor, and at the same time, under the command of Chen Ze's deputy Chen Kun, the defenders of the city also entered their respective positions, and Zhang crossbow waited for the Han soldiers to launch an ant-attached attack.

To the surprise of Zhang Wei and Chen Kun and other generals of the Zhao army, after a slight pause, as the banner in the Han army's flag array waved, the Han army's twenty-five trebuchets actually launched a stone-throwing attack again, and the cannonballs thrown directly crossed the city wall of Handan and smashed into the depths of Handan's city.

Syllable! After the Han army's stone bullet landed this time, the sound was completely different from the previous stone bomb landing, and the soldiers of the Zhao army in the city looked back curiously, and were stunned to see that the place where the Han army's stone bullet landed, it turned directly into a sea of fire, and the houses in the city covered by the flames also immediately burst into flames. He really has a lot of tricks! ”

There is no need to be stingy, the incendiary bombs thrown by the Han army's trebuchet in four consecutive rounds are very expensive tung oil incendiary bombs, and the burning tung oil and charcoal are scattered when they are smashed, which can immediately ignite all the combustibles next to them, and the water is difficult to extinguish, and even directly makes many Zhao soldiers who can't avoid the fire on their bodies, and they are rolled all over the ground by the flames, howling wildly, and the city of Handan is soon full of fires, and the residents and defenders in the city are in chaos, and the morale of the army is greatly affected at the same time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the Han army finally launched an ant-attached attack, and dispatched 3,000 troops in one breath, with flying ladders and crashing vehicles to directly attack the south gate of Handan, and another 4,000 troops went up from both wings, using trench bridge vehicles to grab bridges on the moat, and impacting other wall sections to share the pressure on the main battlefield.

The gap smashed by the trebuchet helped the Han soldiers a lot, and against the rain of arrows hurriedly cast by the defenders, the Han soldiers who attacked with ants only charged once, and many soldiers rushed directly into the gap, and some people then directly impacted the city through the gentle slope left after the collapse of the city wall, and the Han warriors who stepped on the ladder to attack the city continued to attack the city, and many people rushed directly to the top of the city gate, wielding knives and axes to fiercely slash and kill the defenders and enemies who were ready to smash the Han army with stones to hit the city car.

Of course, the Zhao army also had stubborn resistance, in addition to desperately smashing stones and ash bottles and other objects to prevent the Han soldiers from attaching ants, and red-eyed desperately slashed and killed the Han soldiers who had rushed to the city wall, and the Han soldiers who climbed the ladder to attack fought through the arrow stacks, and at the same time, Chen Kun couldn't wait to mobilize the reserves to go to the city to help the battle, and did his best to protect the city wall position.

At this time, the Han army's individual combat strength advantage also began to be brought into play, although the Zhao army was once the strongest among the princes outside the Guanwai except for the Chu army, but after several splits and internal strife, the elite of the Zhao army had already lost seventy-seven eighty-eight, and the remaining troops were generally mostly recruits, and the combat effectiveness had greatly decreased compared with before. However, the soldiers of the Han army who launched the ant-attached siege were all elite and strong soldiers, and the quality of individual soldiers was more than one cut higher than that of the Zhao army, so although the Zhao army resisted on the city wall was also very tenacious, it still could not stop the fierce attack of the Han soldiers, and was killed by the Han soldiers who were like fierce tigers and retreated again and again, and lost a large area of position space one after another.

Immediately afterwards, the relatively slow moving Han army crashed into the city car also rushed to the south gate of Handan, and because there were already dozens of Han soldiers who had rushed directly to the top of the city gate, they were not hit by too many stones by the defenders, and directly hit the city gate of Handan with a hammer. At the same time, the Han army's trebuchets were still throwing incendiary bombs into the city of Handan, desperately arson to disrupt the enemy and share the pressure on the besieging allies.

"One, two, bump! One, two, crash! One, two, crash! ”

In the sound of the slogan, under the impact of dozens of Han soldiers and soldiers, the front end of the collision wood wrapped with sharp iron horns continued to hit, first the city gate was cracked, and then the door latch squeaked, and gradually cracks appeared, although the Zhao soldiers inside the city gate also tried their best to resist the city gate with their bodies, but they still could not stop the violent impact of the Han army's city car, causing the cracks in the city gate to become bigger and bigger.

Probably a premonition that the end was coming, Chen Kun, the Zhao general who was ordered to guard the south gate, mobilized a reserve team to go to the city, in a vain attempt to use the numerical advantage to drive away the Han soldiers above the city gate, and then smashed the city crash car under the city with stones, but in the face of the stubborn resistance of the Han army soldiers, the counterattack of the Zhao army soldiers had little effect, even if a few stones were thrown down in a hurry, none of them could hit the Han army's city crash car.

Finally, with a broken sound, the latch of the south gate of Handan was directly broken, and the city gate was also opened, and the soldiers of the Han army cheered and threw down the crash car directly into the city gate, frantically slashing and killing the soldiers of the Zhao army who were still carrying sandbags, and the Han army reserves behind also immediately charged, shouting and rushing to the city gate that had been wide open. The Zhao soldiers above and below the city were in an uproar, and countless people shouted in despair, "The city is broken!" The city is broken! ”

Seeing this scene in the flag array located high outside the city, Zheng Bu, the commander of the Han army's partial division who had been learning to sit on Xiang Kanglu's eggs, immediately jumped away, first waved his fists excitedly, and then immediately ordered Zhong Liwu to lead the army to attack, and couldn't wait to yell and order: "Tao Xi, Ni Ji, Fang Zilian, the three of you, each with four thousand troops, are fortified outside the three gates of Handan, east, west and north, if the thief army of Zhao State breaks through the city, there is no need to show mercy, kill me fiercely!" The more you kill, the better! ”

The three generals of the Han army named by Zheng Bu immediately clenched their fists and sang a promise, and then rushed down to organize the army to attack, but Li Zuoche on the other side smiled bitterly and hurriedly reminded: "General Zheng, the art of war is correct, and the siege of the three is missing one, and there should be a way for the Zhao army to go, so that they will not resist to the end." ”

"There's no need for that!" Zheng Bu waved his hand arbitrarily and said loudly: "The only purpose of our battle is to completely annihilate the Zhao State thief army in Handan City!" What is the same as leaving them a way to live? The Zhao State thief army likes to resist to the end, and we will accompany us to the end! Desperately pay some more price, I will also annihilate all the Zhao thief army in Handan City! ”

Li Zuoche smiled bitterly, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, "If the surname Mi doesn't leave a way out for the Zhao army, why don't you leave the surname Zheng?" Who did the Zhao army recruit to provoke whom, why did they like to meet these ruthless enemy commanders? ”

After receiving the news that the South Gate was broken by the Han Army, the commander of the Zhao Army, Zhang Xiao, did not think about giving up, but also went out of the door, personally led the reserves in the city to launch a counterattack on the South Gate of Handan, and yelled and ordered: "Order the whole army, all the reserves are all dispatched to counterattack the South Gate!" You must get the thief out of the city! ”

One side at all costs to attack, leaving no traces, the other side at all costs to counterattack, no intention to retreat half a step, the battle near the south gate of Handan naturally became extremely cruel, boiling shouts of killing, the Han and Zhao two armies of the head like ants, intertwined with each other, in the streets and alleys of the south city of Handan sacrificed their lives to fight, spear battles all the time to take away the precious lives of the soldiers on both sides, steel knives, axes and long swords are also all the time to cut off the arm, cut off the head, piercing the human body, blood splashed, corpses lying constantly.

From time to time, the primitive grenades of the Han army exploded in the dense crowd of the Zhao army, and the fragments hit the body at close range, even if it was only ceramics, it was already able to directly injure people, and at the same time, the high-heat flames that shot everywhere hurt people, and directly ignited many particularly unlucky Zhao army soldiers.

There are comings and goings, and the remnants of the Zhao soldiers on the city wall are also desperately throwing stone ash bottles at the Han soldiers in the city, killing and injuring quite a lot of Han soldiers, fortunately, the Han army's ant attack has been continuing, and the road to the upper city is also blocked by dense crowds, so this situation is gradually decreasing.

In order to repay Zheng Bu's favor, and also for meritorious service, Zhong Liwu, who was wearing steel armor, carried a steel knife and rampaged in the crowd of Zhao soldiers, like no man's land, anyone who dared to approach him was unlucky, and was cut down by steel knives one after another, and several were directly cut off by Zhong Liwu's own hands. Encouraged by Zhong Liwu, the soldiers of the Han army also rushed to kill more fiercely and fiercely, helping Zhong Liwu to kill the soldiers of Zhao and retreat again and again, constantly expanding the space of the position.

The weakness of the relatively weak combat effectiveness of the Zhao army has also been magnified again, especially the recruits of the Zhao army who were urgently recruited by Zhang Er on the southern front, who were at a loss and frightened in the face of such ultra-high-intensity street battles, and the left wing battlefield they were responsible for has also completely become a paradise for the soldiers of the Han army.

It was also at this time that Zhang Wei, the commander of the Zhao army, finally had the idea of abandoning the city and breaking through, but the result of taking the time to inquire about the situation outside the city naturally surprised Zhang Wei - the Han army had already established a blocking position outside the remaining three gates of Handan, ready to intercept and kill the defeated soldiers of the Zhao army out of the city at any time!

I didn't expect the Han army to shoot so ruthlessly, and after his face turned blue again, Zhang Wei could only make up his mind, in addition to ordering his direct army to guard the city gate and kill any generals and soldiers who dared to open the city gate privately to escape, he roared and said: "The news of the Han thief's blockade of the three gates spreads all over the army, tell all our generals that it is a dead end to go out of the city now!" Only by persevering and persevering until it is completely dark can we have any hope of survival to break through the city! ”

Roar is not of much use, the Zhao army is already very chaotic at the moment, the houses and streets in the city have caught fire countless times, and it is even more difficult for the various departments of the Zhao army to communicate with each other, so no matter how hard Zhang Wei's personal soldiers work to pass on orders, they can't convey all Zhang Wei's orders in place, and even if they are the generals of the Zhao army who have already received the order, there is no way to convey Zhang Wei's requirements to all his subordinate generals, and the chaos of the Zhao army is also intensifying, There were also cases where the grassroots generals laid down their arms and surrendered with the Shi team, while the Han army that entered the city continued to strengthen the offensive and desperately destroy and capture the enemy in the city.

This is not counting, when the sun set, seeing that the Han army had advanced to the central area of Handan City, opening up enough space for marching, Zheng Bu, the commander of the Han army, had itchy hands, and simply handed over the command of the army outside the city to Guan Ying temporarily, and personally led the Han army into Handan City. As a result, seeing the banner of the commander of the army entering the city, the soldiers of the Han army were of course cheering, and their morale increased greatly, but the Zhao army was in an uproar, and their morale fell even more.

However, there were also unhappy people among the soldiers of the Han army, and when they saw Zheng Bu personally leading the army into the city, at least Zhong Liwu jumped to his feet, brandished the blood-stained steel knife that was already full of gaps, and shouted: "Brother Zheng, with you, as the main general, you will come to fight with me for credit!" Kill me, brothers! Be sure to kill Zhang Xiaopifu with your own hands! ”

"Soldiers, follow me! Kill Zhang Xiaopifu and annihilate the thief army of Zhao State! Zheng Bu also waved his knife and yelled at the same time.

"The one who grabbed the credit is coming! Give it to me! If you don't want to work in vain, just give it to me! ”

At the same time, there was another Han army general Gongsun Tong, in order not to let the credit be snatched away by the boss, Gongsun Tong also rushed to the front line to personally lead the army to kill, and because of the advantage of distance, took the lead in crushing the Zhao army led by the Zhao army general Fan Biao, and cut off Fan Ao's head in the melee, and the new recruits accounted for more than eighty percent of the Fan Biao army completely collapsed, and most of the people surrendered.

On the other side, Zhang Wei couldn't support it at all, Zhong Liwu led the army to attack like chicken blood in the front, and Zheng Bu, the commander of the Han army, personally led the army to kill, and the spearhead was all pointed to Zhang Wei's banner, knowing that it would definitely be a dead end if he delayed any longer, Zhang Wei could only quickly order to open the north gate of Handan, and take the rest of the army out of the city to break through and flee for his life.

Seeing the Zhao army fleeing from the city, Ni Ji, the general of the Han army who won the battle to guard the north gate road, was calm and cunning, and did not rush to urge the army to come forward to block, but let the army under his command prepare to charge, and first let the Zhao army flee from the two flanks of the self-army position - anyway, the Han cavalry led by Guan Ying was still guarding outside the city, and there was no need to worry about how much the defeated soldiers of the Zhao army could escape. Then when Zhang Wei's banner rushed onto the moat bridge, Ni Ji decisively led the army to charge and rushed towards Zhang Wei's banner with overwhelming momentum.

There was no suspense, the Han army outside the city that had been gathering momentum for a long time only one charge, and completely crushed the team of Zhang Xiao's personal soldiers who hurriedly went out of the city, and like a sea of tides, it quickly drowned Zhang Wei's banner, poor General Zhang Wei saw that the situation was extreme, and wanted to raise his hand to surrender, but he had just thrown down his weapon, and before he could shout surrender, Ni Ji had already emerged from behind the Han soldiers who rushed to the front, and unceremoniously slashed at his neck!

The blood flower rushes up, and the first level lands! Crisp and neat, without the slightest mud and water!

"Well done!"

This is when Ni Ji personally carried Zhang Xiao's head and ran to Zheng Bu to ask for credit, Zheng Bu's vigorous praise, and after patting Ni Ji's shoulder hard, Zheng Bu said with a smile: "Keep up the good work, when you fight the giant deer, Brother Ni, you are the pioneer of the siege, responsible for leading the troops to fight the ants, you must give me the first to rush to the giant deer city wall!" ”

The generals Zhong Liwu and Gongsun Tong next to him all smiled darkly, smiling sinister and vicious, and poor General Ni Ji's face turned white, and he hurriedly said: "Don't, General Zheng, the head of Zhang Xiaopifu was cut off by your own hands, right?" ”