Chapter 501: The Iron Gate
Not all the soldiers of Nan Chen were so lucky with Zheng Kaiyuan, and they happened to land on the city wall. They could barely control the paper kite, which was two circles larger than themselves, and were actually following the wind, so only two or three of them managed to land on the city wall - partly due to the relatively wide wall of Mianzhu Pass.
Most of the rest either fell into the city or outside the city. Huge paper kites fell from the sky, causing exclamations in the city one after another.
Not everyone landed as smoothly as Zheng Kaiyuan, and even many fell to the ground, and they couldn't survive directly. But most of them landed successfully and rushed towards the city gate as fast as they could.
At this time, most of the defenders looked at these enemies who fell from the sky with their mouths wide open, and they did not come back to their senses at all.
They didn't expect the enemy to appear in such a way, and they didn't know if such an enemy would kill themselves as easily as crushing an ant.
Zheng Kaiyuan didn't care how many enemies there were around him, and rushed straight towards the direction of the city gate. And several soldiers who landed behind him also hurried to follow.
"Quick, stop them!" Zou Qiang almost subconsciously pulled out his saber at this time to meet Zheng Kaiyuan, who was getting closer and closer, and several guards around him also reacted.
"Kill!" Zheng Kaiyuan saw at a glance this Northern Zhou general who was not far from him, and blocked Zou Qiang's fatal blow with a knife, and then his body was short, the handle of the knife turned, and he hit Zou Qiang's soft underbelly heavily, Zou Qiang snorted, and subconsciously took two steps back. And the two guards attacked one on the left and one on the right.
"Good time!" Zheng Kaiyuan laughed, strode forward, and forcibly knocked the two guards away, he didn't care about these guys, his footsteps did not stop, and continued to rush towards the gate not far away, "You stop this guy!" ”
The two Nanchen soldiers who followed behind hurriedly blocked in front of Zou Qiang and stared at Zou Qiang tightly. And Zou Qiang secretly screamed that it was not good, at this time, the Northern Zhou soldiers on the head of the city were already in chaos, not to mention the city. These guys who fell from the sky directly copied the wood that was still burning in the bonfire and threw it directly into the camp tents, many of which had already been set on fire.
At the same time, the sound of drums rose from the ground, and it was already clearly visible on the gate that the originally endless darkness had been illuminated by a little firelight, and torches were erected one by one, illuminating the road and hillside in front of the pass. And in the firelight, the figures were one after another, and the footsteps were hurried, and I didn't know how many Nanchen troops were coming quickly towards this Mianzhu Pass.
But just looking at the shadows, Zou Qiang felt that there were definitely more soldiers and horses than he imagined, where did this Pei Zilie come from so many people? Not to mention the light of fire on the hillsides and under the shade of the trees, which replaced the moonlight and drew shadows, and the enemy's crossbowmen had clearly occupied the heights.
The ladders revealed their figures in the firelight, and they kept approaching the city in the neat trumpets.
"Kill these damn guys first!" Zou Qiang gritted his teeth.
The whole situation suddenly got out of control, and in the final analysis, it was these people who fell from the sky. Fighting Zheng Kaiyuan before, Zou Qiang already knew that the other party was not invulnerable, and if he really fought, he might not be able to help himself for a while.
But the other party doesn't seem to want to fight, and their ultimate goal is still at the city gate.
As long as the city gate of Mianzhuguan can be opened, there will be nothing to fight in this battle.
Mianzhu Pass is the key to Bashu, of course, the city gate is not only a wooden door that can be pushed open, there is also an iron gate on the gate that can be controlled up and down with chains, so that the enemy can break through the first city gate when the second gate is put down in time, blocking the enemy's way forward.
Zou Qiang, just in case, usually put down this iron gate. Therefore, simply opening the gates did not directly bring in the troops from outside the city. Now Zheng Kaiyuan wants to raise this iron gate.
"Stop him!" Zou Qiang was dumbfounded, he couldn't watch Mianzhu open under his hands. And the enemy is getting closer and closer, and even the cloud ladder is close to the city, which is clearly telling Zou Qiang that there is not much time left for him.
Zheng Kaiyuan was slashed on the back by a Northern Zhou soldier who rushed over from the diagonal ground, but he didn't care about this little wound, and after cutting the soldier over with a knife, he rushed straight to the gate and stretched out his hand to push the huge winch. And the other two soldiers who followed Zheng Kaiyuan to the city gate also quickly stepped forward to help, and they could already hear the "crunching" sound under their feet, obviously the iron gate was rising.
Under the city gates, the fire was dazzling.
"Kill!" Holding a spear from nowhere, a Southern Chen warlord shook a spear and forced several Northern Zhou soldiers to retreat. The other people hurriedly opened the city gate, the huge city gate was separated on both sides, and the iron gate in front of the city gate was also slowly rising.
An inch, a foot, everyone's eyes widened as they looked at the tiny gap.
They could even feel the light of the fire shining from outside the Mianzhu Pass on the other side of the iron gate, which was the torches of their own soldiers and horses.
"A little higher!" The lord gritted his teeth, and the number of people who landed safely was more than twenty, and they rushed all the way to the city gate and didn't know how much they had lost, and now there were only five or six people standing beside the lord.
The Northern Zhou army had apparently come to their senses, they were gathering in a panic, and then rushed towards the city gate. As soon as the city gate is opened, this Mianzhu Pass is really no danger to defend. This is very clear to every Northern Zhou soldier.
"Enough!" A shout came from the other side of the gate, followed by a dark shadow rolling under the newly raised gate, "Enough for people to come!" ”
The huge and heavy city gate trembled slightly at this time, making a "creaking" sound that made everyone's teeth ache, and no longer rose.
There was a gap in the gate that could be rolled through, but everyone knew that the brothers who had fallen on the gate had done their best.
"General!" Through the flickering firelight, the lord could see at a glance that there was Pei Zilie among the people rolling from under the iron gate, and immediately shouted excitedly. And the rest of the soldiers also looked back in surprise, they never thought that Pei Zilie, as the commander of this army, would be so dangerous.
You must know that if the iron gate falls again, the people who are rolling through the iron gate will be directly crushed into meat sauce, and no one will be able to escape.
Pei Zilie rushed in front of him, he was desperate at all.
"What else to see, hurry up to the city, and completely control this Mianzhu Pass in our hands!" Pei Zilie shouted loudly and rushed out first with a knife. And a few of the guards who followed him didn't say much, just strode to follow.
"Brothers, kill!" The battle lord also roared, and the soldiers who were originally outnumbered and exhausted quickly chased after Pei Zilie's figure.