Chapter 122: The Bloody Battle (2)

The shield in Chen Cheng's hand was full of arrows, and there were more than a dozen of them stuck in his body, but these arrows could not penetrate the iron armor outside at most. If you want to penetrate two layers of armor, you have to use a strong crossbow on six stones, and you have to shoot at weak points, such as armpits, knees, etc. The best way to deal with a tin can like him, who can still move freely in double armor, is to charge with a spear, or use a blunt weapon such as a war hammer, mace, and iron bones.

Of course, it would be better if you could shoot directly with a bed crossbow of more than ten stones. Even if you can't shoot him at once, you can knock him away with momentum. But how can you charge with a lance on the city wall? Putting a war horse on the wall may be a little more outrageous than pulling a tank up. As for the bed crossbow, it is a rare thing in the Northern Army, let alone the Huns.

The shield slammed into the body of a Hun man, the tail of the arrow broke, and more than a dozen wooden poles pierced into the human body. The Huns who were photographed were shocked, and they didn't even scream, and went down softly. Because there was someone behind him, the force of this beat completely acted on this person's body, shattering his internal organs.

Chen Cheng chased the Huns and killed them from the head of the city to the gate of the city. After killing the defenders at the city gate, he raised his ring head knife and slashed at the city gate.

"Boom", sawdust splashed, and the blade slashed half a foot in, but failed to cut the heavy deadbolt. The ring head knife is too thin to be suitable for the work of chopping the city gates. He threw away the shield in his left hand, put away the ring-head knife, took out a large axe, and slashed at the city gate.

"Click", "click", it only took two clicks, and the deadbolt was already split into two sections. Chen Cheng rose up bravely and pulled the door open. Yang Qiu, who had been waiting outside for a long time, couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that the door had finally been opened, and he kicked the horse's belly hard. The horse was in pain and scurried out.

Chen Cheng stepped aside, turned around and shouted at his own soldiers who were fighting with the Huns: "Cavalry! ”

After Xu Rong commanded a part of the soldiers to control the collapse, he saw that Chen Cheng had killed him from the head of the city to the bottom of the city, so he had to hurriedly explain a few words, and then led people to block the Huns surging from the city. Hearing Chen Cheng's loud shout, he heard the sound of horses' hooves again, and hurriedly avoided both sides.

"Whew!"

Yang Qiu rode on his horse, laughing wildly, and stabbed out the spear in his right hand vigorously. A Hun man was provoked by a spear, and his siblings danced wildly and screamed in mid-air.

"Kill, kill all these Hun wild dogs!" Yang Qiu fell into extreme excitement, he also thought that he could one day enter the lair of the Huns, but it was all in a dream, "Hun miscellaneous people, your grandfather Yang Qiu is here!" ”

Behind him, more than 200 horsemen rushed along the cave like a raging wind. The Huns on the street came to reinforce the city gate and the head of the city, all on foot, but they did not expect to encounter a cavalry charge in the city. Some of the Huns in front of them ran their hands and feet and avoided them on both sides, but the Huns in the back couldn't avoid it and were knocked away by many horses.

At the sound of broken bones, the reinforcements of the Huns were cut down in pieces, and the rest of the people cried wolf and dispersed. Most of the time, once the gates were breached, the morale of the defenders plummeted. Seeing that the enemy had entered the city, the first thought of the Huns was not to recapture the city gate, but to quickly slip away.

The screams in the city continued, and the cavalry, infantry, and crossbowmen outside the city swarmed in, shouting and slashing the Huns in the city. Li Kan and Xu Rong led the soldiers to shout "the city is broken" in Xiongnu dialect, and picked up the torches on the ground and threw them at the tents and houses on the side.

Chen Cheng chased and killed a group of Huns, and when he heard movement in the courtyard on the side, he shouted, kicked open the courtyard door with his foot, and broke in. The courtyard was full of blood, and several Qiang corpses fell to the ground in all directions, blood flowing all over the ground.

More than a dozen Huns with blood stained on their knives were stunned at first when they saw someone breaking in, and then someone shouted: "He is only one person, we will kill him!" ”

A moment later, the Huns scattered and fled. One of them fled to the back, and as soon as he rushed to the gate of the backyard, he was caught up by Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng raised his hand and stabbed the other party in the heart, and his fresh life was suddenly settled. In the stables in the backyard, a dozen emaciated slaves were tied with ropes, and when they saw the Huns being killed, they all squeezed inside.

Chen Cheng strode over, swinging his sword in his hand, and cut the ropes on the slaves' bodies amid their exclamations.

He was covered in blood, with sharp weapons in his hands, and looked murderous, and the slaves huddled together and watched him silently. Chen Cheng was a little disappointed, shook his head, turned around and was about to leave, but someone behind him suddenly shouted, "Are you sent by the imperial court to save us?" ”

Chen Cheng paused, turned his head and said, "It's the Liangzhou Army who came to save you." ”

Liangzhou Army? The slaves looked at each other, many of them were arrested near Lian County, where did they not know the situation of the Xiliang princes? However, although they didn't understand what was going on, the screams and fighting sounds in the city could be heard, and many people immediately rushed out, picked up weapons in the front yard, and followed Chen Cheng to the street.

There is a Han generation, and the folk customs are fierce, which is by no means comparable to later generations. During the Wu Gu Rebellion of Emperor Wu, in order to fight against the army under Emperor Wu, the crown prince Liu Ju distributed weapons to the citizens of Chang'an City, and then led these citizens and the most elite army of the imperial court to kill the sky in the dark, and the blood flowed like a river, and even beat the regular army of the imperial court.

The people of the first good place at the feet of the Son of Heaven can have this kind of combat effectiveness, which is really rare in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. In later generations, the millions of people in Bianliang were also very strong, but their combat effectiveness was still much worse than that of the Jin soldiers under the city. However, if it weren't for the death of the emperor of the Song Dynasty at that time, things would not have turned into that.

The chaos in the city grew more and more chaotic, and the sky became darker and darker. The Huns killed Xianbei and Qiang slaves, the Liangzhou army killed the Huns, and the Huns constantly counterattacked. Although the Marquis of Xubu Gudu Shan Yu took away the main elite, Linrong also left many princes and nobles, and these people raised a dozen or so people at home, and dozens or hundreds of soldiers, many of which were able to fight, and the equipment was very good.

Before, these people were still slashing and killing their own slaves and the slaves of the Gongzhong, but when they heard the news of the fall of the city gate, the leaders of the nobles were shocked and ordered the generals to take their warriors to the south gate to kill them. Ordinary Huns can run, anyway, as long as they have horses and livestock, they can live everywhere.

They are different, these princes and nobles have long lost their heart and perseverance, and their wealth and property are all in this Linrong City. Now, if they run away, what will happen to those possessions?

Chen Cheng strode forward on the street with a knife in one hand, slashing left and right with the ring-headed knife in his hand, killing the enemies who rushed up one by one. Yang Qiu led the cavalry to kill a few people back and forth in the city, and at this time he didn't know where to kill. Xu Rong and Li Kan each led their soldiers and horses, and were fighting against the Huns who kept coming up.

Xu Rong's face tensed, and he shouted loudly to the soldiers who could still be controlled in his hands, "The spearmen are forward, and the sword and shield soldiers are guarding the wings!" ”

Another group of Huns rushed over from the long street, and Xu Rong immediately shouted: "The pikemen squat down, and the crossbowmen come forward!" ”

"Shoot!"

Dozens of strong bows were fired at the Huns, and the arrows broke through the air, and the Huns fell down screaming. However, the Huns did not fight back, they avoided on both sides, and counterattacked with bows and arrows. The arrows landed on the heads of the soldiers on Xu Rong's side, making a clanging sound. Xu Rong's head shook, and an arrow was bounced off. He carried a long sword in his hand, stood with the heavy arrows of the soldiers, and commanded with determination, not paying attention to the arrows that fell beside him.

The Huns played mounted archery okay, they lived on horseback since childhood, and they were naturally better at riding and archery than the Han Chinese. But when it comes to foot combat, the Huns are not enough to see at all. Among the Huns, there were condor archers, and among the Han people, there were only more who were good at archery. After only two or three rounds of shooting, the Huns fell to the ground, and they could not bear the casualties, and let out an incomprehensible shout from their mouths, and dispersed to the rear.

Chen Cheng rushed forward a hundred steps further, and there were many fires burning in front of and behind him, illuminating the black night as if it were day. The shouts, the sounds of fighting, the screams, the neighing of war horses, the metal sound of weapons colliding, the "whirring" sound of the flames rolled up by the wind, these many sounds are intertwined to form a unique sound on the battlefield.

The flames were blazing, and the smoke was rising into the sky, this familiar scene made Chen Cheng feel a little dazed, not long ago, Luoyang City was also like this picture of the end coming. At that time, although he didn't regret it, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

The situation was so similar to that time, but his mood was completely different. When he was in Luoyang City, he couldn't be completely calm, and there was always some hesitation and hesitation in his heart. If a person hesitates, the speed of the move will slow down, and if he hesitates, he will be defeated!

With a casual swing of his sword, he slashed a panicked Hun who ran past him to the ground. Now, without hesitation and hesitation, his martial arts seem to have become stronger. More than a dozen Huns rushed out of the flames with spears, and the flames reflected on the tips of the spears were constantly beating. The spear stabbed from the left and right, bringing a "snort" sound of breaking through the air, which looked very powerful.

Chen Cheng took a step back, although he was wearing double armor and retreating, his speed was not much slower than that of the lightly armed Huns. When the enemy's ferocious attack missed, he immediately rushed forward faster than he had when he had retreated. The back of the knife knocked the barrel of the spear, and the head of the knife went up again, and the neck of the enemy was cut.

Blood spurted from between the necks, and the Huns, whose necks had been cut off, did not die for a while, and fell to the ground screaming. When the pikemen are lined up in an array, they are extremely powerful, and the masters are very powerful in using them, but under normal circumstances, the pikemen will fall into a very passive situation when they are close to the sword and shield soldiers.

Even if Chen Cheng didn't have a shield in his hand, it would not be difficult to hack to death a few miscellaneous soldiers with spears. He rushed left and right with a ring-headed sword, cutting the Huns to pieces. The Huns on the side were killed with colorless faces, and they did not know who started first, they threw their weapons one by one and fled in all directions.

Linrong City is not big, and it is not small. Where there are many Huns, Chen Cheng will kill them wherever he goes. After a while, the subordinates behind him couldn't keep up with his speed, and were isolated by the Huns scurrying around. On the minimap, there are red dots densely. Chen Cheng slashed with the blade in his hand, and the blood soaked him all over, and with every step, a bloody footprint was left on the ground.

How many people have you killed? A hundred or two hundred? Or more? In the beginning, he would still count the heads, a little more, a little less, and it would not be too far apart. But when the number of people exceeded two hundred, he didn't bother to count them again. Only the ring head knife is too short, and it feels like a constraint when you use it.

Suddenly, Chen Cheng's eyes lit up, picked up an infantry halberd from the ground, and continued to move forward with both weapons. to spread the killing and fear to more enemies.

I don't know how long it took to kill, and the weapon in his hand was replaced by a pair of infantry halberds, Chen Cheng looked around, there was not even a friendly army around him, and the surroundings were densely packed with Huns with pale faces. Dark red blood dripped from the two halberds, Chen Cheng stood among the corpses on the ground and breathed deeply, the sweet smell of blood and rust intertwined, making him indulge in it and no longer want to break free.

His helmet had been knocked off in battle, and his armor was full of gaps and torns. Twenty steps away, a trembling Hun nobleman suddenly said sharply; "He's already hurt! Let's go together! ”