Chapter 340: Siege Battle

One side defends, one side attacks.

Between the two sides, a big war also began.

Although the rain of arrows caused some damage to the coalition soldiers, it was difficult to resist the pace of the coalition soldiers, and after throwing some corpses behind, the coalition soldiers rushed under the city wall.

The soldiers of the coalition army, who carried the siege ladder, began to put the siege ladder on the edge of the city wall, preparing to ascend the city; And the soldiers of the coalition army who were pushing the siege vehicle also pushed the siege vehicle to the city gate, ready to hit the city gate.

Bang~Bang~

The logs hanging from the siege engines made a loud noise every time they hit the city gates.

And the two closed gates were also trembling because of the impact, and there was a lot of dust down, but they were not so easy to knock open.

The soldiers of the coalition army who rushed to the city wall also climbed up from the siege ladder that had been built, wanting to climb the city wall from the ladder.

"Drop arrows, drop falling rocks, pour fire oil and burn the siege engine!" Huang Zhong gave orders one by one.

How could they, who had already been prepared, let the coalition forces break through Hangu Pass so easily, and they had no intention of giving up Hangu Pass.

With Huang Zhong's order.

The soldiers of the Qin army, who had been prepared for a long time, except for the archers, basically picked up the stones placed on the edge of the passage of the city wall and threw them directly.

Others used spears to insert the siege ladder and the space between the city wall and pry open the siege ladder on the city wall.

And the soldiers of the Qin army at the city wall above the city gate, several people carried buckets of fire oil, and poured them directly down, and poured them around the siege vehicle, and one soldier also held a lit torch and threw it directly down.

The oil ignited immediately when it caught fire, and burned directly at the siege vehicle.

Some of the soldiers of the coalition army could not dodge, and were doused with fire oil, and because of the fire, they were directly burned, and let out a miserable howl.

With the obstruction of the fire, the role of the siege vehicle has also lost most of it and cannot be used.

Despite this, the allied soldiers did not flinch, and the allied archers under the city walls kept shooting arrows at the city walls, covering for the siege.

There is also a famous soldier, who keeps climbing up the siege ladder.

The beginning of the Great War.

It also turned the front of Hangu Pass into a purgatory, and various sounds such as screams, shouts and killings, howls, and so on, sounded here, as if playing a symphony.

Flowers of blood flashed, blood sprayed.

All the time, there are lives passing away, there are coalition soldiers, and there are Qin army soldiers.

The soldiers on both sides are fighting hard.

Huang Zhong and Ma Chao also commanded the soldiers to defend the city, while waving the weapons in their hands, and killed the coalition soldiers who wanted to climb the city wall.

Ma Chao returned to Hangu Pass, closed the city gate, and returned directly to the city wall and joined the queue to defend the city.

Smoke rises.

In the battlefield, human life is also very small.

The battle was also very fierce.

Big stones fell from a high altitude, which also took the lives of many coalition soldiers, and those who were smashed were either killed or injured, and accompanied by a rain of arrows, allowing the coalition soldiers to climb the city wall, which also caused a great obstacle.

Coalition soldiers are falling from the ladder all the time.

And the soldiers of the Qin army who defended the city, although they occupied a certain advantage, they also paid a certain price.

Some of the soldiers were wounded by the arrows fired from the city, while others fell with the allied soldiers who had just climbed the city walls.

The siege engines in front of the city gates were still burning.

It was also burned in tatters, and although the logs were not completely burned, they were of little use.

Because it was ignited by fire oil, it was very difficult to extinguish it.

It is impossible to use the siege vehicle in the face of fire, and even if it does, it can only be used by the coalition soldiers to hit the city gate with a log, which has no effect at all.

You can only abandon the use of siege engines and let them burn on their own there.

In front of the coalition camp.

Yuan Shao and Liu Biao were also staring at the battle at the city wall, which was a matter for them.

Of course, they didn't care about the deaths and injuries of the coalition soldiers who fought hard to attack the city, as long as they could take Hangu Pass and have some losses, it would not matter at all.

Besides, isn't that what war is all about?

But.

Yuan Shao frowned, without the relaxed look he had before.

Originally, he thought that there were few defenders in Hangu Pass, and if he wanted to take it, it would not take much time, and there would not be much loss.

It can be seen that the battle of the Qin army was seen.

He knew that he was wrong, and the combat power and momentum he exerted were not comparable to the army under his command.

It's also a lot more dignified.

If he could, he didn't want to carry out a strong attack, as the besieging side, the losses were far greater than those of the defending side, not to mention the losses in the face of such an imposing Qin army, let alone the losses.

But because of the terrain of Hangu Pass, they could only carry out a strong attack.

Look at the battle ahead.

Yuan Shao's eyes also kept flickering.

Liu Biao didn't pay attention to Yuan Shao, but his face was also dignified.

When the bow is opened, there is no turning back.

He is very clear about this, and if he joins forces with Yuan Shao to crusade against Qin Yin, he can no longer retreat, and retreating is an abyss.

Now he can only pray that they can get rid of Qin Yin.

Otherwise, they will be the unlucky.

No matter what Yuan Shao and Liu Biao think.

The battle continued, and it did not stop, and the soldiers on both sides were fighting hard for the belonging of the city wall.

Countless blood splattered everywhere.

There are soldiers of the coalition army, and there are also soldiers of the Qin army.

The soldiers on both sides could see their comrades-in-arms fall down and never get up again, but there was not much expression on their faces, only indifference.

Here they do not need any mercy.

Only by defeating each other and killing each other is the only thought in their hearts.

Huang Zhong and Ma Chao are now also stained with a lot of blood on their bodies, and they have both faces, but they don't pay attention to them, and they have been commanding the soldiers of the Qin army everywhere to fight.

Moreover, the blood on his body is all from the soldiers of the coalition forces.

Everywhere in the city wall, there is a crisis there, and the two of them will quickly make up for it, relieve the predicament, and prevent the coalition soldiers from stepping into the passage of the city wall.

Keep fighting.

...

Dusk falls.

In the end, the Qin army still held the Hangu Pass, and the coalition army, under the orders of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, retreated directly, ending the siege this time.

And both sides have also paid a heavy price in this battle.