Chapter 870: One will become famous
Gongsun Shujun raised their shields one after another to resist the rain of arrows falling from the city, and at the same time, Gongsun Shujun's attack on the inner city wall of Chang'an also began.
The soldiers climbed up the ladder quickly, but the arrows that flew down from the top of their heads and on both sides were like raindrops, and the soldiers who climbed on the ladder fell down one after another like dumplings.
A group of soldiers were shot down by the defenders, and a new group of soldiers continued to climb up the ladder, and as far as the eye could see, the Gongsun Shujun in the corridor gathered more and more, really like ants.
Compared with the outer city wall of Chang'an City, the defense of the inner city wall is like an iron bucket array, many defenders are on the head of the city, or throw arrows, or throw rolling logs, and the Gongsun Shu army under the city wall is falling to the ground in groups.
When the attack was blocked, Gongsun Shujun reported the situation to Li Meng outside the city.
Li Meng has now decided that his victory is in his hands, after all, the city defense of Chang'an has been torn apart by them, and it is only a logical thing to occupy the entire Chang'an City next.
Unexpectedly, the defenders actually resisted stubbornly in the inner city wall, which made Li Meng furious, and he shouted to the soldiers who reported the news: "Go back and report to your commander, let him come to see me if he can't break through the inner city wall of Chang'an!" β
The messenger was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe, so he saluted Li Meng, then mounted his war horse and ran back to the city quickly.
Li Meng's face sank, looked left and right, and said: "Today, our army must conquer Chang'an, you and others will give me the top, within an hour, you must break through the inner city wall for me!" β
"The last general obeys!"
All the generals gave their hands together, and then rushed towards Chang'an City with their respective subordinates.
So far, 70,000 or 80,000 of the 100,000 troops commanded by Li Meng have been put into battle.
Seventy or eighty thousand people were crowded in the long and narrow corridors, and the scene was really people next to each other, people crowded with people, and the soldiers in the middle of it had a hard time even turning around.
At this time, the offensive of Gongsun Shu's army was even more ferocious, and people seemed to be crazy, climbing up the ladder crazily, and one person was shot down, and then climbed up more, and the shooting was endless.
Under such a fierce attack, the defenders of the inner city wall began to be unable to support it.
Just when the soldiers of Gongsun Shu's army thought they had seen the dawn of victory, suddenly, a rising mist rose from the top of the inner city wall.
Before the people could figure out what was going on, the defenders at the head of the inner city wall carried a pot of steaming oil onto the arrow stack, and then the defenders poured out the oil in the pot.
At this moment, Gongsun Shujun under the city wall was unlucky, and many soldiers were doused with hot oil, and their bodies were burned to the flesh, and the heart-rending screams were connected in an instant.
The defenders did not stop there, and pots of oil were hoisted from inside the city to the walls, and then poured from the top of the city to the outside of the city.
Looking at the Gongsun Shujun in the passage, it was already a mess.
In such a narrow place, people had no formation, and now a large amount of fire oil was poured down from the city by the Han army, spreading to the ground, and many soldiers were so hot that they jumped on the ground and screamed.
It was only at this time that Gongsun Shujun figured out why when they attacked the outer city wall, the defenders did not use fire oil, and originally concentrated on the inner city wall.
The fire oil of the defenders was poured down continuously, and many soldiers could not hide if they wanted to, and they were so scalded that they wailed again and again, and the skin and flesh of many soldiers were burned off by the black fire oil, and the condition was unbearable.
And that's not all, the defenders' real killer has just been used.
As a large amount of fire oil was poured into the corridor, one after another, torches flew down from the top of the city.
Some torches fell to the ground, causing the oil on the ground to burn at once, and some torches fell on people's bodies, causing the oil on their bodies to burn, and instantly turning into burning people.
With the ignition of the fire oil, this road between the inner and outer city walls of Chang'an has simply become a purgatory on earth, and countless soldiers are in the sea of fire, roaring, wailing, struggling, and finally falling into the sea of fire covered in fire.
The soldiers who were burned to the point that there was no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground could only use their strength to eat milk and climb to the city wall.
But the Chang'an city wall is so high, how can they climb it with only their hands and feet?
The people's palms scratched and scratched on the walls, their fingernails were broken, and they left blood marks on the walls, but even so, they still couldn't escape the fire.
Feng Yi, who was standing in the gate tower of the inner city wall, looked at the tragic situation below and slowly closed his eyes.
In order to deal with Gongsun Shujun, he requisitioned all the fire oil in the entire Sanfu region, and of course, the Son of Heaven Jade Fu given to him by Liu Xiu played a great role, which also made it much easier for him to requisition fire oil.
Today's battle was planned by Feng Yi for a long time, he deliberately placed a small number of defenders on the outer city wall, revealing the illusion of being invincible to Gongsun Shu's army, and introduced Gongsun Shu's army into the corridor between the inner and outer city walls, and then here, using fire attack tactics.
Both sides of the road are high city walls, stone barriers, not afraid of fire, in the entire Chang'an City, and only here to use fire attack tactics is the safest, do not worry about the fire will spread to the city.
Feng Yi's layout was very good, but when it came time to implement tactics, even he couldn't bear to see the tragic situation of Gongsun Shujun under the city.
The city gate is so big, there are very few people who can run out, and most of the 70,000 or 80,000 Gongsun Shujun are trapped in the road, and the fire spreads, these soldiers, one is counted as one, no matter how brave you are in life, how good you are at fighting, and how much skill you have, in the face of the raging fire, you will be turned to ashes and burned to char.
Not to mention that Feng Yi couldn't bear to see the tragic situation of Gongsun Shujun, and the soldiers of the Han army at the head of the city couldn't bear to see it.
Many of the soldiers sat on the head of the city, leaning against the battlements, covering their ears with their hands, not looking at or listening.
This fire burned the Gongsun Shujun who invaded Chang'an to a miserable extent, and the soldiers of 70,000 or 80,000 people finally escaped along the city gate, at best, there were only a few thousand, and the rest of them were basically buried in the fire.
Even these people who escaped by luck were mostly burned, their faces were black and white, and the clothes on their bodies were burned to the point that they could barely cover their bodies.
Li Meng and the others, who were sweeping outside the city, naturally also saw the fire in Chang'an City, Li Meng was not a wine bag and rice bag, and immediately realized that he had been fooled and fell into the enemy's fire attack plan.
But when he reacted, it was already too late, and the army of seventy or eighty thousand was burned clean by Feng Yi's fire.
The remnants of the defeated soldiers who ran out of Chang'an City fled back to Li Meng like a plate of scattered sand.
A general, whose clothes were about to be burned and his armor was burned black, staggered to Li Meng's approach, knelt on the ground with a puff, and said in a trembling voice: "General, the enemy army ...... The enemy army had already prepared and placed a large amount of fire oil on the inner city wall...... Gone...... Tens of thousands of brothers...... All...... are all burned down......" The general was incoherent, and in the end, people couldn't cry.
Li Meng was stupid, everyone present was stupid, seventy or eighty thousand people! That's 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers, and the work is gone for a while?
Before Li Meng could react, suddenly, he saw the left and right wings of Chang'an, each killing a soldier and horse.
These two soldiers and horses are all under the banner of the Han army, and the handsome flag among them is embroidered with the word 'Feng' with a big fight.
Seeing the handsome flag of the word 'Feng', Li Meng's body was shocked, he figured it all out, he was fooled, Feng Yi's dang, and Liu Xiu's dang! Liu Xiu didn't put Feng Yi in prison at all, and Feng Yi was still in Chang'an.
Li Meng felt stuffy in his chest, his throat and eyes were sweet, and a mouthful of old blood gushed up from his chest.
He gritted his teeth and swallowed the old blood back.
Seventy or eighty thousand people were wiped out in an instant, and for Li Meng, the chief general of the whole army, this blow was too great.
Looking at the two Han armies rushing quickly, the eyes of everyone present fell on Li Meng's body and asked, "General, do we want to fight now?" β
"General, is our army fighting or withdrawing?"
Li Meng lowered his head and muttered: "Your Majesty trusts me and puts 100,000 troops in my hands, and now, almost all the soldiers of the army have died in Chang'an, what face do I have to go back to Chengdu to see Your Majesty?"
Today, I will fight to the death with the enemy, and if you don't want to fight with me, you can leave now! β
The people looked at each other and said in unison: "I am willing to follow the general and fight the enemy to the death!" β
"Good!"
Li Meng cheered up, took off the double hammer hanging from the victory hook, and said loudly: "All the soldiers of the army, follow me to meet the enemy!" β
Li Meng is also a person with a strong personality, in this case, he has to fight with the Han army, it is undoubtedly a self-defeating move, and now Li Meng has given up his life, whether he can turn defeat into victory and make up for his merits, it depends on this death battle! He led the remnants and engaged the two Han armies that came from the flank.
These two Han armies have a lot of troops, one is commanded by Han Xin, with 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the other is commanded by Xizun, which is also 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the two Han armies, like an iron tong, sandwich Li Meng's troops in the middle.
When the enemies met, they were very red-eyed, and after the soldiers on both sides looked at each other, there was no extra nonsense to say, and they immediately started a handover of soldiers.
Li Meng's remnants had 30,000 people, and the strength of the Han army was twice as large as theirs, so it can be said that at the beginning of the battle, Li Meng's troops fell into great passivity.
There was a huge difference in the strength of the two sides, and Li Meng's troops were not fighting against a rabble, but the famous Western Expeditionary Army, the Western Expeditionary Army that beat Liu Xuan's court to the point of being powerless and restrained the Red Mei Army.
There is no superiority in numbers, and even less superiority in combat power, and this battle has really become a dead end.
The two Han armies, divided from the left and right, suppressed Li Meng's troops to the death, and when Li Meng's troops were struggling to support, another Han army came out of Chang'an City.
This Han army still has about 30,000 troops, and one of the generals at the head is none other than Feng Yi, the general of the expedition to the west.
As Feng Yi led the army out of the city, the Han army had already formed a situation of encirclement of Li Meng's troops, and Deputy Yuan realized that it was not good, he urged the horse to come to Li Meng's approach, and said urgently: "General, the enemy army has too many troops, and our army is difficult to parry, or ...... Let's retreat first! β
It is wise to retreat as soon as the enemy forces have not yet completed the encirclement of their own side.
"Can't be withdrawn! In today's battle, either the enemy dies or I die! β
Li Meng stared at the bloodshot eyes, looked at the pale face of the wall, and said in a condensed voice: "If you are afraid of death, you can go!" When I returned to Chengdu and saw Your Majesty, I said that I, Li Meng, did not embarrass Your Majesty, and repaid Jun's kindness with broken jade! β
"Generalβ" "Less verbose! β
Li Meng no longer paid attention to the deputy Yuan, and shouted loudly to the surrounding relatives: "Brothers, follow me to rush and kill the enemy formation!" β
"Kill-" Li Meng took his relatives around him and rushed straight to Feng Yijun in front of him.
Li Meng ran ahead of the curve, just in time to meet an oncoming Han military captain, who was holding a knife and swept across his neck.
Li Meng roared, raised the single hammer outward, and heard a crisp sound in the ear chakra.
The knife in the hand of the Han military captain flew into the air, and the hammer in Li Meng's other hand smashed Huashan down, and the top of the lieutenant's head, snap, this hammer smashed the head of the Han military captain, and the body fell off the war horse.