Chapter 112: Bloody Battle
The water tiger prison and the Hangu Tongguan are called the four major Xiongguan in the world, sure enough, the city wall is eight zhang high, it has undergone repair and reinforcement from generation to generation, it is extremely thick, the water of the moat in front is also two zhang deep, now the sun is rising, the city head is also full of trees and flags, under the sun, this upright pass is like a huge beast to choose people and devour.
There is a cloud in the art of war: "Go to the army to plan, and then fight to fight... The last siege. "In this era, to attack the city, to tell the truth, is to use human lives to pile up, and the current situation must be forcibly captured, Liu Yi can't help but sigh that after this battle, I don't know how many loyal warriors will be broken under this water.
As the commander of the siege station this time, Cao Cao is undoubtedly extremely competent, looking at the siege formation he posed, Liu Yi really admired it in his heart. The thousands of soldiers at the front of the line each hold a shield in their left hand and a sandbag in their right hand, which is specially used to fill the moat, and the shield is to defend against the arrows fired from the city; The second team is thousands of archers, this is to prevent the enemy from coming out to fight, each archer has a shield hand around to protect, once the moat is filled, the third team of soldiers holding cloud ladders will immediately attack the city, the last team is Lu Yun's heavy cavalry battalion, which Cao Cao specially borrowed from Liu Yi as a law enforcement team, once someone retreats, there is no forgiveness.
Under Cao Cao's careful arrangement, the early attack was extremely smooth, and the soldiers braved the rain of arrows to throw sandbags into the moat in an orderly and fast manner, and the Hua and Fan people on the city tower were indeed helpless, and they wanted to use rolling wood to beat the stone, the distance was farther, and the people with arrows were protected by shield players, and the effect was not significant; had the intention to go out to kill, but the team of archers was eyeing each other, so they could only sit back and watch the other party's actions, which shows Cao Cao's skill in arranging troops.
"It seems that the allies not only have good generals, but also commanders who command the troops." Hua Xiong sighed.
"Yes, but they will eventually set up a ladder to attack the city, and there will be no more tricks to speak of at that time." Fan Chou continued.
Seeing that the moat was filled in less than half an hour, with the wave of Cao Cao's commanding flag, nearly 10,000 soldiers rushed up with a ladder in their hands, and a tragic siege battle began.
In front of the Bishui Pass, it is now like a purgatory on earth, and the battle is everywhere under the pass, and all you hear is the shouting and screaming of the soldiers on both sides, and the siege battle is going on fiercely.
After the moat was filled, the besieging forces began to attack in earnest, and groups of soldiers rushed to the city walls with long ladders for the sole purpose of climbing the tower. They were greeted by a rain of arrows and rolling logs and rocks from the defenders of the city, and of course there was only one purpose, that is, to prevent the enemy from rushing up the tower.
I saw dozens of ladders erected on the wall at the same time, and the brave soldiers went up the ladder without fear of death, but there were constantly people who were hit by arrows and fell from the sky and fell to the ground. This arrow is a little more sven, and what is even more terrifying is the boulder and log that fell from the gate, often a boulder can harvest the lives of several soldiers, but the soldiers who besieged the city are still one after another under the threat of death, maintaining huge pressure on the city.
All this also gave him an infinite shock in Liu Yi's eyes, now he is not the wolf king who drank blood in the mountains and forests back then, the conflict between thousands of troops and horses on the Yellow Turban battlefield has made him really grow into a qualified general, the so-called Ci is not in charge of the army, what is used on the battlefield is the complete law of the jungle, the weak eat the strong, no one can be an exception.
However, this level of attack is also the first time for him, it turned out that when he read the novel in his previous life, he only thought that he would behead the enemy general, plus a few tiger generals would have the courage to attack the city and seize the land, but everything in front of him let him know that it was just the novelist's words, and the role of personal bravery in such a war can be said to be minimal, not to mention the rain of arrows in the sky, the power of this rolling wood and stone from top to bottom, no matter what flying generals, god generals, brave generals, and fierce generals, there is only one ending, that is, meat sauce.
The soldiers on both sides also showed great courage and quality in this bloody battle, although the siege troops suffered heavy casualties, but under the control of Cao Cao, they still launched a tidal charge in an orderly manner, behind them were the archers who served as cover, these thousands of archers were also selected by Cao Cao from among the princes from all walks of life, with his own Xuanwu battalion as the backbone, all of them were strong bows and crossbows, excellent archery, although from the bottom up, but their arrows were also a huge threat to the officers and soldiers defending the city, There are constantly soldiers on the head of the city who lose their combat power due to arrows, which is probably the fire cover in the ancient cold weapon battle.
Each archer is equipped with a shield hand by his side, which only serves to provide protection for the archers and ensure the power and continuity of arrow suppression, which is also the subtlety of Cao Cao's formation this time. Although the casualties caused by the archers under the city to the defenders are far less than the losses of the siege troops, but now Hua Xiong and Fan Chou are indeed bright, what they lack now is people, once the allies ascend to the city, it is immediately a short hand, and the combat power of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who lost their horses, in the foot battle is far inferior to the horse battle. This Cao Cao moved according to the situation, his vision was accurate, and he was the enemy's key point as soon as he made a move, and he was indeed a good handsome.
But now is not the time to admire the enemy, Hua Xiong and Fan Chou both joined the battle directly, especially Hua Xiong, although he was just injured, but he was indeed the first soldier to be hastily bandaged, watching his main general violently overturn the enemy's siege ladder, the soldiers defending the city are all morale boosted, Fan Chou is also shouting a fierce battle, a ladder connecting the ladder on the ladder was overturned to the ground, and there is a ladder on the city, and the soldiers who rushed up to the ground turned a blind eye to the comrades who were wailing on the ground at this time, only to go up the ladder and launch an impact, All of a sudden, a stalemate was formed.
In many forums in later generations, the strength of the Han army was appreciated, and Liu Yi also had many feelings after coming to this life, and now in this hard-fought siege battle, whether it is the alliance of the princes attacking one side or the Xiliang army defending one side, the kind of indomitable blood courage and murderous spirit shown by the Xiliang army on the defending side is rare in later generations, and this kind of tragic battle can truly reflect the soul of an army, and that scene can really make any man boil.
Cao Cao's face sank like water at this time, constantly commanding the army's attacks through the command banner, although he was not a supreme martial artist at this time, but the kind of momentum exuded by his body was heartbreaking. After the siege troops paid a great price, soldiers climbed the tower one after another, and strangled with the defending soldiers, and the real hand-to-hand combat had just begun.
As more and more soldiers climbed the city tower, the casualties of the defenders immediately increased, and the rain of arrows poured on the city also weakened.
"Where is Yuan Rang and Miaocai?"
"In!" The Xiahou brothers flashed out.
"The two of you quickly lead the men and horses of the headquarters, immediately enter the city, and take advantage of the decline in the morale of the enemy army to capture the pass in one fell swoop." This was the killer arranged by Cao Cao, and the Xiahou brothers were the most courageous troops under him, and it was the right time to use it at this time.
"No." The two men received the order and went away with the crowd.
This group of people and horses were about 800, all dressed in black, all of them were tall and strong, and they were agile, and under the leadership of the Xiahou brothers, they quickly rushed towards the gate.
At this time, the form of the city head has changed, Huaxiong Fan Chou and the two led their own soldiers to attack the allied soldiers who climbed the city tower, and the two of them raised their swords at the same time, although the place where they passed through the foot battle was also brought up a rain of blood. There was no one in the Allied army who could resist these two generals, and they set up to retreat after being killed.
Hua Xiong had completely forgotten that he was injured, like a mad tiger, no one could stop his steps, the big knife opened and closed vertically and horizontally, unstoppable, and shouted loudly at the same time.
"Brothers, today is only death, and everyone will fight to the death with me, and drive them out of the city."
The soldiers all responded with a bang, and under the leadership of the main general, they all rose up and shouted for battle.
Suddenly, Hua Xiong's powerful and heavy knife was actually held by life, and the person who came did not take a step back, and hurriedly looked at it, only to see that this person was eight feet long, describing Kui Wei, it was Xiahou Yuan who arrived, he immediately stepped forward to resist Hua Xiong, and Xiahou Yuan blocked Fan Chou.
"Who is coming? Can you use your name? Hua Xiong shouted.
"Xiahoudun is here, and I have come to take your head today." With the answer, what came came Yuan Rang's domineering shot.
"Where the madman is, he is not ashamed to speak." Hua Xiong swung his knife to block it and drank it. The two of them immediately fought in one place, originally the two of them were between the two of them, but Hua Xiong was newly injured, although he was brave enough to hold on to the end of the strong crossbow with a blood, and he was already at a disadvantage. Seeing this, Fan Chou wanted to rescue, but he couldn't get out under Xiahou Yuan's attack, and more and more coalition soldiers climbed to the top of the city, and the form was already extremely advantageous to the allies.
Xiahoudun and Huaxiong have fought for more than 20 times, seeing that Huaxiong's sword skills have gradually dispersed, he is secretly happy in his heart, and his hands are also tightened.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a loud shout: "Huazi Wei is not panicking, and he is here." ”