Chapter 155 - The Battle of Chang'an begins
"General, general, no! The enemy is coming! ”
At the head of Chang'an City, a sharp-eyed sentry saw the army led by Zhao Fan from a distance, and his face couldn't help but change drastically, and he roared wildly.
"Where did the enemy come from, aren't you a woman playing too much and being dazzled?" A small officer glared at the sentry fiercely, and slowly looked back, but just in time to see the endless army pouring towards Chang'an City, he couldn't help but shout a little, "Hurry... Go to Notice... Inform the general that the enemy army is coming, everyone closes the city gates and prepares to defend against the enemy! ”
"Yes!"
The two sentries hurried into the city, and a few strong soldiers quickly closed the city gates, while the remaining soldiers took up their weapons, raised their bowstrings, and looked at the enemy troops outside the city with some nervousness.
In the Chang'an Shou General's Mansion, Yang Chongben was holding two bewitching women, ready to do something indescribable, but was interrupted by a hasty knock on the door, and he couldn't help but feel irritated in his heart, and shouted a little easily, "Who, who!" ”
To say that this Yang Chongben is also in a bad mood, he was originally a strong general under Li Maozhen, and he lived a cheerful life on his own territory, but after Wang Xingyu took refuge in Li Maozhen, he was sent to Chang'an by Li Maozhen to assist in defense, and he couldn't help but be quite dissatisfied.
He originally wanted to follow the army and go to the territory of the imperial court to make a small fortune, but when he sent a request, he was happily rejected by Li Maozhen, and was ordered to continue to stay in Chang'an without any relaxation.
Yang Chongben naturally knew in his heart that Li Maozhen was not worried about Wang Xingyu, so he sent himself to stay in Chang'an, on the one hand, to prevent accidents, and on the other hand, he could also eat away at Wang Xingyu's power, but no matter what, he still felt a little unhappy in his heart, why could others go out to get promoted and make a fortune, but he was left behind in the rear of Chang'an and became moldy!
"General, it's not good, the enemy is attacking the city!" The sentry pushed open the door and said breathlessly.
"Enemy troops? Where did the enemy army come from? Lord Li's 100,000-strong army is in Shaanzhou, can the enemy still fly over? Yang Chongben glared at the sentry dissatisfiedly and scolded angrily.
"General, it's true, there are a lot of enemy troops, at least 100,000 people!" The sentry paused, and said with a bitter face, "General, you go to the city with the villain, you will know it when you see it." ”
"Okay, you useless things, if I go and don't see anyone, I'll twist your head off!" Yang Chongben glanced at the sentry and said viciously.
"Someone! Change your clothes and go to the city! ”
"Yes!"
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"Your Majesty, how are we going to fight now?"
Under the city of Chang'an, Zhao Wei stood behind Zhao Fan and said cautiously, but his eyes were staring at the head of Chang'an City, the city was in a panic, and the frightened look on the face of each defender could be seen clearly.
"General Zhao thinks, how should this battle be fought?" Zhao Wei smiled and said softly.
"The last general thought that the shield soldiers raised their shields, covered the rushing car and the well near the city wall, suppressed the defenders at the head of the city with crossbowmen, and then smashed the city gate with the rushing car, and finally covered the army again and took Chang'an City!" Zhao Wei thought for a moment and said slowly.
"Well, Master Zhang, what do you think?" Zhao Fan nodded, and then looked at Zhang Jidao.
"Your Majesty, this siege is not the minister's specialty, but the minister thinks that General Zhao's method is quite good." Zhang Ji glanced at Zhao Wei and said slowly.
"In that case, then do as General Zhao said." Zhao Fan waved his hand and said softly.
Zhao Fan felt that Zhao Wei's tactics were too rigid, and there were almost no bright spots, but they were decent, so he didn't say much.
"Yes!" Zhao Wei nodded, waved his hand behind him, and roared loudly.
"Attack!"
The army began to disperse in formation, slowly approaching Chang'an City, the giant shield hand door held a shield higher than a person, covering the newly assembled siege vehicles and rushing vehicles slowly forward, one by one under the push of the soldiers to the target location.
I have to say that the system of the Mandate of Heaven is still perfect, and all the siege equipment is escorted by the people in horse-drawn carriages, rather than made from materials on the spot, thus ensuring efficiency and making blitzkrieg possible.
In order to ensure the integrity of Chang'an City, as well as to avoid unnecessary civilian casualties. Zhao Fan did not choose to use a catapult, in fact, Zhao Fan also felt that there was no need for this.
At the head of the city, looking at the enemy troops frantically surging under the city, Yang Chongben felt that his scalp was a little numb, where did these enemies come from? Did it fall from the sky?
"General, what now?" The city gate guard on the side glanced at Yang Chongben and shrunk his neck.
"What else can I do, quickly transfer all the defenders in the city to the city! Can't you just look at it? Yang Chongben kicked the guard and said angrily.
"Yes!" The guard nodded, and hurriedly trotted away.
"His grandmother's, where did these people come from..."Yang Chongben looked at the black pressure of the enemy army under the city, and muttered to himself.
A moment later, the 30,000 defenders who remained in Chang'an, under the leadership of their respective generals, hurried to the city wall, took out their weapons, and waited for the enemy troops under the city.
"Quick, send a few fast horses to Shaanzhou, find the adults and report that he is trapped in Chang'an!" Yang Chongben frowned, and said in a solemn tone, "Send someone to Pizhou again, go to the two Gao generals for help, go quickly!" ”
"Yes!"
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With the passage of time, some bulky siege vehicles finally approached Chang'an City, and the arrows rained down on the city, but very few of them could pass through and hurt the soldiers behind.
"Quick, pour me fire oil and burn these lumps!" Yang Chongben saw that the siege vehicle was getting closer and closer, but he was helpless, and couldn't help but say a little eagerly.
At the urging of Yang Chongben, cans of fire oil were thrown down from the city and smashed on the siege vehicles that were about to lean on the city wall, and then torches were thrown down one by one, and the siege vehicles and rushing cars under the city instantly fell into a raging fire.
Many soldiers had a fire on their bodies, and the whole person was set on fire, and they kept rolling on the ground, trying to extinguish the fire on their bodies with the help of the ground, but the fire ignited by the fire oil poured on the cotton clothes was not so easy to extinguish, and once the person was lit, it would be like a candle, completely burning.
Zhao Fan watched from afar as the siege vehicles under the city fell into the sea of fire, and countless soldiers died, and he couldn't help frowning slightly, his eyes were full of unbearability.
"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, fighting is like this, especially siege warfare, fighting is a war of attrition, but the enemy consumes materials, and we consume human lives." Zhao Wei coughed twice and said slowly.
"The enemy in the city has very limited supplies, as long as we keep attacking, the enemy will soon run out of ammunition and food."
Zhao Fan nodded noncommittally and did not speak.
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