Chapter 129: The Power of the Thunderbolt
In the Tiger Prison Pass, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Dong Zhuo looked at the civil and military standing under the tent angrily, and shouted: "One by one, is it true that except for Wu'er Fengxian, everyone else is a wine bag and rice bag?" ā
Lu Bu's face was obviously not good-looking, and he stepped forward and said: "Father-in-law, please calm your anger, the child is tired after a long battle, wait to eat some wine and food, recover his strength, and then go out of the customs to fight!" ā
Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said: "Today's defeat, the crime is not Fengxian, you are alone, and the princes of the Kwantung region join forces?" ā
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"Huh, by you? The old man is already dead! Dong Zhuo said angrily, "Wen You, what is the best way to deal with the army outside the gate now?" ā
Li Ru frowned, twisted his goat's mustache, paced back and forth a few steps, and said: "Now that Lu Hou is newly defeated, the soldiers have no heart to fight, even if they fight again, they will only increase casualties." Why don't you lead troops back to Luoyang and move the emperor to Chang'an, a nursery rhyme? ā
Dong Zhuo snorted and asked, "What nursery rhymes are circulating in the market?" Why doesn't the old man know? Wen You talked about it in detail. ā
Li Ru nodded and said: "Today's market nursery rhyme says: There is a Han in the west and a Han in the east; When the deer enters Chang'an, there is no difficulty. ā
"Oh? If so? What does that mean? Dong Zhuo asked anxiously.
Li Ru replied slowly: "Confucianism pondered this, thinking that 'a Han in the west' should be passed on to the 12 emperors of Gaozu Wang in Chang'an, the western capital; 'A Han in the east', it is Ying Guangwu Wang in the eastern capital of Luoyang, and now it is also passed on to 12 emperors. If the fortune of heaven returns, if the Taishi moves back to Chang'an, he will be safe. ā
After Dong Zhuo heard this, he clapped his hands and laughed: "If it weren't for Wen You's explanation, how could we understand the heavens, the generals listened to the order and prepared to return to Luoyang." ā
The next day, Lu Bu gathered the army and prepared to return to the division, Dong Zhuo called Fan Chou and Zhang Ji to his side, and said: "This Taishi left you and the two of you to guard this tiger prison pass, only need to defend it for ten days, and after ten days, you can abandon the pass and come to Chang'an. ā
Fan Chou and Zhang Ji glanced at each other, and they both saw reluctance in each other's eyes, but how could the military order be disobeyed, and there was Lu Bu eyeing him beside him, if he said a word, I am afraid that the two of them would not survive today.
The two of them were helpless, so they had no choice but to accept the order and watch Dong Zhuo's army leave, leaving only the two of them with a team of less than 10,000 people.
But fortunately, Dong Zhuo was not too ruthless, leaving a large number of bows and equipment, so that Fan Chou and Zhang Ji could stick to the Tiger Pass.
After the army left, at noon the next day, a messenger came to report: "Report! Two generals, the princes outside the Guanguan once again led the troops to tackle the key problems! ā
Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were shocked, and hurriedly hurried their subordinates to climb the wall of the Tiger Prison Pass to investigate the military situation.
After climbing the wall, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were shocked to find that in front of tens of thousands of alliance troops, there were hundreds of strange wooden carts!
The two didn't know why, but they didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to get strong crossbows and arrows and prepare to meet the enemy.
"General Zhang, do you know, what is that?" Fan Chou asked, pointing to the more than 100 cars.
Zhang Ji shook his head and said, "I really don't know, General Fan, make sure that you are vigilant everywhere, as long as the enemy advances, you will shoot arrows, and after ten days, everything will be fine." ā
"General Zhang has a point." Fan Chou agreed, "Listen to my orders, as long as the enemy is close to the wall, immediately release the arrow!" ā
Just when all the soldiers in the Tiger Prison were nervous and ready to release arrows at any time, the coalition army and the hundred vehicles in front of them stopped.
"General Zhang, do you want to release arrows?" Fan Chou asked.
Zhang Ji frowned, and said uncertainly: "Wait a little longer and see what the situation is." ā
At this moment, Zhao Qian's horse walked out of the military formation, with a golden helmet and golden armor and a red robe, a snow rouge horse under his crotch, and a cloud spear in his hand, looking heroic and extraordinary.
"It's Zhao Qian!" Fan Chou shouted, "Shoot the arrows!" ā
Just when Fan Chou gave the order, Zhao Qian also waved his hand and ordered: "All riders prepare, send stones!" ā
At the sound of an order, two people next to the thunderbolt car were responsible for pulling the mechanism, and in an instant, the rocks flew into the air, heading straight to the top of the wall!
In addition, there are four people who are responsible for filling in the stones, and the thunderbolt car continues to throw more than 100 pounds of boulders to the city wall, the boulder is too big, people have nowhere to hide, and for a time, on the city wall, the archers have been killed and injured countless times.
Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were shocked, looking at the boulders flying down from the sky, and the thunderclap car under the wall roared and thundered, completely gone.
Zhang Ji reacted quickly, looking at the soldiers on the wall wailing, the brains smashed by the boulder burst, and immediately shouted loudly: "The archers withdraw, the shield bearers defend, and carry the wounded away!" ā
Despite the scheduling, but more than 100 catties of boulders falling, how can a mere shield be able to resist?
The soldiers were knocked to the ground by the boulder, spitting blood, and even if they did not break their arms and legs, they would have suffered serious internal injuries, injuring internal organs, and the situation was even more serious.
After several attacks, none of the soldiers on the wall dared to show their heads again, and they all hid behind the wall to avoid being hit by boulders, including Fan Chou and Zhang Ji.
After a while, Zhang Ji suddenly felt that no boulders were flying, so he stood up and looked out of the wall.
It doesn't matter if you look at it, it scared Zhang Ji half to death, it turned out that I don't know when, the alliance army has begun to tackle the key problems, and it has reached the underground of the wall.
Zhang Ji was shocked and hurriedly shouted, "Where are the archers?" Shoot the arrows, release the arrows! ā
When the archers who had just withdrawn heard the order, they immediately rushed up to the wall again, bent their bows and drew arrows, and shot at the Union troops below.
Zhao Qian hurriedly waved the flag to signal the princes to suspend the attack, and then ordered the thunderbolt to continue throwing stones.
The archers on the wall were relieved to see the Allied forces retreating from the city, and a thunderclap sounded in their ears again, which sounded to them like a call from the underworld.
This time, they didn't wait for Zhang Ji's order at all, and those archers ran around one by one and dodged one after another, but there were still many slow-moving soldiers who died under the boulders.
Fan Chou and Zhang Ji hid behind a bunker, and they were helpless, Fan Chou sighed: "If it goes on like this, let alone ten days, even if it is one day, it won't last." ā
Zhang Ji nodded and said, "What General Fan said is extremely true, it has only been two days since the Taishi army left, and it seems that this tiger prison cannot be held. ā
"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it, as long as you hold on for ten days, we can seal the liehou!" Fan Chou's eyes lit up and he said.
At this moment, a soldier not far from the side was stoned to death, and his brain splashed another soldier's body, the soldier shouted, shouting: "Lao Tzu is not fighting, Lao Tzu is going to surrender, then Dong Zhuo himself wants to flee to Chang'an, but we are left to be substitute ghosts, Lao Tzu is gone!" ā
Fan Chou was shocked when he heard this, if the soldier mutinied, it would be the end, so he desperately took out his sword and came to the soldier's side, stabbing him to the ground with a sword!