Chapter 87 The Time of the Bloody War
Accompanied by the rain of arrows and artillery stones of the defenders of the fortress and the blazing fire on the hillside, Cao Cheng led more than 10,000 soldiers to fight for the effective attack distance of the heavy equipment behind him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yan Feng pulled out his long sword and pointed it directly at the Zhao army fortress not far away to order the equipment to attack, and Qian Fei also ordered his 1,000 archers to fire arrows at the fortress.
Wang Ben and Suo Xing led the first attack echelon of 8,000 people to rush forward, and the shield hand in Cao Cheng's formation continued to slowly advance to cover the attack echelon.
At this time, the flints thrown by the Qin army continued to fall into the fortress, and the entire fortress had turned into a sea of fire, and people were constantly hit by the flints and fell to the ground, and the two watchtowers were also blown up and drowned in the flames.
Cheng Bian stood on the watchtower and drew his sword and shouted: "All the soldiers must resist me and concentrate all your strength to beat them back."
Liu Xiang, who was stationed on the left side of the Shooting Goose Slope, looked at everything in the fortress and thought: "Sure enough, I know that the Qin army is not so easy to deal with, I hope we can hold on here for half a month, and I also hope that we can see the sun rising on the morning of the sixteenth day."
Liu Xiang didn't think much about it and immediately summoned the generals and said, "Jiang Chen is guarding the camp, and the rest of the generals will lead a total of 1,500 people to follow me to the Shooting Goose Fortress."
After receiving the order, the generals each walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and prepared to go, Lu Lian said to Ye Zhao: "Jiang Chen's ability is no less than ours, why did the eldest brother only let him guard the camp, and Jiang Chen actually accepted it without saying anything."
Ye Zhao replied: "Although Jiang Chen is also very brave in battle, his biggest advantage is not that he gallops on the battlefield, he is calm and good at analysis, which is tantamount to a general who can reinvigorate one side alone."
Jian Zhenping is located on the side of Sheyan Slope, such a place where Wang Jian will definitely not find out, with Jiang Chen stationed there, it is completely safe to protect this place.
As for why Jiang Chen didn't say anything, of course Jiang Chen already knew what the eldest brother was thinking, these two people understand each other and complement each other, I think we will definitely be able to become the princes of the dominant side in the future."
After hearing this, Lu Lian said with a smile: "Those of us who live in modern times can come here, it seems that God has chosen us, and since we have chosen us, we should be allowed to live to the day when we dominate the party."
After speaking, the two of them each smiled and returned to the barracks together to lead the troops.
Liu Xiang and the generals led the soldiers and horses, and then hurried from the path to the fortress of Sheyanpo.
The hundreds of defenders on the outer defense line could not withstand the fierce blows of the Qin army's flints and crossbow arrows, and abandoned the defense area one after another, and went straight to the second line of defense to hold on, and fired back at the attacking Qin army in the second line of defense.
The fire in the fortress had been basically extinguished, and the number of catapults had started operating again, and Yan Feng ordered the heavy equipment to stop attacking for fear of accidentally injuring his own people.
The Qin soldiers who rushed to the front raised short ladders and prepared to climb the stone wall of the outer defense line, and several people pushed the cart and rushed to the fortress gate under the protection of many infantry shields.
Lu Rui saw that the big thing was not good, and hurriedly ordered dozens of soldiers to hold shields and long logs to hold the gate to the death, and Liu Xi rushed from behind with his headquarters to help.
Liu Xi ordered his men to punch holes the size of fists in the stone walls of the outer defense line, and the soldiers of the Zhao army stretched out their spears from the holes to attack the Qin soldiers who climbed the wall.
These Qin soldiers only cared about climbing the stone wall, and they did not expect to be attacked, and as a result, the Qin soldiers on the ladder were all stabbed down with spears.
Cao Cheng ordered 2,000 archers to fire a volley over the stone wall of the fortress, and more than 10,000 rockets fired from the Qin army's array crossed the sky in an arc and fell into the fortress of the Zhao army.
Countless people fell to the ground by arrows in the Zhao army, and the fortress turned into a sea of fire in an instant.
Wang Ben urged the soldiers to step up the attack, and Qian Fei behind him also ran to help with a red blade knife in one hand and a shield in the other.
Qian Fei stuck the big knife in his hand on the ground and mixed it in the middle of the infantry to push the car forward, a standing Zhao sergeant on the stone wall stabbed Qian Fei, Qian Fei raised his shield with his left hand to block it, grabbed the pole with his right hand and pulled the man down and killed him.
After a while, the Qin army broke through the gate of the fortress, Qian Fei threw away his shield and pulled up the red blade knife and rushed in, several Zhao soldiers surrounded him and stabbed Qian Fei with a spear, Qian Fei flashed to the side and slashed the Zhao soldiers to the ground.
Seeing this, Liu Xi pulled out his bow and shot an arrow to shoot down Qian Fei's helmet, Qian Fei dragged a big knife and rushed towards Liu Xi, Liu Xi abandoned the bow and arrow and raised a gun to fight Qian Fei.
After less than ten rounds of fighting, Liu Xi felt that his arms were numb and he almost couldn't stop it.
Qian Fei saw that Liu Xi was about to be unable to resist, and said with a smile: "I recognize you, you are Liu Xiang's subordinate, you were defeated by you and almost lost your life in Daidi at that time, and today I will send you to hell by the way."
After that, Qian Fei raised his knife and slashed at Liu Xi's head, saying that it was too late, and a big knife stabbed diagonally to separate the attack, and the general said: "Qian Feixiu injured my brother's life, and he beat you to the ground at that time, but I didn't expect you to be alive, if I didn't want you to be alive, I would have committed suicide."
Qian Fei saw that this person was wearing a green robe and yellow armor, and the ancient ingot knife in his hand was Lu Lian, so he said: "I didn't expect another one to come, then Liu Xiang should also come, grandpa is going to wash away all the shame at that time today and kill all of you."
After saying that, Qian Fei strode over, Lu Lian didn't attack, only used the back of the knife to hit the shield scattered on the ground, Qian Fei dodged and rushed to Lu Lian's body, raised the knife with both hands to slash, Lu Lian held the knife bar under the knife board with both hands on the side of his body to resist.
The blades of the two big knives intersected and sparks burst out, and the two fought for thirty rounds without winning or losing.
Cao Cheng rushed towards Lu Lian with a shield in one hand and a halberd in the other, and suddenly Ye Zhao flashed in front of him, brandishing a horse chopping knife and saying, "Cao Cheng, your opponent is me."
"Good boy, since you want to die so much, then I will fulfill you"
After saying that, Cao Cheng raised the halberd to fight, Ye Zhao raised the knife in his right hand to block it, and his left hand pulled out his sword and stabbed at Cao Cheng, Cao Cheng hurriedly raised his shield to stand it, and the two were separated after a stalemate for a while.
The army led by Wang Ben Suoxing was rushing towards the gate in a steady stream, but only a few soldiers and horses had actually rushed into the fortress, Cao Cheng was worried that he would be passive if he was not numerous, so he temporarily saved his strength and left Ye Zhao to retreat.
Qian Fei also put aside his weapons and retreated into the military formation, and the two of them ordered the soldiers and horses to attack together, and thousands of Qin soldiers desperately rushed to the gate of the fortress.
Seeing that the first line of defense was about to collapse, Liu Xiang personally led 1,500 soldiers to attack the Qin army from the thorn slope.
Liu Xiang rode on the horse and stabbed left and right to kill more than ten Qin soldiers, and all the soldiers of the Qin army surrounded Liu Xiang after seeing it.
Lu Yi took two hundred crossbowmen to fire arrows from behind the Qin army, and one by one the Qin soldiers fell to the line, and there was no time to dodge.
Liu Xiang led his troops and horses to cooperate with the defenders of the fortress and drove the Qin army back to the gate.
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