Chapter 160: Offensive and Defensive Stalemate

In the beginning, the Huns conquered the city, and they never disdained to use any equipment. They believe in strength, and they consider themselves to be the descendants of the steppe wolf god, with infinite power from the heavens, relying on the courage and determination to move forward without fear of death. Therefore, although they were basically able to win in all the battles with the Jin army, which was wasting their strength in internal and external troubles, they only liked to suppress it with brute force because they did not pay attention to tactical tactics and only liked to suppress it with brute force, so the number of deaths and losses of the Hun soldiers also increased exponentially.

This situation was improved a few years ago. On the one hand, with the continuous expansion and strengthening of the Xiongnu Han State, it also recruited some talents, absorbed the essence of many advanced Han culture and military thought, and understood the basic principle of sustainable development; On the other hand, with the surrender of Zhao Ran and other Jin generals and effective suggestions, in the subsequent siege battles, the Xiongnu army also began to gradually use cloud ladders and other things, knowing that with the help of equipment, it can often achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The besieging side is coming violently, and it has the momentum to destroy this eclipse. In the city, everyone's nerves were tense rapidly, and no matter whether they were afraid or panicked, they couldn't help but be pushed by the war and had no choice but to stand up.

"Quick! Splash oil! Torch ready! ”

"Trebuchet, put!"

The black clouds crushed the city and wanted to destroy it, and the armor light opened to the sun. The Hun soldiers under the city poured all over the city, covering everything in the field of vision of the guards in the city, and all kinds of crazy shouts of alien races that could not be heard really shook people's scalps. Although they were all intended, the guards still did their best to resist under the orderly command.

There are Hun soldiers are quickly climbing up the ladder, only to hear the strange sound above, is subconsciously looking up, a bucket of boiling oil has been poured head-on, the Hun soldier's eyes were immediately scalded, the boiling oil not only burned the skin and flesh on his head and face to curl up and rot deep to see the bones, and even poured into the Hun soldier's wide open mouth, the stomach in the chest cavity was burned together!

The Hun soldier quickly curled up in a ball as if he had been electrocuted, and described it as terrifying and planted down the ladder. Upstairs, the barrels and cans of boiling oil that have been prepared, have poured down, and finally threw out of the building together with the barrels and cans, with the torches thrown down one after another, the raging fire immediately bombarded the people, swallowed the ladder, the screams made people's scalps numb, one by one the fire people howled heartbreakingly, running around without a head and no brain, and finally twisted and fell to the ground into a body of charcoal, which was unbearable to see.

Immediately afterwards, the buzzing sound sounded, the trebuchet with enough strength to eject a piece of boulder was thrown, like a thunderbolt, pressed down, hundreds of Hun soldiers, unavoidable, was smashed into a meat pie when landed, after the boulder landed, another smoke rolled out, leaving a bloody trail all the way, fortunately not dead, most of them were broken legs and arms, shrunk on the ground wailing and struggling, but were trampled by the imminent friendly troops, and the flesh and blood of the step were blurred and a life whimpered.

Then, with a shout from the defenders, five extremely heavy rolling logs were shouted and thrown off the wall. Ropes are wound around both sides of the rolling log, and when thrown down the city, the wooden body will rotate at high speed under the control of the rope, and each of the rolling logs is at least one zhang long, three feet thick, and the black and lush wood is full of sharp and sharp long nails, and as the rolling wood falls and rolls, the enemy soldiers are crushed into a row of meat patties, some of them have fast legs, and they can escape their lives, but they are also pierced by the long nails and pierced out of several bloody holes. In a howl of rage, the city guards pulled the log back to the city with their wheels.

But there were too many Hun soldiers. The counterattack on the city only made the offensive under the city stagnate slightly, but it seemed to be throwing stones like a sea, only stirring up a small ripple, and then it disappeared invisibly, and there was no big impact. The next moment, more Hun soldiers were like a rushing and noisy wave, more and more violently pounced, hitting the majestic Chang'an city wall, in the turbulent sea of people, in the Hun army intended to devour everything in the fierce momentum, Chang'an City was like a lonely boat in the angry sea, unconsciously trembling.

"Woo......"

A great trumpet roared and filled the wilderness. This represents a military order that only advances and does not retreat, and all the Hun soldiers are boiling.

After three rounds of long arrows diffusely, three rounds of short crossbows, and repeated burning of fire oil and boulders and rolling logs, the Huns dropped more than 2,000 corpses in tragic shapes, but withstood the strong counterattack of the city, and finally pushed the large force to the corner of the wall, and put four thick cloud ladders firmly on the edge of the city wall, in the earth-shattering howl, the dense flow of people climbed the ladder like ants, under the cover of their own short bow and dense shooting, the madness began to spread to the city, the situation was not optimistic.

"Spearmen come forward! Get ready for a stab! ”

"Shieldbearer stand firm! Shieldholder, stand firm! ”

"Ahh I've been shot! ”

The guards at the head of the city, many people have been wounded in the enemy's shooting, the veterans are still gritting their teeth and insisting, some people have not experienced such a tragic scene of life and death struggle at close range, once they were hit by an arrow, they immediately stood on the ground, and they were already screaming uncontrollably, causing a commotion.

But I don't know when more and more people in the city poured into the city. At first, there were soldiers in the door to block, and then there were more and more people, and some people shouted that instead of waiting so anxiously, it was better to go to the city, send people to help, and fight the Huns together, anyway, if the city was broken, no one could escape.

These words received countless responses, and even the guards slowly put away their posture of blocking. So gathered of the people, a swarm of flocks to the city tower, although the emperor is still standing on the tower, but the enemy is frantically attacking, in this special case, no one has too much nonsense, under the acquiescence of the emperor, the city regardless of the officers and soldiers or the people, all use the blade to carry out the blockade, even a lot of women, all grabbed the stones, gritted their teeth and smashed out.

Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer. When the continuous endurance is exchanged for all kinds of bullying and bloody massacres, and it is found that no matter how much you endure it, you can't live, no matter how old or young, you have to fight back desperately, the lives of your loved ones and the humiliation you have suffered for a long time need to be washed and sacrificed with the blood of the Hu people, even if it is a few for one!

The hideous faces under the city were close in front of him, and even the terrifying glint in the eyes of the enemy soldiers was clearly visible. He ran back and forth, his eyes like lightning, and urged the guards and the people not to be afraid, not to panic, and not to let go of the slightest omission. When he was in a hurry, he suddenly found that the emperor and the two important ministers were still attached to the city wall, and he couldn't help but scream in a hurry.

"Your Majesty! The enemy soldiers are coming fiercely, please return to the palace as soon as possible! ”

"The Grand Duke! Captain, please stay away with Your Majesty! ”

Lu Yun and Suo Qi, seeing that the enemy army was so powerful, even if they were people who had experienced the battle, they were somewhat frightened. In addition, the emperor personally risked the arrow stone here, and his safety was unpredictable, so he immediately took one side of the side, and helped Sima Ye to persuade him to go downstairs.

Sima Ye had been stunned by a kind of annihilating fear, and he couldn't move half a step, like a frightened bird. But as the defenders of the city fought back, listened to the earth-shattering roars of the soldiers and civilians, and saw that even women and children were throwing stones at each other, all of them were unwilling to give in and tried their best to fight against Hu Lu's momentum, which gave him a great infection.

The young man's bloody nature was stimulated on the spot, Sima Ye shook off Lu Yun and Suo Qi, and shouted with all his strength: "I won't leave!" Everyone is here to fight Hulu, where am I going! Here I am, watching my soldiers and civilians defeat Hulu! ”

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and they didn't know what to do. But more people have already shouted long live, and the sound shook the building, so the morale rose sharply, the sword and spear fell, and the enemy's offensive was stagnant.

On the city wall, the flag of the Great Jin Dynasty is still fluttering, and it and the sound of war drums inspire the soldiers and civilians in the city to fight! Fight until you die. Everyone understands that the city is broken and will die, in the face of the ant-colony Hun army, they have to defend this last homeland from being burned and looted, and every time they kill a Huns, it means that their relatives are safer - they must fight to the death or even die in battle!

With the setback of the Xiongnu army's offensive, the long and short sound of the desolate and distant Hu Ji sounded again, there were flags waving in the distance, the Xiongnu soldiers who were besieging the city came and went quickly, and they retreated back like a low tide, and in a short time, they had retreated from the city tower cleanly, leaving only thousands of corpses with blurred flesh and broken limbs. Everyone in the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the enemy's fierce offensive finally stopped for a while.

"Look! It seems that there is a great future in the enemy army! ”

I don't know who shouted, including Sima Ye, the big guys hurriedly raised their eyes and looked into the distance, and even the injured person cheered up and looked carefully, what was the situation.

In the enemy formation, a wide general flag came from far and near. Countless Hun soldiers who continued to retreat and dispersed gathered around this flag again, and after a while, a huge and sophisticated army formation was formed again, and the large and small flags will hold the flag like the moon, and countless spears pointed straight to the sky, and the military formation was majestic.

In a moment, the left and right sides of the Hun army formation were slightly separated, a general, wearing a helmet and armor, rode on a tall horse with his head held high, and under the escort of his fully armed soldiers, he came on a horse without hurrying, and stopped at about 400 steps below the city, and looked up to the city. Under the sun, the general's red tassels were particularly eye-catching, but the heavy iron armor exuded a cold atmosphere.

There is a wind blowing, the flag behind the general is stretched out in the wind, even if it is seen from a distance from the city tower, the word "Zhao" is still clear at a glance.

Lu Yun's eyes suddenly widened, his hand had slapped the city bricks heavily, and he poked his head out and shouted angrily: "It's you!" Zhao Ran! ”