readx; The tragic siege battle has begun!

With Zhang Xianzhong's order, an earth-shattering cry erupted in the camp of the thieves, rushing to Luoyang from all directions. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the defenders were also unceremoniously, under the command of Zuo Liangyu, and poured a dense rain of arrows on the soil mountain not far away, trying to take advantage of the loosening of the shield array and Zhang Xianzhong's wounding to annihilate it in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that Zhang Xianzhong's personal soldiers sacrificed their lives to protect them, and surrounded this bloody murderous maniac and hurriedly retreated from the mountain and withdrew to the main formation. Due to the presence of the shield array, the lethality of the arrow rain is extremely limited. When the thieves withdrew, dozens of corpses were left behind on Tushan Mountain, but most of them were captives who were tortured and killed by Zhang Xianzhong.

Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but sigh, he originally wanted to capture the king first, but now it seems impossible. Seeing that a large number of thieves were rushing straight towards the city wall, and that they were about to reach the moat, he had to shout: "Shoot the arrows! Give me arrows! ”

At this time, all the defenders were filled with righteous indignation, and since they couldn't shoot Zhang Xianzhong, they poured out their anger on these thieves. For a time, the sharp arrows at the head of the city were as dense as flying locusts, knocking down a large number of thieves who broke into the range. Outside the moat, there was a river of blood, and in a short time hundreds of people died under the arrows.

Zhu Youzhen and the others also tried their best to release the arrows, but after shooting for a while, he found that something was wrong, and hurriedly said to Zuo Liangyu: "General, this wave of attacks by thieves is a bit unreasonable!" ”

Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he saw the thieves just now. At this time, seeing that the defenders were raining arrows, the enemy could not cross the moat at all, and his heart was reassured. Hearing Zhu Youzhen say this, he said disdainfully: "Oh? Tell me, why is it unreasonable? ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly replied: "First, the thieves accumulated a mountain of soil before, and condescendingly shot at our army, and achieved good results. Why is this tactic now actively abandoned in favor of a forced charge with great casualties?

"Second, even if it is a strong attack, if you want to break through the city wall, at least you must prepare ladders, siege engines and other equipment. But the thieves have nothing, so they rush up blindly, even if they can rush to the edge of the city wall, they can't make a difference! Since it is useless at all, isn't it tantamount to sending people to death?

"Third, I don't know if the general has noticed, many thieves don't have blades at all, but carry wooden sticks, door latches and the like, and they don't have any protective gear on their bodies. According to the last general, they are probably not thieves at all, but ordinary people who Zhang Xianzhong has just coerced in! No matter how much our army kills, it only kills these civilians, but the main force of the thieves retreats behind unscathed..."

"Don't talk so much nonsense!" Zhu Youzhen was about to continue to analyze, but Zuo Liangyu interrupted him impatiently, "It doesn't matter if they were ordinary people in the past, and whether they were willing or coerced, anyway, now they are attacking the city, this one is enough!" Rebellion and rebellion, the crime cannot be punished, killing all is enough, it is useless to say more! As for what you're talking about, it just proves that the thieves are stupid. Soldiers! Keep shooting hard for me, His Royal Highness just said, there is a reward! ”

At this time, Zhu Yousong, the prince of King Fu, who was like ashes, also walked out of the city gate tower tremblingly, and said in a trembling voice: "That's right, kill a thief, and this king will reward three taels... No, five taels of silver! General Zuo, the city defense on all sides is a little tight, and this king is going to take a look in several other directions..."As he spoke, he stumbled down the city.

Zhu Youzhen knew that this Zhu Yousong was going to supervise the war, and he was clearly looking for an excuse to slip away. He couldn't help but feel disdainful in his heart, and secretly said goodbye to this Zhu Yousong's unfathomable scheming, but when he arrived on the battlefield, he was also a sloppy egg. No matter how capable such a person is of intrigue and trickery, he can't stop the iron hooves of the Manchus!

However, as the saying goes, "there must be brave men under the heavy reward", the defenders were suppressed by the archers on the earth mountain for several days, and today they can finally kill the enemy with arrows unscrupulously, without worrying about their own safety, they are already like a fish in water; Now that Zhu Yousong has promised a heavy reward, his morale is even more boosted, and he desperately pours the rain of arrows on the heads of the thieves.

The thieves besieging the city really couldn't withstand such a dense rain of arrows, and after leaving hundreds of corpses behind, they had to retreat in panic.

The defenders at the head of the city were naturally very happy when they saw the thieves retreating, and broke out into a burst of enthusiastic cheers. Zuo Liangyu was also proud, and looked up to the sky at the head of the city and said with a long smile: "With General Ben here, Luoyang is solid!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was not happy, and always felt that with Zhang Xianzhong's tricks, it seemed impossible to make such a low-level mistake.

But before the defenders could finish their celebrations, they saw the defeated thief return in a hurry. Seeing this, Zuo Liangyu sneered and said, "It's a good time!" Keep firing arrows at General Ben, so that they will not come back! ”

Seeing that these people fell under the sharp arrows again, Zhu Youzhen was also a little puzzled: Knowing that they were here to send them to death, why did these people still rush up?

Qi Meifeng, who was on the side, observed the entire battlefield very carefully, and whispered to Zhu Youzhen at this time: "These people don't want to come back, but they were killed by the supervision team." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked into the distance along the direction she pointed, and sure enough, he saw about 100 horseback archers on the opposite side, and his figure was about to disappear in the darkness. This is Zhang Xianzhong's main force, but they are not in a hurry to attack the city at all, but aim their sharp arrows at the "companions" who are forced to attack the city!

And the thieves who came up the second time did not even take the sticks or anything like that, but while dodging the arrows in vain, they struggled to lift the corpses lying on the battlefield, walked with difficulty to the moat, threw the corpses into the river, and then turned around and ran.

Despite the rain of arrows from the defenders, the number of casualties on the attacking side increased dramatically; However, due to the large number of besiegers, hundreds of corpses were successfully thrown into the moat, and the river was cut off and silted up a "flat ground".

But Zuo Liangyu didn't take it seriously, thinking that the thieves wouldn't be able to come up anyway, even if they were posted on the city wall!

In this way, the see-saw was repeated several times, and the casualties of the thieves reached a staggering more than 2,000 people. It wasn't until night completely covered the land that the camp of thieves withdrew its troops, and the siege thieves suddenly retreated like a tide. The battlefield, which was full of roars and moans just now, suddenly became dead silent.

Luoyang City held on again.

"Open the city gate," Zuo Liangyu shouted majestically and proudly, "clean up the battlefield!" ”

The closed east gate slowly opened, and more than 100 officers and soldiers with sharp blades lined up and began to clean up the battlefield.

And the so-called "cleaning up the battlefield" is actually to cut off the heads of thieves, whether they are out of breath or not.

"You Jian, you did well in this battle!" At this time, Zuo Liangyu was in a very good mood, patted Zhu Youzhen's shoulder and said with a smile, "Originally, you collided with General Ben, and General Ben still wanted to punish you." However, if your subordinates break the shield array, this general will have a chance to shoot and wound the thief Shouzhang Xianzhong, and you can be regarded as a merit and demerit. How about counting you as a hundred of the severed heads? That's a big deal! ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't hold back anymore at this time, turned around and retched at the corner of the city wall.