Chapter 209: Solid
Dense nets of arrows are intertwined over the battlefield, and the screams are endless, but the enemy's pace has never stopped, the huge ladder is still advancing, the sound of wheels advancing is still in front of Hangu Pass, facing the blow of the strong crossbow of the Mongo army, the enemy has not fallen into collapse, the will of the coalition army is unexpectedly firm, and the corpses all over the ground have not changed the will of the enemy in the slightest, and the indifference to death makes people palpitate.
The bloodstained corpses are all over the Hangu Pass, Meng Ge clasped his hands, his eyes never left the place where the local boss was, he had been thinking about what way Cao Mengde and Yuan Shao would attack, but now he was disappointed, there was nothing new in the little tricks, if the enemy only had this level of siege, then wanting to break through the Hangu Pass guarded by Xu Rong was tantamount to an idiot talking in a dream, it was just wishful thinking.
"Dead man!" The corners of Xu Rong's mouth raised slightly, now it seems that the enemy army is using dead soldiers, no wonder he is so indomitable, but this offensive and defensive battle has just begun to prepare so many dead soldiers, the coalition army has really made a bloody investment this time, but this has just come up and sent the dead soldiers, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the coalition army?
The coalition army will pay a huge price for every step forward, this is simply a bloody road, watching the soldiers fall, Wen Ping's knuckles are pinched, but the siege is so cruel, not to mention that the enemy army is well prepared, if you want to capture Hangu Pass, you must pay the price of blood, this is just the beginning.
Xiahou Lan frowned slightly, the only goal of the enemy army seemed to be to set up the ladder in place, but was it really worth paying such a price? In this short period of time, the loss of soldiers by the coalition army has reached as high as **100, and even the generals have been shot four or five people, and the advance of the coalition army can be described as tragic.
Jia Xu's sharp eyes never left the battlefield, and the coalition army did not hesitate to use a large number of dead soldiers to advance the ladder, obviously expected, but the enemy probably did not expect that there were such huge casualties under the protection of the big shield, but it was a little puzzling that the coalition soldiers continued to advance.
Just as Jia Xu was pondering, Meng Ge suddenly turned around and said, "Wenhe, how many such dead soldiers do you say the enemy army can use?" Although there will be brave men under the great reward, but tell me how many people can give up their lives for that little money! β
Jia Xu was stunned, but fortunately, he reacted immediately, and immediately smiled: "The general can rest assured, although there must be brave men under the heavy reward, but there is one point, that is, the coalition army must have enough money, and cut it like the general cuts wheat like this, those who dare to be dead soldiers can be weighed in the future, no matter how much money they have, they have to have a life to spend to be enough, like this There is no return, I think it won't be long before the enemy is timid, just wait and see what happens." β
Mongo smiled dumbly, he forgot that this guy has never been a good stubble, and it is not surprising to tell him to get such an answer, although Mongo has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, but he still has not forgotten the past, as the war continues, Mongo, who originally thought that he could calmly look at life and death, always had a sense of loss, once upon a time he was so humble, but now he is slaughtering these humble people from above, I really don't know if it's a kind of irony, But the fame of the troubled times is built on the blood and tears of countless people.
"Boom!" With a huge roar, the ladder finally advanced to the right position, under the rain of arrows, countless soldiers risked their lives to start the ladder, as the ladder with a hook at the upper end of the ladder fell, a slope formed by a ladder instantly erected on the wall of Hangu Pass, the barb designed at the front end of the ladder was firmly fixed on the city wall, and paid a heavy price, and the enemy finally set up the ladder successfully.
The battle has just begun, the erection of dozens of ladders has successfully sounded the horn of the battle, at this moment all the coalition generals have been waiting for too long, in the face of the strong defense of Hangu Pass, the coalition forces have not achieved any commendable results, which is an invisible pressure for anyone.
In the short time that the ladder was fixed, Wen Ping's eyes never left the slightest, until the moment when the ladder was successfully fixed, Wen Ping immediately roared: "Kill and break the Hangu Pass!" β
"Kill!" The assault soldiers who had been waiting in the rear for a long time rushed into the battlefield at a high speed, at the first time when the ladder was erected, the soldiers around the ladder did not hesitate to climb the ladder, brandished their weapons and rushed to Hangu Pass, with the help of the ladder, the speed of the siege was accelerated several times, compared with the method of climbing the siege, the ladder has too many advantages, although the slope is not considered to be walking on the ground, but it is several times easier than climbing.
Xu Huang didn't panic in the slightest, looked at the beast-like ladder, and said coldly: "Second team, adjust the angle and aim at the soldiers on the ladder!" I can't spare any of them, I want to see how many lives they have! β
The strong crossbowmen who had been waiting for a long time stood in their positions, and the deadly feather arrows once again showed their terrifying power, at this time everyone was only a dozen steps away from the ladder, so close at a distance, in the face of the shot of the strong crossbow, the fate had already been doomed, even if there was a big shield, it was just a useless ride under the high-density arrow rain.
"Ahh Before the first soldier had time to climb half the way, a fatal arrow pierced his head, and before he could reach half the way, countless people fell down the ladder, and the wide ladder was sprinkled with blood, which showed that the road would be even more tragic.
The huge ladder provides a platform for siege, after some deduction, Meng Ge secretly said: "If the enemy's ladder is more dense, then you can block part of the angle, so it seems that the ladder still has a feasible surname as a shield, so that the advance of the army will not pay such a heavy price, it seems that it is necessary to leave these ladders, otherwise let the other party make enough ladders, it is not easy to cover a large area!" β
Mongo touched his chin and muttered to himself, "We need to find a way to keep these ladders!" β
Leaving the ladder is a good idea, but how to leave the ladder is confusing, this battle has just begun, it is really unrealistic to leave the ladder, looking at the determination of the enemy to encircle, Mongo has no intention of attacking, now the door is to let the enemy army into the customs, let people in this is what kind of strength to fight!
How to leave these ladders without attacking, Mongo couldn't help but make a difficulty, this thing is so huge, it is not easy to leave it at all, and the enemy is so tightly protected, it is a problem to break it.
"Wenhe, how about we rush down the ladder?" Meng Ge suddenly said such an inexplicable method to Jia Xu strangely, since we can't attack the city gate, then it is an idea to go down the ladder to knock down.
"What?" Jia Xu was like a ghost, he hadn't turned a corner for a while, and since ancient times, he had only heard of the enemy attacking the city with a ladder, but no one had ever heard of anyone attacking it with a ladder.
The unexpected flash of Meng Ge suddenly brightened up, and immediately commanded: "Yes! Right! Right! That's it, Jia Xu, immediately go and prepare the lasso and the boulder, let's pluck him a goose today! β
"The goose has been plucked, how can this be plucked?" Jia Xu looked up at the sky and was secretly worried, what use these things could be, the poisoner couldn't figure it out, but Meng Ge's instructions Jia Xu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went down to start preparing.
As for how Meng Ge plucked his feathers, Jia Xu didn't quite understand, this is simply a fool's dream, as long as the enemy shakes the ladder, everyone who goes up will have to fall down, this is definitely the end of broken bones, as long as this kind of thing is not stupid, he knows that it will definitely be no fun, whether others are stupid Jia Xu doesn't know, but he knows that Meng Ge is definitely not stupid, this kind of stupid thing is definitely not something Meng Ge will do.
The coalition people still don't know that Meng Ge has hit the head of the cloud ladder, the tragic attack is still continuing, the blood road formed by the accumulation of blood does not know how many people have been killed, Rao is hard-hearted people are also moved, in the face of such a solid defense, the princes' faces are extremely ugly, just a strong crossbow, let the coalition army throw a mouse bogey, just a strong crossbow let Meng Ge play so many tricks, who would have thought that!
"Alliance leader, you can't go on like this, the casualties are too heavy!" Liu Dai looked anxious, many of the soldiers who died were his people, and if this situation continues, I don't know how many people will die in this Hangu Pass.
Yuan Shao stood up suddenly, and said slightly angrily: "I know, but I finally set up the ladder, is it so easy to stop, at this time, if you don't fight, when will you wait, even if the loss is big, you have to cause losses to Menggo, otherwise where will the face of the coalition army go!" β
Liu Dai felt a pang in his heart: "I paid a heavy price, but I couldn't pose the slightest threat to the Menggo army, this is indeed an extremely ugly result, no matter what, I can't retreat at this time, otherwise I can't explain it to the people below, if this is really Mingjin retreats, the morale of the coalition army itself is bound to drop by another percent, alas!" β
Liu Dai sighed secretly, didn't say anything anymore, returned to his seat and pretended to be deep, he really couldn't stand this scene, a Hangu Pass was so miserable, he couldn't bear to look at it.
The old man Tao Qian had already twisted his neck, he didn't care about the war ahead, anyway, there were Yuan Shao and Cao Ying and others planning, he was just here to be a pawn, Tao Qian had such an awareness when he first came, this old man is usually very kind, and he has long been in the mood to see such a tragic battle situation.
Cao Ying stared at the battlefield intently, and said in a low voice: "Brother Benchu, let's go out to hit the city hammer, you can't make Meng Ge comfortable!" More pressure must be put on Mongo, otherwise our men will not be able to climb the tower! β
Yuan Shao secretly said in his heart: "Anyway, there is no way, it is better to give it a try, if it doesn't work, it will be a breakthrough, if you can open the city gate, it will be a breakthrough, as long as there is a little progress, it is better to do something than to sit down." β
After thinking for a moment, Yuan Shao turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Someone, pass on my general order, and knock open the city gate for me!" β
The long-standing soldiers flew away, the battle situation changed again, the scheduled plan had not yet been realized, the ram had to enter the battlefield in advance, this time the ram was even bigger and stronger, obviously in order to deal with this attack, the coalition forces had more preparations, and the huge ram roared with the push of the soldiers.
The changes in the battlefield are under Mongo's eyes, but he doesn't think that a mere ram can change the entire battle situation, and if he can't rush to the city wall, the enemy will not be able to pose any threat to Hangu Pass, and what if he hits the city wall, it's just a matter of death when he comes in, how can the enemy not even understand such a simple truth, Meng Ge really can't figure it out, is it so naΓ―ve that they think that they can rush into the city in one go!
Siege is never a simple thing, not to mention this kind of strong-defended checkpoint fortress, it is necessary to set up a square city in the city, and the enemy army rushing in is just being shot by a strong crossbowman, not to mention that even if it rushes through the square city or the urn city, if it is blocked with earth and stone in the back, it is just a vain.
"Don't let up, suppress the ladder for me!" Xu Huang shouted all the way to remind the soldiers that high-intensity combat will make people tired, and it is not easy to pull the strings all the time, and it is inevitable that the firepower will be weakened.
"Yes!" The soldiers defending the city shouted again, and the rain of arrows was fierce again, and the enemy was almost crushed on the ladder and could not move a bit, and some even hid in the pavilion of the ladder, not even daring to show their heads.
"This damn crossbow arrow, why is it so fierce, damn it!" One of the coalition troops hiding under the ladder scolded and scolded, and was stunned to protect himself tightly with three shields, not knowing that he thought he was dead.
"Rush with me!" I didn't know that the stupid guy roared, and he was greeted by a feather arrow, but unfortunately, this person fell right in front of the scolding soldier, and he died in two strokes.
"You dare to rush this, idiot!" The man hiding next to the ladder gave him a disdainful look and played dead again.
The amazing suppression ability of the Mongo army comes from arrows, and this style of play naturally requires a large number of arrows, and in less than half an hour, the first wave of arrows is all exhausted, and there is not a single feather arrow left in the quiver.
Xu Rong immediately shouted: "Change the team and continue to suppress!" β
The rain of arrows on the left wall suddenly stopped, and the allied soldiers suddenly realized this opportunity, and immediately someone shouted: "They have no arrows, rush me!" β
The man hiding on the ground and pretending to be dead glanced at him and said disdainfully: "Idiot, people are just changing people!" β
As soon as the words fell, the screams came again, several dead bodies fell on the ladder again, a new round of arrow rain began again, the suppression ability of the strong crossbow was really terrifying, the coalition soldiers almost did not dare to rush hard, the narrow ladder could only accommodate three people in parallel, there was no room to dodge, and rushing up was simply looking for death.
"Alas!" Seeing this, Ji Ling sighed and stomped his feet fiercely.
Mongo's arrow array was so powerful that if he couldn't suppress the enemy's crossbows, setting up a ladder would only increase casualties, and the coalition generals would have little to do.
(To be continued)