In the sweltering summer, the rain-soaked earth is quickly baked clean by the scorching heat of the afternoon. The Han and Hungarian generals knew very well that the real decisive battle was coming. That night, the Xiongnu camp was brightly lit and full of people, and the slaves were all night under the supervision of the overseer's leather whip, and they hurried to make new siege equipment. In the distance, on the Guancheng, the soldiers of the Han army who had finished their rest also returned to their respective garrison positions, silently waiting for the arrival of the bloody battle.

In the early morning of the next day, with the first rays of dawn on the horizon falling on the earth, the gate of the Hun camp was wide open, and tens of thousands of Huns rode slowly towards the city. A large number of siege equipment outside the camp were also slowly advancing towards the city under the traction of the slaves.

On the tower of Guancheng, Qin Yong was wearing armor and standing at the forefront. The soldiers of the Han army looked at the commander standing from afar, and their morale couldn't help but rise a little.

"It seems that the Huns are going to take out their best horse archery, and now I am afraid that it will be a battle to decide the winner." Qin Yong turned his head to look at Cang Su, the right prisoner of Yulin on his side, and he had already pointed to the secluded path.

Cang Su naturally understood, smiled and bowed down: "Xiaguan has already prepared, and now that Yu Linwei has put a sharp weapon in the arrow tower of the city wall, it is difficult for the Huns' stone throwers to destroy." When the Huns attacked the city with all their might, it was the time for the sharp weapons to be wielded. The old general Qin only needs to make the guards cavalry battalion ready to attack, and this time he will definitely be able to break the Huns. ”

"It's not a big deal to win a battle with lip service alone!" A Han army general behind Qin Yong pursed his lips and said with a little disdain. Since Shangjun sent troops to the fortress, except for the march, Yulin Wei Ping said that he barely stepped out of the camp half a step, and even when the situation of defending the city was the most critical, he did not see Yulin Wei going to the city to defend against the enemy. The generals in the army naturally have a lot of resentment towards him, and the people in the army are the most despicable and greedy to avoid war.

"Shut up! Cangyoujian is not a person who talks nonsense, let's wait and see how powerful Yulin's sharp weapon is! Qin Yong scolded, stopping the generals who were talking behind him. Although he was also a little suspicious of Yu Linwei, Cangsu was under His Majesty's secret edict after all, and he was not under Qin Yong's control; If something goes wrong, he can even deal with the generals below Qin Yong on the spot.

When the cavalry of the Huns drove into the range of the Han army's bow and crossbow, the stone throwers on both sides began to exert their power in unison, and the huge stones fell fiercely on the city and the land outside the city, and the huge rumble opened the prelude to the decisive battle between the Han and the Huns.

Several tall arrow towers on the city wall are now the safest place except for the city tower, and the bluestone walls not only block the boulders, but also make the Huns ride and sigh, and there is nothing they can do about the Han soldiers inside.

Seeing that the Han army at the head of the city was suppressed by the stone thrower, the Hun cavalry suddenly accelerated the speed of the horse, roared, bent their bows and arrows, and shot arrows obliquely into the sky. After a while, dense arrows screamed from the sky and pierced down, and the soldiers of the Han army behind the arrow battlements of the city wall had already taken precautions and erected a dense shield wall, and the sound of tuk tuk continued to come, and the casualties were not large.

However, the purpose of the Huns was not to kill and wound the defenders at the head of the city, but to cover the siege equipment behind. After a few projectiles, the Huns' siege cones were slowly approaching the walls and gates, and the slaves had no time to care about the charred bones on the battlefield, and began to erect siege ladders.

Qin Yong was forced into the city tower by the generals, and from the gap in the shield array, he looked at the Huns who were surging in an instant, and said slowly to Cangsu: "This general has ordered people to completely remove the sand and gravel in the city gate according to your will last night, and the sons of the personal guard cavalry camp have also mounted their horses to prepare for battle. Now that the siege cones of the Huns have arrived at the city gate, I hope you will not fail to live up to Your Majesty's trust! ”

Hearing this, Cang Su nodded solemnly. Lian said that in the bloody battle with the Xiongnu, the city gate of this pass had already been completely sealed with sand and gravel, so that it could withstand the impact of the siege cone. Now that Qin Yong is willing to unseal the city gate, he is risking the great risk of being broken by the Huns, and gambling on a complete victory.

"Now that the elite of the enemy army has not yet left the camp, please order the soldiers to try their best to resist for a while. If this battle is lost, Xia Guan and Yu Linwei will thank Your Majesty with death! Cangsu gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.

When the generals heard this, they all shouted and begged Qin Yong to reseal the city gate as soon as possible. Even some anxious generals clenched the scabbard at their waists, eager to cut off this hairy boy who was talking on paper with a sword.

Qin Yong's face was a little ugly, staring at Cang Su's young face, silent for a long time, before he waved his hand to stop the generals who were about to split, and sighed: "If this battle is lost, you and I will be the eternal sinners of the Han Dynasty, and we will not be able to atone for our sins as soon as we die!" I'll give you another half an hour! ”

"General Xie!" Cang Su pushed to the end, ignoring the devouring gaze of the generals, raised the telescope on his chest, and concentrated on observing the movements of the Huns.

At this time, Yu Linwei and craftsmen in the arrow towers everywhere have installed more than ten special crossbows. The huge hardwood crossbow seat is held firmly to the bluestone ground by steel nails, and the upper part of the crossbow is made entirely of the finest steel. In order to transport the split crossbow to the city, Cang Su directly asked Qin Yong to mobilize more than 1,000 personal guards, and under the supervision of Yu Linwei, it took half a day to put all of them into the arrow tower. The craftsmen stayed up all night, assembled overnight, and did not complete the installation and commissioning until the early hours of the morning.

Today, crossbows have been wound, and special hollow crossbow arrows have been placed, and the tips of the arrows point to the distant sky. According to the early morning test firing, these huge crossbows placed on the high arrow tower can throw thigh-thick crossbow arrows far beyond a distance of 100 zhang, and can completely cover most of the Xiongnu soldiers who participated in the siege. The high-explosive charge in the crossbow arrow has also been loaded, and even a lot of broken iron pieces have been added, and Yu Linwei and the craftsmen, who have already seen the power, have no doubt about its lethality.

As the crossbowmen of the Han army began to fire volleys at the enemy below the city, the murderous surnames of the Huns were gradually triggered. Dozens of siege cones slammed against the gates and walls, making a dull loud noise. The slave at the gate suddenly let out a cry of surprise, only to hear a loud click, and several huge deadbolts broke at the same time. Boom, the huge bronze gate of the city was slammed open.

The slaves near the city gate cheered, and the Xiongnu generals behind him were overjoyed, and ordered their cavalry to use all their strength to release arrows, and asked the slaves at the city gate to withdraw the siege cone as soon as possible and give way to the Xiongnu to enter. And the Right Xian King, who was in the back camp, received the reward from the standard-bearer on his side, and was even more overjoyed, and shouted: "This king will definitely wash the Han people in blood this time, and the order will go down, and the whole army will rush forward!" After the city is broken, the chickens and dogs are not left! ”

At this time, the Hun generals were already boiling with war spirit, swept away the grievances of several days, and led their men and horses to rush towards Guancheng with all their strength, in order to forcibly seize the first credit.

When the siege cone at the city gate retreated, the Hun iron cavalry, who had long been impatient, ignored the many slaves in front of them who had not yet had time to withdraw, galloped into the city gate, knocked the poor slaves to the ground, and trampled them into piles of mud. However, when they entered the city gate, they found a forest of guns in front of them. The Han army marched in a phalanx, held high spears, and the dense cold spear tips blocked the passage of the city gate for several zhang.

The crossbowmen mixed in the spear phalanx kept stretching out their deadly arrows towards the Hun iron horsemen, instantly shooting them into hedgehogs with men and horses. However, the Xiongnu iron cavalry had no way to retreat, so they had to bite the bullet and accelerate their horses to leap towards the Han army's gun array. The huge impact of the horses knocked down the spearmen in the front row of the Han army, and although the spearmen in the back row quickly filled the vacant position, more Hun iron cavalry swarmed again. In just a moment, at the passage of the city gate, the soldiers on both sides paid great casualties. Although the Han army's infantry was brave and fearless, in the face of the impact of the Hun cavalry, regardless of casualties, they still began to be slowly forced back.

The generals of the Han army, who were sitting in the city gate tower at the beginning, had already personally led their troops down to the city gate passage to defend at this time. And Cang Su was still looking at the battlefield outside the city expressionlessly, and he could see the tension in his heart from his clenched fists and bulging cheeks. On the contrary, it was the coach Qin Yong, but he didn't mean to urge Cangsu at all, but just looked at the sky in the northwest and was distracted, as if he had forgotten that the situation was extremely critical.

After a long time, Cang Su's eyes lit up, picked up the Han army marshal flag prepared at hand, braved the rain of arrows, slowly walked out of the city tower, stood by the high railing, and waved it vigorously. And a few Yu Lin guards who accompanied him, with drumsticks on their faces, beat the huge war drums outside the city gate tower. The loud bang continued to echo in the valley, and the soldiers of the Han and Hungarian armies were all shocked in their hearts, and seemed to feel an inexplicable shock.

"Ignition!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

The Yulin generals on the arrow towers everywhere shouted excitedly when they heard the news. Yu Linwei lit the fuses on the crossbow arrows one after another, and the huge crossbow arrows whistled through the sky, slamming into the land beyond the wall.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! A loud thunderous bang suddenly exploded in the valley. In an instant, the Hun iron cavalry on the entire battlefield was in chaos, and the panicked war horses did not care about the cavalry on their backs, and fled in all directions in a rage. The dust outside the city was flying, and the soldiers of the Han and Hungarian armies were all shaken to the ground, and the mountain walls on both sides were falling gravel, even the solid wall was shaking slightly, making a rattling sound.

When the smoke and dust fell, the scene in front of him was like purgatory, which shocked the officers and soldiers of the Han and Hungarian armies. The ground, which was more than ten feet long and more than ten feet wide, turned into a charred hell, full of severed arms and stumps, and not a single person alive. And many Hun soldiers more than ten zhang away, were smashed by the flying iron pieces and gravel, and their heads were broken and bleeding, but they forgot to groan and cry out in pain, and looked at the terrifying scene blankly, their eyes full of horror.

The Yulin guards on the arrow tower had no time to check the results of the battle, so they adjusted the angle of the ballista slightly, in order to cover the siege Hun army outside the city as much as possible without harming the city wall. Within a moment of breaking, the well-trained and tacit Yu Linwei and the craftsmen launched four full rounds in a row.

As the rumbling explosions sounded one after another, the valley in front of the city turned into a human purgatory, and the sky was full of dust and rubble, sweeping away towards the Hun cavalry and slaves. The Hun army outside the city couldn't figure out when the Han war drums would come with a roar of death, so they had to turn around and run wildly. Now they don't care about the saber in the hands of the generals, they just want to escape from this terrible hell as soon as possible.

However, after King Youxian gave the order for the whole army to advance suddenly, the small valley was crowded with tens of thousands of Xiongnu iron horsemen and slaves, greatly reducing the speed of escape. Many Hun iron horsemen who fell into madness, in order to fight for a way to survive, brandished their sabers and slashed down at the robe that their horses had too time to turn around.

Break! When the stunned King Youxian came back to his senses, more than 100,000 Hun troops had collapsed, and countless defeated troops flocked to the rear army and the camp in panic, raising smoke and dust in the sky!

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