Meiji Castle Head.

Liao Hua said to Gao Shun: "The Jizhou army failed to attack the city during the day, and it is bound to change the way of attack, so that the weak point in the southeast corner of the city wall may not be able to escape the intensive bombardment of the Jizhou army's trebuchet, once the city wall collapses, the Jizhou infantry will swarm in from the gap, and our army is bound to be difficult to resist." ”

[Literacy.] About trebuchet: The trebuchet in ancient China first appeared in the Warring States Period, as a lever trebuchet, by manpower pulling the proximal end of the lever throwing arm, the boulder placed at the far end of the lever is thrown, this kind of trebuchet is small in size, simple in structure, light in weight, easy to transport and easy to assemble, the trebuchet that appears in this book is this category. There is also a kind of trebuchet for the winch, the counterweight trebuchet, first by the winch will be several tons of counterweight lifted, and then use the free fall of the counterweight to drive the throwing arm to throw the boulder out, this kind of trebuchet structure is complex, the weight can reach ten tons, the transportation is extremely difficult, the thunderbolt car improved by Liu Ye during the Three Kingdoms period, and the catapult in the popular sense of the West belong to this category. ]

Gao Shun stretched out his hand and pointed to the firelight outside the city, and said indifferently: "The general is extremely worried, but I am afraid that the Jizhou army is already concentrating trebuchets in the southeast corner." ”

"Really?" Liao Hua looked in the direction of Gao Shun's finger, his eyes tightened for a moment, and he said in a condensed voice, "It seems that ~~ Ming said that the first battle is the final decisive battle, General Gao Shun ......"

"Needless to say." Gao Shun interrupted Liao Hua and said lightly, "People are in the city, people are dead and the city is falling, that's all." ”

"That's fine." Liao Hua stared at Gao Shun deeply, and said loudly with a wave of his hand, "Bring the wine, General Ben wants to drink with General Gao Shun." ”

Liao Hua took the wine jar with one hand, patted the mud seal, raised his neck and poured three mouthfuls first, then comfortably wiped the wine stains on the side of his mouth, held the mouth of the altar with his hand and handed the wine jar to Gao Shun, and said loudly: "General Gao Shun, please!" ”

Taking advantage of the darkness of the sky, Gao Shun didn't pay attention, Liao Hua had already integrated a package of powder into the wine when he handed over the wine jar, Liao Hua was born as a thief, he was a plain and dry business, and he always had drugs around him, so he didn't want to come in handy at this time. Gao Shun didn't doubt that he had him, took the wine jar and drank a few big sips, handed the wine jar back to Liao Hua, and said loudly: "Happy, haha." ”

In the dark night, there was a strong wind blowing, swaying the messy hair and volleys that fell from the back of Liao Hua's head, at this moment, Liao Hua's expression looked extraordinarily cold, and there was a faint desolate smile between his eyebrows, and a bleak smile condensed at the corner of Liao Hua's mouth.

"General Gao Shun, please bring a message to the lord."

"Huh?"

"Liao Hua is not good at leading troops and has no improper courage, let alone strategizing like Mr. Jia Xu and Mr. Guo Tu, winning thousands of miles away. Now ~~ the lord is in trouble, and Liao Hua can only kill himself to revenge, that's all. ”

"Why did the general say that?" Gao Shun was stunned, and suddenly his majestic body shook, and then exclaimed, "Hey, my head is so dizzy, this wine~~This wine~~"

"Poof!"

Gao Shun's voice fell, and he fell straight down.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang ~~"

In the piercing sound of metal grinding, more than a dozen of Gao Shun's personal soldiers drew knives in their hands, surrounded Liao Hua, and shouted: "Liao Hua, do you want to rebel?" ”

"Stop!" Liao Hua's eyes widened, and he shouted, "General Gao Shun was just drugged, and he will wake up automatically after sleeping for a few hours!" Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy army has not yet formed an encirclement of the south gate, you can quickly escort General Gao Shun to evacuate overnight! The 500 veterans trapped in the camp (300 had already died) also evacuated. ”

More than a dozen pro-soldiers were stunned and a little at a loss for a while.

Liao Hua said sharply: "Before the lord sets out for the battle, appoint this general as the chief general of the Meiji garrison, do you dare to disobey the military order?" ”

Gao Shun's personal soldiers had no choice but to take the order.

……

West of Meiji City, Han Sui Daying.

Liang Xingjian stepped into the tent and said loudly: "Lord, there are four or five hundred cavalry guards who have gone out of the south gate at night, do you send troops to pursue?" ”

"Oh?" Han Sui's expression moved, and after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, although Ma Yue's reputation as a butcher is not very good, but it is already pitiful enough, the old camp of Meiji and the old and young women and children in the camp will be served by us, these four or five hundred horses will be left to him, anyway, he will record this account on the head of the Jizhou soldiers." ”

"Hehe~~" Liang Xing chuckled, "Lord, the last general heard that there are more than 100,000 women in Meiji City, and most of them are young women, including Xianbei women, Wuhuan women, Xiongnu women, and Gaogurli women, all of whom were snatched by horse butchers when they conquered various tribes, and there will be no shortage of beauties among them, hehe"

"Oh, really?" Han Sui is also a hungry ghost in the color, and when he heard it, he suddenly came to his senses, "Is this true?" ”

Liang Xing said: "It's true, when the time comes, the lord can not only care about his own merry and happy, but also reward a few beauties to the last general to be happy, hehe~~"

Han Sui said: "Don't worry, as long as General Ben is happy, you Liang Xing is indispensable." ”

Liang Xingxi said: "Thank you, lord." ”

Han Sui said: "So after the city is broken, we have to rush to the city, and if we enter the city late, I'm afraid that Pan Feng's gang will take the lead!" Well, tell the brothers that after entering the city, don't rush to grab Ma Yue's grain and grass first, rob all the women in the city first, and it's best not to leave any of them to the Jizhou soldiers. ”

Liang Xing said: "The lord is wise. ”

……

The next day is dawn.

"Boom Boom~~"

Huge boulders the size of millstones came one after another, smashing violently on the southeast corner of the Meiji city wall, and the already weak southeast corner was crumbling under the crazy ravages of the Jizhou army's trebuchet, and it was possible to collapse at any time.

Thousands of the most elite Jizhou soldiers were already crowded outside the southeast corner, slowly approaching the weak section of the city wall with the protection of shields. With yesterday's experience, it is difficult for the archers of the defending army to inflict too much damage on the Jizhou infantry! Only sporadic arrows penetrate the shield and iron armor, dealing limited damage.

In Meiji City, Liao Hua gathered all the defenders who could be concentrated, and a full two thousand soldiers formed a semicircle around the weak point that was about to collapse, Leng Sensen's steel knife was unsheathed, and the sharp spear was raised forward, towering like a forest, and the air was filled with suffocating oppression.

With the continuous sound of impact, the city wall in front of it was trembling slightly, and countless tiny cracks were already covering the wall, and like spider silk, it spread in all directions, and from time to time large pieces of broken earth fell off the city wall and fell to the ground with a bang.

The walls were about to collapse, but the eyes of the defenders showed nervous excitement.

In the rear of the Jizhou army, more than 30 soldiers struggled to pull the rope in their hands, pulled the proximal end of the trebuchet's throwing arm fiercely, and with the support of the hinge, the throwing arm several zhang long rebounded violently, crossed a circular arc in the air, and rose to the top before being stuck by the stake, and crashed with a loud bang.

The boulder placed at the far end of the flicking arm roared up under the effect of the huge habitual name, tumbled over the battlefield, and smashed viciously down towards the weak section of the southeast corner of Meiji Castle.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the boulder finally crashed through the weak walls.

"Wow~~"

In the deafening loud noise, a section of the city wall in the southeast corner collapsed, forming a large gap dozens of paces wide, and the dozens of defenders guarding the tower did not even have time to let out a scream, they tumbled down the scattered rubble and mud, and were immediately buried alive in the flying smoke and dust.

"Kill!"

Gao Ran and Geng Wu pushed the long knives in their hands forward at the same time, and thousands of Jizhou elite soldiers shouted wildly, like a group of wild wolves that had gone berserk, roaring and pounced on the gap, only sporadic arrows shot down from the towers at both ends of the gap, but it was not enough to stop the surging Jizhou soldiers.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Thousands of Jizhou elite soldiers rushed forward like a flood that broke the embankment, and in an instant they poured into the smoke and dust flying in the sky, and everything was covered by the billowing smoke and dust, and nothing could be seen.

Inside Miji Castle.

Liao Hua carried a shield in his left hand, raised his right arm, and pulled the iron claw forward, and in an instant, the two thousand defenders behind Liao Hua also roared wildly, and before the flying smoke and dust dissipated, they rushed up like a tide and rushed into the billowing smoke and dust.

There is no way back! The general said that if the city of Meiji is captured, not only will they be beheaded by the enemy, but even their children will not be spared, and all the women will also be reduced to prostitution! For the sake of his son, for the continuation of the bloodline, no matter how cowardly a coward is, he will become brave and fearless.

"Kill!"

Liao Hua took the lead in rushing up the gap with a giant shield in his hand, and he couldn't see it in the confused smoke and dust, and collided head-on with two rushing Jizhou soldiers, and with a loud bang, the two unlucky Jizhou soldiers flew upside down in an instant, and when they fell, they were stabbed to death by the guns erected by their own people.

"Kill, kill, kill~~"

The two armies finally collided fiercely on the gap, and in an instant, the soul-stirring howls and killing sounds resounded in the sky, spears stabbed, machetes slashed, sharp hand axes flew in the air, cold throwing spears whistled and fell, and heavy huge shields were frantically colliding.

By the time the howling wind finally blew away the confused smoke and dust, revealing the hideous and tragic killing field at the breach, the officers and men of the two armies were already tightly entangled.

In the deafening sound of killing, the soldiers of the Jizhou army and the defenders fell down one by one like a cut straw, but the soldiers who followed them still rushed forward without fear of death, endlessly filling the gap left by the fall of their companions, and there was no more crazy strangulation than this.

Here, human life is even more fragile than a candle in the wind, every moment, every breath, there are people who fall down with a wail, and there are people who die in pain~~

"Puff Bulge~~"

Liao Hua frantically waved the giant shield in his hand, and violently rammed into the ant-like dense Jizhou army soldiers in front of him, in such a crowded battlefield, no matter how sharp the weapon is, even if you can poke the enemy to death, you will not escape the end of being hacked to death by the enemy's knife, the purely defensive weapon shield, but has become the sharpest weapon.

Three more unlucky Jizhou soldiers wailed and flew backwards.

"Get out of the way, let so-and-so clean him up."

A thunderous shout suddenly sounded in the Jizhou army, and it actually suppressed the noisy battlefield, and the crowded Jizhou soldiers could make way for one person to pass.

"Kill!"

Gao Ran shouted, the long knife in his hand slashed into the air, Liao Hua snorted and raised the shield to the hard frame, and with a loud bang, the giant shield in Liao Hua's hand was actually split by Gao Ran's long knife, and the long knife was castrated, and it actually cut into Liao Hua's left shoulder several inches deep, almost unloading Liao Hua's left shoulder.

"Ah~~"

Liao Hua screamed miserably, and his violent eyes turned blood-red in an instant.

"Huh?"

Gao Ran drew the long knife vigorously, but it was actually stuck in Liao Hua's shoulder blades, not moving at all.

"I'm going to kill you!"

Liao Hua snorted, the iron claw in his right hand poked viciously, Gao Ran couldn't dodge and was pierced through the lower abdomen by Liao Hua's iron claw in an instant, when the bone-eroding cold hit from the abdomen, Gao Ran knew that his fate was doomed, and today ~~ ten ** is going to die in the wilderness.

"Roar~~"

A strong unwillingness to attack like a tide, Gao Ran raised his head and roared, the hands holding the long knife suddenly exerted force, twisted and flicked, Liao Hua's left shoulder had been completely unloaded, and a complete left arm fell a few steps away, and in the splash of blood, the pulsating heart in Liao Hua's chest was also clearly visible.

With each pumping of the heart, a stream of blood shot out of the cut wound like an arrow of blood.

"桀桀桀~~"

Liao Hua didn't realize it, opened his mouth and let out a very strange laugh, and the iron claw that poked into Gao Ran's lower abdomen was twisted and pulled out, Gao Ran's abdomen was cut open in an instant, and a blood hole the size of a bowl was cut, and a few pieces of blood were dragged out of the blood hole, wrapped around the iron claws and dragged to the ground~~

"Old Guan, I Liao Hua is here with you, hahaha......" Liao Hua raised his only remaining right arm, blood was dripping on his sharp iron claws, and then Huo Ran turned around and roared towards the far south, "Lord, even if you die, Liao Hua~~ has not embarrassed you!" Wow~~"

Liao Hua finally let out a long snort, and rushed forward to hug Gao Ran, the two hugged each other and fell to the ground, and the next moment, more machetes and spears stabbed from the two armies' formations, slashing the bodies of Liao Hua and Gao Ran into a blur of flesh and blood, and then they were quickly trampled under the feet of the soldiers of the two armies surging forward, turning into two cold and mutilated corpses.

……

Meiji West Gate.

20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry waited outside the West Gate, the black cavalry array almost covered the entire field, and the defenders standing on the city tower looked around, and the extreme eyes were full of black cavalry, as if there was no other color between heaven and earth. Han Sui was dressed in leather armor and stood solemnly at the front of the riding formation.

A fast horse galloped from the southeast corner like a whirlwind and clouds, galloped to Han Sui and said quickly: "General, the southeast corner has been broken by the Jizhou soldiers!" Now the two armies are repeatedly strangling in the gap. ”

"Oh, is it? So it's time for our army to do it! ”

Han Sui said this, Qiang Ran pulled out the chopping knife horse and held it high above the top, and swung it forward, the black pressure of the cavalry suddenly cracked from the middle, and a group of "infantry" carried a simple ladder from the camp and rushed towards the wall of Meiji City.

This infantry is only a dismounted cavalry, not an infantry in the real sense, but the defenders on the tower of Meiji City are already pitiful, Liao Hua has transferred all the troops that can be drawn to the southeast corner, and the defense of the rest of the gates is already quite weak, and in less than a meal, the Liangzhou army has successfully climbed to the top of the city.

When the Jizhou soldiers were still fighting fiercely with the defenders in the southeast corner of Meiji, the Liangzhou soldiers had already opened the west gate of Meiji City, and 20,000 Liangzhou iron horsemen poured into Meiji City like a tide, and Ma Yue's old camp, Meiji City, was finally breached!

……

Two hundred miles to the south, Ma Yue's army of 9,000 was hurrying back.

Jia Xu stepped forward immediately, walked side by side with Ma Yue, and gasped: "In terms of time, Meiji City should have been lost by now, and the plan set by the lord to lure the enemy has also been completed. ”

Ma Yue nodded heavily, and said in a condensed voice: "I hope that Gao Shun's trapped camp can support it for a little more time and hold on until the army comes back to help." ”

(To be continued)