Chapter 558: The Battle of Xiling V

Li Fengle heard the shouts of killing from the city, ignored the danger, rushed out from behind the shield, and loudly ordered the soldiers at the head of the city to fight back. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The soldiers, who had just been scattered by the rain of arrows, came out of their hiding places trembling under the urging of the generals, and fought back with bows and arrows in their hands, stones on the walls, wood, and hot oil.

As soon as he saw the soldiers in the city showing their heads, the ballista under the city roared again and tried their best to suppress it. The ballista is ten arrows in one shot, and the strength is strong, which is not at all comparable to ordinary crossbowmen, even if there is a shield in the hand, it will not help, the arrow is blocked, but it is pushed by the residual strength of the arrow to gain an unstable foothold, once there is a gap, it is likely to be shot by the next arrow.

In the attack of the arrow array, Liu Xiu took advantage of it, and with the ballista improved by Huang Chengyan, three hundred ballista carts, and 1,500 crossbowmen, which was a few points stronger than the might of three thousand crossbowmen, and the guards at the head of the city couldn't raise their heads. If there is a bit of a pity, that is, the accuracy and rate of fire of the stone throwing machine are not enough, once the siege soldiers close to the city wall, the stone throwing machine must shoot long, so as not to accidentally injure their own people, so that in addition to adding some deterrent effect, the actual killing effect is very limited.

In addition to the crossbows, several strong crossbows that Liu Xiu asked Huang Chengyan to improve also began to exert their might. These strong crossbows are different from those ballistas, these strong crossbows do not have a fast rate of fire, but the accuracy is higher than that of the ballista, according to Huang Chengyan, it is two hundred steps, and whoever you want to kill will kill whomever you want. This is used for sniping in the army, and it is not about speed, but about domineering and precision.

These crossbows were super sharp weapons, and a total of ten were built, and the three generals who besieged the city each got two of them, and there were four for spare.

After the start of the attack. The two crossbows began to focus on taking care of the officers commanding at the head of the city, and after shooting several people one after another, Li Feng and the others discovered this sharp weapon, and they did not dare to run and shout at the head of the city anymore, but hid behind the overlapping shields. Command under tight protection, and even retreat further to Yacheng.

A general like Li Feng could do this, but not the junior officers who commanded in front of the battle, they had to rush to the front line, and sometimes risk poking their heads out of the city walls to see the situation below. Adjusting the strength of the attacker's main attack is tantamount to exposing oneself to the attack of a strong crossbow. In order to save their lives, they can only move through the crowd to reduce the chance of being sniped by a strong crossbow.

"Whoosh! Sou! Two bolts flew almost simultaneously and shot a shouting captain, who pierced through his chest and took the captain two steps back. Crashed down.

The city was in chaos for a while, Hua Xiong seized the opportunity, held the war knife in his mouth, held the shield in one hand, and held the ladder in the other. Climb up quickly. By the time the soldiers on the city wall reacted, he had already reached the battlement. The two spears stabbed, and Hua Xiong didn't have time to take the war knife in his mouth, so he swung his shield and smashed the spear aside. Another soldier rushed over with a roar, raising his sword and slashing. Hua Xiong's eyes were quick, and he let go of the hand holding the cloud ladder and grabbed the soldier's wrist. The soldier was frightened, took two steps back, desperately trying to break free from Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong took advantage of the momentum and jumped onto the city wall, twisting his wrist hard, only to hear a "click". The soldier's wrist was broken alive by him, and he lost the knife in pain. Holding his wrist and shouting, Hua Xiong sneered, took the war knife from his mouth, swept in all directions, cut off two spears, and finally slashed open the leather armor of a soldier, and tore a long wound in his chest, the flesh turned over, and blood spurted out of the wound.

"Kill!" Hua Xiong stood firm at the head of the city, and immediately his confidence increased, he slashed left and right, killed with a knife, and pressed forward step by step, and soon two more soldiers came out of the city, leaning closely on Hua Xiong's back.

Li Feng was in a hurry, once Hua Xiong occupied the city, more and more soldiers went to the city, and the city could not be defended. He shouted and ordered the guard battalion to attack, and be sure to drive Hua Xiong down from the city.

The guards will gallop away with twenty guards, and they will separate the crowd and raise their crossbows to form a burst of fire. Hua Xiong was killing happily, when he suddenly saw a group of elite soldiers wearing iron armor and holding crossbows rushing in, knowing that the big thing was not good, he immediately raised his shield, and at the same time loudly reminded the soldiers behind him. It's a pity that it was still a little late, more than a dozen crossbow arrows hit, Hua Xiong's shield was shot with a clang, and the two warriors behind him didn't have time to raise their shields, they were shot by crossbow arrows, their legs were weak, and they fell to the ground, and then they were stabbed by several spears and fell to the ground.

Although Hua Xiong blocked the crossbow arrows, there was no support behind him, and for a while, dozens of guards squeezed up, forming a shield, and squeezed towards him. Although Hua Xiong is brave, but a person's strength is limited after all, how can he withstand dozens of people, he pulled out a knife and hacked two people to death, but he was still pushed back again and again, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he simply jumped up, waved his shield and sword to protect his body, and jumped off the city wall.

The city wall was only two feet and five feet high, and as soon as Hua Xiong's feet touched the ground, he squatted down, rolled over, lost his momentum, stood up again, and ran to another ladder, climbing up quickly.

Lu Yi watched Hua Xiong fall from the city with clairvoyance from a distance, his heart suddenly rose to his throat, and when he saw that he was fine, he rushed up again, so he breathed a sigh of relief, slapped the railing, and laughed loudly: "Hua Xiong's shaft is strong enough, it's okay to jump down from the city, did you learn the light body technique from Mrs. Guoshi?" ”

The strategists and guards next to him burst out laughing.

"Beat the drum and tell him that if you can't capture the city this time, you will come back to rest and change Lao Tzu."

The drums beat loudly, and Huaxiong's fierce battle became more intense.

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In the west of the city, Huang Zhong killed the city wall for the third time, the sword flew, killed five people in a row in an instant, and advanced three steps, taking advantage of the gap when the enemy's offensive was loosened, Huang Zhong lifted his helmet and shouted loudly: "Nanyang Huang Zhong is here, why should the people of Jingzhou kill each other." The general of the chariot has an order, the one who surrenders will not die, the ploughman has his field, and the weaver has his clothes! ”

Those soldiers who were brandishing weapons and rushing over couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when they heard this, many of the people who rushed to the front line were soldiers, who were originally Jiangxia's county soldiers, Huang Zhong treated his soldiers very well when he was in Jiangxia, even if these people were not his subordinates, they knew his reputation. Suddenly, when I saw him say this, I was a little convinced. But before they could speak, Yuan Shuyan, who was supervising the battle behind, scolded: "Don't listen to his nonsense, kill him!" ”

Huang Zhong's eyes swept away. Immediately saw the captain of the Yuan military who was standing dozens of steps away to supervise the battle, sneered, pulled out the strong bow on his waist with his left hand, and wiped his right hand on his waist, and a feather arrow was wound. There was a creak, and the strong bow was drawn into a full moon.

Jiang Xiabing knew that Huang Zhong was good at shooting, and when he saw him draw his bow, he subconsciously avoided it, exposing the captain who was supervising the battle in front of Huang Zhong. The lieutenant was taken aback. Just as he was about to shout, Huang Zhong's arrow had already reached him.

With a "pounce", the long arrow pierced the lieutenant's throat, and the arrow shot out from the back of the neck, bursting out a stream of bloody arrows. The lieutenant opened his eyes, reached out to grasp the arrow feather, and took a half-step back. He made a hehe sound in his mouth and fell on his back.

Huang Zhong stood firmly, his hand kept waving, and in a moment he shot out seven arrows, which sealed his throat. Seven soldiers of the overseer Yuan were shot with arrows. The rear of the defenders was suddenly in chaos, and those soldiers no longer dared to show their heads, hiding behind their shields, and they didn't have the courage to look at Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong sneered and put away his bow, raised his knife and shouted: "If the people of Jingzhou don't kill the people of Jingzhou, open the city gate." Welcome the general of the chariot cavalry into the city and drive Yuan Shu out of Jiangxia! ”

"Drive Yuan Shu out of Jiangxia!"

"Jingzhou people don't kill Jingzhou people!"

The guards behind Huang Zhong, whether they were from Jingzhou or not, shouted loudly. Those Jingzhou soldiers were at a loss for a while. And the descendants of Yuan Jun, who supervised the war, were embarrassed by Huang Zhong's arrows and arrows, and they couldn't control the situation at all, so Huang Zhong easily killed them, broke his hand, and then beheaded several people.

Yuan Jun, who was supervising the war, could no longer control the fear in his heart and shouted. Scattered and fled.

The one who supervised the battle ran away, and those soldiers who didn't want to work for Yuan Shu in the first place stopped fighting. Some laid down their arms and surrendered, while others led Huang Zhong to kill the city, and the West Gate was in chaos for a while. Yuan Junyan rushed over and desperately stepped forward to intercept him.

Xu Rong saw this scene in the command car, although he didn't know what was happening, but Huang Zhong killed the head of the city and went deep into the enemy formation, obviously having the upper hand. He immediately ordered Xu Gai, the general of the personal guards, to lead the personal guard battalion to attack the city, and at the same time personally led the follow-up troops to charge the city gate, waiting to enter the city to meet Huang Zhong. Two-way attack, strive to break the city in one fell swoop.

Xu Rong's reaction was very timely, as soon as he reached the city, the city gate rumbled open, Huang Zhong came out from outside the city gate, as soon as he saw Xu Rong, he laughed in surprise: "Captain Xu, come so fast." ”

Xu Rong laughed, rushed to Huang Zhong, pointed his hand, and the soldiers behind him rushed forward continuously. Xu Rong patted Huang Zhong on the shoulder: "Hansheng is really brave, no wonder the general took a fancy to you at a glance." ”

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed." Huang Zhong pointed to the soldiers beside him: "It's also luck, the people guarding the west gate happen to be my old acquaintances, if it weren't for them to sacrifice the city, I wouldn't be able to open the city gate so quickly." ”

Xu Rong knew it in his heart, and nodded to those soldiers who were a little nervous: "Don't worry, I will definitely report your merits to the general truthfully." ”

"Oh—" The soldiers were overjoyed, hugging each other and crying.

Liu Xiu put down his clairvoyance in surprise, turned to Xun You and said, "Broken city?" ”

Xun You looked at the battle flag raised at the head of the city, and was also surprised: "Yes, yes, the city is broken." ”

"Ha-" Liu Xiu was overjoyed, patted his thigh and said, "This Huang Hansheng really has two hits." ”

Xun You then said: "Xu Rong commands properly, and he is also a rare general. ”

Liu Xiu nodded, smiling from ear to ear. Huang Zhong took the lead in breaking the city in the first battle, which surprised him very much, this siege method can be good to the city, in such a short period of time to break the city, I am afraid that it is not easy for Xu Yu to take the tiger battalion up, what is really sure to do it is Guan Yu and the heavy armor soldiers led by him, so it seems that this Huang Zhong's combat effectiveness is not worse than Guan Yu.

Ximen's accident was broken, and the news quickly spread to the other three gates, Li Feng was taken aback, and wanted to rush to Ximen with someone to rescue, but where could Hua Xiong let him get out, taking advantage of Li Feng's chaos, Hua Xiong quickly killed and cut off Li Feng's head with a knife.

At the south gate, Huang Zu finally attacked the city wall, looking at the Yuan army who was scattered and fleeing, he didn't understand it, and after a while, he saw that the battle flag had been raised at the west gate and the north gate, and he slashed it in frustration: "Lao Tzu is actually the last?" What a shame on his mother. ”