Chapter 236: The Battle of Keiguan

The armies that tried to fight back, including the local Shi soldiers, were defeated one after another, and Yuan Shao's army was defeated like a mountain, unable to recover its decline, and fled out of the city in panic. Zhang Liao ordered a cavalry to pursue him, while he himself continued to clear the city of the remnants of the enemy.

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For several days, the Lu Bu army under the Kei Pass never launched another strong attack. Jiang Fang felt very uncomfortable, feeling that Lu Bu must be playing some trick, but he couldn't figure out the joints.

A subordinate general hurried up the city wall, came behind Jiang Fang, and whispered: "General, the Shangdang has been lost." ”

Jiang Fang, who was thinking, was stunned at first, then startled, and turned around suddenly, "What did you say?" The general said: "The party is lost!" Jiang Fang's face turned white, and he said in disbelief: "How is this possible?" How did Lu Bujun get over? The general shook his head, "I don't know." However, now it seems that it must be bypassed by a nearby path, otherwise it cannot be explained. ”

Jiang Fang said angrily: "There are tens of thousands of defenders in Shangdang, and there are more than 10,000 private soldiers of the Shi clan, why is it so lost!" What do they eat? ”

The subordinate general sighed, "The incident suddenly happened unprepared, and it is normal to be taken down by the opponent in one go!" Chao Jiang Fang hugged his fist and said: "General, the party is lost, our army has lost the rear support and supplies to help, and soon the news of the loss of the party will spread throughout the army, at that time, the soldiers have no heart to fight, this pass can not be defended, the general has already made plans!" ”

Jiang Fang was a little overwhelmed, forced himself to calm down, looked around for a moment, and said to his generals: "We can't retreat!" If you leave Keiguan, you will be defeated! ”

The general said urgently: "But what about staying? It's just a sacrifice in vain! Besides, once the news of the loss of the party spreads throughout the army, the morale of the army is turbulent, how can it be defended? ”

Jiang Fang frowned and said, "I have my own way!" ”

Soon after, the news of the loss of Shangdang spread throughout the barracks through the defeated soldiers who had escaped, and rumors spread in the army's heart. At this moment, Chiang, as a general, announced to the officers and men of the whole army: "The lord's 100,000 reinforcements will arrive soon!" All the soldiers who stick to the pass will be rewarded! Such words immediately stabilized the morale of the army. Jiang Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered all armies to actively prepare for battle and prepare for the attack of Lu Bu's army.

As soon as this was over, the alarm bell on the city wall rang loudly, and then countless boulders roared through the sky, crackling and smashing on the city wall, and the stones flew wildly, and the defenders were smashed on the city wall.

Jiang Fang exclaimed: "Lu Bujun's stone cannon is coming?!" "Coming to his senses, he hastened to order the armies to temporarily retreat to avoid the strong fire of the opponent.

Zhang Lang immediately squinted at the head of the city under the banner of Shuai, and saw that the enemy troops on the head of the city had gone down, so he immediately ordered the stone artillery to stop the bombardment and ordered the assault troops to charge.

The stone artillery stopped firing, and there was a shout in the large array, and more than 10,000 assault troops rushed out with various siege equipment. Yuan Shaojun's lookout spotted the movements of the Han army and immediately waved the flag. Seeing this, Jiang Fang immediately ordered the troops hiding under the city to go up the city wall and prepare for battle. Nearly 10,000 soldiers hurried up to the city wall, their armor ringing. As soon as they came to the city wall, only Lu Bu's army had already advanced within the range of the crossbow, and a general drew his sword and shouted: "Crossbowman, release the arrow!" ”

Yuan Shaojun's crossbowmen fired arrows together, and when the arrows rained down, they hit Lu Bujun's shield, and they sounded like a rainstorm, like a rainstorm hitting plantains, and from time to time soldiers were shot to the ground, and in a blink of an eye, the ground was full of arrows! The bed crossbow on the city wall dragged the attack to the full, and suddenly there was a loud bang, the bow arm straightened, and the huge spear and arrow flew down with a roar, some inserted into the ground, and some broke the shield at once, knocking down a piece, thrilling!

Lu Bujun's bed crossbow was also pushed out, and he shot at the city wall, and the guns and arrows on the city wall were extremely shattered, and the guns and arrows that hit the human body set off the flesh and blood in the sky.

Lu Bu's army quickly came to the city wall, the city car began to storm the city wall, the cloud ladder hit the city head, and waves of assault troops rushed up.

The defenders were desperately shooting arrows, throwing stones and wood, and from a distance, there seemed to be waterfalls on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Lu Bu army who rushed upwards were smashed down one after another! However, this did not stop the attack of the LΓΌ Bu army, and the soldiers of the LΓΌ Bu army followed one after another, becoming more and more crazy.

Suddenly, a soldier of the Lu Bu Army climbed the city wall, but before he could jump off the battlement, he was pierced through the body by several spears pierced by the extraordinary sound, raised high, and threw off the wall.

Immediately afterwards, another soldier of the Lu Bu army ascended to the top of the city, and the surrounding soldiers of the Yuan Shao army immediately besieged him, and the soldiers of the Lu Bu army flew with flesh and blood. However, Yuan Shaojun suddenly discovered a strange situation, the soldier of Lu Bujun was holding a large bag of things in his arms, and there was a burning rope hanging from the outside of the explosive thing. Yuan Shaojun's soldiers were inexplicable, and at this moment, a violent explosion suddenly occurred, with a loud bang, a huge fireball rose up, smoke and dust billowed out, and the shock wave pushed more than a dozen Yuan Shaojun soldiers out of the city wall.

Yuan Shaojun's soldiers were shocked when they saw this scene. Immediately, the soldiers of the Lu Bu Army who rushed to the city one by one detonated the gunpowder on their bodies without hesitation, and the sea of fire on the city was surging, and there was a miserable scream!

The soldiers of the LΓΌ Bu army took the opportunity to rush to the head of the city, and fought with the soldiers of Yuan Shaojun at the head of the city.

Jiang Fang saw that the city wall was about to be undefended, so he hurriedly led his army up the city wall.

Just when the fierce battle at the head of the city was in full swing, the rushing car finally crashed open the gate of Keiguan. Zhang Lang, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, immediately led the ironclad cavalry of the Long Tao Army into the city gate. A Yuan Shaojun infantry tried to resist, Zhang Lang led the ironclad cavalry to charge, the ironclad Zheng Zheng, the war cavalry waves, Yuan Shaojun only felt the overwhelming pressure of the surging waves, and before he could react, he was rushed to a scattered ground with heavy casualties, and luckily scattered from time to time!

Seeing that the war was irreparable, Jiang Fang hurriedly led his army to break through. However, at this moment, Yuan Shaojun has been absorbed into the waves of Lu Bujun's waves, and it is not so simple to break through. In the melee of the breakthrough, Jiang Fang was picked up by Yan Xing.

The battle ended soon after, except for a few who escaped by chance, Yuan Shaojun was either killed or captured, the whole army was annihilated, and Keiguan fell into the hands of Zhang Lang.

The sight temporarily turned to Taiyuan. Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, learned the news of the loss of Shangdang, and immediately gathered 60,000 troops in Taiyuan, and joined the 150,000 Karasuma cavalry who had just arrived, totaling 210,000 troops to kill Shangdang.