The drums of war were shocking, and the sound of killing was boiling.

Two thousand swordsmen divided into four teams, braved the rain of arrows pouring down from the city, and kept filling the moat with sandbags.

Even if the arrows were panicked, it was difficult to inflict substantial casualties on the well-prepared Luo Zheng army.

Pang Deqi's face turned green, and he wanted to personally lead the troops out of the city to assault, but when he saw You Ge's two elite troops on both flanks of Luo Zheng's army, he finally had to dispel this unrealistic idea.

The two cavalry are not just protecting the two wings of the army, as soon as there is a fleeting fighter on the battlefield, these two cavalry will launch a surprise attack at the first time, and it is very likely to take advantage of the situation to enter the city.

Pound is also considered to have experienced a hundred battles, how dare he take such a risk.

Fortunately, the city of Didao is thick and thick, and the moat is only one of the fortifications to stop the enemy.

Even if the moat is filled, Luo Zhengpifu will have to pay a heavy price if he wants to kill the head of the city.

Bows and arrows don't work, so let's do something else.

Pound gave the order, and the rolling wood and stones on the city immediately rained down.

However, Di Dao's moat was more than two zhang wide, and the soldiers who filled in the river stood on the opposite side of the moat, and almost all the rolling wood stones thrown on the city fell into the moat, and they couldn't hit the heads of Luo Zheng's soldiers at all.

Unless Xu Chu is as powerful as he is, there are a few people who can throw dozens of pounds of stones that far.

* Pound couldn't hit it when he saw it, so he hurriedly called it off, so as not to waste materials.

The rear of the army was in the back line, on the high post.

Jia Xu rode a big green horse, followed Luo Zheng's side, and looked at the sword and axe soldiers who were carrying the land reclamation, and his eyes showed admiration. praised repeatedly: "The action is neat, and the order is unified." It's really a rare elite soldier. ”

Luo Zheng nodded and said: "Gao Shun does have a hand in training soldiers, and he can train these soldiers to be like this. It's not easy. However, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. A true elite soldier must not only have a strong physique and an unbreakable will, but also the benefits of the soldier and the strength of the armor are also indispensable. Although the war is the army, the role of the craftsmen is also very important. There are no improved weapons and armor, ordnance and equipment that those craftsmen have been digging all day long, and where do they get the strong armor and sharp blades. ”

Jia Xu nodded again and again: "What the general said is extremely true, Liangzhou is short of materials, if it weren't for the fact that the general raised a large amount of materials and refined iron from the Central Plains, where would these soldiers get good food and equipment." ”

Luo Zheng waved his hand. He didn't say any more, but looked straight ahead.

In less than an hour, 2,000 sword and axe soldiers filled in the moat more than 20 zhang wide outside the city of Didao, clearing the first obstacle for the army to attack the city.

The sound of the Chinese military drum changed, and the more urgent drum almost wanted to burst people's eardrums.

Gao Shun was dressed in iron armor, slowly rode his horse to the front of the formation, and stood proudly on horseback.

The five hundred lightly armored soldiers who had been waiting for a long time had burning eyes, staring at the majestic figure in front of the formation.

"Light armor, out of the ranks!"

Gao Shun slowly raised his right arm. Shout.

Five hundred lightly armored soldiers immediately crossed the formation, in unison.

Gao Shun's raised right arm swung down violently, and he shouted, "Siege!" ”

The drums beat more urgently. Drumsticks puff their cheeks and beat the marching drums made of cowhide.

"The Han army is mighty!"

In front of the infantry phalanx, the commander of the army raised his saber. A long howl.

"Victory is won!"

Five hundred lightly armored soldiers responded with three calls and quickly carried the siege ladder. Go straight to the city of Didao.

In groups of twenty people, five hundred lightly armored soldiers held shields in one hand. Grabbing the siege ladder in one hand, he formed a phalanx of twenty-five infantry, and rushed forward in great strides, followed by a full two thousand sword and shield soldiers.

Dressed in cowhide armor and carrying swords in one hand and shields in the other, these sword and shield men followed closely behind the light infantry.

Rushing within eighty paces, a rain of arrows poured down from the city.

The light armor soldier held a light shield half a man high, firmly protecting the vital points of the head and upper body.

Even so, there were still people who were shot and wounded.

"Poof!"

A light armored soldier was shot in the thigh by a falling arrow, although the copper arrow was not as penetrating as the iron arrow, but it still broke through the leather armor and pierced the thigh of the light armored soldier.

Fortunately, although the protection of leather armor is not as good as that of iron armor, it is much stronger than cloth armor.

After Luo Zheng looted a large amount of assets from the Central Plains, he seized the time to change the equipment of the army under his command, although it was too tight to make a large number of iron pieces of light armor, but all of them equipped the soldiers with full-body leather armor.

Xiliang lacked iron, labor production was backward, and large-scale equipment with iron weapons and armor was simply unrealistic.

The arrows used by the archers in Ma Teng's army were all copper arrows, which were not as penetrating as the iron armor, although they still broke through the leather armor of the light armor, but most of the strength was blocked by the cowhide armor, which only hurt the flesh and skin, but did not hurt the bones.

However, even so, the pain of physical disability is very bearable.

The light armor soldier subconsciously wanted to throw away his shield and pull out the powerful arrow stuck in his thigh.

Suddenly, I remembered what Gao Shun had said when he was training soldiers.

"On the battlefield, once you fall behind, it means death!"

"Don't expect anyone to save you, for your robe is in the same danger."

"If you want to live, the only thing you can rely on is yourself, even if you are injured, bleeding, or even missing a leg or an arm, you have to grit your teeth and hold on, and you will have a chance to survive until the end."

"If you can't hold on, you'll be the first to die......"

The lightly armored soldier gritted his teeth, roared, and took a step to continue rushing forward.

Letting the blood flow on his thighs, he gritted his teeth and ignored it.

Finally, 500 lightly armored soldiers successfully rushed to the city.

Click......

In the sound of iron and stone impact, all twenty-five siege ladders were erected on the head of the city.

"Smash, smash it hard for General Ben."

At the head of Di Dao City, Pound waved his arms fiercely and shouted hard.

The soldiers, who had been waiting for a long time, didn't say a word, and immediately lifted the rolling wood and stones beside them, and after holding them high above the top, they smashed them down fiercely at the light armored soldiers who had just erected the ladder on the top of the city.

Ahh......hhh

In a terrible howl. On the spot, dozens of lightly armored soldiers were smashed and their heads shattered like watermelons.

More lightly armored soldiers were smashed with broken tendons, although they were not killed on the spot. But he had lost the ability to move, and fell under the city and howled terribly. But it was soon smashed into a pulp by the rolling wood and stones.

War is an oven, and human life is less valuable than weeds.

More than half of the 500 armor soldiers were quickly killed and wounded, and only half of them were finally withdrawn.

"Up!"

At this moment, the commander of the army roared, and the sword and shield soldiers who followed immediately passed the light armor soldiers, holding a shield in their left hand to protect the top of their heads, and a steel knife in their right hand, holding the ladder with a slightly half-grown hilt. Climb up quickly.

There is an arc-shaped barb at the top of the ladder, as if a sickle is tied, and it is immediately hooked to the battlements after being erected on the head of the city, and when the soldiers press on the ladder, no matter how hard the Ma Teng soldiers at the head of the city are, it is difficult to hold up the ladder again.

Rocks fell on the top of the city like rain, and trees were thrown like streams.

Soldiers were constantly knocked down the ladder by the falling logs and stones, and their tendons were broken and broken, but the 2,000 siege sword and shield men did not flinch at all. Fearless of death, he faced the fallen wood and stones, and quickly climbed to the head of the city.

However, at this moment, the pot was poured down by the boiling oil.

Miserable howls rose one after another, and the soldiers who climbed on the ladder were like dumplings in a pot. Withdrew one after another.

Immediately after, dozens of rockets were fired, and the city suddenly turned into a sea of fire.

The soldiers who had broken their legs let out a desperate howl. Soon life was engulfed by fire.

The rear of the army.

Luo Zheng was expressionless, staring at Di Dao City.

Jia Xu, Cheng Ying, Li Meng, Wang Fang and other civil and military generals were convulsive. His gaze was solemn.

At noon, a group of sword and shield soldiers finally came to the top of the city.

Yet soon. The first dozen sword and shield soldiers to kill the head of the city were driven down by the Ma Teng soldiers who rushed up.

Luo Zheng finally couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted: "Pass my general order and withdraw the troops immediately." ”

"Order."

A herald had already responded and quickly passed down the military order.

Jia Xu's face showed a different color, and after a little contemplation, he understood a little.

The corner of his eye swept away, and he found that Cheng Ying was puzzled, so he was about to ask, and he was busy with a look.

Cheng Ying was stunned, although she was still puzzled, she had to suppress the doubts in her stomach.

In the piercing sound of gold, the sword and shield soldiers who were fighting hard immediately retreated like a tide.

After a while, Gao Shun rode like the wind and rode a horse to arrive.

"The morale of our army is high, why did the lord go down to the army to collect his troops?"

Gao Shun's eyes were puzzled, and he obviously couldn't understand why Luo Zheng ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Someone finally killed the city, and at this time, it was a good opportunity for the soldiers to use their lives to seize the city in one fell swoop.

If you collect the troops and return to the camp, you will still have to pay a lot of price if you want to kill the head of the city next time.

Luo Zheng muttered: "The art of war, the upper army is strategic, the next is the next attack, and then the next is the attack, and the last is to attack the city." Stormed cities have always been graves for burials, and the lives of soldiers are so precious, how can they be sacrificed in vain. Unless he has to do it himself, General Ben really doesn't want to let the soldiers of the three armies take it for the city. Collect the troops, wait for General Ben to think about it, but there is another way to break the city. ”

"This ......"

Gao Shun was stunned, and then said solemnly: "The lord treats the soldiers so well, it is really a blessing for the soldiers of the three armies!" ”

Jia Xu, Cheng Ying, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others were also convinced, and there was an inexplicable stirring in their chests.

No matter how ferocious Luo Zheng is and how notorious he is, as for the soldiers under his command, it is excellent, in order to let the soldiers eat enough for every meal, so that they will not go to the battlefield hungry, and even risk their lives, do not hesitate to carry their infamy, and personally sneak to the Central Plains to loot money, food and materials, for the soldiers, it is indeed a blessing to be able to give such a lord and prince their lives.

Looking at the princes of the world, whether it is Yuan Shao of the fourth and third princes, or Tao Qian, who is known for his benevolence and righteousness, there is no prince who is so considerate of the soldiers and cares for the lives of the soldiers under his command so much.

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