Chapter 1162: The Great Battle of the Tiger Prison Pass (5)

Such a battle formation, if it is a recruit who goes to the battlefield for the first time, is enough to be scared to pee. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, whether it is the Wudang Flying Army, or the soldiers of the Yang'an Army and the Yong'an Army, they are all battle-hardened warriors, and no matter how dangerous the battle scene is, they have all experienced it, so the enemy is not afraid, but they are full of enthusiasm, high morale, stick to their positions, and are ready to devote themselves to the fierce battle at any time.

A small number of catapults threw stones and smashed them heavily into the walls of the Tiger Prison Pass, and the attack of the Wu army officially began. Because the number of catapults of the Wu army was not large, it was not enough to form a group offensive of catapults, so the role of catapults was at most a role of throwing stones to ask for directions and throwing bricks and attracting jade.

Obviously, Zhu Wan could not expect these catapults to destroy the walls of the Tiger Prison Pass, and let tens of thousands of Wu troops who were ready to attack wait under the city, so after the Wu army threw some stones, tens of thousands of troops rushed up and launched an ant-attached siege to the city.

Countless ladders were erected and erected on the towering city wall of Tiger Prison Pass, and in the deafening shouting and killing, Wu soldiers, holding shields and holding knives and guns, stepped on the ladders and rushed up towards the head of the wall.

The defensive pressure of the Han army was very great, and in the face of so many Wu troops, the weakness of the Han army's weak strength was highlighted, and the only thing that could make up for this weakness was the tenacity of the Han army. Rows of arrows rained down from the city.

One by one, the huge rolling logs were lifted in the hands of dozens of Han soldiers, and they swept through thousands of troops and fell down the ladder. A rolling log, generally has a diameter of more than one foot, up to five or six zhang, the range it covers, there are more than a dozen ladders, when smashed down, the Wu soldiers on the more than a dozen ladders were swept in a row, and the Wu soldiers who fell to the ground were either stoned to death, or fell to death, piles of flesh and blood blurred, miserable.

The heavy stone is an excellent tool for defending the city, although it can not sweep a large area like a rolling log, but each stone is extremely heavy, once hit, the ladder is destroyed.

When the Han army was guarding the city, it also used a large amount of boiling water and boiling oil, which were all sharp weapons in the defense of the city, especially the boiling oil, which not only had a lethal effect on the Wu soldiers who were besieging the city, but also ignited and burned the ladder.

In short, the Han army used eighteen weapons in defensive operations, but the Wu army relied on a large number of people, although there were heavy casualties, but the offensive was never reduced, and under the walls of the Tiger Pass, it was always overcrowded, of course, there were living people and dead people.

Zhu Wan stood under the city in military uniform, he himself said that if he didn't take half a step back, he would never retreat, his feet firmly stepped on the ground, allowing the stray arrows to whizz past his ears, occasionally one or two arrows shot in front of him, Zhu Wan would use his sword to knock it down, after all, it was an arrow away, even if there were individual arrows with great strength and could be shot here, but at the end of the strong crossbow, the strength was always limited.

Despite this, this position is still quite dangerous, in danger, Zhu Wan is not moved in the slightest, he is expressionless to focus on the siege battle, sometimes he will wield a long sword, and command the Wu army to attack forward.

Although each wave of attack will be strongly resisted by the Han army, making the Wu army pay a great price, the offensive wave of the Wu army has never stopped, and it is still one after another, sacrificing life and death to launch an attack.

Zhu Wan also tried to find other means of attack, such as using a rushing car to crash through the city gate. However, the Han army had obviously already guarded against their hands, and just after Zhang Le and Zhao Zhuo returned to the city, Huang Chong decisively ordered the east city gate to be sealed with wood, stone, and sand.

Generally, the city gate is always a weak point in defense, no matter how strong the defense on the city wall is, once the city gate is breached, the enemy army can easily drive into the city, so that all the hard work of the army guarding the city wall is in vain.

Huang Chong naturally didn't give the Wu people any chance, and completely used earth and stone to completely use the east city gate, which also cut off the possibility of them trying to break through the city from the direction of the city gate.

Wu Jun's rushing car repeatedly impacted the gate of the Tiger Prison Pass, but behind the gate, there were countless sand and stones piled up, and no matter how strong the impact of the rushing car was, it could not break through the solid gate.

There are still people who give Zhu Wan advice, saying that no matter how strong the gate of the Tiger Prison is, it will be wooden after all, and if it is attacked by fire, it may have a miraculous effect.

Zhu Wan followed his advice, applied tung oil to the front end of the rushing car, lit it, and then crashed into the city gate, and the raging fire quickly engulfed the city gate and the rushing car. After burning down the gate, revealing the pile of earth and stones behind the gate, Wu realized that everything they had done was in vain, and the defense of the Han army was really leaky.

The next siege battle still revolves around the city wall. The Wu people also arranged a large number of crossbowmen, with bed crossbows, siege vehicles and other weapons, to constantly put pressure on the Han army on the city wall.

The combat attrition of the Han army is also very powerful, but the battle has reached this point, both sides are doing their best, this is no longer a simple military contest, but more than will, than whose will is more tenacious, who can hold out to the last moment, who is the ultimate winner.

In this bloody battle, time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the red sun was already sinking in the west, and twilight was falling.

Expecting to be able to take Luoyang in one day's battle, Lu Kang didn't think about it, no matter at any time, siege battles are the most difficult, especially if you want to take a dangerous pass like Tiger Prison Pass, it is by no means an overnight thing.

Today's battle, although there is no achievement, but Lu Kang is generally satisfied, at least the Wu army played its due momentum, even if it did not break through the tiger prison, but the Wu army's desire to win can still be affirmed, Lu Kang ordered Ming Jin to withdraw the troops, and fight again tomorrow.

Zhu Wan was a little annoyed and regretful, it should be said that he did his best, but the tenacity of the defenders finally made him return in vain. Zhu Wan was eager to fight at night, but Lu Kang's military order did not allow him not to retreat.

After returning to the camp, Zhu Wan immediately went to see Lu Kang and said: "Da Sima, the morale of our army is high, and the last general will ask for dinner and then fight at night, and if he does not take the Tiger Prison Pass, he will not return it." ”

Lu Kang smiled slightly and said: "General Zhu is really a man of temperament, but the siege battle is by no means an overnight victory, it must be combined with work and rest, and if you fight again tomorrow, General Zhu can still be the commander in front of the battle." ”