Chapter 232: Fierce Battle
The attacking forces were in a surge, and the defending troops felt great pressure at the beginning.
Huge shouts and screams echoed between heaven and earth, and the sun gradually sank in the west.
Boom! Countless oil was poured into the hole above the city gate, drenching the city carts that were crashing through the city gate. Then the torch was thrown, and the torch hit the roof of the stormer, and in an instant, the flames spread and enveloped the entire stormer, and the stormer became a huge fire. As if they didn't notice, the soldiers under the storming cart continued to slam the city gate with their rams! Every blow was accompanied by the trumpets of the soldiers, and the heavy gates trembled violently on the ground!
The fire continued to be poured on the hole in the city gate, and the fire expanded rapidly, and a soldier was drenched in the oil, and then his body burned, and he ran out and rolled on the spot with a scream. Several soldiers rushed up to extinguish the fire and carried him down, who had been badly wounded.
The roof of the storming car is about to be burned down! The officer under the roof shouted urgently: "Get out!" β
The soldiers immediately abandoned the rush car and ran out, and the officers left last. As soon as the front foot left, the roof of the city car burned down! More than a dozen soldiers pulled up the chains attached to the beams of the storming cart and struggled to drag the burning storming cart out! At this moment, a rain of arrows and stones fell on the city wall, and there was a crackling sound, and more than a dozen soldiers immediately fell down! The remaining soldiers dragged the corpses of their companions and the wounded companions and quickly retreated, and the shield bearers immediately stepped forward to protect them! At the same time, the crossbowmen on the arrow tower in the rear shoot at the soldiers here in cover and shoot at the enemy crossbowmen at the city gates!
Thundered! A new siege vehicle slammed its way through the crowd and into the gate, slamming into the gate! Continuing the unfinished work of its forefathers!
At the same time, battles in other directions were in full swing. The Han soldiers rushed in the direction of the opponent's city wall along the ladder and under the cover of the bed crossbow arrow tower. The roar was earth-shattering, and there were constantly soldiers of Lu Bujun and Yuan Shaojun falling down, at this time, the fall of life seemed so commonplace, and no one regarded this as something great.
At the head of a city, the LΓΌ Bu army had already broken through, and the warriors of the LΓΌ Bu army who rushed to the head of the city were fighting with Yuan Shaojun's elite and bloody hand-to-hand combat. The figure is longing, the sword is bright, the blood is flying all over the sky, the roar is thrilling, and it also rubs out the screams of people when they are dying!
A soldier of the Lu Bu Army, burly, wearing heavy armor, wielding a nearly two-meter-long war horse and long knife with both hands, set off a rain of blood in the enemy army, and saw Yuan Shaojun's soldiers fall one after another in the screams! However, no matter how brave the tiger is, it is no more than a pack of wolves! Just as he was killing the seventeenth enemy, three equally burly Yuan Shaojun soldiers swooped up head-on, roaring and raising their spears to stab!
Before this soldier of the Lu Bu Army could react, he was pierced through the chest by three spears! His eyes widened and he roared angrily, and the blood-soaked horse chopping knife swung hard, clicking, and in the blood and water surging, the three Yuan Shaojun soldiers screamed to the end, one dead and two seriously injured! And this soldier of the Lu Bu Army fell backwards and fell off the city wall!
The bloody battle continued, the eyes were full of blood, and the corpses were increasing! The originally beautiful scenery of Keishki has immediately turned into a Shura hell!
Dangdangdang! Just when the war was in full swing, Lu Bujun's golden bell rang loudly.
The red-eyed soldiers of Lu Bujun were very unwilling, but the majesty of the military order made them dare not disobey, and retreated like a tide. The originally mighty battlefield suddenly fell silent.
The soldiers of Yuan Shaojun at the head of the city fell into a pool of blood one by one as if they had been drained of their strength, some gasping violently, and some simply fainted. No one spoke, everyone looked heavy, and the bloody battle of just a few hours was something they had never encountered before! Originally, there were still people who were skeptical about the legend of Lu Bujun, but now no one doubts it anymore! Lu Bujun is a tiger, a wolf, and a demon!
Jiang Fang looked at the scene of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood in front of him, and his heart kept pumping. An officer covered in blood rushed to Jiang's side, clasped his fists weakly and said: "General, our army has lost more than 3,000 people, and the number of opponents killed is probably this number!" Jiang Fang was surprised: "What? Our casualties are comparable to each other?! How is this possible? Generally speaking, it is normal for the besieging troops to suffer more than twice as many casualties as the defending troops! β
There was a look of fear in the officer's eyes, "Lu Bujun, known as the army of tigers and wolves!" Well deserved the name! Not only is the equipment extremely sophisticated, but also the fighting spirit and combat skills are all far above our army! General, with all due respect, although we have 50,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid we will not be able to hold it for long! You must hurry up and ask the lord for reinforcements! β
Jiang Fang frowned and said, "I have already sent a messenger, it seems that I have to send a messenger!" β
His gaze turned to the big tent of Lu Bujun.
"General, why did you retreat suddenly?" Yan Xing asked puzzled. Yan Xing, who originally served in the Blue Wolf Army, was now transferred to the Long Tao Army as one of the deputy commanders.
Zhang Liao didn't make a sound, he seemed to understand Zhang Lang's plan.
Zhang Lang pondered: "This Yuan Shaojun is still relatively tenacious!" If we continue to attack like this, it will not take a few days to break through the pass, but the losses of our army will be too great! β
Yan Xing understood and thought for a while, "It's better to take advantage of the night to send someone to blow up the city gate with gunpowder!" "Gunpowder has already appeared in Lu Bu's army because of Zhang Lang, but it has not yet been put into large-scale use.
Zhang Liao said: "No. I've already seen it just now, Jiang Fang has densely packed torches under the city gates, and there are cavalry patrolling the city, so we can't sneak close! And if you force an attack, the gunpowder will explode as soon as it hits the rocket, and it will hurt our own people! β
Zhang Lang stood up, "This Jiang Fang, I have never heard of it, he is so old-fashioned!" I was very surprised! He walked quickly to the map, and his eyes fell on the lofty mountains on the left side of Keiguan.
Zhang Lang pointed to that area and said: "In this area, I once heard that there is a small road, who of you knows?" β
Zhang Liao's expression moved, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "I remembered!" There is such a path, I once led my own soldiers through it! Probably here! Zhang Liao pointed to a location.
Zhang Lang's gaze fell on the position of his finger, and he hurriedly asked, "Can you still be subjected to this path?" Zhang Liao nodded affirmatively: "Yes!" Then he frowned and said: "But this path is steep and rugged, and the baggage and materials can't be passed at all, so you can only pass with light soldiers!" Although it can form a flanking attack on the enemy army in Keiguan, if it can't break through Keiguan in a short period of time, this light army and troops may be in danger! β