Chapter 44: The Battle of Xingyang (1)

Snow covers the earth.

General Liu Jun stepped through the snow nest with difficulty, marched towards the towering bluestone city wall not far away, built the helmet of Hou Wufu Cao Shen, and under the protection of a group of personal soldiers, commanded his subordinates to advance towards the root of the city wall.

The rough ladder tied with wood was erected by a group of soldiers, leaning diagonally against the city wall, and at the beginning, a bearded Liu Junwu commander snorted hotly, holding a sword in one hand and a ladder in the other, and shouted and climbed up to the city.

"Quick, rush up, don't let Qin Gou run away!"

"Gale!"

Cao Shen's Xian Dengjin soldiers were all excited and inexplicable, and their faces were filled with strange expressions, slaughtering the city, such an order was already familiar to them, and if it was a big city like Xingyang, which had more than 100,000 people, what kind of shocking result would it be.

In the past, the Qin general Bai Qikeng killed 600,000 Zhao troops, so he became a famous general; In comparison, there is definitely a lot of honor that comes with being the one who destroys a city. Leaving a name in history, whether it is a good name or a bad name, for ordinary soldiers, it is a great honor and a supreme military achievement.

On the city.

Li Yuan personally led a team of guards to guard the front of the north gate, and behind him, the banner of the word "Li" in Daqin looked extremely solemn and solemn under the reflection of the early sun.

The main defense of this section of the wall was composed of the guests of Li Youfu and the officials of Fanjia County, numbering about 16 or 700 people, and these hastily assembled soldiers, together with 160 Li Yuanjun's own soldiers, formed the main force to resist the attack of 3,000 men under Cao Shen's subordinates.

Accompanying this garrison was another heavy force composed of young and strong men in the city, mainly responsible for transporting all kinds of materials needed by the city. After the removal of Zhao Benshili, Fan Jia, Guan Yue, and even the underground Shili mastered by Gongsun Damiang in Xingyang City all showed the spirit of cooperation, and this efficient operation mechanism made Li Yuan, who had seen mechanized factory operations, feel a little magical.

In the face of danger, human potential is infinitely burst out, and this is called a miracle. In the face of the attack of tens of thousands of Liu Bang's troops, Li Yuan led a group of "miscellaneous troops" who rushed to the army and began the defense of Xingyang.

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Bai Guangji was very proud, he held his chest high, held the flag symbolizing glory high, and held the flag for General Li, this glorious task has always been undertaken by the cavalry battalion Luo cavalry general, and now, Bai Guangji stands out among the many pro-soldiers with his own military exploits.

"Old Qin, restore my rivers and mountains-!" Unlike Liu Bangjun's excited shouts, Qin Jun's battle song was low and desolate, with the momentum of fighting with all his might.

"Qin Dog, go die!" On the ladder, Liu Jun's bearded soldiers have climbed to the battlements, and the sword in his hand is constantly waving, trying to scare the blocking guards away, this kind of siege scene is not unfamiliar to Liu Jun's veteran who has experienced the war in Dongjun, Yongqiu, Dangjun and other places, he has considerable self-confidence, as long as he puts on a desperate posture, the fighting spirit of the guards will become weaker and weaker.

"Kill!"

In response to Liu Jun's fierce man, it was a sharpened bamboo spear, and the Qin army's bamboo spearmen who had made Liu Jun's soldiers smell changed their color reappeared at the head of the city.

"Oops!" Liu Junwu screamed, and the bronze sword in his hand slashed off, cutting off the bamboo spear. However, before he could react, the bamboo spear actually grew out again, and pierced straight into the chest of Sergeant Liu, who had the empty door wide open.

"Poof!" Bamboo thorns are like arrows, penetrating the internal organs.

The blood-red eyes and the unbelieving look of the thug fell on his back with unwillingness, and his broad body smashed straight down, crushing the few soldiers below into the snow that was trampled into mud.

Unlike the princes who kept their strength and let their descendants hide behind, and relied on the consumption of miscellaneous cards to win the victory of Zuihou, Li Yuan sent his most trusted soldiers from the beginning, and he wanted to use his strength to prove that he was capable of defending the city.

After the selection in Luoyang and the training in the Pingyin field, the soldiers of the pro-military battalion have become familiar with the use of bamboo guns, and for this new weapon that is simple to make but not weak, Bai Guangji gave it a resounding name: killing gun.

Guns are used to kill people.

And when a bamboo gun is called a killer gun, you can imagine how shocking it will be.

Under Li Yuan's command and command, rows of sharp bamboo thorns quickly poked out of the battlements, so that Liu Jun's generals on the ladder had nothing to hide, even if there was a fierce cut off the bamboo spear, the rest of the part grew out in the hands of the guards. If it was a bronze sword and beryllium, there would be an empty door after blocking, and the bamboo spear was powerless to borrow, which made Liu Jun, who had no strength, regret it, and at this time, they began to understand Fan Xu's mood at that time.

In the field battle, the power of the bamboo spear could not be effectively exerted, and in the siege of the city, with the barrier of the city wall and ravine, the power of the bamboo spear in suddenness was undoubtedly revealed.

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Under the inner city corner.

A team of young men was sending several bundles of sharpened bamboo poles to the city, Chen Ping was dressed in short clothes, and he was also in the team of young people, although he had decided to wait a little longer before making a decision, he was still a young man after all, after learning from Hou Xi that Li Yuan had defeated Zhao Ben in less than an hour, Chen Ping's curiosity about Li Yuan prompted him to want to take a closer look at Li Yuan.

"The young man standing at the head of the city, who is not very old, even looks a few years younger than himself, how can he be so calm in front of the thousands of enemy troops?" Chen Ping looked at the fierce scene of tearing and killing at the head of the city, but saw that Li Yuan was unmoved, but the flag behind him was waving, which was the Qin army defending the city in mobilizing troops everywhere to reinforce the weak point that was fiercely attacked by the Liu army.

"Brother Ping, help me quickly!" When Chen Ping was out of his mind, he was blamed by the young man beside him, at this critical moment, a delay may lead to danger in the city.

What was handed to Chen Ping was an ordinary bamboo thorn with a sharpened end, Chen Ping didn't understand, could it be that Li Yuanjun's personal soldiers who were guarding the front of the city were fighting with this kind of weapon, this was just a bamboo pole, how could it be possible to beat Liu Bangjun's bronze weapon.

Chen Ping's doubts, Li Yuan didn't have time to explain, Cao Shen's army's offensive had entered the critical time, when more and more Cao Shen's sharp soldiers pressed up, Li Yuan's weakness of not many soldiers who could fight was exposed.

The guests, the county soldiers, although some of them are brave enough, often lack cooperation with each other, and in the case of equal troops, no cooperation means defeat.

"Come on, gather drums, help the war!"

Li Yuan shouted the order, strode down from the city tower, in the face of the unfavorable situation, his fighting spirit also began to be ignited, the battle with Zhao Jun just now was just a warm-up exercise, and now, it is the time to win or lose.