The general of the Shu army, who was defending the north gate of Chengdu, looked at the Jin soldiers and horses who had already entered the firing range, and ordered: "Launch, the thunderbolt and the giant crossbow will be launched immediately." ”

"Whoosh...... "The thunderbolts and giant crossbows on the city wall of Chengdu's north gate were all fired immediately, shooting a large number of thunderbolts and giant crossbow arrows at the Jin army in front of them.......

"Bang bang bang...... Snap Bang ......" Giant crossbow arrows and stones hit the Jin army's giant shield with a crisp sound.

Because the giant shield of the Jin army was up to an inch thick, the giant crossbow of the Shu army was completely useless, and a large number of giant crossbow arrows were nailed to the giant shield, but they could not penetrate the shield, and the power of the thunderbolt was also very great, but it could not break the shield.

However, the thunderbolt is projectile, and although it cannot break the giant shield, some huge stones can bypass the giant shield and directly attack the Jin military horses behind the giant shield.

......Under the attack of the Shu army's thunderbolts, the thunderbolts of the Jin army were constantly smashed, and the soldiers who pushed the thunderbolts were constantly injured.

"General, our army has entered the range of the Shu army's thunderbolts, the strikers have lost more than a dozen thunderbolts, and the soldiers have also suffered dozens of casualties, do you want to fight back." A junior colonel, looking at Tie Niu, asked.

Tie Niu carefully observed the thunderbolts fired from the city wall, and ordered: "Do not return fire, continue to approach the city wall, and wait until all the thunderbolts of our army can hit the city wall, and then return fire." ”

"Yes, General." The colonel took the order and ordered the soldiers not to return fire, and continued to advance in the direction of the north gate of Chengdu in the face of the thunderbolts fired by the Shu army.

The Shu army defending the city thunderbolted and constantly threw boulders under the city. caused a lot of casualties to the Jin army and horses that were approaching step by step, but there were many Jin soldiers and horses, and under the cover of the giant shield, they still pressed in a neat formation towards the city wall.

Soon, all the thunderbolts of the Jin army arrived, and they could directly attack the distance of the city wall. Iron Bull looked in the direction of the city wall and ordered loudly: "All thunderbolts, launch them immediately, and give me a hard beating." ”

More than 500 siege thunderbolt vehicles threw a large number ......of stones in the direction of the city wall. In an instant, it caused a lot of damage to the Shu army defending the city.

"Soldiers. Good job, just give me this call. Seeing the thunderbolt under his command showing its might, Tie Niu excitedly ordered loudly.

"Huhuhu...... Jin army's 500 thunderbolt carts continued to fire thunderbolts at the city wall. The thunderbolt of the Shu army on the city wall was completely suppressed.

"General. The thunderbolt of the Jin army. At least more than ten times the size of our army, several of our army's thunderbolts and crossbows have already been smashed. "Colonel Shu Jun. Said in a panic.

The general of the Shu army looked in the direction outside the city and said loudly: "Don't panic, give me another launch, as long as there is still a thunderbolt, give me a hard beating." ”

Under the order of the generals of the Shu army, the Shu army defending the city and the Jin army launched a thunderbolt battle, the Shu army occupied the advantage of the terrain, and the Jin army occupied the absolute advantage of numbers, both sides had the advantage, but the Jin army's thunderbolt car was more than ten times that of the Shu army, so many numerical advantages, not the Shu army's terrain advantage can make up.

Therefore, after the battle lasted for an hour, the thunderbolts of the Shu army defending the city were completely destroyed, and most of the giant crossbows guarding the city were also destroyed, and the casualties of the Shu soldiers were not small.

But at the same time, the Jin army's siege troops also paid a lot of casualties, at least a hundred siege thunderbolt vehicles were damaged by different Cheng dù, and hundreds of soldiers were killed and wounded, losing their combat effectiveness.

Seeing that the thunderbolt carts of the Shu army on the city wall no longer fired stones, Tie Niu knew that the thunderbolt carts of the Shu army had been all damaged, so he looked at the generals behind him and ordered loudly: "Soldiers, attack the city." With that, he rode his horse and rushed forward.

"Kill ......" The soldiers of the Jin army, under the leadership of Tie Niu, the shield soldiers in front, and the rest of the troops in the back, roared and killed in the direction of the north gate of Chengdu.

The soldiers of the Shu army defending the city saw that the Jin army was attacking, and hurriedly prepared to defend.

After the Jin army entered the range of bows and arrows, the generals of the Shu army defending the city shouted: "Release the arrows, release the arrows quickly." ”

"Whoosh ......" the archers of the Shu army defending the city fired a large number of arrows and shot them at the city.

Most of these arrows were covered by the shields of the Jin army, and the rest were shot at the Jin soldiers, causing certain casualties to the Jin army.

The Jin soldiers and horses got closer and closer, and the ladder behind the shield hand had stretched out, and soon erected on the moat, and the follow-up soldiers, laying wooden planks on the ladder, built a bridge over the moat, so that the Jin army could quickly pass through the moat.

After the Jin army crossed the moat, they set up the remaining ladders on the walls of Chengdu, and the sword and shield soldiers began to climb up the ladders, while the archers below shot at the city to cover the besieging sword and shield soldiers.

"General, there are many soldiers and horses in the Jin army, and the siege is extremely fierce!" A junior colonel of the Shu army said loudly.

The general of the Shu army, who was in charge of defending the north gate, had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and ordered loudly: "Soldiers, set up a wolf tooth and give me a hard lesson to the Jin army." ”

Under the orders of the generals of the Shu army, more than 100 wolf tooth paddles were erected on the wall of the north gate one after another, and they quickly slapped to the city.

The wolf's tooth slapped weighing hundreds of catties, with sharp nails, fell from the high city wall and smashed on the bodies of the Jin soldiers under the city, causing damage to the Jin soldiers can be imagined.

"Ah......" Under the continuous attack of the Shu army's hundred wolf fangs, the Jin army under the city suffered heavy casualties. The soldiers of the Jin army, who were climbing up the ladder, were also slapped down the city by the wolf teeth of the Shu army, and they were killed.

"General, the Shu army suddenly appeared with more than a hundred wolf tooth slappers, and our army's casualties are not small!"

"General, the task our army received is a feint, if the casualties are too great, go back, how do you want General Hua to explain!"

The two generals beside Tie Niu looked in the direction of the north gate where the battle was raging, and said worriedly.

Seeing his subordinates being suppressed by the wolf teeth of the Shu army defending the city, Tie Niu's heart was also very uncomfortable, and even a little angry, besides, the order he received was to feint to attack Chengdu, if the casualties were too great, it was indeed difficult to explain to Hua'an.

So, Tie Niu secretly sighed and ordered loudly: "Mingjin collects his troops and withdraws to the camp." ”

"Yes, General." The subordinate general beside him hurriedly received the order.

The gong sound of the withdrawal of ......the troops sounded from the ranks of the Jin army, and soon, the Jin soldiers and horses who were besieging the city quickly retreated.

"The Jin army has withdrawn, the Jin army has retreated." The soldiers of the Shu army defending the city all shouted happily when they saw the Jin soldiers and horses retreating.

The chief general of the Shu army immediately sent his subordinates to report the news of the victory at the north gate to Li Shi in the palace.

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In the palace of Chengdu, listening to the sound of fighting from the direction of the north gate, Li Shi, the emperor of Shu, was still apprehensive in his heart, although he had enough confidence, but after all, there were many Jin soldiers and horses, and he could not predict whether his imperial forest army could repel the attack of the Jin army and what the casualties were.

"Your Majesty, Lord Feng in the waiting, ask to see you outside the palace." Just when Li Shi was thinking wildly, the little eunuch reported the news that Feng Fu wanted to see.

Li Shi was slightly stunned, and said softly: "Quick, let him in." ”

The little eunuch turned around and went to give orders, and soon, Feng Fu, the servant, walked into the main hall.

"Weichen Feng Fu knocked on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." As soon as he entered the main hall, Feng Fu saluted Li Shi with a happy face.

Seeing Feng Fu's happy face, Li Shi felt at ease in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "Feng Aiqing, how is the battle situation at the North Gate, and what are the casualties of our army?" ”

Feng Fu smiled slightly, hugged his fists and reported: "Your Majesty, the North Gate is a great victory, our army defeated the Jin army under the city, the Jin army left more than a hundred corpses, fled in the wilderness, our army suffered less than a hundred casualties, although most of the thunderbolts were damaged, but they could be completely repaired within one day." ”

"Oh, the Jin army was defeated and fled, great, it's really good, with the Royal Forest Army and Aiqing here, I can sit back and relax." Li Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, the great victory of our army is the credit of the soldiers defending the city, in order to commend the loyalty of the soldiers to the Han, Weichen thinks that the meritorious soldiers should be greatly rewarded, and the whole city should be ordered to publicize the achievements of our army, so that the people in the city can be full of confidence in my Han!" Feng Fu hugged his fists and said.

When Li Shi heard this, he nodded, and said loudly: "Feng Aiqing's words are reasonable, so he will do what Aiqing wants, and the meritorious soldiers will be rewarded twice." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen is retiring." Feng Fu clenched his fists and turned to leave the main hall.

After Feng Fu left, Li Shi paced up quite easily, and walked towards the harem with a laugh, these days of state affairs, he has not returned to the harem for many days, and spent a good night with the concubines, at this time, the body and mind are relaxed, and the huge desire hidden in the bottom of his heart has surfaced again.

In order to increase the confidence of the common people in the victory of the Han Dynasty over the Jin army, Feng Fu not only gave twice the rewards to the soldiers who participated in the battle at the North Gate, but also ordered a large number of henchmen to publicize the news of the victory at the North Gate in the city.

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At the position of three miles outside the north gate of Chengdu, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army has completely set up camp, and the baggage battalion that is relatively backward is building siege equipment, and the rest of the soldiers are resting their weapons and preparing for the siege on the second day.

"Big brother, the Iron Bull's men and horses are back." Wang San walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported to Hua'an.

"Okay, let's go out and have a look." Hua An said that he walked out of the big tent with Wang San to greet the army of iron bulls.

"How is it, what are the results, and what is the defensive arrangement of the Shu army defending the city?" As soon as he saw Tie Niu, Hua An asked.

Tie Niu hung his head and said softly: "Big brother, the Shu army is very tightly arranged, our army has lost more than 100 soldiers, and more than 100 thunderbolt cars have been damaged, of which 40 have been damaged and thrown in place. (To be continued......)