Bang bang bang - the thunderbolt car was started for the second time, and thousands of wine jars and oil cans were thrown onto the city of Hanzhong, the fragile jars were like dumplings in the next pot, crackling and smashed to all parts of the city, the fragile jars were shattered in the first time, and the spirits and oil stored in them were tilted out, and these flammable liquids immediately became the fuel of the flames, making the raging sea of fire even more surging.

The Shu soldiers on the head of the city were unavoidable this time, every place was on fire, and more and more Shu soldiers were burning on their bodies, and the screams and shouts were endless. In the midst of a wail, a Shu soldier shouted in a sharp voice: "Oh no, the armaments and materials are burning, come and put out the fire!" ”

Hearing this shout, Ling Bud immediately turned around and looked in the direction of the materials for the defense of the city, the military resources that had only been slightly affected before were now shrouded in the roaring flames, and I believe that it would not be long before all the materials would turn into a pile of ashes. Ling Bao was in a hurry, and shouted hurriedly: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Hurry up and put out the fire! Haven't the people who dug up the sand come back yet? ”

On the passage to the city, Lei Tong finally learned of the dangerous predicament on the head of the city, and hurriedly led the Shu soldiers mobilized from the military camp to retreat down the stairs to make way for the soldiers digging sand in the lower city. It's a pity that because of the delay of Lei Tong, these Shu soldiers who went down to the city to dig sand have obviously slowed down, even if they dig the sand as fast as they can, I'm afraid it will be too late to return to the city to rescue the military resources that have been surrounded by flames.

After letting the soldiers digging sand and soil go down the ladder, Lei Tong hurriedly led his troops to the city again, when he came to the city, he found that the situation was more difficult than he imagined, the middle and back sections of the entire city head have been covered by flames, only a short distance next to the wall buttress There is no flame, if it were not for Gan Ning's fear of the flames to create unnecessary trouble for Zhang Liao who ascended the city, I am afraid that the entire Hanzhong city head will be completely swallowed by the flames.

Lei Tong came to Lingbao's side with scorching flames. He asked aloud, "What can I do?" Ling Bao's brows were tightly wrinkled together, what should I do? I can only take one step at a time, what else can I do? Ling Bao patted Lei Tong's shoulder and said in a low voice: "Now is the time for death, we must not mess with ourselves." You hurry up and take the soldiers to the battlements and set up defenses, believing that the Yan army will attack soon. Stay here to stop the soldiers from putting out the fire! ”

Lei Tong agreed loudly, snatched the wet cowhide from a passing sergeant, draped it on his body with his backhand, and then shouted to his subordinates: "Go with a certain person to set up defenses!" "Lei Tong's subordinate soldiers have followed Lei Tong's practice. He took the wet cowhide from the hands of his comrades, and shared a piece of it with every three people, followed behind Lei Tong, rushed through the sea of fire, and came to the battlements.

There is no flame here, Lei Tong pulled off the cowhide on his body, and then handed it to a personal soldier beside him, ordering: "Bring people back and pick up more people!" "There are only more than 100 wet cowhides. Therefore, there were only more than 300 people who passed through the flames, and together with the Shu soldiers who had been deployed here before, there were less than 5,000 people, and it was impossible to block the attack of Zhang Liao's troops with this manpower. So Lei Copper needs more manpower.

The soldier took the cowhide and rushed back into the sea of fire with more than a hundred men, and after some scorching pain, passed through the sea of fire. When they came to the middle of the wall, more than 200 people gathered in the same way as before. Each of the three men shared a cowhide, turned and rushed towards the battlements.

After three cycles like this, this personal soldier only led more than 600 people through the flames to the battlements, but at this time, the Han army's arrow rain offensive was launched!

Lei Tong looked at the rain of arrows and powerful crossbows coming from the sky, and immediately realized that something was wrong in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick! Vertical shield! Hurry up, hurry up! Although affected by the night, Lei Tong couldn't see how many arrows rained down on the city he was defending, but Lei Tong was also a strong general after all, just by virtue of the sound of the blade breaking the wind, he deduced that the upcoming arrows must not be a few, and there were also some powerful crossbows mixed with great strength, no need to ask, Lei Tong had already guessed that it must be the red-clothed ballista of the Han army that was launched.

Lei Tong's order was issued in a timely manner, and the Shu soldiers all erected their shields and blocked them in front of them at the moment before the arrow was about to reach their bodies. However, because of the flames on the city, the Han army saw the situation on the city clearly, so the arrows shot were also purposefully fired with high accuracy; However, the Shu soldiers on the head of the city were dazzled by the flames, and because the sky was dark, they couldn't see where the arrows of the Han army were shooting at all, and they held up their shields close to their bodies to minimize the area of their bodies exposed outside the shield to prevent being shot by the arrows of the Han army.

As the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to prevent, and now the arrows shot by the Han army are deadly dark arrows for these Shu soldiers who are illuminated by flames in the dark! The next moment, the sound of sharp arrows hitting the shield and piercing the body sounded one after another, and the Shu soldiers were ruthlessly shot by the arrows of the Han army in the darkness, regardless of accuracy, the number of arrows of the Han army alone was enough to make the Shu soldiers suffer a large number of casualties, not to mention, there were also crossbows inspired by the red-clothed ballista mixed in.

Lei Tong held the shield with both hands, and constantly heard the screams and screams of the soldiers around him in his ears, and almost every time he breathed, at least five people fell to the ground in the middle! Lei Tong's luck is still good, only a dozen arrows have hit his shield one after another, but there is no crossbow to patronize his shield, otherwise the standard shield issued by the Shu soldiers will never be able to block the red-clothed crossbow that can penetrate the wall.

After this round of arrow rain, Lei Tong emerged from behind the shield, and by the light of the fire behind him, he saw more than 5,000 Shu soldiers who were deployed behind the battlements, only more than 2,000 people could still stand, and the remaining 3,000 people either died or fell to the ground with serious injuries and could not get up again.

Without waiting for Lei Tong to give the next order, the arrow tower commanded by the veteran Huang Zhong began to play a role again, and the thousands of Han archers standing on the arrow tower immediately launched a targeted elimination operation after the arrow rain of their own army invaded, and the sharp arrows were like long eyes, and they shot at the Shu soldiers who came out from behind the shield and were ready to check the situation, and Lei Tong was also among their sniper targets.

Because it was a targeted killing, the timing of the sharp arrows fired by the Han marksmen was not consistent, and the sound of the bowstring vibrating did not resonate. In the noisy battlefield, it was almost inaudible, so Lei Tong didn't hear the sound of the Han army pulling the bowstring this time, until the sharp arrow shot in front of him with a cold shot, Lei Tong saw the arrow under the light of the fire, and hurriedly shortened his body, so that the arrow grazed his shoulder and avoided the cold arrow.

But not everyone can have such agile skills as Lei Tong, and many Shu soldiers were pierced through their bodies by the sharp arrows shot by the Han army before they even reacted to what was going on. They were killed by cold, merciless arrows.

Lei Tong hid behind the shield and shouted: "Dodge the arrows!" Quick, hide all your body behind the battlements! Raise a shield to protect the top of your head, "With the Han army's two rounds of arrow rain shooting, the original more than 5,000 Shu soldiers are now less than 2,000 people left, in this way, their own men and horses will be shot out, how to resist the Han army's siege troops?" Therefore, Lei Tong hurriedly asked his subordinates to take protective actions to prevent them from being attacked by the Han army's arrow rain again. Now there is no other better way. Due to the constraints and the sky, he couldn't organize an effective counterattack at all, because they couldn't see the Han army under the city clearly, and they were all under the cover of night. On the contrary, if Lei Tong prevented the counterattack, once his subordinates were exposed, the Han army could instead take advantage of the fire at the head of the city. Inflict precision strikes on yourself and others.

Surprisingly, Lei Tong hid behind the shield for ten breaths, but never waited for the next round of arrow rain. Lei Tong thought for a while, quickly stood up and threw away his shield, and shouted loudly: "Get up quickly!" The siege force is coming! ”

That's right! The reason why the Han army stopped the attack of the arrow rain was because the soldiers of Zhang Liao's department had already climbed to the head of Hanzhong City along the ladder, and Huang Zhong stopped the arrow attack in order to avoid accidental injury.

Taking a step forward, Lei Tong leaned his upper body out of the battlements, wanting to see how far the Han army was from the city. When he looked at the city, he suddenly found a face like purple jade, less than five feet away from him! Behind him, there were countless Han troops climbing densely on the ladder!

The person with a face like purple jade, there is only one person under Ao Lie's command, and that is General Zhengnan and Zhang Liao, Marquis of Jinyang! Zhang Liao actually pulled the corners of his mouth at the first glance of Lei Tong, revealing a sneer, and before Lei Tong understood the meaning of this sneer, Zhang Liao suddenly raised his right arm and aimed it at Lei Tong, and with a slight clasp of his fingers, he pulled the trigger of the Xizi crossbow on his arm. A three-inch-long crossbow bolt shot out and sank into Lei Tong's heart at close range, killing Lei Tong on the spot.

This blow was the perfect condensation of Zhang Liao's wisdom and martial arts, and the crossbow bolt accurately penetrated Lei Tong's heart under Zhang Liao's control, making Lei Tong die instantly, but no blood burst out from Lei Tong's body. Therefore, Lei Tong still maintained the posture of leaning out of the battlements and observing the lower part of the city, and the Shu soldiers behind Lei Tong didn't even know that Lu Dao's main general had been shot by Zhang Lai!

Quickly put away the crossbow, Zhang Liao used both hands, quickly climbed a few steps towards the city, and then reached out his left hand, resisting Lei Tong's corpse that was about to fall under the city, still keeping him in the posture before he died. Then, Zhang Liao motioned to his subordinates with his eyes, quickly occupied a powerful position, and waited to attack.

The head of the city suddenly fell into a strange silence, and the Shu soldiers nervously held their spears, ready to stab the Han army that was about to rush to the city, but the Han army did not rise for a long time, and even the posture of Lei Tong leaning out did not change in the slightest.

After a few breaths, the Shu soldiers were very curious, and many people followed the example of Lei Tong, and leaned their upper bodies out of the battlements, wanting to see what Lei Tong was attracted to, so they refused to retract their bodies. However, when they poked their heads out, they were surprised to see strange faces with perseverance and slaughter, lurking under the city, between themselves and these people, close to the point where their breath could be heard!

"Kill!" Zhang Liao slammed his left hand and dragged Lei Tong's body off the city, and at the same time issued an order to his subordinates to attack the city. Zhang Liao was the first to attack, without the barrier of Lei Tong's corpse, Zhang Liao climbed to the head of the city without hindrance, pulled out the steel knife on his waist with his right hand, and chopped the heads of the two Shu soldiers away!

After receiving Zhang Liao's order, the Han soldiers took action as soon as possible, took out the war knife that had been biting in the mouth with their right hand, and then stabbed the Lu with all their might, piercing the chest of the Shu soldiers who leaned over to look at the Lu, and then twisted the handle of the knife forcefully, so that the corpses of these Shu soldiers fell under the city, and at the same time the left hand reached out and grabbed the cloud ladder or the red-clothed crossbow inserted on the outside of the battlement, jumped and turned over and stood on the top of the city in Hanzhong, and the nearby Shu soldiers were a round of fierce splitting.

Zhang Liao used his courage to prove to the Shu soldiers that the battle of tough battles can also use various external factors to turn into a contest of wisdom and a counterattack war! (To be continued......)