Chapter 1296: Fighting Inside the City Gate
Under Pang Tong's order, Lu Bu took the lead in turning over and jumping off the war horse, carrying Fang Tian's halberd, and galloping towards the Xiangping city wall.
Lu Bu rushed out, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Tai Shici also jumped off their horses, carried their blades, followed him, and rushed to the city wall.
The heavy infantry of the Han army had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and when they received the order, they heard the war drums beating, shouted one after another, carried the ladder and the battering ram, and rushed up to the city wall.
The Han soldiers pushing the battering ram ran at the front, and on their left and right, front and back, there were many Han soldiers holding shields to shield them from the rain of arrows flying down from the city wall, which was not very fine.
The Han army, carrying the ladders, shouted, rushed to the city wall, and put the ladders on the city wall that was burning with raging flames.
Cao Jun on the city wall originally prepared a lot of boiling oil, but due to the fall of the fire rain, the boiling oil was ignited by the flames, and many oil pots were knocked to the ground, which contributed to the spread of the fire.
At the foot of the city wall, the Han army set up a ladder, but did not immediately climb up, but set up a shield array under the city to block the arrows falling from the top of the head.
Since the Han army was still more than ten steps away from the city wall, although the Cao army also dropped a lot of large stones, the stones were difficult to reach their feet.
The only thing that could cause trouble to the Han army was the feathered arrows that flew down from time to time.
The Han army, which was pushing the battering ram, did not delay for a moment and rushed straight to the city gate.
At the head of the city gate, some Cao soldiers braved the flames, picked up stones and smashed them down on the Han troops around the battering ram.
The strong crossbowmen of the Han army, who followed the charge of the infantry, shot arrows one after another at the head of the city while the Cao army picked up the stones.
A soldier of the Cao Army, holding a stone in both hands, lifted the stone above his head.
He was about to throw a stone under the wall when an arrow flew up and plunged straight into his throat.
The feather arrow shot into the throat of the Cao army, and he held the stone in both hands and fell straight down.
The stone fell from his hand and hit his head the moment he fell to the ground.
With a soft sound of "pop", brains splashed and blood shot out, and Cao Jun's good head was smashed to pieces by heavy stones.
The Han army, pushing the battering ram, had already rushed to the city gate hole, and everyone roared while smashing the heavy giant hammer towards the city gate.
As the giant hammer smashed against the city gate, the city gate let out a roar and trembled violently.
Cao Jun in the cave of the city gate, seeing that the city gate was smashed and trembling, hurriedly brought wood and stones, and piled them up behind the city gate.
Piles of wood and stones were pushed behind the city gates, but it was difficult to stop the gates from being loosened by the giant hammers.
Seeing that the city gate was about to be smashed and loosened, a group of Cao soldiers let out a cry and rushed towards the city gate, blocking the heavy door panel with their bodies.
The soldiers of the Han army outside the gate pushed the battering ram and shouted while bombarding the city gate with the battering ram.
Soon, the city gate was knocked open with a "boom" under the impact of the battering ram.
Cao Jun, who was resisting the door panel with his body, at the moment when the city gate was knocked open, some people fell to the ground with staggering, and a few were hit on the head by the heavy city gate, and their heads were suddenly bleeding.
The city gate was smashed open, and the Han troops outside the city shouted in unison, and they rushed to the door like a tide.
When the Cao army in the city saw that the Han army had crashed open the city gate, they also shouted in unison and greeted them desperately.
The two sides collided in one place in the city gate, and the blades in their hands flew up, constantly beckoning to the enemy.
Pieces of soldiers on both sides fell under each other's blades.
As soon as the people in front fell, the people behind immediately pounced again, and the two sides started a hand-to-hand combat in the narrow city gate.
The soldiers on both sides pushed forward with their shields, trying to push the other side back a little more.
While pushing hard, the soldiers kept stabbing each other with their blades through the gaps between shields.
The Han army outside the city continued to rush to the city gate, and the Cao army in the city also crashed into Tongze in front.
The soldiers on both sides who were squeezed in the middle were still at some distance from each other at first, but later, they were pushed face to face.
The city gate was broken by the Han army, and the Cao army in the city struggled to push the Han army out, but the Cao army at the head of the city was still howling miserably, rushing to the west in the east of the fire.
The raging flames enveloped the Cao soldiers at the head of the city, and one by one, the Cao army, which was covered in flames, let out a terrible howl, fell to the ground, and was burned into a charred corpse by the flames.
The ladder has been built on the city wall, and in the city gate hole, the soldiers on both sides are also struggling to hit each other.
Holding the Fang Tian Painting Halberd, Lu Bu glanced up at the city wall, found that the flames were slightly smaller, and jumped up one of the ladders.
Holding the edge of the ladder with one hand and a halberd in the other, he rushed to the top of the city.
jumped over the battlements, and a flaming Cao Jun rushed towards him.
That Cao Jun howled miserably, his whole body was burning with fire, it was obviously impossible to see Lu Bu clearly, the reason why he pounced was completely to get rid of the flames that were burning on his body.
The halberd in his hand slammed forward, and Lu Bu stabbed the Cao Jun who rushed over.
Pulling out the halberd, he looked around, the flames on the top of the city were still burning, and the ground under his feet was also hot, but there were still some Cao soldiers who escaped the engulfment of the flames, shouting, and pounced on him.
The group of Cao soldiers who pounced on them all had blood-red eyes, shields and short spears in their hands, and put on a posture of not wanting to die.
Lu Bu is full of martial arts, how could he be afraid of them!
When these Cao troops rushed closer, he roared angrily, holding the long pole of the painting halberd in both hands, and counterattacked towards this group of Cao troops.
The halberd flicked over, drew a semicircle, and slashed at the dozens of Cao soldiers who rushed towards him.
Cao Jun, who rushed to the front, was swept by the halberd, and flew out backwards one by one with a muffled grunt, knocking over the Cao soldiers behind him.
Lu Bu rushed to the head of the city, Zhang Liao, Tai Shici and others followed, and a group of Han soldiers also climbed up along the ladder.
The flames on the city are already much smaller, and although people on it still have a feeling of being baked, they will not be lightly burned by the flames.
Rushing to the city walls, the Han soldiers bypassed the flames and pounced on a group of Cao troops who had previously escaped the flames and were about to launch a counterattack against them.
When dodging the flames, the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Cao army had already retreated a lot, and although they launched a counterattack against the Han army, their morale was not very high.
Leading the soldiers of the Han army, they were rushing towards this group of Cao soldiers, and Lu Bu heard a loud shout coming from the front: "Lu Bu! Eat a certain halberd! ”
As the roar came, a halberd pierced his heart.
The halberd was just about to pierce his heart, Lu Bu flipped the halberd, dissolved the opponent's attack lightly, and then slashed a halberd at the opponent.
The other party dodged away, and Lu Bu saw his face clearly.
There was no eyeball in the left eye, and the only one who was staring at the right eye was Xiahoudun, a fierce general under Cao Cao.
After experiencing the burning fire, Xiahoudun's cheeks were flushed, and his whole body was covered with a layer of dark charcoal ash, which looked like a wolf.
Seeing that it was Xiahoudun who was attacking him, Lu Bu shouted hello and rushed towards him.
The two of them fought together, although Xiahoudun was brave, where would he be Lu Bu's opponent, but he was a little powerless when he was a few tens combined.
Just as Lu Bu was about to capture Xiahoudun, another figure with a big knife jumped up.
When the man approached, he raised his big knife with both hands and slashed at the top of Lu Bu's head.
Just as he was about to raise the halberd to block the big knife that was chopped off by his pocket, Lu Bu found that a pair of short halberds had reached the blade of the big knife at this time, and Tai Shi Ci was already fighting with Xiahou Yuan, who had just rushed up.
On the city wall, the soldiers on both sides collided in one place, shouting and waving their blades to kill the place to the ground, and Lu Bu and other generals were also fighting against each other.
At first, only Lu Bu, Tai Shici, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were killed, but later, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Liao, and Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Li Dian and others under Cao Cao joined the battle group.
The two sides fought in one place, and Cao Cao's fierce generals surpassed Lu Bu and others in numbers, but the combat strength of Lu Bu and others was not half a point worse than them, and it was difficult to kill them for a while.
In the city gate cave, the soldiers on both sides pushed hard, and the bodies of the fallen soldiers were piled up into a small mountain, but there were still people rushing to the enemy.
Although the Cao army tried their best to push the Han army out of the city gate, their number was much smaller than that of the Han army after all, and they were not as good as the Han army in terms of armor and blades.
Finally, the human wall formed by the Cao army was broken through a gap by the Han army, and the tidal Han army then poured into the city.
The soldiers of the Han army entered the city gate, and the two sides were no longer fighting in the narrow city gate hole, and the space suddenly opened up a lot.
The soldiers of the Cao army held short spears in their hands, and in a crowded environment, they would not suffer much from fighting with the Han army, but once the battlefield was opened, the Pu knives in the hands of the Han army would give full play to their advantages.
Chopping, chopping, stabbing, chopping, one by one the Han soldiers shouted and brandished the Pu knife, greeting to the Cao army soldiers, and soon the Cao army soldiers only had the strength to block the Han army's attack with shields, and completely lost the ability to counterattack.
Pieces of Cao's army fell, and countless Han troops poured into the city from the city gates.
The number of Han troops is increasing, but the human wall formed by Cao's army is getting thinner and thinner, and the situation of the battle is becoming clearer.
The Han army outside the city of Xiangping.
Looking at the soldiers of the Han army who were charging towards the city in the distance, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Pang Tong's mouth, and he said to Wei Yan on the side: "If our army breaks through Xiangping, it will break Cao Cao, and Wen Chang thinks, what should Cao Cao do?" ”
"Kill!" Almost without thinking about it, Wei Yan said: "Cao Cao is the hero of the world, if he is spared, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not make a comeback in the future!" ”