Chapter 517 The momentum of the siege
In the suspicious eyes of the generals, Chenshi, that is, more than eight o'clock in the morning of our current time, and in less than nine o'clock, Wen Chou finally brought an army of 80,000 troops to Zhiyang City.
In the first battle of Chang'an City, the first army contributed a lot, but it also suffered a loss of 20,000 people. Although a lot of prisoners were captured later, and some losses of each legion were made up on the spot, but as an elite legion, it was true that no prisoners were taken into the army, after all, they would be directly ordered by Zhang Chao in the future, which led to the fact that their personnel composition must be cautious.
Although it is said that there are only 80,000 people, when the lineup of the entire 40 regiments comes out, it still gives people a very shocking feeling.
The Zhangjia Weapons Institute has provided a lot of sophisticated ordnance to supplement the legions over the years. As a legion, it was naturally one of the first units to be supplied, like these 80,000 men, all well-dressed and modified armor, which was cleaner in weight, but also stronger, so that the color of these armors was much darker than the usual armor.
The 80,000 soldiers in pitch-black armor held all kinds of swords and guns that were polished and shiny, and every step they took, they would let out angry shouts and spit out a killing word, all of which made them still have five hundred steps to go under Zhiyang City, and that majestic murderous aura had invaded like a dark cloud.
"Is this Zhang Chaoda's army? It looks amazing. In Zhang Chao's army, Ma Chao, Ma Xiu and Pang De, who saw this formation for the first time, and other 5,000 Xiliang soldiers couldn't help but let out bursts of sighs when they saw this scene.
When they saw the first legion from appearing and gradually advancing towards Zhiyang City, many of them felt that their hearts were beating faster at this moment, and the whole person seemed to be infected by a sense of encouragement, which caused them to have an impulse, that is, they also wanted to rush forward and launch a fierce attack on Zhiyang City with these soldiers of the first legion.
When the two armies are fighting, momentum is extremely important. If the morale of one side continues to rise, then it can exert much stronger combat power than usual, and on the contrary, the other side may be suppressed and the momentum will decrease, if so, the battle will have a result without fighting.
It seems that the appearance of a legion has not yet used a single gun or knife, and it can be regarded as having won in momentum.
Ma Chao, Pang De and others also walked around the barracks very early, and even when they saw this army, they couldn't help but have such thoughts, needless to say, how would Dong Zhuojun, who was guarding Zhiyang City, think about it, and the feeling would only be deeper.
"Captain Wu, I'm a little scared." A soldier couldn't help but speak out when he saw a legion approaching the city step by step.
"Don't be afraid, we are guarding the city, and they can't fly up to the tower." It was the voice of the Captain Wu who replied.
"I know, but I can't help but be a little scared, we can't beat them." The soldier continued to speak with some trembling heart.
"If you can't fight it, you have to defend it, what about the overseers with generals behind them? If you run away now, you will die. Commander Wu didn't know how to answer, because he was also intimidated by the formation of the first army in front of him, but he was more sensible, knowing that General Li Tong had been guarding against this point for a long time, and arranged for two thousand overseers to suppress the formation in the rear, but anyone who fled without a fight would be killed in the name of deserters.
The dialogue of this scene is not only here, but also spread rapidly among the other soldiers, obviously this momentum has indeed frightened a lot of Dong Zhuo soldiers who are defending the city.
At the foot of Zhiyang City, the soldiers of the First Legion stopped when they came to a distance of four hundred paces from the city. Then he saw 10,000 Zhang family light cavalry appear behind him, and as soon as they appeared, they rushed up like a whirlwind, and came straight to a place three hundred and sixty steps away from the city to stand still.
Among the cavalry, the most central position was Zhang Rui in black armor. Unlike yesterday, now he is not only covered by battle armor all over his body, but also has a black cloak behind him.
With a cape, it can make people more handsome and more stylish, and it also shows the difference in status. It's like in the army, and it's only equipped with regiment commander and above, just like in Cao Jun, Liu Jun and Sun Jun.
But this is the cloak that should only be owned by generals, and at this moment the 10,000 light cavalry of the Zhang family army is indeed worn by everyone, and this alone shows their differences.
On the top of the Zhiyang City Tower, General Li Tong saw that not only the infantry, but also the cavalry also wanted to lean under the city gate, and immediately gave a loud order on the city, "Release the arrows, release the arrows, shoot them to death for me!" ”
The archers of Dong Zhuojun on the top of the city tower heard the order given by the main general, and one by one they drew their bows and filled them, and then the arrows fell from the city tower like raindrops.
The bow and arrows were prepared, but the distance did not reach the effective range, and one after another the arrows were shot, and they only stopped more than ten meters in front of Zhang Chao's army.
From a distance, it looked like grass had grown on the ground, and it was densely packed with bows and arrows.
"General, the range is not enough." Some of Dong Zhuojun's ministers, Qu Chang and Pawn Commander and others on the city tower saw that they couldn't shoot Zhang Chaojun's soldiers at all, so they hurriedly said to Li Tong.
"Huh?" Li Tong poked his head out of the battlements and looked down, and saw that there was still a distance of more than ten meters from the enemy, and even some bows and arrows with a long range were five or six meters away from the opponent, so he nodded and said, "Okay, even if we can't shoot them, they can't shoot us." ”
Because the bow and arrow couldn't be shot, Dong Zhuobing above the city tower quieted down.
Dong Zhuobing didn't move, and General Zhang Rui under the city gently raised his right hand, raised the flag of Zhang Jiajun high, and said: "Everyone obeys the order and takes five steps forward." ”
"Stomp, stomp, stomp..."
A full 10,000 cavalry of the Zhangjia Army formed a dense fan-shaped shape, and after hearing the order, they rode forward five steps forward and approached the gate of Zhiyang East City.
"Stop!"
"Draw the bow!"
Zhang Rui gave orders one after another, and saw that 10,000 light enemies were all doing the same action, pulling their bows and arrows to the full, and waiting for them to open their bows.
"Humph! Think you can shoot us five steps forward? It's whimsical. General Li Tong, who was on the top of the city tower, watched Zhang Chaojun's every move, and after seeing this move, he couldn't help but show irony on his face.
"Put." In the face of Li Tong's ridicule, Zhang Rui was unmoved, and after visually measuring the distance, he spit out a word loudly and simply, and then saw ten thousand arrows out of the bow and flew straight towards the east gate of Zhiyang.
Bows and arrows were like lightning bolts rising from the ground, and with the sound of breaking wind, they rushed out, and they rushed straight to the city gate.
The bow and arrow were shot, which made Li Tong, who still had a disdainful expression on the city gate, shocked, seeing that those bows and arrows really wore the city tower, and some of them were still rushing towards his body, he knew that he finally underestimated the cavalry of the Zhang Super Army in front of him, and their bows and arrows could really shoot above the city gate.
Although I don't know, how did the other party do it. But those bows and arrows rushed up the tower, and they were not fake.
"Quick, hide!" The bow and arrow had already flown up the city tower, and at this moment, Li Tong just had time to shout and dodge, and then stretched out his hand and pulled the two personal soldiers in front of him to him.
In fact, at this time, there was no need for Li Tong to shout anything, these soldiers were not stupid, seeing tens of thousands of bows and arrows shooting up, they were opening their mouths wide one by one, showing frightened expressions, and they all began to look for a place to hide.
"Woooo
The sound of bows and arrows breaking through the air came and went, and I saw that Dong Zhuo's soldiers on the city tower were shot one after another and fell to the ground. Among them, there are some people with shields, originally they still wanted to resist this, but those bows and arrows are not comparable to ordinary wooden arrows, their heads are made of sharp wrought iron, and the penetration is extremely strong, far from ordinary shields can be blocked, if they want to resist, it can only be watched these bows and arrows pierce their shields.
"Tong, Tongtong!"
The sound of soldiers' corpses smashing on the ground was endless, so that some Dong Zhuo soldiers who still wanted to stretch out their heads to see Zhang Chaojun's movements didn't have the courage to pay attention to anything. Now they can only hide where they think they are safe, waiting for the bow and arrow to stop.
Under the city, the cavalry of the Zhang family army kept shooting bows and arrows, and with completely overwhelming force, Dong Zhuojun had no power to fight back. And that's not their limit.
Originally, Zhang Rui didn't need to move the place to shoot arrows on the city gate, and the Zhang family light cavalry used the best bows and arrows provided by the Weapons Academy, compared to the current military bows on the market, they were lighter, better in quality, and had a longer range.
It was only because Zhang Rui didn't want to make any mistakes that the army moved forward five more steps, and in this way, it was a completely overwhelming situation, and now it seems that Dong Zhuojun really lost the power to fight back for a while.
"General Wen, it's up to you next." Zhang Rui looked sideways at Wen Chou and said. The archers are very powerful, and I have never heard of relying on them to take the city, and in the end, it is still necessary for infantry to enter the city.
"Hahaha, General Zhang has worked hard, and then I'll do it well." At this moment, Wen Chou is full of confidence.
The bow and arrow suppression of the Zhang family's light cavalry opened his eyes, but this was not all his confidence. Last night, after chatting with Zhang Rui, the treasure he got was the biggest hole card he could ensure that he could capture Zhiyang City.
"Come on, prepare the ladder and attack the city." Wen Chou began to prepare for the siege. At the same time as announcing the rush to the city, he looked at the commander of the first division on the side and said, "General Jiang, act according to the plan." ”