Chapter 285: This Is Sima Yi's Hole Card?
At this moment, the people and horses in front of him suddenly surged, and Wei Yan really pushed out the bed crossbow.
The bed crossbow is a large crossbow mounted on a wooden frame, which pierces through the human body within 800 steps, and can be called the overlord of crossbows. During the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Lingling Taishou Chen Qiu used a bed crossbow to deal with barbarians, which was extremely lethal.
The arrows fired by the bed crossbow are made of wood as a rod, the head of an iron spear is used as a arrowhead, and the tail wing is made of an iron sheet feather, which is known as "one gun and three sword arrows", but it is actually a short spear with a feather, to defend the city, the attacking side's chariot, cloud ladder, wooden curtain, giant shield, etc., are all in tatters, so as to attack the city, the city barrier is not neat, if it is a wooden city of earth, it is even more devastating.
"Hum!" a shock wave that quickly rubbed the air passed through everyone's ears, and the high-pitched sound for a moment overwhelmed the neighing of people and horses, stimulating people's ear drums.
I saw five short spears plunging straight into the crack in the wall, and despite the short spears, their tails were still shaking violently, making a buzzing sound like a swarm passing by.
The row of short spears went half a foot deep, and it was already as solid as a rock, and it only took a certain slope to shoot towards the city wall in a row, as if building a staircase on the city wall, talking about climbing, and the Han soldiers stood sideways under the wall, and ran up.
Seeing this scene, everyone in the Han army cheered, and the Wei army was quiet.
Liao Lidao, who joined the army: "Your Majesty, it seems that our army will be able to enter the city today." ”
Feng Zhou glanced at Liao Li and thought, "It's not that this guy hasn't seen war, is he so ignorant? With this little means, can he break Luoyang City?"
On the city tower, Sima Yi's face was indifferent, and he didn't seem to be affected at all.
When the Wei soldiers in the room were panicking, they heard Dai Ling's shout coming in from afar: "Whimsical! Want to use this means to enter the city? Come, tie up the mud together, throw and smash the spear, and smash them!"
Sima Yi smiled faintly: "No wonder Adou Xiaoer sent these people to dare to attack the city, it turned out that there was a bed crossbow to suppress the formation, I will say, Adou will not use his life to pile it up, these thousands of men and horses, are not enough to kill Dai Ling in Shu Zhonglang." ”
A member of the Wei general was a little nervous, he looked at the Xiliang iron cavalry galloping back and forth under the city, and said: "General, Liu Chan has only played trebuchets these days, the purpose is to fill the moat, now that he dares to come to attack the city, I am afraid that he has a certain certainty, do you want to send some men and horses to the north gate?"
Some of the generals and soldiers of the Wei army in the city tower suddenly held their breath and listened to Sima Yi's words.
Sima Yi shook his head and smiled: "Sure? What can Adou Xiao'er be sure of? He has to come, otherwise it will be delayed for a long time, and His Majesty will send troops from Hebei, and he will be powerless to resist, so he can only retreat!"
He paused, and then said: "Luoyang City, Liu Chan will definitely not be able to take it! Since ancient times, those who have failed to defend the city are nothing more than the enemy is strong and we are weak; the city is large but the people are small; the food is scarce and the people are numerous; the baggage is accumulated outside; and the soldiers do not obey orders. In addition, the water outside is high and the city is low, the soil veins are sparse and the pond is shallow, the guard is not sufficient, the salary is not supplied, and although there is a high city, it must be abandoned.
Luoyang City is the capital of our Great Wei State, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the trenches are deep and the walls are thick, and the army of 100,000 is enough to maintain the city. And there is an abundance of grain and grass, and the waterways are unimpeded, and the punishment is severe, and the law is clear. There is no tenfold enemy, and it is impossible to attack at all!"
As if to confirm Sima Yi's words, sharp arrows like a rain of sharp arrows suddenly erupted from the city, as well as roaring cannons, completely suppressing Wei Yan's foot soldiers who had just pounced on him.
"Hahaha!" Sima Yi laughed: "Up to now, our army has caused hundreds of casualties to the Shu Han army, but what impact do they have on our city?
At this time, Wei Yan under the city had already found a way to threaten the city, and he had people put dozens of arrows on the crossbow string of the bed, and hold dozens of arrows at a time. When it is sent out, it is like a storm, and the strong arrows are off the string, soaring over, and the lethality is amazing.
With the tremendous lethality of the bed crossbow and the constant arrows of the riders, a dozen waddling siege ladders moved towards the left wall. Siege ladders are rarely dispersed, so it is easy to be broken by the defenders, once used, at least more than ten ladders are concentrated in one place, attacking, defending, constantly shooting at each other, completely filling up with human lives, although the casualties paid by the besieging side are larger, but this is the fastest way to siege the city.
To deal with Wei Yan, there was no need for Sima Yi, only Zhonglang commanded Dai Ling, he deployed men and horses, and immediately several captains rushed towards the direction of the Yunti siege. All kinds of war readiness materials were thrown down without life, and there was no calculation of the death or injury.
And the city also continued to shoot with arrows, and the two sides suppressed each other's firepower.
Seeing the fierce battle at the head of the city, which had reached a critical time, Sima Yi turned around, his face turned cold, and said to a person: "Order, immediately order Zhenwu General Wang Chang and Zhenwei General Wang Ling, each lead 10,000 horses, separate the city gate, and attack both sides of the Han army!"
"No!" the herald took the command and sped away.
This is arranged in advance.
After all, the offensive and defensive battles of the city cannot limit the battlefield to the top and bottom of the city walls, and for the defending side, if the troops are sufficient, troops and horses should be divided to attack the opponent's flank to relieve the pressure on the city head.
When these two armies received the order, they immediately opened the city gates, rushed out with a rumbling roar, led the army to spare a half circle, and rushed towards the Han army.
The 10,000 Wei army led by Wang Chang attacked the left wing army in charge of Wang Ping, and he commanded a 10,000-strong flying army.
And Wang Pingqin led 3,000 heavy armor batches of the elite of the Wudang Fei Army in the forefront, forming a dense infantry phalanx, raising his spear, slowly marching forward, and facing the Ming cavalry that was killing on the opposite side.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, ......boom!" The sound of dense horse hooves became faster and faster, and the two armies gradually connected, and when the forward army was less than two miles away, Wang Chang raised his saber violently and roared: "Kill ——!" 10,000 Wei cavalry also roared neatly, "Kill ——!" with both legs clamped, holding a spear and charging at the fastest speed to kill the Han army, the momentum was like a rush.
"Boom!"
The two armies collided, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing also echoed on the battlefield, and the two sides either slashed with knives and axes, or stabbed with spears and spears, and slashed and killed the enemy, blood splashed, war horses neighed, and the sound of swords and guns clashing was endless.
On the other side, Wu Tong also led a part of the Beiwei Army to fight with Wang Ling.
In the sun, it gradually moved westward, but most of the officers and soldiers of the two armies were already stained with blood, but none of the armies showed signs of defeat, but they were still desperately slashing and killing each other, shooting guns and arrows, slashing and stabbing with knives and spears, and the fight was in full swing, and the corpses were all over the field.
The battle was in full swing on the battlefield, and the commanders and principal generals of the two armies outside the battlefield did not say a word, but silently observed the performance of their own troops on the battlefield and the performance of the enemy, summing up their experience for future decisive battles.
At this moment, the left side of the rear wing of the Han army suddenly shook the sky, and it turned out that Sima Yi sent Jianwei general Hu Zun to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to kill from Guangyang Gate, detour 20 miles, and attack the rear wing of the Han army.
This army naturally met Zhang Wen, who was guarding the rear wing, and the two sides immediately fought, and no one refused to lag behind.
Feng Zhou glanced back and said to Chen Zhi beside him: "It seems that the Wei army has long been ready, properly arranged, and constantly sent troops to attack us, if this man is the last group, I don't believe it." ”
Chen Zhi arched his hand and said: "No matter how many soldiers and horses Sima Yi sent, the morale of my Han army is high, and Your Majesty can watch the battle safely." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the gap between the rear wing and the left wing suddenly rolled yellow sand, Yin Yin was like thunder, and a team of men and horses took advantage of the Han army's rear wing to compete with the Wei army's Hu Zunbu, and rushed to kill.
Everyone rode a tall horse, wearing heavy armor, holding a steel knife, murderous, and the leader was gray-bearded and flying flags - the hussar general, Cao Hong.
Cao Hong: This guy is back in the rivers and lakes!
And the army he led is only afraid that it is a tiger and leopard cavalry that only the generals of the Cao clan can lead!
Chen Zhi raised his eyebrows and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, please fight and repel Cao Hong!"
Feng Zhou said with a smile: "The white soldiers fought against the tiger and leopard cavalry, and I and other generals triumphed!"
But a question rose in his heart: "Could it be that this Cao Hong is Sima Yi's hole card?"