Chapter 440: The Great War Begins
Bang!
Suddenly, an earth-shattering bang sounded from under the gate, and at the same time, the entire section of the wall was violently trembling and shaking;
There were even many soldiers who were caught off guard and were overturned to the ground, and they were really embarrassed and chaotic for a while.
Zhang Liao is also a stumbling man, but after all, he is superb in martial arts, and he quickly established himself in a little bit.
It's just that this sudden loud noise made Zhang Liao's heart jump suddenly, and a very bad premonition appeared in his heart.
A series of violent screams came, and Zhang Liao trembled with a few strides to the edge of the inner wall, and then looked down, and the scene made a layer of cold sweat break out on his forehead.
I saw that there was a square pit in the area where I could see below, with a radius of four zhang and a depth of nearly two zhang;
Several unknown long stone slabs with a thickness of more than half a meter were pierced with sharp cold cone thorns below, but flat above, and smashed down from the group of guards who were trapped in the square pit.
A group of unknown soldiers in black soft armor and extremely agile have taken control of the gate mechanism and flipped the switch right under his nose!
As Zazaza's voice sounded, Zhang Liao's head was suddenly confused, and his eyes couldn't help but glow with a tingle of color.
I was right, the other party was indeed sure that the door would be opened in time, so he sent the cavalry to rush forward without any scruples;
But what he didn't expect was that the other party did not use the method of controlling the generals under his command to open the gate at all, but used the method of digging into the ground!
If you want to dig a long underground passage from the distance beyond the line of sight of the wall, it will definitely cost a lot of manpower and material resources;
But although the other party had enough time to premeditate these things, he would also send sentinels out to patrol from time to time, why did he never find the slightest clue?
With such a huge project, it is impossible to go unnoticed!
Zhang Liao can't figure it out! And he didn't have time to think about it at this time!
Because the cavalry of the other party had already rushed into the gate, and began to scatter at a rapid speed, rushing towards the camps and stone stairs of the walls of the pass.
And along the way, all the soldiers who stood in the way were the bones of the bones trampled by the galloping war horses, and the screams of the fierce cavalry raising their swords and spears to kill them continued.
Zhang Liao knew that Shang Ai was finished!
But he couldn't just watch it happen and not intervene.
"Soldiers! After the Shangai is the place where our relatives live in peace! If Ai Ruo Po, our relatives and friends will have no peace!
Swear to protect Shang Ai! Kill! ”
Seeing that Zhang Liao took the hook and sickle from the hands of his guards and killed the cavalry who were rushing up from the stone ladder first, the soldiers around him couldn't help but look certain, and they all gritted their teeth and shouted and drew their swords and rushed over.
"This Jade Xuan Technique is really terrifying, with such a sharp weapon, the future conquest of my Wuji Army will definitely be like a brow's eye!"
The turbulent battle was staged, Xiong Ba, Gao Changgong and others had just rushed into the gate, and after secretly sighing at the strength of the Tutuo machine car, they were about to continue to kill inside, but they suddenly noticed that a man in bright armor on the wall was wantonly slaughtering his own soldiers.
Seeing this, Xiong Ba couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, snorted coldly, and then turned his head to Gao Changgong and said:
"General Gao, that guy thinks it's Zhang Liao, when I go to capture him, the big battle behind will be commanded by General Gao."
Gao Changgong nodded and said:
"Don't be careless. Walk! ”
……
Jizhou, Gao-Yang.
Although Gaoyang is only a second-class middle city, its strategic location is extremely important because it is one of the three cities connecting Youzhou in the north and has excellent transportation with the rest of Jizhou.
Therefore, Han Fu arranged an army of 600,000 here, and sent the commander Shi Gengwu and the captain Zhang He to guard it.
In addition, in addition to the 600,000 main battle army, there are not yet 300,000 city defenders, but they also have a large number of troops;
If the Wuji Army wants to attack Jizhou, it will have to take the lead in breaking through Gao-Yang City, and if the road is not cut off, the situation will be very unfavorable.
At this moment, the light moon is hanging high, the fire on the city wall is bright, Geng Wu and Zhang He are jointly inspecting the north side of the city wall.
Today, the alliance of princes officially raised their troops, and they all approached beyond the nine passes of Luoyang.
Although they couldn't understand why Feng Wuji didn't immediately send a large army to attack Jizhou when the previous document was issued, Geng Wu and Zhang He both understood that in today's sensitive period, there was a great chance that the Wuji army would make a move.
Moreover, the prestige of the Wuji Army was forged by countless neat and beautiful battles.
Therefore, the two of them naturally did not dare to take it lightly, and they were full of energy and carefully inspected every area where there might be problems and loopholes.
"Report! Geng Changshi, Captain Zhang! According to the report from the sentry horseman, traces of the Wuji Army were found five miles outside the city.
It's hard to confirm the exact size at the moment, but it's estimated that it won't be less than one million! ”
Geng Wu and Zhang He, who were inspecting the catapult guarding the city on a section of the city wall, couldn't help but look solemn when they heard this, and their eyes showed solemnity.
Geng Wu took a deep breath, and then shouted in a deep voice:
"Herald! Drum warning! Order all the walls of the four sides to be ready for battle, and then order all the armies to assemble at once!
Never leave your hand, never get out of your armor, and always be ready to climb the city wall to fight the enemy! ”
"No!"
However, before the herald could leave, a swift horse arrived at the city at a gallop, and the soldier on the horse did not even have time to jump off his horse before he shouted in a panic:
"Lord Changshi! Captain! The East City Gate, the East City Gate is broken! ”
"What?!"
Geng Wu and Zhang He couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, and their expressions were full of dazed and incredulous.
"The East Gate is lost! The cavalry of the enemy brigade has already rushed into the city, how to act, I hope that Lord Changshi will show it immediately! ”
Geng Wu's face changed violently, but he stared at the panicked cavalry under the wall and shouted angrily:
"It's a mess of gibberish! There was not even a warning in the direction of the East City Gate, let alone the sound of an urgent drum, why was it suddenly breached?
Say! What the hell are you trying to do here?! ”
The cavalryman was immediately stunned, completely unexpectedly that Geng Wu would not believe his words.
At this moment, another fast flying horse rushed forward, and the horsemen on the horse kept shouting while galloping:
"The East Gate is broken! The East Gate is broken! The Infinity Army has come in! ”
This time, Geng Wu and Zhang He's hearts sank suddenly, could it be that the Wuji Army really attacked from the East City Gate?
But how is this possible?
No matter how fast the Wuji Army is attacking the city, it is impossible for the generals of the East City Gate to not even have time to send a signal, right?
Unless, out of the mole!
At this moment, the panicked screams suddenly rang out from all over the city, and the violent tremors were also coming from far and near in the direction of the north gate.
At the same time, an endless stream of firelight outside the north gate also appeared in the eyes of everyone on the city wall, and it was approaching at a very fast speed.
"Lord Changshi, I beg you to try to quickly assemble and stabilize the army, and a certain general will lead his own army to intercept the cavalry that is killing here!
The north gate must not be opened by the enemy troops who have entered the city, otherwise, Wugao-Yang City will be really in danger! ”
Zhang He gritted his teeth, but he resolutely hugged his fist towards Geng Wu and said.
Geng Wu nodded fiercely and replied:
"Now only by trying to keep the north gate is not lost, can we strive for the opportunity to turn the tables!
Captain Zhang, the heavy responsibility of interception will be handed over to you, and this Changshi will do his best to gather troops and recapture the East City Gate! ”
On the east side of the city, a few miles away from the north city gate, An Jingsi took the lead and rushed forward, his expression steady but cold......
Following.
As soon as the sky brightened, the coalition forces launched a ferocious attack on the nine passes of Luoyang almost at the same moment;
All kinds of large-scale siege equipment stood proudly between heaven and earth like giants, and under the cover of infinite soldiers, they were steadily approaching the long Xiongguan in front of them.
Huge siege trebuchets poured furious artillery bolts down on the wall for miles, and even the majestic fortress trembled from time to time under the thunderstorm, as if it would be completely submerged in the next moment.
After several stone throwing strikes to cover, the dense soldiers either carried heavy shields, or hid behind nest cars, siege vehicles, ladder vehicles and other equipment, and advanced towards the wall step by step.
On the wall, although the guards were more or less panicked and nervous, under the encouragement of Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others, as well as the threat of the law enforcement team of the Wuji Army, they were still in good spirits and constantly poured crossbow arrows, stone bullets and hot oil on the enemy troops below.
The fierce battle continued, during which both sides suffered casualties, but the besieging side naturally suffered great losses, at least four or five times that of the defending side.
A great battle lasted until noon, when it was declared to be temporarily over.
After the coalition forces of all parties withdrew their troops, they all came up with a way to drown the generals.
After all, the victory or defeat of the fighting general has a great impact on morale, and if you can win repeatedly, the blow to the morale of the enemy can be imagined.
And if the morale of the enemy army is low, the combat power will naturally be greatly reduced, and it will definitely be of great benefit to their siege battles.
However, no matter how wanton they provoked, or even insulted them, all the doors were hung up without fighting cards, and they did not have the slightest intention of agreeing to the fighting generals.
This made all the princes angry, but some people still didn't give up, and even came up with strange ideas such as giving women clothes and small shoes, in order to provoke Feng Wuji.
It's a pity that a certain guy surnamed Feng just smiled indifferently at these and didn't pay any attention to them.
One is that at this time, he has a limited number of generals, and there are extraordinary fierce generals in the alliance of princes, so the consequences of rashly agreeing to fight are unpredictable;
Second, it is not the time to fight at this time, and the more impatient the enemy, the more beneficial it is to him.
(End of chapter)