Chapter 9: Defending the City

Yin Kaishan's death disintegrated the last morale of the defenders of Hangu Pass, Hangu Pass was completely captured by the Blood Wolf Army, although the successful capture of Hangu Pass, the encirclement has been completed, but the encircled sheep are not slaughtered, but 200,000 elite troops, including Qin Shubao, Li Mi, Wei Chi Jingde and other famous generals of Li Tang, may fight back at any time.

Lu Bu immediately ordered the craftsmen of the army to repair the city gate, because Lu Bu smashed the city gate too suddenly, Yin Kaishan never thought that Lu Bu could break through the city gate so quickly that he had no time to deploy at all.

It's a pity that after searching all over Hangu Pass, Li Shimin was not found, so that the significance of this storming of Hangu Pass was lost, and as for the Tang army that was surrounded in Luoyang, Lu Bu was not ready to let it go.

All kinds of resources in Hangu Pass have been completely preserved, in addition to the materials for defending the city, more is grain and grass, it is also Lu Bu's luck, because of the accidental surrender of Li Mi, Li Shimin before, but in Hangu Pass prepared enough 200,000 troops to consume a month's grain and grass, piled up like a mountain of grain and grass, so that Lu Bu does not have to worry about food and grass at all.

These grains and grass are enough for the 30,000 blood wolf army to use for more than half a year, and when the time comes, the Li Tang army trapped in the Luoyang area, if it does not fall, I am afraid that it will soon starve to death.

Because Lu Bu broke into the door directly, there was basically no loss in Hangu Pass, the only serious thing was the city gate, the heavy city gate, but it was directly smashed by Lu Bu, and there was no way to continue to use it, and in a short period of time, it was difficult to build a new city gate that was enough to defend against 200,000 troops, but this problem gave Lu Bu a little headache.

"Don't prevent the city gate from being blocked with a jack gate, now that the city has sufficient water and food and grass, there is no need to worry about this problem, but once the city gate is blocked, if Li Tang makes a move, it will be difficult for us to respond in a short time."

Qianjin Gate, although it is called Qianjin, is just a title, Hangu Pass and other Xiongguan, Qianjin Gate is enough for 10,000 catties, Lu Bu can smash the city gate with a halberd, but Shen Luoyan does not think that he can smash the 10,000 jin boulder with a halberd.

"Moreover, once the city gate is blocked, although the enemy cannot come in, we will not be able to go out, listen to the news, and pay attention to the movements in the Luoyang area, so we need to send a general to lead the blood wolf army to roam outside, probe the enemy, and at the same time maintain the communication between the Tiger Prison Pass and the Hangu Pass." Shen Luoyan analyzed seriously.

"Is this the only way?" Lu Bu frowned.

"If you want to hold Hangu Pass, there is only this way." Shen Luoyan nodded and said seriously.

"Okay, Luo Cheng." Lu Bu no longer hesitated, and looked back at Luo Cheng.

"The minister is here," Luo Cheng bowed.

"You will lead the blood wolf to ride, cruising between Hangu Pass and Tiger Prison Pass, passing on news, and monitoring the movements between Tang Jun and Wang Shichong" Lu Bu said in a deep voice: "This matter is related to the success or failure of this battle, and I must be careful."

"Luo Cheng obeys" Luo Cheng heard the words and bowed down.

"Lord, there is a large force of Tang troops outside the pass, less than twenty miles away from Hangu Pass" Suddenly, a general came back and said in a loud voice.

"Go ahead." patted Luo Cheng on the shoulder, Luo Cheng bowed and retreated, took two thousand blood wolf horses, and left Hangu Pass, Lu Bu climbed the city tower, and from a distance, he had already seen that the smoke was filled, and a large number of Tang troops were rushing towards this side.

"Drop the Qianjun Gate" Lu Bu said in a deep voice, and immediately, someone waved a knife to cut off the dozens of wooden pillars supporting the Qianjun Gate, and the heavy Qianjun Gate fell suddenly, even if he was standing on the city wall, he could also feel the ground vibrate violently.

"Boom"

In the smoke and dust, a large number of Tang army figures appeared outside Hangu Pass, Qin Qiong held a golden mace, pointed to Hangu Pass, and shouted: "Bold Lu Bu, don't come out to die"

A slender and tall figure appeared on Hangu Pass, looked down at Qin Qiong, and said softly: "General Qin, do you remember the woman?" ”

"Mrs. Shen, are you here too?" Looking at Shen Luoyan, Qin Qiong couldn't help but be surprised, he was miserable by Shen Luoyan at the beginning, and when he saw this woman, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hehe, General Qin's temper is still so hot, the prince is here, as a princess, the slave family naturally has to accompany him." Shen Luoyan said with a smile: "That day, Luoyan invited General Qin to assist the prince together, but I don't know why General Qin shirked it, and instead went to help Li Valve, could it be that General Qin likes to be the enemy of Luoyan so much?" ”

"Phew" Qin Shubao roared angrily: "Shen Poniang, when I bet on the contract, I want me to help Li Mi, but later you left Wagangzhai, the gambling contract will naturally be invalidated, where to go is my freedom, how can you talk nonsense." ”

"What a bastard." Shen Luoyan smiled helplessly.

"Lu Bu, you shrunken turtle, do you only know how to hide behind a woman's back to show off your might?" Qin Shubao snorted coldly, no longer paid attention to Shen Luoyan, and roared angrily at the shut.

"Huh"

A spear fell from the sky with a sharp whistling sound, Qin Shubao only felt a black light flashing in front of him, and then with a boom, the black spear slammed into the ground in front of him, blasting a huge hole in the flat ground, Qin Shubao's war horse neighed in pain, but it was pierced by countless gravel on his body, and the person in pain stood up, if it weren't for Qin Shubao's skillful riding, I am afraid that he would have been directly taken down.

"If you want to fight, you will fight, if you don't fight, get out, one more nonsense, and I will kill you here" Lu Bu's figure appeared above the city, looking down indifferently at the Tang army below.

Qin Shubao calmed down the yellow horse under his crotch, looked at the big hole in front of him, which was a meter in diameter, his face was a little dark, and he looked up at Lu Bu without fear, this place was a stone's throw away from the city wall, he didn't know how Lu Bu threw a spear over and had such great power, but in this way, the military heart fell.

"General Qin, now that the army's heart has been vented, it is not suitable to attack the city, it is better to set up camp first, and it is not too late to make plans in the coming day" Li Mi rode his horse to Qin Qiong's side and said in a deep voice.

"There are only three days of grain and grass left in the army, if you can't capture Hangu Pass, the army's heart will be scattered" Qin Qiong glanced at Li Mi coldly, and said coldly: "General Li, you and Lu Bu have a murderous enmity, even if you are willing to surrender him, Lu Bu may not use you, don't forget, Shen Luoyan is now Lu Bu's woman, if Lu Bu is bent on getting rid of you, she may not remember the old love"

Li Mi's face twitched violently a few times, glared at Qin Qiong angrily, and snorted coldly: "In the next piece of good intentions, if the general insists on this, Li Mi has nothing to say, hum" As he spoke, he threw his sleeves and left.

"Hmph" Qin Qiong snorted coldly, no longer paying attention to Li Mi, between him and Li Mi, the contradiction is no, at the beginning, he was forced to gamble and follow Shen Luoyan into Li Mi's command, but later, because of Shen Luoyan's departure, Li Mi also had a heart of vigilance against him, let him be a dignified general, to be the city gate general guarding the city gate, naturally there is a mustard in his heart, and now that Li Mi has taken refuge in Li Valve at the end of the road, Qin Qiong will naturally not have a good face.

"Siege" Qin Qiong looked at Lu Bu at the head of the city with a dark face, and shouted loudly.

"Kill"

In the continuous shouting and killing, the black ant-like Tang army surged, and suddenly a simple but practical cloud ladder had been erected on the city wall, and dozens of hundreds of Li Tang soldiers climbed up along the ladder with steel knives, hands and feet.

Under the city, a group of Tang Army archers quickly formed an arrow formation, suppressing the archers at the head of the city, everything seemed to have been rehearsed countless times, without the slightest disorder.

The corners of Lu Bu's mouth pulled up a cruel sneer, and he said aloud to the surroundings: "Sons, let these Tang soldiers see the power of the Blood Wolf Army's arrow array."

"Roar"

One by one, the blood wolf army arrogantly ignored the arrows shot by the other party, took off the longbow on their backs, and formed two rows in an orderly manner, facing the rain of arrows from the Tang army, and counterattacked the Tang army.

In the crisp sound of gold and iron, the arrows of the Tang Army sparked sparks on the red armor of the Blood Wolf Army, but none of them could shoot through the defense of the Blood Wolf Army, and the armor of the Blood Wolf Army was a special hundred refining armor made by the Dongming faction, and ordinary bows and arrows could not penetrate the defense at all.

"Put"

With the order of the general, the sharp, thick wolf tooth arrows formed a dense arrow net, covering the direction of the Tang army archers, splashing pieces of blood, and the Tang army's archers, like cutting wheat, fell one by one.

"Kill ......"

A Tang soldier had just put his head on the city, and the killing word in his mouth had not yet been shouted, and three spears had already pierced out at the same time, piercing the Tang army's eyebrows, throat and mouth, respectively, and there were a few more blood holes on his head, and he was thrown down weakly, and he also smashed over several Tang soldiers on the ladder.

The same scene was constantly played out around, and without even using rolling logs and stones, the Tang army was often cut down by sharp spears or steel knives as soon as they emerged.

Although Hangu Pass is a Xiongguan, but both sides are cliffs, can not climb at all, at the same time can be placed on the ladder, there are only so many hundred, with the skills of the blood wolf army, although the Tang army exhausted the means, but simply could not jump over the thunder pool one step, in less than an hour, but has left countless corpses, more, is the Tang army archers who were shot by the bow and arrow of the blood wolf army at the head of the city.

Under the suppression of the archers of the Blood Wolf Army, the archers of the Tang Army could not get close to the city wall at all, the archers of the Blood Wolf Army were wearing heavy armor, and after special training, the range of their bows and arrows was much farther than that of the Tang Army, plus the bonus of the city wall, it was difficult for the archers of the Tang Army to get close to the city wall.

Under the city, Qin Shubao and Wei Chi Jingde were the generals of the Tang Army, but they looked at the almost one-sided battle with gloomy faces, and in a short period of time, the Tang Army suffered heavy casualties, and there were 10,000 soldiers who died on the way to attack the city.

"Shubao, you can't attack anymore" Wei Chi Jingde looked at the Tang troops who fell one by one with some distress, these were not Li Mi's surrenders, but the real Tang army, and every sacrifice made their hearts bleed.

"Withdraw the troops" Qin Shubao almost gritted his teeth and gave the order to withdraw the troops.