Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Fierce Siege of the City
The Jade Gate Fortress is now called an iron wall, but it is not an exaggeration at all. Meng Li, who had been informed, learned that Zhang Liao's victory yesterday had almost no battle damage, and that most of the soldiers and horses of the vanguard army of the Northern Xiongnu had been defeated, and the rest were also panicked like lost dogs, so he ordered the whole army to rest for the last day.
Early this morning, Meng Li mobilized the armies of all parties and prepared to take turns to defend this strong barrier that was only 100 meters wide but more than 30 meters high. The remaining soldiers and horses have more than 7,000 people, divided into three waves, no waves, and after an hour and a half, the defense can be changed to ensure the maximum frontal defense, and Meng Li, who is not at ease, still dispatched 500 men and horses to patrol the city in case there are traitors from mixing in, and forcibly opening the city gate in the big war, causing unnecessary losses.
"Brothers, Lone doesn't hide it from everyone. This time, the Northern Huns almost poured out, with 80,000 cavalry! Are you afraid? Looking at the rising sun, Meng Li cheered up the first wave of defenders on the gate. Remind them first, the number of people on the other side is provincial, and looking down at this pass, the swarthy people are all people, and they can't help but make people tremble.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid~"
"I want him to come, but he doesn't go~"
"The Jade Gate Fortress is something that can be seen by mere Hulu!"
Looking at the excited soldiers, Meng Li was very satisfied with their attitude at this time, after all, this was the first Xiongguan in the Han Kingdom. It is known that a husband is a pass, and almost all the soldiers are from Yannan Road, which is a million miles of plains behind this pass, and in order to protect their hometown, this battle must also be won!
"We are not afraid, because this Jade Gate Fortress is majestic and precipitous; We are not afraid, because the Huns are just outsiders, and they can still attack the city in the field, so don't think too much; We are not afraid, because there are thousands of brothers and sisters behind us, and our fathers and villagers support us. This battle must be won! "Knowing that this battle is not simple, Meng Li will give the army a secret hint at this time, after all, if this task is completed well, he will receive a good reward. Then the world will be better obtained, how can there be 9526 losers in front of you!
"Victory! Win! "Bursts of shouts came from this jade gate dangerous pass, and it spread far away, so far away~
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Meng Li, who had been looking into the distance according to the hilt of his sword, suddenly found that a large amount of dust had been raised in the distance, and he knew that it was the army of the Northern Huns that had come in.
"The Northern Huns are in front, gentlemen, are you afraid~" To be honest, he looked at the large number of people and horses gradually gathering under this pass, and his heart trembled a little, not to mention the ordinary soldiers below. If I hadn't been touching the battlements on this fortress and looking down at the depth, I would have been scared. So he wants to provoke the soldiers and let them exchange face for courage.
"Kill! Kill! The soldiers stared at the overwhelming number of people and horses under the pass with red faces and ears until they stretched out of sight, which was both beneficial and harmful for the guards. The harm is that the soldiers are a little frightened when they see the enemy army in sight, and the advantage is, of course, that the attack surface is small, and they can easily defend with fewer people.
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"The little marquis who is closed is here, our king has please speak!" Looking at the gradually established army, one of the fast horses galloped out, crossed the camps of the various armies, and ran to the pass to invite Meng Li to speak.
"Huh? Ben Hou is here, where is your king? As he spoke, he quietly beckoned to Cao Xing, who was standing on the side.
"Huh?" Meng Li, who suddenly felt that his shoulder was pressed, turned his head and shook his head when he saw Guo Jia's hesitant face.
"Lord, their king is dead and there is still a wolf god, you can immediately replace a king with hatred to tackle the problem, the gains outweigh the losses."
"Meng Li'er is closed?" Meng Li, who was still thinking about whether it was worth it, saw a middle-aged man in bright silver armor gradually walk out of the center of the military formation.
"Hmph, who are you? What is the face of loneliness! "Mouth cannon? This is my brother's strength in his last life, and I promise to greet your whole family without a dirty word.
"The kid Hugh must be rampant, and the acquaintance will quickly open and close the door for the king, otherwise the chicken and dog will not be left after the switch!" The king of the Northern Huns, who was angry and the second Buddha ascended to heaven, still persuaded Meng Li, after all, after all, such a fortress was captured and I don't know how many Hun warriors died, so the status on the grassland would be worrying.
"I'll your mother!" Meng Li, who suddenly said such a sentence in his heart, couldn't help but say it.
"My son dares to stand up to my mother! Helian, kill! As soon as he heard it, he knew that it was not a good word, and the king of the Huns waved his hand and shouted to Helian, who had been waiting to atone for his sins.
"Kill~" Under the command of Helian, wave after wave of Huns carried the ladder and dismounted and ran towards the Yumen Fortress.
"One hundred steps~"
"Eighty steps~"
"Fifty steps~"
"Thirty steps~"
Meng Li, who was listening to the guards report the distance of the enemy with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard that the enemy was already close to the only thirty steps left, and shouted: "Brothers, take aim, shoot him in the face fiercely!" ”。
"Xiu Xiu~" The continuous sound of breaking the air smashed down from the head of the Yumen Fortress, and there was no need for the so-called aiming, and the Huns who were overwhelming below were lying down one by one.
"Chong~, rush~, slaughter the city for three days after breaking the city!" The slaughter of the city is not ordinarily large for a troop. In ancient times, when the army did not pay military salaries, the slaughter of the city could not only release the pressure of the soldiers, ** women, but also snatch the 'spoils' without limit. In fact, it is the only weapon for the generals to inspire the courage of the soldiers and the spirit of forgetting death.
"Bell~" A dull knocking sound smashed on the city wall. No matter how long the distance is, the other party always has the opportunity to go under the city wall, not to mention the boundless enemy army, the Huns who have been erected by the ladder have begun to climb towards the top of the city wall in a steady stream, also known as 'ant attached'. It is one of the rare methods of death warfare in ancient times, and the besieging side must suffer huge losses under this method.
Meng Li, who personally lifted a stone and smashed it down at a ladder, seemed to have been favored by the goddess of luck, and just smashed the middle of a ladder, and all the Hun soldiers who were climbing up fell to the ground. It's okay to climb just now, it's inevitable to hurt your muscles and bones, and if you climb more than ten meters, your brain can fall out.
"Is the golden juice boiled, hurry up and bring it up." The main body is made of fecal water, but the gold juice with some prescriptions added not only makes people sick, but the most important thing is that this thing has a large infection area, poisonous, as long as it is stained on the body, it can be comparable to the dead when the ancient medical conditions were not developed.
"Bring it up, pour it on Lonely!" Looking at the cloud ladder that continued to build the city wall and the endless stream of people on it, Meng Li was also anxious, after all, this was the first day and the other party's cloud car, city car and other siege weapons had not been pushed up, it was so difficult, the two sides of the shooting caused a lot of losses to their side, and now a battalion of 2,200 people with a full formation is still standing on the city wall unhindered, there are 1800, and the loss is so huge in just half an hour, even if it can be held today, what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow?
Although the opponent's losses are not small, they can't stand the enemy's army and horses, and the base is large. How to fight Meng Li in this battle should really be considered carefully, and fortunately, this Jade Gate Fortress is very important in the eyes of every emperor, and the elite soldiers are constantly replenished and the weapons defending the city are accumulated day after day, year after year, so Meng Li has not yet reached the pitiful realm when he was 'ink attack'.
"Roar~" I saw a roar like a beast turn Meng Li's thoughts back to the battlefield, it doesn't matter, there is actually a small battlement that has been lost, and the enemy army is stubbornly guarding this battlement waiting for a steady stream of reinforcements to climb up and break through. And the beast roar just now was not unexpectedly the roar of his own personal award Dian Wei.
"Kill~" Seeing that the soldiers and horses in front of him were forced to retreat step by step by the enemy, and there were more and more Hun soldiers coming up, Dian Wei looked at the unharmed lord next to him, and he couldn't help but wave his pair of big iron halberds and rushed up.
"Woman, bounty!" Hu Lian, a Xiongnu warrior who was trying to slash the Han army, thought. Just now, in order to motivate the soldiers, Helian made a promise to slaughter the city for three days on the day of the breakdown, according to the custom, the first warrior to climb the city wall and hold on has the right to choose women and possessions first, which is an honor, and it is also the only chance for these Tuhaha soldiers to turn over and become masters! If you have money and women, you can have slaves, and if you have tribes, you can be slave owners and have the opportunity to be kings!
Hu Lian, who was excited, suddenly saw a black tower-like figure emerging from the retreating crowd among the group of soft-footed shrimp opposite, holding two heavy iron halberds in his hands.
"Up, up~" Hu Lian, who was generally shouting for the brothers behind him to come forward and charge, changed directions to attack, and kept peeking at the black tower-like figure.
I saw that the black man was a bloody storm, and the spears and scimitars of many soldiers were actually cut alive. Kill ten people in one step, and don't stay for a thousand miles, although Hu Lian didn't know the existence of this poem, but he was deeply afraid of this person's force. Originally, he underestimated Hu Zhuo'er, the pioneer officer who was beheaded in battle, but after seeing this man, he knew that Hu Zhuo'er did not complain about his death, and it was also glorious to be hated by such a god general.
Dian Wei, who was in a hurry, threw the two iron halberds at Xiao Qushuai, who was working hard to kill and wound the soldiers of the Han army, and the two people were unexpectedly passed through the chest and lay on the ground with a frightened face. Dian Wei, who had no weapons, grabbed two Hun soldiers casually and threw them as long whips in the crowd, and when the Hun soldiers were so frightened that they jumped down regardless of the high city wall behind them, Dian Wei, who aimed at the ladder, smashed the two dizzy soldiers who were almost choked towards the soldiers attached to the ants, and put them into many soldiers in one fell swoop, and the surrounding soldiers were also frightened to stop the courage of constantly attaching.
Is this still human? Can manpower still be like this?
Frightened by Dian Wei, Helian's troops stopped the action of tackling the key problems at any cost just now and retreated. Later, the king of the Huns, who was also shocked by Dian Wei's bravery, was not ordered to kill these deserters, but Mingjin retreated. Not only does he need to clean up the potholed roads ahead to pave the way for the next attack, but he also needs to think about the time to ask for a strong general to curb the black man's play.