Chapter 172: The Confrontation Between the Two Armies V

The ministers above the court began to be quiet again, in front of the Han army's attack on the city gate, how to deal with it, is it to strengthen the city gate, this seems to be unworkable, directly send the generals out of the city to fight?

General Soha saw that the court was looking at each other for a while, so he didn't make a sound, so he knelt down and said: The minister is willing to go out of the city to meet the battle for the country and the people, and Tulong, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, also knelt on the ground and said: The minister is willing to go out of the city to meet the enemy army for the country and the people.

The ministers saw that the two generals were asking for battle, and knew that there was really no good way for a while, since the issue had entered the stage of going out of the city to face the battle, let the generals go out of the city to face the battle, how to better ensure the safety of the city gate and the generals?

The generals began to debate, because the pass is relatively narrow, the Han army must have a number of soldiers under the city attacked at the same time, and the soldiers at the forefront are not many, and their combat effectiveness is absolutely limited, this is certain, it is impossible for the generals and lieutenants of the Han to rush to the front of the team, risking being shot by a rain of arrows.

If you want to go out of the city to meet the battle and ensure the safety of the generals who are out of the city, you have to gather the best generals and soldiers in the city to go out of the city and take care of each other, so as to solve the danger of the pass gate and achieve a temporary retreat.

Of course, the best martial arts in Qishan City are General Lan, the general, the general of the left and right banners and the commander of the Praetorian Guard, these five people, the current situation is that the general of the left and right banners has a task, and General Lan is to command the overall situation on the city wall, according to the theory, the remaining general and the commander of the Praetorian Guard can go out of the city to face the battle, if the two generals lead strong soldiers to fight, in the case of the Han army is prepared, can they kill the enemy in front of the city gate, can they retreat with their whole body?

The final result is that only General Lan has not been included in the scope of the battle out of the pass gate, and the left and right flag generals have been included in the sequence of the battle out of the pass, because the mountainside and the top of the mountain on both sides of the pass are natural dangers, which are difficult for a few enemy troops to overcome, and the archers are relatively safe, as long as they block according to the order, the command can be borne by the adjutant generals of the two generals, so that the generals who go out of the city are four, and the combat effectiveness of the army has been greatly strengthened, and the four tiger generals are great!

The things that should be discussed in the court have been discussed, and the rest is to prepare for each other, and everything has to be implemented, so Lan Qier and the ministers went out of the court in turn, each with a place to go, and each to serve his ministry.

Lan Qi'er and General Lan, accompanied by Eunuch Xue, climbed the city wall again, looked in the direction of the Han army barracks, and saw that the Han army barracks were still stable, and they all knew in their hearts that after the night, they did not know how many soldiers would lose their precious lives.

The two turned their heads and looked at the situation in Qishan again, it can be said that it is busy, the soldiers are busy, and the people are also involved, helping them to transport rolling wood and thunder stones to the mountainside on both sides of the pass, the furnace of the blacksmith shop is red, and the sound of beating iron tools spreads far away with the wind, and the craftsmen must be busy building arrow feathers for the purpose of protecting the city tomorrow, which shows the unity of the people in Qishan and the desire for a safe life in the future.

Mrs. Hu and Princess An Ran of Qi Guifei also appeared in the crowd, ran to the Qishan city wall, climbed the city wall from time to time, and at the same time gave Lan Qi'er the proper etiquette, everyone naturally knew the situation of the first battle of Qishan City, and knew in their hearts that the Han army would attack tomorrow, so they looked at the empress Lan Qi'er with concern.

Of course, Lan Qi'er knew the inquiry in the eyes of the three of them, so she told the three of them about tomorrow's deployment, Qi Shancheng will definitely be foolproof, and she will be the same as today, once the two armies start a war, she will never leave the city wall of Qishan Pass, and she has the duty to the people, the country, and the trust of the emperor.

The three heroines heard what they said as the Empress of Loulan, and they also knew that Lan Qi'er's physical practice today had given all the people spiritual encouragement, and they admired Lan Qi'er even more from the bottom of their hearts, the fearless empress.

Mrs. Hu and Princess An Ran of Qi Guifei are also the heroines of Loulan Kingdom, although they are not the empress, but they are also favored by the country, so they are also willing to contribute to the country and the people.

Of course Lan Qi'er heard it, saw the hearts of the three heroines, and knew that what she said was from the heart, not fake, and her heart was hot at the same time, so she hugged them one by one and said: Once the battle of tomorrow starts, it is not safe on the city wall, there will be countless arrows flying on the city wall, it is too unsafe, the war does not need too many women to participate, and now it is enough to have yourself on the city wall, enough.

If he really can't be responsible for the people of Loulan anymore, then it's the turn of the heroines, at that time, if the three of them don't stand on the city wall, is there a reason? The kingdom was not taken for nothing! Isn't it?

Although Princess An Ran, one of the three heroines, is not old, she is also more than ten years old, and she also understands the words of Empress Lan Qier, that is, everyone has responsibilities and obligations, and there is no need to be responsible when the time comes.

It was getting dark, and several people went down the city wall together, Lan Qier and the others returned to the harem, General Lan had a major responsibility, so he inspected the city defense again, and after seeing that everything was in order, he returned to the general's mansion, he had to rest well, age is unforgiving, he is too tired, there will be war waiting for him tomorrow!

The sun of urging the war has risen again, the people of Qishan have prepared early, all the participants have entered their respective positions, the battle between the two armies is just around the corner, and the life and death of the soldiers are uncertain.

Naturally, the Han army pulled out the camp and built a number of chariots with some wood for the siege of the city, which also showed the determination of the Han army to win this battle.

The siege generals were issued, and more than 4,000 soldiers of the Han Dynasty began to fully press towards Qishan City, and rushed to the Qishan Pass in echelons, and from time to time, the two Han generals led the army to break through to the first line of defense of the Qishan defenders, that is, one hundred and fifty meters away from the Qishan Pass.

The eyes of the deputy general of the left banner are good, so he immediately gave an order, and the soldiers who are not archers will push the rolling wood thunder stone that has been prepared earlier down the mountainside, the rolling wood thunder stone is huge, and for a time it can be said that the ground is shaking, the Han army of course heard the movement from the mountain, and the rolling wood thunder stone has arrived in front of him, and the Han soldiers immediately dodged it, and a part of the vehicle was not had a chance to move, and some of the vehicles were smashed, and of course the soldiers were also smashed and killed, because of the effect of the rolling wood thunder stone, Part of the Han army's attack was naturally blocked, and the shield bearers had given up protecting the Han army for their own safety.

The descent of the rolling wood thunder stone naturally achieved the desired effect, and the archers on the Qishan mountain side could seize the opportunity, so a hundred arrows were fired together, and for a time it was really a closed arrow rain at about one hundred and fifty meters, and the Han army in this range was really miserable, most of the soldiers were injured by the arrow rain, and the serious one was killed on the spot.

All this situation is in the field of vision of the commanders on both sides, General Han is rushing forward, Wang Guifei saw the real situation, of course she was anxious, so she ordered the gong and drummer to beat the gong and drum of the extremely strong siege of the city.

The two Han generals and their lieutenants no longer attacked in echelons, but began to push forward desperately.

The casualties of the Han army were no longer within the consideration of the Han generals, with such conditions, the Han army naturally broke through the first line of defense of the Qishan army with 12 casualties, and the later army was so on, and the attrition of the Han army for a time was serious.

The second rain of arrows rolling wood and thunder stone fortification is consuming the siege vehicles and soldiers of the Han army, the Han army with the consumption of military vehicles, it is normal to advance to the Qishan Pass, the siege vehicles began to play a role, the Han archers began to confront the Qishan archers on the city wall under the cover of the shield hand, yesterday's situation reappeared, but this time the number of Han archers is more than 100 people, completely formed a parity with the archers on the city wall, and the casualties on both sides are from time to time.

The archers were evenly matched, and the Han climbers had already boarded a few taels of siege vehicles and climbed multiple ladders, and as the ladders rose, the climbers were already close to the city walls.

General Lan then gave the general order, dozens of sergeants poured the hump oil prepared early on the wooden siege vehicles and ladders, as the archers fired rockets at the siege vehicles, in an instant, the wooden vehicles were ignited, the fire was rising, the Han soldiers wanted to extinguish it, it was impossible, they could only watch the siege vehicles were burned.

The Han army was unwilling to fail, and the door truck began to gather manpower to hit the door, of course, the Han army was wary of the soldiers in the gate of Qishan Pass.

The gate of Qishan Pass is not allowed to be damaged, General Lan Da immediately waved the flag, so that General Suoha can assault, Qishan City Gate is open, the two armies naturally entered a state of melee in front of the city gate pass, fortunately, General Lan Da has already explained, so that the general and others are not allowed to rush out of the city gate 60 meters of the place, it is useful, that is, the pass gate in front of a hundred meters are narrow places, the Han army will not enter the general and deputy general for a while, and then ordered the archers on the mountainside on both sides of the pass, After the general led his troops out of the city to start the melee, there was no need to form a rain of arrows at 150 meters and 100 meters as originally planned, and all the Han archers were the center point of shooting, and during the melee, the shooting of the Han archers against the general and other soldiers must be blocked.

General Landa's plan was perfect, the archers on both sides of the pass and the archers on the city wall could be as many as three hundred, and they could shoot countless arrows in a few seconds, and the directions were different, which suddenly made the archers of the Han army unable to guard against them, and there were countless casualties.

Although the Han soldiers from the Qishan Pass had the main generals to lead the battle, there were four generals in Qishan who were fighting against them, and it was difficult to kill them for a while, and there was a scuffle, and from time to time there were soldiers who fell, of course, there were casualties on both sides.

There are more than 1,000 soldiers behind Wang Guifei, she saw the battle situation in front of her, and knew that if the Han army continued to fight like this, they would all be killed, so she had to give an order, the order to collect the troops, the sound of drums was loud, and it could overshadow the shouts and kills of the soldiers.

The two generals and soldiers of the Han Dynasty can distinguish the drum sound of the troops, so they turned around and ran, fortunately, the Han army withdrew in time, more than 5,000 conquest troops, after two battles, only more than 2,000 people remained, the Han general and Wang Guifei saw that the general trend had gone, and had to take the army back to Shanjun City, in order to fight again in the future!