Chapter 156: The Battle of Xiangyang (Part II)
Zhou Qi's eyes swept over Wen Ping, full of appreciation, and he was able to think about the problem so thoroughly in a hurry, and he really deserved the prestige of a famous historical general. However, this person is so loyal to Liu Biao, if he wants to subdue him, it will not be easy!
At the beginning of twilight, he had quietly infiltrated Xiangyang City with a concealment charm. With the information that Huang Yueying spied on, he found Liu Biao's mansion almost without much effort. coincided with Wen Ping being summoned to come, so he couldn't bear to eavesdrop on the side.
At this moment, after listening to Wen Ping's plan, Zhou Qi was not busy and took down Liu Biao at this time.
Although Liu Biao is narrow-minded, he is still quite good at being diligent in government and loving the people. If you do it in the city, it will do more harm than good, and you will only be afraid that you will leave endless troubles behind. It's all just waiting for him to get out of the city!
There was even more noise in the house, and the time had already passed two o'clock, and after Liu Biao personally sent Wen Ping out of the mansion, he immediately walked to the inner house, preparing to arrange for his family to act according to the plan. Just as he passed by the atrium, a glimmer of light fell on his back and disappeared in a flash.
The time is approaching three o'clock!
Rising on the distant horizon, countless torches are like dotted stars, coming towards Xiangyang in the bright and extinguishing firelight.
"Long! Prosperous! A heavy loud noise came faintly, shocking. The ten-zhang high city wall of Xiangyang fell from the finely broken gray stones. Under the twilight, in the countless lights as bright as stars, dozens of tall figures can be vaguely seen, appearing in the Wuling army with many ants!
At the head of Xiangyang City, Wen Ping stood majestically on the south tower with a big knife in his hand, and the big man behind him hunted in the bleak autumn wind. I saw the tall figure like a mountain of meat. His tiger eyes narrowed slightly. Although his face did not change, he was already extremely surprised in his heart.
The behemoth with fangs and long nose and a body like a mountain is the unique war elephant under the command of the Nanzhong Barbarian King! When did Zhou Qi get involved with the Barbarian King!
This Jingnanhou dared to be a barbarian!
The sound of heavy footsteps is getting clearer and clearer! With the approach of the Wuling army, the atmosphere on the city tower reached the extreme.
"Herald! Crossbowmen, trebuchets on standby! Wen Ping's face sank like water, and he waved the flag of his left hand and ordered loudly!
"Crossbowmen! Trebuchet! Await orders! ......" The order was handed down, and tens of thousands of crossbowmen were lined up in three rows for every three people, a line of thousands, staggered with each other, holding arrows and strings, and the strong bow and crossbow were hidden in the left hand, ready to shoot at any time!
At the four corners of the city, dozens of heavy trebuchets were loaded with stones the size of grinding discs, and behind each trebuchet, dozens of strong soldiers were pulled by ropes thick as their arms. As long as the Lord gives the order, the rope is loosened, and the boulder can be thrown.
"Roar!" The Wuling army outside the city roared in unison, and the column became horizontal. Neatly lined up.
As the middle sergeant parted to both sides like a wave. The two war elephants are separated from each other and take the lead! On the broad back of the elephant, a large man on the left is born with curly hair, naked muscular knotted upper body, and a mighty and wild appearance; On the right, on the other hand, is a bewitching woman dressed in scantily clad gauntlets, wrapped in leopard skin to cover her shame.
At this moment, a horse neighed, and the crisp sound of horses' hooves sounded. A tall white horse carrying a black-clothed female general with red lips and white teeth and a picturesque face crossed the formation. The female general is holding an exaggerated broadsword, and her long ponytail hair flutters in the wind, living in the middle. Three other people rode black and white, round and chubby alien beasts to the front of the formation.
Above the heads of the four people, a big flag fluttered behind them, and the lacquer surface was inlaid with rolling gold edges, and the black silk thread was embroidered with a big Zhou character!
Wen Ping's pupils shrank slightly, he had heard that there was a woman, three men and four generals under the command of Jingnan Hou, but he didn't expect that all of them would come this time! Who are the two Nanban who rode the war elephants?
Moham!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but change his face, could it be that Meng Shu, the lord of the Southern Barbarians, and his wife Zhu Rong were coming?
After the army was finished, I saw the giant man riding the war elephant pat the top of the mount's head, came to the moat, raised his head and stared at a pair of tiger eyes, looking directly at the city!
"The Southern Barbarian King Meng is here! This time, I came to seize Xiangyang on the order of the lord Zhou Qi! If you are acquainted, you will open the city gate early! If not, the sword soldier will not have long eyes! When the city was broken, a certain subordinate was ruthless! ”
Meng was like a thunderbolt! Resounding everywhere! When the Xiangyang soldiers at the head of the city saw his little giant-like figure compared to ordinary people, their calves trembled. Listen to his thunderous shouts. All of a sudden, everyone was terrified. Morale inevitably fell.
Wen Ping's heart sank. It turns out that this Meng Shu has already surrendered to Zhou Qi! Seeing that the soldiers were shocked by Meng Huo, their morale fell. He hurriedly stepped forward and pointed down with a knife in one hand!
"Humph! I have heard for a long time that the barbarian king Meng won the hero! But why are they willing to admit others as masters and shame their ancestors? ”
"Phew! You Han general knows a fart! No more nonsense! If you have a kind of fight, you will come down and fight with grandpa for 300 rounds! If you don't have a seed, just make a shrunken turtle in that city! ”
"You!" Wen Ping's arrogant and arrogant person, listening to his viciousness, couldn't help but feel hot boots in his heart, and wanted to go out of the city to fight. But when he thought of buying time for his lord Liu Biao, he held back his anger at the moment. waved the order flag and pointed at Meng Huo.
"Someone! Shoot the arrows! Shoot this outspoken puppet with me! ”
"Bang Bang" made a bamboo sound! Arrows rained down at the head of the city in an instant, shooting towards Meng Huo one after another!
"Humph! When you are young, you look good! Meng Shu stood up from the elephant's back, waved the long pole to drive the elephant in his hand, and dialed it casually. The war elephant slowly retreated behind him.
"Shh When the soldiers at the head of the city saw the legendary mighty barbarian king retreating under the rain of arrows, they booed one after another, and their morale suddenly rose.
Meng Shu was dismissive of this. As he retreated, a whistle suddenly sounded from his mouth. Dozens of war elephants mixed in the team slowly walked out when they heard the sound. Each elephant carried a huge iron crate on its back, and a sturdy soldier held the crank on either side of the crank, not knowing what to do.
At this time, the city is even more leaky! The third quarter of the Shen hour has passed, and the hour is in the unitary hour! By modern time, it's 8 p.m.!
"Get ready to do it!" In the channel of the Forerunner Squad, Zhou Qi's deep voice came!
At this time, he saw that under the banner of the enemy marshal, the female general with a peerless appearance raised the big knife in her hand. Shout, "Fire!" Wen Ping's eyes narrowed, and he faintly felt that something was wrong,
"Fire!" The soldiers on top of the war elephant received the order, shouted in unison, and began to turn the grip with all their might.
Suddenly, from the iron box, a series of blazing crossbow arrows shot out like locusts, heading straight for the city!
"Not good!" Wen Ping was shocked! This kind of weapon that shoots fire bolts has never been seen before! "Where is the sword and shield hand?" He hurriedly raised the command flag and ordered the shield soldiers to come and cover. However, it was a little late to give the order!
Loud in the ears! The fire bolt flew into the crowd and immediately exploded, and the city suddenly burst into flames! The screams continued in his ears, and the crossbowmen who had lost their cover were exposed to the thunderbolt-like fire, and they were killed in an instant! The rest of those who were lucky enough not to die were also staggered by the air waves.
After a round of bursting repeaters, more than 10,000 elite crossbowmen suffered heavy casualties and were overwhelmed! Even the two trebuchets at the corner of the city were ignited and shattered into sawdust before they could be fired.
"Haha! Dare to shoot your grandfather Meng Huo with a bow before! Now you can taste it too! Meng Huo's face was full of excitement, and he laughed wildly with a long pole in his hand! This laughter fell on Wen Ping's ears, but it was extremely harsh!
What is this iron box on the back of the elephant, it is so powerful!
Wen Ping stood up from under the battlements with a black face, looking indescribably embarrassed, and his heart was shocked. If there were no longer a few such sharp firearms in the Wuling army, this city would not be able to defend it at all!
As the saying goes, good spirits do not lead to bad spirits.
Wen Ping looked down from the battlement, and saw that the iron box on the elephant's back had finished shooting, and another sergeant took out bundles of crossbow arrows and filled it. Looking at the big bags and small bags bulging behind the buttocks of war elephants, could it be that they are all loaded with these sharp firearms?
"No, if the Wuling Army is allowed to do this, Xiangyang will be in danger!"
"Report!" At this moment, a small school with a panicked face ran all the way like a fly, and turned over and fell to his knees before he got close!
"General Qiqiwen! There is a Wuling army in the city, and there are extremely many of them! ”
"What!" Wen Ping brought the small school to the front.
"Have you ever looked closely!"
"It's true, General!"
Oops! I fell for Zhou Qi's demon plan again! The city is heavily defended, and it is inevitable that one or two spies will be mixed in, but if an army wants to enter, it is absolutely impossible! It must have been the demon who used his demon magic to hide from the sky and send the army in!
The siege outside is fake, but the sneak attack inside is real! What a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle!
At this time, there was already a great chaos in Xiangyang City, and in accordance with Zhou Qi's orders, Nichols was like a humanoid transport plane, dividing 50,000 soldiers into 4 teams. Cast all over the city.
Wei Yan led the cavalry to disperse the defenders along the way, so that they could not converge into one force. Huang Yueying arranged for crossbowmen to hold several main passages in the city, separating Xiangyang into several sections.
Under Zhou Qi's arrangement, Zhen Mi was thrown into the barracks by Nichols!
At this moment, Zhen Mi, who was dressed in plain white palace clothes, held a jade flute in her hand and stood on the podium of the school field. Between the blowing of his lips and teeth, he exhaled like an orchid, and his fingers pressed lightly on the flute. A heavenly sound drowned out the rumbling explosions outside the city, and spread throughout the barracks.
The sound of the flute is sometimes cheerful, sometimes lingering, sometimes resentful, sometimes sad!
When it is cheerful, it reminds people of the young and the young, the childhood sweethearts, the frolic and the mountains, and the beauty of laughter in the arms of the father.
When lingering, it reminds people of the person's appointment at dusk, the moon hanging on the willow tops, the words of the mountain alliance and the sea oath, and the covenant of the white-headed old man.
When he was resentful, he was like the emperor who wanted to trust the cuckoo in spring, and the king went to the battlefield and waited for the concubine. Endless lovesickness, but ended up haggard.
When it is sad, the white-haired people send each other, and the young son and wife wear linen and filial piety and say goodbye. Just for the king to die on the battlefield, there will be no day to see each other in this life.
This flute sounds together. Tens of thousands of soldiers who were originally stationed in the barracks involuntarily walked out of the camp tent and gathered in front of the general's platform. Later, the soldiers of the whole camp cried loudly! Everyone is homesick, and there is no longer the slightest intention of fighting in their hearts. I just want to go home as soon as possible to reunite with my wife and children and honor my parents.
is exactly the same as Zhou Qi expected, it is a song to seek peace in the world, and this flute sound is worth tens of thousands of elite soldiers!
And Zhou Qi himself disappeared as early as when the battle outside the city began.
On the long street, after Huang Yueying commanded the soldiers to form a defense, she looked in the direction north of Xiangyang near the river, her eyes were gloomy, and she muttered to herself.
"I hope the lord doesn't want to do too much."