Chapter 144: Fierce Battle (1100 Equalization and Change)
Countless rebel soldiers came out of Yin Ziqi's camp, carrying ladders, earthen bags and other siege equipment, and forced towards Suiyang City under the command of many satisfied generals, densely packed like locusts. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Indeed, they are no different from locusts, these barbarians have no production and no civilization, but only know how to burn and plunder, and they wail everywhere they go; They are the tumors of civilization, absorbing nutrients from the prosperity of the Central Plains to strengthen themselves, and then fighting back when the Central Plains is weak, trying to devour the host and replace it, from the Wuhu Rebellion to the Anshi Rebellion, and then from the Jurchen southern invasion to the rise of Mongolia.
If the people of the Central Plains can block them, then civilization can continue to develop, if it is blocked, what China after Yashan and China after the Jiashen Revolution will be like, I believe everyone knows.
Now the Tang Dynasty has also reached the time of life and death, behind Suiyang City is the rich but lack of military protection of Jianghuai, if the rebels rush to kill the past, the civilization of the Central Plains will fall into a long darkness I don't know how long it will take to recover. If it can be held, the continuous taxes of Jianghuai can bring more troops to the Tang Dynasty, and those barbarians who invaded the Central Plains will also be crushed by the army commanded by Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others.
Whether the Tang Dynasty can continue, whether the Central Plains civilization can continue to survive and develop, is now all pinned on Zhang Xun and the thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and they have to face more than 100,000 fierce and cruel rebels under the command of An Qingxu's general Yin Ziqi, the contrast in strength between the two sides is so huge, but Zhang Xun and the soldiers and civilians in Suiyang City will not take a step back.
"Today, we must take Suiyang City, and those who go to the city first will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold and promoted to the third level; If anyone dares to retreat, General Ben will not be spared. Yin Ziqi, who was blindfolded with a white cloth and left eye, looked coldly at the generals in front of him with his only right eye, and these barbarians from the Murowei, Tongluo, Turkic and Xi tribes lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look directly at him.
"The armies set off immediately, and if they don't capture Suiyang City, they will not retreat." Yin Ziqi was ruthless, even if he paid a big price today, he would break Suiyang City.
Countless ladders were set up at the head of Suiyang City, and those hateful-looking barbarians bit their knives in their mouths, grabbed the ladders with both hands and struggled to climb up, and they were greeted by deadly feather arrows and foul-smelling gold juice.
"Ahh Arrows were constantly falling from the high ladders, and even more unfortunate burned, scalding dung burned their skin and let out a wave of helpless wails, and under the current medical conditions, these people could only wait for death.
Li You stood at the head of the city, looking at these barbarians coldly, his eyes constantly searching for those generals who were more gorgeously dressed and armored, and then shot out deadly feather arrows.
And Pan Feng wielded a big axe to split one cloud ladder after another, and countless rebels screamed and fell into the dust, and their mouths were full of joy, "Your grandfather Pan is here, who dares to come." ”
The soldiers who were good at bows and crossbows stood in the front row and shot feather arrows at the rebels who were climbing on the ladders, and the powerful rushed to the rear to move the stones and smashed them down, and some people held swords and looked at the top of each ladder vigilantly.
Seeing the soldiers under his command falling from the city wall like raindrops, he lost his breath in an instant, and finally the general who led the army couldn't help it, he hurriedly came to Yin Ziqi's side and begged, "General, the casualties of the sons and daughters are really too heavy, let's come back first to rest, right?" ”
"Come back and rest? Then let Zhang Xun and them take a breath again? Yin Ziqi glanced at him coldly, although his subordinates suffered heavy losses, but they did not cause casualties to the defenders, the feather arrows that shot at the head of the city and the soldiers who fought with knives on Yunti also took the lives of countless defenders, they had many more people than the defenders, as long as they continued to exchange like this, Suiyang City would be their own sooner or later.
Now the most worrying thing is that someone wants to preserve their strength, if no one wants to sacrifice, there is absolutely no way to take down this Suiyang City, Yin Ziqi slowly spoke, "I said in the morning, if you don't capture Suiyang City, you will not retreat, are you going to disobey the military order?" Without waiting for him to explain, Yin Ziqi shouted loudly, "Come on, drag this guy who violates the military order out and cut it down, and the head will circulate the army, if anyone dares to retreat, he will end up like him." ”
This head made the rebels' offensive more violent, and some people had already begun to climb up to the top of the city and start hand-to-hand combat with the defenders, at first glance Suiyang City seemed to be crumbling, and the faces of Yin Ziqi and other rebel generals also showed joy; But how could Zhang Xun be defenseless against this? Immediately, a group of soldiers wielding long knives came up to meet them, and the sharp Tang knives broke through the armor of the rebels, killing them on the city wall, and the corpses were immediately thrown down the city, and many of the rebels who climbed the ladder were smashed down.
After fighting from morning to noon, Li You's arms were now starting to be sore, and it was extremely difficult to open the bow cleanly in the past, so he simply put the longbow back, pulled out his long sword and stabbed at the rebel sergeant who emerged from the top of the ladder.
And Pan Feng had just finished a fight, he was sitting on the ground snorting and panting, he was also consumed enough, it was not easy to wield a big axe to fight for so long.
The Bender also suffered casualties, and they began to divide their forces into three waves, taking turns resting to regain their strength and continue the long battle in the camp.
The old and weak women and children in Suiyang City brought food to the city wall, but the war was tense, and not many people could spare time to drink a sip of hot porridge.
Their battle was not useless, after a long battle, Suiyang City was still firmly in their hands, the city walls were full of rebel corpses, the blood stained the bottom red, the rebels would have fallen into the crimson mud with every step forward, if it weren't for the fierce watchdog in the rear with a snowy butcher's knife, I'm afraid they would have started to flee a long time ago, right?
Countless crows hovered over Suiyang City, making an extremely irritating hoarse cry, just waiting for the army to retreat and they began to enjoy food.
The sun rose from the east to the middle of the sky, and then slowly slipped west, Yin Ziqi knew that if night fell, his soldiers would definitely not be able to continue to hold on, and whether they could capture Suiyang City would depend on the last two hours. (To be continued.) )