Chapter 627: The Tiger Prison Is Hard to Conquer
"Kill the white ox, the white horse!"
"Blood for Alliance...... Let's talk to Dong Zhuo!"
"!"
The princes drank together, Lin Tian watched Zhang Liao, who represented Lu Bujun, drink the blood wine, and secretly said that he was wise and did not let himself take the lead to be the representative of Lu Bujun.
"Bang!"
After a group of princes drank the blood wine, they smashed the porcelain bowl and shouted, "Swear to Dong Zhuo!"
"Swear to Dong Zhuo!"
Immediately after, the surrounding generals also raised their arms and swore an oath, which also made the voice of the alliance resound in the sky.
"Swear to Dong Zhuo!"
"Swear to Dong Zhuo!"
At the Tiger Prison Pass, Hua Xiong, who was drinking wine on the city wall and eating the 'legs' of sheep, sneered disdainfully: "A group of lambs actually gathered together to fight the lion!"
"Lord Dong Zhuo's wisdom, how can you weak people know!"
"Come on, in front of my tiger prison, touch your head and break the blood!" Hua Xiong viciously bit off a large mouthful of mutton 'meat' and swallowed it into his abdomen.
Rumble!
The heavens didn't seem to be beautiful, and at this time, suddenly there was a thunderstorm and a downpour.
Although the alliance of princes is unwilling to fight in the rain, they have just made an alliance, so they have given up the war because of the weather, isn't this a slap in the face?
In addition, Cao Cao' mentioned that the bow and arrows were weak on rainy days, and the ballistas at the head of the city were also difficult to aim at the target, which just weakened the city defense of the Tiger Prison Pass, so Yuan Shaomeng decided to start attacking the city today!
Fortunately, Cao 'Cao' is the closest to the Tiger Prison Pass, and he has long been prepared to build a lot of siege machines, so there is no need for the princes' coalition army to carry a ladder to attack the 5o meter-high Tiger Prison Pass.
"Huh?"
Hua Xiong was originally hiding from the rain in the city, but when he heard the report of his subordinates, he hurriedly put on his armor and walked to the city.
At this time, the torrential rain was pouring down, crackling on the helmet to form a rain curtain that blocked Hua Xiong's vision.
Hua Xiong lifted his helmet and looked down with wide eyes, and now in the rain shadows, there were indeed a large army of black pressure, and he couldn't help but say: "It seems that it is a real game, and you plan to take advantage of the rainstorm to make the bow and arrow weak?"
"My good boys in Xiliang are ready to go to war!"
Hua Xiong pulled out a Mo knife and shouted loudly, and then the Xiliang infantry fanatically shouted Dong Zhuo's name and walked to the Tiger Prison Pass.
At this time, Dong Zhuo did not lose his fighting spirit in Luoyang, he ...... is still the military god of Liangzhou, the demon god in the eyes of the Qiang people!
And the Xiliang Army, under the cultivation of following Dong Zhuo to achieve victories one by one, has become a male soldier who can watch the whole world!
The soldiers of Xiliang are extremely loyal to Dong Zhuo, and when they fight, they often chant Dong Zhuo's name, as if they were religious.
"Toot!"
The princes' coalition sounded their horns, and the army began to move.
Lin Tian looked at this siege battle with a scale of up to 2o people, looked at Gao Shun and said, "General Gao Shun, who do you think can take advantage of this battle." ”
"Xiliang Army. Gao Shun replied directly without even thinking.
"Oh? Lin Tian asked.
"The Xiliang army has bravely fought the princes' army, if the princes' elite aces are dispatched, they may be able to shake the defense of the Tiger Prison Pass, but now those soldiers ...... Just send to death. ”
"Yes, but isn't the advantage of the princes' army that it can send soldiers to death?
Saying this, Lin Tian noticed Cao's '' side, and looked at him with a pair of vicious eyes.
"Abrupt technique?" Lin Tian chuckled, ignoring the other party.
Gao Shun also sensed it, and couldn't help but look at the abrupt technique, his eyes were slightly surprised, and he secretly made up his mind that the camp must not leave Lin Tian's side.
As for the abrupt technique, Gao Shun and his trapping camp also appeared, and his mouth couldn't help but be as bitter as biting Coptis chinensis.
"This guy, the guards around him are so strong? Damn, the fame after becoming famous all over the world, is it really so useful?"
Abrupt art is hatred and jealousy, he also wants to write articles to earn fame, but unfortunately abrupt art holds straw paper, but he can't say a word, after all, he is not a professional, and he wants to rush out in this short period of time, it is really difficult for others.
"The first person to rush to the city wall will be rewarded with ten thousand gold and promoted to three levels!"
The allied forces of the princes carried the ladder and pushed the siege carts close to the city wall, because of the heavy rain, the rain of arrows on the city wall weakened much of its power, so that the morale of the soldiers below was greatly boosted, and the officers took the opportunity to shout loudly to encourage morale.
There must be brave men under the heavy reward, not to mention that these are regular soldiers? Everyone immediately rushed to climb the ladder to the city.
The siege vehicle also hurriedly pushed towards the 'hole' of the city, and the twenty big men hidden in the car shouted the trumpet together and crashed into the 'gate' of the city.
Boom!
At the same time that the city 'gate' was struck for the first time, on the city wall, the Xiliang infantry threw down the logs one by one.
The entire wall of the Tiger Prison Pass is not a complete cliff, but is inclined about 75 degrees, and the rolling logs were thrown down along the slope, and the ladder was immediately smashed, and the soldiers on the ladder were swept into the rolling logs, and they fell under the city together.
"Kill!"
As soon as the ladder fell three, three more came over, and under the heavy rain, the princes and soldiers climbed in the rain, comparing the number of rolling logs and falling stones with the Xiliang infantry on the city wall.
"Are you ready?"
There were a few Xiliang infantry hiding in the dark room above the city 'hole', and after seeing the siege vehicle enter the city 'hole', they whispered and burned the boiling oil to the brim.
"Ready. ”
"Okay, open the gates, release the oil!"
Burst!
In the 'hole' of the city, the boiling oil suddenly fell, not to mention the erosion of the siege vehicle, and also made the big man inside constantly jump his feet and cry out in pain.
"Ignition!"
Bang!
The flames suddenly came out, and the entire siege vehicle suddenly turned into a flame coffin, and the strong men inside tried to escape, but it was too late, the flames spread to them along the boiling oil, and the smoke and high temperature made them arrive without getting out of the siege vehicle, and they were gradually scorched into charcoal.
Rumble!
Thunder and lightning pierced the rain and illuminated a city.
There, at last, the first warriors climbed the walls.
"Okay!" As soon as several generals cheered, they saw Hua Xiong suddenly rush over, and with a knife slashing out, the sword light was like lightning, and the more than ten warriors who had climbed the city wall were killed in one go.
"Hahaha, come on, keep coming, I'm Huaxiong here, I'll kill as many as I come!"
"Kill!"
Hua Xiong raised his big knife and shouted, and the Xiliang infantry brought a batch of rolling logs and threw them down together, and suddenly there was a sound of broken bones and screams under the city wall.
Enjoying the screams, Hua Xiong laughed out loud.
The torrential rain fell for about two hours, and after the rain stopped, the princes' army also temporarily retreated, and the tiger prison was closed, leaving only the corpse team in white clothes working hard and alive.
In this battle, the princes' army lost at least 3,000 infantry and 200 officers, although this loss was completely acceptable to the princes' coalition army with more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, but they could not accept the result of that battle, the loss of the defenders of Tiger Prison Pass was negligible.
"Tiger Prison Pass, the world's Xiongguan, to attack it, we still have to think long-term. "In the meeting of the princes, Cao 'Cao' set the tone, and then the whole army retreated back to the camp, arranged craftsmen, and began to build a new siege machine.
Lin Tian noticed that in the camp, there were more than 2o 55-meter-high siege towers under construction, once they were completed, they could condescendingly swing the advantage of archers, and the siege towers could also hide soldiers among them, and after approaching the city wall, open the collapsed bridge and enter the city in one go.
In addition, Cao 'Cao' and Zhou Yu also researched a catapult together, and planned to build 100 catapults to try to disturb the enemy army.
Three days later, Cao Cao', Zhou Yu, and Gongsun Zhan's armies were dispatched together.
The catapult stopped at 1,000 meters and threw stones at the Tiger Pass, while the Hengjiang 'archers' walked to 200 meters with the archers of Cao's 'Cao' army before stopping.
The White Horse Yicong and Youzhou Iron Cavalry mainly roamed the battlefield to prevent Huaxiong from taking the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to attack.
Hua Xiong ordered the ballista to fire and 'shoot' at the catapult, and at the same time let the Xiliang cavalry dismount, choose a longbow, and 'shoot' at the Hengjiang 'archer' and Cao's 'Cao' army archers under the city.
The two sides went back and forth, 'shooting' each other for half an hour, and after the archers on both sides were exhausted, they each retreated back to the camp.
After the battle, the Xiliang army was not hit by catapults, and more than 2o small soldiers were unlucky and injured, but the Xiliang army that was killed by Sun Quanjun's Hengjiang 'archers' and Cao's 'Cao' archers was more than 500 people, plus more than 1,000 wounded soldiers, this day, the Xiliang army lost 2% of its strength, and they were all valuable archers.
"These princes still have some skills!" Cao '', Zhou Yu's great skills aroused Huaxiong's vigilance, and then, the war in the Tiger Prison Pass entered a white-hot stage.
After the siege tower was built, the princes' coalition army dispatched 3o thousand troops to start the siege, and this time the siege, Lin Tian also sent 10,000 new soldiers to join it.
At the head of the city, under the city walls, it turned into a Shura hell in an instant.
There were 22 siege towers, and during the attack, five of them were bombarded by ballistas, shattering the superstructure, causing many casualties among the soldiers, but still allowing the other siege towers to approach the walls.
On the tower, there are twenty Hengjiang 'archers', they skillfully draw their bows and 'shoot' arrows, and every 'shot' can hit the soldiers of the Western Route Army on the city wall, which can be described as the nightmare of the Western Liang Army today.
And as the siege tower lowered the collapsed bridge, the infantry inside rushed out in one go.
"Kill!"
A tower, just put down the collapsed bridge, hundreds of Danyang soldiers wielded a sledgehammer to kill out, the defending Xiliang infantry was instantly torn apart by these Danyang soldiers, and then the Danyang soldiers divided their troops to guard the city wall, trying to pick up more soldiers into the city.
"Quick, capture the ballista battery!"
In another place, the white-eared soldiers who also relied on the tower rushed quickly to the nearest crossbow battery, where the Xiliang infantry was defending to the death, and after fighting with the white-eared soldiers, both sides fell into a death fight.
"'Shoot'!"
After the ballista was loaded, there was a bang, and it hit the siege tower close at hand, and the Hu Ben infantry of Cao's 'Cao' army who had just climbed up in a tower didn't have time to see what the head of the tiger prison was, and was blown off the head by the ballista shell.
After the ballista burst his head, it also shattered the curtain wall behind him, and suddenly, the high platform where Yokoe's 'shooter' was located lost support and fell.
"My Yokoe 'shooter'!"
Zhou Yu was extremely distressed and watched his 'elite' sharp fall, constantly shaking his head, Liu Bei and Tao Qian were similar, they were all distressed.
But there is no way, at the alliance of the princes, Yuan Shao united with Yuan Shu, and Liu Biao put pressure on Liu Bei and Tao Qian, so that they had to dispatch the 'elite' ace in this battle.
As for Lin Tian's Lu Bu army, he escaped this difficulty because he fell into the camp and became Lin Tian's personal guard.
However, Yuan Shao also demanded that once Huaxiong dispatched the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Lu Bujun must dispatch the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry to cooperate with Gongsun Zan to fight against the Western Liang Iron Cavalry.
Of course, as the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao also contributed, and the crossbowmen first suppressed the Xiliang infantry in the field.
Watching the crossbowmen fall one by one, Yuan Shao himself was also in the pain of 'meat'.
Rumble!
Another siege tower collapsed because the base was ignited, and the reason for the ignition was the boiling oil and fire candles 'shot' from the dark room in the city wall, which could not be prevented.
As the sun set, this continuous battle finally ended with the princes and soldiers taking the initiative to retreat.
The losses of the princes' army this time can be described as heavy, not to mention the destruction of all the siege towers, the loss of at least more than 3,000 of the 'elite' elite troops, plus the losses of ordinary officers and soldiers, from one morning to the afternoon, the princes' coalition army lost 20,000 horses. The tiger prison is not easy to fight, this has become the consensus of all princes.
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