One hundred soldiers who had died first, each armed with a crossbow and a broken golden sword, and under the leadership of two military marquises, rushed up from the horse roads on both sides of the city gate. The defenders had already reacted and condescendingly shot arrows at the first dead man, and suddenly arrows rained down. But to the surprise of the defenders, the arrow, which was obviously fired by a crossbow, was immediately bounced off when it hit the armor of the first deceased.

It turned out that Ma Jun forged heavy armor for the Xiandeng dead, which was more protective than the basin collar armor worn by ordinary sergeants, but it was also thicker and heavier, and only the Xiandeng deceased could wear it for a long time.

Seeing this, the marquis of the two armies ordered: "Prepare a crossbow!" ”

While the first dead man did not stop, he raised his crossbow in unison and supported it with the forearm of his other hand, because the crossbow arrow was made of iron and slightly heavier.

"Shoot!" The two marquis shouted again.

After a while, more than 20 defenders on the city wall immediately fell to the line, and only a dozen defenders were slightly smarter and squatted under the parapet wall before they were shot.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the first dead man rushed up, threw away the powerful crossbow that had been exhausted of arrows, held the broken golden sword in both hands, and rushed up to the city wall to cut down when he saw people. The defenders stabbed with their spears, and the first dead soldiers slashed off the edge of their spears. Occasionally, the spears of the defenders stabbed the first dead soldiers, and the spears could not penetrate their heavy armor. But in an instant, there were no more defenders around the entire city gate. The first to occupy the city wall and the gate tower immediately took a large flag that the enemy had planted on the gate tower, lit it with a lantern, and waved the burning flag on the wall that was shrouded in darkness.

At the same time, Ju Yi also pushed open the city gates. When the city gate was slowly pushed open, Ju Yi looked out urgently, and a glimmer of fire had already appeared on the horizon outside the city gate. It was the sergeant in the front row of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, all holding torches. The iron horse stepped on the ground, and Ju Yi could feel the ground trembling slightly.

According to Jia Xu's strategy, Ma Chao led a large army to lie dormant ten miles away from Mide City in the middle of the night. In the middle of the night, Ma Chao ordered the army to put on armor, people with pieces and horse bits, and quietly and quickly approached the city from all directions.

When they reached the distance of five miles, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry heard the sound of fighting from the city gate. Ma Chao expected that this must be Ju Yi sneaking up on the city gate guards, so he ordered the army to light torches and march at full speed towards the city.

Yan Xing suddenly galloped over, panting and said, "Young master, there will be something to report at the end!" ”

Ma Chao stopped.

Yan Xing took a breath and said, "The last general suddenly remembered that the city was a fortress to guard against the Xiongnu in the old days, and both the former Han and the later Han set up beacon towers in and near this city. ”

Ma Chao was a little surprised, and felt a little strange in his heart that Yan Xing didn't say it earlier. If the beacon tower was lit, then Han Sui, who was sitting in Jiuquan County, would be able to know his movements, and the surprise attack would have failed.

Yan Xing said: "Compared to now, because the Xiongnu have weakened and no longer have to defend against the invasion of the Xiongnu, those beacon towers are no longer in use. But whether Han Sui knew that there were these beacons and whether he would reuse them was difficult to say. Therefore, he did not remind the young master, and asked the young master to punish him. ”

Of course, Ma Chao wanted to punish Yan Xing, because the beacon tower is the fastest way to transmit military planes today, and even the carrier pigeon is not as fast as the beacon. Originally, Han Sui didn't know about his surprise attack, so he could continue to attack Jiuquan County. But if the beacon tower is ignited, it will lose Han Sui's great advantage in the dark and in the light. However, at this point, Ma Chao thought that even if Yan Xing reminded him, he could not guarantee that the beacon fire in the city would not be ignited.

Ma Chao said: "Okay, it's not your fault. Since there is a danger of igniting the beacon, you can choose 3,000 horsemen to rush into the city, and you must capture the beacon tower and do not let the enemy ignite the beacon. ”

"Whoa!" As soon as Yan Xing gave up his hand on the horse, he immediately turned his horse's head, went back and chose three thousand elite horsemen, and immediately killed the city.

But Ju Yi captured the city gate, and the sound was naturally not small, and it soon alarmed the defenders. The captain stationed in the city immediately led his troops to seize the gates.

Ju Yi saw the infinite number of people pouring into the streets and city walls in the dark, and he was worried that only 300 soldiers would die first, and there were few bows and crossbows, so it would be difficult to defend the city gate. As soon as Ju Yi had an idea, he ordered his subordinates: "Quickly tear down the city gate!" ”

Ju Yi sent thirty men to dismantle the city gates, and led the rest of the first dead soldiers to rush to the defenders. Seeing that Ju Yi and the first deceased had no shields, the captain waved his hand and called a team of crossbowmen, and ten thousand arrows were fired in unison. However, due to the heavy armor, the first deceased soldier was unscathed.

The lieutenant ordered the two marquis to lead their troops to rush forward, and the soldiers of Han Sui's army lined up in formation and raised their spears to stab the first dead soldiers.

Not to be outdone, Ju Yi ordered the first to form a formation, holding the broken golden sword in both hands and holding it high above his head.

A platoon of spearmen of Han Suijun's army stabbed under the command of the military marquis, and the first deceased soldier also immediately swung his knife, and immediately split the spearman's spear in half, and the spearman did not stop, and in the end it was only a wooden pole that stabbed the first deceased.

Ju Yi suddenly realized that he was looking down on his opponent. Immediately take advantage of the broken spear in the front line of the enemy's army, and order the first to board the dead to advance. The first dead soldiers rushed into the enemy line one by one with broken gold knives, and slashed their swords to kill. Soon cut down the spearmen in the first three columns of Han Sui's army. The rest of the Han Suijun soldiers were frightened and retreated.

The captain seemed to have some command ability, and organized the defeated troops to continue to attack. But the first deceased soldier was not only taller and stronger than Han Suijun, but also much faster in swinging his sword. Before Han Sui's army could attack, the first dead soldier rushed to Han Sui's army without fear of death, and hit Han Sui's army with solid armor, and then they all raised their knives and fell, and more than 200 enemy soldiers were cut off for a while, and their heads fell to the ground, sounding a dull "poof" sound.

Ju Yi was overjoyed when he saw this, this was the first battle of the first deceased, and he had already achieved such a result, and he had damaged the enemy army like this, and no one on his side was killed or wounded.

Ju Yi simply ordered the first dead soldiers on the city wall to also get off the city wall, gather three hundred first dead soldiers, and attack the enemy army together. The captain of the Han Sui army frantically organized the crossbowmen to release arrows, and transferred hundreds of swordsmen in an attempt to use shields to block the first dead soldiers.

Ju Yi shouted directly: "Crash!" ”

Listening to the order, the first dead soldiers all turned sideways, lowered their bodies, accelerated, gritted their teeth and struggled to crash into the shield array, using their own strength and the huge potential energy formed by the weight of the armor, and immediately knocked a whole row of shield players to the ground, some shields were directly smashed to pieces, and everyone in the shield soldiers fell to the ground on all fours.

When the captain was surprised, the first dead soldier did not stop, immediately stepped on the shield soldier who fell to the ground, and stepped on the chest of the shield soldier with one foot, and immediately stepped on the shield soldier's mouth, and at the same time rushed towards Han Suijun, who had lost the barrier.