Chapter 103: The Battle of Yanmen Pass
In the next few days, Xuan Qi pretended to be Li Hu's personal soldier and followed Li Hu at all times. In the past few days, www.biquge.info Che Yunfei and others have not been seen, but everyone has not dared to relax their vigilance.
On this day, the Xiongnu army under the Yanmen Pass launched a fierce attack. Under the cover of bows and arrows and stone-throwing carts, the Huns rushed towards the city wall one after another, the ladder was erected on the wall, and the shield in hand climbed up.
Xuan Qi followed Li Hu to the wall, only to see that the open space in front of the pass was densely packed with people. The defenders used their lives, rolling stones, and sassal trees continued to smash down, and as soon as the boiling soup arrived, there must be Hun soldiers screaming and falling down the ladder.
The long arrows of the Huns continued to shoot towards the wall, overwhelming, and the boulders thrown by the stone-throwing truck smashed on the wall, and they made a huge sound.
Closing the shut, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the casualties of each of them also increased rapidly. The soldiers and civilians in the pass continued to send all kinds of things to the wall, and the whole people resisted the enemy, which has long become the norm in the area of Yanmen Pass.
Xuan Qi watched the continuous deaths of the soldiers on both sides, and sighed even more at the insignificance of life. In such a big war, every life may be lost at any time, and life is like a grain of sand in the desert, when a gust of wind blows, it will not know where to go. Even if he is trapped in this thousands of troops, I am afraid that he will be like a small pebble thrown into the water, just bubbling and disappearing.
On the first day of the attack, the Xiongnu army left corpses all over the ground and collected their troops before dark. This nomadic people in the north, with fierce folk customs and good at riding and shooting, brought a hundred years of disasters to the Central Plains Dynasty. Today, this nation is no longer satisfied with the one-touch plundering of the border, and the flowery world of the Central Plains makes this nation salivate and stimulate the desire of this warlike nation.
The officers and men who were killed and wounded on the wall were specially responsible. The officers and soldiers who had experienced a day of defending the city sat or leaned on the wall, chatting and laughing, as if the day's battle had not taken place.
Xuan Qi has also seen the bullying of officers and soldiers, and now he has a lot of feelings in the face of these lovely people who are ready to sacrifice their lives at any time.
Early the next morning, the Xiongnu army launched an even more fierce offensive. The arrows were like clouds, densely covering the entire wall of Yanmen Pass. With a shield in one hand and a face in the other, the defenders had a lot more difficulty.
The Huns attacked wave after wave, and finally in the afternoon, dozens of people rushed to the wall. Li Hu led the pro-army team to intercept, and the two sides fought to the death on the wall. After Xuan Qi grabbed the last Hun soldier and threw down the wall, the defenders finally held the wall.
The impact of these more than a dozen Hun soldiers, but the defenders paid more than 20 lives before they were completely wiped out. The ferocity of the Xiongnu nation can be seen.
Until the troops were withdrawn, the Huns never rushed to the wall again. The tired officers and men were replaced by the officers and men who rushed from the main camp to change their guard from the wall and returned to the camp to recuperate. The flag is still hunting on the wall, and the air is filled with the smell of blood, which is even more solemn.
On the third day, the Xiongnu army only laid out the formation, only shouted and cursed outside the pass, and did not attack the city. Li Hu took his own soldiers to the wall, and ignored all kinds of curses of the Hun soldiers.
A "boom" sounded, and a long arrow made an abnormal sound of breaking through the air, shooting straight towards Li Hu. Chang Bin on the side didn't dare to slack off, standing in front of Li Hu, with a cooked copper stick in his hand, the long arrow shot suddenly deflected, flew over the wall, and went straight into the dense forest behind the pass.
Chang Bin blocked the arrow, but the cooked copper rod in his hand vibrate, and his hands were a little numb, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. This long arrow shot up from the Hun soldiers under the pass, at least a distance of more than ten zhang. In front of him, there is still such strength, and the person who shoots the long arrow is really extraordinary.
The people looked towards the pass, but they saw a tiger general riding on a horse, carrying a hard bow in his hand. Xuan Qi has seen this person, it is the younger brother of the Altai city lord, Hu Yanxiong, the commander of ten thousand horses. This person is the first fierce general under Helian Yinshan, and his arm strength is amazing, but he is a strong bow that can pull out five stones. This time, Hu Yanxiong was the commander of the Xiongnu army.
"Central Plains child, do you dare to go out of the customs to fight?" that Hu Yanxiong sat on his horse and shouted loudly.
Although the defenders on the wall were indignant, they did not dare to speak without Li Hu's order.
"The Central Plains children are all defeated and vulnerable. Don't dare to go out, it's better to go home and nurse the baby!" Hu Yanxiong's shouting and scolding suddenly made the Huns burst into earth-shattering laughter and cheers.
Xuan Qi quietly pulled Chang Bin over and said a few words. Chang Bin nodded, turned around and entered the city tower. But in a moment, Chang Bin walked over with a strong bow. On the wall, Li Hu went up to Li Hu, and down to the ordinary officers and soldiers, and when they saw this bow, they were all in awe.
It turns out that this bow has been accompanied by Yanmen Pass for a hundred years, and it is the treasure of Zhenguan left by the legendary general Han Xiaohu. This bow is a seven-stone strong bow, and since the death of General Han Xiaohu, no one has been able to pull this bow. On weekdays, it is only placed in the city gate tower for people to pay homage and boost morale. Now that Chang Bin took it out, everyone was very surprised, and they didn't know Chang Bin's intentions.
Chang Bin handed the strong bow to Xuan Qi, who reached out to take it, pulled it hard, and nodded to Chang Bin. Chang Bin was overjoyed and sent three long arrows to Xuan Qi with both hands, and Xuan Qi took it by himself.
Under the incredulous gaze of the defenders on the wall, Xuan Qi buckled the three long arrows and pulled them hard, and the strong bow was suddenly pulled away, like a full moon. There was a cheer when it was closed.
The Hun army outside the pass heard the cheers on the wall, but they didn't know what was happening, and they all looked up with doubts.
"Huh", three long arrows shot out at the same time, heading straight for Hu Yanxiong.
In the exclamation of the Hun army, Hu Yanxiong looked up, the cold light flashed, and a long arrow had already reached the front door. Hu Yanxiong hurriedly lowered his head, and long arrows flew from his helmet. In the exclamation, the red tassel on the helmet had been broken by an arrow and fell off. The long arrow still had its strength and passed through the bodies of the two Hun soldiers behind Hu Yanxiong before it fell.
Hu Yanxiong was shocked, and the second long arrow also reached his chest, and he wanted to dodge, but it was too late. At that moment, I had to twist my waist hard and fall to the side. The long arrow popped, but it passed through Hu Yanxiong's left shoulder and went straight into the chest of the Hun soldier standing behind the horse.
Hu Yanxiong screamed, his body tilted, and he was about to fall off the horse. The third long arrow followed, but it went straight into the neck of the horse under Huyanxiong's crotch, pierced from under the horse's belly, and shot into the ground, the tail of the arrow still trembling.
The horse neighed, and it was already leading the horse and fell to the ground with a bang.