Chapter 259: The First Confrontation (Part II)
After more than two hours, the Huns reluctantly made three sets of ladders and a number of small wooden boards of shields, but Moore sent a close general to go to the city of Shule 'politely' to persuade him to surrender first. The horn of the Huns' march sounded www.biquge.info the pen. Hundreds of people approached Shule City with siege ladders and were escorted by the shield team.
The front of the city gate is very empty, the actions of the Huns are naturally in sight, Gao Zhong is sitting on the city tower to wipe his bow and arrows, a personal soldier ran over and said, "General, they are coming!"
Gao Zhong picked up the bow and arrow under him, "It seems that he is also anxious, the light cavalry can't wait to attack me Shule to build siege weapons, right?
The Huns came to the city, and the archers of the Han army also stood on the top of the city tower to shoot and feed, waiting for the order of Gao Zhong. Gao Chong first shouted to the people below, "Stop, this is the Han Shule military camp" Although he knew that he was a Huns, he still had to do enough etiquette, and he saluted first and then soldiers.
The Huns below were driving wooden shields, and the Han army couldn't see their expressions clearly, but after they heard Gao Chong's words, the wooden shields below stopped, and instead from under the wooden shields, there was a burst of chattering Hun language, and the speed of speech was extremely fast, everyone didn't know what he said, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while. After he finished speaking, he was favored on the top of the city tower and shouted angrily: "What the hell are you talking about Huns, I am the general of the Han Dynasty who can't understand it! The Ming people don't say dark words, you hide in the shield alone, what nonsense!"
After a while, the shield was slightly loosened, and a soldier-like person came out, and said loudly, "Since you also said that you are the general of the Han Dynasty, now I greet you on behalf of our great leader of the Huns, Kemoor Great Khan, if you open the city to welcome us into the city at this moment, you will be a thousand households, if you do not surrender, the day you break through this city will be the time of your death."
Gao Zhong said disdainfully, "I, if you want to fight, don't be crooked, if you have the ability to attack, I am a big Han and a decapitated general, and there is no surrender general! And tell you that the general who is hiding inside, go back, the two armies are fighting in a dignified manner, and the main general's dialogue is hidden and hidden, and there is no trace, you Huns claim to be steppe tigers and eagles, don't you despise this kind of behavior?"
The face of the soldier who could understand Chinese changed, and then he returned to the camp and said the words of Gao Pet, after a while, he heard an angry shout from the Hun formation, and the Hun camp slowly opened, only to see a Hun man standing in front of the formation, raising his head is a lot of chatter. I saw that he looked excited, and seemed to be quite angry.
Gao Chong didn't bother to care about him, and beckoned to "release the arrows, release the arrows" The soldiers heard Gao Chong's order, and immediately opened their bows and arrows to shoot at the Huns below, and the Huns soldiers have always been wary of the Han army coming to such a hand, so they immediately raised their shields to protect their generals. Gao Zhong stopped the rain of arrows and said loudly, "I don't care what you say, in short, if you want to fight, you will fight, if you don't fight, you will go back to your grassland, and don't talk crookedly here"
The generals of the Huns saw Gao Chong's actions at the head of the city, and knew that it was impossible to persuade Gao Chong to surrender, so he waved his hand and commanded his troops to build a ladder to attack the city.
Although Shule City is a small city, the city wall is also two feet, which is particularly tricky for the Xiongnu who are not good at attacking the city. In the eyes of the Han army, which is especially good at attacking fortifications, the crappy siege ability is like a child. Generally speaking, the shield guards had to cover the troops carrying the ladder and resist the rain of arrows from the tower, in order to reach the bottom of the tower as soon as possible. Obviously, the Huns only understand its surface, but do not understand its connotation, and the inconsistent pace shows that they are not trained, so it gives Gao Pet an opportunity.
"No one is allowed to release arrows, wait for my orders!" Gao Zhong shouted, if this group of Hun soldiers is not trained, there must be something important in the past!
The Hun soldiers who originally raised their shields were aimed at resisting the bows and arrows from the Han army, but the Han army suddenly did not send arrows to them, but they wished that the Han army would be like this, so the sword and shield soldiers in front did not need to be a battalion step by step, and began to accelerate the charge. The problem was exposed at once, the speed of the sword and shield soldiers was too fast, and they gradually distanced themselves from the comrades who carried the ladder, because they knew one thing and did not know the other, and the soldiers who carried the ladder did not notice it. Until the sword and shield soldiers have completely left the distance that can cover their teammates, Gao Zhong gave the order "Release the arrow!"
When the sword and shield soldiers saw the Han army release arrows, they immediately raised their shields to resist. However, their shields did not respond, and there was no sound of bows and arrows falling beside them, and just as they wondered where the bows and arrows had flew, the screams of their comrades behind them reminded them of their mistakes.
I saw that the troops carrying the ladder fell to the ground one after another under the bows and arrows of the Han army, and everyone fell to the ground in despair and groaned. The Hun generals behind them immediately shouted at their troops and told them to rush back to cover their teammates.
The Hun army that got the order immediately retreated, and the Han army saw that the other party had a shield to protect, so they also stopped bowing and arrows, and Gao Zhong turned back to Wu Xu and said, "Captain Wu, prepare gold juice to serve these Huns"
Wu Xu nodded, "My subordinates will do it."
On the side, Shaoyuan was very interested in this, "Ah pet, what is golden juice?"
Gao Pet said maliciously, "You'll know in a while"
It was at this time in the middle that the Hun army had regrouped and approached Shule City step by step, and Wu Xu also came back, "The golden juice of the adults has been prepared" Wu Xu's return was accompanied by a foul smell, and the smell made the people on the city tower change color.
Shao Yuan pinched his nose and asked, "Brother Wu, what is this golden juice from, why does it stink so much?"
Wu Xu was about to answer, but Gao Chong stopped with a smile, "I'll tell you after I beat off the Huns, Shaoyuan don't worry"
This time the Han army did not stop them with bows and arrows, so they successfully erected the ladders, and hundreds of people began to rush up the tower with shields with the blessing of six ladders. The Han army on the tower of the city began to smash down the wood and rolling stones one after another to meet the Hun army that climbed up.
Wu Xu, who was controlling the golden juice, saw that the Huns had slowly begun to climb up, and immediately waved his hand to "put on the golden juice"
When the sergeants heard the order, they picked up the wooden barrels in their hands and poured boiling gold juice down, and as the air overflowed, the stench spread throughout the city, and the Huns below were dripping with boiling gold juice, and immediately broke their skin and fell down the stairs.
Gao Zhong immediately waved his hand "release the arrow!" During the Xiongnu stunned, the arrow was immediately released, and the Huns raised their shields to resist.
At this time, the city gate suddenly opened, and a group of Han troops rushed out from inside, and they rushed to the people who fell to the ground to mend their swords. Three-pronged approach to slaughter the Huns.
Seeing this, the Xiongnu generals immediately charged with cavalry, intending to suppress the Han army out of the city, who knew that as soon as the Han army saw the cavalry, they immediately collected their troops and returned to the city, closing the door. The bow and arrows on the city tower immediately sent out a rain of arrows to meet the galloping Hun cavalry, and the cavalry that charged to the Han army under the city could only retreat in the face of such a Han army's arrow rain, seeing that their teammates fell under the city but could not do anything.
The Hun general was so angry but helpless, he didn't rush forward on the side, and the knight asked, "Chief, at the moment we have neither a ladder nor a way to pass, why don't we retreat first, go back and tell the Great Khan that this Han is not easy to deal with, and then think about it in the long run, brothers wait for the sky to get dark, and then go back to find it."
The Xiongnu generals were also helpless, so they could only say fiercely, "Retreat! Retreat! The Han army in the city listen, one day, uncle, I will definitely break through your broken city."
On the tower of the city in the distance, the Han army was encouraged to see the Huns retreating, and Gao Zhong said with a smile, the Huns seemed to be chattering when they left, and I had the opportunity to arrest him and ask him what he said.
Shaoyuan was also cheering along, looking at the wooden barrel beside him, and suddenly remembered, "Ah pet, you can tell me now, what is this, right?
Gao Pet smiled, "Don't you think this smell is also familiar?
Shaoyuan frowned and began to think hard, "I've smelled it, it's familiar, I want to think about it, it's like, it's like, yes! Donkey dung, I'm, ah pet, you're making a fuss about horse manure again, I find that you seem to like to use horse manure very much."
Gao Pet smiled and waved his hand, "Go and go, what are you talking about, I like horse manure as a ghost, horse manure as a harvest weapon, it has been used since ancient times, and it is not my originality, I tell you, those who are drenched in horse manure, if they are not treated in time, they will get sick immediately, and the Hun army probably didn't expect it, what is the effect of this thing?"
Shaoyuan rolled his eyes, "You are also powerful, you really dare to use it"
Gao Chong shrugged his shoulders, "In order to defend the city, I naturally do everything I can, rest first, I guess there are other things tonight, let's wait and see"