Chapter 343: Under the City of Hanzhong
Standing on top of the city, Unomiya Terulie laughed out loud and teasingly shouted to Tarzan under the city: "Tarzan! Who are you? How dare you be so arrogant? Just a villain who weaves mats and sells shoes!"
Unomiya Terulie's words deeply stimulated Tarzan's deep self-esteem, making Tarzan's face instantly gloomy. The www.biquge.info of the pen and the pavilion had a good understanding of Taishan's character, and Fa Zheng, who had a good understanding of Taishan's character, hurriedly walked to Taishan's side and whispered: "Lord, this is Unomiya Zhaolie's plan to attack the heart, it is a method of agitation, the lord must not be fooled." ”
As a generation of heroes, how could Taishan not understand Ugong Terulie's intentions? It's just that now it seems that in terms of scheming, he has already lost to Ugong Terulie for a while. But it doesn't matter, this defeat can be made up for in battle.
Thinking of this, Taishan no longer hesitated, raised his right hand, fell down suddenly, and shouted: "Siege!"
The 50,000 sergeants in the three phalanxes in front of the Yizhou army immediately shouted slogans and marched neatly towards Hanzhong City. The three phalanxes are spaced fifty paces apart, and the layers are very distinct. At the same time, the 20,000 crossbowmen in the last row of the phalanx stopped and stood dozens of steps away from Hanzhong City, some of them knelt on one knee, and the other part stood upright behind their kneeling companions, forming a formation of two factions with crossed firepower, and then opened their bows and arrows and shot towards the head of Hanzhong City.
As soon as the commander of the Ugong Army, Ugong Ren, saw the posture of the Yizhou army, he immediately shouted loudly: "Zhang hangs the cowhide! The sword and shield hand holds the shield! The crossbowman looks for cover." Counterattack!" Under a series of orders from Ugong Ren, the Ugong army quickly moved into action, and the various arms began to take charge of their respective duties, which seemed to be orderly, obviously, under the training of Ugong Ren, they had already conducted simulated exercises for the battle of defending Hanzhong, and now they were familiar with it, without the slightest sense of delay.
Zheng Zheng - a dense sound of bowstring vibrating, breaking the brief peace between the two armies. The 10,000 Yizhou Army archers quickly shot the sharp arrows in their hands, then pulled back, gave up their position to the 10,000 companions behind them, and retreated behind them, quickly preparing a new round of arrows. The 10,000 archers who had been behind immediately took two steps forward to fill the gap in front of them, and then pulled the bowstring and shot the arrows that were already on the strings. The 20,000 Yizhou archers went back and forth, shooting alternately. Created fighters for their companions in front.
In an instant, there was a loud sound, and countless feathered arrows were shot into the sky, in an arc. After reaching the apex, they plunged down and roared towards the city of Hanzhong. It's a pity, because of Unomiya Ren's arrangement. This wave of arrows did not cause too many casualties to the Unomiya army, and only a small part of the arrows penetrated through the gaps between the cowhides and shields that the Umiya army densely covered in the city. injured some of the Unomiya army, and most of the rest of the arrows were blocked, but the purpose of this wave of arrow rain was not to hurt the enemy, but to play a suppressive role, from the perspective of all the Ugong troops cowhide and shields, this purpose was achieved.
Bang bang bang - a series of dull collision sounds sounded, the vanguard of the Yizhou army has taken advantage of the Yugong army to avoid the rain of arrows, came to the city of Hanzhong, hundreds of ladders were erected on the city wall, just now the series of collisions, is the ladder and the city head after the collision, the sound.
Then, the 20,000 sword and axe men in the middle of the Yizhou military formation immediately followed up, stuck their knives in their waists or bit them in their mouths, and then began to climb up the ladder. The Yizhou army has been walking between the mountains and mountains since childhood, climbing for them, and walking is not much different, therefore, their climbing speed is very fast, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of ladders have been climbed full of Yizhou army, some agile, even has climbed to a height of about two zhang, you know, the city wall of Hanzhong, there are eight zhang high, two zhang, is already a quarter of the distance.
Ugong Terulie, who was hiding under the double shield, glanced at the Yizhou army under the city, and then said to Ugong Ren leisurely: "It's too noisy here, I and Fengxiao and they went to the city to drink tea, and this place will be handed over to you, remember, before Yuan Yu comes out, you must not let the Yizhou army step into Hanzhong City half a step!"
After explaining the defense, Ugong Terulie did not stay anymore, and took Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and other civil officials, turned around and walked down the city. He believes that Unomiya Ren will not let him down, although Unomiya Ren has all kinds of small flaws, but in major matters, he has never disappointed Ugong Terulie, Umiya Terulie believes that this time, there will be no exception.
In fact, after Ugong Terulie left, Ugong Ren commanded the soldiers, according to the course of the battle, made various arrangements, timely let the archers return fire, and curbed the rain of arrows of the Yizhou army crossbowmen; ordered the foot soldiers to move the rolling wood and thunder stones, and smashed the climbing Yizhou army down; and also transferred a long halberder, holding spears to wait behind the battlements, while stabbing the ladder of the Yizhou army, while waiting for the opportunity to kill those Yizhou troops who were rising. In the end, Ugong Ren also carried a long sword, and under the support of the Xiahou brothers, he personally became a war supervisor, which further inspired the morale of the soldiers of the Ugong army and repelled wave after wave of attacks of the Yizhou army.
In this big battle, a dozen is a day and a night. Under the command of Taishan, the Yizhou army did not stop attacking for a moment, and the soldiers who stayed in the rear had a hurried meal, and they would replace their comrades who were fighting bloody battles in front of them, so that they could take a short rest and eat by the way, so as to maintain sufficient physical strength. It can be seen that Taishan really wants to take Hanzhong and control the gateway to Yizhou in his own hands.
On this day and overnight, a large number of injuries were suffered on both sides of the war, especially the Yizhou army, and now they have killed more than 20,000 soldiers in battle, and countless people have been wounded. With the help of the fortification of Hanzhong City, the Ugong army defended the city, although it had a condescending and geographical advantage, but nearly 10,000 soldiers died in this endless battle.
In such a dense and stalemate battle, the soldiers on both sides have undergone both physical and mental tests, and if anyone can withstand it, whoever will be the losing side. Unomiya Terulie knew this, so Umiya Terulie, who had disappeared for a day and a night, reappeared above the city, leading by example and boosting the morale of the soldiers under his command. Although Unomiya Teruje's appearance successfully boosted his morale, his face was always a little gloomy.
Turning his head to look at Guo Jia behind him, Ugong Zhaolie said in a low voice: "Strange, logically speaking, there is such a big movement here, it is impossible for Yuan Qi not to know, why hasn't he come yet?" Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai beside him glanced at each other, with vague worry in their eyes. Unomiya Terulie is right, it is said that Yuan Qi should have arrived, but why did he not show up for a long time? Even if Yuan Qi delayed his trip and had not yet arrived in Hanzhong, Ma Yue had already arrived, so why did he not even make the slightest movement from Ma Yue? Could it be said that Yuan Qi had seen through this strategy to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf and deliberately delayed the speed of the march? If this is the case, then your side will lose a lot, not only lose a large number of people, but also give up Hanzhong City to Mount Tai, isn't this digging a pit to bury yourself?
Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai's guess was correct, Yuan Qi had indeed seen Ugong Terulie's plan a long time ago. Although he didn't want Hanzhong to fall into the hands of Taishan, he knew that Ugong Zhaolie would not easily let Taishan take Hanzhong away whether it was for the sake of face or for acting for himself, and a vicious battle was inevitable. At this moment, Yuan Qi had already rushed to Ma Yue's camp and enjoyed the happiness of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight that Ugong Terulie had been planning in advance.
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tongren held a cup of fragrant tea and sat on both sides of Yuanqi, discussing the timing of the march. Under Yuan Qi's deliberate procrastination, the protagonists of this battle have become Ugong Terulie and Taishan, and Yuan Qi is the most important factor in changing the final direction of this battle.
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong know very well that although they are now sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, but with the progress of the war, Ugong Zhaolie will definitely withdraw from Hanzhong and give Hanzhong to Mount Tai, in that case, in order to ensure the safety of the Guanzhong region, Yuan Qi will have to take action against Mount Tai, at that time, the war situation will be deflected, and it will become a decisive battle between Yuan Qi and Mount Tai, but Ugong Zhaolie can withdraw from the side to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Therefore, in order to avoid an unfavorable situation, they need to plan carefully, and try to delay the battle between Tarzan and Unomiya Terulie as much as possible, so that Umiya Terulie can consume some more of Tarzan's strength. In this way, no matter who Hanzhong City ends up into, the Yan soldiers can take Hanzhong back at the lowest cost.
Just when Zhuge Liangang and Pang Tong were repeatedly deliberating on the details, an elite of the Tiangui Army hurriedly walked into the big tent and reported to Yuan Qiyu: "Qiqi Yan Wang, General Zhu Huan's troops are here, and they are currently camping in the valley twenty miles away. Hearing the news, Yuan Qi's eyes lit up, and his joy jumped up, and he said with a smile: "As soon as Zhu Gong arrives, we will be more sure." ”
However, General Zhu Huan's troops were very strange, it seemed that something bad had happened in the army, and the soldiers under General Zhu Huan were all sad and their morale was extremely low. The elite of the Heavenly Return Army added.