Chapter 145: Chickens and Dogs

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 145: Chickens and Dogs

Erdan's choice was exactly what the Han army wanted.

Zhao Guanghan and Wu Tong had been worried that these people would retreat deep into the mountains.

In that case, it would be much more difficult to find people out of the mountains.

On September 20th of the first year of Taishi, the Han army finally arrived outside the mountain pass.

At this time, a high barrier wall had been built at the mountain pass.

There are two towering watchtowers on both sides of the wall.

"It is indeed a dangerous place!"

Zhao Guanghan sighed.

"Second and third sons, let's set up camp first!"

The Han army did not launch an attack immediately, but first set up two camps outside the mountain pass.

"Don't worry about victory, think about defeat first!"

"Never underestimate any opponent!"

The Han army in Luntai had already been deeply influenced by Zhang Yue's combat thinking.

The Han army continued to repair on the second day, but still did not attack.

On the third day, the Han army still did not attack.

This made the Luntai survivors inside the wall unable to sit still.

"The Han army may not have any conspiracy..."

"Would the Han army want to sneak attack us from the trail..."

Various rumors were spread among the Luntai survivors.

Erdan could only keep comforting her, but the effect was not very good.

After all, these people are all gathered together temporarily, and they don't actually belong to the same group.

Erdan can be the leader just because he has the most people.

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"When do you plan to attack?" Wu Tong asked with a smile.

Zhao Guanghan laughed, "Didn't you already know that?"

"Ha ha"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

In fact, the Han army had no conspiracy, and they never thought about a sneak attack.

The checkpoints built by the Luntai survivors seemed dangerous, but in the eyes of the Han army, they were nothing more than shoddy construction.

Even without slings, the Han army's bed crossbows were enough to deal with such a wall.

Zhao Guanghan and his two men delayed attacking because they were afraid that the survivors of the Luntai Kingdom would run away and were waiting for signals from Han Jiang and Cai Ting.

In addition, in order to reduce casualties, the Han army also temporarily built some small catapults.

September 26, the first year of Taishi.

Zhao Guanghan, who received the information from Cai Ting and Han Jiang, finally took action.

"Second and Third Sons, come out of camp!"

"Dong dong dong..."

"Woooooooo..."

Accompanied by the sound of war drums and trumpets, the Han army, which had been inactive for so long, was finally ready to attack.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry... get on the wall quickly, the Han people are about to attack!"

The sound of war drums and horns resounding throughout the sky also alarmed the Luntai survivors inside the wall.

Under Erdan's command and urging, these Luntai survivors finally entered a defensive position before the Han army officially attacked.

Erdan looked out from the wall. The Han army was now in complete formation under the wall.

The front row of the Han army is a row of sword and shield soldiers, and behind the sword and shield soldiers are three rows of spear soldiers, followed by the Han army's world-famous crossbow soldiers.

Erdan took a deep breath and looked at the arrow array formed by the Han army's crossbowmen. Fear could not help but rise in his heart.

This was not the first time he fought with the Han army. When the Han army attacked the Luntai Kingdom, he witnessed with his own eyes how the Han army's arrow array massacred the heavy infantry that the Luntai Kingdom was proud of.

He still clearly remembered the desperate screams.

"Hand up the shield!"

Perhaps to relieve the pressure in his heart, he ordered the Han army to erect their shields before they attacked.

Looking at the large shield he had made in a hurry, Erdan finally felt a sense of security.

He thought in his mind, "No matter how powerful the crossbow is, it can't penetrate such a large shield!"

At this time, there was another movement behind the Han army, and strange cars were pushed out one after another from the Han army camp.

The car was covered with tarpaulin and could not be seen clearly for a while.

"What is that?"

Erdan felt vaguely uneasy.

"Could it be the legendary flying stone chariot?" he guessed in his mind.

"No, it's definitely not the case. The flying stone cart cannot be so low."

Erdan was still guessing what was in the car.

The Han army had already unveiled the tarpaulin covering the chariot.

"Bed crossbow!"

Erdan's pupils shrank and he couldn't help but look at the wall at his feet.

He was not sure whether the wall under his feet could withstand the Han army's crossbows.

A normal city wall requires loess, gravel and millet to be rammed together, but there is not enough food in the mountains to eat, so it can still be used to build the wall.

While he was still worried about the crossbow, there was another movement from the rear of the Han army.

The Han army actually pushed out two bigger guys from the camp.

"Flying Stone Cart!"

Erdan took a breath of cold air and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"What is that?"

The people around him were talking about the Han army's flying stone chariot.

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"Second and third sons, get ready!"

After the trebuchet reached the appropriate position, Zhao Guanghan issued the order.

"attack!"

With an order!

The Han army's crossbowmen, crossbows and trebuchets simultaneously launched an attack on the wall.

For a moment, countless arrows and boulders flew towards the wall.

"Do doo chop..."

The large shield prepared by Erdan was quite effective, but the arrows fired by the Han army's crossbowmen could not penetrate the large shield.

But these large shields could not block the crossbow's attack at all.

Not to mention the even more powerful trebuchet.

"Peng Peng bang..."

The thick arrows on the bed crossbow would shatter the big shield blocking him with every arrow.

Not only that, the soldiers behind the big shield who were hit would also be knocked off the wall directly by the huge impact.

As for the more powerful catapults, it made the soldiers on the wall despair.

With the heavy swing of the long arm of the trebuchet, large projectiles hit the wall with an unstoppable force.

The stone bullets emitted a deadly scream, shattering the checkpoint's walls into pieces and generously bringing despair and death to nearby soldiers.
To be continued...