Chapter 731
The city gate captain ordered one of his subordinates to say, "Open the city gate immediately!" The officer clasped his fists and shouted to his subordinates: "Rise the iron gate quickly!" Then he ran to the inner wall ladder and shouted at the city gate, "Open the city gate!"
The iron gate slowly rose, and at the same time, the soldiers behind the city gate were about to raise the door bolt. However, at this moment, more than a dozen people suddenly rushed to the city gate tower.
"Who?" An officer pulled out his long sword from his waist and roared sternly. However, before he could take any further action, he was put on the ground by the gray-bearded old man in front of him. "Put down the iron gate! Don't open the city gate!" roared angrily, with a frightening voice. The soldiers on the city gate tower did not listen to him and surrounded him together.
The city gate captain pointed at the other party with a sword and shouted, "Who are you dare to trek into the city gate?" The old man asked angrily, "Don't you recognize me?" The city gate captain sneered, "I don't recognize you! If you can't tell me why, I will take you down!" Then he waved his long sword, and more than a hundred soldiers around him immediately stepped forward. "Bold! Don't you recognize General Yan Yan?" A young man next to the old man stepped forward and said angrily.
The soldiers were stunned. The captain looked at the other party carefully and said in disbelief: "You, you are really..." "Don't be too verbally speaking! Hurry up and put down the iron gate and close the city gate! It's not our army outside the city, but the Qin army!" Yan Yan said anxiously.
The city gate captain was shocked and rushed to the dazed soldiers at the edge of the winch and shouted: "Put down the iron gate!" The soldier came back to his senses and quickly turned the winch. However, the winch seemed to be stuck by something, so the iron gate was stuck in mid-air.
"Close the city gate quickly!" The captain ran to the ladder of the city wall and shouted at the city gate. When he turned around, he saw the soldiers who were rotating the winch with panic expressions, so he stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?" "Captain, the winch is stuck!" A soldier reported in panic. "What!" The captain of the city gate was shocked. At this time, Yan Yan stepped forward and asked, "What happened?" "General, for some reason, the winch was stuck!" Yan Yan was shocked. At this moment, there was movement outside the city. Thousands of Qin soldiers suddenly rushed towards the city gate. At the same time, a powerful crossbowman shot arrows on the city wall. Liu Yan's army, who was caught off guard, was shot down by more than a dozen people.
Dozens of Qin soldiers slammed into the city gate, but the city gate that had not yet been able to reach the city gate was immediately hit by a crack. Dozens of Liu Yan soldiers behind the city gate struggled to push the city gate, trying to close the city gate again.
The city gate was small, and the Qin army could not invest too many people at all, and the Liu Yan army on the other side was the same. Therefore, dozens of soldiers from both sides fought against the city gate.
At this moment, Yan Yan suddenly snatched the ring-headed knife from a soldier and cut off the rope on the winch with one knife. The iron gate immediately burst down, and several Qin soldiers who were really easy to pass were instantly smashed to the ground.
"Press up the iron gate and use the lock hook!" a Qin army officer roared.
Dozens of Qin soldiers rushed to the edge of the iron gate with arrows pouring down from the city gate tower, shouted loudly, and lifted them upwards. The iron gate began to rise again inch by inch.
"Come on the oil!" Yan Yan ordered anxiously.
The city gate captain anxiously reported: "Not prepared to boil oil!"
Yan Yan frowned. Then he ran down the city gate with a knife in his ring. Dozens of people followed closely behind Yan Yan. When he arrived in front of the city gate, he saw his soldiers holding the city gate with great strength.
"General,..." An officer looked at Yan Yan with a questioning look on his face.
Yan Yan glanced at the more than a hundred soldiers beside him and ordered: "Open the city gate!" Everyone was shocked and thought they had heard it wrong. Yan Yan frowned when he saw everyone stunned, and shouted angrily: "Why are you still standing there and opening the city gate?" The dozens of soldiers who were holding the city gate turned around and quickly retreated. The city gate was immediately knocked open by dozens of Qin soldiers.
Yan Yan's eyes lit up, and he waved the ring-headed knife in his hand and shouted: "Follow me! Eliminate them!" Yan Yan rushed forward first, and more than a hundred soldiers followed closely.
When dozens of Qin soldiers saw this, they immediately waved their swords to meet them.
The two sides collided violently, and more than a dozen soldiers from both sides splattered blood on the spot at this moment.
The two sides fought bloody battles under the city gate. Yan Yan waved his sword in the ring, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep; everyone was brave enough to strive for the first place under Yan Yan's motivation; although the Qin army was in an extremely unfavorable situation, they were not afraid and fought to the death, and they once defeated Liu Yan's army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, retreated step by step. However, due to Yan Yan's reasons, the situation where the Qin army soldiers sacrificed their lives quickly disappeared without a trace.
The last Qin soldier hugged Yan Yan's arm tightly, and his eyes still showed a fierce look. At this moment, the ring-headed knife in Yan Yan's hand had already penetrated the body of the Qin soldier, and blood was dripping from the blade.
Yan Yan kicked the dead Qin soldier in front of him. He turned his head and looked into the city gate, and suddenly saw that the iron gate had been pushed up by more than a dozen Qin soldiers. "General, the crossbowman is ready!" an officer shouted.
Yan Yan turned around and saw more than a hundred crossbowmen who had already lined up on the street in front of the city gate. Yan Yan flashed to the side and roared angrily: "Show an arrow to me!"
The bowstring sounded, and an arrow flew straight into the city gate like a locust. More than a dozen Qin soldiers facing the iron gate were shot into hedgehogs. Several Qin soldiers fell to the ground immediately, but the other Qin soldiers still held the iron gate tightly, staring at the Liu Yan army soldiers opposite. Looking at this scene, the Liu Yan army soldiers couldn't help but feel a little scared. At this time, more than a hundred Qin soldiers were rushing towards the city gate.
Yan Yan ordered urgently: "Close the city gate immediately!" Then he was the first to rush to the city gate. Dozens of people closed the city gate together and raised the city gate bolt. Almost at the same time, Qin soldiers rushed to the city gate.
Yan Yan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered: "Order the crossbowman to shoot with all his might!" "Yes!" The officer Yingnuo immediately ran up the city gate.
At this time, more than a hundred Qin army soldiers were climbing up the city wall along the hook. More than a dozen Qin soldiers who rushed up the city wall were fighting bloody battles with their enemies dozens of times their own. Arrows on both sides flew in the air, and soldiers on both sides were shot and fell to the ground.
Qin soldiers fighting hard on the city walls were killed one after another. Qin soldiers who struggled to climb the city walls were like moths blowing into fire. At this time, the city gate had been closed, and it was impossible for the Qin army, which lacked siege equipment, to break through the city gate.
Seeing that it was impossible to reach more junctions as planned, the Qin army captain had to issue an order to retreat.
After paying the price of hundreds of casualties, the Qin army returned in vain. The soldiers of Liu Yan's army on the city wall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw the Qin army retreating.
The battle was over, and Yan Yan couldn't help feeling extremely tired, so he rested in the city gate tower. The city gate captain ordered people to have Qingshui and food.
Yan Yan and more than a dozen followers ate voraciously. Yan Yan asked, "Why haven't you seen the Baima Pass guard?"
The city gate captain showed a look of hesitation.
Yan Yan put down the water jug in his hand, frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
The city gate captain dared not hide it and said with his fists: "General Leng is not in Guanzhong!"
"What is he now?"
"In the home of a widow in the neighboring village!"
Yan Yan was furious when he heard this, "It's so ridiculous! Send someone to call him back to me immediately!"
"Yes!" The city gate captain quickly agreed and left hurriedly.
At this moment, a sentry ran in with a look of panic and reported: "General, the Qin army has appeared!"
Yan Yan stood up suddenly, walked out of the city gate tower, leaned against the wall and looked out, and saw tens of thousands of Qin army infantry and cavalry rolling in the clouds. Yan Yan's heart sank and asked an officer beside him, "How many defenders are there in the White Horse Guanzhong?" The officer reported: "There are five thousand people!" Yan Yan was stunned, "Isn't there only three thousand people?" "Two days ago, two thousand new troops came to Guanzhong!"
"Send the order to arrange various siege equipment to me on the city wall, divide the soldiers into four teams, and take turns to the city wall to defend the city!" Yan Yan ordered.
Chapter completed!