Jiang Wei had seen it before when he was lying on the city wall watching, and to the north of the White Tiger Gate was the Weiyang Palace.
This means that on Jiang Wei's left and Yang Ke's right is the palace complex. If you climb over the palace wall, you can jump to Weiyang Palace.
The Weiyang Palace is huge, and the continuous palace complex has not been repaired for some years, and the warehouses are almost dry. The place where the Wei army is currently stationed to defend against the attack of the Han army in the south is in this palace.
So when Jiang Wei and others jumped down from the palace wall, they saw that the palace complex in the distance was surrounded by tents, ordnance, supplies, and warehouses, where the Wei army stored supplies.
Seeing this scene, the team leader who followed couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and said: "If you bring kerosene and burn this place with a fire, wouldn't it be a great achievement?"
Jiang Wei rolled his eyes at him and said, "Are you sure it's a great achievement?"
"Isn't it?"
"If you really burn down Weiyang Palace, believe it or not, the Grand Governor will behead you."
"ah?"
The team leader was dumbfounded and said: "Why?"
Jiang Wei pointed to the palace over there and said: "Your Majesty wants to restore the Han Dynasty and return the old capital. You burn the old capital and see if the governor can kill you."
The squad leader immediately shrank his neck and said with a naive smile: "The military prince is still wise."
"Let's go, don't waste time."
Jiang Wei waved his hand.
Now there is no one left in Cao's camp. Their manpower is already stretched thin, and almost all of them are sent to guard the 26-kilometer-long city wall.
God knows how a mere 50,000 Wei troops could defend such a large area.
But Cao Pi had no choice.
Liu Bei's main force is attacking Henan. He can no longer send so many people to Huainan. It would be good to have 100,000 people in Guanzhong.
And naturally it is impossible for all of these 100,000 people to shrink into Chang'an City.
If Lantian Valley is not defended, Nanyang will be connected to Guanzhong through Wuguan, and Liu Bei will be able to take a defensive position in Henan. If the main force takes Guanzhong directly from Nanyang, Chang'an will be even more difficult.
There are also rear grain roads and relief channels that must be defended. The large hinterland of Henan also requires a large number of manpower to set up defense lines.
Therefore, there are currently only 50,000 people in Chang'an City, which is almost the limit of the Wei army.
Shen Chen's large-scale attack on Chang'an put great pressure on Zhong Yao. Even the city walls could not defend him, let alone the soldiers left in the fortresses inside the city.
Therefore, Jiang Wei almost seemed to be in an uninhabited land, swaggering through the Wuyang Palace, passing through the Cangchi among a pile of military camp tents and ordnance supplies, and hurried towards the south palace wall.
Three hundred soldiers carried more than ten ladders and ran at full speed. In a short time, they had reached the south wall.
Jiang Wei did not immediately order to use a ladder to climb over the south wall, because the ladder they brought was eight or nine meters long and was used to climb the Chang'an City. If a ladder was used to climb the three-meter-high palace wall, it would be easy for someone to climb it.
Discover.
So he first asked someone to build a human ladder with his hands, and then he stepped forward to observe the situation outside.
After a while, half a head emerged from the south wall. Jiang Wei saw Yang Ke's rear army about a hundred steps away to his right, and he himself was among them, commanding the soldiers in front to attack Baihu Gate fiercely.
The direction of the White Tiger Gate was two hundred steps diagonally opposite to his right hand. It was not that the palace wall was far away from the gate, but that his position was far away from that side. If he went a little west, he would be closer to that side. It was just that he was
The chance of discovery will also be greater.
At this time, Yang Ke had no idea that someone was peeping at him more than a hundred steps away from his diagonal rear. The battlefield was heating up. Huo Yang in the rear was fighting hundreds of Wei troops coming from the direction of Taichang Street. Wu Dang was also fighting with them.
The enemies on the south wall are entangled, and Baihu Gate is in danger.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Wei said without hesitation: "Go!"
"superior!"
The team leaders below immediately issued orders.
At that moment, more than a dozen ladders were set up one after another. The soldiers climbed up the ladders, then grabbed the edge of the palace wall with their hands, hung themselves on the edge of the palace wall, and jumped off the wall.
Since they were far away from the battlefield and the Wei army's attention was in the direction of Baihumen, no one noticed them at all.
Jiang Wei was the first to jump down, crouching quietly on the ground, firmly grasping the steel knife in his hand, and slowly moved forward towards the battlefield.
Within a short time, about three hundred Han soldiers jumped off the palace wall.
They have no formation.
Because the movement caused by the formation of the charge was too great.
So Jiang Wei signaled everyone to do their best, and then sneaked over quietly.
"Left and right wings, go to two more teams, go up!"
Yang Ke was riding on his horse, looking at the battlefield situation in the distance. He saw the enemy's left and right wings slowly shrinking, and knew that they were about to be defeated, so he decided to put in more effort.
The terrain at the entrance is relatively wide, which is more advantageous for the Wei army with more people, so it is obviously a good idea to besiege.
At this time, Shan Yi was also covered in blood.
His martial arts is not weak. He had a lot of brute force in his early years. Later, he learned martial arts from Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning and others. His martial arts is very powerful, not much worse than Gan Ning at his peak.
But as the saying goes, a good tiger cannot withstand many wolves, and a good man cannot defeat four hands. Not everyone can rush into the battle and kill more than a hundred people like Xiang Yu and come back. Therefore, Shan Yi struggled to hold on in the face of enemies several times his own.
, more than twenty people have fallen under his hands, but he was also seriously injured.
The situation on Wu Tao's side was not much better. In addition to the two thousand Wei troops on the front, a large number of Wei troops also came from Taichang Street and the southern wall above Zhangcheng Gate. Nearly five thousand people filled the entire passage. The Han army was obviously
Already at a disadvantage.
Jiang Wei led dozens of Han troops to move forward slowly along the palace wall, almost pressing against the enemy's back. This place was only a few dozen steps away from Yang Ke's position. Once any Wei army came back,
If they were discovered over the head, hundreds of Wei troops would immediately turn their spearheads and attack them.
He looked at the enemy with bated breath, and saw two groups of Wei troops carrying weapons on the right side of the queue, outflanking the Han army on the left. The Han army's defense there was getting weaker and weaker, and it seemed that they were trying harder.
, the left wing of the Han army will be defeated, and they will win.
However, after the two groups passed by, Yang Ke was completely exposed. Before, Yang Ke was in the middle of the rear army formation, and there were people all over the front, back, left and right. But now he sent all the soldiers leading the formation up, and there were only two or three people in front of him.
Hundreds of Wei troops still lined up.
Jiang Wei glanced around and immediately aimed at the only general on horseback wearing an iron armor and leather helmet that he had seen before.
It’s him!
Less than ten steps away, Jiang Wei straightened his back and rushed out with his sword drawn.
Before he could stand upright, he had already swung the steel knife in his hand, making a large circle from his side to the top of his head. He raised it high, then jumped up, and the ring-headed knife flew over the officer's head with a whining sound.
…
"call out!"
The sound of the steel knife whizzing through the air was barely heard by anyone on the bustling battlefield.
Yang Ke was still shouting loudly for the soldiers to continue attacking, but he didn't realize that there was someone behind him.
Just after taking this breath, he suddenly felt a pain in his neck, and then he lost consciousness, his eyes were wide open, and he seemed to be flying into the air.
When I watched it again, the last scene that came to mind in Yang Ke's life was a large portion of his body still riding on a horse!
His head was chopped off, and the blood from his neck spattered out instantly, staining Jiang Wei's face.
"kill!"
This knife seemed to be a signal.
The three hundred Han troops behind him roared and attacked the Wei army's rear formation.
In an instant, the Wei army was caught off guard and was disrupted by the Han army, causing the formation to collapse instantly.
The formation of the rear army quickly affected the front army, and the Wei army became extremely chaotic. It was so messy that no one knew how many Han troops were coming. They could only hear the shouts of killing from behind and behind, and the shadows of swords and guns on the left and right.
.
"No, the general is dead."
"The general was killed."
"Run quickly."
I don't know who screamed in despair, and the Wei army immediately exploded.
Wu Tao, Shan Yi and other Han troops in front suddenly noticed the chaos behind the Wei army in the distance. They immediately became energetic and shouted for the soldiers to charge, taking the opportunity to attack from both front and rear.
Jiang Wei, who was behind, led his soldiers with extraordinary bravery, shouting and responding, attacking in front and behind, and immediately cut the Wei army into several sections, without the head and tail looking at each other.
Suddenly, there were shouts of killing, scoldings, greetings, screams, and the sound of iron weapons clashing from all directions along the 200-step long road. Wei troops wearing brown leather armor fell everywhere along the road, turning their skins upside down.
The hat rolled around on the ground...
Shan Yi charged the most fiercely, regardless of his injuries, and cooperated with several teammates to reach the formation. Jiang Wei was also covered in blood, the blood of the enemy. His body was flexible and he slashed the steel knife in his hand.
, one knife can take away a life, and the killing efficiency is very fast. In an instant, there are seven or eight lives in hand.
The two Han armies quickly penetrated the Wei army. After Jiang Wei and Shan Yi met in the middle formation, he shouted to Shan Yi: "Brother Yide, you are on my left and I am on my right."
"good."
Shan Yi responded, and then from a vertical word, the two of them carved out a cross horizontally.
The Wei army fought and retreated, with several small officers shouting and trying to regroup. However, Yang Ke's death and the chaos caused by the surprise attack on the rear formation made it difficult for the Wei army to restore the situation in the first place.
Under such circumstances, some Wei troops wanted to attack the enemies behind them first, some were struggling with the enemies in front, and some even simply turned around and ran away.
Everyone's thoughts suddenly changed from the unanimous attack when they gathered in formation before.
This is what a general fears most.
The reason why the army is strong is that many people unite together and twist their strength into a rope.
The battle between the two sides is like two ropes entangled together and wrestling with each other. If the fibers that make up the rope begin to break first, then whoever is likely to be the first rope to be broken.
Therefore, sometimes when two armies confront each other, it often depends on who can't hold on first. For example, the Battle of Changping is the best example. If Zhao can't hold on, he will lose the war.
This is the current situation.
The Wei army was suddenly attacked from behind, and its generals were beheaded. Without anyone to direct them, there was no one to retie the broken rope. Naturally, they were defeated like a mountain.
Soon, two thousand Wei soldiers fled to death, leaving only a large number of corpses and uncollected weapons and equipment on the ground.
"The injured should take a rest, and the uninjured should follow me!"
After Wu Tao defeated the Wei army over there, he did not stay any longer, but immediately took the remaining people to support Wu Dang, Huoyang and others.
Shan Yi was covered in wounds. He had killed the most people and naturally consumed the most physical energy. So he sat down on the ground and watched Jiang Weiti move towards the Baihu Gate with his sword. He also wanted to rush to the rescue of several senior brothers, so he said as he passed by
He finished with the sentence: "Well done, Boyo."
Jiang Wei glanced at Shan Yi and said, "Thank you, senior brother. I'm going over there to help senior brother Wu and senior brother Huo. Senior brother Shan, you have a good rest first. Master's army will come soon. We have captured Chang'an!"
"good."
Shan Yi grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth.
At this time, the situation on Wudang Huoyang's side was not optimistic, because more and more Wei troops were supporting them.
The most terrifying thing is that a large number of cavalry have appeared on the southern city wall.
Apparently, the raid by Ma Dai, Li Yue and others outside the East City had been repulsed by Cao Wei's cavalry, and now they hurried to the west wall to rescue them.
Wu Tao and Jiang Wei immediately joined the battlefield with the remaining people who could still move. They first helped Huo Yang defeat more than a thousand people who came from Taichang Street in the south. Then they shouted and went up to the city wall, asking the soldiers to prepare their crossbows and fight with them.
Cao Wei's cavalry fought to the death.
However, it is obvious that this battle is not an evenly matched duel. There are still hundreds or even thousands of Cao Wei infantry coming below, and there are even thousands of Cao Wei cavalry on the city wall.
After a bloody battle, only 2,500 or 600 of them were left out of 3,000, and at least several hundred of them were injured. It would be dangerous if they continued to hold on.
But even though they knew the odds were against them, Wu Tao and others had to grit their teeth and persevere.
They shouted and ordered the Han soldiers who had gone through a round of fighting to quickly form a formation on the city wall that was a hundred paces wide. In front were the shield bearers, then they were covering the crossbowmen, and behind were the spearmen and halberdiers.
Everyone was dressed in rough clothes and covered with sweat. They looked at Cao Wei's cavalry rushing from the city wall with serious attention, waiting for them to rush towards them.
Soon Cao's army was getting closer and closer, and the general at the front shouted: "Kill them all and be sure to take back the city gate."
"Kill!"
The cavalrymen of Cao's army burst out in shocking shouts.
"Prepare!"
Wu Tao shouted with almost all his strength: "Fire the arrow!"
The words just fell.
"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
An earth-shattering sound came from far away, like a rolling torrent of steel, sweeping towards Zhangcheng Gate.
The rain of arrows from the sky happened to be swaying out at this time, and Cao Jun's cavalry in front fell in large pieces.
Immediately after the rain of arrows hit Cao Jun's offensive, countless black shadows poured into the city outside Zhangcheng Gate below.
The cavalry general at the front glanced around, took a look at the situation, pointed to the stairs of the city wall next to him and said: "Up!"
Then he reined in his horse, turned around, and let the horse mount the city wall.
Then came the second and third ones. Countless war horses crowded up and climbed up the stairs. If the stairs weren't relatively gentle, they might all be crushed down.
"Stop shooting!"
Wu Tao, Wu Dang, Huo Yang, Deng Ai and other commanders immediately shouted.
Because they saw the cavalrymen coming up from the stairs below, all wearing orange-red Han army uniforms, and holding a flag in their hands with a big word "深" written on it.
Master Shijun's reinforcements have finally arrived.