This was the most brutal battle since the siege of Liangzhou. The ice wall remained standing, but thousands of corpses were lying under the wall. Farther away, rubble, bricks and human body fragments were everywhere, with blood-red, snow-white and blue-gray masonry mixed in.
They can no longer be distinguished together.
No one has counted how many people died. In short, no one has ever seen so many corpses. Such a fierce and fearless attack. The Turks regarded death as if they were home, and marched forward with great joy. Deaths came one after another. Human lives were worse than ants. According to this
If you continue to fight like this, the ice wall, which is not very strong in the first place, will definitely not be able to support it for long. The ice wall was built in a hurry, using gravel and hay as filler, and pouring hot water on it, and it will be instantly destroyed.
It turns into solid ice, and the construction speed is very fast, but the disadvantage is that it cannot withstand strong impacts and fires. This wall is originally a temporary measure, and Yuan Feng understands it very well.
After the ice wall collapsed, there was only street fighting. When Timur ordered an all-out attack, Yuan Feng had already assembled his troops and stood behind the wall waiting. According to his estimate, the Turks would return to the artillery.
Move, use stone bullets to knock down the ice wall, and then continue the infantry assault. Street fighting is the most brutal and the last stage of defensive warfare. When it comes to street fighting, you are not far from destroying the city.
The sun was setting, it was getting late, and the soldiers on the ice wall were still throwing thunderbolts and shooting crossbow arrows, but Yuan Feng knew that this could only stop the Turks for a while at most. As an excellent general, he would never
Will give up this rare opportunity and give the opponent the final blow.
Sure enough, as the cannon moved forward, countless stone bullets flew over, hitting the ice wall with a roar, and many clay pots filled with kerosene were thrown over, igniting a raging fire under the city, devouring the city.
The city wall made of ice. The ice wall was not made of stone after all. It slowly collapsed under the high-density blows and baking fire. However, the soldiers on the wall did not evade, and still shot arrows to kill scattered enemy troops until
All sacrifice.
The ice wall fell, and Liangzhou's last barrier was gone. The gap was so large that the firepower of the castles on both sides could not fully cover it. As long as they climbed over these two piles of hill-like ruins, the Turks could march straight in and occupy Liangzhou City.
Kill all the men and loot gold, silver, food, and women.
The army waited quietly for the moment when the enemy attacked. No one spoke or flinched. Yuan Feng stood at the front and listened carefully to the movement in the distance. The returning artillery stopped bombarding. The world temporarily regained peace. Suddenly there was a burst of
The shouts rang out, and the sound was like rolling thunder, and like a tsunami and the sky collapsing. The earth trembled. Yuan Feng knew that it was the sound of countless people running. He knew that the time for the decisive battle had come, so he pulled out his long sword and shouted with all his strength.
He said: "Liangzhou man! Follow me!" After saying that, he rushed towards the ruins first, followed closely by three thousand spearmen.
When I climbed up to the ruins, I saw a mass of people in the distance. The setting sun was like blood. The Turks' scimitars and spears reflected the blood-red light. The two armies collided like iron currents, and they started a desperate hand-to-hand battle on the ruins.
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Most Turkic people are nomadic people. There is a clear physical difference between those who grew up eating meat and those who grew up eating grain. The thick and thick Mongolian men with axles and the Uighurs with big shoulders and round waists have an innate advantage. Compared with the Liangzhou people,
The Han people in the Central Plains are already tall, but they are still thin compared to the Turks, so they are inevitably at a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat.
The strong Turkic soldiers are wearing chainmail, with a scimitar in one hand and a shield in the other, or holding striking weapons such as maces and maces. Their combat effectiveness is quite strong, and they will look like nothing after being stabbed a few times. The Liangzhou army is worse.
He had killed a lot of enemies, and often lost his combat effectiveness after being struck by a sword. Yuan Feng rushed left and right with his long sword flying, slashing at the enemy's neck, killing them. When he looked back, there was no one left behind him, and there were all Turkic soldiers in front, back, left and right.
The other party obviously recognized him as a general of the Liangzhou Army, and sent out a dozen soldiers with hooks and sickles to deal with him. An ordinary general would not have been able to hold on for long, but Yuan Feng had learned the true story of an expert since he was a child, and later accepted it.
After being instructed by the great swordsman, his martial arts skills were far beyond what anyone could compare with. The long sword in his hand had cut holes everywhere. He simply grabbed a hook and sickle gun and swept it across the area. Blood and flesh were flying everywhere from the tip of the gun, but the enemy was too powerful.
If there are too many, they will surround him and they will not be able to kill them all no matter how hard they try.
He didn't know how many enemy soldiers he had killed. Yuan Feng just felt like he was fished out of a sea of blood. His body was covered in blood. There were enemies and there were his own. His hands were too slippery to hold the barrel of the gun. He
He felt a little tired. After all, he was not made of iron. He regretted that he should not have gone to the front line in person. It was not that he was afraid of death. It was just that after death, there would be no one to dispatch and command. Liangzhou would fall faster.
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There was no Liangzhou soldier visible around, and the battle line had already advanced into the city. Hundreds of Turkic soldiers densely surrounded Yuan Feng, forming a wall with shields. A spear stretched out from behind the shield. One person shouted in Chinese:
"That man, surrender."
Yuan Feng threw away his spear, sat on the corpse of a Turkic soldier, took out a tin wine flask from his arms and took a sip. He was really tired. He had not slept well since the siege. The battle was fierce.
After that, he worked even more day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep. For a young man under the age of nineteen, he had too many things on his shoulders, too heavy. The fierce battle just now exhausted his last energy, and he was no longer able to carry on
Fighting.
The general will inevitably die before the battle. One person cannot change the general situation. Liangzhou will probably be destroyed tonight. At this moment, Yuan Feng is in an extremely calm mood. Liangzhou can hold on to this day and hold off the Turkic army for two months.
He has died without regrets.
Seeing that he didn't answer, a dozen long bows stretched out from behind the shield, and the three-edged arrowheads were aimed at Yuan Feng. They were waiting for an order to pierce the Han general into a hornet's nest. At this moment, there was a sound of piercing the air, and dozens of arrows were fired.
A javelin flew in, and a gap was opened in the dense encirclement in an instant.
The Roman battalion arrived in time. The javelin they used was an extremely lethal weapon. The heavy javelin could penetrate even armor and shields. It could even penetrate a thick Turkic man to the core in one go. Hundreds of people threw heavy javelins together.
The javelin is far more powerful than the crossbow.
After a round of javelins was thrown, the strongest Roman battalion in the Liangzhou army rushed forward. Behind the heavy copper shield was a sharp steel sword, and the fully enclosed helmet was topped with red horse hair. Everyone wore a
Wearing red cloaks hanging down to their heels, their appearance and demeanor were completely different from those of the ordinary Liangzhou Army. Their fighting style was also unique. They fought steadily and paid attention to mutual cooperation. As soon as they appeared, they immediately suppressed the arrogance of the Turks.
Seeing the reinforcements arriving, Yuan Feng perked up, picked up a long knife from the ground and went to kill him again. Unexpectedly, an arrow flew towards him and hit him in the heart. His vision went dark and he fell down.
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It was already midnight when Yuan Feng woke up. When he opened his eyes, he saw Yulia, who was crying in tears, and several Liangzhou Army soldiers sitting next to him. He felt relieved. Fortunately, he was not captured.
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"How's the battle going?" Yuan Feng asked.
"Don't worry about recovering from your injuries. My brother and the others are guarding the front. The Turks have retreated." Yulia replied.
"It's impossible. How could the Turks give up such a good opportunity? Liangzhou can be conquered as long as they work harder." Yuan Feng was puzzled. The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and he sat up suddenly.
He said: "No, I have to go and have a look." But it affected the wound and the pain made him grin.
"Fortunately, you are lined with leather armor, otherwise this arrow will kill you." Yulia took a feather arrow and showed it to Yuan Feng. The iron head of the arrow had been bent, and it was strong enough.
As you can imagine, Yuan Feng's chain armor was penetrated, and there was also a crack in the leather armor. This layer of leather armor was still made at Shibali Fort, and the materials used were quite sufficient. Yuan Feng missed the old days.
I've been wearing it, but I didn't expect it to save a life today.
The door was pushed open, and Zhou Ze'an walked in with a gust of cold wind. Seeing Yuan Feng wake up, he looked happy and rushed over: "Commander, you finally woke up."
Yuan Feng said: "How is the war going? Why did the Turks suddenly retreat? There must be something fishy in this."
Zhou Ze'an smiled and said: "Actually, it's nothing. They want to fight at night, but their eyesight is not good."
Seeing Yuan Bao's expression of confusion, Zhou Ze'an explained: "At night, the Turks can't see clearly. They are like blind men. How can they fight with us?"
"Really?" Yuan Feng suddenly became excited. Although it was unclear why the Turkic people suddenly suffered from night blindness collectively, there was no doubt that this gave Liangzhou a rare chance to breathe.
"Yes, I have already asked the prisoners, and it is indeed the case. The commander-in-chief needs to recover from his injuries, so don't rush into battle. General Zhao is guarding the front. I have also urged the civilians to repair the city wall. By tomorrow morning, there will be another ice wall.
"The Turks bombard me during the day, and we will repair it at night. Let's see whether they bombard it faster or we can repair it faster." Zhou Ze'an said with confidence that he is not good at fighting in battle. He is indeed a good hand in logistics construction. To be fair, without Zhou Ze'an's help
, Liangzhou really can’t hold on for so long.
A burst of fragrant aroma hit her nose, and Yulia came over with a bowl of meat and said, "Eat something, look at how thin you have become."
Yuan Feng took the bowl and looked at it, wondering: "Where did the fresh meat come from?"
Nowadays, the food shortage in the city has reached its limit. All livestock and poultry have been slaughtered and made into bacon. The wild dogs roaming the streets have not been spared. Even the army horses have been slaughtered in large numbers, and the intestines, heart, liver, lungs, etc. have also been killed.
It was collected carefully and nothing was wasted.
The food is almost gone. Now the soldiers are eating the old feed grains, oats, alfalfa, carrots, bean cakes, etc., along with bone soup and bacon. Where can I find fresh meat?