Bloody and brutal killings were carried out everywhere on the city walls. There were no shouts or roars. Apart from the banging sound of heavy wooden carts hitting the city gate, the only sound that echoed in the ears was the sharp roar of cold arrows tearing through the sky.
Zhang Shigui held a shield in his left hand to cover his body, constantly changing directions to check the battle situation at the top of the city, issuing orders, occasionally looking down at the slightly trembling city wall, thinking about something in his mind.
The accident happened at this time. He only heard a whooshing sound, and knew that the Turkic soldiers outside the city were raining arrows again. Zhang Shigui, who was standing at the top of the city, retracted behind his shield. Almost at the same time, roars erupted from the walls on both sides.
Zhang Shigui felt excited and risked his head to take a look. He saw seven or eight ropes being thrown up to the top of the city and cleverly and accurately hooked on the battlements. A little further away, there were already barbarians holding long knives and climbing up on the ropes.
Climb to the top of the city.
Zhang Shigui had rich battlefield experience, but after all, he had never dealt with grassland tribes, but he realized in an instant that the Hu people were accustomed to using ropes. Although the height of the fortress could not be compared with Mayi, it could not be climbed with ropes.
However, the height of these wooden carts built by the Xi people was obviously increased, which made it possible to use ropes to climb and siege the city under the cover of arrow rain.
Zhang Shigui was very worried. If other parts of the city wall were breached, there was still the possibility of making amends. However, he was personally guarding the top of the city, and below was the city gate. Once it was breached and the Turks opened the city gate, everything would be over.
In the era of cold weapons, it was difficult for generals to complete micro-management in the blink of an eye. Most of the time, they had to rely on the command ability and even personal ability of the generals at the grassroots level. Zhang Shigui was the only general in Tiance Mansion among the many famous generals.
, this aspect will naturally not be ignored. In fact, the more than 100 personal guards around him have basically dispersed, leaving only more than 20 personal guards around him.
While dispatching soldiers who were on duty to come to help, Zhang Shigui personally drew his sword in his hand and ran wildly without making a sound. He held the shield and pressed it up, knocking over a stout foreigner. The long sword in his hand moved up from bottom to top.
Stab another barbarian in the abdomen.
The remaining twenty or so personal guards followed suit and pounced one by one, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the barbarians who rushed to the top of the city.
Seemingly seeing hope, a large number of Turkic soldiers gathered under the city wall toward the city gate and climbed up to the top of the city using ladders or ropes. Their roars once again echoed on the tragic battlefield.
The long knife hit his neck and he couldn't pull it out for a while. The strong man simply lifted up the fresh corpse that was not completely dead and pushed it forward until it reached the city wall and threw it in the direction of the ladder. There was a loud crash below, seven
Eight barbarians were knocked down by corpses and fell together.
But the next moment, the man fell to the ground as if he had been punched in the face, with a long arrow stuck in his face.
With a muffled groan, the two bodies rolled around on the ground. The Tang sergeant whose hair was torn off casually picked up the long arrow on the man's face and stabbed it down like a dagger. Five or six times in a row, a large amount of blood was drawn.
Secreted out.
The reserves and reinforcements of both sides were concentrated at the head of the small city, making it a meat grinder, but the advantage gradually slipped to the Turks.
"Guo Ziheng!"
"Guo Ziheng!"
Zhang Shigui, whose face was stained with blood, gritted his teeth and stared at Guo Ziheng, who had just cut down his bodyguard. After guarding the city for six days, the Tang army also captured prisoners. He had long known that it was Guo Ziheng who informed the Turks that Handan King Li Shan was trapped in Guji Town.
Guo Ziheng looked ruthless. He had regretted it before, but he had no way out... He had fully experienced the Mayi recruitment last year and the dismantling of the Mayi garrison this year. He knew the methods of the young prince very well.
If I don't kill him, how can I feel at ease?
Zhang Shigui and Guo Ziheng looked at each other at the top of the city, and were immediately separated by chaotic hand-to-hand combat. The former was observing the situation while killing the enemy with a knife, and kept dispatching the few reinforcements as far as possible.
At a critical place, the latter led dozens of personal guards to kill to the west.
Although the establishment of the Guji Town Walled Fort had many suggestions from Li Shan, a time traveler, the general direction remained unchanged. Guo Ziheng knew very well that if he went to the west, there should be a passage up and down the city. As long as
If you can kill them and open the city gate, everything will be over.
Just when he saw the passage, a familiar voice sounded in Guo Ziheng's ears, followed by a sharp roar.
"put!"
The six or seven guards at the front succumbed at the same time. Guo Ziheng was stunned. He knew they were crossbow arrows. At this time, the defenders actually had crossbow arrows?
There are indeed not many left. These are the last dozen or so crossbow arrows left in the hands of Li Shan's personal guards.
Through the crowd, Guo Ziheng could clearly see the familiar figure under the city wall. Li Shanzheng looked up and his cold eyes were staring at the former.
Guo Ziheng swallowed, knowing that he could not hesitate at this time. He grabbed a shield, held a long knife, and rushed down to the city in person. The guards behind him followed. Everyone was old and knew that they could not give the Tang army time to reload their crossbows.
.
In fact, there were no crossbows in the hands of the guards around Li Shan. They dropped the empty Tang crossbows, pulled out their long knives, and raised their spears. However, they did not block the passage immediately, but retreated slightly.
, leaving a small open space.
Liting, Handan, Wei County, Yanmen, Mayi... In the short period of time when Guo Ziheng rushed down, Li Shan thought in his heart that with so many battles, this should be the first time that he had participated in the battle in person.
Li Shan had no fear, instead a trace of excitement emerged deep in his heart, and he shouted sharply, "Guo Ziheng, I will kill you with my own hands!"
Guo Ziheng, who was holding a shield to block possible crossbow arrows, was startled. He looked over and saw Li Shanping, who was wearing a software, holding up his long spear and charging towards him.
The next moment, there was a muffled sound, and the head of the spear hit the shield. Guo Ziheng was shocked. The shield in his hand was actually hit sideways by the spear. Li Shan was famous for his strategy and talent in the world, but unexpectedly there was someone.
Such courage.
Although Li Shan's first blow failed to break the formation, it did open a gap. Wang Junhao on the right rushed in front, dancing wildly with a long knife in his hand. Zhu Ba, who was parallel to him, held a shield to protect Li Shan's left side, allowing Li Shan to go smoothly.
He twisted his waist and exerted force, and swept the long spear in his hand. The pole smashed Guo Ziheng and staggered, and the tip of the spear opened a hole in the neck of an enemy soldier in the rear.
When breaking the formation, the long sword is a sharp weapon, but once in the formation, unless it is a mounted battle or someone with outstanding martial arts skills such as Su Dingfang, the sword is the most useful. Li Shan threw away the long sword and took the one that Zhu Ba had prepared long ago.
With a long knife, he stared at Guo Ziheng, who was rolling and crawling back to escape, and killed him.
He didn't have many moves, and Li Shan had little experience, but with a fierce force, he followed Guo Ziheng and killed through a small formation of dozens of people.
"Guo Ziheng!"
"Guo Ziheng!"
Li Shan had long lost his gentle and elegant appearance, and his roar was filled with resentment. Seeing that Guo Ziheng had fled up the stairs, he threw the long knife in his hand to stop him, and then swooped up and pounced on Guo Ziheng, who was still holding the long knife.
fall.
In terms of battlefield fighting, Li Shan was far inferior to the experienced Guo Ziheng, but in terms of hand-to-hand combat, in terms of fighting to the death...this is how Yu Sheshe died in the hands of Li Shan.
The two of them fell tightly together on the steps. Guo Ziheng tried to raise the knife, but Li Shan bit the other's finger and grabbed Guo Ziheng's hair with one hand and pulled hard.
After realizing that Guo Ziheng led his troops down the city wall, Zhang Shigui gritted his teeth and withstood the frontal impact, and then personally led more than a dozen people to prepare for reinforcements. However, as soon as he reached the entrance of the passage, Zhang Shigui stopped.
The two hugged each other tightly and tumbled down the stairs. Guo Ziheng was pinching Li Shan's neck and exerting force, but the latter seemed to be prepared and spat on him.
Guo Ziheng tried to avoid it, but his hand relaxed. Li Shan hit him with a headbutt. At some point, he took out a dagger with his right hand. He flipped his wrist and the tip of the knife had already penetrated Guo Ziheng's waist and eye.
There was a shrill scream, but as Li Shan's hand holding the dagger stirred hard, Guo Ziheng no longer had any strength to make any sound.
The general was being hunted down, and Guo Ziheng's personal guards were already frightened. Wang Junhao, Zhu Ba and others successfully killed the remaining enemies.
Li Shan, who was still lying on the ground, looked up, and his eyes met with Zhang Shigui's on the top of the city. The former grinned, with white teeth and a happy face.