The morning sun was rising, and the golden sunshine filled the earth. Under the bright blue sky, a black line appeared on the horizon, slowly squirming, and gradually approached Handan City.
"The Shu army is coming!"
On the tower, a scream as sharp as a duck's throat suddenly sounded.
"Wow!!"
As soon as the voice fell, all the soldiers tensed up.
Each soldier stretched his neck, widened his eyes, and looked at the black line in the distance, with a look of fear in his eyes. The soldiers' right hands were pressed on the handles of the swords at their waists, and some soldiers' hands were even trembling slightly.
.Seeing the Shu soldiers getting closer and closer outside the city, the heartbeats of the soldiers guarding the city accelerated even more.
"The Shu army hasn't attacked the city yet, what are you afraid of?"
At this time, a loud shout came from the tower.
The speaker was none other than Xu Huang, the general who guarded Handan. He was carrying a mountain-cutting ax and wearing a helmet. He shuttled among the soldiers and said loudly: "The Shu army is a human being, and so are you; the Shu army is born to parents."
Yes, you are also the children of your parents. The Shu army drinks wine and eats meat, so you can drink wine and eat meat. The Shu army has weapons, and you also have weapons. If they dare to kill them, why can't you kill them back?"
These words made the soldiers fall into deep thought.
At least the atmosphere of fear has been alleviated.
Xu Huang waved his giant ax and continued: "When the Shu army comes to attack the city, we just have to knock them down. Just hold the steel knife in your hand tightly, treat the enemy troops attacking the city as chickens and ducks to be slaughtered, and chop them down with one knife."
, everything is solved.”
After listening to Xu Huang's words, the soldiers' morale gradually gathered.
Zhu Wu followed Xu Huang, watching Xu Huang's ups and downs to boost morale, watching Xu Huang shuttle among the soldiers, cheering them up one by one, his eyes were a little wet. After this battle, will he still be able to survive?
?Zhu Wu knew that Xu Huang had already had the idea of defending and not retreating, that is, living or dying with Handan.
"Boom! Boom!!"
Outside the city tower, the passionate and powerful sound of war drums suddenly sounded.
What followed was a long and high-pitched horn sound.
The sounds of war drums and horns sounded at the same time, making the defenders on the tower nervous again. Many soldiers clenched the handles of their swords and pulled them three inches out, ready to fight. Wang Can rode in front, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and others
Following behind, the army came and approached the wall of Handan City.
Xu Huang yelled: "Wang Can, there is no need to waste words to persuade you to surrender. Come on, I will see what you are capable of."
Wang Can said to Dian Wei: "Tiger, Xu Huang really thinks of him as a person."
Dian Wei shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this is a small city, just take it."
Wang Can nodded and said, "Where is Zhao Yun?"
"The end is here!"
Zhao Yun galloped out on horseback, clasped his fists in front of Wang Can and said.
Wang Can ordered: "Handan City is small, but Xu Huang is also prepared, and it will take a lot of effort. This time, you will command the soldiers to attack Handan City, and let Xu Huang know that even if he is fully prepared, he cannot stop the Shu army.
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"promise!"
Zhao Yun clasped his fists in response and quickly galloped away.
Zhao Yun galloped into the army, waved his hand, and soon sixty catapults were pushed out. Each catapult was placed twenty feet away from the city wall. As the soldiers began to take action, the catapults
It started to work with a creaking sound, and hundreds of kilograms of boulders were carried by the soldiers and placed on the catapult that threw the boulders.
The soldiers in charge of the ejection immediately calibrated it so that each catapult hit a certain location when ejected, thus destroying the city wall in a small area and entering the city.
"put!!"
With an order, more than sixty catapults launched large stones. All the large stones whizzed past in the air, and black shadows fell down, rumbling on the city wall.
Xu Huang saw the boulder coming and immediately shouted: "Get away, get away!"
Even so, several soldiers were hit by large rocks and turned into a puddle of flesh. The sixty catapults did not throw hundreds of kilograms of large rocks randomly. They all hit one location, so the ones hit
There were not many soldiers guarding the city. But because the rocks were bombarded in one place, the towers began to tremble, and the soldiers guarding the city were even more frightened.
Crack! Crack!
Stones were shattered, and holes and cracks were made in the city walls.
Xu Huang rolled his eyes and immediately shouted: "The archers are ready to shoot rockets and burn down the Shu army's catapults." In an instant, the soldiers guarding the city tied their bows and arrows to oilcloth, then quickly lit them and shot them toward the people outside the city.
Shoot the catapult. As long as the catapult ignites a fire, the Shu army soldiers cannot place stones to bombard the city wall.
When Zhao Yun saw the rockets being fired from the tower, a sneer appeared on his lips.
He first ordered the soldiers next to the catapult to resist the rockets, and then shouted: "Archers, prepare!"
I saw rows of archers emerging from behind the catapults. These archers were divided into two rows. The soldiers in the first row squatted on the ground, and the bows and arrows on the bow strings pointed diagonally in the direction of the city wall.
The soldiers in the platoon were holding bows and arrows, aiming directly at the city wall. The soldiers behind were ready and ready to take action at any time.
"Fire arrows!!"
Zhao Yun roared, and dense bows and arrows were shot from outside the city.
The archers of the Shu army were densely packed, with tens of thousands of bows and arrows shooting out. After such bows and arrows were shot out, they covered the sky in the sky and blocked the golden sunlight.
The rockets fired from the city tower were suppressed by the bows and arrows of the Shu army soldiers, and the soldiers put up their shields to resist.
Xu Huang frowned and looked solemn.
So far, Wang Can has not sent a single soldier to attack the city. He has completely relied on the weapons of the Shu army to attack Handan City. Under the double suppression of slings and bows and arrows, the soldiers defending the city can do very little. Because of the dense bows and arrows
When the shot came, the soldiers guarding the city had to use shields to block it, so it was difficult to affect the catapults, and the city wall was still being bombarded by the catapults.
The Shu army did not attack the city, and the wood, boulders, and even the boiled oil and water on the tower that Xu Huang prepared had lost their value and were reduced to decorations placed on the tower.
"General, it's not good, the wall at the left corner of the tower is about to collapse."
Zhu Wu hurried to Xu Huang's side, looking anxious.
"boom!!"
There was a loud noise from the left corner of the tower. Xu Huang turned around and found that part of the left corner of the tower had collapsed, leaving a big hole. Handan's city wall was considered strong, but it could not withstand successive bombings. A series of
After the impact, the left corner of the tower was already crumbling.
Xu Huang made a prompt decision and ordered: "Organize soldiers to go down to the city tower, and then guard the collapsed area to prevent the Shu army from entering the city. You must hold on."
Zhu Wu clasped his fists and said: "General, don't worry, I will leave right away."
Zhu Wu got the order, quickly summoned a battalion of soldiers to go down to the city tower, and then guarded the inside of the collapsed city wall. Xu Huang looked at Zhu Wu's leaving figure, and then looked at the motionless Shu army outside the city, feeling extremely heavy. More than ten
When thousands of Shu troops came to attack him, he knew that he could not resist them, but he had surrendered his country and could only defend Handan.
"Boom!"
From the left corner of the city wall, loud noises were heard one after another.
In less than an hour, a huge gap was exposed in the city wall. Such a gap was enough for the Shu army to launch an attack. Zhao Yun looked at the collapsed city wall with a smile on his face.