When the Long army saw so many Han troops nearby, their first reaction was to turn around and run back.
But when they turned around, they suddenly discovered that a large number of Han troops appeared at the top of the city, with lamps, torches, and pitch pine, lighting up and down the city as bright as day.
The Han army on the top of the city was headed by a general, Ji Zun. He held a long sword and shouted in a loud voice: "Ji Zun is here, the secondary road is blocked!"
No matter how stupid or stupid the Long Army soldiers were, they realized now that they had fallen into the Han Army's ambush.
But they couldn't understand that the Han guards they killed just now were real people with flesh and blood, not just scarecrows.
In order to lure them into taking the bait, the Han army actually pushed out so many soldiers to die? This is contrary to common sense.
The officers and men in the army are all brothers. Even the most senior generals cannot randomly send some soldiers to serve as bait and die. No matter who dares to do this, their prestige will be greatly damaged.
Among the Long army, the leading general made a decisive decision and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to attack the city wall and withdraw from Lueyang!"
There was no need to think about the city gate. There were so many stones blocking the city gate that it would be impossible to open the city gate in a short time. Their only way out was to go back the way they came.
Under the command of this general, the Long army reacted quickly. The rear team immediately moved to the front team, intending to rush up the city wall along the steps.
The Han army responded quickly. A row of Han soldiers stood at the top of the steps. Each person held a heavy shield as high as half a man in their hands, forming a shield wall and blocking the entrance to the steps.
seam.
At the same time, the Han troops on the top of the city, even on the rooftops, and on the streets either fired bows and arrows or fired crossbow arrows.
The officers and soldiers of the Long Army did not carry shields. Now they were trapped under the city wall, which was equivalent to being completely exposed to the arrows of the Han army.
The soldiers of the Long Army on the periphery screamed and were knocked to the ground one after another. Some of them had several arrows stuck in their bodies, and some had dozens or even dozens of arrows stuck in their bodies. They were shot like
Like a hedgehog.
Of course, the officers and soldiers of the Long Army would not sit still and wait for death. People raised their crossbows and continuously fired crossbow arrows at the surrounding Han troops.
However, the Han army was well prepared. The Han troops on the outside were holding down their positions with heavy shields. Even the Han troops behind the heavy shields all held shields.
The shields of the Han army were all improvised, and they were not very strong. Most of them were made of thin wooden boards. If such a shield was faced with a big yellow crossbow, it would be just a decoration. The big yellow crossbow would shoot an arrow.
You can shoot it through.
But the officers and soldiers of the Long Army did not use big yellow crossbows, but repeated crossbows.
The crossbow box of the serial crossbow is equipped with ten crossbow arrows, and it can shoot all ten crossbow arrows in one go. However, it also has a shortcoming, that is, it is not strong enough, and its power is far less powerful than the big yellow crossbow.
The crossbow arrows of the Liannu were unable to penetrate the wooden plank, and could only be nailed to it.
The arrows from both sides continued to fire. The Han army's arrows were really nailed into the crowd of the Long army. However, most of the Long army's arrows were blocked by the Han army's shields. The arrows from both sides were shooting at each other. There was no fairness.
Word.
Seeing this, the Long Army generals realized that their situation was becoming more and more passive. If they could not break through the Han army's encirclement, they might all be shot to death by the Han army's arrow array.
The Long Army general shouted loudly: "Charge to the city wall! Brothers, follow me to the city wall!"
Under his order, the soldiers of the Long Army began to charge towards the city wall with all their strength. People rushed upward along the steps, and arrows flying from all around shot down the soldiers on the steps from time to time.
At the critical moment of life and death, the Long Army could not care so much. The people relied entirely on their flesh and blood to trap the arrow array and rush forward. When they reached the entrance of the steps, they were faced with a heavy shield array.
The soldiers of the Long Army finally rushed to the front of the shield formation, but before they had time to push forward, dozens of spears and halberds were thrust out from behind the shield formation. In an instant, a series of puffs, puffs, and puffs were heard.
sound.
Spears and halberds penetrated the Long Army's body, and the spearheads and halberd tips poked out from behind people's backs. Sha! The spears and halberds that were thrust out were retracted together, and they were hidden behind the shield formation. Take a quick look, and the shields
The formation was still a shield formation, and there seemed to be no threat. However, the Long Army soldiers standing in front of the shield formation knelt down and fell down. Their bodies were all covered with large and small blood holes.
The first row of Long soldiers fell, and then the second row came up. It was the same as before. As soon as they arrived in front of the shield formation, countless spears and halberds pierced through the gaps between the shield formations and penetrated the people again.
With his body, another row of Long Army soldiers fell to the ground.
The fallen soldier had not yet completely breathed his last. He lay on the ground, holding up his sword with one hand and slashing forward. The blade looked feebly at the surface of the heavy shield, making a clanking sound. Soon, the shield formation was formed.
Another spear came out from behind and completely eliminated the Long Jun who was still struggling to his death.
The second row fell, and the third row came up again. After this row was stabbed down, there were still the fourth row, the fifth row...
A large number of Long Army soldiers rushed forward like moths to a flame, and then, cold spears and halberds penetrated their bodies.
The bodies of the Long Army soldiers who fell in front of the heavy shields were piled on top of each other, and the blood gathered into a river and flowed down the steps. In the end, the corpses of the Long Army soldiers formed a hill in front of the heavy shields, and the Long Army soldiers on the steps had already rushed forward.
No more going up.
But these Long troops trapped on the steps became the most obvious targets.
Arrows continued to fly from all around, and people stood on the steps with nowhere to hide or escape. The soldiers who were hit by arrows were not one after another, but one after another.
It didn't take more than a quarter of an hour. The ground could no longer be seen on the steps of the city wall. There were piles of corpses of the Long Army, one layer on top of another.
At this time, both the Long Army and the Han Army were already red-eyed. However, the Han Army was red-eyed because of the killing, while the Long Army was struggling to death and was red-eyed. The generals of the Long Army saw that they could not rush to the city wall.
They can only be forced to seek change.
He shouted loudly: "Charge into the city!" At this time, he was still imagining that he would break through the encirclement of the Han army, rush into the city, and hide. After all, Lueyang City was not small. They spread out to avoid the pursuit of the Han army.
, there is still a glimmer of hope.
But he had a good idea, but how could it be so easy in reality?
The Han troops on the street all had heavy shields in the front row. The Long Army's repeated crossbows did not pose any threat to the heavy shields. People rushed up bravely, and they were still greeted by halberds and spears.
At the same time, arrows rained down from the rooftops on both sides of the street. Many Long soldiers did not even get close to the shield array. They were far away and were shot to the ground by arrows flying from above their heads.
When they stormed the city wall, the Long army lost no less than a thousand people. Now when they attacked the Han army on the street, the Long army died even faster. In less than half a quarter of an hour, there were as many as six or seven hundred casualties. The remaining Long army
There are only about 500 troops in the army.
The remaining 500 Long troops could neither charge to the top of the city nor break through the Han defense lines on the streets. The people were forced to retreat continuously, and in the end, almost all of them shrank inside and outside the city gate.
The Han army's phalanx advanced towards them step by step in a fan shape. The outer circle was full of heavy shields, and the Han soldiers inside all held a shield in one hand and a spear or halberd in the other.
Facing the advancing Han army formation, the remaining 500 Long troops felt a strong sense of despair. It could be said that from the beginning of the battle, they had no chance of winning.
The Long Army general was still making his final struggle. He stood in the city gate, holding a huge stone with both hands, and shouted loudly: "Move the stone! Let's work together to move the stone!"
It was too late! The Han army did not give them time to move away the stone. As Yao Qi gave the order, the Han army advanced faster and continued to approach the remaining Long army. Soon, the two sides came into contact.
The Han soldiers in the front row held heavy shields and squeezed forward desperately. The Han soldiers in the back row held their halberds and spears tightly, and thrust their sharp points outwards along the gap between the heavy shields.
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The Long Army crowd, which was squeezed into a ball, screamed one after another, and blood arrows were sprayed out from the outside of the crowd. Each Long Army soldier let out a death cry and collapsed to the ground.
At this time, every time the Han army advanced, it was paved with the corpses of Long soldiers. This elite Long army, which could shoot crossbows from all over its body, was now useless. The battle was so cruel that it was unbearable to watch.
A quarter of an hour later, all the Long troops outside the city gate cave had been killed by the Han army. The only surviving Long troops were the twenty or thirty people hiding in the city gate cave, including the leader.
general.
"If you surrender now, you may still have a way to survive. If you are stubborn and want to fight to the end, none of you will survive!" Yao Qi walked out of the crowd with a spear in hand and stood behind two heavy shields.
"Ah——" the Long army general in the city gate roared, raised his repeating crossbow, and fired arrows at Yao Qi continuously. Yao Qi first used his spear to deflect a crossbow arrow, and then he squatted down behind his shield.
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Ding, ding, ding——
The crossbow arrows continuously hit the heavy shield, and clusters of sparks shot out from the surface of the shield. However, after all the crossbow arrows were fired, there were only a few more small white dots on the surface of the heavy shield.
A row of Han archers stood up from behind the shield array and fired arrows in unison. Puff, puff, puff! The arrows flew into the city gate, and five or six Long soldiers who were wielding their swords to block the arrows were killed.
He was shot into a hedgehog and fell into a pool of blood.
After the archers in this row finished shooting the arrows, they immediately squatted down. The archers in the other row stood up and continued to shoot arrows. Then the archers in the third row stood up and fired arrows again.
After these rounds of arrows, there was no Long Jun standing in the city gate. Even the Long Jun general was hit by several arrows and sat helplessly on the ground, leaning on a huge stone on his back.
Breathing heavily.
Several Han soldiers came out from behind the shield array, holding spears in both hands. After entering the city gate, they saw the Long soldiers who were still alive and immediately went up to stab them with spears.
Finally, people walked to the innermost part of the city gate hole and used their spears to hold down the Long Army general who was still alive.
The latter raised his head with difficulty and looked at the sharp hair tips in front of him. He curled up the corners of his mouth and continued to raise his gaze to the back of the crowd.
I saw Yao Qi and a young man in civilian clothes walking out of the shield formation and walking towards him.
The Long Army general raised an arm tremblingly, with a ring on his finger, but before he could pull the ring, a spear had already pierced his arm.
His raised arm fell down feebly, snap, the sound of a crossbow machine was heard from his wrist, and a small crossbow arrow was nailed deeply into the ground.
There was also a gurgling sound in his throat, and his eyes were so red that they were about to bleed.
It was Liu Xiu who walked over with Yao Qi. On the other side of Liu Xiu was a muscular black panther.
The general opened his bloodshot eyes, looked at Liu Xiu, and squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "You are Liu Xiu!"
As soon as he finished speaking, almost at the same time, three spears pierced his shoulders, lower abdomen and thighs respectively.
The Long Army general couldn't bear it anymore and let out a heart-rending howl. Liu Xiu waved his hands to the surrounding soldiers, indicating that they did not need to torture this man.
After receiving Liu Xiu's signal, all the soldiers withdrew their spears and bowed and retreated to both sides.
Liu Xiu stood in front of the general and asked, "What is your name?"
The Long Army general trembled all over and stopped shouting. He glared at Liu Xiu and said nothing.
Liu Xiu said: "The passing geese leave their voices, and the passing people leave their names. Even if you die, you should leave your name."
The eyes of the Long Army general were covered with mist, and the mist was soon dyed red with blood and turned into bloody water. He said: "Liu Xiu, you remember clearly, my name is Wang Tu!"
"Wang Tu? Never heard of it. Since you can serve as a general in Jinu Camp, you must have an unusual relationship with Du Ling. Are you Du Ling's disciple?" Liu Xiu asked with an indifferent expression.
