The massive attack of the reckless army finally began. The battle formation composed of 60,000 to 70,000 people was like huge moving carpets, sweeping towards the small sunset.
The reckless soldiers in the battle formation marched in uniform steps, hitting their shields with their spears as they advanced, making a deafening roar.
Without fighting, just looking at the momentum displayed by tens of thousands of troops is terrifying enough.
Wang Chang looked at the overwhelming troops coming outside, his expression becoming more and more solemn.
He turned to look at Liu Xiu beside him, who nodded to him. Wang Chang took a deep breath and said loudly: "Send the order and wait until the reckless army has advanced fifty steps before firing arrows!"
"The reckless army fired arrows at fifty steps!" "The reckless army fired arrows at fifty steps -"
The shouts of the messengers came one after another. The archers standing on the earth wall were lined up in two rows. People had all taken off their long bows and placed arrows on the bow strings.
Liu Xiu also slowly pulled out the Chixiao Sword from under his ribs, and gently tapped the earthen wall in front of him with the blade of the sword. With his other hand, he gently rubbed the jade plaque hanging on his armor.
The Mang army's battle formation was getting closer and closer to the earthen wall, and they had no intention of spreading out. The Mang army's intention was obvious, which was to tear apart the Han army's defense line from the front.
When the Mang army's battle formation was less than fifty steps away from the earthen wall, Liu Xiu fiercely swung his sword forward and shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
Following his order, the first row of archers fired arrows that had already been strung on the bowstring.
Just then, there was a muffled buzzing sound from above the earthen wall, and a scene of "dark clouds" rose into the sky, flying into the sky, drawing a long arc in the air, with a harsh whistling sound, and crashed into the reckless army.
within the square array.
Snap, snap, snap——
Thousands of arrows smashed into the crowd. Although the soldiers advancing forward had their shields raised, there were still arrows that penetrated the gaps between the shields and nailed people's bodies.
"Ah——" In the camp, screams came one after another from the crowd, and people fell to the ground from time to time.
On the earthen wall. After the archers in the first row finished shooting their arrows, they immediately retreated. At the same time, they took out the arrows from their quivers and put on the bow strings. At the same time, the archers in the second row stepped forward to fill their positions and fired the arrows hard.
Cum hard.
Buzz!
Another scene of arrow formations soared from the earth wall, and the dense arrow formations fell down like raindrops. Many barbarian soldiers were hit by several arrows and were nailed to the ground.
The archers standing in the front row immediately retreated after releasing their arrows, and the archers in the back row stepped forward to take up their positions. The archers in the two rows fired arrows alternately as if repeatedly.
Above the earth wall, the Han army's arrow formations were seen one after another, and the arrows rained one after another, falling into the Rang army's formation in a steady stream.
At this time, the number of reckless soldiers who were shot was no longer hundreds, but thousands. The sound of arrows, screams, and gasps became one continuous sound.
Looking around, wherever the rogue formations passed by, there was a layer of corpses on the ground.
Such a scene was shocking and chilling. However, no one in the reckless army dared to retreat or was afraid to move forward.
Yan You, Chen Mao's army management has always been strict, with clear rewards and punishments. Those who go forward bravely will be given heavy rewards, but similarly, those who escape before the battle and fear the enemy will also be severely punished.
The phalanx of the Mang army completely resisted the arrow formation of the Han army and advanced to the front of the earth wall. When the Mang army reached the earth wall, the battle between the two sides truly entered a fierce stage.
A series of ladders were set up under the earth wall. The soldiers of the Mang army were like ants, climbing up the ladders crazily. In addition, there were soldiers who pushed the carts to the city gate and rushed them.
Wooden city gate.
Seeing that the enemy's offensive was in full swing, Liu Xiu shouted to Fu Jun: "Ziwei, lead your archers immediately to the earthen wall!"
Now is the time for close combat. If the archers remain on the wall, it will be of little use. Instead, they will be in the way.
Fu Jun agreed and commanded the archers on the wall to withdraw to the bottom of the wall. At the same time, ordinary soldiers came up, and people lifted logs and stones and smashed them down with all their strength.
Boom, boom——
The reckless army's ram was located in front of the city gate, and it had already begun to exert its power. The large wooden stake on the ram was pushed by more than a dozen reckless soldiers, and it kept hitting the wooden door, making loud noises.
Liu Xiu glanced down and shouted to the soldiers nearby: "Smash the ram! First, smash the enemy's ram!"
Charging the car poses too great a threat to one's own side. Once the wooden door is knocked open, the reckless troops outside can rush in directly.
Liu Xiu was commanding, and a reckless soldier suddenly climbed up near him, holding a sharp sword, and slashed at Liu Xiu viciously. Liu Xiu dodged sideways, getting out of the way, and then struck back with a sword to kill the reckless soldier.
Killed to the ground.
However, several more reckless soldiers climbed up the ladder and jumped onto the earth wall. Liu Xiu faced them with his sword. Seeing Liu Xiu charging towards them, the several reckless soldiers used all their strength and slashed with their swords.
As a result, they slashed with their swords and killed Liu Xiu.
It was not that Liu Xiu disappeared out of thin air, but that his movement was too fast, drawing an arc on the ground, dodging to the side of several soldiers, and then stabbed out with a sword, hitting a reckless soldier in the neck. He drew his sword.
At the same time, he kicked him out.
The body of this reckless soldier was knocked down together with several companions beside him, and he fell to the ground with a roar. Before Liu Xiu could step forward, the nearby Han troops surged in and fell with their spears, knocking down the several reckless soldiers.
The thorns turned into a hornet's nest.
There was also a reckless soldier who had just climbed to the top of the ladder. He didn't even have time to jump to the earth wall. He was kicked by Liu Xiu in the side and was on the ladder. The ladder tipped over backwards, and the reckless soldier who was still standing on the top of the ladder was miserable.
He screamed and fell down on his back.
Liu Xiu worked hard to kill the enemies who climbed up. The Han soldiers above the wooden door were not idle either. People raised rocks and smashed them down.
However, there is also a thick wooden shed on top of the rush car for protection. In addition, the earth wall is not high, only three meters. The power of falling rocks is not great. Each stone is blocked by the wooden shed and cannot hit the rush car at all.
On the car body.
Seeing this, Gai Yan yelled: "Get out of my way!" As he spoke, Gai Yan squatted down, picked up a boulder over half a meter high, and walked to the edge of the earth wall with a bang.
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The surrounding Han soldiers grinned secretly. This big stone was estimated to weigh two to three hundred kilograms. He could lift it by himself. How much strength did it take?
But before Gai Yan could throw the boulder down, several arrows flew up from under the earth wall, all aimed at Gai Yan.
If Gai Yan still insists on smashing the boulder down, then all these arrows will be shot at him. Gai Yan has no choice but to throw the boulder to the side and dodge sideways.
After wasting a while, several reckless soldiers in front of Gai Yan got up, roared and jumped onto the earth wall, and fought with the nearby Han soldiers.
The reckless soldiers continued to rush to the top of the city as if they were crazy, and the rushing cars in front of the wooden gate seemed to have been wound up, constantly hitting the wooden gate.
The roars were like a giant hammer hitting the hearts of the Han soldiers.
Liu Xiu held his sword and rushed over for reinforcements, but the number of reckless troops was too great. He killed one group, and immediately several more groups came up, unable to kill them all. Liu Xiu looked around and saw
The situation was gradually becoming unfavorable to his side. He took three steps into two steps, rushed to a nearby oil pan, and shouted to Gai Yan who was blocking the front: "Ju Qing, get out of the way!"
Gai Yan didn't even look back. Hearing Liu Xiu's prompt from behind, his burly body flew out sideways.
In fact, he had no idea why Liu Xiu asked him to get out of the way, but that was not important. Liu Xiu spoke, and Gai Yan obeyed completely out of instinct.
As Gai Yan dodged to the side, Liu Xiu kicked the bottom of the oil pan. With a whoosh, the oil pan flew out, and the hot oil spilled out, causing the two reckless soldiers who had just climbed up the ladder to scream.
With a sound, they both fell down.
Liu Xiu didn't waste a moment, picked up a burning firewood and threw it out.
The spilled kerosene not only burned the two reckless soldiers, but also spilled on the rush car below.
As the burning firewood fell on the kerosene, the kerosene immediately ignited, and the car made of wood, with the help of kerosene, instantly turned into a 'train'.
All nearby soldiers were affected. People crawled out of the sea of fire, covered in fire, and screamed heart-breakingly. However, the ram was right next to the city gate, and when the ram caught fire, the city gate was also affected.
Most of the regular city gates are covered with thick copper sheets and are not afraid of fire. However, the city gates here are temporarily built and made entirely of wood, so they cannot withstand fire.
Seeing that the outside of the city gate was on fire, Liu Xiu picked up his sword and ran down the earth wall, shouting at the same time: "Zizhang!"
A thousand cavalry troops led by Ma Wu were already ready in the city gate. Hearing Liu Xiu's cry, Ma Wu said nothing, rode a horse, and also led a horse, and went straight to Liu Xiu.
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When he got close, Liu Xiu took the reins, mounted his horse, picked up the spear handed over by a soldier, and said to the Han soldiers near the city gate: "Open the city gate!"
The soldiers removed the bolt and slowly opened the wooden door.
Suddenly, they saw the city gate open by itself. Before the reckless soldiers who were launching a fierce attack outside understood what was going on, Liu Xiu and Ma Wu both rushed out of the city gate. More than a thousand brave cavalry troops followed closely behind, killing each other directly.
To the reckless troops outside.
The reckless soldiers in front had no time to react. When they realized something was wrong, their horses had already rushed forward.
Bang bang bang! The sound of collision between war horses and people was heard in succession. In just a moment, dozens of reckless soldiers were knocked to the ground. Before they could get up from the ground, one by one the war horses had fallen off their bodies.
Trampled on.
The soldiers nearby finally reacted, and people wanted to step forward to stop him, but they couldn't stop him at all.
The cavalrymen sat on their horses and thrust out their spears from a high position. With their own strength, coupled with the inertia of the charging horses, a spear thrust out would have more than a hundred kilograms of force?
Even if the reckless soldiers blocked with shields, the result would be the same. Shields and people were all pierced by spears.
The attacking cavalry was thrown into chaos by the cavalry that suddenly came out. The reckless soldiers who were still climbing up the ladder slipped down one after another, turned around and ran back.
The escape of one or two people may seem inconsequential, but the chain effect it caused was too great.
When you see your companions running backwards, the nearby soldiers also run backwards. When you see this large area of people running backwards, hundreds or thousands of soldiers around them also subconsciously run behind them.
On the battlefield, why do you hate deserters so much? It's not that one or two of them lack the combat effectiveness, but that once deserters appear, it will have a huge impact on one's own morale, and it is likely to trigger a series of chain reactions.
This is the current situation. As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain falling. Once the trend of defeat is formed, it cannot be stopped. The attacking army is like a flood, crazily routing backwards.