It was impossible to withstand the impact of the siege vehicles simply by relying on manpower. As the wooden stakes holding up the city gate were broken one after another, the soldiers holding the city gate became more and more strenuous.
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A soldier captain squeezed out of the city gate, ran up the city gate tower, and reported to the general guarding the west city that the city gate could no longer hold up. The general guarding the west city was named Li Ye, Dong Xian's confidant.
After hearing the report from the captain of the soldiers, Li Ye said urgently: "Hurry up and reinforce the city gate. No matter what, we can't let the enemy attack the city gate! Go quickly!"
After drinking away the captain of the soldiers who reported the news, Li Ye shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Bring all the rolling logs, stones, and kerosene on the city top and destroy the enemy's siege vehicles! Destroy the enemy's siege vehicles immediately!"
Siege engine!"
Under Li Ye's command, more rolling logs and stones fell down from the top of the city gate. Soon, the Han army's siege vehicle was also damaged.
Gai Yan, who was nearby, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Assemble the archers and suppress the enemy troops on top of the city! Archery towers! Siege vehicles! Keep pushing them up for me!"
Li Ye ordered his soldiers to hoard a large number of rolling logs, stones, and kerosene above the city gate. On Gai Yan's side, he ordered his soldiers to move up more arrow towers and siege vehicles.
The first ones to move over were the two watchtowers. Although the watchtowers moved slowly, it was very difficult for the defenders to stop the movement of the watchtowers.
Rockets were shot out from the top of the city and nailed to the archery tower. The soldiers on the platform of the archery tower poured buckets of water down to extinguish the flames on the rockets.
The two moving arrow towers were filled with arrows from top to bottom like hedgehogs in a short time.
When the archery tower was only ten meters away from the city wall, arrows rained down from the top of the city, and the Han soldiers holding the archery tower were shot down.
But a group of Han troops fell, and more Han troops came up. Some Han troops took the ropes and continued to pull the archery tower forward. Some soldiers held their shields high and formed a shield formation to help their companions block the flying fire from the city.
Down arrow.
At the same time, the Han archers below the city kept shooting arrows at the top of the city. From time to time, some of the defenders on the top of the city were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
In this tug of war, the archery tower finally reached the city wall. The ordinary soldiers at the top of the archery tower climbed down the ladder, while the archers climbed up the ladder.
After exchanging positions, the archers on the platform stood up and fired arrows at the top of the city. The Han army's archery tower was even higher than the city wall. The Han army archers standing on the platform,
It's completely condescending.
In an instant, there were screams at the top of the city, and a row of defenders' archers were hit by arrows and fell on their backs.
When the defenders' archers launched a counterattack, the Han army's archers had already squatted down, and all the defenders' arrows hit the railings of the platform.
After the enemy's arrow array passed, the Han archers who had already prepared their bows and set arrows stood up again and continued to fire arrows at the enemy on the top of the city.
Seeing that his own arrow towers had suppressed the enemy to the greatest extent, Gai Yan ordered more arrow towers to be mobilized. While continuing to suppress the enemy, Gai Yan used the siege vehicles to hit the city gate with all their strength.
Under the threat of the arrow tower, it was no longer easy for the defenders to successfully throw rolling logs, rocks, and kerosene to destroy the Han army's siege vehicles.
Many of the defenders were carrying rolling logs, stones, and kerosene. As soon as they walked to the arrow stack, they were hit by arrows flying down from the archery tower before they had time to throw them out.
The battlefield is never a war of one person, but a game of thousands of soldiers working together and cooperating with each other. When the Han army attacked the city, the cooperation of various arms was brought into full play.
Suppression by archery towers, suppression by archer positions, infantry climbing ladders, cavalry roaming and releasing arrows, all kinds of coordination and joint operations are completely integrated.
The Han army attacking the city had exerted all its strength. Everything they did was just to suppress the defenders at the top of the city and create time for their own siege engines to break through the city gate.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The huge hammers of the siege engines violently hit the city gate one after another. With each impact, you can see the stone chips sliding down the city gate hole, just like water flow.
Click!
I don’t know how many times it hit, and with a huge crisp sound, the city gate latch could no longer hold up and broke. The soldiers of Dong Xianjun behind the city gate screamed one after another. Under the strong impact, people rushed towards
Then he fell down.
The city gate, which was originally tightly closed, was also shaken open. Seeing the city gate open a crack, the morale of the Han troops outside the city was high, their eyes were red, and they swarmed forward.
The siege vehicle that made a great contribution to breaching the city gate was pushed aside by the swarming soldiers. People crowded in front of the city gate and pushed the gate inward desperately.
The Dong Xianjun soldiers in the city gate got up from the ground one after another, crowded behind the city gate, and tried their best to close the city gate again. The soldiers on both sides squeezed the city gate with all their strength.
Along the gaps in the city gate, spears and halberds were thrust out one after another. The soldiers behind the city gate were the first to be attacked, and they screamed repeatedly.
Some soldiers were stabbed into a hornet's nest, but their corpses were still standing. The huge crowding force made it impossible for their corpses to fall down.
Gai Yan strode into his own soldiers, crowding forward, and shouted: "Brothers, work harder and squeeze open the city gate!"
"Kill -" the huddled Han soldiers shouted in unison, and people worked together. Amidst the continuous screams inside the city gate, the gap in the city gate became wider little by little.
This little bit of open city gate made the Han soldiers seem to see the dawn of victory getting closer and closer, and the people squeezed in with all their strength.
Finally, Dong Xianjun inside the city gate couldn't bear the overwhelming force coming from outside the city. People couldn't stand where they were and kept retreating. The huge city gate opened in response.
"Kill!" As the city gate was fully opened, the Han soldiers outside the city roared like tigers emerging from their cages and charged into the city gate cave.
The soldiers who rushed up first were pierced by the opponent's spears, halberds and even bows and arrows, and fell to the ground slumped, but the Han troops behind them were already swarming in like a tide.
The collision of shields with shields, and the collision of armor with armor, made a loud noise in the city gate.
Gai Yan, holding the Yan Yue Sword, also took the lead to rush into the city gate. There were people everywhere, people were sitting next to each other, and people were squeezing each other. There were enemies among us, and there were enemies among us. Gai Yan's Yan Yue Sword couldn't be used.
He picked up the long knife, roared, and thrust forward with all his strength. The long knife plunged into the crowd of enemy soldiers. The blade penetrated the chest of one enemy soldier, and then penetrated the second person without losing force.
At the same time, several spears and halberds stabbed at Gai Yan.
Gai Yan held the handle of the knife with one hand, and drew out the sword from under his ribs with the other hand, slashing forward, click, click, click, and with a series of crisp sounds, the spears and halberds that were thrust towards him broke off one after another. Gai Yan held the sword in his hand and continued
Slash the enemy troops forward.
As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, Huya General Gai Yandu worked so hard and bravely took the lead. How could the soldiers below not be greatly inspired?
The people followed Gai Yan and killed the enemy troops to the ground row after row. The Han army soldiers also advanced step by step from the city gate hole.
Soon, Dong Xianjun's soldiers were all forced out of the city gate cave, and the Han army soldiers finally completely occupied the city gate cave.
Next, the Han army began to charge into the city. As soon as the first batch of soldiers rushed out of the city gate, their heads were revealed, and the rolling logs and rocks on the top of the city were already falling like snow flakes.
Dozens of Han soldiers were buried under rolling logs and stones before they had time to engage the enemy. Gai Yan in the city gate could see clearly, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was shaking his body and was about to rush out. Suddenly, he heard a message from behind.
Come the roar.
He looked back and saw that it was the cavalry commanded by Ma Wu and Wang Ba rushing over.
Gai Yan secretly grinned, damn it, Ma Wu and Wang Ba both have dog noses, they just rushed over after their side broke through the city gate.
The cavalry was given priority. There was no other way. No matter how unbalanced Gai Yan was, he could only lead his soldiers and exit the city gate first.
As soon as they came out of the city gate tower, Ma Wu and Wang Ba approached. The cavalry team passed through the city gate hole and rushed directly into the city.
The defenders on the top of the city kept throwing rolling logs, stones, and kerosene. Unfortunately, the speed of their throwing was not as fast as that of the cavalry charge.
The cavalry who fought their way out of the city gate charged towards the defenders outside, ramming them head-on with both men and horses.
The crowd screamed in unison, and the iron hooves of the war horses trampled people's bodies and faces. Many soldiers fell to the ground and were trampled to pulp in an instant, and their heads and helmets were crushed flat.
The unsuspecting light infantry, in front of the cavalry, were just a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Ma Wu and Wang Ba rushed their horses into the city, one wielding a knife and the other a hammer, and entered the enemy camp. They were really like two
Like a killing god.
The garrison's formation was smashed to pieces by the cavalry. Taking this opportunity, Gai Yan commanded his soldiers to rush into the city. He ignored Ma Wu and Wang Ba's cavalry and ordered his men to charge towards the top of the city. Be sure to kill them.
All the enemy troops on the city walls were wiped out.
The moment the Han army broke through the city gate and tore through the Xicheng city defense, the psychological defense of the Xicheng defenders collapsed. Now as more and more Han troops enter the city, the defenders are even more uninterested in fighting and swarm
They fled into the city in large numbers.
Jiaoqiang heard the news that Xicheng was forced, and led a group of soldiers to rush for reinforcements. However, he did not even reach the wall of Xicheng when he ran into his own soldiers who had retreated.
Looking around, defeated soldiers and generals were pouring in like a tide. They abandoned their helmets and armor one by one, with frightened expressions. They were obviously frightened by the Han army.
Seeing this, Jiao Qiang roared loudly: "Go back! Go back! Keep fighting!" Unfortunately, no one listened to him now. The Dong Xianjun soldiers who were frightened out of their wits by the Han army that broke the city had only one thought left, that is
run.
Seeing his own soldiers running away in all directions and not obeying orders at all, Jiao Qiang was so anxious that his head was covered with sweat, but there was nothing he could do.
While he was shouting, he suddenly heard the rapid sound of horse hooves coming from the opposite side. Looking up, he saw a group of Han cavalry chasing after their own deserters. The leader was a Han general, holding nine ears and eight rings.
The sword was used to cut down the deserters, just like chopping vegetables. Jiaoqiang was shocked, and before he had time to think about it, he urged his horse to rush forward, pointed the sword at the Han general opposite, and shouted loudly: "Everyone who comes has a name!"
This Han general was none other than Ma Wu and Ma Zizhang. Seeing Jiao Qiang, Ma Wu didn't say a word and urged his horse to rush forward and slash Huashan Mountain with one blow.
Jiaoqiang's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly raised his sword to parry. BANG! Jiaoqiang's dismounted horse took two or three steps back. His hands were numb, and the knife in his hand almost flew away.
He had just received Ma Wu's sword, and when the two horses were crossing each other, Ma Wu stabbed Jiao Qiang sideways with the tail of his sword, hitting Jiao Qiang's temple directly.
Jiao Qiang was so frightened that he tilted his head back, narrowly dodging the blow. The two horses passed each other, and Ma Wu's counterattack sword swept forward again, sweeping across the back of Jiao Qiang's neck.
Jiaoqiang's backward figure hurriedly leaned forward, and there was a clanging sound in his ears, and Jiaoqiang's helmet was slashed by Ma Wu and flew away.
After only one encounter, Ma Wu struck out with three swords. Although he failed to injure Jiao Qiang, he knocked Jiao Qiang's helmet away and almost cut off his head.
Jiaoqiang broke out in a cold sweat. He turned his horse's head and looked at Ma Wu, who also turned his horse's head and was facing him. A look of horror flashed in his eyes. Who is this person? How can he be so good at martial arts?
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It was considered good that the opponent could take three of his swords. Ma Wu urged his horse to come to Jiao Qiang, looked him up and down, curled his lips, and said loudly: "I am the captor general, Ma Wu, Ma Zi Zhang!"