The chaos of the Western Expeditionary Army made Gongsun Shu's army feel as if they had been beaten to death. Li Meng and Deputy Yuan commanded the army and headed straight for Chang'an City.
Gongsun Shu's army, led by Li Meng and Deputy Yuan, were less than two miles away from Chang'an City. The gates of Chang'an City were still wide open. The soldiers of the Western Expedition Army were swarming into the city. People blocked the city.
The gate cannot be closed at all.
Upon seeing this, Li Meng was overjoyed and immediately sent a group of cavalry under his command to kill the Han army that was huddled outside Chang'an City. After receiving Li Meng's order, a general led more than 2,000 cavalry and went straight to the city.
The Han troops outside rushed over.
When the cavalry entered within a hundred steps of Chang'an City, arrows were shot sparsely from the city top. There were no arrow formations and they did not pose much of a threat to the charging cavalry team.
The cavalry team's speed did not slow down, and they continued to charge forward against the arrows from the top of Chang'an City.
Seeing the cavalry getting closer and closer to the chaotic Han army, a force suddenly separated from the Han army and took the initiative to meet the cavalry.
Seeing that the Han army was desperate and wanted to use its flesh and blood to resist the hoofs of its own cavalry, the leader of the generals roared loudly, raised his sword, waved it forward, and shouted: "Charge at full speed! Kill all the enemy troops!"
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The Han army that took the initiative to attack the cavalry numbered almost thousands. At first, they had no formation and just stood together in a haphazard manner. However, when the cavalry was about to rush towards them, the soldiers in front quickly retreated.
Revealing the neat infantry phalanx behind.
In front of the infantry phalanx were all heavy shield soldiers. The heavy shield soldiers held iron shields as high as half a man, standing on the ground in a row. From a glance, they looked like a steel wall.
Behind the shield, halberds and spears poked out, turning the steel wall into a steel hedgehog.
The cavalrymen who had already rushed forward all changed their expressions when they saw this. There was no need for people to tighten the reins of the war horses. The war horses had a natural fear of sharp objects. Facing the densely packed halberd heads and spearheads, the war horses slowed down urgently and neighed.
Many war horses raised their front hooves high and spun around in fear.
The horses in front stopped, but the horses behind continued to charge forward. The cavalry's charge did not hit the Han army's formation, but instead hit their own people.
War horses collided with war horses, people collided with people, the neighing of war horses, and the screams of cavalry all merged into one for a moment.
This is what happens when the cavalry charges without blindfolding the horse. If the horse is blindfolded, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of it, the horse can charge straight through.
But if the horse's eyes are not blinded, once there is a forest of sharp objects in front of it, the horse will lose control. You must know that the cavalry is too fast when charging. As soon as the cavalry in front stops, the cavalry behind will hit them one after another.
The two sides had not yet formally engaged in battle, but the casualties caused by the collision between the cavalry alone were already countless, and the cavalry charge also stopped.
Someone in the Han army camp roared, and then the camp began to move forward. The phalanx with heavy shield soldiers at the front was certainly not fast, but its defense was extremely strong, and the cavalry charge had been blocked.
It can no longer cause a strong impact on the heavy shield soldiers, which makes the heavy shield soldiers who are clearing the way in front of them feel like they are in no one's land.
The power of the cavalry lies in its extremely high mobility and ability to charge into formations. Now Gongsun Shu's cavalry was forced to stop where it was, and the advantage of the cavalry was gone.
Seeing the Han army advancing, the cavalry stabbed the Han army on the opposite side with their spears.
The heavy shield soldiers huddled behind their shields. The huge iron shield not only protected their whole bodies, but also prevented the shield surface from being pierced by the enemy's spears.
There was a tinkling and crisp sound in the helix of the ear, and clusters of sparks appeared on the Han army's shield formation.
As soon as the cavalry attack passed, crossbows and bows shot out from behind the heavy shield soldiers. The cavalry sitting on their horses became a living target for the Han army.
People were hit by arrows one after another and fell off their horses. Some cavalrymen were injured and fell off their horses, lying on the ground and trying to get up again, but the advancing Han army's formation had ruthlessly crushed them.
For a moment, the cavalry of Gongsun Shujun was in chaos. The general at the head waved his sword and shouted: "Don't mess up! Don't mess up! Follow me to kill the enemy!"
In this unfavorable situation, timely retreat is the best plan, but the general is unwilling to give in. Li Meng and Deputy Yuan are watching him from behind, just waiting for him to win. How can he retreat at this time?
For him, he can only bite the bullet and continue to fight this battle.
In order to stimulate the fighting spirit of his soldiers, he personally charged into the formation with a sword and urged his horse to rush towards the Han army's formation. In just a moment, several halberds and spears were thrust out from behind the heavy shields.
The general swung his sword with all his might, and the halberd pierced him, and the spears were deflected. However, the halberd that pierced the horse under his crotch, the spear pierced deeply into the body of the horse.
The war horse whined and fell to the ground, and the general also fell off the horse.
He stood up on the ground, faced the advancing Han army formation, roared, and slashed with his knife.
A loud clang was heard in the helix, and the blade struck the heavy shield, making a dent on the shield. The powerful impact made the Han soldiers behind the shield take a step back, and the hands holding the shield were shaken.
It feels sore and numb.
The general was unwilling to give up. He swung his sword and continued to chop. A long halberd was stabbed from his left and right sides. The halberds made a sharp whistling sound, which made the hairs all over the general's body stand on end.
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He could only put away his sword and dodge to the side. Just as he got out of the way of the two halberds, three more spears stabbed at him.
The general roared angrily, and raised the long sword from bottom to top. With a click, the shafts of the three spears were broken at the same time, and the spearheads fell to the ground.
Before he could catch his breath, suddenly, a flying arrow shot out from the Han army's formation and hit him on the shoulder.
The general groaned, leaned back, and took two steps back. Before he could stabilize his body, the Han army's formation advanced in front of him, and the heavy shield hit him hard.
Being hit by it, he fell back two steps, unable to stand, and sat down on the ground. The surrounding cavalry were about to rush up to rescue, when the advancing heavy shield soldiers lifted up the heavy shield and stepped over the general.
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Immediately, the general's figure disappeared from the battlefield, and only screams could be heard from within the Han army's formation, as well as streaks of blood spurting out.
Just ten or twenty seconds later, a bloody severed head was picked up high by a halberd from the Han army's formation.
Seeing this severed head, all the cavalrymen present changed their expressions. Isn't the owner of the severed head their commander-in-chief?
The remaining cavalrymen no longer wanted to fight, turned their horses' heads one after another, and ran back to their own formation. When the cavalrymen fled, a hail of arrows was fired from the Han army's formation, knocking down the escaping cavalrymen one by one.
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Of the more than 2,000 cavalry sent by Li Meng, only 1,800 escaped in the end, and even the leader of the team died in the Han army camp.
Li Meng, who was standing outside the shooting range of Chang'an, could see it clearly, and he was angry and resentful. He roared angrily: "Attack the whole army! Enter the city for me. I will make sure that no enemy troops in the city are left alive!"
The soldiers who "killed" Gongsun Shu's army were not affected by the defeat of the small group of cavalry. They shouted in unison with high morale. Immediately afterwards, Gongsun Shu's army's phalanx began to advance forward.
While Gongsun Shu's army was advancing, all the Han troops crowded outside the city of Chang'an had entered the city, and the open city gates were closed. Li Meng sat in command of the central army, commanded his men, and launched a fierce attack on the southern city of Chang'an.
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Through the siege battle, it can be clearly seen that Chang'an's defenders are poorly prepared. Firstly, there are not many defenders on the city. Secondly, the city defense facilities are incomplete. There are many rolling logs and stones, but there are not many kerosene.
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You must know that for the defender of the city, kerosene is a weapon for defending the city. If the kerosene is tilted down, it can cause large-scale burns to the attacking soldiers. Once the kerosene is ignited, the outside of the city can instantly turn into a sea of flames.
, no matter how fierce the attacker's offensive is, it must be blocked by the sea of fire.
Now the Chang'an defenders didn't even prepare kerosene, which made Li Meng who was watching the battle more confident. He raised his riding whip, pointed at the Chang'an City in front, and asked with a smile: "Generals, tell me, when will our army be ready?"
Destroy the city?"
With a smile on his face, Deputy Yuan said confidently: "General Li, our army can break through the Chang'an city defense in three hours at most!"
"Three hours?" Li Meng raised his eyebrows and laughed.
Another general shook his head and said: "Looking at the future, even two hours will not be used! The rebel army is so vulnerable, Your Majesty should have sent us here to subdue the third assistant!"
Li Meng said proudly: "Our army will go to Chang'an first, then to Fengyi on the left, and Fufeng on the right. It can take as long as a month or as little as half a month. The three assistants are in our army's bag! No! It's your majesty's bag.
Something in the middle!”
All the generals laughed one after another and said: "Your Majesty has been thinking about the third assistant day and night. What others have failed to do, we have accomplished today. This unparalleled achievement belongs to us alone!"
"We have to thank General Li for accomplishing this extraordinary feat! If General Li hadn't led us out of Shu to sneak attack on Sanfu, no matter how great our credit is, it would have nothing to do with us!"
"Yes, yes, we should thank General Li!"
Listening to everyone's compliments, Li Meng became more and more proud. He waved his hand to everyone, pointed forward with his riding crop, and said: "Send orders to the soldiers in front of me to tear them apart within an hour."
Open the city defenses of Chang'an and open the gates of Chang'an!"
The messenger agreed and galloped forward on his horse.
Gongsun Shu's army attacking Chang'an clearly felt that the defenders were not strong and the resistance was not fierce. As a result, the morale of the attacking officers was greatly boosted, and the offensive became more fierce.
There are three city gates in the south city of Chang'an, namely Pingmen, Anmen, and Fu'anmen. The Pingmen was the first to be unable to withstand it. The Pingmen is next to the Weiyang Palace. Once the Pingmen is breached, the enemies outside the city will be at risk.
You can go directly to Weiyang Palace.
Seeing that the defenders here at Pingmen were about to lose their hold, the attacking Gongsun Shujun began to gather in large numbers at Pingmen. Under Gongsun Shujun's offensive, which was like a stormy sea crashing on the shore, the defenders here at Pingmen could no longer hold on.
They all retreated from the city wall and fled into the city.
In this way, it opened the door for the attacking Gongsun Shu's army. An elite group of Gongsun Shu's army forcibly attacked the city. Some of them resisted the defenders, and some of them rushed into the city and forced their way to Pingmen.
In the doorway, open the city gate.
As the city gate opened, Gongsun Shu's army outside the city swarmed into the city.
Chang'an, as an important place in the capital, does not have one city wall, but two layers of inner and outer city walls. Now Gongsun Shu's army has broken through the outer city wall, and what faces them next is the inner city wall. Between the inner and outer city walls, there is a strip of about 20 meters wide.
A large number of Gongsun Shu's troops gathered in the circular corridor.
People transported the ladders from outside the city to the city, put the ladders on the inner city wall, and began to launch a fierce attack on the inner city wall. Unlike the outer city wall, the number of Han troops guarding the inner city wall increased significantly, and arrows rained down from the top of the city.
, Gongsun Shujun, who was crowded in the corridor, had nowhere to hide, and was all exposed to the arrows of the Han army.
