Chapter eight hundred and seventieth one will become famous
Gongsun Shu's army raised their shields to resist the rain of arrows falling from the city. At the same time, Gongsun Shu's army also began to attack the inner city wall of Chang'an.
The soldiers climbed up quickly along the ladder, but the arrows flying down from the top and sides of their heads were like raindrops. The soldiers climbing on the ladder were like dumplings, falling one after another.
After a group of soldiers were shot down by the defenders, a new group of soldiers continued to climb up the ladder. Looking around, Gongsun Shu's army gathered in the corridor more and more, just like ants.
Compared with the outer city wall of Chang'an City, the defense of the inner city wall is simply like an iron barrel array. Numerous defenders are on the top of the city, either shooting arrows or throwing logs. Gongsun Shu's army below the city wall is in groups.
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When the attack was blocked, Gongsun Shujun reported the situation to Li Meng outside the city.
Li Meng now believed that his side had a sure chance of victory. After all, Chang'an's city defenses had been torn apart by them. It was only logical to capture the entire Chang'an city next.
Unexpectedly, the defenders resisted stubbornly on the inner city wall, which made Li Meng furious. He shouted to the soldiers who reported the news: "Go back and report to your general. If the inner city wall of Chang'an cannot be breached, let him come to see you."
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The messenger soldier was so frightened that he did not dare to breathe. He stepped in and saluted Li Meng, then mounted his horse and ran back to the city quickly.
Li Meng's face darkened, he looked left and right, and said: "Today, our army must conquer Chang'an. You and others will help me. Within an hour, I must break through the inner city wall!"
"General, I obey!" All the generals bowed their hands in unison, and then led their respective subordinates and rushed towards Chang'an City. By now, seventy or eighty thousand of the one hundred thousand troops commanded by Li Meng had entered the battlefield.
Seventy or eighty thousand people were crowded into the long and narrow corridor. The scene was so crowded that the soldiers inside had difficulty even turning around.
At this time, Gongsun Shu's army's offensive became more fierce. People were climbing up the ladder like crazy. One person was shot down, and more people climbed up. They were shot and killed endlessly.
Under such a fierce offensive, the defenders of the inner city wall began to be unable to hold up. Just when the soldiers of Gongsun Shu's army thought they saw the dawn of victory, suddenly, mist rose from the top of the inner city wall.
Before people could figure out what was going on, they saw the defenders at the head of the inner city wall carrying pots of steaming kerosene onto the arrow stacks. Then, the defenders poured the kerosene out of the pots.
out.
At this time, Gongsun Shu's army under the city wall was in great misfortune. Many soldiers were poured with hot oil all over their heads and bodies, and their skin and flesh were ripped apart. They screamed heart-breakingly in an instant.
Became one piece.
The defenders did not stop there. People hoisted pots of fire oil from inside the city to the city wall, and then poured it from the top of the city to the outside of the city. Looking at Gongsun Shu's army in the passage, they were already in a mess.
In such a narrow place, people had no formation. Now a large amount of kerosene was poured down from the top of the city by the Han army and spread on the ground. Many soldiers were burned to the point of jumping on the ground and screaming.
It was only then that Gongsun Shujun finally figured out why the defenders had not used kerosene when they attacked the outer city wall. They were originally concentrated on the inner city wall.
The defenders' kerosene poured down continuously, and many soldiers were unable to hide even if they wanted to. They were burned to the point of wailing. Many soldiers' skin and flesh were burned off by the black kerosene, and their condition was terrible.
This is not the most terrifying thing. The defenders have just used their real trump card. As a large amount of kerosene was poured into the corridor, torches flew down from the top of the city one after another.
Some torches fell on the ground, causing the kerosene on the ground to burn all of a sudden. Some torches fell on people, causing the kerosene on their bodies to burn, and they instantly turned into burning people.
As the kerosene was ignited, the corridor between the inner and outer city walls of Chang'an simply became a purgatory on earth. Countless soldiers were in the sea of fire, roaring, wailing, struggling, and finally fell into the sea of fire, covered with fire.
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The soldiers who were burned to the point of having no way to go to the sky and no way to reach the ground could only use all their strength to climb up the city wall. But the Chang'an city wall was so high, how could they climb up with only their hands and feet?
People scratched at the city wall with their palms, their fingernails were broken, and they left bloodstains on the city wall, but even so, they still could not escape the sea of fire.
Feng Yi, standing in the gate tower of the inner city wall, slowly closed his eyes as he looked at the tragic scene below.
In order to deal with Gongsun Shu's army, he requisitioned all the kerosene in the entire Sanfu area. Of course, the Jade Talisman of the Emperor given to him by Liu Xiu played a great role and made it much easier for him to recruit kerosene.
Today's battle was planned by Feng Yi for a long time. He deliberately placed a small number of defenders on the outer city wall to give the illusion that he was defeated by Gongsun Shu's army. He led Gongsun Shu's army into the corridor between the inner and outer city walls, and then used fire attack here.
tactics.
There are high city walls on both sides of the corridor, built with stones, so there is no fear of fire. In the entire Chang'an City, it is the safest way to use fire attack tactics here, without worrying about the fire spreading to the city.
Feng Yi's layout was very good, but when it came time to implement the tactics, even he couldn't bear to see the miserable situation of Gongsun Shu's army below the city. The city gate was so big, and there were very few people who could escape, seventy or eighty thousand.
Most of Gongsun Shu's army was trapped in the corridor, and the fire spread. Every one of these soldiers, no matter how brave you were, how good at fighting, or how capable you were in life, will be destroyed in the face of the raging fire.
As ashes, burned into coke.
Not to mention that Feng Yi couldn't bear to see the tragic situation of Gongsun Shu's army, and the Han soldiers at the top of the city couldn't bear to look. Many soldiers were leaning on the wall stacks and sitting on the top of the city, covering their ears with their hands, not looking, nor
Go and listen.
This fire burned Gongsun Shu's army that invaded Chang'an to such a miserable state that seventy or eighty thousand soldiers were killed. In the end, only a few thousand people escaped through the city gate, and the rest were basically
They were all buried in the sea of fire.
Even those who were lucky enough to escape, most of them had burns, their faces were black and white, and their clothes were burned with big holes and small eyes, making it almost impossible to cover their bodies.
Li Meng and others who were raiding the formation outside the city naturally saw the fire in Chang'an City. Li Meng was not a drunkard, so he immediately realized that he had been fooled and fell into the enemy's fire attack plan.
But when he reacted, it was already too late. An army of 70,000 to 80,000 people was completely burned by Feng Yi's fire.
The defeated soldiers who escaped from Chang'an City fled back to Li Meng like a pile of loose sand.
A general whose clothes were almost burned off and whose armor was burnt black staggered up to Li Meng, knelt down on the ground with a thud, and said in a trembling voice: "General, the enemy... the enemy has been prepared for a long time.
, placed a large amount of kerosene on the inner city wall... gone... tens of thousands of brothers... were... all burned..." The general's words were incoherent, and by the end of the sentence, he was already sobbing.
Li Meng was dumbfounded, and everyone present was dumbfounded. Seventy or eighty thousand people! Those were seventy or eighty thousand soldiers. In such a short time, they were all gone?
Before Li Meng could react, suddenly, he saw Chang'an's left and right wings coming over with an army of soldiers and horses.
These two armies and horses all carried the banner of the Han Army, and the commander's flag was embroidered with a big word "Feng".
Li Meng was shocked when he saw the handsome flag with the word "Feng" in it. He figured it out. He had been fooled, Feng Yi had been fooled, and Liu Xiu had been fooled!
Liu Xiu didn't send Feng Yi to prison at all. Feng Yiren was still in Chang'an. Li Meng felt his chest was tight, his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of old blood welled up from his chest. He gritted his teeth and drank the mouthful of old blood.
Swallowed it back.
Seventy to eighty thousand men were wiped out in an instant. For the army's leader, Li Meng, this blow was too great.
Seeing the two Han armies running towards each other quickly, the eyes of everyone present fell on Li Meng and asked: "General, do we want to fight now?"
"General, shall our army fight or withdraw?"
Li Meng lowered his head and murmured: "Your Majesty trusted me and put a hundred thousand troops into my hands. Now, almost all the soldiers in the army died in Chang'an. How can I have the dignity to go back to Chengdu to see Your Majesty? Today,
I will fight the enemy to the death, if you don’t want to fight with me, you can leave now!"
People looked at each other and said in unison: "We are willing to follow the general and fight the enemy to the death!"
"Okay!" Li Meng cheered up, took off the double hammers hanging on the victory hook, and said loudly: "All the soldiers in the army, follow me to face the enemy!"
Li Meng is also a man with a strong personality. Under such circumstances, if he still fights with the Han army, it will undoubtedly be a suicide attempt. Now that Li Meng has risked his life, can he turn defeat into victory and make up for his mistakes?
Just look at this fight to the death!
He led the remaining troops to engage in a confrontation with the two Han armies that came over.
These two Han armies are both large in strength. One is commanded by Han Xin and has 30,000 soldiers and horses. The other is commanded by Ji Zun and has 30,000 soldiers and horses. The two Han armies are like a pair of iron pincers.
Li Meng was caught in the middle.
When the enemies met, they were extremely jealous. After the soldiers from both sides met, they had no more words to say and immediately started a hand-to-hand exchange. Li Meng's remaining army had 30,000 people, and the Han army had twice as many troops as them.
, it can be said that as soon as the battle began, Li Meng's troops fell into a great passivity.
There was a huge disparity in military strength between the two sides, and what Li Meng was facing was not a mob, but the famous Western Expeditionary Army. It was the Western Expeditionary Army that defeated Liu Xuan's court and held the Red Eyebrow Army in check.
Conscript the army.
They were not superior in numbers, let alone in terms of combat power. This battle really became a deadlock. Two Han armies, one on the left and one on the left, suppressed Li Meng's troops.
While struggling to hold on, another Han army came out of Chang'an City.
This Han army still has about 30,000 troops. The general at the head is none other than Feng Yi, the general who conquered the west. As Feng Yi led his army out of the city, the Han army had already formed an encirclement on Li Meng's troops.
Lieutenant Yuan realized that something was wrong. He urged his horse to approach Li Meng and said urgently: "General, the enemy's troops are too strong and our army cannot resist them. It's better... we should retreat first!" before the enemy's troops attack our own side.
It is wise to complete the encirclement and retreat quickly.
"We can't retreat! In today's battle, either the enemy will die or we will die!"
Li Meng stared at the bloodshot eyes, looked at Yuan Ming, who was pale, and said in a solemn voice: "If you are afraid of death, you can leave! When I return to Chengdu and see His Majesty, I will say that I, Li Meng, did not embarrass Your Majesty, and I will repay him with pieces of jade."
Your grace!"
"general"
"Stop talking!" Li Meng ignored Deputy Yuan and shouted loudly to his followers: "Brothers, follow me to attack the enemy formation!"
"kill"
Li Meng led his followers around him and rushed towards Feng Yijun who was directly in front. Li Meng took the lead and ran at the front. He happened to encounter an oncoming Han military captain who wielded a knife and swept across his neck.
Li Meng roared loudly, raised the hammer outward, and heard a crisp clang in his ear.
The knife in the lieutenant's hand flew into the air, and the hammer in Li Meng's other hand smashed Huashan down, right on top of the lieutenant colonel's head. Bang, with this hammer, the Han army captain's head was destroyed.