From the time when the Sima Disaster Management Bureau was completely wiped out, to now when he and the defenders were suppressed to the point where he couldn't even lift his head, Fei Yejinli had almost no feeling that he had the initiative on the battlefield in his hands.
The enemy launched a violent attack relying on new types of firearms and siege equipment, almost opening the door to a new world for those who spent half their lives on the battlefield.
It turns out that wars in this era, especially siege wars, have evolved into this.
The enemy's advanced weapons make the city under Fei Yejin's feet so unbearable.
The once majestic pass has become as fragile as a piece of paper in the face of artillery, thunderbolt vehicles and huge ladder trucks.
But no matter what, this battle will always have to be fought with gritted teeth.
With the Han Dynasty and the two migrations of Hangu Pass to the Three Kingdoms, Hangu Pass, which was used by Qin to resist the Six Kingdoms during the Warring States Period, was completely abandoned at this time. Hangu Pass was established during the Three Kingdoms period to facilitate Dong Zhuo's retreat to Chang'an.
The establishment was not for the purpose of defense, but for the purpose of clearing roads and serving as a transit. This means that Hangu Pass is no longer the original Hangu Pass.
Therefore, if you want to defend Luoyang, you must defend Tongguan. Cao Cao also had this idea when he went out to Tongguan to fight Ma Chao, instead of relying on Hangu Pass to resist. Yuchijiong also gave a death order, unless he fought to the last soldier.
Otherwise, Tongguan must not be given up. If Tongguan is given up, there will no longer be a barrier to the west of Luoyang.
The front of Tongguan is not very open. On the south side is the continuous Mount Xiao, and on the north side is the surging river. There are several small hills that can be used as support to support the city of Tongguan. In fact, Tongguan is built on Mount Xiao and the river.
On an old river between them, relying on the loess plateau, the city wall has undulating heights. The narrow river channel makes the front wall of Guancheng even narrow. There are a large number of camps and watchtowers on the slopes on both sides of the city wall, but now these auxiliary city guards
Almost all the facilities have been demolished by the Han army's thunderbolt vehicles.
Fei Yejinli didn't expect the camps and archery towers outside the city to be of any use. He just saw that the camps outside the city where soldiers and horses were originally stationed were easily occupied by the Han army, and he knew that the Han army was
Not only were they fully prepared, but they were also determined to overthrow Tongguan. Their advanced equipment was simply not something that these camps, which were even thinner than the city walls, could withstand.
So it would be better for me to just squat in the city.
The drums of the Han army became more and more rapid, like a summer rainstorm.
The large group of Han infantry advanced in a neat queue, and the two ladder trucks almost filled the field of vision. Because the front of the Tongguan city wall was narrow, they could only drive two large ladder trucks, but in the remaining space, the Han soldiers
All the troops are filled with the most primitive ladders. The ladder trucks can easily be destroyed by the enemy's concentrated firepower. Therefore, the most primitive and traditional ant siege must be used to contain most of the enemy's soldiers and horses and avoid the enemy's bows.
The crossbowmen and especially the rockets are concentrated in one place.
At the same time, the Han army's thunderbolt chariots also began to shoot. The impact points of the stone bullets were basically behind the city wall. There were no ordinary people in Tongguan for a long time. Even if there were such a small number of refugees, they no longer care about the old people.
The weak ones have been brought to the top of the city to serve as strong men, and the houses in the pass have been converted into barracks and grain pastures. Now stone bullets can effectively block the enemy from transferring supplies to the top of the city, especially those with logs and rolling stones.
The soldiers who boarded the city were a fatal threat, and they also prevented the enemy from quickly dispatching personnel.
In any case, we are just using the trebuchet to pull out a barrage for you. If you want to pass here, you have to pay the price of blood and flesh.
It is precisely because the current artillery cannot meet the requirements of large-curve ejection. If the elevation angle is too high, not only will the artillery shells be difficult to load, but the range will also be greatly reduced. Therefore, the thunderbolt vehicle still has many uses, especially the artillery shells.
The price is much more expensive than stone bullets. Iron is not a stone after all.
Stone bullets continued to hit the ground, and smoke and dust billowed. The entire Tongguan seemed to be shaking, and it also shook the hearts of every Northern Zhou soldier.
Ladder trucks came very quickly. After several years of testing and improvement, the new ladder trucks have reduced weight, strengthened some parts, and made very complete fire protection treatments, just to prevent the ladder trucks from being directly ignited by a concentrated fire.
"Boom!" An iron arrow roared in, flew between the two ladder trucks, and shot into the gate tower, where only broken columns and a few door frames were left. The explosive package tied to the iron arrow exploded, setting off a huge explosion.
The wave of air forcefully knocked over a dozen soldiers on the city gate to the ground.
Fortunately, the trusted soldiers around Fei Yejinli were quick-sighted and had already pushed him to the ground. Otherwise, I am afraid that the Northern Zhou army would really lose its command.
Even so, Fei Yejinli was still dizzy when he stood up. He almost lost consciousness. He gritted his teeth and looked around. The smell of blood was getting stronger. Although the scale of the explosion just now was not very large,
It was big, but it almost wiped out the Chinese army.
Now that he has made a lot of money, what he is most worried about is the widespread casualties among his direct bodyguards, because now he can still command the army, that is, relying on the help of these people, without them acting as supervisors and defending him behind the scenes.
, the rest of the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty didn't know what would become of them, because now under such a fierce attack from the enemy, their morale had already been completely exhausted.
At least seven or eight more people died this time, and many were injured.
Fei Yejinli is really heartbroken.
He stretched out his hand to hold on to the city wall and looked outside.
In just a short while, the Han army had filled in part of the moat and completely cut off the water flow. When it comes to water conservancy projects, the Han army must have quite a lot of experience. Who knows that people came from the south where there are dense river networks?
Building a dam is just a matter of chance.
After cutting off the river, bridge-building vehicles were pushed directly into the trenches one after another to build a bridge. Some soldiers simply jumped into the river and used their shoulders to support the weak points of the bridge-building vehicles, so that subsequent soldiers could quickly build the bridge.
The bridge truck assembles the wooden stakes and chains used to fix it, so that it can support the passage of the ladder truck behind it.
Seeing this scene, Fei Yejinli felt deeply helpless.
In addition to weapons and equipment, it is obvious that the Northern Zhou Dynasty is not an opponent of the Han Dynasty in terms of the quality of its soldiers. Now the only advantage should be the number of soldiers and horses. However, the defenders of Tongguan and the only mobile troops almost made it difficult for Sima.
After the death, Fei Yejinli wanted to scold Sima Xiaonan for being incompetent, but he also knew that Sima Xiaonan was not entirely responsible for this incident, so he could only beat the city wall bitterly.