Not all the Nanchen soldiers were as lucky as Zheng Kaiyuan, who happened to land on the city wall. They could hardly control the paper kite in their hands, which was two circles larger than themselves. They were actually following the wind, so they could only
Two or three people successfully landed on the city wall - this was partly due to the wider city wall of Mianzhu Pass.
Most of the remaining people either fell inside the city or outside the city. Huge paper kites fell from the sky one after another, causing exclamations one after another in the city.
Not everyone landed as smoothly as Zheng Kaiyuan, and many even fell to the ground and died immediately. But most of them landed successfully and rushed towards the city gate as fast as possible.
At this time, most of the defenders were looking at these enemies falling from the sky with their mouths wide open, and they did not come back to their senses at all.
They did not expect that the enemy would appear in such a way, let alone whether such an enemy would kill them as easily as crushing an ant.
Zheng Kaiyuan didn't care how many enemies were around him and rushed straight towards the city gate. Several soldiers who landed behind him also hurriedly followed.
"Quick, stop them!" Zou Qiang almost subconsciously drew out his saber and faced Zheng Kaiyuan, who was getting closer and closer, and several personal guards around him also reacted.
"Kill!" Zheng Kaiyuan saw the Northern Zhou general who was not far away from him at a glance. He parried Zou Qiang's fatal blow with his knife. Then he dwarfed and turned the handle of the knife, hitting Zou Qiang's weak ribs heavily.
, Zou Qiang grunted, and subconsciously took two steps back. Then two personal guards came up, one from the left and the other from the right.
"Well done!" Zheng Kaiyuan laughed, strode forward, and knocked the two guards away. He didn't care about these guys, and continued to rush towards the gate not far away without stopping, "You guys
Stop this guy!"
The two Nanchen soldiers who followed behind hurriedly stood in front of Zou Qiang and stared at Zou Qiang. But Zou Qiang secretly shouted something bad. At this time, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty on the top of the city were already in chaos, let alone the people in the city.
.These guys who fell from the sky directly picked up the burning wood in the bonfire and threw it directly into the tents. Many tents were already set alight.
At the same time, the sound of drums rose from the ground, and it could be clearly seen on Guancheng that the originally endless darkness had been illuminated by little fires, and torches were erected, illuminating the roads and hillsides in front of the pass.
The light was bright. In the firelight, there were numerous figures and hurried footsteps. It was unknown how many Nanchen troops were quickly heading towards Mianzhu Pass.
But just by looking at the shadows, Zou Qiang felt that there were definitely more soldiers and horses coming than he imagined. Where did Pei Zilie get so many people? Not to mention that there were lights on the hillsides on both sides and under the shade of the trees.
Shining, this firelight replaced the moonlight and outlined shadows. The enemy's crossbowmen had obviously occupied the high ground.
One after another, the ladders revealed themselves in the firelight, and they continued to approach the city head with neat chants.
"Kill these damn guys first!" Zou Qiang gritted his teeth.
The whole situation suddenly got out of control. In the final analysis, it was these people who fell from the sky. In the previous fight with Zheng Kaiyuan, Zou Qiang already knew that the opponent was not invulnerable. If there was a fight, he might not be able to do anything to him in a short while.
But the other side doesn't seem to want to fight, and their ultimate goal is still at the city gate.
As long as the city gate of Mianzhu Pass can be opened, there will be nothing to fight in this battle.
After all, Mianzhu Pass is the key to Bashu. The city gate is of course not only a wooden gate that can be pushed open. There is also an iron gate on the pass that can be controlled up and down with a chain, so that when the enemy breaks through the first city gate, it can be blocked in time.
The second city gate was lowered to block the enemy's path forward.
Zou Qiang always lowered the iron gate just in case. Therefore, simply opening the gate would not allow the troops outside the city to come in directly. Now what Zheng Kaiyuan wants to raise is this iron gate.
"Stop him!" Zou Qiang was stunned. He couldn't just watch the door open after Mianzhu was locked up by his men. The enemy was getting closer and closer, and even the ladder was approaching the top of the city. This was clearly telling Zou Qiang,
There is not much time left for him.
Zheng Kaiyuan was stabbed in the back by a Northern Zhou soldier who rushed towards him, but he didn't care about the wound. After cutting the soldier over with one knife, he rushed straight to the gate and stretched out his hand to push the huge winch. The other two
A soldier who followed Zheng Kaiyuan and landed on the city gate quickly stepped forward to help. He could already hear the "crunching" sound under his feet, and it was obvious that the iron gate was rising.
Under the city gate, the firelight was dazzling.
"Kill!" A Nanchen battle leader held a spear he got from nowhere, shook a spear, and forced several Northern Zhou soldiers back. While the other few people hurriedly opened the city gate, and the huge city gate opened toward
The two sides are separated, and the iron gate in front of the city gate is also slowly rising.
One inch, one foot, everyone's eyes widened, looking at the tiny gap.
They could even feel the fire coming from the other side of the iron gate - Mianzhuguan City. It was the torch of their own soldiers and horses.
"A little higher!" The battle leader gritted his teeth. The number of people who landed safely was only about twenty. They rushed all the way to the city gate and suffered countless losses. Now standing next to the battle master,
There are only five or six people.
The Northern Zhou army had obviously come to their senses. They were gathering in panic, and then rushed towards the city gate. Once the city gate was opened, Mianzhu Pass was really unsafe to defend. Every Northern Zhou soldier knew this very well.
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"Enough!" A cry came from the other side of the city gate, and then a black shadow rolled over under the newly raised city gate, "Enough people come here!"
The huge and heavy city gate trembled slightly at this moment, making a "crunching" sound that made everyone's teeth ache, and stopped rising.
The city gate only raised a gap for people to roll through, but everyone knew that the brothers who fell on the city gate had done their best.
"General!" Through the flickering firelight, the commander saw at a glance that Pei Zilie was among the people rolling under the iron gate, and he immediately shouted excitedly. The other soldiers also turned around in surprise.
I never thought that Pei Zilie, as the commander-in-chief of this army, would be in such danger.
You must know that if the iron gate falls again, the people rolling through the iron gate will be crushed into pulp, and no one can escape.
Pei Zilie was trying his best to rush forward like this.
"What are you looking for? Go to the city quickly and take Mianzhu Pass into our hands!" Pei Zilie shouted and rushed out first with a knife. The few guards who followed him over did not say much, but
Follow in stride.
"Brothers, kill!" The battle leader also roared, and the exhausted soldiers who were originally outnumbered quickly chased after Pei Zilie's figure.