Soldiers come to the world

The siege of Hangu Pass entered the second day. On the first day, the Han army ended the siege with a heavy cost of 4000 casualties. Hangu Pass was not able to capture it, and it was still in the hands of Cao Jun, but Cao Jun also paid nearly 3000. human casualties.

Although the Han army failed on the first day, Hangu Pass was not so strong. The Han army almost conquered the pass several times, making Hangu Pass in danger. The next afternoon, the Han army launched a large-scale siege again. Zhao Yun [-] troops have been invested successively. According to Han Wang Liu Jing's prior deployment, today is the last day to capture Hangu Pass.

Zhao Yun knew that the trebuchet would be delivered soon, but he didn't have time to wait another day. He made up his mind, no matter the cost of casualties, he must take down Hangu Pass today.

The Han army rushed towards them like a flood. They held up their shields high, and happily faced the rain of arrows and boulders whizzing down the sky, and ran to the top of the city in spite of everything. Pushed hard, it creaked and moved forward.

"Boom!" A boulder smashed into a nest cart, broken wood flew across, and the nest cart collapsed. The hundred soldiers below shouted and fled in all directions.

One after another boulders whizzed down from the air, or the bucket truck bounced high, or smashed into the crowd, rolling in the crowd, blood and flesh flew, and screams rang out.

Cao Jun's defense with all his strength could not stop the crazy attack of the Han army. A ladder was built on the top of the city, and more than a dozen huge nest cars gradually approached the city wall. Rolling logs and stones fell down like hailstones, constantly rolling the soldiers of the Han army down.

At this time, a nest car finally approached the city head, and the wide baffle went 'Boom! When the ground reached the top of the city, dozens of soldiers from the Han army rushed out of the nest car, and the soldiers from the Cao army went up to the battle. The two sides fought fiercely together.

Another nest cart approached the top of the city. Seeing the critical situation, Xu Huang shouted: "Burn the nest cart and ladder with kerosene!"

Kerosene was his last weapon of battle, and he would not use it until the critical moment. If he didn't use it at this time, Hangu Pass might fall. Hundreds of Cao Jun soldiers brought out barrels of kerosene, and fought their way to the nest carts and ladders. When it was smashed, the wooden barrel burst, and kerosene splashed out. Dozens of Cao soldiers threw down the torches, and the raging fire rose into the sky. A dozen ladders and nest cars were suddenly engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

The soldiers of the Han army retreated one after another, and many soldiers were also ignited with flames, crying and falling down the city wall...

Zhao Yun, who was watching the battle from a distance, had his eyelids twitching. He couldn't help it anymore, turned around and asked, "Is the trebuchet installed?"

"Report to the general, the cross has been installed!"

"Push it up!"

The [-] giant trebuchets of the Han army arrived in the early hours of this morning, and the fighter jets were delayed for two days, causing heavy casualties to the soldiers of the Han army. For this reason, Zhao Yun beheaded the general who transported the trebuchets on the spot.

The [-] craftsmen accompanying the army immediately started to act. They unloaded the huge trebuchet parts from the camel train and began to assemble them on the spot.

The animal power for transporting the trebuchet components was [-] camels that the Tao family bought from the Western Regions. They played a huge role in this Eastern Expedition. The camels carried heavy loads and were good at traveling long distances. Being able to travel with the army brought great convenience to the Han army.

In less than half an hour, the skilled craftsmen first assembled ten huge trebuchets. This kind of boulder that can throw a hundred catties is powerful. Launched from four hundred steps away, one stone can destroy the tower. Each trebuchet is as high as Three feet, two hundred strong men are needed to pull the hair, just like ten giants standing in the camp. Following Zhao Yun's order, ten giant trebuchets were pulled out of the camp by bullocks.

At this time, a continuous bell sounded in front of the camp, which was a signal to withdraw the troops. More than [-] Han troops who attacked the city retreated like a tide, but they did not retreat to the camp, but retreated one mile away. Together with the [-] Han troops preparing for battle, they regrouped and waited for the order to attack again.

On the top of the city a mile away, Xu Huang had already seen a huge trebuchet, his pupils gradually shrank, and murderous intent burst out, and he ordered word by word: "The trebuchet is ready to fight!"

Ten giant trebuchets had been delivered, and a soldier rushed to Zhao Yun and reported loudly: "General Zhao, the trebuchets are ready!"

Zhao Yun turned his head and looked to the west. The sun was about to set, and the sky was stained with a layer of purple red, revealing the sad atmosphere of the curtain ending.

"Start the attack!"

Zhao Yun gave the order to attack. Looking at the city wall that was also dyed purple, he said to himself, "The time to break the city is coming!"

'Boom!Boom!Boom! '

The earth-shattering drums sounded, and every drumbeat hit the hearts of the soldiers of Cao Jun on the city, making them tremble with fear. Holding bows and arrows in their hands, their strength was weak, and they stared blankly at the ten monster-like monsters in the distance. Like a giant, each of them is filled with uneasiness.

The sound of the drums stopped, and there was silence between the sky and the earth. Suddenly, ten huge black shadows soared into the sky, drew dozens of arcs, and flew across the air, making piercing whistling sounds.

These are ten kerosene pots, and their targets are not the soldiers at the top of the city, but the two towering arrow towers on the top of the city. With a sound of exclamation, ten pottery pots filled with kerosene smashed the arrow towers one after another. Flowing, the city is full of pungent smell.

Xu Huang's heart sank immediately. He knew the intention of the Han army, and he also shouted anxiously: "Launch the trebuchet and destroy the enemy!"

Dozens of trebuchets on the top of the city also launched suddenly, throwing the boulder far away, but the range of Cao Jun's trebuchets was not enough, and they were still a hundred steps away from the Han army's trebuchets, and they landed with a bang, which did not play a role.

"Use the bed crossbow!" Xu Huang shouted anxiously.

Cao Jun's soldiers moved out a hundred bed crossbows and loaded them with three-foot-long arrows. The bed crossbows were fired, and the hundred big arrows shot powerfully at ten giant catapults four hundred steps away.

But the Han army had been prepared for a long time, and erected a wooden shed in front of each catapult, so that Cao Jun's bed crossbow could not shoot the catapult, and hit the wooden shed crackling.

At this time, the Han army's trebuchet had fired four rounds, smashing forty kerosene pots on the top of the city, and the soldiers of the Han army began to replace them with fire mud, which is a mixture of clay and kerosene. The best weapon is more powerful than a ball of kerosene that is too elastic.

Ten balls of flaming clay rose into the sky with raging flames, and flew towards the top of the city four hundred paces away. Almost all Cao soldiers screamed, even Xu Huang sighed, he was powerless to stop the fire attack of the Han army.

The fire oil mud hit the two watchtowers, and the fire spread rapidly. In a short while, the flames shot up into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and the monstrous fire completely engulfed the two watchtowers.

The engulfment of the two archery towers by the fire dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the defenders at the top of the city. It was also the appearance of the giant catapults of the Han army that brought about a turning point in the Han army's siege of the city.

At this time, thirty bear-like catapults of the Han army appeared on the battlefield, and they were replaced by boulders weighing 30 jins, and boulders weighing [-] yuan were overwhelmingly thrown at the head of Hangu Pass.

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There was a desperate cry from the top of the city, 'Boom!boom! There were continuous loud noises, dust and smoke from the top of the city, although the city wall of Hangu Pass was made of bluestone and large bricks, the city wall was tall and strong, but under the strong impact of the huge stone weighing more than a hundred catties, the city wall still appeared. A large area collapsed.

'boom! With a loud noise, a boulder smashed into the battlements not far from Xu Huang, the battlements were smashed to pieces, and the broken stones flew around. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the soldiers on the top of the city cried and cried.

More than 300 people were killed or injured in the first round of attacks. A trebuchet was hit by two boulders at the same time, and it collapsed. A dozen soldiers were buried among the collapsed boulders and chaotic trees.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of boulder attacks was launched again. The boulders worth 30 yuan and more than a hundred catties were spinning in the air, carrying the power to destroy the world, and went straight to the city wall. There was another huge and dull impact sound, and a section of the city wall finally couldn't bear it. The continuous impact of the boulders has created terrible cracks and is crumbling.

At this moment, another stone the size of a millstone flew in the air, smashing into the cracks, and the city wall collapsed, like a torn skin, was pulled off more than twenty feet at once, and the mud and sand filled in the interlayer of the city wall poured out And down, a slope to the upper city is formed.

Xu Huang's eyes were red with anxiety, and he shouted loudly: "Build a wall with sandbags! Quick!"

Thousands of Cao soldiers rushed towards the gap with sandbags on their backs, and threw the sandbags into the gap desperately, trying to rebuild a city wall. In the distance, the Han army remained motionless.

Zhao Yun stared coldly at the busyness in the city, and he was sure of winning. As long as Hangu Pass was captured, the last bear hunting battle would begin.

"One, two, three, let go!"

Two hundred Han warriors exerted force at the same time, threw their long arms, and made a sound of "Woo!", and a huge ball of clay rose into the air, followed by two, three, and four balls. ． ． ．A total of ten balls of blazing fire clay roared and rushed towards the city gate.

The continuous impact made the city gate shake violently, but the huge fireballs were not bounced away. They stuck to the gate like slime, and the fire oil flowed all over the city gate. The whole city gate began to burn crazily, with red flames flying up The fire was raging, and thick smoke filled the inside and outside of the city gate.

The night has fallen, the sky is full of dark clouds, and the cloud of war hangs over Hangu Pass City, and the time to break the city is approaching.

Shouts and cries of terror rang out from the top of the city, and the gate was burning, and the blazing fire hurt everyone's eyes.

The city gate is made of wood, and the outside is covered with iron sheets. The fire has burned through several large holes, and there are terrible tongues of flames spitting out of each big hole, which makes the fire fighting in the city look so weak, and the continuous fireballs make the fire more intense.

Half an hour later, the gate was finally burned into a charcoal frame, and even the iron sheet was melted. At this time, a huge boulder flew across, "Boom!" With a loud noise, the boulder smashed the last charcoal frame into pieces, and the city gate Completely open.

The moment of breaking the city finally came, Xu Huang knew that Hangu Pass could not be held, and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"

The harsh retreat bell rang, Xu Huang got on his horse, and under the protection of a hundred bodyguard cavalry, he rushed towards the back city.

Zhao Yun slowly drew out his saber, pointed at Hangu Pass City, and shouted sharply: "Go into the city!" The [-] Han troops burst into shouts, brandishing their sabers and spears, covering the sky like a rushing tsunami , Swept away to Hangu Pass.

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