The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 718 Chapter 717

Under the cover of the catapults, the phalanx of the Han army advanced one after another. Some of the phalanxes were ladder carts, and some were wells. The road to Jiameng Pass was more like a gourd, so that the [-] soldiers in the phalanx could not keep the original formation and move forward.

Therefore, when the phalanx entered the entrance of Jiameng Pass, the phalanx of the Han army shrank, and the soldiers moved forward in groups of seven, and the ladder cart in the middle of the phalanx could barely pass through the narrow passage. pass on the road.

However, the large Jinglan car could not pass through the entire narrow intersection, and could only look at the city wall of Jiameng Pass and sigh.Fortunately, the well fence is equipped with a crossbow with a longer range. The soldiers pushed the well fence to the entrance and lined up. The soldiers on the well fence stood on the well fence, holding the crossbow, Shooting took place on the wall of Jiameng Pass about eighty paces away.

If the attack of the catapult can still make the defenders in the city barely hide behind the battlements, but once the well fence appears, the soldiers on the ten-meter-high well fence will be able to shoot down the walls of Jiameng Pass in one fell swoop. See everything at a glance.

Moreover, there are continuous crossbows installed on the well rail that can shoot continuously. A crossbowman can shoot about fifteen crossbow bolts in a short period of time, and the power of those crossbow bolts is quite amazing. Generally, they can shoot up to a hundred paces. distance.

In this way, one crossbowman can produce the power of fifteen archers, not to mention four crossbowmen installed on each well rail, so only four crossbowmen need to keep shooting, and the shooting effect is like Sixty archers.

There were five Jinglans in this battle, and all Jinglans participated in the battle, but the crossbows were constantly opening and closing, and the short and sharp crossbow arrows were like dense raindrops, strafing the city wall of Jiameng Pass In fact, only five Jinglans created the power of three hundred archers shooting together. It has to be said that the powerful power of this Jinglan.

The most important thing is that when shooting on the well fence, the arrows flew directly to the soldiers hiding on the city wall. Although some Sichuan soldiers were able to escape the attack of the boulder by chance, they could not escape the attack of the crossbow. His life was taken away by crossbow arrows, and he fell on the city wall and couldn't get up again.

Under the double attack of the catapult and Jinglan, the city wall of Jiameng Pass was completely suppressed, without any ability to fight back.

But as the ground troops advanced, the catapults with poor accuracy first stopped attacking, so as not to accidentally injure their own people, but the crossbowmen on the well fence were still shooting desperately, suppressing the city wall with the densest arrow array The defenders on the ground will not let the ground troops be harmed.

Soon, the soldiers in the phalanx finally arrived at the city gate, but the defenders in the city hadn't fought back. It wasn't until the soldiers in the phalanx put the ladder on the wall that they realized the danger was coming.

"Don't let the enemy get close to the city wall, you must defend the city with all your might!" Liu Xian shouted immediately, and even risked being shot through by an arrow, he slashed at the ladder with the knife in his hand past.

The sound of "Dang" echoed in Liu Xian's ears. After the knife in his hand collided with the ladder, he did not cut it off, but a hole burst out on the blade of his own.

Only then did Liu Xian notice that the ladder on the city wall was not made of wood, but iron.

But at this moment, an arrow whizzed past and directly pierced into Liu Xian's chest. The short and sharp crossbow shot through Liu Xian's armor and penetrated into his body, but the arrow's The strength was also blocked to a certain extent, Liu Xian only felt as if something scratched his chest, and there was no heart-piercing pain like an arrow shooting into his body.

Liu Xian pulled out the arrow in a hurry. Fortunately, the armor he was wearing was thick enough to remove a lot of strength, otherwise, he would definitely be shot through the chest by the arrow.

"It's dangerous!" Liu Xian secretly called out.

But at this moment, a soldier who looked like a Qiang climbed up the ladder, raised a sharp single knife in his hand, and slashed at Liu Xian's head. The knife was as fast as lightning.

Liu Xian was taken aback, and hastily raised his knife to block the attack of the Qiang people. At the same time, he retreated quickly, and glanced at the enemy army under the city wall. The road was already densely packed.

The moment Liu Xian retreated, the Qiang man jumped onto the city tower, raised his knife and fell, beheading a soldier, and then danced wildly with his knife, but saw the shimmering cold light shining in the sun, and several of them rushed towards him. The Sichuan soldiers who came up were hacked to death by him one after another.

One after another, the Qiang people climbed up the ladder, and fought side by side with the Qiang people who climbed the city wall first, and they broke out a piece of ground.

And the Sichuan soldiers on the city wall rushed over from both sides, but they were suppressed by the crossbowmen on the well rail in the distance, blocking the support of the Sichuan soldiers, so that the Qiang people who climbed the city wall one after another became more and more There are many, and like a plague, it spreads everywhere, and after a while, it fills the city.

Seeing this, Liu Xian knew that it would be difficult to regain the lost ground. As soon as it was below zero, he turned around and retreated into the pass. Before leaving, he kept kicking the cans of kerosene at his feet to pieces. Zhezi threw it on the ground with kerosene, and the fire immediately ignited and quickly spread to the surroundings. Under the action of the fierce kerosene, the fire was so fierce that some Qiang people who had no time to escape were instantly swallowed by the flames There was a raging fire burning all over his body, the scorching flames roasted his body, and he let out a hysterical scream.

The fire on the city wall was not big, and the Qiang people immediately took measures to put out the fire, so that they didn't suffer much damage, but extinguished the fire instead.

At this time, the Qiang people who had already broken into the city came to the city gate and opened the city gate from the inside. Once the city gate was opened, the army rushed into the city like a flood. Seeing that some Sichuan soldiers were fleeing westward, they Then he chased after him directly.

The entire siege took only a quarter of an hour, and the strong Jiameng Pass was breached. This made Ma Chao very excited, and shouted at the soldiers in front: "Go into the city, and leave no one behind!"

Ten thousand Qiang people acted as the vanguard. After the city gate was opened, the Qiang people scrambled into Jiameng Pass. Some of them chased the escaped Sichuan soldiers in front, and some of them rummaged through boxes and cabinets inside the pass, searching around to see if there was anyone there. Nothing of value.

The reason why the Qiang people came to fight with Ma Chao this time was that they did not dare to offend Ma Chao, nor did they dare not give Ma Chao face, but the most important point was that they felt that it was profitable. Yizhou has always been a rich area. These Qiang people went to fight with Ma Chao, and when they came to such a rich place, they must search for it.

But the strange thing is that when the Qiang people searched around the pass, they found that the room in the pass was empty, not even a grain of grain, a foot of cloth, or a coin could be found, and the pass was closed before they arrived. It was already a mess, and they couldn't help but feel that this Jiameng Pass was empty.

The Qiang people who were in charge of chasing the Sichuan soldiers, when chasing out of the west gate of Jiameng Pass, the Sichuan soldiers burned a raging fire on the only road, blocking the Qiang people's pursuit.

The number of Qiang people who poured into the city has probably reached 8000, and every corner is full of people, but there is no Sichuan soldier to be found.

At this time, an unknown person covered his nose and said, "Why does it smell like kerosene?"

As soon as this person said the words, the others seemed to smell a smell and covered their noses one after another. When everyone rushed in just now, the city was filled with the smell of blood, and they only cared about chasing the enemy and looting things. It was easy to calm down, and immediately noticed something was wrong.

However, when the Qiang people were still in a daze, a cluster of arrows with sparks flew from the sky, and landed in Jiameng Pass like flying all over the sky.

In a short while, the entire Jiameng Pass was on fire, and the fire spread very quickly. In just a moment, the entire Jiameng Pass was sealed off. The large and small fires collided together, and soon formed a series of fires. The raging fire dragon devoured everything in Jiameng pass, and everyone was trapped in the pass.

The flames in Jiameng pass blazed into the sky, and the Qiang people were in chaos. They were all on fire, rushing around like headless flies.

The Qiang people who were relatively close to the gate of the city also said that when there was a fire in the city, they immediately withdrew from the city, and they were lucky enough to escape the catastrophe before the fire sealed the gate.

At this time, Ma Chao was riding a white horse and preparing to enter Jiameng Pass, when he suddenly saw a fire ignited in Jiameng Pass, screaming and whispering, which made his heart drop to the bottom of the valley.What he never expected was that Zhang Fei would do this to him. While he voluntarily gave up Jiameng Pass, he did not forget to set fire to the pass, so that the seven or eight thousand Qiang brothers he brought would be buried in the sea of ​​flames. middle.

The horses under Ma Chao neighed endlessly, and the soldiers who were close to Jiameng Pass also retreated one after another. It is unknown how much kerosene the Sichuan soldiers placed in Jiameng Pass, which caused such a huge fire to ignite in Jiameng Pass. Fire comes.

At first glance, the inside of Jiameng Pass looks like a big brazier burning with raging fire, and the people and things in the big brazier are swallowed by the fire.

At first, there were still screams in Jiameng Pass, but as the fire burned more and more vigorously, there was no other sound in the city except for the occasional crackling sound of burning. It seems that the seven or eight thousand Qiang people have died. Buried in the sea of ​​fire.

"Zhang Fei! I will never spare you!" Seeing that such an accident happened in the Jiameng Pass in his hand, and Ma Chao lost seven to eight thousand people. How could he swallow this breath?

Now that the fire in Jiameng Pass is burning vigorously, if you want to pursue Zhang Fei, you can only wait until the fire in Jiameng Pass is gradually extinguished. Colleagues, the anger of other Qiang people under Ma Chao's subordinates has also been ignited, and they all vowed to kill Zhang Fei. To avenge the dead clansmen.

However, the fire in Jiameng Pass burned for two days and two nights before it was gradually extinguished. After the fire, Jiameng Pass was already completely blackened, and there were all kinds of charred corpses in strange shapes everywhere in the city. In the battle, Ma Chao suffered a lot, which deepened his hatred for Zhang Fei.

(End of this chapter)