Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 235 Solid as a Rock

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

Amidst the chants of the armored soldiers of the Han army, more than [-] towering wells finally approached the city wall of the north gate slowly. When they were less than [-] steps away from the city wall, there was no one there. Suddenly, a large number of Han army archers appeared on the high platform of Jinglan, and the next moment, a dense rain of arrows shot down towards the north gate.

On the top of the north gate, the prisoners who were caught off guard suddenly screamed and fell down in pieces.

"Ah, my eyes are hurting to death..." A prisoner was shot through the eyes by a feather arrow, screaming and running wildly on the top of the city, but after a while, he fell to the ground and died. .

"Help, help, I don't want to die, mother..." A young prisoner who was only sixteen or seventeen years old and with an immature face screamed and fell to the top of the wall. A feathered arrow, with the little prisoner struggling, the feathers at the end of the arrow were still trembling slightly.

There are more than 1000 well rails, and the upper and lower watchtowers of each well rail are enough to accommodate fifty archers. More than [-] archers are divided into five teams, and they shoot towards the north gate with almost no interval. , Under the attack of waves of arrow rain, more and more prisoners and even veterans fell in a pool of blood, and the city suddenly boiled, and the ground was filled with mourning.

However, most of the arrows fell were criminals without any armor. As for the three thousand veterans who were murdered, most of them held large shields and wore heavy armor on their bodies. It doesn't pose too much threat, unless it is unlucky to be shot directly at the front door, or the seam of the armor, it will be killed or injured.

Meng Yu was wearing heavy armor and holding an iron tire bow, and was shooting at the Han army archers on the well. Waves of arrows rained on him, but they were all bounced off one after another. Feather arrows were not enough to pierce the heavy armor on Meng Chu's body, but every time Meng Chu shot an arrow, an archer of the Han army would inevitably fall down.

Shooting and killing more than a dozen Han army archers, Meng Ji shouted: "Veterans step forward!"

With Meng Ji's order, more than a thousand veterans guarding the top of the city stepped forward one after another, howling wildly while using their large shields or their bodies covered with thick iron armor to forcibly block the arrow rain. A veteran fell to the ground with an arrow, but basically resolved the threat of the Han army Jinglan, and the thousands of prisoners who were already on the verge of collapse regained their composure.

However, the attack of the Han army had just begun. With Jing Lan's power, more than a dozen ladders and dozens of simple long ladders had already leaned against the wall of the north gate. The dead soldiers of the Han army in full clothes have already used both hands and feet, climbing the ladder and the long ladder and rushing to the top of the city like flying.

"Heavy soldiers retreat, light soldiers step forward!" Meng Ji ordered again loudly.

The veterans of the Chu army on the top of the city retreated quickly. They held large shields and ring knives, and wore heavy armor. The criminals rushed forward with howls, picked up rolling logs and stones and smashed them down the city.

"Die!" A prisoner picked up a hundred-jin boulder and smashed it down. A dozen dead soldiers of the Han army who were climbing up the long ladder were immediately smashed upright. He fell headlong from a height of several zhang, but before landing, a dead soldier of the Han army still threw his sharp knife, and shot through the prisoner's throat.

"I'm coming, I'm coming..." A muscular prisoner alone picked up a rolling log weighing four to five hundred catties, and was about to smash it out of the battlements when a feathered arrow shot at it like lightning. It shot right through his throat, and the strong prisoner's eyes suddenly protruded, and the rolling log raised high with his hands softened and hit him with a loud bang.

There was also a prisoner who just threw a huge boulder down. As a result, his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell from the top of the city screaming in an instant. He chopped it into a pulp.

The top and bottom of the city suddenly fell into a boundless noise, like boiling water, boiling back to the sky.

Teams of dead soldiers of the Han army climbed up the stairs, but they fell down one after another in the rain of rolling wood and stones. The archers of the Han army fell to the ground one after another. At this moment, the god of death was opening its huge and ferocious fangs, frantically harvesting the fresh life.

Although the dead soldiers of the Han army were not afraid of death, the prisoners of the Chu army never flinched!
After the initial panic, the prisoners on the top of the city calmed down, and in fact they became numb. At this moment, they no longer had any distracting thoughts in their minds. Their thoughts were very simple, if the city fell, they would die Undoubtedly, if they want to survive, they must defeat the Han army and defend the city.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

One after another, loud crashing sounds suddenly came from the city gate. With each crashing sound, even the city wall under his feet trembled violently. Meng Ji's expression changed drastically, and he turned around and strode up to the lookout tower at the top of the city. , holding the battlements and looking down, I saw that a siege engine had reached the north gate and was violently hitting the gate.

"Damn it!" Meng Ji let out a muffled snort, then turned around and shouted angrily, "Fire!"

"Fire oil!"

"Fire oil!"

Amidst the roars one after another, dozens of criminals rushed forward with cans of kerosene, and then smashed them down viciously outside the battlements. The thick kerosene, which was still exuding a foul smell, splashed out in an instant, covering the whole body of the siege engine that was arriving outside the city gate.

"Torch, throw the torch!" Meng Ji ordered again, "Burn them to death!"

As soon as Meng Chu finished speaking, several torches had already been thrown from the top of the city, and the towering flames ignited under the city gate. The siege vehicles that were crashing into the city gate together with dozens of Han soldiers hiding in the garage It was engulfed by flames at once, and amidst the screams, more than a dozen burning men rushed out of the garage, but were quickly burned to death on the spot.

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The Han army was in the rear.

The corner of Li Zuoche's mouth suddenly twitched violently, and he immediately ordered: "Order, all the shooters on the floor will replace the rockets, and burn the fire oil on the top of the city!"

"Here!" The guards behind Li Zuo's body promised loudly, and then climbed to the side of a well that was temporarily used as a watchtower, picked up the two-color triangular flag and waved it vigorously.

On the well ahead, dozens of small Han army commanders issued an order, and dozens of Loufan archers had already changed into hard bows of mulberry wood with a pull force of two stones. Arrows, the so-called Lou Fan shooters, actually do not refer specifically to Lou Fan, but generally refer to people who are tall and good at shooting.

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Before the fire was extinguished, another siege engine rolled towards the city gate.

Meng Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and ordered again: "Fire fire oil, fierce fire oil, prepare..."

Dozens of criminals stepped forward holding cans of kerosene, however, at this moment, dozens of cold stars whizzed over with a sharp sound of piercing through the air, and shot through the hands of the group of criminals. Amidst the crunching sound of the crock pot shattering, balls of filthy black sticky fire oil splashed across the city.

"Huh?!" Meng Ji's pupils shrank sharply, and he rushed two steps and jumped forward fiercely.

Almost at the same time Meng Jiteng landed on the ground, more than a dozen rockets had already landed on the top of the city, and the next moment, flames shot up to the sky from the top of the north gate and burned to the ground. Several veterans, together with nearly a hundred prisoners, fell into the flames at once, and Meng Shu's battle robe was also stained with a few sparks, burning faintly.

"Damn it!" Meng Ji turned over and got up and extinguished the fire on his shirt. When he looked again, he saw that the entire north gate had been completely engulfed in flames. Except for a few veterans and prisoners who escaped by chance, most of them The prisoners were all buried in the raging fire, and it was obviously impossible to use heavy kerosene to stop the siege truck from hitting the door.

"Boom!" Suddenly, there was another dull impact sound from under his feet.

Meng Xi took a deep breath, and when he looked around again, he saw the figures of dead soldiers of the Han army appearing on several walls. At this time, although there were not many dead soldiers of the Han army rushing to the top of the city, it was not enough to suppress the top of the city. There are veterans of the Chu army on the battlefield, but as time goes by, more and more Han soldiers will rush to the top of the city, and the situation is already extremely serious.

"General!" Meng Qiang took a step forward and said sharply, "Hurry up and dispatch the Xiaoqi Battalion!"

Meng Chu nodded heavily and drew his sword loudly, saying sharply: "Command, Xiaoqi Battalion... Assault!"

"Here!" Meng Qiang promised with a loud bang, then suddenly turned his head and roared, "The general has an order, the Xiaoqi Battalion assaults, the Xiaoqi Battalion assaults, the Xiaoqi Battalion assaults..."

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Inside the east gate of Liyang, nearly a thousand cavalry are waiting in formation.

Meng Keng was looking up at the direction of the north gate, his face showed undisguised anxiety, the sound of killing outside the north gate was loud, but he wanted to sit here and wait, how can it be a torment?
Suddenly, a fast horse came galloping from the long street.

The knight on horseback galloped while looking up to the sky and howling: "The general has an order, the battalion of brave cavalry will attack, the general has an order, the battalion of brave cavalry will assault, the battalion of brave cavalry will assault..."

"Is it our turn finally?!" Meng Keng's mouth burst into a sneer, and he buckled the helmet in his hand heavily on his head, and then pulled down the iron mask heavily, and his entire face was completely hidden. Behind the air-conditioned mask, there were only two scorching pupils in the narrow eye holes.

"Get on the horse!" Meng Keng got on the horse, drew his knife and roared.

Nearly a thousand cavalrymen who were sitting quietly waiting on the long street got up and mounted their horses one after another, and then drew out their sharp ring-swords one after another.

The 300 heavily armored heavy cavalry in the middle needed the help of servants to get on their horses. After getting on the horses, the servants handed over 300 huge lances with a length of three feet and six feet to the riders. More than [-] long branches pierced the void, forming a dense forest of death spears in an instant...

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PS: Yes, I rushed out a chapter before departure, and I will see the situation at night.

(End of this chapter)