Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 268 Breaking Chang'an
"Han army mighty!"

In front of the army formation, Gao Shun raised his arms and howled.

"War must be won!"

The two thousand armored soldiers responded with three calls, with momentum like a rainbow.

Although the great Han is dead, the immortal spirit of the Han people has not been extinguished.

In the past, it was fighting for the great Han, but now it is fighting for the great Han nation.

Gao Shun has been influencing the soldiers under him with his own actions. Whether it was fighting for the big man in the past or fighting for his own ideals, Gao Shun and the soldiers he brought out are as firm as ever.

The two thousand infantry are well-equipped and well-armored, no worse than Luo Zheng's regular army that specializes in warfare.

In fact, although the [-] field soldiers have to plow the fields, their training has never been slack.

Serving under someone like Gao Shun, the soldiers couldn't relax.

Whenever he has time, he will be pulled out to practice, and even have to resist the invasion of the Huns and Liangzhou rebels. Although he has not experienced a large-scale battlefield, he is no longer a rookie and has a certain amount of battle experience.

As for the two thousand infantry, they are different from other Tuntian soldiers.

Among the 3000 troops stationed in the field, these 2000 infantry not only received the most rigorous training, even cruelty, but also experienced the most battles. During the looting, the pawns were responsible for the frontal blocking. There were originally [-] soldiers, but Gao Shun finally left [-] of them behind.

As for the Yiying weapon and armor, it was given priority by Gao Shun to equip this infantry.

It can be said that Gao Shun has thoroughly implemented the concept of governing the army that the soldiers are more expensive than more.

Although the two thousand infantry were Tuntian soldiers, they were armed to the teeth by Gao Shun.

The strict discipline and Ruhong's momentum are not worse than the professional soldiers stationed in Long County under Luo Zheng's command.

Amidst the resounding trumpets, under the cover of five thousand archers, two thousand infantry quickly rushed to the bottom of the city, and the dense shield Yuer separated to the two sides, and ten ladders with barbs flew in the first place. Was put on the head.

"on!"

With a wave of his hand, Gao Shun was the first to climb up the ladder holding his shield.

Arrows flew over the city like rain, and the scull shield soldiers set up huge shields to block the front. The rest of the sword and shield soldiers held up their shields and formed a dense formation. The rain of arrows pouring down from above.

"Smash it, give me a hard hit."

On the top of the city, a small school waved its arms and shouted vigorously.

Guo Bang's soldiers standing in a row immediately raised the rolling wood and rocks under their feet, raised the battlements and smashed them down with all their strength.

"stop!"

With a roar, Gao Shun casually hung the ring knife and broadsword on the hook specially installed on the ladder, shrank his body, and squatted halfway on the ladder. The crossbar of the ladder.

The knife and ax soldiers who climbed behind were also similar, hanging tightly on the ladder.

bang bang bang...

The rolling wood and stone that fell from the top of the city hit the shield hard and rolled down from the left side.

Gao Shun resolutely didn't move, he didn't even shake his body.

The rest of the soldiers did not have such bravery, and a few unlucky ones were smashed down.

"on!"

When the rolling wood and rocks on the top of the city rested for a while, he immediately shouted, took the ring knife and climbed up like flying.

The knife and ax soldier who followed behind immediately took off the ring knife and climbed up behind him without saying a word.

"it is good!"

Luo Zheng has already come to the front of the formation of the Chinese army.

When I saw this scene, I couldn't help applauding.

During this movement, they showed amazing discipline and deep-rooted tacit understanding. The soldiers climbing up the ladder seemed to be a whole, and they could all stop if they said stop. Only this point is not ordinary people can do it.

Know that everyone is a different individual.

It is not difficult for tens of hundreds of people to be uniform, and those volunteer teams may do better than this.

But the problem is, it is amazing to be able to do this on a bloody battlefield.

At least so far, Luo Zheng has not seen any army with such an amazing performance. This is no longer a matter of discipline, but a test of life and death, a challenge to the ability to withstand death.

You know, this is a bloody battlefield, not a play house.

Even Luo Zheng's professional soldiers who specialize in warfare will not do better than this infantry.

Perhaps the elites who belonged to the Northern Army can do it too, but the former elites are now either broken up and become the most grassroots corporals, corporals, and other low-level officers, or they are too old to be moved, and their armor is removed. Pension gone.

"It's really elite!"

Jia Xu's eyes showed admiration, and she couldn't help but twitched her beard in praise.

Cheng Ying, Zhang Liao, Yan Xing, Xu Chu and other generals also nodded involuntarily, with amazed eyes.

Luo Zheng also nodded again and again, Gao Shun did have a hand in bringing a non-professional field soldier into this.

There are many generals in the world, but there are really few who can do this.

Luo Zheng can't do it either, because it needs to be practiced for the generals, to constantly influence the soldiers, so as to create a truly unbreakable strong will and an invincible belief that every battle must be won, not by training.

Gao Shun is very strict with himself, even a little perverted.

Such a person cannot be found among 1 generals leading troops.

A person's character is innate, not something that can be imitated if one wants to.

Except for Gao Shun, Luo Zheng has never seen a military general like Gao Shun.

There are tens of thousands of military generals in history, and perhaps the strong soldiers brought out by famous generals are not bad, such as Huo Qubing, the famous general of the former Han Dynasty.

The soldiers brought out by Luo Zheng are also the elite of all battles, such as the three thousand old troops, who also have tenacious will and invincible beliefs, but in terms of discipline and action, they are worse than the infantry under Gao Hui Too much.

The styles of generals are different, and the soldiers brought out are also different.

But there is no doubt that Gao Shun's two thousand pawns are an elite team.

The city wall of Chang'an was only three feet high. After two rounds of rolling wood and rocks, Gao Shun jumped onto the top of the city first. The five-foot-long ring-headed sword swung away, and the three Guo Si soldiers who were about to rush forward were cut in half. .

When the soldiers behind jumped up to the top of the wall, Gao Shun had already found a place to stay.

"Array on the spot, guard the sides!"

Gao Shun let out a loud shout, and moved his majestic body to the side at the same time. He stretched out his left arm like lightning, grabbed all the long spears that had been pierced in the air, and held them under his armpit, and then sent them with all his strength, and rushed forward. Guo Si's soldiers immediately turned on their backs.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the eight soldiers who leaped up to the top of the city immediately divided into two groups, and a group of six people rushed to the back, leaning against each other while resisting with shields, while holding their ground and struggling to resist the slaughter of the defenders. .

The other group of two rushed to Gao Shun's side, and joined hands with Gao Shun to guard the other end.

More and more soldiers climbed to the top of the city along the ladder and joined in the brutal fight.

However, Guo Si's army's counterattack was also unprecedentedly violent. Even though Gao Shun fought bloody battles, he still felt very strenuous.

Fortunately, more and more soldiers climbed to the top of the city along the ladder, and finally stabilized their position.At the same time, the soldiers in charge of attacking the city on the other ten ladders also rushed to the top of the city under the leadership of the military lord, and fought bloody battles with the city defenders.

"Kill, give me a hard kill!"

Guo Bang's eyes were red, the tenacity of this infantry was beyond his expectation.

I thought that Luo Zheng was still just a tentative attack. The siege troops in the north and south were all thunderous and rainy. What could Luo Zheng send two thousand infantry to do? Killed on the top of the city.

What's more terrible is that more and more Luo Zheng soldiers climbed to the top of the city.

Hundreds of steps away, the Chinese army is in the main formation.

Jia Xu's complexion changed suddenly, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, since General Gao Shun has stabilized his position, he can quickly order the army to attack the city with all its strength, and seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defeat Chang'an in one battle. !"

"My lord, please give an order!"

Zhang Liao, Yan Xing and other generals also called for the battle one after another, and they all saw a rare opportunity to fight.

Luo Zhenglue thought about it, and said decisively: "Shan, according to Wenhe's words, order the army to attack the city with all its strength!"

"As ordered!"

A messenger had already left in response to the call, and boarded the high platform to pass down the military order with semaphore.

The passionate and high-pitched sound of cow horns and the deafening sound of war drums soared into the sky. This was the sound of a full-scale offensive. The tens of thousands of troops waiting in formation boiled up instantly, and under the leadership of the commanding officer, they quickly pressed against .

At this time, there were no locust-like arrows on the top of Chang'an City, and rolling trees and stones fell down.

After Gao Shun stabilized his position, more and more soldiers rushed to the top of the city. The war had entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat. The Guo Si army defending the city didn't care about shooting arrows and throwing stones. The only thing they could do was to fight for their lives.

Amidst the earth-shattering shouts of killing, tens of thousands of troops launched a full-scale attack on Chang'an City.

Generals Zhang Liao and Yan Xing personally led hundreds of infantry to the top of the city, blocking Guo Si's fierce counterattack for Gao Shun.

The brutal fighting lasted from morning to noon, and from noon until sunset.

Luo Zheng's face is dignified, staring at the city, it seems that he has forgotten his hunger.

Jia Xu, Cheng Ying and other literati also stared nervously at the top of the city. They hadn't eaten for a whole day, and they hadn't even done much exercise. Even though their stomachs were like thunder, at this time, how could they care about eating? If they didn't attack Chang'an in one go, It will be difficult to think of such a good opportunity in the future. At this time, the competition is to see who can last to the end.

The Xiliang army's toughness and good fighting skills are not fake, just look at the tragic battle situation at the top of the city.

Although the Xiliang Rebel Army under Guo Si's command is not as well equipped as Luo Zheng's army, and its discipline is not as good as Luo Zheng's army, but its tenacious style and fearless hard work are not bad at all, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to persist until now.

The sun finally set, and the sky quickly darkened.

Hungry, the [-] cavalry waiting in line have already lit torches.

Torches were also lit on the inner wall of the city head of Chang'an, illuminating the inside and outside of the city like daytime.

Under the firelight, the hideous or dignified faces flickered, making everyone watching the battle numb.

At this moment, Yan Xing was drenched in blood. Regardless of the number of knives on his body, he led hundreds of people to the top of the city gate tower, and cut off the cable with one knife. on the pier.

"Raise the jack gate!"

Yan Xing cut the two soldiers in half with a single blow, raised his arms and let out a long howl.

More than a dozen soldiers rushed up immediately, struggling to turn the winch.

Whoa!
The iron chain was tightened violently, and amidst the tooth-piercing sound of metal friction, the heavy jack gate finally began to slowly rise.

"Kill kill kill..."

The soldiers of Guo Si's army who were nearby rushed forward without fear of death, slashing with their knives.

Yan Xing and his men guarded around the winch, fighting for their lives.

"Okay, hit the city head!"

Hundreds of steps away, Luo Zheng looked refreshed and immediately stopped drinking.

"As ordered!"

The orderly had already responded loudly and quickly passed down the military order.

Soon, a cumbersome city crash vehicle was pushed up by dozens of soldiers.

The structure of this crash vehicle was very simple. It was a simple iron frame with two iron wheels mounted on it, and a log thicker than Xu Chu's waist was fixed to the iron frame on top.

The top of the log was sharpened, even equipped with a huge iron cone, which was polished to a very sharp point.

Dozens of soldiers grabbed the specially reserved push rods, pushed the ramming cart and rushed down the city quickly, and rushed across the suspension bridge. With a loud bang, the huge iron cone at the front end of the log slammed into the city gate fiercely. .

As the sawdust flew, the masonry above the city gate shook violently.

Dust fell from above, confusing the soldiers' eyes.

"retreat!"

The team leader at the forefront roared, and dozens of pawns immediately worked together to drag the crashing car out.

After retreating more than 50 infantrymen, they roared again in unison, pushing the crashing car and running forward quickly.

The gate of Chang'an City was not generally strong, even after more than ten knocks, it did not break open.

Luo Zheng was a little anxious, and said sharply: "Where is Xu Chu, quickly open the city gate!"

"As ordered!"

Xu Chuhu roared, immediately got off his horse, and ran over like flying.

"Step aside!"

I saw this guy rushing to the back of the crashing cart, and casually pulled the last soldier aside, then grabbed the iron handle used to push the cart with both hands, and with a sudden force, the slow-moving crashing cart Immediately flew straight forward.

"Ouch!"

Some soldiers were caught off guard and were almost dragged to the ground by the car that crashed into the city.

"Damn it, work harder for me!"

Xu Chu roared, and the soldiers who were struggling to push the cart were refreshed, and immediately gritted their teeth and pushed desperately.

boom!
Amidst the loud noise, the city crash vehicle weighing several thousand catties slammed into the city gate.

Amidst the sawdust flying, there were continuous clicking sounds, and the heavy Chang'an city gate seemed to be falling apart, but it just didn't break open.

"Open again!"

Xu Chuhu let out a roar, and immediately retreated out, dragging the crashing car.

After only taking more than [-] steps back, he pushed the crash car again and started to run.

The soldiers pushing the carts had already changed three times, but even so, they were all sweating profusely and panting.

In addition, I hadn't eaten a grain of rice for a day, and I only drank some water. I was so hungry that my heart was on my back, and my strength was really hard to last.

When the crash vehicle was dragged out again, another group of soldiers stepped forward immediately.

After doing this five times, amidst the loud bang, a city gate on the left finally collapsed under the weight.

(End of this chapter)