Great Han Empire

Chapter 40 Yanzhao Fengyun
Li Hong saw a black cloud floating over the forest, and it seemed that he could hear the shrill cry of the black cloud tearing the air.

Su-ri was the first to attack.In his opinion, he had to use his own soldiers to consume the enemy anyway, and he was dead if he died sooner or later, so it's better to have a good time first.

According to Xiong Ba's request, he led [-] soldiers out of the camp quietly at noon, rushed to Meishan, and lay in ambush in the valley closest to Meilou.Su Li was impatient, and ordered the troops to line up in siege formation, ready to attack as soon as they heard the sound of the camp.

Li Hong's loud roar woke up many people.The shield hand raised the shield involuntarily, turned his head to look at Li Hong who was tightly attached to the city wall, and immediately heard the sound of bows and arrows.They yelled in horror, and immediately squatted down and erected their large shields.The soldiers without shields were like frightened rabbits, crawling and crawling to the side of the city wall in the blink of an eye, one by one instinctively covering their heads with their hands, clinging to the base of the wall.The soldiers near Meilou on the mountain were like frightened birds, and immediately dispersed, each looking for a place to escape.For a while, there was no one on the top of the city wall except the soldiers hiding behind the shields.

A huge rain of black arrows whizzed over, and the long arrows were nailed fiercely on the Yunlou with the sound of wind and thunder, and the city wall made terrifying "swish", "dongdong" and "crackling" sounds .Some arrows fell outside the city wall because of insufficient range, and some flew out of the city wall because of too long range, but the long arrows that landed on the city wall exerted great power.Some shield soldiers were knocked down by the huge force of many long arrows shot together, and some long arrows bounced off the ground but still penetrated into the soldiers' bodies with full strength. The wooden roof and wooden columns of the cloud building, On the doors and windows, there are long arrows inserted obliquely everywhere.

Su Li stood on the mountainside, very satisfied with the wonderful performance made by his soldiers.He loudly said to the messenger standing behind him: "Order the bow and arrow troops to continue shooting."

"Blow the horn and order the front army to approach the city wall and throw earthbags." Su Li turned his head and shouted to the horn soldiers.

"Woooo..." The horn sounded from the mountain forest, resounding all over Meishan.

The five hundred soldiers who had been deployed behind the earthbags were all strong and strong men.They stood near more than a dozen piles of earth bags, ready to attack at any time.

When a commander heard the horn, he immediately shouted: "Shoulders...".The soldiers worked in groups of two and cooperated tacitly. One squatted on the ground, and the other grabbed a bag of soil and put it on the other's shoulder.

"Rush..." Following the commander's order, more than 200 soldiers ran towards the city wall with earth bags on their backs, roaring wildly.Above them, a denser rain of arrows roared past.

On the main city wall, the soldiers all looked towards Meishan and Meilou. They heard the sound of bull horns rising and falling on Meishan, and saw the dense long arrows raging on Meilou.

Tian Jing calmed down, glanced at Meishan lightly, and then still focused on the Hu army that was slowly filing out of the camp, unmoved at all.

Wu Yan glanced at Meishan, smiled and said to Xiong Ba beside him: "Fatty is angry, is he showing his power?"

Xiong Ba laughed: "This fat man told him to keep the noise down, but he seemed like he didn't know about it, and stirred up the entire Meishan Mountain."

Li Hong took advantage of the break between the rain of arrows, and stretched out his head to look outside the city wall, but when he showed his head, the arrow that was shot in the face brushed his scalp and flew past.Li Hong shrank his neck in fright and dared not move.But he heard hundreds of soldiers shouting, running, and throwing heavy objects to the base of the city wall from outside the city wall.He thought about those earth bags.It seems that these Xianbei people really want to fill out a platform on the mountainside so that they can set up ladders to attack Yunlou.It's just that arrows are flying like locusts in the sky now, and they can't stretch their heads at all, let alone block them.

A dozen or so shield soldiers could no longer withstand the wild bombardment of so many long arrows, and all of them took advantage of the gap between the two rounds of arrow rain to run to the edge of the city wall to hide.Several soldiers were wounded by the rebounding long arrows, lying at the foot of the wall moaning in pain.On the top of the entire city wall are densely packed long arrows.

Khan Lu King Wu Yan, Que Ji, and Xiong Ba lined up in Lulongsai City with five thousand troops. The flags were flying and the crowd was like a tide, which was quite spectacular.

They chose the main direction of attack on the battlefield to be on the left side of Wangri Tower.At this time, Su Li led his troops to attack Meilou. The Han army on Meilou was too busy to take care of themselves, and there was no way to help the troops on the left side of the main city wall to defend.

Standing on the city wall, Tian Jing could also see the enemy's intentions. He shouted loudly: "Jun Sima Wang Jin." Wang Jin was not far away from him, commanding the two troops on the left city wall. When he heard the shout, he hurried over. .

"The enemy's main attack direction must be on the left side. You tell the soldiers to resolutely beat the enemy down."

"Yes. Please rest assured, my lord."

The bullhorn sounded.Wuyan's troops began to form.Crossbowmen and cavalry archers began to move forward.Assault infantry, in groups of ten, carry eight-foot-long climbing ladders; behind each climbing ladder, there is a 20-man assault team.These squads of soldiers held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, as if they were dying.

The drums were louder and louder.Soldiers in full body armor were everywhere on the city tower. Under the loud orders of the officers at all levels, the troops began to enter the state of battle.

Below the city, the enemy army is still advancing, gradually entering within range.

Under the cover of bows and arrows, Suli's soldiers successfully threw more than 1000 earth bags under the city wall.A small platform that can hold more than a dozen ladders has been formed.

Sully waved his arms vigorously.The bullhorn sounded.The former army who had just thrown the earthbags immediately retreated to both sides. A hundred soldiers who erected ladders shouted, carried ten ladders, and held up shields, rushing towards the city wall.

The dense bow and arrow cover stopped.

Li Hong looked up at the sky, as if he had stopped shooting like crazy.He stood up slowly and saw the siege soldiers rushing out of the woods.He yelled: "Brothers, the enemy is attacking, prepare to fight."

Li Hong's soldiers were very lucky that the enemy's attack point was chosen on their section of the city wall.The soldiers waited for a short period of time and found that the enemy really did not continue to shoot.Immediately under Li Hong's urging, they all stood up and looked out of the city.

"Shoot, shoot at will..." Li Hong shouted loudly, and shot the first arrow of the Lulongsai soldiers against the invasion.

The enemy raised their shields high, resisting the long arrows shot down from the city, and advancing hard. The shooting power of 30 people is too small. The long arrows sprinkled into the enemy's impact formation, like splashing a little water on the surface of a pond.Immediately, from the top of the cloud tower and other defensive surfaces of the city wall, the soldiers of the Han army shot angry long arrows at the enemy running below the city.The dense woods, however, helped the enemy, and most of the long arrows missed their mark, being blocked by branches or hitting tree trunks.But some Xianbei soldiers were shot and fell down.

Su Li's strong bow shooting troops suddenly appeared on the hillside.Their strong bow is the most famous bow of the Xianbei people, and it is a specialty of the Xianbei Longbow tribe in the east.It is strong and has a long range, far stronger and easier to use than ordinary bows.Although the soldiers of the strong bow troops were exposed to the range of the bows and arrows of the Han army, they were not afraid. Amid the roar of a centurion, they began to shoot suppressively at the Han army on the tower to cover their infantry brothers Quickly approach the city wall.

The soldiers of the Han army were immediately pierced by the powerful long arrows.But in the face of more siege enemy soldiers rushing under the city wall, they no longer cared about avoiding the enemy's shooting, and could only do their best to block the more threatening enemy.Upstairs on the Mei Tower, the commander Zhou Hao's roar sounded: "Soldiers from Zuo Shi, shoot the enemy's archers, shoot..."

The Xianbei soldiers pushed firmly and tenaciously under the city wall.The soldiers put their shields on their heads and quickly set up the climbing ladder.Because there are gaps between the earth bags, the feet of the ladder are deeply inserted into the earth bags, which is obviously stronger than being placed on the ground, and it is less likely to be pushed by the defenders.

Su Li's fat hand waved down again.The three hundred first batch of siege soldiers poured out of the mountainside like a tide under the command of the sound of the horn.They roared crazily, with swords in one hand and shields in the other, they rushed towards the ten climbing ladders at high speed.

Cheng Jie led another group of soldiers to supplement it.He drew out his saber and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Intensive shooting, intensive shooting..."

The enemy soldiers who were running kept falling down with arrows, screams, long arrows whistling, and shouts of killing filled the entire battlefield.Enemies start climbing up the ladder.

Tian Jing turned a deaf ear to the fierce battle in Meishan.He thought it was the enemy's harassment tactics, and there was nothing worthy of attention.What's more, the hillside is steep and high, even if the enemy wants to attack the city, they can't find a place to put the ladder, and it is difficult to deploy the siege team.The soldiers were in unfavorable terrain, and the casualties must have been huge.No one will use it as the focus of attack, unless it is a lunatic who knows nothing.

Seeing the enemy entering the shooting range, Tian Jing turned her head and shouted loudly: "Beat the drum. The shield bearer is in front and the archer is behind. Prepare to shoot in salvo."

The orders were conveyed to the soldiers by the commanders at all levels in one roar after another.With the waving of the battle flag, the shield bearers squatted down in unison.

Wu Yan turned his head and shouted behind him: "Order the shield soldiers to raise their shields, and the archers to prepare. Keep going."

Tian Jing raised the spear high, pointed forward vigorously, "Shoot..."

Almost at the same instant, hundreds of long arrows leaped into the air.

Wu Yan yelled: "Shoot..."

Following closely behind the Han army, the Hu allied forces fired two thousand long arrows.This huge black cloud shot into the sky, broke through a small black cloud, and poured down on the city wall.The two armies were hit by the rain of arrows almost simultaneously.Soldiers on both sides fell.The brief contact caused a little confusion.But then the archers of both sides shot another round under the command of their respective commanders.

The arrows in the air danced and shouted joyously over Lulongsai, the drums above the city shook the ground, and the horns below the city resounded through the battlefield.The fierce battle finally started.

Wu Yan's army quickly approached the city.

"Order the archers to stop advancing, shield soldiers to cover, and continue shooting."

"Order the infantry squad to set up the ladder."

With an order, [-] soldiers suddenly rushed out from the entire moving team. They carried giant ladders in groups of ten, while running, holding their shields high, roaring loudly, like wild horses running wild , shot at the city wall.

Tian Jing was expressionless, and shouted loudly: "Send the archers in the front to block the infantry in the city; the archers in the back row continue to shoot long distances."

Wuyan's soldiers quickly advanced to the city, braving the dense rain of arrows, and successfully erected the ladder.Then four soldiers pressed the root of the ladder to make it firm, and the other soldiers held up their shields and guarded both sides of the ladder to protect the lives of these four soldiers.

The sound of the horns of the charge resounded across the battlefield in an instant.A thousand assault soldiers were divided into fifty teams, like beasts rushing out of their cages, screaming and rushing towards the ladder, ready to ascend the city for a battle.

Wu Yan yelled: "Archers, fire continuously, fire continuously."

As soon as Wu Yan's cry fell, the dense long arrows suddenly whizzed and shot towards the top of the city wall one after another as if they had gone crazy.The densely packed long arrows fell on the top of the city wall like arrows.

The two guards standing behind Tian Jing were shocked, and immediately ran forward and raised their shields.The fierce long arrows hit the shield continuously, and the huge force forced the two guards to hold the shield with both hands and take a step back.

Under the cover of the archers, the assault infantry quickly approached the ladder, and one by one, like agile apes, quickly climbed up the long ladder.

The archers suddenly stopped firing.

Tian Jing separated from the guards in front of her, and stretched her head to look down the city wall.Enemy soldiers are densely packed and are quickly approaching the top of the city wall along the ladder.

He took a step back, raised his gun and roared, "Kill... ah..."

The drums of war were like thunder, and the morale of the soldiers was like a rainbow. They shouted loudly: "Kill..."

(End of this chapter)