Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 122 The Fierce Battle in Pengcheng

fierce battle!A real battle!Since the formation of the Young Marshal's Army, the largest and bloodiest brutal battle!

With the sound of war drums, the ground collapsed, and the arrows of the two warring parties were like locusts, whistling and flying around the battlefield full of corpses, covering the winter sun again and again. Constantly being killed or injured by arrows, screaming or groaning, the young commanders and soldiers hiding behind the sheep and horse walls and on the top of the camp wall were protected by fortifications, but they were still being shot directly or thrown by the arrows of the Qin army. , where the splash was streaked with dark red blood-colored spray.

Drawing lessons from the failure of the last attack on the camp, Qin Jun no longer arranged the long shields in a horizontal line to cover the crossbowmen and used them as targets for the catapults of the Young Marshal Army. The possibility of the Young Marshal's trebuchet hitting, and four thousand crossbowmen carrying long shields came forward in one breath, and at the same time suppressed the defenders at the two southwest gates of the Young Marshal's camp. It has always been ineffective. Even if it hits the enemy, it can only kill one Qin army's long shield at a time. There is no way to directly smash a row of Qin army's long shields like last time, creating chaos for the self-armed crossbowmen. Ideal opportunity to kill the enemy.

On the contrary, because it was aimed at a fixed target, Qin Jun's trebuchets achieved more ideal results. The stones weighing tens of kilograms absorbed the water mist in the air, and smashed hard at the young commander's army one after another. The battalion wall, made many depressions on the wall of the Young Marshal's army built with rammed earth, and also smashed the female wall at the top of the camp wall to many corners. Some of the crossbowmen of the Young Marshal's Army were stoned to death by the Qin army before they even had time to snort.

Fortunately, the range of the Qin army's towed trebuchets is not as good as that of the bow and crossbow, so it is necessary to concentrate manpower to pull the rope and throw stones within the range of the bow and crossbow of the young commander. The firing speed and frequency of the army's trebuchets were not just enough to be beaten, but they also took the opportunity to kill and wound many of Qin's trebuchet players.But in this way, of course, the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army would not be able to deal with the Qin Army's trench bridge convoy with all their might. .

At this moment, the rain of arrows from the Young Commander's Army was almost all concentrated on the Qin Army's trench bridge convoy. Only the soldiers of the Qin Army with round shields were shot continuously, and some people fell into the trench in a panic and were stabbed by the sharp piles in the trench. Skewers.But even so, the tenacious soldiers of the Qin army continued to take a trench bridge vehicle to the opposite bank, built temporary bridges across the trench, and successfully broke through the first guard trench of the Young Marshal Army.

The battle was even more tragic. In order to prevent the enemy from crossing the trench and approaching the second guard camp trench, the crossbowmen of the Young Marshal Army fired arrows crazily, causing many people to lose their strength and collapse, forcing Xiang Kang to send troops out of the camp as soon as possible. Severely declining troops outside the battalion.The same is true for the Qin army. In order to cover the trench bridge convoy to build the bridge, many soldiers of the Qin army were sweating profusely, but they were still pulling their crossbow strings desperately and releasing feather arrows.

Without building a wall of sheep and horses between the two trenches to provide a buffer, it was undoubtedly a major failure of the Young Marshal Army when they built the camp. After the Qin Army's trench bridge convoy broke through the first trench, they could directly send the trench bridge vehicles to the ground. Pushing to the second ditch and quickly building a bridge, Xiang Kang finally found out that it was too late, and he could no longer save it. He could only watch helplessly as the Qin army built a bridge on the second ditch again, opening up to his own. The road to the barracks wall and the sheep and horse wall.

The courage of the soldiers of the Qin Army is also worthy of praise. Just after a few bridges were built on the second ditch, some soldiers of the Qin Army rushed directly through the ditch and attacked the crossbowmen of the Young Marshal Army behind the wall of sheep and horses. Although the crossbowmen immediately drew their swords and resisted bravely, hacking and killing many soldiers of the Qin army who dared to die like this, but the effect of suppressing the crossbows was greatly affected, and more trench bridge vehicles took the second road one after another Guarding the trenches of the camp, more soldiers of the Qin Army also took the opportunity to rush to fight in front of the sheep and horse walls, forming a vicious circle.

Finally, after nearly an hour of hard fighting, and after paying a considerable price, more than 20 of the first batch of [-] trench bridge vehicles dispatched by the Qin Army were successively built on the two roads of the Young Marshal Army. On the trench of the guard camp, more than [-] roads were opened up to the wall of the Marshal's barracks.Zhang Ping, who personally led the army to attack the west gate of the Young Marshal's camp, did not hesitate, and immediately ordered two thousand elites from Longxi under his command to step forward, carrying ladders to attack the west gate of the Young Marshal's camp, and at the same time sent some ordinary infantry to carry trench bridge vehicles and Sandbags stepped forward to assist in the battle, continued to build more bridges across the trenches, and also tried to directly fill up the trenches of the guard camp of the Young Marshal Army, completely opening the way for troops to enter.

The same is true for the south gate. Although some are reluctant to use the core backbone of the Qin army from Longxi, but limited by Zhang Ping's strict orders, Yao Ang, who led the army to attack the south gate of the Marshal's camp, also dispatched two thousand elite soldiers, supplemented by Two thousand infantry, cooperating with the main force, launched a strong attack on the southern section of the Young Marshal's camp at the same time.

The real offensive officially began. The elite Qin army striding out first trotted, and then gradually accelerated. When they were about to enter the bow and crossbow range of the Young Marshal Army, they shouted together and charged together. The soldiers of the Young Marshal Army on the camp wall It is to shoot arrows wildly, desperately weakening the Qin army's attacking team.At the same time, at this time, an accident happened. In the camp of the Young Commander, a rain of arrows suddenly flew out, whizzing and flying up and down in a parabola, nailing the heads of the soldiers of the Qin Army, and many Qin soldiers The soldiers of the army were caught off guard by the suddenly expanded firepower of the Young Marshal's Army, and the casualties also increased a lot.

"Shooting arrows from the camp? Do thieves still have this ability?"

Zhang Ping was stunned, although Zhang Ping knew very well how the young marshals did this, and knew that the young marshals must have set up observers on the parapet, commanding the archers in the battalion to release arrows through the height of the observer's flag, and shooting blindly in groups Kill the soldiers of the Qin army outside the camp.But the Young Marshal had never used this trick before, so Zhang Ping and the soldiers of the Qin Army always thought that the young Marshal's mob didn't have this skill, so they were caught off guard.Then Zhang Ping immediately came to his senses, and couldn't help cursing: "Treacherous dog thief! You actually keep this trick on purpose, and it's specially used to deal with the general's elite attackers!"

It's a pity that the Young Marshal's blind shooting from the rear is not very proficient, and most of the bows and arrows released by the projectile still miss. Although he shot and injured many elite Qin soldiers by luck, he still failed to stop Qin. At the pace of the army's charge, the well-trained elite of the Qin army still quickly rushed through the first guard trench of the Young Marshal Army, forcing the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army behind the wall of sheep and horses to retreat in a hurry. Run in a roundabout way to the north gate of the camp facing Gushui to return to the camp.At the same time, without the angle of projection, the archers of the Young Commander in the city had no choice but to give up blind shooting.

The blood really began to flow. When the soldiers of the Qin Army shouted and rushed through the second trench of the Young Marshal's Army, scrambling to build the ladder to the top of the Young Marshal's barracks wall, which was only one foot high, all the plots and despicable tricks came to an end. There is no place to use it, and only the courage, fighting spirit and tenacity of the soldiers on both sides determine the outcome of the two sides. In the competition, who has the sharpest sword and the fastest sword, who is less afraid of death, and who has the courage to face difficulties in the face of death.

The Qin army's Longxi elites are indeed well-deserved of their reputation. With the stones and ash bottles constantly dropped by the young commander's army, no less than 20 people rushed to the top of the young commander's army's camp wall in the first charge. The enemy had already been prepared for this. As soon as the enemy came up, they immediately stabbed them with spears and spears. The soldiers of the young commander who guarded behind the female wall slashed or stabbed them with swords. Several soldiers of the Qin Army tried to cross the female wall, and the rest of the soldiers were successfully blocked by the young generals and were forced to fight through the female wall with the solid young generals at their feet. The handsome soldiers caused some casualties, but because there was only a flying ladder under their feet to draw on, most of them were quickly stabbed and pushed down the flying ladder and fell half to death.

More flying ladders were put on the top of the wall one after another, allowing more soldiers of the Qin Army to rush to the top of the camp wall one after another. As a result, the pressure on the Young Marshal became more and more intense. Soldiers from both sides could be seen fighting across the female wall everywhere at the top of the camp wall. , there were shouts and clashes of swords and swords everywhere, and from time to time, red-eyed soldiers of the Qin army jumped over the female wall to fight hand-to-hand with the young generals behind the female wall. The disordered formation of the Young Commander's Army gave more soldiers of the Qin Army a chance to rush up the camp wall.After only a short time of fighting, the defense line of the Young Marshal's camp was already tense everywhere, and there was a danger of crumbling.

"Hold it! Hold it! Hold it up for me! You can't retreat, you can't take a single step!"

Never expected that the elite Qin army's fighting power would be so powerful, and they beat themselves so quickly that they were almost overwhelmed. Zheng Bu, the young general who was guarding the western camp wall, had blood-red eyes. Killing the timidly retreating self-soldiers, and personally leading the soldiers to the enemy, personally killing the enemy, being forced by the supervising team, and seeing the bravery of the main generals of the self-army, the generals of Zheng Bujun were encouraged again. After gaining some courage, he stood firmly on his feet, held his swords and spears, and roared, just fighting with the enemies who kept crossing the female wall. During this period, there were also tragic scenes of many soldiers hugging each other and dying together.

The situation at the south gate of the camp was similar. The brave and elite soldiers of the Qin army rushed to the top of the camp wall, killing the young generals led by Xiang Guan. Unable to completely kill the enemy, the soldiers of the Qin army continued to climb the wall, which disrupted the formation of the young commander's army, and forced Xiang Guan to go into battle with his own soldiers to fight fires.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ping, the chief general of the Qin Army, was of course elated, and increasingly believed that his own army would be able to break through the camp of the Young Marshal's Army today, and annihilate Xiang Kang in one fell swoop. At this time, a scout from the Qin army suddenly came from the north bank of Gushui and reported to Zhang Ping that Liu Ji's headquarters of the anti-Qin Yi army was rapidly approaching Pengcheng.Zhang Ping was furious when he heard this, and roared: "Bold traitor! Knowing that the general's army is here, you dare to rescue Xiang Kang's traitor. You are looking for death!"

"General, you must not let Liu Ji's rebel army approach Gushui." The subordinate next to him advised: "Our army is fighting hard with Xiang Kang's rebel army. If we let his army approach Gushui, we don't need him to cross the river. With reinforcements, our morale and fighting spirit will be affected immediately, and the morale of the bandit army will definitely be boosted, so this battle will be difficult for us. Therefore, the general thinks that we should take the initiative to send troops to fight against Liu Ji's traitors. Destroyed in the middle of the road, so that it will not affect our attack on the rebel camp."

Zhang Ping nodded. First he found out that Liu Laosan's reinforcements were more than 3000 people, and then he immediately sent an order to the troops staying in the camp, ordering the defenders of the camp to dispatch [-] troops to cross Gushui immediately, and take the initiative to go north to meet Liu Laosan's army. He also explained that Liu Laosan's army must be defeated in the middle, and Liu Laosan's army must not be allowed to approach the shore of Gushui.

After making this arrangement, Zhang Ping, who was a little distracted, hurried back to look at the offensive and defensive situation of the camp wall battlefield. What made Zhang Ping angry was that the situation of the camp wall battlefield had already appeared quite a bit after he was so distracted. After the death battle withstood the elite three axes of the Qin army, the soldiers of the young generals who gradually adapted were no longer as flustered and chaotic as they were. While slowly stabilizing their positions, they kept throwing stones at the same time relying on the condescending advantage. Gray bottles and other objects smashed the soldiers of the Qin army under the camp wall.Although the soldiers of the Qin army were brave and good at fighting, they suffered from the fact that they all relied on flying ladders to climb the wall, and the input of troops was slow.

Annoyed that he was affected by Liu Laosan's reinforcements and made himself miss the best time to quickly join the follow-up army, Zhang Ping didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately sent another [-] troops to the front to strengthen the offensive, and sent another [-] troops to directly attack Shao The two gates to the west of the Shuaijun camp, Xiang Kang saw in the camp and did not dare to neglect. He also immediately ordered the fierce general Long Qi to lead [-] carefully selected warriors to climb the wall to help Zheng Bu resist Qin. Army offensive.

The Qin army dispatched [-] reinforcements, and Xiang Kang only sent [-] reinforcements. The reason was not because the total strength of the Young Marshal's army was at an absolute disadvantage, but because the space at the top of the camp wall was narrow, and there were too many reinforcements to stand. Only so many reinforcements can be invested, and the space under the camp wall is relatively open, so Zhang Ping can invest so many reinforcements in one go.

But a wise man is always worried, and there is bound to be a mistake. Zhang Ping just saw that the space under the camp wall can accommodate so many Qin troops, but he forgot that the trenches dug by the Young Marshals still exist, and the reinforcements of the Qin Army still have to step on the trench bridge. Only vehicles can rush through the trenches to join the battlefield, so even if the reinforcements of the Qin army set off first, they are doomed not to be able to enter the battlefield immediately.However, there was no obstruction from the Young Marshal's side. Long Qi led five hundred young marshal's warriors in one charge, and quickly stepped on the steps built before and rushed directly to the camp wall, joining the battle first.

As a result, the battle situation on the camp wall changed again, which shocked the generals of the Qin army. The young generals who had just come up not only had physical strength advantages, but their individual combat effectiveness was also significantly higher than that of the previous defenders on the wall. Holding a narrow and long knife that they had never seen before, they hacked vigorously. Even if they hit the helmet, they could cause serious damage to the soldiers of the Qin army.What made the soldiers of the Qin army even more frightening was that these young commanders were still desperately fighting for their lives. They didn't even think about accidentally injuring the friendly army. When they saw the enemy there, they immediately went there with a big knife. Hello, fighting like a madman.

Even the elite of the Qin army could not withstand the ferocity of the young commander's reinforcements, and the number of casualties rose rapidly. Situation of retreating down the wall.Even though the Qin army who was killed later also gradually entered the battlefield, the generals and soldiers of the young commander who had been relieved still firmly withstood the attack of the Qin army.

The battle at the gate of the camp was equally fierce. The crossbow arrows cast by the young commanders in turn were like metal storms, constantly shooting down the infantry of the Qin army who were charging against the wood. San repeatedly attacked the two gates of the young commander's army's west camp, and he did not back down even though there were many corpses. He was as tenacious as a group of single-celled creatures, and he managed to touch the gate of the young commander's army more than once.

The situation on the battlefield at the south gate has changed a little, because there are more recruits under Xiang Guan's command, and the situation is more critical than at the battlefield at the west gate. The Death Squad stepped forward to help the battle, and finally withstood the frenzied attack of the Qin army's elite, forcing the general of the Qin army, Yao Ang, to increase his troops and fight against the south gate defenders of the Young Marshal's Army.

The sound of war drums on the battlefield has already resounded through the sky and the earth, and snow particles as small as powder are falling unknowingly, but the soldiers of the two armies on the battlefield are not aware of it. Before, desperately fighting for the narrow position close to the pitiful top of the camp wall, blood stained the camp wall of the Young Marshal's army, corpses piled up all over the wall, and the corpses on the top of the camp wall were also densely packed, soldiers on both sides were already stepping on corpses and The seriously wounded fight.

The Longxi elite who served as the vanguard was exhausted too much. Yao Ang took the lead to withdraw the Longxi elite and replaced the ordinary Qin army composed of Lishan criminals to fight. Xiang Zhuang did not dare to neglect, taking the opportunity of the Qin army temporarily retreating , quickly withdrew the Xiang champion team, which had suffered heavy casualties, and sent another [-] troops to the wall to change defenses, and continued the bloody battle with the Qin army who came again.

Unable to withstand the repeated entreaties of the generals, Zhang Ping was forced to withdraw the elites from Longxi that had been in battle before, and exchanged the last two thousand elites from Longxi in his hands to attack the battalion. Xiang Kang also seized the opportunity and withdrew Zheng Bu's army that was on the verge of collapse , Let Chao Zhi lead the army into battle and replace Zheng Bu in guarding the camp wall.

The battle only calmed down a little because of the rotation of the army, and then it started in full swing again. The energetic new forces of both sides cut each other across the parapet. half a step.

Time passed quickly by every minute and every second, and cold sweat gradually appeared on Xiang Kang's forehead, because Xiang Kang could see that although the self-armed army could still withstand it now, it still had no chance to completely kill the enemy. The Qin army, which is twice as big as its own, just needs to continue fighting like this, and it is very likely that it will suddenly make a breakthrough and successfully enter its own camp, which will bring disastrous consequences to the main force of its own army. Xiang Kang is therefore very anxious, but there is nothing he can do .

Zhang Ping also saw this point, so no matter how fierce the fighting ahead was, and how huge the casualties of the soldiers of the Qin army were, Zhang Ping never frowned, and kept letting the front seesaw to consume, determined to be exhausted The young commander took down this Daqin camp that killed countless Daqin warriors.

As a result, the battle was so fierce that it cannot be described in words. The soldiers from both sides, who were already hoarse, slashed and slashed at each other, stepping on the corpses and limbs to fight frantically. It is not uncommon for soldiers of the Qin Army who are red-eyed to jump over the female wall to jump over the female wall, and to kill with the same blood-red eyes the soldiers of the young marshal. Blood puddles.

The precarious line of defense of the Young Marshal Army may be broken by the Qin Army at any time, and the sword of Damocles hanging above Xiang Kang's head may suddenly fall at any time, cutting Xiang Kang in two.

At this time, the west gate of Pengcheng is ready to open the city gate at any time to let the young marshal's defeated troops enter the city. If it is not for the important task of defending the city, Xiang Sheng, who is closely related to Xiang Kang, Xiang Zhuang and others, must have personally brought Lead the army out of the city and come to reinforce it.

Still at this time, a miracle suddenly appeared. Amidst the shouts from the north, Liu Laosan's red flag suddenly appeared on the north bank of Gushui, and what was even more incredible was that there was actually a red flag in front of Liu Laosan's army flag. A large group of defeated soldiers of the Qin army, who had lost their armor and armor, were driven away by Liu Laosan's army like ducks and fled south in embarrassment.

Seeing this scene, the young commander's army was of course full of cheers. After a long battle, the morale that had fallen seriously returned to the peak almost instantly, but the Qin army was in an uproar. The morale suddenly fell to the bottom and was quickly boosted by morale The young marshal's army killed in chaos, and the position on the wall that they worked so hard to occupy was lost in a blink of an eye. The flying ladders on the wall were also overturned by the young marshal's army one after another, and the offensive was immediately frustrated.Zhang Ping yelled in disbelief: "How is it possible? How is it possible? How could our army be defeated by Liu Ji's mob?"

Contrary to Zhang Ping's desperate yelling, Xiang Kang's side was very high-spirited. He first praised Liu Laosan for being unambiguous in anti-Qin matters, and then immediately yelled: "Beat the drum! Kill the enemy! Take this opportunity to take the The Tyrant Qin army retreated!"

The drummer of the Young Marshal Army, who was already exhausted, also revived on the spot at this moment. He categorically rejected the kindly rotation request of his companions. The good news, of course, is that everyone is working hard, all of them are brave, and the soldiers of the young marshal finally repelled the fierce attack of the Qin army by themselves, forcing the demoralized Qin army to flee in embarrassment.

At the same time, Liu Laosan's gorgeous big car also appeared on the north bank of Gushui. Looking at the battlefield on the south bank where corpses were already strewn across the field, Liu Laosan laughed loudly and said, "Xiang Kang, Young Commander Xiang, I owe you the money!" Favor, this time I paid back the principal with interest! I will pay you back more, and you must remember to pay me back in the future!"

(End of this chapter)