Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1489 Who is the hero

The city gate of Langzhong was originally opened in order to better confuse Xu Shu and others. Some soldiers pretending to be the so-called common people in the city put some tables and drinks outside the city gate, so they acted as vanguards. The Western soldiers rushed straight towards the city gate without any hesitation.

In Langzhong City, there were originally about 2,000 defenders, plus Yuan Yue's troops who came from the rear some time ago, even nearly 10,000 at its peak, but as time and time again After the defeat, there are only less than 4,000 people in Langzhong now, but if these 4,000 people can work together and defend together, it may not be that Xu Shu will be able to gnaw off this meaty bone in Langzhong immediately.

But this time, in order to lure Xu Shu, Zhang Ren not only released Yuan Yue from outside the city, but also opened the city gate, putting on an undefended appearance. The Zhengxi soldiers killed a wave, and then rushed to kill Xu Shu's main formation with momentum. A big victory is also expected. I didn't expect that Xu Shu would be the first army now. Seeing the Zhengxi soldiers holding up their shields and spears, they went straight forward. Wanting to seize the outer city gate of Langzhong by force, the soldiers who were ambushing in the city naturally couldn't move over immediately under the panic.

After all, most of the archers were placed at the back of the Urn City. Even a small number of them were originally on the other side of the city gate, lying down towards the inside of the city. As a result, the forwards of the soldiers who conquered the west just snatched the outer city gate and The suspension bridge did not intend to rush directly into the Wengcheng, so Zhang Ren's archers could not find a suitable place to suppress it.

  The soldiers at the city gate shouted in panic, pointing at the Zhengxi soldiers rushing forward, "Zhengxi, Zhengxi troops have robbed the city gate! They have robbed the city gate!"

Of course, the most correct way is for these soldiers pretending to be ordinary people outside the city to give up their lives and directly attack them. As long as they can buy a certain amount of time, Zhang Ren's soldiers hidden in the city can pull up the suspension bridge and close the city gate. , then at least Langzhong City still has a chance to defend.

However, the aura of the soldiers marching to the west shocked them all. At this moment, none of the Langzhong soldiers went forward to meet the enemy. Huddled together on the suspension bridge, some soldiers were squeezed off the bridge and fell into the ditch under the suspension bridge, pierced through the chest and abdomen, screaming one after another, which made the scene even more chaotic, and also led to Zhang Ren's loss in the end. The only chance to close the outer city gate.

   The Langzhong soldiers at the gate of the city were in a state of chaos. Before they had fully entered the city, Zhengxi's forward had already arrived, and they rushed up viciously, directly crashing into the messy soldiers at the gate of Langzhong!

The sound of shouting and hacking burst out immediately, and the soldiers in Langzhong were so frightened that they could only run away. Those who didn't have time to enter the city were still crowded on the suspension bridge, either being hacked or being pushed and fell. There was a sound of plopping into the water, the unlucky guy was poked on the picket, blood gushed out, and immediately dyed the water of the Langzhong moat in a large area of ​​red!

Most of the soldiers who acted as the vanguard of Zhengxi were veterans who had fought with General Fei Qian in the north and south. They were extremely keen and familiar with the things in the battle. Immediately ran to the ropes of the suspension bridge, stood with his back facing the ropes and held the shield, and shouted: "Here comes the axe!"

Immediately, another soldier threw the spear in his hand on the ground, then took out the ax pinned to his waist, and rushed over in a few steps. Under the protection of the shield, he slammed the ax on the rope of the suspension bridge fiercely, and it was immediately tense. Accompanied by the falling sawdust, the sling made a crisp cracking sound!

  Second Axe!

  After the third ax went down, there was a bang, the rope of the suspension bridge was completely broken, and the severed head retracted abruptly, flying in mid-air in vain...

Along Chi Road, two or three soldiers from Langzhong rushed to the gate of the city, but these soldiers were surrounded by chaotic soldiers, and they couldn't even stand firmly. Let's rush to the only road in the Wengcheng together!

This galloping road is not the kind that can be used for horse racing, but a small path with stone steps about 70 or 80 degrees opened in the city wall. There is a small gate for two people to enter at the bottom of the city, and the exit at the top of the city is only three. A hole with a square foot, you can go up and down, but it is not convenient.

  Because the gate of Wengcheng is closed, the only way to escape from the battlefield is through this narrow opening.

Zhang Ren's eyes were almost red. Seeing that these soldiers only wanted to run for their lives, they didn't even make any resistance. He was so angry that he came to this opening in the city with a sword in his hand, and shouted angrily to make these soldiers retreat. go down.

These soldiers who have lost their courage are not willing to listen, and even though the top one is blocked, the soldiers below are pushing up desperately, like squeezing toothpaste, even if the top one doesn't want to move, the bottom one Squeeze up, but can't help but move...

Seeing that his own words didn't work at all, Zhang Ren didn't have a good rest these days, and his anger was violent, and he couldn't bear it anymore, he chopped off his head with a knife, and with a puff, he decapitated the soldier who was trying to climb up , the head flew to the side, and blood spurted into the sky!

   "Kill it!" Zhang Ren yelled at his guards, "Anyone who dares to climb up will be killed!"

Several Zhang Ren guards led the order, rushed up and poked at the entrance of the cave with long spears. He also lost his temper, swung his weapon vigorously and smashed the legs and feet of the soldiers above, the two sides immediately fought, but after all, they suffered a disadvantage in the entrance of the cave, and a dozen people died in just a short while, and the corpses rolled down mixed with blood. It also made the disorganized soldiers below more or less sober, and stopped surging upwards.

Zhang Ren's eyes turned crimson like the blood on his body. He rushed to the crenel on the top of the city, and saw that the soldiers from Zhengxi had already approached the city in large groups, and he turned around sharply and shouted: "Wait!" What, hurry up! What are you doing in a daze! Adjust the bow and arrow! Come on! Get ready for battle!"

Zhang Ren himself did not expect that everything he arranged painstakingly, even sacrificing his own clan brother, using the greatest benefits to win over the concubine Yuan Yue, and even arranged such a weird trap, trying to lure General Zhengxi Such a big bait fell in front of him, and then he cooperated internally and externally to break out a path to victory in the defeat...

  Zhang Renhe had already exhausted his mind, and all the arrangements were originally on schedule. Seeing that the Zhengxi army was about to enter the Wengcheng, it turned out that at such a pass, there was a sudden change!

Why?

why!

  I thought I was a hunter, and then set a trap, but I didn't expect that I was actually the trapped beast in the trap!

  Zhang Ren let out a roar, his voice extremely sad and indignant, but it also revealed some of his own fear and helplessness...

  Accompanied by Zhang Ren's roar, on the suspension bridge in Langzhong, after the last few screams, the focus of contention between the two sides was only the gate of Wengcheng...

Of course, normally speaking, although the gate of the Wengcheng is not as strong as the gate of the outer city, it cannot be cut open with only a sword. Slashing and smashing, so if you use bows and arrows to shoot in all directions, Zhang Ren believes that even if Zhengxi's troops don't fall into the trap, they still have to pay a considerable price if they want to break through the city. , there may not be no chance to take advantage of the situation to fight back!

  A soldier from the Western Mountains came running from under the mountain ridge, and when he came to Huang Cheng, he reported the situation on the other side of the mountain ridge, which made Huang Cheng feel a little astonished...

  But soon, Huang Chengcheng ordered the soldiers of the mountain battalion on the mountain ridge to continue to monitor the defensive flanks, and focused their attention on the gate of Langzhong Wengcheng. Although Xu Shu and Huang Cheng did not bring any heavy siege equipment to confuse Zhang Ren and Qin Mi when they came, but if it was just targeting an urn gate, Huang Cheng said that it would not be too difficult.

   "Build a shield formation!" Seeing that Huang Cheng had already controlled the suspension bridge and the outer city gate, he ordered loudly, "Tortoise shell formation! Go forward! Breaking the city is now!"

The sound of shouting and shouting sounded at the gate of the outer city of Langzhong, and immediately the soldiers of Langzhong Sichuan and Shu around the Wengcheng, including Zhang Ren, couldn't help but stare in amazement at the soldiers of Zhengxi raising their big shields and stacking them together, forming a large shield. The formation like a tortoise shell slowly moved towards the gate of the Wengcheng...

Generals who have not personally experienced battle formations, or who have experience in military training, are completely unable to understand how strong training proficiency is required for such an array. Among other things, the movement speed of everyone in the array , it must be at least roughly the same, otherwise gaps will inevitably appear, and if there are unfortunate casualties during the march, there must be replacement and adjusted soldiers in the formation. All of these details were recruited in many Han Dynasties In the case where the pawns can't even distinguish the left and right, it doesn't take three or four months of training to be able to do well!

   "Let the arrows! Let the arrows!" Zhang Ren shouted, "Quick! Quick! Get ready to ignite! Use rockets!"

It is said to use a rocket, but to use a rocket is not to directly hold the arrow and point it on the flame to become a rocket, but to prepare a strip of cloth with oil, wrap it around the arrow, and then ignite the flame the moment it becomes a rocket. The arrows must be shot out, otherwise, if they are slow, the archers themselves may be burned. Therefore, the archers who can shoot rockets must at least be skilled veterans, and generally new archers may not be fully competent.

Some people panicked and started to shoot at the tortoise armor formation of Zhengxi soldiers heading towards the gate of Wengcheng. The arrows hit the big shield, and were either bounced off or blocked by the big shield. Occasionally, individual arrows They hit the gaps, and most of them were blocked by the soldiers' own armors. Even if some individual arrows hit the areas not covered by the scales of the armors, it was not serious. approaching...

  Langzhong was not a big city in the first place, so the Wengcheng was not that big either. With a distance of thirty or forty steps, even though the tortoise-shell array was not moving fast, it didn't take long for the tortoise-shell formation to reach the gate of the Wengcheng.

The Chuanshu soldiers above the gate of the Wengcheng lifted up a few rolling stones and smashed them down, but the rolling stones fell on the large shield, and did not smash the tortoise armor formation immediately as the Sichuan people imagined, but After knocking down a few conscript soldiers, the gap was quickly repaired...

   "Fire oil! Gold juice! Hurry up! Get ready to set fire!"

   Zhang Ren yelled, and his soldiers hurriedly opened the cellar and carried it out. After all, Zhang Ren even wanted to go out of the city to pursue him, so no matter whether it was at the outer city gate or the Wengcheng gate, he had no intention of setting fire to it, and of course it was impossible to pile up dangerous items such as kerosene in the open air at will, so even if the situation is urgent now, It can't be changed immediately, and it still has to be carried out from the cellar of the side room of the gate tower.

   However, it was too late...

Just when Zhang Ren's soldiers were rushing towards the gate of the Wengcheng City with the kerosene jars in their arms, Zhengxi's shield formation suddenly dispersed with a whistle, each of them seemed to be chased by a beast behind their buttocks. He backed away with a sound, leaving Zhang Ren's archers who were still trying to shoot down all around, unable to react in time.

   "?" If the current scene is in the game, then you can definitely see that there are question marks all over the heads of Zhang Ren and these Langzhong Chuanshu soldiers.

It seems that a long time has passed, and it seems that there are only a few short breaths. At the gate of the Wengcheng, it is like a thunderbolt from the blue sky. There is a loud bang, and it is tightly pressed against the gate of the Wengcheng. The gunpowder canister exploded, and the huge impact force was no less than the sudden impact of a rushing car!

  Among the rising and rising gunpowder smoke, the gate of the Wengcheng City was blown to pieces and the door panels were damaged, hanging crookedly on the side, while still stubbornly trying to stand in place.

  Although the gates of the Wengcheng were not completely destroyed, this was enough. Without Huang Cheng's order, the soldiers of Zhengxi had already shouted in unison and swarmed into the Wengcheng!

At this moment, the Langzhong Chuanshu soldiers around the Wengcheng had their hands and feet softened by the loud noise, and when the gate of the Wengcheng was broken, the line of defense in their hearts seemed to have been pierced, and suddenly Feeling weak all over, even the arrows that are shot are soft, and they don't know where they will go when the wind blows. Some soldiers even threw their bows and arrows to the ground without saying a word, and buried their heads I started running for my life...

   "The city is broken!" Zhang Ren's guard saw Zhang Ren standing there blankly, staring and opening his mouth, not moving for a while, and couldn't help shouting anxiously, "General! The city is broken! Withdraw quickly! Otherwise, it will be too late!"

   "Haha, the city is broken, haha..." Mr. Zhang Ren reacted and laughed nervously, "Withdraw? Where else can we withdraw?"

   "General! We can take the mountain road back to Chengdu!"

"..." Zhang Ren was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said, "You... let's go... don't go back to Chengdu, find a place, live incognito and live a good life... A certain murdered the clan brother, trapped Brother Qin, and lost In Langzhong, you lost your generals... Hehe, haha, go back? Go back and be ridiculed and insulted for the rest of your life?"

Zhang Ren looked around with his saber in his hand, showing a wry smile, "You have been with me for many years, but I can't bring you glory and wealth... Sorry... If there is an afterlife, let me be a cow and horse, and pay this debt for everyone. ! That's it... don't let it go!"

   After finishing his speech, Zhang Ren raised his knife and ran towards the flow of soldiers from the west of the city, and went upstream among the scattered soldiers of Langzhong, Sichuan and Shu...

"General!" Some of Zhang Ren's guards roared, and followed behind Zhang Ren, rushing into the torrent of soldiers conquering the west, while others looked left and right, then lowered their heads and lost their soldiers. The blade, quietly mixed among the rout soldiers, disappeared without a trace.

   Soon, although they also beheaded a few soldiers who conquered the West, the meager Zhang Ren and those loyal guards were overwhelmed by the surging flow of soldiers who conquered the West, and disappeared under the roiling waves of blood...

  (end of this chapter)