Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2309 The meaning of fighting, the dark moment

Longyou, Zhangye.

Bei Gong sat in the middle with a serious face.

"The reinforcements from the Han people have arrived, that's why they dared to attack Duyeze... I have already sent people to Duyeze to stop the advance of the Han people. The most important thing now is to take down Zhangye first, and end the battle in Zhangye as soon as possible, so that we can free our hands." Come to eliminate the reinforcements of the Han people, and thoroughly determine the advantages here! 』

Facing the leaders of the Qiang people around him, Bei Gong said solemnly.

After a failure, Bei Gong's originally excited nerves finally sobered up. He found that he deviated from the original battle plan and was confused by the previous victories, and then ran out of the ambush circle by himself. Almost became prey...

But now, Beigong wants to rearrange the ambush circle and become a hunter instead of a prey.

But Beigong's plan has already begun to be doubted.

The Qiang Xizhi clan, with big arms and round waist, is also a well-known warrior. When he heard Bei Gong's words, he sneered twice, "Bei Gong, what do you mean, are you going to fight overnight?" 』Xizhi, the noble surname handed down by the Qiang people during the Spring and Autumn Period, but it is the same as the noble surnames of the Han people during the Spring and Autumn Period. Now it only makes people "oh", but it doesn't make people pay more "respect".

The news of Beigong's failure in chasing Gao Wutong cannot be concealed. Although it is common for military strategists to win or lose, it still has some influence. At least the current Beigong's words are not as easy to use as they were at the beginning.

"Today we have severely injured the Han Chinese on the west wall of Zhangye. If we continue to attack without giving them a chance to breathe, they should not be able to last a night. As long as we open a gap, we can expand our advantage and occupy the city gate." , Take the city in one fell swoop! Beigong looked around for a week, "As long as Zhangye is in our hands, we will take the initiative, and not only can we make up for the previous losses, but we can also be sure that everyone will have a lot of extra gains!" 』

For ordinary Qiang people, the war with the Han people may be for the sake of gaining popularity, but for these Qiang leaders, it is for the benefit.This point, Bei Gong is also very clear, so he said directly: "As long as Zhangye is captured and something is obtained, the sons and daughters will be full of energy!"Our morale will be higher! 』

Xizhi from the Qiang waved his hands and said, "That's true, but our sons have lost more than 2000 in total in the past two days of continuous attacks, and they are very tired. If we can really win the city, Of course it is the best, but the determination of the Han people to stick to Zhangye is also very strong, and...and if we can't fight anymore, our children will become more and more exhausted. When the Han people's reinforcements arrive, we are afraid that we will immediately be in chaos! 』

"But our reinforcements are coming soon!And we have already defeated Zendan City, Rile City!Naturally, this Zhangye city can be defeated! Bei Gong glared at Xizhi and said, "This is what we planned in the first place!"Lure the Han people to Zhangye, and then wipe them out in one fell swoop! 』

"Hmph, did we take down Zendan and Rile?It was the Han people themselves who gave up!As far as I can see now, I really don’t know whether it is the Han people who have been tricked, or we who have been tricked...” Although the Xizhi family from Qiang has a rough appearance, it is always wrong to judge people by their appearance.

"There are not many Han Chinese!The previous defeat was only due to an accidental ambush! Bei Gong said emphatically, "This time we ambushed the Han people!"But only by taking down Zhangye first, can we rest assured and go to ambush safely!Does everyone have any opinions on this point? 』

Everyone fell silent.

"Tomorrow morning, we can stand on the city wall of Zhangye and enjoy the sunrise!" 』Bei Gong said to everyone confidently, as if he had a chance to win.

Is it a winning ticket...

Well, everyone who buys a lottery ticket will feel that what they hold is the only winning ticket.

During the several days of fighting, the Qiang troops only attacked the city gate twice.Because the attack surface of the city gate is very narrow, soldiers are easy to squeeze together, and once they are hit, they are often very heavy. Therefore, generally speaking, they will not attack the city gate alone, but will set up ladders on the adjacent city walls. Disperse the defensive force, once the negligence of the defenders is caught, the possibility of raiding the city will increase.

Bei Gong looked back at the siege engine hidden in the dark night, and the Qiang soldiers in front of the formation, then drew out his sword and shouted: "The Aries God protects you!"For the glory of the Qiang people!kill! 』

Thousands of warriors raised their weapons high at the same time, "Call...cry..."

Bei Gong turned around and said to the horn soldiers: "Blow the horn!Let's attack! 』

The sound of the huge bull horn, one higher than the other, resounded through the battlefield.

Qiang people are not good at siege, but they are not completely ignorant of siege.After all, how many years have I been fighting with the Han people in Hexi, Longyou? If I don’t understand anything, what about the cities that the Qiang people have conquered over the years?
The leaders of the Qiang people stood under the battle flags representing their own tribes, and raised their knives and shouted:

"God of Aries blesses you! 』

"The Qiang will win! 』

The Qiang soldiers brandished their weapons one by one, and then, as if they wanted to vent out the fear and fatigue hidden in their hearts, they shouted with all their strength: "Wow...you will win..."

"Go forward!Let the arrows go! 』With an order, the bow and arrow troops of the Qiang people first shot the long arrows in their hands, which opened the prelude to the bloody battle.The archers of the Hu people, including the Qiang people, are almost all members. Anyone can be an archer or a warrior, and it is not difficult to switch between them.

The long arrows all over the sky rushed into the sky at the same time, making a complicated whistling sound.

The screams of the long arrows tearing the air almost covered the shouts of the Qiang people rushing from the city.The long arrows fell like raindrops, hitting all the surfaces in contact, making countless sounds.The screams and exclamations resounded all over the battlefield along with the fallen figures one after another.

Under the cover of the archers, the Qiang soldiers quickly reached the city wall.They immediately set up hundreds of ladders along the city wall, and hundreds of assault teams immediately began to attack.

"Your Majesty has an order!Ask why you don't attack? ! 』

A Qiang soldier ran up to the Xizhi tribe, shouting loudly.

"Get out! Clan Xi Zhi shouted in dissatisfaction, "Going up now is going to die!"When the opportunity comes, I will go up by myself, so stop talking nonsense with me!roll! 』

The Qiang messengers had no choice but to report back to Beigong. Beigong was so angry that he jumped up, but he couldn't kill Xizhi clan in front of the battle. He could only secretly deploy some Qiang people away from Xizhi clan. On the contrary, it gave Xizhi an excellent opportunity...

For fear of accidental injury, the Qiang people's bow and arrow troops stopped shooting continuously. The Han people on the city wall immediately launched a counterattack.The Qiang soldiers suffered a violent counterattack for a while, causing heavy casualties.

The flames swayed, and there was chaos everywhere. The roars and screams resounded throughout the world, and the ears were buzzing. From time to time, someone shouted "the city is broken" and "the attack has entered", but it was soon proved that it was only a part of it. The Qiang people were bluffing, or temporarily boarded the city wall.

The Qiang people had a lot of siege points, and the number of Han defenders on the city wall was gradually decreasing under repeated consumption, and they were stretched for a while, unable to take care of them at all. After midnight, the third wave of Qiang soldiers Having successfully climbed over the city wall from many places, they were aggressive and killed the guards at the top of the Han army, and the tragic hand-to-hand combat began again.

Xizhi held back until he discovered a flaw in the top of the city...

"It's this time! 』

Xizhi from the Qiang shouted in a low voice, urging the soldiers to push and hit the chariots, and under the cover of the shield soldiers, braved the arrows shot from nowhere, and fought hard to move forward.The wooden wheel creaked and narrated the burden on it, and then rolled over the loess, rolled over the blood, crushed the gravel, and overturned the corpse. Under the cover of night, it was getting faster and faster, heading straight for the city gate. go!

It has to be said that this overnight attack on the city, on the one hand, did surprise the Han defenders, on the other hand, it also created more favorable conditions for these crashes.In the dim sight at night, the crashed car was almost approaching the city gate, only to be discovered by the Han soldiers on the top of the city, which immediately caused a burst of panic.

Because the Qiang people only attacked twice at the city gate before, and then suffered a loss, so the Qiang people did not focus on attacking the city gate. In addition, the previous two waves of Qiang people's attacks also focused on more The vast city wall made the Han soldiers guarding the city think that the Qiang people had given up the attack on the city gate, so they repeatedly dispatched soldiers from the city gate to support other places. I want to rush back, but it's too late...

The crashes were getting faster and faster, and the soldiers pushing the carts were almost running.

Seeing the city gate getting closer and closer, the Qiang soldiers roared wildly. Although some soldiers pushing the cart were shot, they were even caught under the cart by the wooden wheel that they were pushing, making the sound of broken bones and tendons. , but the other Qiang soldiers didn't care about it at all, and pushed the huge crash cart with all their strength, and rushed towards the closed city gate!
"boom! 』

An earth-shattering loud noise came from the city gate.

The soldiers above the city gate felt the soles of their feet trembling, as if the whole city was shaking and wailing amidst the noise.

"Captain Meng!The city gate is attacked!There is no kerosene! ’ On the city wall, the Han soldiers roared loudly.

Meng Shu's heart skipped a beat, and his expression became somewhat dazed.

As early as last year, Jia Xu predicted today's war, but at that time, Jia Xu didn't go into details, and Meng Shu didn't ask for some details...

But now all of a sudden, this detail that had almost disappeared in memory seemed to be re-jumped by the vibration of the city gate. The time, place, tactics, and characters seemed to be in many ways the same as Jia Xu had predicted. The difference is almost the same. Meng Shu even remembers Jia Xu saying at that time that if this war is won, it will be possible to pacify Longyou Hexi San for at least 40 years. Using this time, the Western Regions and Chang'an can be more inseparable, and the Longyou has truly become a hot land, making people's lives better.

"What if we lose? ’Meng Shu remembered that he asked this question at that time.

At the time, Jia Xu seemed to say that it was unlikely to lose, but it was uncertain how many people would die...

Now Meng Shu suddenly remembered that when Jia Xu said this, the eyes he looked at him seemed to be exactly the same as the eyes that Jia Xu had appointed him to be the fake prefect of Zhangye not long ago...

"Jia Wenhe! 』

Meng Shu gritted his teeth, called his deputy, and asked him to watch over the attack of the Qiang people on the city wall, and let him try to block it from the top of the city gate, while he himself called up the soldiers of the reserve team, ready to block the coming of the city gate. Gaps!
The low horn sounded outside the city again, and the enemy launched a new wave of offensive.

Meng Shu rushed to the city gate with fifty reserve soldiers.The gap must not be opened, once it is broken through, it will inevitably lead to the collapse of the entire defensive position, and not only the soldiers defending the city will die, but also the people in the city!

Even if you use your life and flesh and blood to block it, you must also plug the gap.

The burning kerosene was dumped at the city gate before, although it burned down the Qiang people's chariots for the previous few times, but in fact it also baked the city gate, making some parts of the city gate somewhat carbonized...

Now the kerosene is exhausted, and the new rushing car is hitting the city gate desperately. With the sand and dust falling from around the city gate, the place that was originally burned by the flames is gradually supported by the violent impact. Can't stop.

Amidst a huge roar, the city gate was overwhelmed, and a hole was knocked out, and the Qiang people screamed frantically from the hole immediately.Several Han soldiers subconsciously wanted to block the hole, but the next moment the huge collision directly expanded the opening of the hole, and even knocked those Han soldiers into the air.

A small half of a city gate collapsed, and under the shining fire, the figures of both sides were faintly visible.

The huge bump retracted, and a Qiang man's face was exposed from the entrance of the cave, and was immediately slashed by Meng Shu!

The next moment, more than a dozen long spears came in and almost hit Meng Shu!

Meng Shu couldn't help but backed away, and one Qiang took the opportunity to get in, and then another one, more and more Qiang rushed out of the hole, like the wooden floor of an old house was lifted Like a hole, black cockroaches gushed out of the hole!
Meng Shu took the prepared soldiers and brandished his saber, blocking the entrance of the city gate.

A Qiang centurion-like man with a face covered in blood screamed and rushed towards Mengshu. Mengshu walked away with his sword, snatched the opponent's flank, and hacked the enemy to death with a single blow, but also fell into the opponent's other three Qiangs. Under the fierce siege of soldiers!
He fired a shot and dodged a knife, but when he turned around, he stepped on the arm of an unknown corpse, and suddenly his feet slipped, and he staggered a little. Seeing a Qiang sword, he took the opportunity to move towards Mengshu. Cut off the neck!
Fortunately, a shield soldier who followed up held up his shield and slammed forward, knocking the Qiang man away, which was considered to be the solution to the danger of being forgiven...

The soldiers on both sides kept fighting each other, screaming, some people fell down from time to time, but no one backed up. In this narrow doorway, it was like the passage of the Colosseum, both sides biting desperately, bleeding all over the ground , are all red-eyed, the Han people can't easily give up this favorable place, and the Qiang people finally opened a gap, and they are also unwilling to give up.

Before dying, a Han soldier slashed with all his might and cut off a leg of the Qiang man opposite him.

The Qiang man with a broken leg howled, and was immediately pierced by another soldier's spear. Before he died, he cut off three fingers of that spear soldier...

The pikeman screamed heart-piercingly under severe pain, and was immediately stabbed in the chest and abdomen by the newly charged Qiang people. Although he was covered by armor, the huge impact made him look like a beast. It fell down like a bent shrimp...

The Han people and Qiang people collided with each other, blood and limbs splashed everywhere, and they inserted swords and spears into each other's bodies, dyeing each other hot and bright red.

Although the battle losses of the two sides were similar at the beginning, the difference gradually emerged. The weapons and armor of the Han people gave more protection. In such a small space, every injury that was exempted It could be a life-and-death decision.

More and more Qiang fell, the leader of the Xizhi clan finally couldn't bear it, rushed in with a sword and shield, cut down three Han soldiers in a row, and immediately fought with Mengshu head-on.

"clang! 』

The loud noise of interlacing weapons made Meng Shu's whole body tremble, and the strong wind that collided with each other seemed to blow away the strong, almost substantive bloody smell in the city gate!

Meng Shu staggered back two steps, and then saw the Xizhi family from the Qiang people.

Xizhi from the Qiang was staring at Meng Shu. An opponent who could parry him in time under his sneak attack was definitely not a good opponent.

Meng Shu stared at his opponent with full attention, raised his saber obliquely in front of him, and sealed the door extremely rigorously.

All of a sudden, the Xizhi clan from the Qiang yelled loudly, as if a thunder had sounded on the flat ground. With the momentum of the yelling, he rushed forward suddenly, and instantly passed the distance between the two of them. The distance between them was slashed straight down!

If it is an ordinary soldier, it is unavoidable to be deterred by such loud shouting, but Meng Shu is more or less a veteran of the battlefield, and he did not lose his mind because of this. Almost at the same time as the Qiang Xizhi family rushed forward, he also roared and chopped forward. A piece of red light sprinkled from the interlaced blades, and the silhouettes were divided as soon as they merged.

The shawl on Xizhi's left shoulder from the Qiang people had been chopped off at some point, and blood continued to flow from his shoulders. He looked solemn and said nothing, and covered his shield with his shield in front of him. Although he was injured, he was still full of murderous aura.

Mengshu's wound was on the front of his left thigh, there was a dark red wound that was not too deep and not too shallow, and the blood gradually gushed out, staining the shirt red.

This is the darkest moment, even though some torches are shining, the darkness is still like a semi-solidified sauce, attached to all objects and human bodies.

Just when the two confronted each other again, a huge commotion broke out on the city wall!

Meng Shu's heart skipped a beat!
Not good, I'm afraid the city wall has changed!

Then the next moment he realized that he was distracted...

Staring at Mengshu's Qiang Xizhi family, he seized this opportunity, shrunk his figure, hid behind the shield, and then directly pushed forward, while the tip of the knife shone on the edge of the shield With a cold light, it's like a poisonous snake showing its fangs!
Meng Shu was not frightened by the loud roar of the Qiang Xizhi family before, but was distracted by the movement on the city wall. He has already lost the opportunity to dodge and block, so he can only fight with his life, attack against attack!

In this world, whether it's the battlefield, the officialdom, or any other place, if you just wait for what you want, you won't get any good things. If you want good things, you need to fight for them with your life!

(End of this chapter)