Xiaoguangong

Chapter 222

On the second day, Ma Chao began to command his soldiers to test the siege.

Before Yunshan used the method of introducing Ma Wan and Cheng Yi into the city and then annihilating them on the spot and reversing them. After Cheng Gongying's research, he believed that Ma Wan Cheng should underestimate the enemy and follow-up unfavorable military support was the main factor of failure.

Ma Chao instructed his subordinates that if the enemy troops still give way to the outer city this time, they must open the city gate immediately, and at the same time beware of firelighters in the city, not to blindly grab food, but to seize the commanding heights and so on.

The plan after entering the city has been fully designed, and Ma Chao is confident that the mistakes of Ma Wan and Cheng Yi being killed and defeated after entering the city will never occur.

But when they were ready to go the next day, they were shocked to find that Chang'an was no longer a question of whether they could enter or not.

A layer of silver frost was hung on the thick walls of Chang'an City, and it was actually covered with thick solid ice, spreading from the city gate to the city wall. Know what to do.

In the early winter, Guanzhong was already extremely cold, and every drop of water turned into ice.

Kuai Yue started to direct the people to sprinkle water on the city wall of Chang'an last night, and as expected, a thick layer of ice formed today, which made the rebels who were not good at attacking the city dizzy even more.

this thick ice...

How can this attack the city?
It's all here, there's no other way now.

Ma Chao personally took command and ordered his soldiers to observe whether Chang'an City was covered with ice crystals.

The result surprised them very much—the Yunshan army did not sprinkle water on the side of Han Sui's garrison to freeze.

This is obviously Yunshan's ulterior motives. Ma Chao could have joined forces with Han Sui to attack, but all the generals in Guanzhong have their own ghosts. They knew that Yunshan was deliberately disgusting people, but they still had to turn around and return to the prison. The ice-covered side.

Again, the relationship between Ma Chao and Han Sui was originally due to the alliance of interests. When they attacked each other before, it was Cao Cao who sent someone to make peace. In terms of pure hatred, the hatred between these two people far exceeds that of Cao Cao. hate.

Ma Chao studied the deployment position of Yunshan, and first ordered 500 forwards to try to climb forward.

Han Sui was still righteous. He not only lent Ma Chao the wooden siege ladder he had built before, but also took the initiative to launch an attack from the direction of the south city to Chang'an, preparing to use his life to open the way for Ma Chao's subordinates to attack.

Knowing that Han Sui was so powerful, Ma Chao also put away Xiao Jiujiu from before.

He personally supervised the battle, expanded the number of soldiers attacking the city to 3000, and ordered Pound to lead 1000 men to detour to the east of the city and continue to attack to disperse the enemy's forces.

This is a rare large-scale battle for the Guanzhong Allied Forces, and it is also the first time since Guan Ping led the army to face the siege of so many enemies.

Han Sui and Ma Chao, the two strongest forces in the rebel army, were covered in blood everywhere. Cao Ren, who dared to hold out in Jiangling for half a year, did not even dare to stay in the siege of the two for a long time, and escaped all the way from Guanzhong.

But Yunshan asked himself to be surrounded and threw himself into a desperate situation.

The warm sunshine at noon in the cold winter could not dispel the chilling look of the battle between the two armies. Teams and rows of rebel main forces wore iron armor, with solemn expressions and arrogant expressions. Their courage and heroism to break through the world made them full of confidence.

It is not the first time that Chang'an has been trampled under their feet, and it will definitely succeed this time.

The myth of the invincibility of the Han army has been shattered for a long time. Han Dudu and General Ma have both come, and they will definitely be able to break through even if there are thousands of troops.

The flag fluttered like a sea wave, and at [-]:[-] p.m., the rebels in the south and north of the city heard dense and violent drumbeats at the same time. The countless rebels did not shout to kill, but just held up their wooden shields as tall as a man. Thousands of people spread out and walked towards Chang'an silently and firmly.

During the days Han Sui waited for Ma Chao, he had already built the ladders and watchtowers. With an order from him, Cheng Gongying stepped forward to supervise the battle in person. Under the cover of the shield array, the ladders gradually approached and slammed into the city. Liangzhou soldiers climbed rapidly, like wild wolves opening their claws, vowing to tear this fortified city to pieces.

The city wall was tall, Guan Ping stood at the top of the city and could clearly see the direction of Han Sui's army's movement, and he knew the actions of the rebels like the back of his hand.

But the battle has reached this level, and it is no longer a conspiracy to resolve it. The Han Sui and Ma Chao armies have absorbed the lesson of Ma Wan Chengyi's defeat last time, and regard Yunshan in the city as the strongest opponent they will face in this battle One, this earth-shattering offensive is too frightening. Even though Guan Ping had already prepared for it, he still couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive when facing this magnificent scene.

"General, Ma Chao has increased his troops!"

"General, Han Sui has also increased his troops!"

"General, there seems to be another thief coming to the east of the city!"

The military situation around him continued to gather towards Guan Ping, the young general who was still dissatisfied frowned, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

He originally expected that Ma Chao and Han Sui would hesitate a little after seeing the ice city, but he didn't expect that the two battle-tested people had already seen the importance of this battle, so they didn't hesitate anymore and went all out as soon as they came up.

Chang'an, they are determined to win!
Kuai Yue's complexion was pale, Shen Dan's complexion was pale, and Wen Pin's complexion was also extremely ugly.

Only Chen Qun, who had experienced the Battle of Guandu, looked quite relaxed, but at this moment he couldn't help but wonder, secretly thinking that Ma Chao and Han Sui were indeed the elite of the elite rebel army, far from being comparable to Ma Wanchengyi's soldiers who had no military discipline. .

In a short while, the rebels had already filled up the moat. Cheng Gongying standing at the top of the city frowned slightly when he saw that the Yunshan Army upstairs did not shoot arrows, but lifted out a big pot. Slowly retracted, but after all there was no warning,
"Keep attacking!"

Following his call, wooden ladders of the Liangzhou army pressed down on the top of the city, and a large number of soldiers began to climb up with hands and feet. Guan Ping nodded towards Kuai Yue, who took a deep breath and said coldly:

"Pour water!"

The boiled water that had been prepared at the top of the city and the golden juice emitting a strong smell were quickly sprinkled along the wooden ladder, and there were bursts of screams and wailing immediately below the city, and the previously well-organized Liangzhou army immediately began to appear chaotic.

"Fire arrows!"

Kuai Yue gave another order, and the archers of the Yunshan Army took turns to shoot arrows expressionlessly. The dense rain of arrows was dedicated to shooting and killing the soldiers who climbed the city. struggling.

Han Sui and Cheng Gongying looked at the tragic scene, but there was no extra pain and fear on their faces.

Cheng Gongying waved the command flag again, and groups of soldiers approached quickly either carrying wooden ladders or pushing cloud ladders.

In order to pursue speed, Han Suijun did not bring too many craftsmen, and the siege equipment he made was not very good.

But now that he has made up his mind, Han Sui decides to use the oldest siege method of human beings - Ant Possession!
The simplest and the most classic, without any consideration of bells and whistles, teams of Liangzhou soldiers went on and on, just lost 500 people, and another 1000 people came behind them. The boiled water and gold juice used by the Yunshan Army is limited after all. Standing on the top of the large ladder with one hand, the companions pushed it close, and threw arrows to the top of the tower.

The soldiers of the Yunshan Army on the tower were all concentrating on coping. How could there be more to exploit the superb shooting skills of the Liangzhou soldiers, and a large number of casualties soon occurred.

With the appearance of casualties, the defense at the top of the city has begun to weaken. Large ladders climbed up in an instant, and more and more soldiers from Liangzhou climbed up to Chang'an City.

Cheng Gongying breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to wave the flag vigorously, Han Sui turned his eyes to Yan Xing, speaking gently and authentically;

"Yanming, it's your turn."

There was a little struggle in Yan Xing's eyes, but he quickly made up his mind.

"Okay, the young general must go all out!"

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Han Sui tried his best, and Ma Chao in the north of the city was also unambiguous.

The cold wind blew yellow sand everywhere, adding a bit of sadness to the battlefield. A large number of Liangzhou soldiers began to climb the ice city by means of ladders, trying to pass through the towering city wall and inflict damage on the enemies at the top of the city.

But the arrow stacks at the top of the city were also sprinkled with a lot of water, and the ice crystals formed on the wide tower. Many Liangzhou soldiers who finally climbed in wanted to use the arrow stacks at the top of the city to jump up the city wall with a deep leap, but this As soon as he exerted his strength, his feet slipped and he fell off the towering city wall.

The catapult that Zhong Yao used to manage Chang'an before was also moved to the city tower, throwing stones towards the large ladder that was approaching, and the soldiers above were screaming.

It was the first time for Shen Dan, who dispatched the battle in Nancheng, to see this kind of scene. He was a little guilty for a while when he was the king and hegemony in Shangyong. It can be seen that Wenpin kept calm and kept shooting the enemy. Kill the enemies that jumped on the tower.

But there were more and more soldiers in Liangzhou, and several large ladders were not destroyed by the catapults, but had already been attached to the city wall. A group of soldiers jumped up. More Liangzhou soldiers filed in and beheaded several soldiers operating trebuchets.

Shen Dan was furious, and rushed forward, stabbing continuously with his blood-soaked spear, he resisted the enemy's attack, and pushed back the Liangzhou soldiers who had just ascended the city.

Encouraged by him, all the generals of the Yunshan army also roared forward, forming a dense forest with numerous spears. Although those soldiers from Liangzhou were brave and good at fighting, they were poked and covered in blood as soon as they climbed the tower. Bloody.

But just when Shen Dan thought that his array of spears was enough to block all the soldiers from Liangzhou from ascending the city, he heard a roar in his ear, and a tall man jumped up from the ladder, and fell like flying through the clouds and fog. down.

This man was dressed in sackcloth and didn't wear armor, but only a pocket. He was bleeding from an arrow, but he didn't seem to know it. After climbing the city, he rolled on the ground, and there was a constant clattering sound behind him. Countless spears didn't catch him. nailed to the ground.

Shen Dan subconsciously swung his spear to stab him to death, but the man propped himself up on the ground with his hands, jumped up again, grabbed an iron spear quickly with his hands, and avoided Shen Danbi in a split second. Kill one hit.

Shen Dan let out an angry roar and quickly caught up, but the man shook his spear, and it really came out like a dragon. The iron spear seemed to come alive in his hand. Although Shen Dan was nimble in his steps, he still couldn't dodge it. With a ruthless stab in the thigh, he couldn't help screaming.

"Who are you?" He said with difficulty.

The man sneered, and swept the iron spear like eyes behind his back. Wen Pin, who was about to attack from behind, groaned, but a terrifying bloody gash was drawn on the back of his hand.

"Who else..." Wen Pin gritted his teeth, "He is Ma Chao! Only Ma Chao has such martial arts!"

(End of this chapter)