Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 119 Bloody Battle

The tragic siege battle finally opened the bloody curtain.

Five thousand Liang Jun's heavy armor held up the big shield in their hands, protecting the five thousand light soldiers and moving forward slowly.

The battle-tested Liang Jun is like a group of cunning and ferocious wolves. They look menacing, but in fact they are so calm that it makes people tremble. While they attack their prey, they protect their vitals tightly. There is no chance for the prey to fight back at all.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Woooooooo..."

"Woooooooo..."

"Woooooooo..."

"Boom boom boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom boom boom..."

The sound of desolate horns, the sound of passionate war drums, and the roar of Liang Jun's elite soldiers were all intertwined in an instant.

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Liang army stepped forward, raised their shields, and roared at the same time. The shield wall formed by the large shield was like a large piece of tortoise shell with a cold metallic light, slowly crushing towards the Hulao Pass. Come here, although its speed is not fast, it is so heavy that it is suffocating, and people can't help but feel desperate from the bottom of their hearts!

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Inside Hulao Pass, two thousand archers had already lined up inside the wall into two teams.

Ge Dan and more than a dozen military lords and Sima held their swords high and stood in front of their respective queues. As the swords in their hands were raised and lowered, and then raised and lowered again, the two thousand archers immediately Draw the bow again and again, release the arrow, draw the bow again, and release the arrow again. Waves of arrows cross the wall like rain and accumulate towards the outside of the pass.

However, this level of arrow rain attack was not enough to stop Liang Jun's advance.

Finally, Liang Jun's tortoise shell array had advanced to within fifty steps, and the guards who closed it could even hear Liang Jun hiding under the shield wall, howling incomparably excitedly.

Huan Chu and Ji Bu had already descended from the enemy building and came to the top of the city.

"Bed crossbow!" Huan Chu held up the horizontal knife and shouted sharply, "Push up the bed crossbow!"

Hundreds of bed crossbows were pushed from the back of the wall to the back of the battlements. The height of the bed frame was just enough to ensure that the crossbow arrows could pass through the gap between the battlements and shoot out of the pass. Veteran Yu shouted to the strong men to move the rocking stones to the end of the bed frame so that the crossbow arrows could shoot downwards.

Suddenly, more than a hundred veterans of the Chu Army raised their wooden hammers high.

The horizontal knife in Huan Chu's hand fell heavily, and more than a hundred high-raised wooden hammers also fell down one after another. Suddenly, there was a "boom" and "boom" sound from the sudden rebound of the crossbow arms on the top of the city. The long, two-inch-thick giant arrow immediately shot at the "Liang Jun Tortoise Shell" outside the city with a piercing scream.

Amidst the muffled sound of "Tuk Tuk Tuk", the giant arrow easily shot through Liang Jun's shield wall.

Immediately, there were endless screams under Liang Jun's "tortoise shell". Hundreds of Liang Jun elite soldiers were shot through their bodies and fell into a pool of blood. Hundreds of gaps appeared in the complete tortoise shell formation. However, after all, Liang Jun is an elite division that has been battle-tested for a long time. The formation only shrank slightly, and the tortoise shell formation was restored to its integrity again.

"Back, bed crossbow back..." At the critical moment, Huan Chu shouted again mournfully.

Hundreds of strong men rushed up in a panic, and hurriedly pushed the heavy bed crossbow back to the side of the parapet, and then began to quickly turn the hinges to tighten the crossbow again, but it would take at least half a quarter of an hour Kung fu, within half a quarter of an hour, these more than a hundred bed crossbows will never even think about participating in the battle.

Taking advantage of this brief break, Liang Jun, who was shut down, suddenly started to speed up.

In less than a moment, tens of thousands of Liang Jun had swarmed under the wall, and then a series of simple long ladders were erected high from the tortoise shell formation. The long ladders could pass the highest point, and before they had time Leaning against the city wall, hundreds of Liang Jun dead soldiers already held sharp knives in their mouths and climbed up the long ladder with hands and feet.

On the wall, rolling wood and stones also fell down like raindrops.

"Smash it, smash it hard, hit me, smash these bastards to death!"

"You, you, and you, help Lao Tzu move this rock up, quickly!"

"Boy, why are you standing there in a daze? Hurry up, come and help!"

"Hey, what about you? Are your ears stuffed with donkey hair? Believe it or not, I cut you off with a knife?!"

Suddenly, closing and closing was like boiling a pot of water, and it began to churn violently.

Teams of Liang Jun dead soldiers bravely climbed up, but they were repeatedly hit by rolling wood and stones thrown from the wall. However, there were still many strong Liang Jun dead soldiers Pushing aside the rolling wood and stones with brute force, they continued to climb up. Although the rolling wood and stones were falling like rain on the top of the city, they were like canoes against the water, advancing instead of retreating.

"Fire oil!" Jing Qian suddenly turned his head, raised his head to the sky and roared hysterically, "Fire fire oil!"

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, let me get out of the way!" Hundreds of veterans of the Chu army turned around suddenly, smashed the recruits behind them wildly, rushed to the female wall at the fastest speed and opened a bunch of them. The reed mat, under the reed mat, was suddenly neatly stacked kerosene tanks, and as the reed mat was lifted, the air was instantly filled with a pungent smell.

Seeing that Liang Jun's dead soldiers were about to enter the city, hundreds of earthen jars suddenly fell from the top of the city.

These earthen jars are not very heavy, and it is not fatal to hit them at all, but the dark black viscous liquid splashed out of the earthen jars exudes a pungent smell, smelling this pungent smell Suddenly, the soldiers of Liang Jun who were climbing up the long ladder to the top of the city were suddenly terrified, and one by one turned around and slipped down the long ladder.

However, before Liang Jun's dead soldiers slipped to the ground, a branch of torches had already been thrown from the top of the city.

At this moment, it seemed that even time was frozen. The dead soldiers of Liang Jun who were crowded under the closed wall all held their heads up, and their eyes were full of fear when they looked at the torches. It is true that Liang Jun was brave and good at fighting. It's true that it's a joke, but it doesn't mean that they are not afraid of death. In fact, Liang Jun's soldiers are also afraid of death!

"No!" A Liang Jun commander screamed terribly, turned around and swooped down from the long ladder, and slammed into the Liang Jun shield wall under the long ladder, and then, before he got up, a torch was fired. It had already landed beside him, and then a little spark flew out of the torch and shot at the head of Liang Jun.

In an instant, the fierce oil sticking to the body of Chief Liang Jun burned up.

In just the blink of an eye, the flames of swallowing and puffing had already swallowed the entire body of Commander Liang, who hadn't breathed yet, howled terribly, but struggled to get up, and smashed the shield wall with raging flames Rushing into the crowded Liang Jun tortoise shell formation, the next moment, there were continuous screams, cursing and crying in the tortoise shell formation.

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The corner of Liu Kou's mouth twitched violently, and for the first time a solemn look appeared in his eyes.

The emergence of fierce fire oil completely reversed the entire battle situation in an instant, and the dead soldiers of the Liang army who captured the city and the heavy armored infantry crowded under the city wall were hit hard at once.

In less than a moment, there was a sea of ​​flames under the city wall.

At least [-] Liang Jun soldiers and hundreds of Liang Jun heavy armor were buried in the sea of ​​flames, blocked by the raging flames, Liang Jun's tortoise shell formation had to retreat to avoid the spread of the fire, and it took the whole morning More than half of the hundreds of simple long ladders built were also burned by the fierce fire oil. If Liang Jun continued to attack the city, it would be even more difficult.

Chu Chun swallowed a mouthful of saliva with some firmness, and said to Liu Kou: "General, this is not acceptable!"

Another general also persuaded: "Yes, general, tell the king, and then fight after the siege equipment arrives. If you continue to attack like this, your [-] elite might be wiped out, general!"

Liu Kou suddenly raised his right hand and said in a deep voice, "Order the whole army to retreat three li!"

Having said that, Liu Kou reined in his horse and turned back, leading Chu Chun and a dozen other generals towards Pengyue's central army. Those guarding the Hulao pass were definitely not Chen Xi's rebels, if they were Chen Xi's rebels, They should have collapsed when Liang Jun's archers were shooting all over the sky just now, how could they be as calm as they are now?

Obviously, guarding the gate is also a veteran soldier!

This matter must be reported to the king, the king of Han must have some news to hide from the king!

Thinking of this, Liu Kou lashed the horse's ass again, and the horse suffered from pain in his crotch. He immediately raised his head and hissed sadly, speeding up, and rushed towards Peng Yue's central army like a storm.

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The prison was closed, and the recruits hugged each other, bumped each other's chests, high-fived each other, or cried, laughed, or roared hysterically, venting their emotions in various weird ways, because Liang Jun retreated, The menacing Liang Jun was repulsed by them, and Hulao Pass... was defended!

The veterans looked indifferent, this was just a trivial victory.

It can be seen that Liang Jun outside the pass did not try his best. If Liang Jun really made up his mind to do whatever it takes, the fierce fire may not be able to stop them.

What's more, this small victory was based on Liang Jun's lack of siege equipment!
Once Liang Jun's supply troops arrived at Hulao Pass, the nightmare of closing the defenders would begin.

You know, Liang Jun is not comparable to Chen Xi's rebel army. Liang Jun is an elite division, not only has hundreds of thousands of elite veterans, but also has a complete arsenal, with ladders, wells, siege walls Cars, catapults and other heavy siege equipment, especially the catapult, is definitely a nightmare for the defenders!
The Chu army couldn't be more aware of the terrifying lethality of the catapult.

The huge boulders weighing hundreds of catties fell from the sky, even the overlord who could carry a tripod would not dare to shake it head-on!

More than 20 years ago, the famous general Li Xin led 20 Qin troops to attack Chu. Chu general Xiang Yan assembled thousands of catapults and hid them in the forest. It fell from the sky, and as a result, the Qin army was defeated. Qin general Li Xin also died in the chaos.

(End of this chapter)