Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 134 Capture of Xianyang

The night is dim, and the waning moon is like a hook.

A large iron cauldron has been set up at the head of Xianyang City.

In the big iron cauldron, the fire oil was burning vigorously, and the red flames illuminated the inside and outside of the city wall like daylight. If the Chu army made a surprise attack, they would be spotted by the defenders before they got close to the city wall.

Amidst the sound of chaotic footsteps, Xianyang School Wei Shangqi led more than ten soldiers slowly boarded the right east gate.

The Chu army was approaching the city, and there were only [-] soldiers in Xianyang city, but Shang Qi had no fear in his heart. In his opinion, Xianyang city was high and deep, with sufficient materials such as rolling logs and stones, especially fierce fire oil. It is a sharp weapon for guarding the city. Shang Qi has reason to believe that the Chu army will have a big fight under Xianyang City.

Shang Qi even thought that if he could persist until the King of Han came back to aid him, he would be enough to become the Marquis of Che with his military exploits!

Fenghou, this is almost the ultimate dream of every man in the world. Shang Qi is also a passionate man, so how can he be exempt?

"Cheer up your spirits, don't be so f*ckingly sluggish!" Shang Qi walked, cheering up the watchmen and patrolling guards on the top of the city, "Xiang Yu is dead, now The Chu army is no longer what it was five years ago, and even if Xiang Yu's army is approaching the city, so what?"

"Today's Xianyang is not what it used to be!"

"The height of the city wall has been increased by half a foot, and the amount of fire oil is even more important!"

"If the barbarians from the state of Chu want to come, let them come, and make sure that as many as they come will die!"

"When this battle is over, as long as Xianyang does not fall, the king and the prime minister will definitely reward you a lot, and then you bastards will be able to go back to your hometown and marry a young lady, haha!"

Shang Qi's speech was quite invigorating, and the sentries and patrolmen on the top of the city immediately lifted their expressions, especially when Shang Qi mentioned Xiaoniang at the end, they all laughed outrageously, the man That's it, I'm always very excited when I talk about women, but in fact, most of these soldiers haven't even touched my mother's hands yet.

A soldier guarding behind the battlements was laughing happily. Suddenly, a mace arrow shot up from outside the city, piercing the soldier's head in one shot. Protruding from the forehead, the sharp triangular blade reflected a gloomy coldness under the light of the waning moon.

Shang Qi was stunned, then drew his sword and roared angrily: "Enemy attack, blow the horn to warn!"

In an instant, there was a continuous sound of horns on the top of the city. Almost at the same time as the horns of the Han army sounded, thousands of torches suddenly bloomed outside the right east gate of Xianyang. With the red light of the torches, The defenders on the city could clearly see that the dark Chu army was coming from the open field ahead like a tide.

Seeing that the Chu army had so many troops, the Han army on the top of the city suddenly became agitated.

Shang Qi waved his big sword again and again, and shouted sharply: "Don't panic, Chu Manzi won't be able to attack at once!"

After all, Shang Qi turned back and ordered the captain of the soldiers: "I will pass on the order of my general, and the middle battalion will rush to the right east gate immediately, and the rest of the battalions will also immediately gather to guard each gate without any mistakes!" In order to guard Xianyang, Shang Qi Two thousand soldiers have been organized into five battalions, front, rear, left, right, and middle, each battalion has 400 people, each of the four cities guards one battalion, and the middle battalion is in the middle.

"Promise!" The captain of the personal army suddenly agreed and took the order.

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Outside the right east gate, Tian Heng's five thousand Chu troops were swarming.

Seeing that the Han army on the city reacted quickly, and a large number of soldiers rushed to the top of the city soon, Tian Heng knew that the guards of Xianyang must be veterans in the battlefield. It seems that it is impossible to take Xianyang in one fell swoop. , but this is also expected by Tian Heng, if Xianyang is so easy to break through, then it is not Xianyang.

Moment Tian Heng drew his sword and shouted: "The front of the front battalion, attack!"

The Sima in the front department suddenly agreed, and immediately ordered five hundred soldiers from the headquarters to rush up with more than a dozen long ladders.

Tian Heng originally planned to lead [-] sharp men to take the city first, but since the Han army was already prepared, he would naturally not go up to die rashly, and let the battalions and ministries consume the Han army first, and then wait The Han army in the city was exhausted from killing, and the fuel for rolling wood and beating stones was almost exhausted, and it would not be too late to lead five hundred sharp men to capture the city.

The archers of the two armies first started to shoot at each other, but there were not many archers of the Han army, and the rain of arrows shot down was sparse, which was not enough to stop the Chu army from rushing in. Although the Chu army had more than 500 archers, But shooting arrows on the city requires projectiles, and the width of the city wall is limited, so the lethality is really limited.

Five hundred Chu troops carried more than a dozen long ladders and quickly crossed the moat.

When the Chu army set up long ladders to seize the city, rolling wood and stones rained down from the top of the city. However, there are still dozens of fierce soldiers who climbed to the top of the city against the rain of rolling wood and rocks, and started a desperate fight with the armored soldiers of the Han army on the top of the city.

Tian Heng's spirits were lifted immediately, and the first wave of attacks took over the city of Xianyang, which was beyond his expectation.

But after thinking about it, it makes sense. After the fierce battle at Hangu Pass, all the old, weak and infirm soldiers in the army have basically died. Now the rest are all athletes, and they have experienced purgatory at Hangu Pass After the usual three days of suffering, there was nothing in this world that was worth their fear.

However, Tian Heng's excitement did not last long.

Soon, a large number of soldiers of the Han army rushed to the top of the city. The dozens of soldiers of the Chu army who managed to grab the top of the city were quickly overwhelmed by the soldiers of the Han army, especially the leader of the Han army. , with a double-edged epee in his hand, he alone killed at least six or seven soldiers of the Chu army!
"Damn it!" Tian Heng said bitterly, "Blow the horn, the front battalion will retreat!"

In an instant, the desolate and low-pitched sound of the horn rose from the rear of the Chu army.

Amidst the endless sound of horns, the Chu army crowded under the city wall retreated one after another like the ebb tide. However, there were less than 500 of the 400 people who attacked when they retreated.

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The left east gate of Xianyang.

In a ditch connected to the drain, Ding Gu's Bai Ruishi was quietly lurking in the muddy river water.

As early as half a quarter of an hour ago, Ding Gu had already pried open the iron fence of the drain, and then sneaked into the city with a hundred people.

However, after entering the city, Ding Gu discovered that the defense of the Han army was very strict, and the area around the city gate was full of people.

Tian Heng's army was attacking the right east gate of Xianyang, and Ding Gu could clearly hear it.

At that moment, a small soldier lowered his voice and said to Ding Gu: "General, Tian Heng's right army has already begun to attack the city, why don't we do the same? Otherwise, Tian Heng, a Qi countryman, will take the first victory in breaking Xianyang gone."

"No rush." ​​Ding Gu waved his hand and said calmly, "It's still early."

The battle has just begun, if Tian Heng wants to break through the Xianyang Right East Gate, it will take several hours at least!

Moreover, as Tian Heng's attack on the right east gate becomes stronger and stronger, the attention of the defenders in the city will gradually be attracted to the right east gate. Go to the east gate on the right. At that time, if their rear army takes the opportunity to attack, the east gate on the left will be broken!

While speaking, a patrol team slowly drove over from not far away.

Ding Gu pressed his hand, and the sharp men behind him clung to the stone wall and dived into the muddy river.

A group of more than a dozen Han soldiers walked slowly over the top of the Chu army with torches and long halberds, but they didn't know that there were a hundred elite soldiers of the Chu army lurking in the gutter under their feet.

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Right east gate of Xianyang.

The attack power of Tian Heng's army is becoming stronger and stronger, and the defenders are gradually unable to hold back, and even a lot of fire oil has been consumed.

When the Chu army was repelled again, Shang Qi was so tired that he almost collapsed.

The strength of the Chu army exceeded Shang Qi's expectations. Almost all of these Chu troops were brave and fearless, they were simply a group of beasts!
Just now, more than a hundred sharp soldiers of the Chu army climbed up the top of the city along the long ladder. Shang Qi had to lead his own soldiers to launch a counterattack before finally driving the Chu army down from the top of the city. However, after a fierce battle, More than half of his more than 800 soldiers have been killed or injured, and more than half of the more than [-] soldiers who came to guard the right east gate have also been killed or injured!
Most of the remaining 300 people were injured and exhausted.

Shang Qi sighed, realized the seriousness of the problem, and immediately ordered the captain of the soldiers: "Send an order, and send another 400 people from each battalion to come to reinforce the right east gate!"

"No!" The captain of the personal army bowed and took the order.

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Outside the right east gate, Tian Hengzheng was putting on his armor with the help of Tian Chaofei and Zidu.

The battalions and ministries stormed for more than two hours, and the Han army on the top of the city was obviously exhausted. In the previous wave of attacks, Zidu's right battalion almost succeeded in capturing the city!Tian Heng had reason to believe that when he personally led five hundred soldiers into the attack, the closed Han army would surely fall apart, and the city of Xianyang would be destroyed...in an instant!

Amidst the soft sound of metal rubbing against each other, Tian Heng slowly drew out the horizontal knife.

Five hundred sharp soldiers of the Chu army also drew their swords out of their sheaths one after another, and their fierce eyes were fixed on the messy city wall of Xianyang in front of them. Go up, and the next moment, the five hundred warriors roared like wild wolves, one by one raised their long swords and rushed towards the city wall of Xianyang.

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The left east gate of Xianyang.

Ding Gu climbed up the edge of the ditch silently.

Behind Ding Gu, Bai Ruishi also climbed up the ditch.

Just a moment ago, more than 100 Han troops were transferred away. Obviously, Tian Heng's attack at the right east gate was very urgent, forcing the Xianyang defender to have to send reinforcements from various directions many times. Up to now, the guards are still in the There were less than 200 Han troops near the left east gate. Although the number was still larger than Ding Gu's, Ding Gu didn't want to wait any longer.

(End of this chapter)