Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 387: The Final Decision
"here we go again!"

Hearing this terrified cry, he looked up and saw a heavy boulder whizzing towards this side. Several crossbowmen of Zhao Jun who were loading arrows were out of their wits. Try to hide your body in the blind spot behind the arrow stack.

It is a pity that what was thrown by the counterweight trebuchet was not a light feathered arrow, but a heavy stone bullet weighing about 150 kilograms. This stone bullet seemed to have eyes, and it happened to hit these unfortunate people The position where Zhao Jun's crossbowmen were located was like destroying a sand castle on the beach. They easily smashed the arrow stacks to pieces, and then smashed all the Zhao Jun crossbowmen hiding behind the arrow stacks to bloody flesh, brains burst, and corpses. Almost turned into a ragu.

A soldier of the Zhao army nearby was so frightened that he cried aloud. He cried bitterly for his comrades who had just shot arrows side by side to stop the Han army soldiers from filling the river. , Several other Zhao soldiers nearby also had their hearts beating wildly, and they were so frightened that they couldn't move for a while.

Similar scenes kept appearing at the head of the city at the east gate of Julu. Under the control of the catapult operators of the Han army, [-] counterweight trebuchets bombarded the head of Julu city, constantly smashing heavy boulders. Going up to the top of Julu City, they smashed to death the Zhao soldiers who couldn't dodge it, and smashed the parapet and arrow stacks, the most critical protective facilities on the city wall, to be riddled with holes, collapsed and smashed continuously, revealing protective gaps of different sizes At the same time, there are gentle slopes on the rammed earth wall that are easy to climb.The defenders on the city had no way to counterattack the counterweight trebuchets of the Han army, let alone resist the huge stone bombs falling from the sky. Pray that you don't get hit by a boulder.

During this period, with the efforts of the auxiliary soldiers of the Han army, countless bags of soil and grass were thrown into the moat outside the east gate of Julu, gradually paving the way for two marching roads with a width of several feet, and then changing. position, seize the time to open up a new road across the river. Although the defenders on the city continued to shoot arrows to block them, under the influence of the huge psychological pressure caused by the Han army's catapults, the effect was not great. In any case, there was no way to stop the Han army. The soldiers continued to fill the river.

Still during this period, the Qi army camped in the northeast corner of Julu sent troops to feign attacks three times, pretending to attack the Han army's catapult positions. However, every time the army retreated at the slightest touch, they quickly retreated to the camp to hide, luring the Han army to pursue them near the camp of their own army, and let their companions in the camp take the opportunity to shoot arrows to kill the enemy. It may be that he was constantly yelling and wasting his energy in vain outside the Qi army camp, but at the same time, it was inevitable that some slack gradually appeared.

Still during this period, the Western Chu army, the fourth force on the Julu battlefield, was at leisure for the first time, and could hide in the self-army barracks far away from the battle battlefield to rest and watch the show. At the request, Zhou Yin, the coach of the Western Chu Army, still organized an army to assemble and wait for orders, so as to send troops to rescue allies at critical moments.

Although there is no protection of city bricks, the rammed earth city wall is a gravity wall with a narrow top and a wide bottom. Of course, it is impossible to completely collapse it with a trebuchet. Whether or not the city of Julu can be broken, it still depends on the ants to attack the city. He seized the city gate, so when it was nearly half noon, seeing that the female wall on the east gate of Julu had been seriously damaged, and at the same time the auxiliary soldiers of the Han army had successfully filled four sections of the moat, Xiang Kang, who personally commanded the battle, decisively Ordered to stop throwing stones, and asked the catapult team to replace it with incendiary bombs, preparing to set fire to the houses and streets in the city to disturb the enemy, and at the same time asked Chongda, who took the initiative to invite Ying to launch an ant-attached siege, to lead his army forward, preparing to launch an ant-attached attack on the east gate of Julu .

The Zhao army also reacted quickly. Just after seeing the Han army stop throwing stones, General Zhao Ben Hao, who was in charge of the east gate, immediately understood that the Han army was about to start ant attack, and quickly ordered the soldiers to return to their posts to prepare for the battle. Reinforce the weakened defenders, and wait anxiously for the Han army to launch an attack.

After a while, Xiang Kang immediately issued an attack order as soon as he saw that the army was getting ready. When the flag was fluttering, the soldiers of the Han army immediately trot forward carrying the ladder and pushing the ramming cart, and the catapult team of the Han army also rushed forward immediately. Started, smashed thirty pottery urns filled with charcoal and tung oil into Julu City, and then, as the original incendiary bombs landed one after another, many fires appeared in Julu City immediately, even though Zhao Jun had used it to deal with rockets before. The method of fireproofing the houses in the city was done to a certain extent, but it was still unable to withstand the violent flames caused by the burning of tung oil. Many houses ignited soaring fires, forcing the people in the city and the defenders to rush to put out the fires, yelling, There was chaos, and the morale of the army was seriously affected again.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the catapult team to set fires desperately, the soldiers of the Han army who gradually charged quickly rushed to the side of the moat. Among them, the soldiers of the Han army who charged with flying ladders crossed the river just filled up and hit the city car. It is to cross the strong bridge leading directly to the city gate, and directly hit the gate of Julu's east gate.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Kang in the flag formation couldn't help but yawned again carelessly, knowing that there must be a short period of stalemate and consumption, and it would be difficult to make any major breakthroughs in a period of time.However, Xiang Kang underestimated the bravery and ferocity of the soldiers of his own army, and overestimated the combat power of the Zhao army, which had lost all its elite. After only ten minutes of fierce fighting, a Han army warrior rushed to the head of Julu City with stones and gray bottles , It was a good start for the Han army's siege of ants.

"That's right, it's much faster than I expected, and Chong Da is really a brave general!" Xiang Kang praised joyfully.

"Kill the traitors! Quick! Kill the traitors!"

At the same time, in Julu City, Zhao Jun’s general Ben Hao, who was lucky enough not to be hit by a boulder, shouted with red eyes. The warriors stabbed down the city wall with their spears, and immediately several Han warriors rushed up the city wall from the gaps in the female wall in other sections of the city, and almost stood firm on the city wall, forcing Zhao Jun to block in a hurry. In the panic, soldiers of Zhao Jun could not stand still and fell from the gap in the female wall to the embarrassment of the city wall.

At this time, the Qi army also started its fifth feint attack, still pretending to attack the Han army's catapult position, luring the Han army to send troops to intercept, and then, as the Qi army commander expected, after being tricked one after another, he saw After the Qi army turned around and ran away, the Han army who attacked and intercepted did not want to waste any more energy chasing too close as a living target, and just after chasing a hundred paces away from the Qi army's camp, they stopped their pursuit cursingly. Most of the soldiers of the cloth corps were sitting on the ground to rest, and their morale had obviously dropped.

"The opportunity is coming soon." Tian Bu said to himself in his heart, secretly said: "If you play with the traitors like this a few times, the traitors should relax completely."

Perhaps it was too careless to underestimate the enemy. Seeing Zheng Bu’s corps being played repeatedly and obviously showing slack, no one, whether it was Xiang Kang, the final boss of the Han army, or the resourceful Uncle Zhou, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping, unexpectedly said nothing. Say a word, let Zheng Bu's corps mess around a few miles away, patiently just observe the situation at the head of the city at the east gate of Julu.

Xiang Kang was a little disappointed. Although the start was very good, the Ant Fu attack successfully rushed to the top of the city in the first attack, but in the ensuing fierce battle, the Ant Fu Han army did not make any new breakthroughs. Even though there have always been warriors of the Han army rushing up the city wall from time to time, they have never gained a firm foothold on the city and defended their positions.At the same time, the Han army's ramming vehicle also encountered tenacious resistance from the defenders in front of the city gate. It was smashed by huge stones and yakshas so that it could not approach the city gate at all, and it also fell into a stalemate.

Although such a stalemate is very common in ant-attached battles, of course Xiang Kang would not be satisfied with it. After smiling, Xiang Kang asked Uncle Zhou: "General Zhou, what's the matter? There is a stalemate, and you don't want to think of a way?"

"Your Majesty, please wait patiently." Uncle Zhou replied with a smile: "At this time, Zhao Guo's bandit army is still very strong, and all kinds of materials for defending the city are also very sufficient. Your servant will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."

Xiang Kang smiled and said nothing, and Uncle Zhou didn't take any action. He just let Chongda, who volunteered to be the vanguard, deploy troops and generals in front, constantly strengthen the attack, consume the enemy's physical strength and defense materials with fierce offensive, and wait patiently Good fighters appear.

Probably because it was too boring, after a while, Zheng Bu's banner left his banner array, led a group of guards in bright armor, and casually came to Tao Xi's army who had sent troops to intercept the Qi army several times before. After standing down, it seemed that he was comforting the soldiers himself. Seeing this situation on the high ground in the camp, Tian Bu, the commander of the Qi army, couldn't help but speed up his heartbeat, and secretly said: "Would you like to take a gamble?"

At the same time, in Xiang Kang's flag formation, seeing Zheng Bu's flag appearing in the front of his army, Uncle Zhou laughed out loud and said, "What a delicious bait, it seems that the bandit army of Qi State is trying to It’s hard not to take the bait, okay, we should work hard, and help General Zheng by the way.”

After saying that, Uncle Zhou pointed to one of his own soldiers, and said with a smile: "Go and ask Chongda for me, is he tired if he hasn't rushed up for so long? Do you want him to come back to have a rest and eat? Go to attack the city?"

Before the words fell, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping beside him laughed out loud, and as the cunning rats such as Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou expected, after the personal soldiers brought Uncle Zhou's original words to Chongda, Chong Da, who managed to snatch the important task of vanguard from among the many strong generals of the Han army, really exploded in anger, and roared, "Report to General Zhou! I'm not tired! Beat the drum, give me a general attack!"

After roaring, Chongda jumped off his horse, threw his spear and grabbed a sharp axe to lead the soldiers to the front, and personally led the army to launch a charge. Seeing this scene, the remaining soldiers under Chongda's command naturally roared like thunder , scrambling to keep up, rushing towards the burning Julu East Gate battlefield with red eyes, the crowd was surging like a tide.

Uncle Zhou's aggressive strategy has achieved satisfactory results. Encouraged by Chongda's lead, the subsequent Han army flying ladders rushed up like undulating waves, one after another on the top of Julu City, led by Chongda. The generals of the Han army climbed first, and charged upwards against the raindrops and hail of stone and gray bottles. Seeing such a scene, the former soldiers of the Han army who had been unable to attack for a long time also forgot their fatigue, hunger and thirst, and turned red-eyed again. Use your strength to launch a more violent charge towards the head of Julu City.

At this time, the soldiers of Zhao Jun had of course lost their physical strength, and Ben Hao was a little slower to react. The order to mobilize the reserve team to go to the city for reinforcements was a little late, which caused his new force to fail to rush to the city wall for reinforcements in time. Of course, it was difficult for tired soldiers to resist such a fierce attack, so within a short time, dozens of Han army soldiers rushed up the city wall one after another, and then, accompanied by a crimson Han army flag, they rushed up to the top of the city wall. Earth-shattering cheers erupted immediately on the Ludongmen battlefield.

At this time, seeing that the Zhao army was in a critical situation, Tianbe could only quickly make up his mind, and sent a decoy army out of the camp for the sixth time, pretending to reinforce the Julu East Gate battlefield, trying to lure the Han army who happened to be in the front team at present. Corps-level commander Zheng Bu personally led the army to intercept, and at the same time, a large number of Qi army soldiers were already ready to attack.

Tian Bu was ecstatic to see the Qi army coming out of the camp again. Zheng Bu, who had been teased many times, led the front team to charge and faced the Qi army who was shouting to attack. They were all sitting on the ground and resting, it was obvious that they had slackened to the point of hopelessness.Seeing this scene, Tianbe gritted his teeth, and roared with red eyes, "Beat the drum! Attack! Get rid of Zheng Bupifu!"

The earth-shattering sound of war drums suddenly sounded in the Qi army camp, and the three gates to the south were opened wide at the same time. The elite troops of the Qi army, who had been preparing for a long time, shouted to attack, and swarmed towards Zheng Bu, the regiment-level commander of the Han army who personally led the army to intercept.However, at this moment, the beloved general Yu Ling suddenly rushed in front of Tian Bu, and loudly dissuaded him: "General, it's too risky! Zheng Bupifu may be tempting the enemy by coming to the front team in person!"

Tabe was stunned, but saw that the soldiers of Zheng Bujun's main brigade in the distance were just getting up in a hurry and reorganized the queue urgently. Tianbe still said: "War is always an adventure! Anyway, we are going to attack, why not take a gamble now. Bet we can kill Zheng Bupifu directly!"

Facts have proved that Tianbu must have made the right bet this time. After seeing the Qi army suddenly attacking aggressively, Zheng Bu, who personally led the army to fight, found that something was wrong. He could only lead the Han army back with Tao Xi. Quickly fleeing back to the main formation to join the main force, the Qi army managed to catch such a god-sent opportunity, of course no one would let it go, shouting that the front team of the Qi army was rushing more fiercely than the other, and the front team of the Qi army was still at a distance Zheng Bujun bit the tail of Zheng Bujun's front team at a position outside Xu's brigade.

Once again Tianbu and the soldiers of the Qi army were overjoyed. Seeing the Qi army approaching, Zheng Bu made a mistake in his haste, and even led the front team of the Han army back to fight. He rushed faster and harder, and in a blink of an eye, he caught up with him and won the opportunity to directly fight with the front team of the Han army.

"There is a chance!" Tabe exclaimed wildly.

"Good job." Xiang Kang also praised in the Han army flag formation.

Exactly as Xiang Kang expected, after luring the Qi army brigade close to the self army brigade, Zheng Bu's flag disappeared in the front of the Han army very quickly, and the other backup Zheng Bushuai flag was He suddenly reappeared in his banner array, and after a smug grin, Zheng Bu shouted again: "Beat the drum, attack! Kill all the thieves out of the camp!"

When the war drum sounded, Zheng Bu's brigade immediately dispatched three troops, two of which rushed out from the left and right to attack the left and right wings of the Qi army that had left the camp, and the third team rushed directly to the Qi army's camp, cutting off the Qi army's way back to the camp.As a result, seeing such a situation in the camp, Tianbu also turned pale immediately, and screamed: "It's been tricked! Zheng Bupifu is using his handsome flag to deliberately lure the enemy!"

"The last general said it a long time ago, but you didn't listen to the general." Yu Ling complained with a wry smile.

"Stop talking nonsense, what should we do now?"

Tian Bu's angry roar made Yu Ling subconsciously turn his head to look behind him, but unfortunately, the fellow soldier who really helped Yu Ling to shine during this time, because he was not qualified to follow Yu Ling to speak in front of Tian Bu, Not being behind Yu Ling at this moment, of course, there is no way to make any good suggestions in time to help the Qi army resolve the current critical situation...

Of course, the poor soldiers of the Qi army who came out of the camp were not as good as the Han army in terms of combat effectiveness, and their equipment was only second-rate. This time, they would meet the Zheng Bu corps of the Han army in a state of fury in the field. Of course, the Qi army was even worse. They were not opponents. After fighting for only a moment, the Qi army was killed by the tiger-like Han army soldiers out of the camp, and they had to flee to the camp of their own army. The Han army who came one step ahead did not hesitate. He joined forces with his own army's chasing soldiers to attack the poor Qi army soldiers from front to back, and the red-eyed ones slashed harder and harder than the other.

The Qi army was in complete chaos soon after leaving the camp. The Han army from all directions attacked like a storm, killing them all on their backs and screaming endlessly. He continued to greet the enemy with his weapons, pierced the body of the soldiers of the Qi army with his spears, and knocked his heads unconscious. The elite Han soldiers with steel knives were even more unstoppable. Wielding sharp steel knives, they slashed at the enemy's heads and arms like melons and vegetables, and vented their rage at the poor soldiers of the Qi army. .

Unable to withstand the frenzied offensive of the Han army, countless soldiers of the Qi army scattered and fled for their lives. However, the cavalry of the Han army led by Guan Ying had long been ignorant of the tiger on the periphery of the battlefield, constantly wandering and killing the Qi army's rout. Chasing after blocking, chasing safari, like a group of hungry wolves hunting down poor lambs and rabbits.

There was really no other way, so Tianbu could only quickly send troops out of the camp again, and try his best to support the attacking troops back to the camp to flee for their lives. However, Tianbe's doing so was destined to only give Zheng Bu more and better opportunities for revenge. Under the leadership, the Han army brigade quickly launched an attack, rushed into the battlefield and started a scuffle with the Qi army that had left the camp one after another, just like the tide of the ocean, quickly swallowed the trapped Qi army, and also greeted the Qi army that hurried out of the camp to respond reinforcement.All of a sudden, swords and swords were everywhere outside the Qi barracks, and there were also soldiers of the Han and Qi armies fighting with their lives. The chaos was like a pot of boiling rice porridge.

At this time, relying on the courageous attack of Chongda's troops, the soldiers of the Han army have firmly established their foothold on Julu City and won a certain amount of space. There was no way to drive the Han army back down the city, and the Han soldiers under the city relied on the cover of their companions to go up to the city one after another, accumulated a sufficient number of troops on the front of the city, and continued to compete with Zhao's army inch by inch. Position space.

Ling Jing's troops, the second team of the attacking Han army, had already assembled outside Julu City for orders. However, Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou were not in a hurry to join the rear army to strengthen the offensive, because Xiang Kang, Uncle Zhou and others were very aggressive. It is clear that the most ideal time for Ling Jing's troops to attack should be when the Qi army has completely collapsed and fled back to the camp. At that time, the morale of the Han army will be greatly boosted, and the morale of the Zhao army will definitely be affected even more. Only then can the best results be achieved, so Xiang Kang, Uncle Zhou and others calmed down and waited patiently for Zheng Bu to make a breakthrough.

The Julu battlefield where four forces exist at the same time is too complicated, and Xiang Kang had to consider the reaction of the Western Chu Army. After thinking for a while, Xiang Kang suddenly took a silk pen and quickly wrote a paragraph on the white silk—— General Zhou Yin, you know my elder brother's temper, even if you can go back, you are dead!Surrender to me with the army, make you a marquis, and bestow thousands of households in the city!Han Wang Xiang Kang!
After writing the letter in a hurry, Xiang Kang didn't even seal it, so he handed it to Chen Ping immediately, and ordered: "Send someone to the camp of the Xichu bandit army immediately, as soon as you see the Xichu bandit army send troops to reinforce Qi Zhao bandits, immediately send them to the camp of the Western Chu bandits and hand them over to Zhou Yin! I bet, if the Western Chu bandits send troops to reinforce the Qi Zhao bandits, it will definitely be my brother Xiang Guan, without him Making trouble nearby is our best chance to recruit Zhou Yin, we must not miss it!"

(End of this chapter)