The ladders used in the siege were not ordinary ladders, but had a large wooden cart as the base and were shielded by rawhide on all sides. There was a hook on the top of the ladder to prevent it from being easily tipped over by the defenders.
Just as Guo Xin was about to take the first step, he heard a scream above his head, and then felt his body being violently pulled to one side - and then a soldier had hit the ground where he was standing, and his head Leaning to one side, he died without even a scream.
Guo Xin exhaled without any danger, turned to the side, Zhang Chenghua nodded towards him, and then realized that it was Zhang Chenghua who pulled him in time.
Zhang Chenghua had a stern look on his face: "General Guo is rich and valuable, so it's better to follow me."
After saying that, without waiting for Guo Xin to answer, he held the handle of the knife in his mouth, climbed up the ladder flexibly with both hands.
Seeing this, Guo Xin waved to everyone: "Come to the city!" He also imitated Zhang Chenghua, holding his sword in his mouth, and climbed up using his hands and feet.
Zhang Chenghua above his head looked like a rough man, but his movements of his hands and feet were not clumsy at all. He fell a few steps behind Guo Xin in three strokes, five divisions and two divisions.
For some reason, there was no more shooting of arrows and stones on the city, so in just a few breaths, Zhang Chenghua had jumped onto the city, and then Zhang Chenghua's shouts of killing could be heard from above.
Guo Xinxing was anxious and quickly jumped to the top of the city. He saw Zhang Chenghua slashing a defender to the ground with a sword, but four or five defenders surrounded him. Fortunately, there were Han troops on several places beside him. After going up to the city, they began to fight face to face with the defenders.
Guo Xin went up and stood in a row with Zhang Chenghua. "Guo Du will protect me!"
Zhang Chenghua shouted, and then rushed towards the people surrounding him. Guo Xin didn't dare to be careless and quickly followed.
Zhang Chenghua had a sword in his hand, which looked very scary. He roared and restrained several defenders on the opposite side. However, the defenders quickly reacted and shouted and raised their weapons to attack.
Guo Xin followed Zhang Chenghua, looking around with his peripheral vision, he saw more and more Han troops boarding the city, and there was a melee everywhere. At this time, Guo Xin saw a defender trying to sneak up to the two of them. The defender was not wearing armor and should be a shooter in the city. At this time, he had thrown away his bow and held a short spear.
Seeing Guo Xin's eyes met, the man immediately yelled: "Kill your mother!" He grabbed the short gun in his hand and stabbed Guo Xin straight.
The man rushed over very fast. Fortunately, Guo Xin reacted faster. He moved half of his body and stabbed the gun head in the air. Guo Xin grabbed the gun barrel with his left hand and suddenly used force to kill the white man. The rod broke hard.
The enemy soldier holding the gun looked stunned, but the waist knife in Guo Xin's right hand had already struck him. The knife slashed deeply along the shoulder into the chest, and then kicked him away from the knife.
The man was not dead for a moment. He was kicking his feet on the ground randomly, his eyes were wide open, and he tried to cover the wound on his right shoulder with his hands, but soon his hands were all stained with blood.
Guo Xin kept staring at the enemy soldier he had chopped off, and saw that his glaring feet gradually stopped moving, and the wounds on his shoulders and neck no longer spurted blood, but instead gurgled out...
"Brother Yi!"
It wasn't until Guo Pu shouted anxiously that Guo Xin suddenly woke up. Zhang Chenghua had already cut down the few people just now, and the surrounding Han troops gradually gained a foothold at the top of the city. Under fierce fighting, the defenders at the top of the city were retreating to both sides.
Guo Xin roared angrily: "Kill!" He also joined the battle group, held up the oncoming swords, spears and weapons, and slashed with his hand. He raised the sword and dropped it, killing another person.
Guo Xin and the Han troops around him were occupying the space at the top of the city step by step. At this time, he could no longer care about anything else. He could only see the defenders scattered and fighting in all directions, and there was only one thought left in his mind: kill all those who stood in his way. The person in front of you!
After an unknown period of time, the defenders could no longer withstand the Han army's offensive. As a voice came from somewhere, "The governor has run away!"
The defenders' psychological defense finally collapsed, and they began to flee after throwing away their helmets and armor.
The fighting gradually turned into a one-sided massacre. The Han army chased the original defenders everywhere. Many people were forced by the Han army and jumped directly from the top of the city into the city.
"The Chinese army has an order! Those who surrender will not be killed!" At this time, the Han troops who had just boarded the city shouted in all directions.
Guo Xin also gradually recovered from the killing, and his right hand holding the knife couldn't stop shaking. I don't know if it was because of exhaustion of strength, fear of looking back at this time, or the excitement brought by the bloody killing...?
"General Guo just... fought very bravely." Zhang Chenghua also left the battlefield and came over panting.
Guo Xin was still in a state of confusion and had no reaction to Zhang Chenghua's words. He just asked, "Can we win this battle?"
Zhang Chenghua was stunned by the question and turned his head in all directions: "I can win."
Guo Xin silently walked to the crenel and sat down next to him, his chest still beating violently. Zhang Chenghua and Guo Pu also sat down next to him. The sound of fighting had disappeared up and down the city walls, replaced by the wails and screams of wounded soldiers from both armies, as well as the shouts and curses of Han troops from far and near.
Guo Xin looked at Zhang Chenghua and Guo Pu and saw that both of them had sound limbs and no major wounds on their bodies. He breathed a sigh of relief: "You two are really lucky."
Guo Pu could still laugh at this moment: "I think Brother Yi's life is the most important. I just followed Brother Yi and couldn't react. The bandit army was like chopping melons and vegetables in front of Brother Yi... "
Guo Xin murmured and asked, "Did I just kill a lot of people?"
Guo Pu and Zhang Chenghua looked at each other and nodded solemnly to Guo Xin.
Guo Xin smiled bitterly and said nothing. Zhang Chenghua suddenly remembered something: "No, why didn't you see Wang Yuanmao?"
Guo Xin frowned and said, "We all ran away before we even got to the city gates on the third day, but I think everything will be fine."
After saying that, the three of them fell silent. It was obvious that it would not be easy to survive the battle just now. At this time, the sound of galloping horse hooves came from behind. Guo Pu stood up and looked outside. He excitedly pointed outside the city and said: "Our horse army is coming to the city!"
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The battle at the top of the city was over. Guo Xin rested for a long time to regain some strength. He was not sure where to go when he heard someone said that the commander-in-chief Shi Hongzhao had entered the governor's mansion, so he decided to go to the governor's mansion to see the situation first.
Groups of cavalry were galloping back and forth in the city, which was obviously under martial law. The three of them didn't know where the Governor's Mansion was, but there were Han troops everywhere on the street, so they found out the location after a little inquiry.
Guo Xin led the two of them toward the Governor's Mansion. He saw that the shops along the street had long been smashed open by the Han troops entering the city. From time to time, soldiers could be seen running away with their belongings. From time to time, cries for help could be heard from the houses on both sides... Guo Xin naturally knew that the soldiers were plundering and indulging in "routine" activities. Several times he passed by neighbors who heard cries for help and wanted to go inside to stop him, but Zhang Chenghua silently stopped him every time.
Guo Xin gave up the idea every time he thought about it. The soldiers had just come down from the battle formation, and everyone was red-eyed. This was the time when they could do anything. Even if he stopped him, he wouldn't be able to do anything. The whole city of France can take care of him - more importantly, he is only a small general.
