Huo Jun prepares for a tunnel battle.
There are more than 5,000 defenders in Dingxi City, and there is plenty of food and grass. It is not impossible to capture the city with the power of trebuchets, but it is relatively unlikely to capture Dingxi City in a short time.
Wang Shuang and Gu Ming would need at least five or six days to attack. So he decided to use tunnels to attack Dingxi City. Dingxi City was ten miles away from their camp, and five days should be enough to enter the city.
After making the decision, Huo Jun immediately took action.
In order to dig through it quickly, he ordered his troops to move their military tents forward and announced that he would be the first to break through Dingxi City and compete for the martial arts championship this time.
Of course, these words were released to Cai Eel, who himself led his men to start digging the tunnel. In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the ground was frozen as hard as iron, making it very difficult to dig. So they ordered people to boil water, spread salt to melt the ice, and used various methods to dig tunnels.
The next day, the drums thundered.
Wang Shuang and Gu Ming led the troops to attack the city. In order to dispel Cai Eel's doubts, Huo Jun also led 3,000 troops out of the stronghold, stopped the trebuchet, and prepared to attack the city.
On the supervising stage at the rear, Zhang Xiu quietly watched the actions of the three parties.
Dingxi City's city walls have also been prepared with defensive equipment. All kinds of fire oil, rolling stones, rolling wood, and gold juice are fully prepared. They are waiting to greet the enemy when they attack.
The men of the chariot corps pulled down the trebuchet, raised the counterweight, and loaded it with flint.
"put--!"
With a command, the chariot soldier swung a sledgehammer and hit the top of the card. The counterweight crashed to the ground with a heavy sound. The flint was thrown out with a sharp whistling sound and hit the parapet accurately. superior. The parapet was made of tofu and was easily defeated by flint, smashing the people hiding behind the parapet to pieces.
The trebuchets on three sides work simultaneously.
In order to achieve a greater effect, the three-sided trebuchet fires flints one after another without interruption. At this time, the arrow towers made by their respective camps were pushed out. Zhang Xiujun stood on the arrow tower and fired arrows wildly into the city, trying to suppress the opponent from raising his head.
After three rounds of flint attacks, the soldiers held a shield in one hand and a ladder in the other, and rushed towards Dingxi City. The cold winter could not stop the soldiers' overwhelming fighting spirit. With the drum beat of "Boom! Boom! Boom!" , bravely rushed to the city and put up the ladder.
"Kill me!"
Cai Eel is not a vegetarian either.
After the enemy's three rounds of flints were thrown, he immediately organized a counterattack. First, he asked the archers to shoot at the people on the arrow tower. After all, the number of people on the arrow tower was limited, and they were quickly suppressed by the people on the city top. Then He ordered the people on top of the city to smash down the huge rocks and wood, killing all the soldiers who tried to climb up.
For a time, screams continued from top to bottom of the city.
After half an hour of fierce fighting, the ladder finally reached the top of Dingxi City. Wang Shuang, who was behind, was overjoyed when he saw this, and shouted: "Brothers, today is the day to make great achievements. Follow me and kill Dingxi City! Kill!" He led the death squad he had organized long ago, each carrying a steel knife. With a shield, he headed towards the city.
"kill!"
When the soldiers saw that their general was so heroic, they all wanted to be beaten to death. They roared passionately and arrogantly, and followed Wang Shuang towards Dingxi City.
Gu Ming on the other side was naturally unwilling to lag behind.
He has one more trick than Wang Shuang, and that is the javelin.
After leading five hundred people to the city a hundred steps away, he first gave an order:
"Throw!"
Suddenly, each soldier held a wooden stick more than one meter long with a sharp end, and threw it fiercely towards the top of the city.
At such a close range, many of the city's defenders were shot through with javelins.
Gu Ming took advantage of this gap and led his troops to climb up the ladder quickly, stepped onto the top of the city, and killed them. Hundreds of people behind him also climbed up closely.
But the soldiers guarding the city were not indifferent. When the enemy climbed the city, they fired with crossbows one after another, shooting through many Zhang Xiujun who had climbed halfway up and fell down the ladder.
Fortunately, both Wang Shuang and Gu Ming climbed to the top of the city without any danger.
Both sides knew very well that they were preparing to meet up with each other, and they were both heading towards the other side's position.
Cai Eel has been marching and fighting for many years, how could he not know their purpose? Immediately organize pikemen to fight back. As the saying goes: an inch is long and an inch is strong. The soldiers who came up to attack the city were armed with steel knives that were easy to carry. How could they be their opponents when faced with spearmen lined with spears?
The spearmen took advantage of their spears and stabbed Zhang Xiujun hard, killing them until they were retreating. No matter how brave Wang Shuang and Gu Ming were, they could not change this fact.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Xiu, who was under the city, knew that today's siege might not be successful. He was also afraid that Wang Shuang and Gu Ming would make mistakes, so he said: "Call the gold and withdraw the troops!"
Suddenly, a crisp metallic sound resounded.
Wang Shuang and Gu Ming retreated while fighting and retreated to the city. All the soldiers exited the battle in an orderly manner.
The fighting stopped and both sides began to clean up their respective battlefields.
After retreating from the city, Wang Shuang and Gu Ming both expressed their dissatisfaction and prepared their own means to fight again tomorrow. Zhang Xiu knew that they were eager to perform meritorious deeds, so naturally he would not stop them. He only explicitly prohibited them and only allowed them to fight in the city on the precondition of protecting themselves.
After all, a thousand armies are easy to obtain, but good generals are hard to find.
Wang Shuang and Gu Ming were both rare warriors, and he didn't want them to die in battle on the top of the unknown Dingxi City when they were just starting out. In order to ensure the safety of the two of them, Zhang Xiu specially ordered people to send them battle armor to prevent the two of them from being injured.
As a result, the two of them were extremely grateful and determined to break the city tomorrow.
Huo Jun's side.
Wang Shuang and Gu Ming actively attacked the city. Huo Jun was equally anxious. He even climbed into the tunnel himself and started digging with the soldiers. Because Huo Jun dug the tunnel himself, it greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers, and the dug items were sold even more. Five The distance of more than a hundred steps was dug through in the early morning of the third day.
But they didn't know where in that house they had dug, and they didn't dare to break through the last level, so they came to ask Zhang Xiu for instructions.
I was overjoyed to learn that Huo Jun dug a tunnel to Dingxi City.
If this hidden line can be used as a support, then Dingxi City will definitely be breached.
He followed Huo Jun to the tunnel entrance.
The tunnel entrance is very narrow, and only one person can pass through, and he must crawl forward like a dog. If he is not careful, he will bump into his head. It is dark inside, with only a few oil lamps emitting a faint light.
"Go in and try!" Zhang Xiu Ming said.
Hu Che'er jumped into the tunnel and crawled along the entrance of the tunnel. Within a moment of burning incense, Hu Che'er crawled out covered in dirt and said, "This tunnel really leads to the foot of Dingxi City. From the sound of the sound, it should be at a certain house." At home, but the digging is too shallow, this family may be discovered, and we need to act quickly.”
"Yes!" Zhang Xiu nodded and gave the decisive order: "Instruct Wang Shuang and Gu Ming to attack the city immediately. Huo Jun and General Huwei will lead their troops into the tunnel and enter from the city."
Yan Xiang, who was standing next to him, immediately added: "After the two generals entered the city, they took the first step to protect the food and grass. Cai E is Han Sui's confidant. If the city is breached, prevent him from jumping over the wall and burning the food and grass."
Yan Xiang's reminder made Zhang Xiu break into a cold sweat.
If the food and grass are burned, it will be in vain.
Immediately warned: "Just follow what Counselor Yan said, protect the food and grass first, and our army will continuously enter the city from the tunnel to support you."
"Here!"
The two agreed loudly.
