Zhang Xiang was responsible for supervising the chariot barracks, and Zhang Ling was responsible for supervising the firearms camp. After seeing the commander-in-chief Ling Qi giving orders, the two decisively ordered the chariot barracks and firearms battalion to prepare to attack the city. The one who opened the way was the trapped camp led by Gao Shun.
In order to quickly break the city, Jingjun also used all his firepower.
At the same time, as soon as the artillery stopped, Xiahou Dun led his elite troops to rush to the top of the city to defend. When they rushed to the top of the city, they saw the dilapidated city wall blown by the artillery and felt numb like an electric shock all over their body.
The thickened and heightened city wall seemed to them to be solid and unbreakable. Unexpectedly, in just half a stick of incense time, their solid city wall had been blown up with a huge gap. If people stood on it to defend, they would not be able to blow it up. Scrapy?
Xiahou Dun swallowed his saliva involuntarily.
At this time, Jing's army, led by Gao Shun, had already reached the bottom of the city. The trapezoidal gap no longer required the help of a ladder. You could just climb up along the gap. There were firearms battalions and chariot battalions below to prevent the Wei army from attacking above. Throw rocks and roll logs down.
But Xuchang City was carefully prepared by Xun Yu. How could it be so easy to break?
As soon as the attack on the city started, there was a heat wave above and a lot of disgusting smells wafted out. You didn't need to think about the soldiers below to know that the Wei army was boiling gold juice. Everyone knew the consequences of being burned by gold juice and the power of gold juice. , but the Jingjun military law is strict. If you quit the war now and act cowardly, you will not only get no pension, but you will also have to be punished by military law.
In order not to be burned by the golden juice, the soldiers climbing up worked harder and faster to climb up.
The golden juice had not yet been boiled. In order to prevent Jing's army from climbing up, the Wei army began to shoot arrows at the city, threw stones and rolled logs. The battlefield with the trapezoidal gap suddenly turned into a meat grinder.
"Bang! Bang...!"
As the Wei army stretched out its head, the firearms battalion below fired at the soldiers above, and the smoke filled the air.
This group of Wei troops were elite soldiers and horses carefully selected by Xun Yu and Xiahou Dun. They were the kind of dead soldiers. Facing the firearm attacks of Jing Jun, these Wei troops rushed and fought without fear, making the battle to climb the city extremely difficult. It was as powerful as the trapped camp, but it was also struggling under the city, and it took half an hour to fight.
At this time, the golden juice is ready.
Dozens of large cauldrons were carried by the Wei army to the gap in the city wall with boiling heat. The golden juice in the pot was poured down with the mouth of the pot facing down.
Jing Jun who was standing under the city was instantly frightened when he saw this scene. Amidst the frightened screams, the hot golden juice poured down. Countless Jing Jun were burned and rolled down, and the Jing Jun below also fell down the city. head.
The strong stench made it difficult to breathe.
Zhang Liao and Pang De behind frowned. The Wei army's defense was very tight. Even though the city was bombarded like this, they could still hold on.
Zhang Biao, who was standing on the side, had a calm expression on his face, looking at the golden juice still being boiled on top of the city, and ordered: "Let the injured soldiers withdraw first to treat their injuries, and order the people in the medical camp to rescue them quickly."
Pang De and Zhang Liao looked at each other.
Zhang Biao continued to order: "Order the artillery muzzle to aim at the pot at the top of the city and blast it to pieces!"
Li Ru nodded.
Then the commander waved his flag and gave the order.
Gao Shun ordered the advance and retreat. The firearms battalion and the chariot battalion moved back fifty steps in an orderly manner, out of the attack range of Jinzhi, but the stench was still pungent.
Seeing the retreat of Jing's army, Xiahou Dun expected that they would use artillery, so he ordered the army to retreat quickly. However, people could retreat quickly, but the heavy and huge iron pot could not retreat in time.
"Boom! Boom...!"
As the artillery roared, dozens of shells were aimed at the iron pot on the top of the city. In an instant, the iron pot was overturned and exploded. All the golden juice boiled in the pot was sprinkled on the top of the city. For a while, there was a stench all over the city. .
After the bombardment, Gao Shun ordered the army to fight back quickly. Because the air was smelly, the soldiers covered their mouths and noses with cloth strips around their necks to cover up the smell.
Without the iron pot, Wei Jun could not boil the golden juice. But Xun Yu's preparation was not just about gold juice. After Jing's army reached the gap in the city, Xiahou Dun ordered the army to pour kerosene down.
It made Jingjun's scalp numb again.
Compared with gold juice, fire oil is more terrifying. If the fire oil gets to your body, you will definitely die, and you will still die without a complete body.
Xiahou Dun's face was expressionless, and a cold murderous aura flashed in his eyes. After the fire oil was poured down, he ordered without hesitation: "Set fire!"
Following Xiahou Dun's order, countless arrows were shot from the top of the city. The flaming arrows ignited the kerosene. The entire gap was instantly surrounded by a strong fire. The fire instantly shot up into the sky. Hundreds of soldiers crowded in the gap. It was ignited with no way out, and a horrific and hair-raising scream could be heard.
Many people were burned by the fire and rolled down from the gap at the top of the city, but they could no longer see their human figures. They only saw fireballs rolling down and rolling all over the ground. They screamed for a long time before they became silent.
Gao Shun below gritted his teeth and stared sharply at Wei Jun at the top of the city.
Zhang Liao and Pang De were livid.
Li Ru also saw clearly that the Wei army at the head of the city was going to defend the city. His voice was calm and he gave the order without any fluctuation: "Concentrate the artillery to attack the city. The artillery will not stop until the city falls. Even if all the artillery is destroyed, it will not stop." You want me to blow up this city of Xuchang!"
Several generals nearby could hear the anger in Li Ru's calm voice.
Since the beginning of the war, where has the Jing army paid such a heavy price?
As the order was given, the artillery began to roar.
The city, which had been attacked by four rounds of artillery, was already in danger. At this moment, there was another burst of fierce bombardment. The rammed earth at the gap was blown away and rolled down. The rolling earth clogged the front, turning the dangerous and steep gap into a A gentle slope.
There is no danger to defend Xuchang City.
Next, the only thing the Wei army can defend is their bodies.
When Xiahou Dun came out with his son Xiahou Chong, he felt cold in his heart when he saw this scene. Next was the time to really fight. Xiahou Dun chuckled, turned around and said to the soldiers behind him: "Soldiers! We are shameless in the history of thousands of years, and we are loyal to the emperor. Today we defend the capital. Although we die, our names will be hung on bamboo and silk. Yes! Follow me and kill the enemy!"
"kill!"
The Wei army launched a counterattack.
The formation of Jing's army changed in this battle, with the firearms battalion in the front, the trapped camp in the middle, and Qin Zhen leading the cavalry in the rear. When Gao Shun saw that the enemy troops had actually fought their way out of the city, he ordered the firearms battalion to prepare and open fire when the enemy troops came into range.
Gunshots sounded like exploding beans, and the Wei army in the front row fell to the ground.
Xiahou Chong, son of Xiahou Dun, who was charging in the front row, was hit by a flintlock gun and died on the spot.
Xiahou Dun became fierce, filled with anger and hatred. He charged down from the gap on his horse and killed the general Gao Shun with his sword.
Qin Zhen led the cavalry to attack. At the same time, the chariot battalion fired arrows to block the enemy's charge.
