"Prepare the trebuchet, elevation angle is 3.5%, distance is 200 steps - let go!"
"Archers, hold down the enemy's charging team - shoot!"
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The three to four-foot-wide moat had been filled in several places with rubble, earth bags, and corpses. The Qiang cavalry quickly rushed to the bottom of the city wall. They didn't know how to build ladders, so they directly threw cowhide ropes and tied them around the crenellations of the city wall. , climb up bravely...
The Han army, under the command of Ma Cheng, was also desperately resisting. Rolling logs, thunder stones, ashes... and sparse arrows rained down on people wherever they went, and their bodies were covered in blood.
However, the Qiang people were not afraid of death and kept charging forward. They even held up the corpses of their compatriots to block the arrows, then pulled out the arrow clusters and fired back at the Han troops defending the city. Both sides suffered heavy casualties.
"His grandma has a unique skill - pouring gold juice!"
Ma Cheng was also red-eyed. He was originally a very serious character, but at this time he started swearing regardless of his image. He commanded his soldiers to carry out a large iron pot filled with stinking golden juice that was boiling up and down, and poured it on the Qiang people who were attacking the city...
"Ah!...Ah!...God!"
"The hateful Han people are as cunning as foxes on the grassland. No one is allowed to retreat. Warriors, charge forward!"
The golden juice of the disaster poured down, and the Qiang people's skin was torn and bloody, and they were rolling all over the ground in pain. Some people couldn't bear it anymore and simply ended it for themselves. The battlefield was like Shura hell...
Even so, the Qiang people still refused to retreat. Under the leadership of the chiefs, they used flesh and blood to pave the way and bones to make ladders, and continued to attack Dingyi City... It was not that they did not want to retreat, but that they had no way to retreat!
There was a severe drought in the grassland, livestock died, parents, wives and children were hungry and crying. Those cowards chose to migrate to the southern plateau because they were afraid of the Jin army.
However, these people temporarily forgot their fear of the Jin army because they were lured by the "Central Plains princes" and chose to draw their swords against the Jin army. Of course, they themselves did not think that they were lured here, but that they were warriors who fought bloody battles to solve the tribal disaster.
Not only can they get huge benefits from those "Central Plains princes", but they can also snatch food and grass from the Jin army to survive all these disasters.
Only by rushing to the city, seizing the food, clothes, and livestock inside and taking them back to the tribe can there be any hope of survival!
In addition, with the persuasion of Han lobbyists, they also knew the current situation of the Jin army. The Jin army is a big mountain pressing on these Qiang people. It is time to move this big mountain away.
Ma Cheng had too few available troops, and after the Qiang people suffered a certain amount of casualties, they were eventually scaled onto the city wall.
"Anyone who offends our mighty Han Dynasty - kill! Kill!"
"Everywhere the sun and moon shine, and wherever the rivers reach are Han - kill! Kill!"
The Han defenders did not abandon the city and escape. Instead, under the leadership of Ma Cheng, they fought tenaciously in hand-to-hand combat, vowing to live and die with the city!
If they are facing the princes within the Han Dynasty, if they cannot do anything, they can also choose to abandon the city and run away to preserve their strength and look for the possibility of retaking the city again.
However, when facing the Qiang people, there is no such chance. If they abandon the city and flee, even if they escape later, they will eventually be prosecuted by the Jin army for military action.
As a barbaric nomadic civilization, the Qiang people, especially when hit by disasters, would cause a massacre every time they broke into a city. In their eyes, the people in the city are just a group of "two-legged sheep".
The so-called two-legged sheep has nothing to do with sheep, but refers to people who are eaten as food, especially women and children. It is really shocking.
Therefore, Ma Cheng and the defenders in the city had no hope of retreating and had no choice but to fight to the death until the last trace of blood was shed.
Ma Cheng held a Liuhe sword and slashed horizontally and vertically, drawing blood from the blade. He slashed more than a dozen people in a row. His whole body was soaked with blood, but he still kept fighting desperately!
Ma Long was also holding two swords to protect Ma Cheng. The two swords were flying, not much different from Ma Cheng.
Ma Long was originally a character in the dynasty summoning card. However, after he was born, he was not influenced by any party. Instead, he was implanted as a side relative of Ma Teng. The relationship is not close, but not far. kind of.
After Ma Teng's death, he was already disheartened and had the idea of returning to the countryside and living a normal life. He didn't want to go to Ma Yuan or Ma Chao, he just wanted to live a life. My own little life.
Later, during the relocation, Ma Long was moved to Dingyi City, and soon after, Ma Cheng became the defender of Dingyi City.
But even so, in the past few years, Ma Long had no intention of meeting Ma Cheng and just wanted to live his own life. After all, in the past few years, he has started a family and even has children.
However, with the invasion of the Qiang people, Ma Long was located in Dingyi City. It was already destined that he could not stay away from anything. He could only find the sword that he had buried and join the defenders. .
The appearance of Ma Long was really a huge help to Ma Cheng. As one of the most famous generals in the Western Jin Dynasty, Ma Long not only had the ability to lead troops in battle, but also had certain insights into the innovation of weapons.
"The warriors of the Shaodang Department will seize this city even if they shed the last drop of their blood for our grassland mother!"
"Warriors of the White Horse Tribe, rush into the city and plunder as much as you like!"
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Then again, the Han army was brave and fearless, and the Qiang soldiers were equally brave and fearless. They slashed with weapons, hit them with their bodies, bit them with their teeth... and even hugged Han soldiers, jumped down from the top of the city, and fought. perish together!
The Qiang people have a wolfish nature. In the case of the grassland disaster, this wolf nature was completely stimulated.
Both sides were fighting tooth and nail, and it all depended on who was stronger. With their superiority in strength, the Qiang soldiers advanced layer by layer and quickly occupied many crenellations. The city gates were also forcibly pushed open, and the city was broken in just a moment. !
"Brothers, the Qiang people broke through the wall, and their wives, children, and children suffered disaster. But before that, these Qiang dogs could only step on my body!"
"Kill one to get enough money, kill two to earn one!"
"Fight to the death!"
Ma Cheng whipped away a Qiang soldier with his sword and said with all his strength, a will to die also sprouted in his heart.
He tried his best, but the Qiang people still broke into the city. The people all over the place...
As a general, he could not protect the people behind him. He is the sinner of Dingyi City...
"Why die? I haven't lived enough yet..." Ma Long slapped Ma Cheng hard...
(End of chapter)
