Chapter Eight hundred and ninety-five Lao Tzu is the opposite!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Thousands of stone bullets fell instantly. *Literature Hall*
The parapet collapsed, the city towers collapsed, and there were howls. In the blink of an eye, the main city of Yijing was submerged in the wild dust rising from the sky.
The Chu army's formation erupted with cheers like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.
More than a thousand city-breaking cannons kept firing at the enemy city at will, and the rain of stones turned Yijing City into a Shura hell.
After half an hour of bombardment, more than 20,000 huge rocks were blasted on the main city wall, which was less than a hundred steps long.
The shells were exhausted, the sound of artillery ceased, and the horrific attack finally came to an end.
Eighty thousand pairs of flaming eyes were all widened, eager to see clearly the effects of the bombardment.
The dust gradually settled, and Yijing City regained its appearance.
The city towers have collapsed, the thick city walls have either collapsed or cracked, and all the buildings on the top of the city walls have been leveled.
The pitiful howls of the Han army resounded throughout the city.
The entire city of Yijing has been changed beyond recognition and is horrifying.
But what surprised the Chu soldiers was that under such a powerful bombardment, the main city wall remained standing.
Seeing this, Yan Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, admiring the strength of Yi Jing's defense line.
I recall that Yuan Shao fought hard for a year before taking Yijing. If it hadn't been for Pang Tong's clever strategy to lure away the Wuhuan people, Yijing might not have been captured in a moment.
I was filled with emotion, the effect of bombarding the city in front of me was enough to satisfy Yan Liang.
With murderous intent in his eyes, Yan Liang raised his whip and pointed his finger again, and said sternly: "The whole army attacks the city. I will kill all the Han troops and leave no one behind!"
Dong dong dong~~
The war drums sounded again, resounding through the sky.
"attack--"
At the front, veteran general Huang Zhong raised his sword, and the army formation of 20,000 people advanced suddenly.
On the left and right wings, Gan Ning, Xu Huang and other generals who were good at attacking each led their troops and horses to move out. A huge wave of 80,000 troops rushed towards the ruined Yi Jing.
There were originally two thousand Han soldiers stationed at the top of the city, but this round of stone rain bombarded them. Half of them died under the flying stones.
When the remaining Han troops climbed up from the ruins, before they could taste the pain just now, the vast tide of Chu troops frightened them again.
"Hold still, everyone go to the city. Fight to the death for the Han~~" Zhuge Liang emerged from the "anti-gun cave" under the city, waving his feather fan and roaring at the top of his lungs.
Zhang Xiu and other more than 3,000 Han troops hiding in the cave had to climb to the top of the city under Zhuge Liang's supervision.
When the Han army had just taken up its position, the Chu army had already rushed to the city.
Eighty thousand soldiers, each carrying a bag of earth, easily filled the deep trench in front of the city. Countless ladders were erected, and countless soldiers of the Chu army rushed towards the city head.
With only more than 3,000 soldiers, how could they withstand the attack of an 80,000-strong army when the city defense system was severely damaged.
The Han army, which had no fighting spirit, only resisted for a short time before the entire front collapsed.
At the top of the city, more than a dozen places were breached by the Chu army in a matter of seconds. Hundreds of Chu soldiers climbed up to the top of the city and mercilessly slashed at the frightened enemies with their swords.
Many Han soldiers were so frightened that they gave up resistance on the spot and surrendered. However, the Chu soldiers, who were red-eyed, chopped off their heads mercilessly.
Those who refuse to surrender after the city is surrounded will be killed without mercy after the city is broken.
For these enemy soldiers who surrendered when the situation was over, Yan Liang would not give them a chance at all. Yan Liang wanted to raze Yijing, kill all the defenders on the city, and use this final bloody killing to crush the remaining will of the Han Dynasty to resist.
One of the Han soldiers fell, and seeing that the surrender was impossible, they had no choice but to abandon their position and flee.
Zhuge Liang was not on the city. He was sitting in a wheelchair, holding a feather fan, and commanding remotely from the inside of the city.
When Zhuge Liang looked at the soldiers who were retreating from the city, he was about to collapse. He knew that the fall of Yi Jing was a foregone conclusion and the situation of the Han Dynasty was over.
Zhuge Liang, who originally died generously, felt unprecedentedly shaken in his heart at this time.
He knew very well that if he stayed here any longer, the only option was to be captured alive by Yan Liang.
Due to the blood feud between him and Yan Liang, it is hard for Zhuge Liang to imagine the horrific methods Yan Liang would use to torture and humiliate him after he was captured alive.
"No, I cannot fall into the hands of Yan Thief. Even if I escape far away from the Great Wall and become a lonely ghost in the future, I will never fall into the hands of Yan Thief."
Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang no longer had any intention of resisting, and immediately planned to let his soldiers push him to escape from here.
At this moment, Zhang Xiu, covered in blood, ran down from the top of the city with a bloody gun.
"Prime Minister, there are too many Chu troops. We can't hold them anymore. Let's retreat quickly." Zhang Xiu shouted.
Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes and thought to himself that if Zhang Xiu retreated like this, the Chu army would break into the city in an instant. I am afraid that he, a cripple, would be overtaken by the Chu army's cavalry before he could escape far.
, he still has to fall into the hands of that thief.
With a chill in his heart, Zhuge Liang immediately said solemnly: "We have been ordered to hold on to this place, how can we retreat even half a step without permission? General Zhang, I ordered you to return to the top of the city and continue to hold on for me."
"Prime Minister..."
"Zhang Xiu, do you want to disobey the military order and betray the Han Dynasty?" Zhuge Liang shouted sharply.
Zhang Xiu was shaken, gritted his teeth secretly, and resentment flashed in his eyes. In desperation, he had no choice but to stumble and sigh, and went back to the city with the big gun.
As soon as Zhang Xiu left, Zhuge Liang called his soldiers on his back and pushed him towards the north gate.
When he was about to set foot on the city, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but look back. It didn't matter, but he found that Zhuge Liang was already more than ten steps away, surrounded by a group of soldiers, looking north in a hurry.
go.
Zhang Xiu was startled for a moment, then his color suddenly changed.
"Well, Zhuge Liang, you want me to hold on to the city. Originally, you wanted me to hold back the Chu army so that you could take the opportunity to escape. You are really very insidious." Zhang Xiu was furious and cursed.
At this moment, all the dissatisfaction in Zhang Xiu's heart broke out at this moment.
Liu Bei pretended to be benevolent and righteous, colluded with foreigners, and refused to listen to his own advice. Zhang Xiu had long been disappointed with Liu Bei.
In the battle of Yijing, Liu Bei was like a frightened bird, and fled regardless of the overall situation, which made Zhang Xiu resentful of him.
Now, Zhuge Liang, whom Liu Bei trusted the most, kept saying he was righteous and told others to defend the city, but he escaped first, which made Zhang Xiu extremely angry.
All kinds of dissatisfaction accumulated to this day, and the moment before the city was lost, Zhang Xiu completely turned against Liu Bei and his Han Dynasty.
"That's all, I, Zhang Xiu, am a decent Xiliang man. Why should I work for a hypocrite like Liu Bei anymore?"
Zhang Xiu broke up with Liu Bei'en and immediately wanted to surrender to Chu.
Then he thought again, that he surrendered when the city was destroyed, it seemed that he had no choice but to surrender. If Yan Liang was blamed, he would be dead.
"If you want to surrender smoothly, you must make some meritorious deeds to atone for my previous sins..." Zhang Xiu rolled his eyes a few times and suddenly glanced at Zhuge Liang, who was escaping far away.
"The Emperor of Chu deeply hates Zhuge Liang. If I can capture this sinister villain, wouldn't it be a great achievement? The Emperor of Chu will be happy and he will forgive me for my previous sins!"
Zhang Xiu had made up his mind and without much hesitation, he immediately climbed down from the city wall, mounted his horse and danced his spear, and chased after Zhuge Liang.
"Prime Minister, that Zhang Xiu is coming after me." Butler Gan Hai shouted in panic.
Zhuge Liang turned his head and saw Zhang Xiu running towards him. He was startled. He pretended to be calm and shouted: "General Zhang, if you are not commanding at the top of the city, what do you want to do?"
"Prime Minister Zhuge, didn't you say you want to live and die with Yi Jing? Where are you going?" Zhang Xiu also held back and asked loudly.
Zhuge Liang was speechless at this moment. Seeing Zhang Xiu's murderous look, he knew in his heart that it was his intention that Zhang Xiu, a warrior, had seen through.
"Quick, push the truth and leave. Don't pay attention to him." Zhuge Liang simply didn't explain and just ran away.
A group of soldiers pushed Zhuge Liang and ran wildly towards the north gate.
"Zhuge Liang, you despicable hypocrite, have you finally shown your true colors? Stop for me." Zhang Xiu was so angry that he chased after him with murderous intent, slapping his horse and shooting.
As soon as he saw this formation, Zhuge Liang felt that something was not good and shouted anxiously: "Quick, go and stop that guy for me!"
After receiving the order, more than a dozen domestic soldiers had no choice but to turn back and wield their swords and guns in an attempt to stop Zhang Xiu.
Although Zhang Xiu's martial arts is only second-rate in the world, these ordinary soldiers cannot catch the eye of Rob.
Zhang Xiu was full of murderous intent and showed no mercy. He fired his big gun from left to right, knocking down the soldiers who stood in his way like a piece of grass.
Zhang Xiu, who was unstoppable, fought his way through and was behind the frightened Zhuge Liang in the blink of an eye.
"Zhang Xiu, what do you want to do? Are you going to rebel?" The frightened Zhuge Liang, holding on to his strength, shouted sternly.
"You shameless hypocrite, you still dare to boss me around at this time, it's hateful——"
The furious Zhang Xiu rushed forward in a few steps, his silver spear flying, stabbing all the soldiers on Zhuge Liang's left and right to the ground in an instant.
Blood flew all over the sky, splashing all over Zhuge Liang's body and face. The bloody scene only shocked Zhuge Liang to the point of being so shocked that he fell on the wheelchair with his head in his hands, not even daring to raise his head.
After a while, the violent storm stopped.
Gan Hai was the last one to fall, and he fell in front of Zhuge Liang. There was a big hole in his chest, and large streams of blood were gushing out.
"Main... Prime... Prime Minister..." Gan Hai couldn't say anything for a moment, his body stiffened, and he died.
Seeing the old housekeeper who had been with him for decades die tragically in front of him, Zhuge Liang was heartbroken, not knowing whether it was shock or pain.
He suddenly raised his head, glared at Zhang Xiu, and shouted sternly: "Zhang Xiu, you are so brave, you dare to be so rude to me, do you want to rebel? Believe me or not -
"
Snap!
Before Zhuge Liang could finish speaking, Zhang Xiu had already slapped Zhuge Liang hard on his pale face.
