Ma Chao reined up his horse and came out, and said loudly to the Xiliang general behind him: "You all have listened carefully and prepare to charge. Our Xiliang army will break through Yangping Pass today."
"Surge into Yangping Pass, leaving no chickens or dogs behind."
"Ooooh, ooh~"
The Xiliang army behind him was full of fighting spirit. After such a fierce siege for half a month and without advancing an inch of ground, they still had such morale, which was Ma Chao's biggest support.
I think it only took seven days to pick out the fifty-three Qiang villages. It only took two days to go through the wooden platform, Shangguan, Iron Dragon and other levels. One Yangping Pass actually blocked the powerful Xiliang army for half a month. Ma Chao's
The limit of tolerance has been reached.
Judging from yesterday's attack on the city, the Xiliang army's earth attack method was very effective. The bows and arrows alone were enough to suppress the Sichuan army. Ma Chao believed that based on yesterday's attack situation, they would be able to attack today.
Go to Yangping Pass.
The Xiliang army behind them waved their scimitars and were ready to charge.
"Kill." Ma Dai personally led the troops to kill Yangping Pass. A fierce offensive and defensive battle was about to break out. This was the three-day deadline promised by Ma Chao to himself. The soldiers of the Xiliang Army, led by their generals, fought to the death.
Bags of sand and soil were piled up, and the hill was raised to three feet, reaching its limit. The Xiliang soldiers and the Sichuan army in Guan Guan exchanged fire. The Sichuan army at the city head was struggling just to avoid the rain of arrows thrown by the Xiliang army and the rain of arrows on the hill.
The Xiliang soldiers who climbed up from the cloud ladder became the most lethal force. Whenever the Sichuan army's shields resisted the rain of arrows, the Xiliang soldiers rushed forward risking their lives.
A basin of hot tung oil was poured on the head of a Xiliang soldier. The skin on his face was burned to pieces. When the Xiliang soldier opened his eyes, tung oil flowed into his eyes.
The Xiliang soldiers ignored the incoming rockets, jumped up with a climbing hook, and slashed at the top of the city with a machete. Their faces were hideous and terrifying, forcing five or six Sichuan soldiers to retreat step by step, and were shot in the body.
Sansi Spear fell to the ground slumped, and the Xiliang soldiers behind him continued to attack.
"kill."
There was an endless stream of soldiers from Xiliang, one after another fell on the ladder to replace the others, and they charged regardless of casualties. Whenever a gap was opened, Xiliang soldiers rushed up like a tide.
"Lord, the number of soldiers in the defensive position at the top of the city has reached its limit. No more reserve troops can be sent. The Xiliang soldiers are attacking fiercely. We must think of a way." Fa Zheng looked at the fierce siege battle and said to Liu Zhang urgently.
Liu Zhang was silent. The only thing about Yangping Pass that it was a dangerous pass was its narrow attack area, which also made it impossible to deploy more defenders. The soldiers on the city were already suffering heavy casualties in exchange for a dense defense system. If more people were added, they would not be able to deploy more defenders.
It has no effect and can only become a living target for Xiliang's rain of arrows.
"What can you do?" Liu Zhang asked.
Fa Zhengdao: "I have trained five hundred swordsmen who dare to die. As long as I order the main force to defend the city gate and repel the Xiliang city rushing convoy that attacks the city gate, I can lead the swordsmen out of the city and destroy the Xiliang army."
Pile of sand, otherwise, the pressure on the city will be too great."
"No." Liu Zhang flatly refused.
"Why?"
"Absolutely not unless absolutely necessary."
"My lord, do you want to save the death squads until the decisive battle tomorrow?"
"Huh~~" Liu Zhang let out a sigh of relief as he looked at the fierce fighting on the top of the city. He looked at the surging battlefield. Only when he fought with the Xiliang army did he know what a strong army was. Compared with his former enemy Jingzhou soldiers,
It is simply the difference between a wolf and a sheep.
Liu Zhang said to Fa Zheng: "Xiaozhi, have you seen it? The Xiliang army is making a last ditch effort. It has been exhausted again and again. The Xiliang army can continue to attack the city for so long without rest. This is already the limit.
The Xiliang army regards today as the last day for their attack on the city. If they cannot attack the city, their morale will be greatly reduced. As long as we resist today's attack, it will be of great benefit to the decisive battle tomorrow."
"But at least we have to survive today, right?" Fa Zheng said anxiously.
Liu Zhang was silent for a long time and said resolutely: "If we send death squads to fight, they will all die in battle, which will be very detrimental to morale. Victory or defeat depends on this. We must defend even if we can't hold it."
Liu Zhang gently pulled out his sword, and the blade made a "chacha" sound in the scabbard.
"All my soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy."
"Lord." Fazheng frowned and looked at Liu Zhang.
"Yes." Wang Xu responded in unison, Wei Yan took away most of the soldiers, and the remaining dozens of soldiers drew their swords and shields.
"What are you doing? Our king never fights in person, so it's cheap."
At this moment, a childish voice came. Liu Zhang lowered his head and saw that it was the girl from the Western Regions. The girl was applying medicine to a slightly injured soldier. The powder was sprinkled on the wound to stop the bleeding quickly. The soldier was struggling with his spear.
Stand up and return to a defensive position.
Liu Zhang ignored the girl and walked forward. The girl quickly put away the medicine bottle, crossed her hands, and stopped in front of Liu Zhang: "You are the leader. If you die, there will be nothing." The girl was slightly gray.
His eyes were staring at Liu Zhang, with a bright light flashing in his eyes.
"Get out of the way." Liu Zhang said coldly.
"No." The girl seemed to have no idea what she was afraid of.
"Ah." The girl screamed, and was pushed heavily onto the wall by Liu Zhang. Her back hit the hard stone, which affected the newly healed wounds on her body. She sweated from her painful forehead and suddenly slid to the ground.
Yin Ya bit her lip tightly, and the pain of cleansing her face was heartbreaking to watch.
Liu Zhang glanced at the girl, as if she was doing it for his own good. He took a breath and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, girl, but the situation is indeed critical now. Someone, come and carry me down to treat the injury."
Two soldiers stepped forward, and the girl endured the pain and said loudly: "You know how to defend and fight, and if you can't defeat, just fight with all your strength. What's the use? If I hadn't agreed to help you defeat the enemy, the devil wouldn't bother to care about you. Oh, it hurts the girl so much."
"What good strategy can you come up with to defeat the enemy?" Liu Zhang took a deep breath and said, vowing in his heart that if the girl said another nonsense, he would immediately throw her into the city.
The girl grabbed the city wall, struggled to stand up, stretched out her little hand, palms spread out, stretched out the city wall and made a horizontal circle, and then made a vertical gesture.
"What do you do?"
Liu Zhang was suspicious and said, this girl comes from the Western Regions. On TV, the Western Regions have always had many magic tricks, spreading beans to make soldiers, and causing lightning to strike people. Could this woman do the same?
The girl's movements were like those of a goddess. Liu Zhang couldn't help but think of the girl in Jingzhou who told fortunes with mugwort. She was so confused that she didn't know where she was.
Just when Liu Zhang was impatient, the girl turned around and said to Liu Zhang: "The city is four feet tall and thirty-one to thirty-five steps away from the mountain. With such a high city wall, we are afraid of him shooting arrows.
joke."
Everyone stared at the girl with wide eyes. Liu Zhang was so shocked that he could not speak. There were many people in the world who had the talent to measure distances visually, but this was the first time he had seen such an accurate measurement.
The girl said faintly: "If our country could have such a high city wall, I would wake up laughing in my dreams, and still be afraid of being attacked?"
"Just tell me what method you have to defeat the enemy."
The girl said: "I'm afraid you won't understand, so go get the ashes from your cooking."
Everyone didn't know why. Anyway, there were many reserves and they couldn't be used. Liu Zhang immediately ordered the ashes to be brought in and tens of thousands of people cooked. After half a month, there were a lot of ashes.
Under the girl's instructions, they were all packed with thin flannel and tied with unstable slip knots, and then the soldiers threw them down the city with their bare hands.
Gray bags were thrown down from the city wall one by one. The Xiliang soldiers in the distance looked puzzled. Ma Tie said to Ma Chao: "Brother, what are the Sichuan troops doing? Are they hitting people? Is it a little gentle?"
At this moment, the slipknot of an ash bag opened in the air, and the fine ash inside burst out. Then the ash bags were opened one by one, and the fire ash rippled in the air, and there was immediately a haze under the city head.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." The sharp arrows on the city were overwhelmingly shooting at the gray bags, taking out the gray bags one by one, shooting them, and the fire ash flew away. Smoke billowed in front of Yangping Pass, making it impossible to see at all. The attackers below were attacking the city.
The Xiliang soldiers were all shrouded in fine ash. Not only were their eyes invisible, but their mouths, noses, and necks were also filled with itchy fine ash, and there was a sound of coughing.
The fine ash dispersed in mid-air. The city wall was so tall that it had no impact on the top of the city. It was all diffused under the city, and the distance between the earth and mountains was just covered in thick smoke.
From the earth mountain to the city wall, all the Xiliang soldiers were wrapped in haze. The Xiliang soldiers on the cloud ladder had just climbed out of the haze, and before they could open their eyes, they were stabbed down by the Sichuan army with a spear.
"Fire the arrows." Yang Ren shouted, and the haze came to his aid. The pressure on the Sichuan army on the top of the city was greatly reduced. They took out their bows and arrows one after another, regardless of whether they could hit the target. Thousands of sharp arrows were shot into the thick smoke.
, a scream came from below, the Xiliang soldiers were suddenly shot while they were being blinded, and they screamed.
"What kind of tactics is this? Liu Zhang is despicable and shameless. He doesn't fight openly and uses all kinds of dirty tricks. I have to skin you."
Just as they were about to capture the city, the Sichuan army made a move. The Xiliang army's rapid offensive was quickly repulsed, and Ma Chao was furious.
"Send the order, reorganize the siege formation, we must capture the city gate."
"Brother, if we attack the city in this way, we will only increase casualties." Ma Tie looked at the billowing smoke.
Can persuade Ma Chao.
At this time, Ma Dai ran out of the haze, calling for retreat as he ran. He arrived in front of Ma Chao and apologized to Ma Chao. Ma Tie saw that Ma Dai was covered in ashes and had an arrow on his back. The arrow was also covered with ashes, and his eyes
He was red from being rubbed, and he guessed that Ma Dai hadn't seen Ma Chao clearly yet.
Ma Tie said to Ma Chao: "You can't blame the second brother. We can't attack the city, eldest brother."
"Will our ten days of hard work be in vain? How can the little Yangping Pass stop me, Ma Chao? I must kill Liu Zhang's shrunken old turtle with my own hands."
"But if all my brothers are dead, how can I explain it to my father?"
Ma Chao pondered for a moment and said angrily: "Then let those trash men of Qingyi Qiang attack the city, and organize a cavalry team from behind to supervise the battle. Anyone who dares to take a step back will be trampled to death by random horses."
Ma Tie frowned. Now that things have happened, this is the only way. The Xiliang Army sent an order for the Qingyi Qiang to attack the city.
Na Keduo received the order and looked at the thick smoke ahead with a frown. Ma Chao was using the Qing Yi Qiang as a human shield. The leaders of the Qing Yi Qiang in Gaota gnashed their teeth angrily, and the anger in their hearts surged.