Chapter 1409: Han Banner World (Ninety-Nine) Seize the Pass

One hundred steps later, the divine machine crossbow mounted on the siege vehicle began to fire. The sound of the crossbow arrows sounded, and the crossbow arrows were like poisonous snakes, rushing towards the city head. However, the gangway still moved forward slowly and unswervingly.

On the city wall, the Chu army at the front huddled under the wall stacks, while those at the rear raised large shields one after another and moved closely together. The crossbow arrows shot on the shields. The strong force made the crossbow arrows penetrate deeply. It was embedded deeply into the shield. The hand holding the shield could not withstand the force and fell back. The arm was pressed tightly to the chest, and the shield touched his face several times.

The crossbow arrows are so dense that as long as the shield in someone's hand is slightly tilted, crossbow arrows will immediately get through the gaps and embed themselves into the body mercilessly. The blood is marked, but the person cannot fall down. The soldiers who were preparing for hand-to-hand combat were actually caught in the middle alive.

Forty steps later, both sides could see each other's faces clearly. On the city wall, a dense drumbeat suddenly sounded. With the sound of the drumbeat, a row of Chu soldiers suddenly stood up from behind the wall, their hands already tightly held. The grenade was lit with a fuse, and he rounded his arms and threw it under the forward city.

Hundreds of grenades were thrown from the city wall at the same time, as dense as raindrops. Some fuses burned faster and exploded in the air. The air waves set off by the explosion threw the surrounding grenades aimlessly away. In an instant , a rumbling explosion sounded under the city wall. The siege vehicles and the bridges were all wrapped with iron plates. The grenades made by the Chu State were not powerful enough to threaten these giant weapons. The broken fragments only made the iron plates clang, and the air waves raised could only make these heavy guys shake from side to side, but for those soldiers. The damage was still huge. Even if they were wearing armor and holding a shield, the broken pieces of porcelain flying around randomly and even exploding in the air still caused great damage to the siege soldiers. Go down.

The divine machine crossbow on the siege platform fired back angrily. No matter how fast the Chu soldiers who threw grenades were, they could not compare with the speed of the crossbow arrows. As soon as the grenades were released, people were already shot through by the crossbow arrows.

However, there is always a gap in the shooting of the divine machine crossbow. Once the shooting stops, Chu soldiers will lean out desperately and throw the grenades in their hands. Some are clever and have already seen the siege vehicles. Suppressed shooting is too sharp. When throwing the grenade, it was aimed at the siege vehicle. At this time, the distance between the two was only more than thirty steps. The height of the siege vehicle was almost the same as the city head. A dozen grenades were thrown at it, but only a small half fell. On the siege vehicle, after a loud noise, there was no one alive on the siege vehicle. Several divine machine crossbows were also blown up and staggered, and the suppressive shooting was immediately stagnant.

The siege engine misfired. The Chu army above the city suddenly became relaxed, and more people leaned out and threw grenades at the Han soldiers who were moving on the city wall below.

On Shaoxi Mountain, Long Bin looked at the scene below the city. He jumped up and down anxiously. He yelled at the artillery battalion commander with a pale face: "Hurry up. It hasn't been adjusted yet, okay? Do you see how many casualties we have suffered?" ah?"

"Captain Dragon,

Why is this so urgent? The previous artillery fire was aimed at the city, where there were only enemies. The distance between the two sides is so close now. If a shot misses and hurts one of our own, the division commander will turn around and chop off my head. "The artillery battalion commander was also anxious. While answering Long Bin, he turned around and yelled at his men, "Are you ready? Are you ready? If you are ready, fire for me. Fire at the top of the city. They are crowded together. What a great target, one shot will cover a large area! "

While the two were anxious, a cannon finally adjusted its angle. The gunner gave a thumbs up, squinted his eyes for a moment, and yelled, "Fire!"

There was a roar, and a black cannonball spurted out from the barrel and fell down the mountain like a meteor. This was an explosive shell specially used for killing.

At the top of Wuguan City, the sound of explosions of grenades made the roar of cannons on Shaoxi Mountain no longer seem so abrupt. The Chu army on top of the city tried their best not to let the Han army's siege vehicles and bridges approach the top of the city. Because if that happens, they will have to fight face to face with the Han army, which is the best in the world in the field. Whether it is weapons, armor or personal abilities, the Chu army knows very well that they will not be the king of the Han army in front of them. military opponent.

At this moment when they were willing to sacrifice their lives, they completely forgot that there was a sharp sword hanging above their heads, a death sickle that could destroy them.

The first explosive bomb landed among the dense crowd on the city wall, and exploded with a bang. The explosive air waves and swishing fragments instantly cleared away all living things within a few meters of the explosion point. .

This is not the end, but the starting point. After the first bomb exploded on the city wall, the cannonballs flying down from Shaoxi Mountain one after another exploded on the city wall. Each one falling will destroy the city wall. A large piece of open space was cleared. Of course, it's not really an open space, but the people who were standing were now lying down. Some were already dead, some were still twitching on the ground, and more people were lying on the ground, sleeping and rolling.

Zhang Gan looked at the mountain with blood-red eyes. He could not resist this attack at all. "Back off, back off, hide, hide." He shouted loudly.

There was a panic on the city wall, with Chu soldiers running everywhere. The desperate attack just now was because you could still see the enemy's casualties and reflect your own value. But now, this kind of beating is not enough, and it is also Their fighting style, which caused huge casualties, gave them signs of collapse in an instant.

"Boom, boom again!" Long Bin screamed and jumped on Shaoxi Mountain. The artillery roared continuously. The shells cleared everything on the city wall. With the sound of "bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Leaning on the city wall, the Shenji Crossbow began to fire wildly, the trestle bridge was also built on the city wall, and the avenues for attacking the city had been opened by the Han army.

The cannons on Shaoxi Mountain finally stopped roaring, and at this time, the Han army was already swarming up the trestle, and the Han soldiers on the siege vehicle were also climbing rapidly up the ladder inside. Before the Chu army could recover from the panic, the Han army had already swarmed onto the city wall in large numbers.

The two sides finally came together to fight head-on. From the time the first cannon was fired on Shaoxi Mountain to the time Han soldiers stormed the city wall, it only took them less than half an hour. This may be the fastest attack Zhang Qian has ever heard of. The speed of the city, let alone a dangerous city like Wuguan, was an ordinary small city. In the past, it would not have been possible to win it so easily.

On the top of the city, soldiers from both sides fought hand to hand. The panicked Chu army had not yet recovered. Facing the wolf-like tiger-like Han army, they had no power to parry. They were beaten back and forth, leaving behind wounds all over the ground. corpse.

Zhang Gan sighed, knowing that the city wall could no longer be defended.

"Retreat, retreat to the pass, fight from lane to lane, fight from house to house, and there will never be a truce until all the people are killed." Zhang Qian shouted loudly, "If the Wuguan is lost, our 200,000-strong Chu army will die without a place to bury them." ”

On Shaoxi Mountain, the artillery battalion commander watched the Han soldiers climb up the city wall one after another, and the heavy door was blown open by explosives. When more troops poured in, he couldn't help laughing loudly, "The city is broken, the city is broken." The city is so powerful that it is simply not worth mentioning in front of our great men.”

Long Bin was not as optimistic as he was. As a general, he could see clearly on the mountain that although the Han army surged onto the city wall, the Chu army did not completely collapse, but retreated to the pass in an orderly manner. Some people Organizations, there are people behind, and within the pass, there are intricate streets, houses, and large and complex areas that will become the next battlefield.

"It's not that easy. The city wall has indeed been captured, but the street battle that follows may be even more brutal. The enemy is not incapable of fighting, but has taken the initiative to abandon the city wall. They know very well that they will fight our army on the city wall. They have no upper hand at all, but after entering the pass, they are more familiar with the streets and have a clearer understanding of the structure of the houses. A fierce battle is still ahead!" Long Bin said: "I will leave you five hundred people to guard the cannon. I’m going down to join the war, how about it, no problem!”

"Okay, no problem. Now that both sides are fighting together, my cannons are useless." The artillery battalion commander nodded repeatedly.

Zhang Qian, who returned to the pass, looked at the generals in the room and said sternly: "Everyone, we have to raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a while. The Han army's artillery fire is sharp and its individual combat capabilities are excellent. But we can't hold the city wall, so it doesn't mean that we can't." It failed. We still have the battlefield inside Guan. Next, I can no longer directly command you. Each of you will take his own subordinates to occupy an alleyway or a house and fight the enemy inch by inch. Every inch of land is stained with the blood of the Han army. Everyone knows that if we abandon Wuguan, even if we can escape back, General Qu Wan's 200,000 troops will be destroyed. This is the essence of our country. They are finished, are we, Da Chu, still far away from the country's subjugation? Even if we can survive, we can only become slaves of the country's subjugation. I don't want to say anything more. Please fight, sons and daughters of Da Chu, unless you fall, you will never die again. I can’t afford your sword.”

"The longer we fight, the greater the possibility of reinforcements coming. Don't forget, we still have thousands of troops transporting food, grass and baggage. They are not far from us. When they get the news, they will come back to assist us. And When General Qu Wan gets the news, he will return to the army at full speed. If we support him for one more day, the possibility of the army being able to safely withdraw from Wuguan will be greater, for the sake of Da Chu! "

"For Dachu!" the generals in the room shouted angrily.

As soon as Zhang Qian bowed to the ground, all the generals turned around and left the room one by one, leading their men to the battlefield. (To be continued.)