Chapter 993 At Stake

"My sons, follow me, quickly!"

"drive!"

Zhang Liao shouted loudly and galloped forward. Five thousand Bingzhou cavalry followed Zhang Liao and began a rapid march. Although the cavalry rides horses, they will show pity on the horse power when marching, because the war horses are their good partners. Only when the situation is urgent, the war horses will be mobilized at all costs.

"Haha, shoot the arrow!"

Zuonu shouted in Xianbei language, and the 10,000 Xianbei cavalry behind him also screamed loudly and whizzed past outside Qiangyin City. Everyone had a riding bow in their hands, but it was not made of iron. This gang The Xianbei people are not so wealthy now. It will be until two hundred years later when the Xianbei people establish the Northern Wei Dynasty that they will have powerful cavalry to sweep north and south of the Yellow River.

The Xianbei people grew up on horses, so naturally everyone was proficient in riding and shooting. After receiving Suonu's order, these ten thousand people drew their bows and arrows and aimed them at the head of Qiangyin City.

"Keep your head down, hide behind the parapet, and raise your shield!"

Qiangyin County Lieutenant ordered loudly, and hundreds of county soldiers and nearly a thousand temporarily recruited civilians hurriedly hid behind the female wall and raised their shields to protect themselves.

Whoosh whoosh!

Tens of thousands of arrows shot from outside the city, all of which landed on the top of the city, splashing on the shield like raindrops, making a constant "thump" sound, mixed with some screams. There was a sound, obviously someone was injured by an arrow.

The county lieutenant roared: "If you are hit by an arrow, cover the wound. Don't pull it out yet. Hold it!"

The county captain had a scar on his face. He was obviously a veteran who had experienced many battles, otherwise he would not have been a county captain.

"County Lieutenant, can we hold on?"

A recruit tremblingly grabbed the shield and asked. The county lieutenant turned his head and saw that he was young, less than twenty years old, and there was a sincere fear in his pupils.

"Don't worry, although there are many enemy troops, they are just cavalry. Have you ever seen cavalry used to attack a city?"

The county lieutenant consoled him: "As long as we guard tightly and close the city gate, the enemy will not be able to come in. If we hold on for a few days, the reinforcements from Marquis Wen and Xu Zhengbei will arrive, and we will be safe by then."

"It's bad, county captain! They are rushing the car!"

"What?"

The county captain's complexion suddenly changed. He raised his head with his shield on his head and looked around. He saw that Zonu's army suddenly separated from the middle, and a ram was rolled out from inside. Although this ram was a bit rough in shape, it was indeed a A rush car.

"It's broken." Cold sweat broke out on the county lieutenant's forehead. Qiangyin City was just a small county town, and its defense capabilities were weak. Even a rush car would be very dangerous. Moreover, there are tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry outside the city, and it is almost impossible to risk destroying this charging vehicle.

"Charge forward and hit!"

Hundreds of Xianbei people gathered around the chariot and slowly stepped forward. The rickety chariot was already aimed at the gate of Qiangyin City.

"Shoot arrows and pour kerosene! We must destroy this chariot no matter what, otherwise Qiangyin City will be doomed, and the villagers in the city will become slaves of the Xianbei people!" the county captain shouted.

The Han soldiers and Min Zhuang also knew the power of charging the chariot, and they did not care about avoiding the rain of arrows. They stood up hurriedly and wanted to pour kerosene down the city.

"Archery!"

Whoosh whoosh!

"ah!"

However, thousands of Xianbei cavalry have already been prepared. They were cavalry when they attacked, and now they can be used as archers, which is really a treasure trove. The Xianbei cavalry's riding and shooting skills were extremely good. Under their arrows, the Han soldiers and Minzhuang on the city top were shot down in large numbers as soon as they showed up, and screams came one after another.

Under such intensive firepower from the Xianbei cavalry, the Han soldiers could not hold on any longer and were hit by arrows one after another. One man was even more unlucky. He was hit by more than a dozen arrows from concentrated fire, and his leather armor was damaged by thousands of arrows. It was full of holes, and the whole person was shot backwards by the power of arrows.

"Collide!"

boom!

The car rushed forward fiercely and hit the Qiangyin City Gate heavily, making a dull sound. The fragile gate of Qiangyin City was hit like this and made an overwhelmed creaking sound.

Zonu was overjoyed: "Okay, let's hit him again!"

Boom!

After being hit by the charging car several times in a row, cracks have begun to appear on the city gate, and it is feared that it will be knocked open in less than half a quarter of an hour.

"Go down quickly and block the city gate with something, hurry up!"

The county captain gave an order, and hundreds of Han soldiers and Minzhuang hurriedly rolled down, lifted up stones and wood to block the back of the city gate, and at the same time rushed forward with their own bodies.

Boom!

The charging chariot hit the city gate hard again. The Han soldiers and Minzhuang who were holding the city gate felt their bodies shaken and felt very uncomfortable.

"Keep banging!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under the constant impact of the charging cars, the city gate was already crumbling, and some Han soldiers guarding the city gate couldn't help but vomit blood. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before the Qiangyin City Gate was knocked open.

The county lieutenant looked gloomy, pulled out the Huanshou sword from his waist, and ordered: "Everyone hold on to their swords, go down to the tower, and fight the Xianbei people!"

Qiangyin City is just a small city, and most of its military forces are civilians recruited temporarily without much training. They have an instinctive fear of war, but at this moment, their faces have a look of determination.

"Brothers, if the Xianbei people break through the city gate, all the villagers in the city will be doomed and will become their slaves." The county captain said solemnly: "We may not be the opponents of this group of Xianbei people, but we can't do anything If you don’t do anything, your fellow villagers will really be doomed.”

"County Lieutenant, stop talking! Let's rush down and fight these Xianbei people!"

"You're right, fight them!"

"We can die, but our parents, wives and children cannot be their slaves!"

"Well, you are worthy of my strong man!" The county captain said loudly: "The strong prince once said that anyone who offends my strong man will be killed no matter how far away he is. In the future, the general will avenge us, kill him!"

"kill!"

boom!

Under the impact of the charging car, the city gate was finally knocked open. Zuo Nu grinned and said: "My sons, fight in! Steal all their treasures and turn them all into our slaves!"

"kill!"

The city gate was knocked open, and the Xianbei cavalry took advantage of the situation to rush into the city. The Han soldiers stationed at the city gate launched a desperate fight with the Xianbei cavalry.

"prick!"

Poof!

The spearman stepped forward and thrust, sending the spear blade into the body of the Xianbei cavalry. The man screamed and fell off his horse. However, before the Han spearman could be happy, a sharp saber fell on his head and fell from his shoulder. The spearman's face suddenly froze as he slashed diagonally to his ribs, and he fell to the ground.

The Xianbei cavalry had a strong impact and had a large number of people, but more than a thousand Han troops gathered at the city gate and relied on the terrain to snipe the enemy tenaciously, blocking the Xianbei people here for a while.