Chapter 868: Trapped
In the fourth year of Taiwu, on the 16th day of the second lunar month, Shouchun was born.
Taishan's army besieged the city on all sides, with ravines and arrows and stones, and all the troops were vigorous.
……
Under Shouchun North City, dust was everywhere and blood was rising to the sky.
"Whoosh..."
Hearing the sound of breaking through the air, Huang Gai grabbed a card frame to block it, and then an iron arrow was inserted into the card frame.
But this is just a small matter for Huang Gai.
He continued to hold the card holder with his left hand, and shouted to the waiting warriors behind:
"Up to town!"
Without any hesitation, a few hundred warriors wrapped in armor and rushed towards the ladder ahead with their swords raised.
Under those cloud ladders, dozens of brand bearers were already standing beside them, protecting a group of long archers to fight back against the city.
The armaments on the top of the city were not weak, and the arrows were like locusts. Even though the Taishan Army's card shooters were well-trained, they still caused more than a dozen longbow brothers to fall to the ground.
But at the rear, a three-person rescue team was rushing forward with the cards in hand. Then when they reached the city, they grabbed the injured brother's collar and dragged him behind.
At this time, the Taishan Army was using the most primitive ant attack method to attack the city, and it was too late to build any high-end nest vehicles.
But in this case, the casualties will inevitably be high.
Among the four sides, only the north is the main attack point of the Taishan Army. However, they used the elite Taishan Army to attack. Yesterday, more than 200 people were killed in the battle. It was just a hard attack.
Xu Huang convened a meeting with all the military generals last night. He believed that with the current tactics of adding fuel to the fire, it was impossible to put much pressure on the city. The only way to win was to clenched his fists and smash them.
In this way, on this day, Huang Gai's troops were responsible for the main attack.
Huang Gai surrendered to the Taishan Army along with Huang Zhong and his son. Because of his bravery, he was assigned to the Feihu Army as a general in the battle after the war.
There are about five hundred people in the Feihu Army's formation, all of whom are heavily armored and strong and tall.
Xu Huang sent this troops up, which shows how much he attaches importance to this attack.
But this is also Huang Gai's opportunity. Only under such circumstances can a subordinated general like him achieve outstanding achievements. This mentality is exactly the same as that of Song Xian.
Therefore, today, after Huang Gai and the two hundred soldiers under his direct control had breakfast, with the help of the attached soldiers, they put on their iron clothes and armor and slowly advanced to the front line of the city.
After Huang Gai ordered the trapped soldiers to charge, he himself put a small flag behind his back, and then rushed forward with an iron mace.
Moreover, he was faster. He was obviously the last one to charge, but he suddenly rushed to the front, truly becoming the vanguard of the team.
With Huang Gai taking the lead, the trapped warriors ran faster.
The ladder Huang Gai chose was closer to the west. This was what he discovered when he was observing the formation yesterday. It was weaker than other places on the city wall.
Sure enough, when Huang Gai stepped on the ladder, the arrows and falling rocks on this section of the city wall were still as strong as before. He was completely unaware that an iron soldier had rushed up from here.
Because Huang Gai had worn three layers of armor, he suddenly rushed up the ladder and stepped on it until it creaked. For this reason, four trapped warriors personally held the ladder to prevent it from being pushed down.
How powerful is Huang Gai?
Wearing three layers of armor, he didn't even hold the escalator with his hands. He relied entirely on the inertia of the rush and the control of his center of gravity to step on the escalator with both feet and go straight up.
When he was still a few steps away from the city head, he stepped hard with his left foot and jumped up. Then he put his left hand on the city wall and climbed up.
When Huang Gai rushed to the top of the city, the guards on this side of the battlement seemed to be setting fire, and seemed to be preparing to burn the ladder below.
Hearing a clang, the guards looked over in horror, and then saw a fierce man in armor rushing over with an iron mace in hand.
"Poof!"
Huang Gai casually waved his mace and smashed the skull of a Jiangdong soldier. Then he swept the mace across and opened up several Chang Ge who were stabbing him from the opposite side.
Then he kept walking and pushed forward directly, relying on the armor on his body, not defending at all, and just struck out with his mace one after another.
Wherever he passed, Jiang Dongbing's head was like a ripe watermelon, all red and white.
The bravery of one general is enough to break people's hearts.
Huang Gai did not even stop to protect the ladder, but continued to pursue the victory. Relying on his physical strength, he kept squeezing the space at the top of the city.
Because they were too close, it was difficult to wield the mace, so Huang Gai simply changed his attack to stabbing, directly hitting the hearts of those Jiangdong soldiers.
Although this technique does not appear to be very powerful and heavy, it vomits blood with one poke.
At this time, more and more trapped warriors rushed forward.
They hurriedly cleared the city wall, and then followed Huang Gai to advance deeper into the city wall.
But suddenly, a burst of arrow feathers came over.
Huang Gai then heard a scream, and one of the trapped warriors was hit by an arrow in the thigh and collapsed to the ground.
Huang Gai took the time to look around and recognized this person as Xiao Feng, and immediately shouted:
"You guys send Xiao Feng down."
After hearing this, the two trapped warriors nodded, and without any hesitation that it would hinder military achievements, one stepped forward to carry Xiao Feng, and the other held him up, and together they sent Xiao Feng to the ladder.
Then one of them shouted down:
"There are brothers here who are injured. Send them down."
At this time, the stretcher team also advanced to the vicinity of the city wall as the front line advanced. But when they heard the words on the top of the city, these stretcher team hesitated.
Because according to their responsibilities, their stretcher team is not responsible for rescue on the battlefield. This is a military regulation to protect the stretcher team.
It is really too dangerous to go up to the top of the city like this.
But just when the stretcher teams were hesitating, one of them, a dark and thin man, roared:
"Don't we all envy those regular soldiers on weekdays? Now that we have the opportunity, the brothers are hesitant?"
After saying this, the man shouted to his companion behind him:
"Xiao Zhao, this is the time when our brothers are conspicuous. Let's rush to the top of the city and bring down the injured brothers."
Xiao Zhao hesitated for a moment, but still nodded in agreement.
In this way, the two people placed the stretcher on the ground, then gritted their teeth and climbed up the ladder. As soon as they reached the top of the city, they saw three soldiers on the top of the city. One of them was lying on the top of the city, covering his thigh with his hands, sweating profusely.
After reaching the top of the city, the two people realized how tragic the battlefield was. There were red and white everywhere, and it was like a slaughterhouse.
Xiao Zhao on the side endured the smell of blood, and his hands and feet became weak. Finally, the swarthy man grabbed a handful and climbed to the top of the city.
Seeing two stretcher teams coming up, one of the bearded warriors took a look and gave a thumbs up.
This person is a Pingzhou scholar. He is brave enough, but he is not very smart. He has never been able to learn Chinese, otherwise he would not have been hanging out in the enemy team.
The one next to it starts with standard Chinese:
"I didn't expect you two to be brave in the stretcher team. Okay, I'll leave my brother to you. You must send him down."
As he said this, the man suddenly grabbed the dark man, looked at his face carefully, then looked at his armband, and said solemnly:
"I remember you. As long as we don't die in this battle today, I will definitely have a drink with you. You are worthy of being our brother."
The dark man's face turned red and he replied hoarsely:
"Two brothers, even if Han Da dies, I will send this brother back." The two trapped warriors patted Han Da on the chest, then whispered a few words to the injured Pao Ze, and finally said to Han Da Military salute, he actually turned around and ran towards the fighting line.
At this time, Han Da looked in the direction they were running and saw dozens of armored warriors ahead, either holding knives, axes, or whips and maces, rolling up piles of meat.
Han Dasurong then squatted on the ground and shouted to Xiao Zhao beside him:
"Put your brother on my back."
Xiao Zhao helped the injured warrior onto Han Da's back in a daze, and then went down to the city with Han Da.
But when leaving, Xiao Zhao hesitated and put the broken knife with blood on the ground in his arms.
The two got off smoothly. After putting the wounded man on the stretcher, they carried him and ran towards the rear.
When they finally sent the trapped warriors to the doctor's camp, Han Da and Xiao Zhao finally fell tired and leaned under the tree.
Seeing Xiao Zhao in a daze, Han Dayouyou said:
"Now you know why we can't be trappers. That is the real killing field, and human life is the least valuable thing."
But Xiao Zhao said:
"No, I want to be a trapper."
Han Da was stunned for a moment, laughed, and said:
"Okay!"
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When the two trapped warriors came back, Huang Gai and some of the trapped warriors had already replaced them and rested.
As armored warriors, although the dozens of kilograms of iron armor provided them with strong defense, it also consumed a huge amount of their physical energy.
Therefore, the trappers' attacks often take the form of rotation, that is, one team attacks quickly, the other team rests, and then changes teams to fight.
Often after three rounds, these warriors reach their physical limit.
At this time, Huang Gai's batch was already resting for the second time.
After seeing the two people coming back, Huang Gai was not too surprised, because this was the cohesion of the trapped warriors.
The two hundred of them eat and live together, have money and missions together, and wear the same clothes. They are true brothers of life and death. Their internal cohesion is unmatched by ordinary teams.
Moreover, Huang Gai, the leader, did a very good job. He truly shared the joys and sorrows with the brothers. This was the first time he rushed up to the city.
"Come on me" and "come on me" are not the same thing.
With a general like Huang Gai trapped in the battle, how could these officials be cowards?
After seeing the two people coming up, Huang Gai shouted hoarsely:
"Keep fighting!"
As he said that, he wrapped his hand with a piece of cloth. The blood on the mace was too slippery.
After Huang Gai rested, he started the third round of attack, and the trapped team charged harder.
Because they understand that this is their last charge.
This time, everyone was even less defensive. They held up the iron axes and maces in their hands and rushed forward with their heads covered.
Every step forward, there is blood under your feet.
Every time I took a step forward, I heard howling.
Every time you take a step forward, you will be surrounded by dead souls.
Swords and axes pierce flesh, metal and iron collide, wailing and cursing, begging and crying are all intertwined.
The Jiangdong soldiers on this wall may not fight to the death.
But neither their military skills nor their equipment can compare with these warriors. These warriors, all wrapped in iron armor, are the pinnacle of combat power in the cold weapon era.
In the end, when Huang Gai killed a basin-armored general with a sword, the enemy could no longer be seen in front of the trapped team.
Looking at the retreating Jiangdong soldiers, Huang Gai finally took out the flag behind him, stuck it on a corpse, and then shouted:
"I am trapped in the army, and I will break Shouchun first!"
Then, the trapped warriors on the top of the city roared:
"I am trapped in the army, and I will break Shouchun first!"
Everyone felt warm in their hearts, because Huang Gai did not say his name, but called all the officials together.
This time the military glory belongs to all their brothers in battle!
The military flags are flying, the troops are cheering, and the dark clouds are pressing down.
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When the trapped troops were fighting at the top of the city, Xu Huang was losing his temper in the big tent at the rear. He cursed angrily at the following soldier:
"Go back and tell Ding Yao that I don't want to listen to what he says about the heavy casualties. I want Shouchun City. If Ding Yao can't take it, I, Xu Huang, will lead the troops myself."
The soldier didn't dare to reply at all. After hearing what he said, he went straight to the west of the city, which was the war zone where Pei Guobing was located.
After the soldiers left, Xu Huang also sighed.
Of course he knew the situation of Pei Guobing. In fact, Ding Yao was indeed a brave general. Just now, he heard that he had just led a group of people to the city. If the troops had not responded well, they would have been at the city. Stand firm.
But no matter how brave Ding Yao is, it is useless. After all, the Pei Guo soldiers are a hastily assembled army. Its real combat power can be said to be inferior to the rural soldiers north of Taishan Ju.
It is very unrealistic to point these people to fight the most brutal siege battle.
But Xu Huang had no choice. He had limited troops, and the most taboo in siege warfare was for the enemy to discover the main attack direction, so he had to maintain high-intensity attacks on the other three sides.
In order to ensure authenticity, he even told the three generals that their side would be the main attacker.
But when it comes to strength, if it doesn’t work, it just doesn’t work.
Although Pei Guobing has worked very hard, there is still a long way to go before he can reach the top of the city.
The east and south sides are similar. They can only hold down the city head, but cannot really gain a foothold on the city head.
I originally thought that since Wu Jing had lost all his elites, he would not be able to fight back so hard, but he didn't expect that he would underestimate these Jiangdong people after all.
But at this moment, a general outside raised the military tent and shouted:
"Shuai Xu, the trapped army has captured Beicheng."
Xu Huang stood up immediately, then rushed out of the tent and looked towards the city.
I saw the apricot-yellow formation flag floating on the north city like this, and then countless bugles sounded below the city. Under the leadership of the military officials, the armies rushed to the top of the city like ants.
Xu Huang clenched his fists and said calmly:
"You fell into battle for me, congratulations!"
Hearing this, a commander held a yellow flag, ran to the city on horseback, and shouted towards the city:
"Commander Xu has an order to defend me. Congratulations!"
So, after a while, the whole army shouted:
"Invincible!"
The morale of the three armies soared, and the morale of the Shouchun garrison was greatly reduced. Then the three walls on the west, east, and south were also lost one after another.
In this way, Wu Jing could only retreat into the inner city with his core troops and try to continue fighting.
At the same time, three miles southwest of Shouchun, Zhou Yu finally arrived with reinforcements.