Chapter 2310 The Meaning of Fighting, Dark Moments

Longyou, Zhangye.

Beigong, who looked serious, sat in the middle.

"The reinforcements of the Han people have arrived, so they dared to attack Duyeze... I have already sent people to Duyeze to stop the Han people from advancing. The most important thing now is to capture Zhangye first and end the battle in Zhangye as soon as possible so that we can free up our hands." Come to eliminate the Han reinforcements and completely determine the advantage here! 』

Beigong said solemnly, facing the surrounding Qiang leaders.

After a defeat, Beigong's originally excited nerves finally sobered up a bit. He found that he had deviated from the original battle plan and was confused by the previous insignificant victories. Then he ran out of the ambush circle. Almost became prey...

But now, Beigong has to rearrange the ambush circle and become a hunter, not a prey.

But some people have begun to doubt Beigong's plan.

Xizhi, a Qiang man, was born with a big body and a round waist, and was also a well-known warrior. When he heard Beigong's words, he sneered twice, "Beigong, do you mean to prepare to fight all night?" "The Jizhi family is a noble surname passed down by the Qiang people in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it is the same as the noble surnames of the Han people in the Spring and Autumn Period. Nowadays, people just say "oh" but not "respect".

The news of Beigong's failure in pursuing Gao Wutong cannot be concealed. Although victory or defeat is common for military strategists, it still has some influence. At least Beigong's words are not as useful as they were at the beginning.

"Today we have severely damaged the Han people on the west wall of Zhangye. If we don't give them a chance to breathe and continue to attack, they won't be able to sustain it for one night. As long as we open a gap, we can expand our advantage and occupy the city gate." , seize the city in one fell swoop! ” Beigong looked around and said, “As long as Zhangye is in our hands, we will take the initiative, and not only can the previous losses be made up, but we can also be sure that everyone will gain a lot of extra gains! 』

For ordinary Qiang people, the war with the Han people may be about fighting for reputation, but for these Qiang leaders, it is for benefits. Beigong also knew this very well, so he said directly: "As long as Zhangye is captured and something is obtained, the men and women will be full of energy!" Our morale will be higher! 』

The Qiang Xizhi waved his hand and said, "That's true, but in the past two days of continuous attacks, our men have lost more than two thousand people in total, and they are all exhausted. If we can really take the city, Of course it's best, but the Han people are also very determined to hold on to Zhangye, and...and if we can't defeat it, our sons will become more and more exhausted. When the Han reinforcements arrive, we are afraid that we will be in chaos immediately! 』

"But our reinforcements are coming soon!" And we have already captured Jiedan City and Jile City! Naturally, we can defeat Zhangye City! Beigong glared at Xizhi and said, "This is what we originally planned!" Lure the Han people to Zhangye and then wipe them out in one fell swoop! 』

"Huh, did we defeat Zhidan and Zile?" It was the Han people who gave up! As far as I can see now, I really don’t know whether the Han people fell into the trap or we fell into the trap..." Although the Qiang Xizhi family looks rough and wild, they often make mistakes when judging people by their appearance.

"There are not many Han people!" The previous defeat was just because I was accidentally ambushed! Beigong emphasized, "This time we are ambushing the Han people!" But only by capturing Zhangye first can we rest assured and safely ambush! Everyone has no opinion on this, right? 』

Everyone fell silent.

"Tomorrow morning, we can stand on the city wall of Zhangye and enjoy the sunrise!" ” Beigong said to everyone confidently, as if he had a winning ticket.

Is it a winning ticket...?

Well, everyone who buys a lottery ticket will feel that they are holding the only winning ticket.

In several days of fighting, the Qiang troops only attacked the city gate twice. Since the attack surface of the city gate is very narrow, soldiers are easily crowded together, and once they are hit, they are often very heavy. Therefore, generally speaking, they will not attack the city gate alone, but will set up ladders on the adjacent city walls. By spreading out the defensive forces, once the defender's negligence is caught, the possibility of a surprise attack on the city will increase.

Beigong looked back at the siege vehicles hidden in the dim night and the Qiang soldiers in front of the formation, then he drew his sword and shouted: "Aries God protects us!" For the glory of the Qiang people! Kill! 』

Thousands of warriors raised their weapons at the same time, "Shout...Shout..."

Beigong turned back to the trumpeter and said, "Blow the trumpet!" Start attacking! 』

The sound of a huge bull horn, one louder than the other, resounded throughout the battlefield.

The Qiang people are not good at siege, but they are not completely ignorant of siege. After all, we have been fighting with the Han people in Longyou and Hexi for many years. If we say that we don’t understand them at all, then what can we say about the cities that the Qiang people have conquered over the years?

The Qiang leaders each stood under the battle flag representing their own tribe, and they also raised their swords and shouted:

"Blessed by the Aries God! 』

"The Qiang people will win!" 』

The Qiang soldiers waved their weapons one by one, and then, as if they wanted to vent the fear and fatigue hidden in their hearts, they shouted with all their strength: "Hail... we will win..."

"Come forward!" Shoot the arrow! "With the order, the Qiang people's archery troops first shot their long arrows, kicking off the bloody battle. The Hu people, including the Qiang people, are almost all archers. Anyone can be an archer or a warrior, and there is no difficulty in converting between them.

Long arrows all over the sky rushed into the sky at the same time, making a complex whistling sound.

The screams of long arrows tearing through the air almost drowned out the screams of the Qiang people rushing towards the city. The long arrows fell like raindrops, hitting all the surfaces in contact, making countless sounds. Screams and exclamations echoed throughout the battlefield along with the falling figures one after another.

Under the cover of the archers, the Qiang soldiers quickly arrived at the city wall. They immediately set up hundreds of ladders along the city wall, and hundreds of assault teams immediately began to attack.

"The king has an order!" Why don't you attack? ! 』

A Qiang soldier rushed to the Xizhi tribe and shouted.

"Get out!" ” Mr. Xizhi shouted dissatisfied, “If you go up now, you will die!” I'll go up there myself when the opportunity comes, so don't talk nonsense to me! roll! 』

The Qiang messengers had no choice but to go back to report to Beigong. Beigong was so angry that he couldn't kill Xizhi on the spot. He could only secretly move some Qiang people away from Xizhi. As a result, Instead, it gave Xizhi an excellent opportunity...

For fear of accidental injury, the Qiang bow and arrow troops stopped shooting continuously, and the Han people on the city wall immediately launched a counterattack. Countless large and small stones flew out from the city wall, and occasionally huge logs fell from the sky along the ladders. The Qiang soldiers suffered a violent counterattack and suffered heavy casualties.

The fire flickered, and there was chaos everywhere. Howls and screams resounded throughout the world, making ears ring. From time to time, someone shouted "the city is broken" and "attacked in", but it was soon proven that it was only part of it. The Qiang people were bluffing, or they had temporarily climbed onto the city wall.

There were many Qiang siege points. The Han defenders on the city wall were gradually reduced in number due to repeated attrition. They were also stretched for a while and were unable to take care of them. After entering the middle of the night, the third wave of Qiang soldiers Having successfully climbed over the city wall from many places, they attacked the Han defenders at the top of the city with great momentum, and fierce hand-to-hand combat began again.

Mr. Xizhi kept holding it in until he discovered a flaw on the city wall...

"This is the time!" 』

The Qiang Xizhi shouted in a low voice, urging the soldiers to push the car. Under the cover of the shield soldiers, they braved arrows shot from nowhere and struggled forward. The wooden wheel creaked and told the heavy burden on its body, and then rolled over the loess, blood, gravel, and corpses, getting faster and faster under the cover of night, heading straight towards the city gate. go!

It has to be said that this overnight attack on the city did not surprise the Han defenders on the one hand, and on the other hand it created more favorable conditions for these collisions. In the dim vision at night, the car was almost approaching the city gate when it was discovered by the Han soldiers on the city wall, which immediately caused a panic.

Because the Qiang people only attacked the city gate twice before and suffered losses, so the Qiang people later did not focus on attacking the city gate. In addition, the previous two waves of Qiang attacks also focused on more The vast city wall made the Han soldiers guarding the city think that the Qiang people had given up attacking the city gate, so they repeatedly mobilized soldiers from the city gate to support other places. When they found out that the Qiang people suddenly chose the city gate as a breakthrough, they I want to rush back, but it's too late...

The collision was getting faster and faster, and the soldiers pushing the cart were almost running.

Looking at the city gate that was getting closer and closer, the Qiang soldiers roared wildly. Although some soldiers pushing the carts were shot, they were even rolled under the cart by the wooden wheels of the carts they pushed, making the sound of broken bones and tendons. , but the other Qiang soldiers didn't care at all. They used all their strength to push the huge ramming car and rushed towards the closed city gate!

"boom! 』

An earth-shaking loud noise came from the city gate cave.

The soldiers on the city gate felt that the soles of their feet were shaking, as if the entire city was shaking and wailing amid the noise.

"Captain Meng!" The city gate is under attack! No more kerosene! "On the city wall, the Han soldiers roared loudly.

Meng Shu's heart skipped a beat, and his expression became somewhat dazed.

As early as last year, Jia Xu predicted today's war, but at that time, Jia Xu did not say it in detail, and Meng Shu did not ask for some details...

But now, all of a sudden, this detail that had almost disappeared from memory seemed to pop up again due to the vibration at the city gate. The time, location, tactics, and characters seemed to be in many aspects what Jia Xu had predicted. Not much different. Meng Shu even remembered that Jia Xu said at the time that if this war was victorious, Longyou and Hexi could be almost pacified for at least thirty to forty years. Using this time, the Western Regions and Chang'an could be made more inseparable. Let Longyou truly become a hot land and make people's lives better.

"What if we lose?" ” Mengshu remembered that he asked this at that time.

Jia Xu seemed to have said that it was unlikely to lose, but he was not sure how many people would die...

Now Meng Shu suddenly remembered that when Jia Xu said this, the look he looked at him seemed to be exactly the same as the look in his eyes not long ago when Jia Xu appointed him as the fake governor of Zhangye...

"Jia Wenhe!" 』

Meng Shu gritted his teeth and called his deputy, asking him to watch over the Qiang attack on the city wall. He asked people to go from above the city gate to block as much as possible, while he summoned the soldiers from the reserve team to prepare to block the upcoming attack at the city gate. Gap!

The low horn sound sounded outside the city again, and the enemy launched a new wave of offensive.

Meng Shu rushed to the city gate with fifty prepared soldiers. The gap must not be opened. Once it is breached, it will inevitably cause the entire defensive position to collapse. At that time, not only the soldiers guarding the city will die, but also the people in the city!

Even if we use our lives and flesh and blood to plug it, we still have to plug the gap.

The burning kerosene dumped at the city gate before had certainly burned down the Qiang's city-rushing vehicles several times before, but it also actually baked the city gate, causing some parts of the city gate to become somewhat carbonized...

Now that the kerosene is exhausted, the new ram is slamming into the city gate again. With the sand and gravel dust falling continuously from around the city gate hole, the place that was originally burned by the flames is gradually supported by the violent impact. Can't stand it anymore.

With a huge roar, the city gate was overwhelmed and was knocked out of a hole. Immediately, the crazy shouts of the Qiang people came from the hole. Several Han soldiers subconsciously wanted to plug the hole, but the next moment the huge impact vertebra directly expanded the hole, and even knocked those Han soldiers away.

A small part of a city gate collapsed, and under the shining light of the fire, the figures of both sides were looming.

The huge impact vertebra retracted, and a Qiang man's face emerged from the entrance of the hole, and was immediately slashed by Meng Shu!

The next moment, more than a dozen spears came in, almost hitting Meng Shu!

Meng Shu couldn't help but step back. As a result, a Qiang man took the opportunity to get in, and then another one followed. More and more Qiang men rushed out of the hole, as if the wooden floor of an old house was lifted. It's like a hole, with cockroaches pouring out from the hole!

Meng Shu led the prepared soldiers and blocked the entrance to the city gate with swords waving.

A Qiang centurion whose face was covered with blood screamed and rushed towards Meng Shu. Meng Shu followed the knife and rushed into the opponent's flank. He hacked the enemy to death with one knife, but he also fell into the opponent's three other Qiang men. Under a fierce siege by soldiers!

He fired a shot and dodged a knife, but when he turned around, he stepped on the arm of an unknown corpse. Suddenly his soles slipped and he staggered a little. He saw a Qiang sword taking the opportunity to move towards Meng Shu. Cut it off at the neck!

Fortunately, one of the shield soldiers who followed up held his shield and bumped it forward, knocking the Qiang man away, and the danger of being forgiven was finally resolved...

Soldiers from both sides kept fighting each other, screaming, and from time to time someone fell down, but no one retreated. In this narrow doorway, it was like the passage of the Colosseum, both sides were biting and biting, and blood was flowing all over the ground. , were all furious. The Han people could not give up this favorable place easily, while the Qiang people finally opened a gap and were equally unwilling to give up.

Before dying, a Han soldier slashed out a knife and cut off a leg of the Qiang man opposite.

The Qiang man with a broken leg howled, and was immediately stabbed by another soldier's spear. Before he died, he cut off three of the spear soldier's fingers...

The spearman screamed heartbreakingly in severe pain, and was immediately shot in the chest and abdomen by the newly rushed Qiang man. Although he was covered by armor, the huge impact made him look like a It fell down like a bent shrimp...

The Han and Qiang collided together, blood and limbs flying everywhere, and swords and spears were inserted into each other's bodies, dyeing each other hot and bright red.

Although the battle losses of both sides were similar at the beginning, differences gradually emerged. The weapons and armor of the Han people gave more protection. In such a small space, every damage that was exempted, It may be the difference between life and death.

More and more Qiang people fell, and the leader of the Xizhi clan finally couldn't bear it. He rushed in with a sword and shield, and cut down three Han soldiers in a row, and immediately fought head-on with Meng Shu.

"clang! 』

The loud sound of the weapons clashing shook Meng Shu's whole body, and the strong wind that collided with each other seemed to disperse the strong and almost substantial smell of blood in the city gate!

Meng Shu staggered back two steps, and then saw the Qiang Xizhi clan.

Qiang Xizhi stared at Meng Shu. An opponent who could parry in time under his sneak attacks was definitely not a good opponent.

Meng Shu stared at his opponent with all his concentration, raised his sword diagonally in front of him, and sealed the door extremely tightly.

Suddenly, the Qiang man Xizhi shouted loudly, as if a thunder exploded on the ground. With the momentum of the loud shout, he rushed forward suddenly and crossed the gap between the two people in an instant. The distance is so small that the knife strikes straight down!

An ordinary soldier would have been frightened by such a loud shout, but Meng Shu was more or less a veteran on the battlefield, and he did not lose his mind because of this. Almost at the same time that the Qiang Xizhi rushed forward, he also roared and chopped forward, and the soldiers A red light shines from the interlacing blades, and the figures separate as soon as they come together.

The shawl on the left shoulder of Qiang Xizhi was cut off at some point, and blood continued to flow from his shoulder. His face was solemn and he said nothing, and he put his shield in front of his face. Although he was injured, he still looked murderous.

Meng Shu's wound was on the front of his left thigh. There was a medium-deep red wound, and blood gradually surged out, dyeing the shirt red.

This is the darkest moment. Even if some torches are shining, the darkness is still like semi-solidified sauce, clinging to all objects and human bodies.

Just when the two people were confronting each other again, a huge noise suddenly broke out on the city wall!

Meng Shu's heart skipped a beat!

No, I'm afraid the city wall has changed!

Then the next moment he realized that he was distracted...

The Qiang Xizhi, who was staring at Meng Shu, seized this opportunity, shrank his body and hid behind the shield, and then directly pushed up, while the tip of the knife shone on the edge of the shield. It shines with a cold light, like a poisonous snake showing its fangs!

Meng Shu had not been frightened by the roar of the Qiang Xizhi family before, but was distracted by the movement on the city wall. It must be said that it was fate. Seeing the Qiang Xizhi family rushing towards him, in such a small environment, he He has lost the chance to dodge and block, so he can only fight for his life and attack with attack!

In this world, whether it is the battlefield, officialdom, or any other local place, you will not get anything good if you just wait and ask for it. If you want good things, you still need to fight for them with your life!