Chapter 68: All Broken
There was a fire in Chengcheng. As Zhang Liao led two thousand men into the city, even with orders that he could not attack the people, the people in the city were trembling under the iron hooves of the Hanzhong soldiers and horses, and instinctively feared and escaped, and became a mess.
The battle on the city wall continued, and a large number of militia fled. Liu Yan was distributed everywhere to watch and command the militia soldiers, but at this moment he was suffering from the disadvantage of dividing his troops and could not organize an effective counterattack. The militia were overused. These guards were scattered everywhere. Even if they were willing to kill the enemy, they would not have much effect on killing the Hanzhong soldiers coming up the city wall. They were often obscured by their own militia before they collided with Ye Zhao's army, or they ran down to the ground, and were trampled by the scattered people.
Liu Yan sat down weakly in the palace of the state, leaning against the wall, and closing his eyes.
"Father, what should I do?" Listening to the sound of fighting outside getting closer and closer, Liu Zhang walked around in front of Liu Yan anxiously, turning his head to look outside from time to time.
Liu Yan was a little helpless about this young son. I wonder if it was God's condemnation to him. Liu Yan had four sons and the third son Liu Mao. He was killed by the Hu people when he was in Youzhou. For this reason, Liu Yan took his anger to Ye Zhao and secretly acquiesced to deal with Ye Zhao. With Ye Zhao's intelligence, it is not difficult to guess.
The eldest son Liu Fan and the second son Liu Dan are now detained by Dong Zhuo in Chang'an. As a hostage, they don't know if they have a chance to come back in this life. The one who stays by Liu Yan's side is the least valued by Liu Yan. His three brothers, either literary or martial, have their own strengths and are also courageous. After a hundred years, any one of them is enough to inherit their foundation. But only Liu Zhang, a tiger father and a dog son, is not that bad. It's just that compared with Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's three brothers, Liu Zhang is too mediocre, timid and cowardly, and is the least suitable to be Liu Yan's heir. However, because of this, he has been following Liu Yan and has not been released by Liu Yan for training like his three brothers. Instead, luck is the best one.
Liu Yan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he saw that the door of the provincial Mu Mansion was knocked open. A general led a large number of soldiers in. Liu Yan's personal guard wanted to stop him, but he could not stop him. The general did not take action. The soldiers behind him rushed forward like wolves and tigers, killing the guards of the provincial Mu Mansion.
Zhang Liao was walking in a dragon and tiger stroll, and his big strides were not as good as the hall. His whole body was filled with evil spirits. Liu Zhang's face turned pale. He was pampered since childhood, and he did not see the world like his three brothers. He had never seen such a cruel scene. His legs were weak and he sat on the ground, and a foul stinking from his thighs.
Liu Yan looked at the visitor expressionlessly, straightened his clothes and sat upright in his seat.
"The last general, General, General Cavalry, Zhang Liao, the captain of the emperor, please see the emperor's uncle!" Zhang Liao came to Liu Zhang and bowed.
"General of the Cavalry?" Liu Yan looked at Zhang Liao in a daze, shook his head and smiled: "I didn't expect that the child in the past had such a momentum today, but I didn't know that the Ye family ordered the general to come here, but I wanted my neck to be on the head?"
"Don't dare!" Zhang Liao bowed and bowed, "My lord is the prince consort of the Han Dynasty. If we are in the seniority, the emperor's uncle is my ancestor. Although we are facing each other due to the situation, we are facing each other, but the courtesy cannot be abolished. In the future, we have already received the instructor of our emperor. We should not hurt the old emperor's uncle at all. We should invite him with courtesy."
"What a treat to you with courtesy. The Ye family's etiquette is very comprehensive!" Liu Yan sneered.
"I hope the old emperor will not make things difficult for the last general." Zhang Liao bowed.
"Forget it!" Liu Yan sighed. At this moment, it seemed that he had been ten years old. Now, no matter what he said, it was just a tragedy of a lost dog. He was a hero and disdained to show such a mourning attitude: "I wonder what General Cavalry is going to deal with me?"
"I'm asking the old emperor to stay in the mansion for the time being, but the guards in the mansion need to be arranged by the Third General. As long as the old emperor does not leave the mansion, no one dares to disrespect the old emperor or the young master." Zhang Liao bowed and said, "When the Third General defeated the invading enemy outside the city, welcoming our lord into Chengdu, and our lord will come to visit in person."
The implication is to temporarily put a house arrest and make a case after Ye Zhao arrives.
"Then Zhao Wei, Ren Qi and Ye Zhao were not the same as each other?" Liu Yan was stunned when he heard this. Ren Qi suddenly raised an army. He thought that Ye Zhao had joined forces with the Shu family to deal with him. Now it seems that this is not the case.
"The last general is not aware of it at this time, but the lord has a clear order that no army shall enter the city before my lord enters Chengdu." Zhang Liao bowed.
"Okay, this guy is indeed ambitious." Liu Yan smiled and nodded, "I understand. The general will go by himself. I will not leave. Please rest assured."
Now that the provincial and ministerial palaces are controlled by Zhang Liao, he can no longer do what he wants to do.
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Compared with the war in Chengdu, Luo County is much more tragic.
Ye Zhao issued the order of general attack. On the day when Zhang Liao broke Chengdu, under Ye Zhao's command, Ji Ling, Guan Hai and even Dian Wei were sent to the front line and launched a general attack on Luo County. Flying boats kept dropping stones over Luo County, saying they were stones, but in fact, each of them was the size of a fist. After the stones falling from the sky accelerated at a high altitude, they were no less powerful than arrow clusters. When hitting people, they could even be broken. If the unlucky one was smashed to his head, even the general with a helmet could be smashed to his forehead.
More than a dozen siege cars made were driven towards the city gate. The main body of the siege car was actually a wooden pillar with a wooden roof on it, wrapped in some animal skins, which could resist the boiling oil splashed on the city wall. In order to speed up the movement, wooden wheels were also filled.
In addition, in order to cover the siege vehicles to siege the city, Ye Zhao ordered the Shengong Battalion to rush to build a well. In addition, the siege vehicles followed closely behind the siege vehicles and set up fifty steps away from the city wall.
The overwhelming stones mixed with the rain of arrows fell down. The Shu army at the top of the city was suppressed and could only hide under the shield or the city tower. The sparse counterattack seemed powerless. The war seemed to have already announced the result when Ye Zhao decided to launch the general attack. With the cooperation of the air force, various siege equipment and the all-round attack composed of elite archers, even with the joining of Qing Qiang soldiers, Yu occupied it without much help. Less than a quarter of an hour after the war started, the siege car rushed to the city and began to rush to the gate wildly.
A Qinggu roared with his hands and raised a huge rock and smashed it hard towards the city gate. The roof of a siege car was directly smashed by a huge rock. Two soldiers who could not dodge were smashed into meat mud, and the arrows that followed shot the siege soldiers who had lost their shelter into hedgehogs.
The scrapped siege car was pushed away with a shield, and two more siege cars stepped forward and began to smash the door wildly.
Ah Qinggu was about to do the same thing, but he was knocked to the ground by a Qingqiang soldier. Dozens of arrows broke through the air and shot six Qingqiang soldiers beside them.
Jing Jin finally arrived under the push of Ye Zhao's soldiers. The Jing Jin was four feet tall, much higher than the city wall of Luo County. The archers above were high and began to suppress the Shu army soldiers on the city wall. At the same time, the catapults also began to attack. Even though the Qing Qiang soldiers were extremely brave, they were unable to resist at this moment, facing Ye Zhao's endless siege equipment and the suppression of the air force. They watched helplessly as ladders set up the city wall, a Hanzhong soldier rushed to the top of the city without fear of death and fought with the Shu army guarding the city.
"Come on! Drive them down!" Pang Xi walked on the city wall with his sword in his arms, and swung his sword crazyly to kill two soldiers who had just come up. He didn't expect that Ye Zhao's army's siege would be so fast today. With these siege weapons and the suppression of the air force, the Shu army defending the city could not play any advantage in defending the city. It took only a long time before the opponent attacked the city wall.
At this point, there was only one to fight to the death. However, when these Shu soldiers faced the elites under Ye Zhao, once they lost the advantage of the city wall, their combat effectiveness was suddenly divided. Often, Ye Zhao's soldiers could defeat three or even four Shu soldiers. The fierce momentum, even Pang Xi, even Pang Xi, felt a little scared when his fierce aura.
Moreover, as more and more Ye Zhao's army climbed up the city wall, the shortcomings of the Shu army's lack of combat effectiveness became more prominent. Most of Ye Zhao's soldiers knew some joint attack techniques. Often, three or five soldiers could cooperate with each other to occupy a section of the city wall, and respond to more soldiers rushing to the city head. Let Pang Xi shout out, and the activity space of the Shu army on the city wall was gradually compressed as the soldiers of Ye Zhao's army continued to influx.
"Roar~" A violent roar rang out in the distance.
However, the Qingqiang leader A Qinggu saw the warriors in his family being killed by the enemy and roared anger. The mountain knife in his hand had already rolled up his blade. He snatched two single swords from Ye Zhaojun and swung them away, like a whirlwind, killing them in the crowd. Wherever he passed, even the soldiers of Ye Zhaojun who had already gathered together could not resist.
"That's what Qingqiang leader?" Dian Wei and Ji Ling stood side by side. At this moment, the Shu army on the city wall was almost defeated, which also made A Qinggu's side a little dazzling.
"That's right, this person has a bit of courage. If he fights alone, he will eventually lose." Ji Ling nodded.
Don’t think that Ji Ling’s military position is higher than Dian Wei, but Dian Wei is Ye Zhao’s guard. In addition, he is brave enough to be the best in the three armies. He is also relatively reckless in Ye Zhao’s army. In Ye Zhao’s army, he is the third-level official position. If he does not violate military rules, Ji Ling must also maintain enough respect for Dian Wei.
"I'll leave this person to me!" Dian Wei rushed behind the two iron halberds and rushed towards the city wall.
"If possible, keep this person's life and see if he can surrender!" Ji Ling couldn't help but shout at Dian Wei.
"Detect the situation." Dian Wei said without looking back. There is no tolerance for any kindness on this battlefield.
But Dian Wei rushed to the front of the cloud ladder. At this moment, the Shu army was suppressed and had no power to care about the city. However, when Dian Wei was like a spiritual ape, he rushed up to the city wall a few times. Just as he saw Ah Qinggu pick up a soldier and throw it on the ground, he shouted loudly: "That thief, you dare to hurt my soldiers and die!"
A terrifying pressure that A Qinggu had never experienced before was overwhelmed, causing A Qinggu to froze and subconsciously turned his head to look, but saw a figure like a hill that had been spread out in the air. The fierce momentum made A Qinggu's scalp numb. He quickly threw the corpse in his hand towards Dian Wei, rolling to the ground at the same time, picking up two single swords, and staring at Dian Wei vigilantly.
"Swish~"
A black light flashed through the air, and the corpse of the soldier who was abandoned was instantly cut into pieces by two halberds. Dian Wei's feet fell to the ground, and the entire city wall seemed to sway. A pair of wild beast-like eyes fell on A Qinggu and said, "Subdue, or die!"
A Qinggu has seen tigers in the mountains more than once, but even the most ferocious tigers made him feel less terrifying than the ones in front of him. Is this the momentum of the top Han people? A Qinggu suddenly understood Ji Ling. When Guan Hai heard that he praised them as the number one warrior of the Han people, the other party had that expression.
Taking a deep breath, A Qinggu said in broken Chinese: "The Qing tribe's son will only die in battle and will never surrender."
"You're a man, then go and die!" Dian Wei nodded in appreciation, and the two iron halberds in his hand had already fallen down with a roar.
A Qinggu quickly raised his swords to deal with it.
"Bang~"
With a loud bang, a terrifying force came from the swords. A Qinggu made a loud bang, knelt on one knee, and looked at Dian Wei with red eyes. He was already a powerful person, but he didn't expect that someone in this world could suppress himself purely in terms of strength.
"Some skills!" Dian Wei nodded, dragging the two iron halberds, and then a move of two thunder, two iron halberds slashed from both sides towards A Qinggu.
A Qinggu quickly raised his knife to seal the two sides again.
"Bang~"
Another loud bang, Ah Qing's mouth cracked, and a striking gap appeared in the two single knives in his hand.
"The last halberd, die!" Dian Wei rarely met an opponent who could fight with him. He roared excitedly, and the iron halberd in his hand slashed down one after another, forgot Ji Ling's previous instructions.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang~"
Dian Wei slashed out eighteen halberds in one breath. A Qinggu knelt on the ground, with his two swords crossed in front of him, blocking the eighteen halberds. His body was pushed back by the force of the two fighting against each other on the city wall. As the last halberd fell, the two single swords broke in response. Dian Wei took the halberd and stood up. When he looked at A Qinggu, his eyes were wide open, his seven orifices were bleeding, and he was already silent. He was actually shocked to death by Dian Wei!
"What a pity, he is indeed a man." Dian Wei looked at A Qinggu, then remembered Ji Ling's request before, shook his head, became interested, and forgot about this matter, but he would die if he died! The most urgent thing is to break the city.
Seeing that the leader of his family died in battle, the Qingqiang soldiers around rushed towards Dian Wei one by one. Dian Wei sneered and swung his halberds away. Dozens of Qingqiang soldiers were killed by Dian Wei and blood flowed into a river. Seeing this, the other Qingqiang soldiers felt timid and dared not fight again. They snatched A Qinggu's body and ran away.
Chapter completed!