Chapter 1429 Jagged attack
"Is this okay? What if~~~" Zhang Fei said with some concern.
Zhuge Liang said firmly: "It must be done if it doesn't work! The current battle situation on the entire Northern Line is very unfavorable to us, and we are the key to turning the situation around!"
Zhang Fei said in a bold voice: "Okay! We will attack the Khwarezm Fortress tomorrow morning!!"
The next morning, the sound of the Qin army's war drums rang out loud, revealing an atmosphere of fighting against the enemy.
More than 200,000 Qin troops, mainly composed of the First Legion, set up battle formations on the fortress. Immediately, the artillery on the left and right peak fortress began to bombard the fortress, with the main target of the Ross Armed artillery positions on the city walls.
The artillery fire swept the Ross army artillery positions on the city wall, and most of the artillery on the city wall was destroyed.
Zhuge Liang, who was standing on the watchtower to watch the battle, said to the official flag beside him: "You can attack!" The official immediately informed Zhang Fei in the military formation with the flag words.
Zhang Fei raised the snake spear and the tiger shouted. The war drum immediately rang out loud. The 30,000 peace troops pushed various ladders, flew, hit the city car and other siege equipment toward the city wall.
The siege troops rushed halfway, and the Ross people's artillery began to fire, and the shells roared into the formation of the Anxi Army. Many Anxi soldiers were blown into the air by the huge power of the artillery shells. Fortunately, the Ross people's artillery was swept away by the artillery on the Zuo Peak Fortress, but now they are suppressed by the fire on the Zuo Peak Fortress, otherwise the Anxi Army would have suffered greater losses.
The Anxi Army braved the Ross artillery fire and arrows to rush under the city wall, and shouted together, putting the ladder on the city wall. At the same time, dozens of soldiers shouted and pushed the rushing carts toward the city gate. The Anxi soldiers looked very nervous and were particularly eager for victory, because if they made military achievements in the war, they could receive quite generous rewards, and they might even be given the right of residence in the Central Plains by the Great Qin Empire to become real Qin people. In the Anxi people's thoughts, the core area where the Qin people live was a real fairyland on earth.
At this time, the Ross crossbowmen kept pouring arrows under the city wall, while the other Ross soldiers desperately pushed the wood and rolling stones down the city wall. Officer Ross shouted at the top of his throat.
The dozens of Insuffer troops who were hitting the city gate fell more than half under the arrow rain of the Ross people. The soldiers immediately rushed up to take over the position of the fallen ones. They pushed the chassis car and rushed to the city gate and began to hit the city gate. At this moment, the liquid with a strong and pungent smell was poured down from the round hole in the city gate, and many water splashed on the roof of the chassis car. Immediately, several torches were thrown down, and a torch fell just over the roof of the chassis car, which was covered with liquid. After a while, the flames quickly spread on the roof of the chassis car. In a blink of an eye, the chassis car was completely wrapped in flames. Until then, the dozens of Insuffer soldiers under the chassis car decided to give up. The dozens of Insuffer soldiers ran out of the chassis car and then fell more than half in the rain of the chassis.
At the same time, the Anxi Army followed the cloud ladder and flew toward the city wall. One by one, the Anxi Army soldiers were constantly smashed by wood and stones. The Anxi Army soldiers who rushed to the city were lifted down on the city wall in a blink of an eye.
The battle lasted for nearly half an hour, but the Sakura Army did not make an exciting breakthrough.
Zhang Fei's general Zhang Zu ordered: "Let the First Legion come to me!" "Yes!"
Twenty thousand soldiers of the First Legion divided into two parts and slowly pressed towards the city walls on both sides of the Khwarezm Fortress.
"General, look!!" A Ross officer on the watchtower behind the city wall pointed outside the city and shouted. Beside him was Ross General Kygans, who was responsible for defending the Khwarezmian line.
Kikans had already seen the movement outside the city and frowned: "This is the elite of the Qin First Legion! I didn't expect that they would fight to the death on the first day! If the order is passed, all the reserve teams will immediately go to the city wall!"
The officer was not surprised by Kikans' order at all. Any careless actions in front of the elite First Legion of the Qin army were fatal.
After entering the enemy's long-range fire strike range, the 20,000 First Legion soldiers immediately dispersed their formation and began to charge.
The Qin army rushed to the city wall. When the Anxi Army under the city wall saw the arrival of the First Legion, they naturally made way for the attack route. The Qin army's sword-like warriors rushed upwards along the ladder set up by the Anxi Army. In just a short quarter of an hour, they rushed up the city wall.
The warriors of the horizontal swords and the soldiers of the Ross fought a fierce bloody battle on the top of the city. The number of the Ross people was dozens of times that of the Qin army on the top of the city. At this time, the Ross troops were quite fierce and fearless. In order to protect their homes, the Ross people finally aroused all the fighting passion.
Although the Ross people performed quite admirable, they continued to retreat in front of the warriors of the Long Sword in the First Legion. The warriors of the Long Sword waves wielded the horizontal sword to stir up a wave of blood in the Ross army. Even though they were seriously injured, they still fought to the death. It can be seen that the seriously injured warriors of the Long Sword died together with the enemy, and their courage and momentum could make the gods afraid.
The warriors of the First Legion, with their fierce and fearless aura, finally tore open several big holes on the city wall after paying a considerable price.
Kikans said in shock: "It's really unbelievable! Hurry up! Send the cannons on the inner city wall to sweep the city top!"
The commander was startled when he heard this order, "General, if this happens, our people will be more severe than the Qin army's casualties!" His words make sense! Because there are far more Ross troops on the city than the Qin army. Once the artillery is fired, I am afraid that the Ross people will suffer even more!
"I can't control that much now! Execute the order immediately!" Kicans shouted.
The Qin Army's First Legion, the sword warrior and the sword shield, formed a front to suppress the Ross army, which was dozens of times more people than their own, and retreated step by step. At this time, the momentum of the Ross army was completely different from before, and everyone's eyes showed a look of horror. However, under this fear, people had a tough persistence, and they wanted to defend their homes.
At this moment, the Ross artillery on the inner city wall suddenly spit out flames, and the roaring shells hit the city. The Qin soldiers and the Ross soldiers flew into the air together. The scene was immediately in chaos.
"Damn it! This Kikans is really cruel!!" Zhang Fei cursed angrily.
"General, look!" General Zhang Zu pointed to the watchtower road where Zhuge Liang was located.
Zhang Fei looked in the direction of Zhang Zu's finger and saw the flag bearer conveying the order to withdraw the troops.
Zhang Fei frowned, glanced at the chaotic city wall under the Ross army artillery fire, and ordered: "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops!" "Yes!"
As the sound of the Qin army's golden bell rang out, the soldiers of the Qin army's First Legion and the Anxi Army retreated like a flood of ebbs.
When everything was quiet, only corpses were involved on the battlefield, and the blood color decorated the entire land into a tragic color. Various destroyed siege equipment was scattered on the battlefield, some were burning, and from time to time, wall bricks rolled down from places where the shells collapsed, and vultures hovered in the air, as if waiting for a sumptuous dinner.
Zhang Fei returned to the tent, suddenly slammed his helmet onto the table and cursed: "Damn it! It's about to capture the city wall! But Kikans suddenly used this move!?"
Zhuge Liang asked Zhang Zu beside him and said, "How is the loss of our army?"
Zhang Zu replied: "Our army suffered more than 15,000 casualties, of which more than 9,000 were killed or injured in Anxi Army!~~" The Ross lost more than 30,000 people in this battle, of which nearly 20,000 were killed, most of which died at the hands of the warriors of the first Qin army's army.
"How is the loss of the First Legion?" Zhuge Liang asked.
"The First Legion killed and injured more than 6,000 people, of which nearly 4,000 were killed!"
Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei couldn't help feeling a little sad. Although there seemed to be not many of them, these were the elites of the Qin army in the battle, and the foundation of the Qin army's backbone and combat effectiveness. Any loss was a pity. The soldiers of the First Legion were not comparable to those of the servants like the Anxi Army!
Chapter completed!