Chapter 623 ? Fighting Tiger and Leopard Riders(1/2)
The sky is bright and the sky is clear.
Shanyang City stands on the ground, like a majestic mountain peak. The Liang army camp in the east of the city, stretching for several miles, with flags all over the sky.
The flags of the character "Fan" fly in the wind. Fan Chou's spear and his horse were immediately on his horse, and his spirit was full of energy. The front, back, left and right were all his soldiers under his command.
"Athletics, today the emperor ordered me to attack this city for the vanguard. But we must perform well and not degrade my Fan Chou's majesty."
Fan Chou raised his gun and said seriously.
Now that the rivers have changed dramatically, Fan Chou, as one of the few generals who can survive in Xiliang, is characterized by being brave but not scheming.
He is the best at charging into battle and destroying the enemy.
It is of course crucial to be able to do this.
Fan Chou gained the morale of the army.
"promise."
The children responded loudly when they heard this.
"Hahaha. Come on."
Fan Chou laughed happily, and lit the big gun in his hand and ordered loudly.
"kill!!!"
The sound of roar and killing coincided with the sound of rumbling drums. Five thousand elite soldiers pushed the well truck, and the ladder truck slowly advanced forward, and its momentum was like a rush of mountains and seas.
At the same time, Ma Chao from the south of the city also led the crowd to attack the city.
The murderous aura on both sides attacked Shanyang City, causing the mountains and rivers to change color.
At the east gate of Shanyang City, General Cao Hong stood with his sword in iron armor. After seeing this scene, he had no fear on his face.
The elite Cao army soldiers were also tough and their colors remained unchanged.
Unlike Yuan Shao's smooth sailing, Cao's army pacified the Central Plains, but it also experienced fierce battles. The elite troops of Cao's army were the troops of hundreds of battles.
"Shoot the arrow!" Cao Hong stared at Liang Jun ahead, calculating the distance between the two sides. After the other party reached the range, he let out a loud roar.
"Swoosh swosh swosh!!!"
The archers who had already prepared had poked out the female wall one after another and shot arrows at Liang Jun under the city. The dense black arrows fell like raindrops.
"Ding Ding Ding."
"ah!!"
In the formation of Liang army under the city, the shield soldiers guarded the archers, and at the scale of a small army, they crossed the well car and approached the city wall.
You must go to a certain range when shooting arrows from the city to the city.
Although the shield soldiers carefully protected themselves and their archers. The huge wooden shield was filled with arrows shot by Cao's army, some of the archers were still shot by the arrows, screaming and falling to the ground.
The ladder truck was traveling at the same time as the walking archer, a huge ladder truck, and also acted as a shield. The sword and axe driver who was preparing to climb the city wall hid behind the ladder truck and approached the city wall.
During this period, the well car had stopped. Their height was even higher than that of Shanyang City. The archers above bent their bows and arrows to shoot against the Cao army archers on the city.
However, their number is rare, and each well car has only more than ten archers. In terms of the firepower of the arrows, they are completely inferior to Cao's army.
Every time Liang Jun moved forward, he had to pay the price of blood. Fortunately, the scattered archers formation on foot gradually reached the range of range.
Under the cover of the shield soldiers, they kept drawing arrows and shooting against the archers on the city. The arrow firepower of both sides reached a relatively balanced level.
But the food army still had a disadvantage.
The number of Cao's army archers on the city walls has a huge advantage, and it is easier to replenish their supplies. There are pre-stacked mountain arrows on the city.
Each of the Liang soldiers brought not many arrow bags, and they had to go back to replenish supplies after shooting.
It is not easy to attack a city. The more general, the more elite defends the city, the more difficult it is to pass the mountain.
Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun are Cao Cao's brothers and Cao's army is also elite. The battle in the Central Plains reached the last and most difficult step.
"Click, click."
Under the cover of his own archers, Liang Jun's swordsman and ladder truck arrived at the city. The ladder truck mechanism controlled the ladder and ladder wall.
The siege ladder is the soul.
Those ladders carried on their shoulders are so simple.
"The Liang army is mighty!!!"
The brave and fighting soldiers of Liang stood up, shouted loudly, and then risked their lives to climb the ladder and rushed towards the top of Shanyang City.
But the first batch of soldiers who siege the city were easily crushed by the stones and logs thrown from Shanyang City. After they fell to the ground, they were either dead or broken.
But the Liang soldiers were fearless and did not blink for a moment, and went up the city one after another.
"Support troops for a thousand days, use troops for a while. The world belongs to the emperor. Only when the emperor sits firmly in the world can we live and work in peace and stability."
A man from Chang'an roared hard and climbed up hard when a companion's body fell.
The Liang army under Zhang Xiu's command actually had a smaller proportion of Xiliang soldiers. The proportion of Guanzhong soldiers has always been very high.
In the past, many heroes attacked Dong, and Zhang Xiu immediately defended the pass with his spear, which prevented the princes from attacking Sili, and made contributions to protecting the territory and safeguarding the people.
Since taking power, Zhang Xiu's identity was actually the King of Guanzhong.
Taking Guanzhong Sili as the foundation, it erodes the West and then swallows Hebei and is now the Central Plains.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were constant wars in the world, officials were corrupt, and people's livelihood was difficult. These soldiers had experienced it personally. Now the Liang Lord is in the court, and the world lives and works in peace and contentment.
Especially in Guanzhong, the Sili area has been peaceful for many years.
This is the emperor's contribution to the world.
For themselves and for the continuation of family descendants, the loyalty of the soldiers in Guanzhong was generally high. And their loyalty also led soldiers from other places.
Although raising soldiers and leading troops to fight is a matter for the general, the emperor's unparalleled prestige is also a plus.
As the Liang army attacked the city like a wolf or a tiger, Cao Hong and Cao soldiers on Shanyang City gradually felt the pressure, and their faces changed slightly.
"It's worthy of being the Liang army. The opponents we encountered in pacifying the Central Plains before were simply different from the Liang army." Cao Hong said in his heart.
Generally, the casualties between the siege and the defending party are two to one.
But this number has its limit. If there are too many casualties in the soldiers, it will lead to a collapse of the morale of the army. Although the Cao army has hundreds of thousands of troops, if it continues to bear this, it will collapse sooner or later.
On the contrary, the Liang army had a stable rear that could continuously replenish soldiers.
"There is indeed no future to defend the city. Only the cavalry fights decisively and wins it. Then send large soldiers to Sun Jian's Yangzhou soldiers to counterattack Qing and Xu, and there is a possibility of turning defeat into victory. Success or failure is here."
Cao Hong took a deep breath, his eyes showed an extremely determined look, and he shouted: "My sons, guard the city for the sake of the great man."
"For the big man."
The Cao army soldiers also roared excitedly.
Like Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao also made contributions to the people when he pacified the Central Plains. Cao Cao was facing the Han Dynasty, and his soldiers were naturally towards the Han Dynasty.
The two sides are not fighting for intention, but on a line.
No one is willing to give in, so he can only fight for one battle.
The war will not end from morning to dusk.
The fire in the West is burning, and the day is about to end. Zhang Xiu was wearing iron armor, surrounded by Dian Wei and Ma Dai, standing above the camp gate, silently watching the soldiers cleaning the battlefield.
This is a rare time of peace between the two sides, and the soldiers on the city will not shoot arrows.
The body was transported away by trucks and burned.
The soldiers who fought outside were not even qualified to be buried in peace.
"It's worthy of being Cao Cao." Zhang Xiu said, then turned around and got off the camp gate, surrounded by the guards, and returned to the central army's tent.
The Liang army has its own rules. At night, the generals would send soldiers to guard against each other without him making any arrangements.
The Cao army should not easily attack the Liang army camp at night.
The war between the two sides will continue at this stage.
Fighting during the day and living next to each other at night.
The fight lasted for a month, and the army on both sides suffered huge casualties. The war stopped due to a rare blizzard.
In the central army tent, Zhang Xiu was wearing thick winter clothes and felt okay. Although he was too lustful over the years, his body was not hollowed out, which was still great.
Although Fa Zheng was young, he was wearing thick winter clothes and leaning against charcoal fire, but his face turned blue with a frozen face.
"Xiaozhi. You need to exercise more in this daily life. Do you know Zhicai? He was also weak before, so I asked him to exercise more to get better."
Zhang Xiu half-joking and half-seriously said, "You are the prince's teacher. You are the so-called minister who entrusts the orphans. I still want you to protect the prince, but I don't want you to go there earlier than me."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will work hard to survive." Fa Zheng said sickly. He also became alert in his heart. You must have a good health to do big things. If this continues, I can't stop reading every day.
The emperor is right, I want to exercise.
Although everyone is a counselor, they are all different people in the same position after all. Cai Mao and Sima Yi were envious of such favored Fa Zheng.
Sima Yi thought about it and almost cried when he was suspected by the emperor.
To be continued...