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    Volume 4 Stormy Jiangnan Chapter 59 Battle with Xiangyang (7)

    East gate.

    Standing at the top of the city and looking down, the rebel soldiers gathered in the distance rushed towards the city gate like a mountain and a tsunami at the moment the sound of arrows sounded. At first, they were like a huge and flat square iron, carrying as heavy as a mountain.  The general momentum rushed toward Xiangyang City very quickly. With the forward momentum, the front of the rebel formation began to disperse one by one. Dozens of people formed a stream of sharp arrows, causing the ground to tremble continuously with a terrifying momentum.  People and earth are rolling forward

    In an instant, the rebels on the ground had entered the range of the city's defensive equipment. Catapults and ballistae started roaring almost indiscriminately. At the same time, the guards on the city's head put up their armor shields to protect them.  The guards evaded the barrage of arrows from the rebels below the city.

    The archers on both sides quickly opened their bows, nocked arrows, raised their heights, and released arrows Every round of arrow rain was accompanied by fallen soldiers and splashing blood, especially the rebels under the city, who had almost no cover.  A round of arrows caused the rebels who were advancing forward to fall immediately. However, the fallen people no longer had to get up again. Countless people surged up from behind, and countless pairs of feet stepped on their bodies one after another. In the blink of an eye, they were all gone.  They disappeared

    The long hanging ladder was finally set up at the top of the city. Like flying across the sky, countless rebels began to climb on the crossbar of the hanging ladder and rush towards the top of the city. While the first rebels began to attack the city, the rebels below the city  The army in the army suddenly moved to the left and right, and a huge crash car emerged from the crowd. Pushed by dozens of people, it was like a roaring giant beast, and it crashed towards the closed city gate.

    Boom boom

    The sound of the flying stones thrown by the catapult on the city head hitting the ground and the sound of the sharp angle of the collision hitting the city gate sounded almost simultaneously. The heavy city gate dented slightly inward and trembled, but there was no crack at all.  The strong and sharp impact angle only left a dent in the city gate.  However, the stones flying down from the top of the city hit the rebels who continued to rush from behind. They were injured, spattered, crowded, and trampled A large area of ??the rebels suddenly fell.

    Three hanging ladders were set up at the top of the city. The ferocious faces of the rebels came into view, which immediately frightened the people and victims who came to the city for reinforcements. I always heard in teahouses and theaters about the flying general who had a million soldiers.  Taking the head of an admiral, I listened to it heartily and thought about it. Many people have always hated that they were born at the wrong time and could not make achievements and achieve fame.  However, today I am truly immersed in the situation. The two armies are facing each other facing the rebels. Before the rebels can come up to kill them, there are already people who are fighting and want to leave first, and some even squat on the ground and urinate.  Pants, the original grand goals and lofty ideals were all reduced to nothing in this moment along with a puddle of urine

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    The sound of stepping on the hanging ladder got closer and closer, and finally, a figure suddenly jumped up and appeared at the head of the East City Gate.

    Puff puff

    Almost identical, the three spears pierced the rebel's chest and abdomen in no particular order. The rebel didn't even have a chance to swing his sword before he fell into the dust.

    Whoosh whoosh whoosh

    Several phantoms flashed past, and the three guards were caught off guard. They had no time to dodge, and were caught by the flying hooks that followed through the leather armor and into the flesh. They were half dragged and half dragged off the city wall.

    More rebels appeared above the hanging ladder. The guards in front suddenly formed a defensive formation. Two civilians participating in the defense at the back came forward tremblingly carrying a pitch-black cauldron, filled with mist.  In the middle, the cauldron tilted slightly at the top of the city, and the boiling water inside poured down the hanging ladder with a splash. The rebels who had no time to escape were immediately poured into a mess that was scorched on the outside and tender on the inside. It crackled like dumplings and screamed strangely.  He fell from the hanging ladder, and even the hanging ladder at the top of the city was flipped over. Suddenly, almost all the people on the hanging ladder fell down.

    Boom

    With another violent impact of the car crashing under the city, a dent was left on the city gate again, and four of the golden copper nails protruding from it were knocked off, but the heavy city gate still only shook.  There were signs of half being broken.

    On the archery tower at the head of the city, a small group of archers hid under the parapet. From time to time they stood up and secretly fired cold arrows at the rebels near the city gate below. Although they almost didn't need to aim and they could shoot down one person every time, the number of rebels was too great.  In comparison, the casualties caused by the archers on the archery tower were really minimal, and they could not stop the rebel offensive at all.

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    Above the city gate, two pieces of rolling wood that were so heavy that several people needed to hold them together rubbed against the gray bricks of the city wall and half rolled and half fell down. The two pieces of rolling wood collided with each other in mid-air, and their directions suddenly changed. One of them hit the top of the car, smashing it hard.  The car swayed for a while after the collision, and the wheels sank deeply into the mud on the ground. Without dragging for a long time, another piece of rolling wood flew down into the rebel bush behind the collision, smashing the pieces of flesh and blood everywhere.

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    West City GateOutside the South City Gate, countless small boats gathered like a swarm of ants. Long hanging ladders were built from some larger boats. Countless rebel soldiers swarmed up. Although the offensive was not as powerful as the East City Gate and South City Gate, it was difficult to defeat them.  , but the war is also in full swing and there is no room for relaxation.

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    The capital commander Luo Tian, ??Qianshi Zhang Zhong, Qianshi Deng Liang, Jiang Bin, Pan Yong Almost all the generals, inspectors, and officials of the Hannan capital commander's department boarded the city and were distributed among  Each city gate supervises the war.  While the battle was going on all over Xiangyang City, dozens of soldiers with red flags on their backs were running back and forth on the top of the city, delivering orders and the latest news to the chief officials at each city gate.

    The capital commander, Luo Tian, ??was still standing at the east city gate. According to the battle report that had just arrived, the rebel offensive was concentrated at the east city gate and the north city gate as Luo Tian expected.

    Xiangyang City is surrounded by water on three sides. The moat is indeed wide, but if so many warships, especially those with wide and tall hulls, enter the moat at one time, it will be much easier to attack the city, but it will be quite inconvenient to move around.  It is far less easy to gather, disperse and turn over than a small warship.  Outside the north city gate, the city river is wide, and the entrance forms a wide triangular water area, making it easier to switch between offense and defense.

    Luo Tian actually had only one reason for conjecturing this way and being sure that the other party would arrange it like this, and that waseven if there was such a huge gap between the rebels in front of him and the city guards, even if they were participating in the siege now  The rebels have been believed to be from the Jiangnan Navy Camp, but based on their number and military appearance, Luo Tian has sufficient reasons. Even if the Jiangnan Navy Camp was demolished by King Wu, there must still be some  The troops and horses were not damaged, and this part of the remnant soldiers was the cold blade that could be felt at any time behind the rebels attacking the city. Not to mention, even if the entire South Camp of the Navy was capsized by King Wu, there was still a North Camp of the Navy sitting behind.  , Luo Tian, ????no, on the same line of the Yangtze River, such a big change happened in Xiangyang City and South Camp, but there was no movement in the entire North Camp of the Navy.

    Absolutely impossible

    The situation seems to have slowly eased down from the suddenness and passivity at the beginning

    As long as we survive these two days and there are reinforcements from Huchuan Guard and Nanling Guard on land, plus reinforcements from Nanda Camp on the water, and even heavy troops from Beida Camp, then the battle of Xiangyang City will almost not have to be fought again.  , the situation is settled

    Luo Tian became more and more determined. The only question now was whether he could survive these two days.  Seeing the rebel soldiers rushing up in front of him, and the ever-dwindling number of guards in military uniforms on the top of the city Although Luo Tian's mood improved, he was still anxious.

    Puffy

    In the gap after the flying hook, the two soldiers who had just rushed to the crenel were suddenly thrown backward, and a head full of beards appeared at the top of the city - the hanging ladder in the south was finally attacked by the rebels again

    One of the three guards held a knife, and the other two held spears. They roared and charged for a round. Only a harsh roar was heard, and a horribly curved steel knife flew upside down and hit the blue-gray brick wall.  on the ground, lost strength and fell to the corner.  As for the guard holding the sword, one of his arms had been broken at the shoulder level, and his face instantly became as pale as paper, and he almost fainted from the pain.

    The man with the beard hardly paused. He turned his right hand and made a horizontal stroke with the bright axe. The guard's head fell to the ground. The other two guards with spears stepped forward, thrust their spears and stabbed.  The Xuanhua battle ax seemed to have no weight, and it seemed to be blocked clumsily. With two clicks, the two spear shafts broke simultaneously. The two guards, who were still in shock, quickly retreated back. One of them was slightly slower than half a minute.  , was struck down by the bearded man with an axe, and his upper body was almost split in two with the slanted shoulder and back of the shovel.

    Whoosh

    A short crossbow shot from the crowd, fast and hard, hitting the bearded man in the lower abdomen with a pop. Although the man's upper body was covered with half a piece of leather armor, due to his wide body, the leather armor worn by ordinary people was on his body.  , but it has become a two-piece piece. Generally, it can only cover the two sides of the chest and back, while the center area is exposed without any protection.  At this moment, a short crossbow in the crowd aimed at the gap and fired. Unprepared, it hit the man's unobstructed lower abdomen.

    The man with the curly beard immediately bent down and let out an uncontrollable groan. The guards around him dared to neglect him. They quickly raised their spears and stepped forward. Unexpectedly, the man with the curly beard suddenly raised his head and slid one knee down, Xuanhua  The battle ax suddenly flipped upwards, and his arms were rounded like windmills. Even though he was hit by two knives and one spear, he still escaped fatal injuries at the critical moment. Then the bearded man's eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes were as if he was dying.  The ferocious beast roared and drove the tip of the short ax in his left hand into the city bricks. He reached out and pulled it out, and a spurt of blood spurted out. He actually pulled out the short crossbow. Then the man quickly swung it again.  The two axes were used to kill the densest place among the guards.Luo Tian, ??the commander-in-chief in the crowd, suddenly turned pale.

    Volume 4 Stormy Jiangnan Chapter 59 Battle with Xiangyang (7)

    Volume 4 Stormy Jiangnan Chapter 59 Battle with Xiangyang (7)
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