The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 442 Jicheng, the tragic decisive battle
Chapter 440 Jicheng, the tragic decisive battle
Under the city of Ji County, at this time, there was a sound of war beating and drums all around, and the shouts of fighting and fighting between soldiers could be heard endlessly!
This time, the road from Cagefire City to Jixian County was full of traces of bloody battles. At this moment, the general of the Qi Army, Su Lie, was leading the army to fight with Shi Siming to win the final victory.

To besiege Ji County, lure the An army to come, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop. This is the final plan that Su Lie discussed with his generals after leading the army into Youzhou.

Although the planning was not smooth in the early stage, Shi Siming still led the army to start a decisive battle with the Qi army after going through all kinds of changes.



At this time, the Qi army camp and the Jixian defenders responded to Shi Siming's call, and their guards immediately led the army out of the city and stormed the Qi army camp to divide their troops and create conditions for Shi Siming's main force to defeat the Qi army.

However, the general actions of the rebel army are all within Su Lie's expectation. At this time, the deputy general Zhang Xian has already deployed defenses in the camp. Fire oil.

The offensive and defensive battle has just begun, and the intensity of the attack will follow. Ji County is related to the safety of the entire Youzhou, and all the supplies in the city are available.

Not only are there sufficient supplies for defending the city, but even the ladders, carts, and well fences for the siege are fully prepared. Since this battle is about the failure of the decisive battle, the rebels cannot fail at all.

Therefore, this time when the Jixian defender led the army out of the city to attack the Qi army's camp, he drove all the siege equipment in the city into and out, preparing to take down the Qi army's camp in one go.

"Brothers, Shi Shuai is now in front of us in a decisive battle with Qi Kou. We are all good men, and we must not embarrass Shi Shuai. We must respond to Shi Shuai's call and capture the Qi army camp."

"Brothers, all ministries obey orders and attack the camp one by one in an orderly manner. Whoever climbs the camp wall first will be rewarded with a hundred gold!"

"Kill, kill!"

For a while, it was only said that the guard of Ji County was encouraged by a sound, and the soldiers and soldiers all heard the rewards. They were all shocked, roared, and gradually approached the camp wall.

This is probably the so-called touching people's hearts with money!
Never underestimate the temptation of joining the army in ancient times, how big the temptation of a hundred gold would be. It should be noted that even if a soldier joined the army for one year in ancient times, his military salary could not be paid a hundred gold.

Therefore, it can be seen how excited the rebel defender will be in his determination to capture the Qi army camp this time.

As the rebel soldiers gradually approached, Zhang Xian on the camp wall was wearing armor and was already ready to go. He led the crowd to stand here, watching every move of the rebels.

After about a while, the soldiers of the rebel army all entered the range of the Qi army's crossbowmen at the same time. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xianqi's eyes shot brightly, and he immediately pulled out the long sword in his waist and shouted: "The whole army obeys orders!" !"

"Bowmen, aim at the rebels, launch!"

All of a sudden, the order was issued, and the archers of the Qi army all raised their bows and set up arrows, and fired at a gallop. Suddenly, the sky filled the sky in an instant, as if it was covered with a thick layer of dark clouds, which was extremely low.

In a moment, countless flying arrows fell into the rebel formation one after another. For a moment, the cloud ladder team running against the ladder fell to the ground and died due to lack of protection.

"Ah, ah!"

All of a sudden, there was a trace of screams in the rebel formation, and the sound of their wailing continued.

It's just that, although the rebels suffered heavy losses from the crossbow attack, they were attracted by the rewards of money and silk, so the rebels attacked one after another!

Ignoring the casualties of our own army at all, a group of soldiers died, and the soldiers behind continued to face the difficulties, attacking the camp wall fearlessly.

Finally, after suffering heavy casualties, the echelon team of the rebel army finally approached the front line of the camp wall, put on the battalion stand, and its sergeants bravely climbed up and attacked.

As for the sword and shield soldiers of the rebel army, they used their shields to defend, and at the same time, they slashed at the wooden camp wall with their knives. Suddenly, sawdust flew horizontally, and foam everywhere flew into the air.

Since the camp is not a city wall, it is made of big wood, and its protection is not strong. How can it withstand the high-intensity hacking of the rebels? Therefore, as time goes by, it gradually begins to be unable to resist .

Although Zhang Xian ordered the crossbowmen to aim hard and shoot arrows, and Rolling Wood and Thunder Stone tried their best to greet, but the rebel soldiers should not be underestimated at all, and they continued to make up for it one after another.

At this time, the situation that was already worsened suddenly rose to a higher level, because the extremely slow siege engine and the well fence had arrived late and had already approached the camp wall.

For a while, Zhang Xian waved his long sword, his face was extremely dignified, and he roared: "Crossbowmen, shoot the arrows quickly, and make sure not to let the enemy's well fence rush into the car close to the camp wall."

In fact, this also refers to Zhang Xian's helpless words. According to Zhang Xian's understanding of the well fence, its defense is already extremely strong. How can it block its charge with mere arrows?
Therefore, Zhang Xian ordered the crossbowmen to shoot arrows to stop them, just to prolong the opportunity. The real purpose was to let his own army transport kerosene and other materials to the top of the city.

Sure enough, although it fired all arrows and its momentum was huge, it basically did not have any substantive blow to the Jinglan Chong team, and it still galloped forward.

"boom!"

The sound of a blow to the sky was heard, and the smoke filled the air immediately, and the battle entered the most intense moment.

Just to say, for a while, the car hit the camp gate firmly, how could the car that can even hit the city gate not smash through the wooden camp gate?

Under the heavy blow, the defenders on the camp wall couldn't help feeling unsteady, as if the ground was shaking and the entire camp was about to collapse.

"Crench!"

For a moment, the wooden camp gate that was hit hard could not help but immediately protrude a few cracks, as if it was about to collapse at any time. Looking at this posture, within a few strokes, the camp gate may be completely destroyed.

In fact, this is purely normal. With the power of charging a car, even its solid city gate can also cause great damage to it. Why can't the wooden camp gate be destroyed?
Not only that, but at this time the well fence was stagnant in front of the shooting range, condescendingly shooting arrows at the camp wall to suppress the soldiers of the Qi army.

Yes, that's right, it is condescending, and the fence of the rebels is several meters high, which is much higher than the overall height of the camp. From the fence, the rebels can have a clear view of the situation in the camp!
Therefore, with the suppression of bows and arrows on the well fence for a while, the sergeants of the Qi army had no room to hide, because there was almost nowhere to hide.

As the well rails of the rebels joined the battlefield, the situation suddenly became less optimistic, and the defense was greatly reduced by one level. The rebel soldiers of the cloud echelon bravely began to climb up.

The situation is suddenly extremely critical!
Immediately, Zhang Xian pondered for a short while without any hesitation, and took the lead in ordering, shouting: "Listen to the general's order!"

"Pour boiling water on the rebel sword and shield soldiers, scald them to death and smash them to pieces."

As soon as the order was issued, the defenders on the camp wall immediately sprinkled buckets of boiling water down the line of the camp wall, reaching the bottom of the camp wall.

"Ah, ah!"

In the blink of an eye, buckets of boiling water were splashed all over the sword and shield soldiers who were hacking at the camp wall. At that moment, many sword and shield soldiers fell to the ground, rolling around with their scalded skin in their arms.

All of a sudden, the dilemma of the sword and shield soldiers collapsed in an instant!

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xian turned his attention to the direction of the car, and saw that within a short time, there were cracks in the gate of the camp, which seemed to be faintly collapsing.

Seeing this, Zhang Xian didn't hesitate at all, and said loudly: "Fire the fuel, I will smash the car down."

When the order was issued, the soldiers of the Qi army immediately threw down the ceramic pots containing kerosene, and the sound of "dong dong" sounded, and the ceramic pots hit the side of the car and were smashed, followed by a pungent smell.

Immediately, Zhang Xian immediately shouted: "Archers, let the rockets go!"

In the instant of a bang, the place where the car was rushed suddenly blazed with flames, igniting the kerosene that had already been spilled on the ground one after another, and the car itself was made of wood, so how could it not be ignited?
As the chariot burned slowly, it gradually turned into ashes. Not only that, even most of the soldiers who were responsible for pushing the chariot into the camp gate were killed in the sea of ​​fire because they couldn't escape, and only a few escaped. sky.

Seeing the crashing car and being lost in the sea of ​​flames, the chief general Zhang Xiancai breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly shouted the command to "extinguish the fire".

Immediately, all the defenders poured cold water down one after another, and with dozens of barrels of cold water doused, the fire was slowly extinguished.

At this moment, the line of the camp gate could be seen loomingly, and there was a piece of black and rotten wood, and there was almost no place to see clearly. Fortunately, Zhang Xian responded in time and extinguished the fire in time.

If the fire burns for a while, the wooden gate of the village will also be destroyed by the fire, and eventually the rebels will be able to enter the village without any effort.

After a fierce battle, the pressure on the Qi army was greatly reduced at this time, but unfortunately it was still difficult to defend for a long time, because at this time the rebels' well rails were still harassing the defenders and suppressing their forces.

At the same time, the soldiers of Yunti were also attacking the camp wall. Some soldiers climbed up the camp wall intermittently, but because of the timely response of the Qi army, they were instantly extinguished.

Immediately, Zhang Xian couldn't help but slowly watched the rebels' well fence, trying to find out if there were any flaws in it. After observing for a long time, he finally found a good opportunity.

"Li Zhong, at this time, you will act as the chief general to defend the camp. I will lead Qingqi out of the camp and destroy the fences and fences!"

It is only said that at this moment, Zhang Xian found a flaw in the fence, so he decided to lead Qingqi out of the barracks and destroy it.

In fact, the defender in this city is obviously not suitable for attacking the city, and his formation of troops is basically an amateur. Although the well fence is a sharp weapon for attacking the city, its weakness is extremely obvious.

That is because its size is too tall, which makes it too clumsy and not good at moving. Therefore, when using well rails to siege the city to suppress the defenders, you should arrange heavy defenses near it, and the defenders should not go out of the city to destroy it.

However, there was almost no defense near the rebel well fence this time. If Zhang Xian led Qingqi out, it would take almost no time to destroy it.

Moreover, the rebel army did not have enough time to lead the army to kill them, and the Qi army cavalry could retreat calmly instead.

After some preparations, the gate of his camp slowly opened, and suddenly in the village, he saw a general sitting on his hips, wearing a fiery red battle armor, holding a long spear, and the leading cavalry rushed out.

All of a sudden, this group of cavalry surrounded the general in the fiery armor, galloped out, and their combat power must not be underestimated, repeatedly flying the rebel soldiers.

What's more, this cavalry team didn't love to fight, but they were heading towards the direction of the well fence. Their intention was already very obvious, that is to destroy the well fence.

Indeed, the leader of this cavalry was Zhang Xian, who led the people straight to the direction of the well fence, and the road was almost unimpeded. It was not until the moment when they were approaching the well fence that the rebel guards reacted.

It turned out that the goal of the defenders in the city turned out to be their own well fence, but it was too late to send soldiers and horses to protect it, because the Qi army cavalry arrived near the well fence.

Immediately, Zhang Xian waved his gun and gave an order, shouting: "Generals and soldiers of the Great Qi, give this general a hard hit on these dogs!"

For a while, Zhang Xian took the lead in aiming at a well fence, and then shot it away with force. The well fence suddenly couldn't support the gravity, and it collapsed. The rebel soldiers on the top also fell to the ground, entering the capital Was thrown bloody.

Immediately afterwards, the other cavalrymen also drew gourds and ladles one after another, wielding the specially equipped mallets in their palms, and slammed the many well fences. Time passed slowly, and it took a long time before the Qi army finally destroyed all the well fences .

After all, destruction is not the same as creation. Although creation is not easy to complete, destruction is extremely simple. It only takes a few hammers to complete.

Just when the Qi army destroyed the well fence, the rebel soldiers who came to support at this time also galloped in a hurry. Seeing this, seeing the large number of people, Zhang Xian knew that he must not fight recklessly.

Therefore, he waved his gun and ordered: "Soldiers, retreat quickly and retreat into the camp!"

For a while, because the Qi army was all cavalry soldiers, their mobility was far stronger than that of the rebel army, so when the rebel sergeants arrived, they had already jumped out of the battle group, returned to the camp, and guarded behind closed doors.

For a moment, the morale of the rebel soldiers who lost the well fence was shocked and slowly fell into a trough. On the other hand, the soldiers of the Qi army were extremely high, waving their knives and guns at the climbing rebel soldiers again and again.

Without the suppression of the well fence, the soldiers of the Qi army showed their hard fangs and beat the rebel soldiers hard. Soon, the rebels on the ladder were suppressed again.

Immediately, the defense of the camp fell into a stable state again!


Among them, the guard general saw that his army failed to attack the city and the well fence was destroyed, he couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment, and immediately ordered the last hole card to be completely exposed.

With the sound of the sound of gold, the rebels who were attacking the city immediately receded like a tide, and the front line of the camp wall fell into a short-lived peace again, but the bones outside the camp wall were already everywhere, and their bloody corpses were painted on the ground. above.

For a moment, after the rebel soldiers retreated, there was a loud noise behind them, and the ground seemed to be trembling.

It wasn't until he placed the last weapon in front of the formation that the defenders were shocked and frightened.

Not only that, but even the chief general Zhang Xianqi's gaze was extremely serious at this time, and he muttered slowly: "The rebel army has such a sharp weapon, how should they hold the camp in the next step?"

At this time, even Zhang Xian was full of lack of confidence in defending the camp!

(End of this chapter)