Chapter 110: The Battle of Jinyang (3)
Jinyang City was originally built by Dong Anyu and completed in the fifteenth year of Dinggong (497 BC), which took three years.
The city is 4 miles in length, with bluestone foundations and rammed earth walls. Reeds, artemisia, and Chu (similar to plants such as reeds, wild grass, and thorns) are added to make them strong. The wall base is more than 100 meters thick and 4 meters high.
There is a gate open around the city, and a bronze dragon is decorated with the city gate. Trenches are dug around the city, like a city barrier.
But by the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jinyang City expanded several times, but the outer wall is now only three feet high.
On the city of Jinyang, the crossbow and stone throwing machine kept pouring spears and big stones down the city, harvesting the lives of one Yellow Turban mob after another.
The more than 2,000 Yellow Turban Army soldiers outside the city rushed forward with hundreds of shield chariots and two ladder chariots. The Sima of the Yellow Turban Army was Li Heng, and it turned out that the head of the Li family in Lutaishan.
The other two soldiers from the Yellow Turban Army followed not far behind Li Heng's army and pressed towards the East Gate of Jinyang.
Xu An's army was growing, and it turned out that the three families who had followed him all the way from Lutaishan were also rising, especially those who were originally Taiping Taoists were in high positions.
Although Zhao Le, the head of the Zhao family, was a little timid, he was able to read and write, and was quite proficient in judging skills. He is now following Xu An's army as the chief minister.
Wang Ren, the head of the Wang family, was directly under Xu An's command as the military Sima, just like Li Heng.
The first song of Li Heng's army was the first song. At this time, their morale was still high. The spear guns on Jinyang City were not accurate enough. They only damaged five shield cars. Because they charged forward, they were not attacked by stone throwers.
The city wall in front of him was getting closer and closer. Junhou, who was the first song of the Yellow Turban Army, clenched his fists and blew the wooden whistle in his mouth.
"call out--"
The rapid and sharp wooden whistle suddenly rang.
"Wansheng!!!"
The Yellow Turban Army soldiers in the first song shouted in unison and strode forward. At almost the same time, countless arrows were storming down the city wall.
"Be careful of concealment!"
A team leader held the ring-headed knife in his hand tightly, hid behind the shield car, and shouted loudly, and the Yellow Turban soldiers around him buried their bodies behind the shield car as much as possible.
Arrows fell like locusts on Jinyang City, shooting on the ladders and shield cars with a scream, making a "tuk-tuk" sound. Even though the ladders and shield cars were covered as cover, many Yellow Turban soldiers were still shot to the ground.
"Stretch!" "Stretch!"
Two crossbows sounded, and at such a close distance, the penetration of the crossbows was amazingly terrifying. A Yellow Turban Army leader hiding behind the shield car and the two soldiers behind him were worn into gourds.
"Dong!"
A dull sound came out, and the Yellow Turban Army's ladder truck was pulled by the Lix at the bottom, and the sharp hook-like object on the top of the ladder was embedded in the city edge.
"Wansheng!!!"
A Yellow Turban Army hiding behind the cloud ladder defense shield led the lead in rushing up the cloud ladder, and then more Yellow Turban soldiers rushed straight along the passage of the cloud ladder towards the walls of Jinyang City.
The yellowish-colored team led the flag to fly above the ladder, which also aroused the morale of the other Yellow Turban Army.
The sound of victory came one after another under the city, and then another ladder truck was scrambling to the wall of Jinyang City. The Yellow Turban Army under the city rushed upwards.
They held wooden shields and rushed straight towards the city wall along the cloud ladder. The Han crossbowmen on both sides naturally would not let them rush up the city wall directly.
The feather arrows of the Han army flew out from both sides, and the Yellow Turban Army soldiers on the cloud ladder fell down and rolled down the cloud ladder like dumplings.
Although the arrows were dense, the Yellow Turban Army soldiers continued to jump down from the ladder. However, as soon as most of them landed, several sharp weapons came towards them. The Yellow Turban Army soldiers who first jumped into the city were stabbed and fell off the city screamed.
At the same time, the soldiers of Li Heng's second and third songs had already arrived at the city. One ladder after another was loaded onto the city wall, and then countless simple long wooden ladders were loaded onto the city wall.
"fall!"
The hot golden juice and boiling water were poured down by the Han army guarding the city. The Yellow Turban soldiers who were climbing on the long ladder all fell down with tears and fell heavily to the ground.
A foul stinking came out, and many Yellow Turban soldiers under the city even vomited.
More and more Yellow Turban soldiers climbed the ladder. They climbed hard towards the city. The Yellow Turban soldiers with their flags were growing up and stride forward. The flags of the team and the army were flying under the city.
"die!"
A Han army led a sword to cut over a Yellow Turban Army soldier who had just jumped up to the city wall. The Yellow Turban Army soldier was quite brave. The two Han soldiers guarding the chassis fell under his sword.
But in the end, his skills were still inferior, and he was depressed by the sword led by the Han army.
Just after the Han army led the command of the Yellow Turban Army to kill the Yellow Turban Army, a heavy armored Yellow Turban Army soldier rolled over and rolled into the wall on the ladder.
As soon as the sword light appeared, a Han army near the ladder fell to the ground, and a painful wailing sound came from his throat.
His calves were separated from his body, and blood gushed out of his knees.
The Han army's team leader looked like a lingering look, and he held the ring-headed sword in his hands and stepped forward. The man in front of him was extremely experienced in fighting skills, and he must not let this man stand.
Otherwise, the Yellow Turban Army could rely on the gap opened by this man to continuously climb the city wall. If the Han army wants to drive them out again, they will have to suffer greater casualties.
"die!"
The Han army's team shouted loudly, and the long sword slashed at the heavy armored Yellow Turban Army.
The two swords collided with each other and made a violent sound, and sparks actually flew out of the blade.
At the same time, just as the Han army was leading the battle with the heavily armored Yellow Turban Army, two other Yellow Turban Army soldiers jumped out from both sides of the ladder with swords and shields. Several Han soldiers who had just surrounded him were killed and retreated step by step.
Then a yellowish team led the flag slowly rose from the ladder.
"Dare you, thief!"
The Han army led their eyes to red, shouted angrily, and rushed back with a knife to force the heavy armored Yellow Turban Army in front of them. They turned around and caught the two Yellow Turban sword and shield hands.
One of them was unable to react and was cut through his throat with a knife and fell to the ground on the spot.
The other man wanted to come forward to protect him, but the gathered Han halberd soldiers had recovered and intercepted him in place.
"Bang!"
A huge sound came from the city, which was the Yellow Turban Army's crash that was hitting the gate of the East City.
"call out----"
"Wansheng!!!"
A louder shout came from the city,
The Han army was stunned for a moment, but forgot the heavy armored Yellow Turban Army behind him.
A snow-white sword light appeared in his afterglow.
At the critical moment of life and death, the Han army led desperately to twist its body and avoided this fatal knife.
But blood still flowed out of his abdomen, and a hole was cut by the heavily armored Yellow Turban Army's ring-headed sword. Fortunately, the thick iron armor on his body brought a certain barrier to the ring-headed sword, and it did not allow him to be directly dismantled.
"die!"
The heavy armored Yellow Turban Army shouted, and he heard the whistle of the general attacker, and knew that his robes were supporting the city, so he needed to open a passage for them!
The heavy armored Yellow Turban Army suddenly crashed into the Han army that had not yet stood firm. With a "puff", the ring-headed knife in his hand had pierced the abdomen of the Han army.
Blood flowed out of the mouth of the Han army without control. The Han army also knew what was going on. The pain from the abdomen was eroding his consciousness, and his strength was gradually disappearing.
"Han Army!"
The Han army led all their strength to hold the heavy armored Yellow Turban Army in front of them, and fell out of the city with all their strength.
"mighty!"
The two of them fell from the city like fallen leaves.
Chapter completed!