Chapter 349 Big Stone
There are strange rocks among the green mountains, and cliffs can be seen everywhere. It is said that there are gods in Wushan who don’t know whether it is true or not, but Guo Shao also feels very mysterious when he is in it. On the stone road, the shouts and screams of soldiers echoed in the mountains, and the echoes were lingering, which sounded really terrifying.
The battle started on the mountain, but not long after, a group of soldiers were rescued by the wounded soldiers. Seeing this, Guo Shao knew that it was not for the vanguard Dong Zunhui to fight ineffectively, and it was indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Wang Zhaoyuan was still planning to let the military camp guard for half a year? Guo Shao turned around and said, "Take the Wushan military camp today!"
Hundreds of armored infantry next to him were ready to go. Guo Shao transferred the command of the first infantry of the left wing Army. More than 500 of the most well-equipped imperial guards were equipped with the latest forged plate armor; there were chain mails inside, and all of them were armed to masks.
The first commander was Zhou Tong. Guo Shao asked him to be the platoon commander in the battle of the two Lis. After defeating, he was awarded the military position of the Imperial Guard Commander in terms of military merits... The generals of the Zhou army depend on military merits, so it is impossible to grant too high military positions at once. But just having military merits alone may not necessarily be promoted very quickly. Zhou Tong is different. He relies on his relationship with Guo Shao, and as long as he tries his best, he will definitely have a future.
Therefore, when Zhou Tong heard Guo Shao's words, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Just wait for Guo Du to order the order, and the sword will never frown!"
Guo Shao looked at him and nodded, looked up at the elite iron armored soldiers in a queue, and said loudly: "Why did Jingnan bow down and surrender when he saw our army? Why do people respect the imperial guards of the Great Zhou? Because we are brave and good at fighting! If we are afraid of the fierce battle, what are the elites?" He pointed to the tiger flag in front of him and said, "I hope the battle flag on the left wing of the Hu Jie Army will now be renamed the Hu Ben Army. The honor and reputation are what we have fought for from the battle formation. I hope all the soldiers will move forward bravely and set off!"
"I will win... win..." the troops shouted loudly. The soldiers who had just retreated looked at each other.
The one in front drew his sword and led a team of four people to advance towards the mountain road first. The troops lined up in a narrow line, and there was no way, the road was really not wide.
As the jingling iron armor was rubbing, the war drums pounded, urging the blood on the battle formation to raise the passionate blood, and the atmosphere gradually became warmer. A small official was standing by the road, holding a piece of paper and shouting: "'The letter picked up by the vanguard. Under the knees of my parents, the king's army has entered Wushan. The road is rugged and terrain is dangerous, and the fierce battle is getting closer. I know that this trip will last forever, to serve the country and end the war in order to unify the world, and there is no regret..."
The soldiers in front of them were inspired by the recitation of some family letters, and quickly approached the first line of defense of the Shu army in the mountains with the sound of war drums. There were curses and scoldings from generals, which were mixed with the high-sounding words of righteousness, but it was very abrupt.
A stone road that can only be parallel with two or three people was dug out from the stone, which was very steep. Along the road, I saw the Shu army built fortifications at the intersection above, with earth walls and wood, and the wood was arranged very densely and arrow-holes were opened in the middle.
Just nearly a hundred steps, arrows were shot in the arrow hole in turn. The arrows were not dense due to the terrain restrictions, but there were only two or three people in front of the Zhou army, and they immediately hit the arrows. However, the arrows were bounced off when they shot on the plate armor, and they were useless.
"Kill!" The soldiers saw with their own eyes that they were all right to be caught in the arrow. They were encouraged and shouted and attacked upwards. At this time, they heard a few gusting sounds of wood, and a few "slap" sounds, and saw a few stones flying over from their heads. With a "clang", a soldier was hit by the stone and fell down in pain. Everyone was hiking the mountain and looking at the sky.
Arrows and stone cannons kept flying over a distance of 100 steps. The frequency of stone cannons was very slow, but the arrows took turns to shoot quickly from the arrow hole, and I don’t know how many rounds they shot. But none of the Zhou soldiers were dead, and they were all blocked by armor. When only 10 or 20 steps, the two infantry in front were shot like hedgehogs. The heavy arrows with strong strength could still shoot through the plate armor, but there were chain mails inside. Ordinary arrows could not be penetrated, and they would not be injured even if they were shot through.
The troops rushed to the fortification one after another, and the terrain was slightly wider. The soldiers of Zhou army held long spears and stabbed into the arrow hole. Some people were shooting at the arrow hole with crossbows, and screams came from time to time. At this moment, a big man in iron armor came up with a big axe and slashed on the barrier with a sudden axe. With a "boom", a large area collapsed. The Shu army turned around and left. Everyone worked together to push down the wooden fortifications, chased them, and shot them from behind with crossbows. The Shu army fled up along the road.
The heavy infantry in the Zhou army on this side ran slowly and could not catch up, so they had to chase after him and continued to climb upwards.
The first company of Shu soldiers was broken through several layers of fortifications, and the defeated soldiers affected their morale and were defeated very quickly. When they saw a group of soldiers who looked like iron men, they were startled first, especially the masks looked scary.
In less than an hour, only a few hundred people in the Zhou army attacked the top of the mountain along the stone path. This section of the road was different... A slope of forty or fifty steps above was chiseled into a groove-like shape. A group of defeated Shu soldiers were climbing up the slope, and Zhou soldiers were holding bows and crossbows below, and some were constantly dying halfway, while some rolling down the steps directly.
Zhou Tong rushed forward and did not rush to order an attack. He learned from the prisoners that this section of the road was the most difficult line of defense.
Looking up, the fortifications above are very different. The city wall with rammed earth wrapped around bricks is like a city wall. The difference is that the "city gate" is a semicircular passage below, not like a door where people walk, but like a dog hole.
Zhou Tong waited for a long time, waiting for the soldiers behind to come up with a stone and other tools, and then ordered a small team of more than 20 people to slowly move upwards. The city walls were still bending down from a high point, but there was no way to deal with the Zhou army soldiers. When they were halfway, they used bows and crossbows to fight back, and instead shot several Shu soldiers to death.
When the rapid attack reached the city wall, there was a sudden "rumbling" sound, and a large round stone was pushed out from the "dog hole". The ramp was high on both sides and low in the middle, limiting the track of the stone, and then rolling over with the road. The two soldiers in front could not escape and were knocked over by the rock. They screamed and were crushed under the stone. They suddenly disappeared. The stone was covered with a lot of blood and rolled down the road.
Chapter completed!