After the gunpowder explosion, a large cloud of thick smoke seemed to fall from the sky. The rolling smoke and dust enveloped the city walls, and the clouds slowly spread upward and around in the wind. The horses in front of the Zhou army camp hundreds of steps away were panicked and the camp was in turmoil.

The world was shrouded in the echoes and shock of "rumble". After a while, drums were heard in the Zhou army camp, and a somewhat messy horse team couldn't wait to rush out of the front line and rushed forward... As for the situation after the gunpowder buried underground exploded, no one knew that the smoke was too thick.

Zhou Jun did not approach the explosion site in advance. One might expose the location, and the other would be afraid of accidentally hurting his own people. The huge explosion panicked the horses and rushed out first to be in chaos in the chaotic team of the forwards, which seemed a bit hasty and impatient, because every blink of an eye at this time was too important! A slight delay would give the defenders more time to prepare.

The big players in the camp are reorganizing the queue, and there are loud shouts and shouts. It is useless to rush over to too many people in a hurry. Before the war, the central army judged that the gap would not be too large, and no matter how many people approached in the early stage, they would not be able to use it.

Guo Shao stood on the horse with his sword, watching the situation with the people around him. The camp was in turmoil, drums and shouting endlessly, and flags were swimming and floating in the sea of ​​people; two people, far apart, had already rushed towards their respective targets!

The scene was tense and chaotic, but in chaos, each commander was doing his own things. The shouts of soldiers and the shouts of generals made the atmosphere on the vast land outside the city urgent.

The moment before the sharp conflict, the atmosphere was the most tense. Guo Shao did nothing at this moment, and he didn't say a word, silently paying attention to every subtle atmosphere around him.

The grand scene is not something that someone can control when it explodes. It is like a wild horse that runs wildly in the direction it should! But at the beginning, Guo Shao took the initiative, and everything from premeditation to the timing is at the center, as if the points and rules before the explosion of the universe originated from the Creator.

Guo Shao knew that many people would die in his decisions, and many families would change their destiny. He stared at the crowd that had approached the city wall and said silently in his heart: As long as it is war, people will die, and it is all worth it!

...The light in the depths of the explosion's thick smoke was dim, as if it had rushed into the dark clouds. However, the sunlight in the sky penetrated the thick smoke like an arrow, proving the truth about the sunny day and the sun at this time.

The visibility is relatively low, and the horse's running speed gradually slowed down. The person in front of him covered his mouth and nose with his hands, breathing carefully, but he still coughed.

A dark shadow came into people's sight. In the middle of the neat city wall shadows, a gap that was only about six or seven steps wide appeared in front of me. In fact, it was not a gap, but a pile of ruin-like earthen mountains, which were very high! But that section of the city wall had indeed collapsed. The thick stone foundation and rammed earth could not be blown up in the air, but collapsed downwards, and most of the earth and stone were piled up in their original location.

The horses in front had already rushed to the ruins, and the battle horses stopped. The entire team seemed to have rushed to the barriers, all blocked. The progress of the sharp edge came to an abrupt end!

The commander then saw the situation clearly, and he immediately shouted: "Send the order, stop the horse, dismount and get the weapons!"

There is no way out when riding a horse, so of course you have to dismount; so the commander immediately issued a military order without thinking. This is not unnecessary. At this moment, people have a string in their hearts and their performance is not as calm and clever as usual. Most people rely on instinctive reactions and their minds are confused... The commander is like this for a long time when he is a small pawn and a low-level general, and he has experienced a lot. At this time, as soon as the generals who are familiar with are issuing orders, and with thousands of trainings to obey military orders, everyone will follow the orders of the upper peak without thinking; everyone knows what they are going to do, and they will not be confused!

Sure enough, everyone dismounted and prepared weapons, and no one ran around.

The commander thought nervously and anxiously at this time. In fact, he was a little confused... but he couldn't feel dizzy!

He remembered the military order that the Central Army asked him to repeat: First, try to send troops into the city, secondly, stabilize the position and open the gap. Other actions, the commander has the right to make decisions at the moment!

The commander dared not hesitate. Even if it was not the best military order, it was better than saying nothing. At this moment, his words were the military orders that everyone must follow. One person had the final say. Unless he died, the deputy commander would have the part to speak!

"Roar up! Anyone who retreats can kill you!" the commander shouted.

"Kill! Kill..." The person in front suddenly shouted and climbed up the mound desperately. But soon he found that the heads were shaking in the smoke, and the Northern Han army had already surged up... Obviously, the Northern Han army was prepared for the explosion of the city. The Zhou army rode a horse for hundreds of steps. As long as the Northern Han army was prepared, they had time to reinforce.

First, many spears stabbed downwards, soldiers stepped down and pushed backwards, and stabbed forwards. A large number of people dived from the top, and some even rolled down.

The Zhou army was holding shields and one-handed weapons in front of them, including single swords, hooks, hammers, etc., which could not stop the spearmen's dive. For a moment, the iron spear first attacked the Zhou soldiers, and the "bang" sounded at the close contact. However, the Northern Han army did not make any promises as soon as they swept down. After they dived, their formation was in chaos and their feet stumbled. Many people directly crashed into the depths of the Zhou army crowd, almost turning into a single-soldier melee. At the contact point, the Zhou army fought more and less, and many people surrounded a Northern Han soldier in a row.

"Ah! Ah..." A scream suddenly sounded on the mound. The splashing blood was covered by thick smoke.

People rushed up the dirt slope as if they were struggling in the mud, and the people behind them shouted, "Kill! Those who retreated..."

The soldiers of Zhou army shouted loudly and rushed towards the Northern Han army. The swords and shields were relatively short, so they could not attack the Northern Han army. The people in front of them held up their shields and waved their swords to slash. They didn't know what they had cut, and they could only hear screams of crying fathers and mothers. The soldiers of Zhou army were also screaming. It was difficult to move on the ground, and there were people around them, so they could not avoid them. When the spear came, they could only use their torso to force them. A shield could not stop many attacks.

The head of the iron spear was stabbed hard on the plate armor, most of which did not pierce, but it would pierce the armor deeply sunken, causing the Zhou soldiers to scream. In addition, everyone was actually afraid in their hearts, and the shouting was even more screaming! If the weapon was stabbed in a position and was very strong, it would slide over the iron armor. In the dim and turbid air, sparks would indeed shine; the sound of metal rubbing against the rubbing made the powerful teeth so sour!

An injured Zhou soldier fell to the ground with weak hands and feet, and was immediately trampled on by all kinds of feet. The pain made him shout desperately, but he couldn't get up. He was wearing a human armor for about 200 pounds, so it was difficult to stand up again.

"Fight to the last drop of blood! Fall down and die!" A ten general yelled at the top of his throat.

The gap was only six or seven steps wide, and there were 500 people in Zhou soldiers who were the first to approach. In addition, the climbing road was extremely difficult to move, and the advancement was blocked by the Northern Han army, which quickly caused congestion; the gap was increasingly dense.

At this moment, I could hear a "swoosh..." sound, and the arrows in the air shot down like raindrops, and then "ding" down like hail, and a scream of pain came from time to time.

The team on the Zhou army was a little confused. The commander raised his head and shouted, "Bow and arrow..." Before he finished speaking, a branch suddenly flew out of the smoke and shot a layer of chain mail on his neck with a "clang". The force was so strong that the iron rings penetrated, and the arrows penetrated into his neck!

The commander didn't even scream, and his eyes were wide open and he fell down. Blood from his mouth came out with spit.

"General Li! General Li..." The generals and personal soldiers around him rushed up and helped him up.

The commander's feet kicked on the ground a few times. The face of the deputy commander Zheng Bin appeared, and his hand covered the commander's neck. The commander held the scabbard tightly and raised his hand. The deputy commander Zheng Bin hurriedly grabbed his scabbard and asked anxiously: "Is General Li going to hand over the military power to me?"

The commander closed his eyes, nodded slightly, and let go of his hand holding the sword.

Zheng Bin took the sword, gritted his teeth and looked at the person who was being held on his upper body, stood up suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Commander General Li, please let me control my commander, Deputy Commander Zheng Bin!"

Zheng Bin clenched his fists and frowned, completely ignoring the flying arrows on his head. He said loudly: "Telection! Do not retreat in front of the formation; those who are five steps behind the front line should immediately fix the attack ramp!"

He continued to order: "Below the hillside, the generals of the troops drove the soldiers to move out of the formation to both sides! Archers gathered in the center!"

At the close contact of the front, people probably couldn't control the orders of the uphill peak. The soldiers in front and behind were crowded together, and the two sides fought desperately to death, and there was no way out and no way out behind! There was a Shura field, and people's screams were very tragic.

But the troops who did not fight later reorganized their queues and gradually restored order. The battle began to stalemate, and there was no breakthrough based on morale; at this time, organization and tactics were particularly important.

In the distance, another Zhou army cavalry came up with reinforcements. The reinforcements were no longer messy. Although they were riding horses, they were indeed clearly lined up and advanced in an organized manner. The current group of heavy armored soldiers guarding the army was not just a commander, but a commander of the Sixth Army in the right wing. The general took the battle personally, and he needed to go to the front line to supervise the battle and maintain order in front of the formation.
Chapter completed!