Chapter 122 Breaking the Hulao Pass!(1/2)
On the third day of the storming of Hulao Pass, shouts of killing broke out at night, and the defenders of Hulao Pass lit braziers to expand the defenders' sight.
In the past two days, the allied forces of the Kwantung princes have been sending a phalanx of 20,000 people to attack Hulao Pass in turns, causing the defenders of Hulao Pass to become accustomed to it.
The harassment tactics of the Kwantung princes' coalition forces made the Hulao Pass defenders somewhat numb.
This time was not much different from the previous two nights. The coalition forces of the Kwantung princes sent another 20,000 siege team to harass Hulao Pass.
Li Jue yawned, turning white in the cold winter: "The Guandong people are challenging me again. It really doesn't let anyone have a good sleep."
He commanded the Hulao Pass garrison step by step, hoping to teach these Kwantung princes a lesson.
There were 20,000 enemies attacking Xiongguan. Facing the fifteen-meter-high Hulao Pass, they were as insignificant as ants.
Every time the Kwantung princes attacked Hulao Pass, they did not spare the cost, but hurriedly retreated after killing and wounding hundreds of people. Li Jue concluded that the enemy only came to harass the defenders and lower their morale.
The effect was also obvious. Li Jue had not had a good night's sleep for three days and three nights because the war drums in Guanxia continued to sound.
The two sides began to fire arrows at Hulao Pass. The siege troops rolled out more than a dozen carts to cover the approach of the archers. The Xiliang archers' arrows fell on the cowhide carts, but the effect was not obvious.
"With your small force, it is impossible to capture Hulao Pass. Even if the morale of my Flying Bear Army drops and they dismount to fight, how can you defeat it with the advantage of the pass?"
Li Jue was thinking about plundering Luoyang.
He was left here to guard the pass by Dong Zhuo, which meant that he could not participate in the Xiliang and Guanzhong legions' sacking of Luoyang, which was undoubtedly a huge loss for him.
As the imperial city of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Luoyang had countless good things, but these good things were in the hands of generals such as Guo Si, Niu Fu, and Zhang Ji.
Suddenly, Li Jue vaguely realized that danger was approaching. Years of experience on the battlefield told him that he heard the sound of large wooden equipment moving.
The brazier at Hulao Pass can only provide partial sightlines for the defenders, and most places outside Hulao Pass are in darkness for the defenders.
The sound of large wooden instruments was getting closer and closer, making Li Jue more and more uneasy.
He seemed to have realized what it was.
"Team Fire Arrow!"
Li Jue urged the archers with rockets to shoot rockets towards the source of the sound!
Hundreds of fire arrows pierced the sky, slightly illuminating the darkness along the way. The defenders could vaguely see what it was. It was a ferocious monster. A giant siege tower twenty meters high was pulled by hundreds of soldiers.
With the push of the police, we slowly approached Hulao Pass!
The archers of the Shesheng Battalion at the top of the siege tower shot arrows at the Hulao Pass defenders to suppress them and cover the siege tower as they approached the city wall!
The siege tower was covered with cowhide on all sides to prevent it from being easily ignited.
The defenders of Hulao Pass panicked. The allied forces of the Kwantung princes were not harassing them this time, but were seriously attacking the city!
"kill!"
"Those who climb first will be rewarded!"
Under Hulao Pass, countless torches were lit and gathered into fire dragons. An army of 200,000 people suddenly attacked Hulao Pass at night, hoping to capture Hulao Pass in one fell swoop!
"They mean it this time!"
Li Jue's scalp was numb and he suddenly woke up.
The princes from Guandong were constantly harassing us, so they suddenly launched an attack this time and attacked Hulao Pass!
The sky was full of arrows shooting at the defenders of Hulao Pass!
All the ten princes sent their elite archers. Chutian sent his elite Shesheng Battalion into battle, led by Li Guang, and other princes suppressed the Xiliang archers at Hulao Pass!
Cao Cao sent Dongjun archers led by Xia Houyuan.
Liu Bei had no bow generals to use, so he sent Zhang Fei to lead the Jizhou archers to join the battle.
Mingguan sent Zu Dashou to command the archers of Liaodong.
The ten great princes are in full swing and no one can stop them!
The Xiliang archers at Hulao Pass were suppressed by the elite troops of the ten princes. They hid behind the female wall and did not dare to shoot arrows easily.
Xue Rengui was standing on the 20-meter-high siege tower at this time, commanding a commanding height. As the siege tower gradually approached the city wall, he could already vaguely see the outline of the defenders on the city wall.
He took out an arrow from the quiver behind him and shot the bow at a figure who looked like a general!
"Idiot, shoot your arrows, don't hide behind the city wall!"
Li Jue drew his sword and took command. A stray arrow from the siege tower hit a soldier next to him!
The Xiliang soldiers who were hit by arrows fell to the ground and howled.
Li Jue hurriedly ordered his soldiers to take off their shields and form a circular formation to protect them.
The ladder hooked the city wall, and the Kanto soldiers all over the mountains and plains swarmed up, making it difficult for the tired Xiliang soldiers to defend!
"Brother, I'm going to climb up first, and I'll take Hua Xiong's head to see you!"
Guan Yu smoothed his long beard, carried the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, and led a group of Jizhou light infantry to serve as the first team!
"Lord, Lian Po must be defeated!"
Lian Po, with slightly white temples, held a Warring States sword and led the Taiyuan infantry in Bingzhou to attack!
Li Guang led the Shesheng Battalion to suppress the archers above Xiong Pass, while Xue Rengui sniped and killed the opponent's generals on the siege tower. Chu Tian only had two powerful generals, Zhao Yun and Hua Mulan, at his disposal.
Zhao Yun looked at Chu Tian, probably wanting to fight.
"Zhao Yun, you lead five hundred Xiliu Camp soldiers to ascend first."
Chutian finally agreed.
Zhao Yun is not suitable for commanding too many soldiers and horses, so it should not be a problem to lead some of the elite to serve first.
"As you command!"
Zhao Yun drew up his spear and led 500 Xiliu Camp soldiers into a huge siege battle.
This time, the ten princes made up their minds and worked together to break through Hulao Pass!
"My lord, Cao Ahao and the others have committed all their forces to attack Xiongguan!"
Yuan Shao's counselor Xu You was in a hurry and woke up Yuan Shao who was sleeping soundly.
Yuan Shao came out, followed by Yan Liang and Wen Chou.
In the distance, there were thousands of torches, bright as day, and the shouts of killing shook the Yellow River, so that Yuan Shao's army was alarmed.
Yuan Shu, Kong Min, Yuan Yi and other princes were horrified when they heard the shouts of killing.
Chu Tian, Cao Cao and the others actually used all their strength to attack Hulao Pass!
Yuan Shao shook his head: "Hulao Pass is one of the most powerful passes in the world, how could it be conquered by them? I will continue to sleep. When I wake up tomorrow, Cao Ah Man will definitely return without success."
The giant siege tower was close to Hulao Pass, and the six-meter-long suspension bridge was heavily smashed down, smashing the few Xiliang soldiers who could not escape in time to a pulp!
"kill!"
The elite infantry hidden inside the siege tower, led by Xue Rengui, climbed up the wall of Hulao Pass along the suspension bridge!
The soldiers below walked along the winding corridor inside the siege tower, climbed to the top of the siege tower, and then followed the drawbridge to the city wall!
The siege tower provides an effect similar to a ladder truck, and the 15-meter-high Hulao Pass city wall is no longer a natural hazard!
Xue Rengui wielded Lu Bu's exclusive Fangtian painted halberd, assassinated several Xiliang soldiers one after another, and captured the wall!
Guan Yu led the Jizhou infantry to ascend first along the ladder chariot, swinging his sword and killing one person in five steps!
Zhao Yun was unwilling to be left behind. He wore silver armor and white robes and fought his way to the wall. He led the Xiliu battalion to form a circular formation to provide cover for the steady stream of soldiers from behind who were ascending the city.
Xiliang soldiers tried to expel Zhao Yun and his party, but Zhao Yun stabbed five of them to death. Their blood stained their white robes red!
When the Xiliang soldiers saw that he was one of the three generals who defeated Lu Bu at Hulao Pass that day, they couldn't help but be horrified and took a few steps back.
General Lian Po of the Warring States Period also led his troops to climb up the wall and killed several people one after another with a sword. Countless soldiers behind him then climbed onto the city, which was unstoppable!
Li Jue and Hua Xiong saw that the situation was not good, and they had long thought of abandoning Hulao Pass, so they led their own troops down the pass and fled in the direction of Luoyang City.
Ten princes with strong military strength and fierce generals join forces, and the fighting power that breaks out is unimaginable!
Hulao Pass, where Dong Zhuo deliberately gave up his defense, was about to fall.
Since it was decided to move the capital to Chang'an, it was meaningless to defend Hulao Pass because there was no city to provide food for the defenders of Hulao Pass.
However, Dong Zhuo did not expect that the originally scattered Kwantung princes would become as ferocious as tigers. The truly powerful princes joined forces to capture Hulao Pass, which was defended by 50,000 Xiliang garrison with low morale.
Xu Rong, the general guarding Hulao Pass, had not yet realized that Li Jue and Hua Xiong had abandoned him and fled because they were afraid of the power of the Guandong heroes, and instead came with their own soldiers to support them.
When he reached the wall, he found that the wall was almost lost. Guandong generals from all over the country were killing them. Two to three thousand Xiliang soldiers were killed!
But Li Jue and Hua Xiong, who were responsible for guarding the wall tonight, were missing.
He was betrayed by his teammates!
A group of elite light infantry came. They were wearing double armor, some were holding iron halberds, and some were holding Han crossbows, attacking Xu Rong and his soldiers!
Crossbow arrows shot out one after another, and the soldiers around Xu Rong fell one after another.
Xu Rong wanted to escape, but a young general in silver armor was already watching him.
Xu Rong's scalp was numb. Isn't this young general in silver armor the same Kwantung general who fought with Lu Bu that day?
To be continued...