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Chapter 47: Soldiers Approaching Luoyang (Part 2)

When he arrived at the city, he could barely see that the vast open space outside the west gate of Luoyang was covered with trenches, and the trenches in front were close to the moat. These were dug out by the unscrupulous intelligent brains at night.

The defenders on the city heard the sound of digging soil at night and hurriedly reported to the guard general Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji sent his nephew to take the troops out of the city to see, but was shot back by a burst of arrows. He was not sure about the situation outside the city, so he naturally could not send troops to attack casually. He had no choice but to wait patiently and make plans until dawn.

The soldiers on the city shot arrows outside the city, and the people who dug the trenches were hiding in the trenches, and few were injured. Later, the defenders were tired, so they simply took the arrows back to the camp to sleep, and wanted to keep their energy in order to fight bravely when the enemy attacked the city in the dawn.

The dirt dug out of the trenches was not wasted at all, and they were all poured into the moat under the cover of the Xiliang soldiers' crossbows. With this night, most of the moat outside the city wall in the west of Luoyang had been filled, especially the section of the moat that blocked the avenue had been filled to a solid level. Even if there was no suspension bridge placed on the moat, the cavalry would be on the flat ground if they wanted to pass this section of the road.

After completing these preparations, Huang Shang ordered people to fill the trenches near the West Gate Outer Road in Luoyang to prevent the Xiliang cavalry from accidentally falling in when charging.

When Fengsha came to the city, hundreds of pointed wooden donkey carts were pushed slowly towards the moat by the soldiers under the car. More than a hundred crossbows were also pushed out of the barracks and aimed at the top of the city.

Below this pointed wooden donkey is a car chassis, with a pointed top, like a roof, which can accommodate several soldiers and block the sharp arrows shot.

As soon as the sky was dawn, the pointed wooden donkey had crossed the filled moat and pushed it directly towards the city gate.

The soldiers on the top of the city had already noticed them, and loudly issued a warning message, and at the same time shot arrows down, smashed down the wooden rocks, threw down the swallowtail torch soaked in tinder oil, and planned to burn them together with the car and the people.

The pointed wooden donkey cart was covered with several layers of thick cowhide, and sharp arrows could not penetrate, and fire attacks could not burn the cowhide, but the rolling wooden stones hit the car, which could smash the car. As soon as the first car was pushed to the front of the city gate, it was smashed by the huge rocks pushed down from above. Several soldiers crawled out from inside. Before they could escape, they were shot into hedgehogs by the arrows shot from the city.

Seeing this, Feng Sha frowned slightly, slapped his horse out, pulled his bow like a full moon, and shot an arrow at the top of the city.

The hard bow he used was powerful, and the long arrow broke through the wind and shot straight to the city.

A defender in the city was happily shooting with an arrow. Suddenly, an arrow shot into the air. He had only had time to widen his eyes. Suddenly, a muffled sound came from his throat, and he was already pierced by a sharp arrow and fell to the sky and died.

Fengsha horse galloped back and forth in front of the city, and sharp arrows kept shooting out from the bow, drawing cold lights in the air, landing on the top of the city.

The soldiers on the city shouted and dodged, but could not escape the deadly sharp arrows and were shot to the top of the city one by one.

Behind him, Huang Shang rode on a white horse, waved his feather fan to the top of the city, and more than a hundred crossbows pushed forward, hundreds of giant arrows soared into the air and shot straight into the city head. With the powerful force brought by the winch, the city tower was shot into thousands of holes.

After several rounds of volleys, a large number of guards had fallen from the city walls, and the city gates were swept away. Each guard standing there was several arrows and fell to the ground and died.

Several pointed wooden donkey carts took the opportunity to push them outside the city gate. The soldiers under the car took out the newly made pickaxes and shovels in Chang'an City, and worked hard to dig the soil under the suspension bridge.

The defenders were very scared, but fortunately their crossbows were pushed up in time. The soldiers slammed the roulette and shot the giant arrows at the city.

Several giant arrows, two meters long, flew up into the air under the huge force of elasticity, and shot straight to Fengsha. The force was more than a thousand pounds. If it was shot on him, it would be enough to wear him and his men and horses into pieces.

Watching the giant arrows shoot in the air, the wild star takes a big stride and moves more than ten meters in an instant, dodging the arrows. The giant arrows shoot on the ground, most of them sink into the soil, and dust and sand are flying.

Huang Shang sneered and issued an order loudly. The Xiliang Army's crossbow immediately turned and shot giant arrows against several crossbows on the top of the city.

The giant arrow drew a long arc in the air and fell to the top of the city. A crossbow was immediately destroyed by random arrows, and the other crossbows were also injured to varying degrees. Several soldiers next to them screamed, their bodies were penetrated by the giant arrows, and they fell to the ground to struggle and wail.

Zhang Jiming sent more crossbows to shoot against the crossbows of the Western Liang Army, and waited for an opportunity to shoot and kill the enemy leader.

Outside the city, a black horse was shuttled back and forth like a meteor. The knight immediately fired his bow from left to right, and sharp arrows kept shooting up the city. Each arrow could make a soldier scream and fall down to the city. At this time, no soldier dared to guard the wall above the city gate. Every defender who dared to step on that place had been shot through the iron helmet and silver armor by the sharp arrows, and died tragically on the city.

Behind him, hundreds of car crossbows were firing constantly, hundreds of huge arrows flew wildly into the sky, shooting heavily towards the city tower. The scene was thrilling.

Fifty thousand Western Liang Iron Cavalrymen were in Luoyang City, with strong men and strong horses and distinctive armor. At the front, a young man riding a white horse was wearing a silk scarf and a crane cloak. He smiled happily, and looked like a million armored soldiers with his chest.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the two military vehicles and crossbows shooting at each other, the soldiers outside the city gate stepped up digging and soon dug a large pit under the suspension bridge, which could bury more than a dozen people.

Several huge pointed wooden donkey carts slowly pushed through the filled moat and came to the city gate. The soldiers inside rushed to stuff a few huge bags into the big hole under the suspension bridge and carefully connected them together with some black ropes.

A general on the top of the city saw something strange, pointed at the other side and shouted: "Car crossbow quickly turn around and shoot those enemy soldiers. They must have a trick!"

Before he finished speaking, a sharp arrow broke through the air. The local thunder shot through the iron armor on his neck and came out from behind the neck. The general's face changed drastically, and blood flowed out of the arrow hole and fell to the sky.

There was a chaos on the top of the city. The soldiers were shocked by the precise and sharp archery technique. Only a few crossbows quickly turned around according to his last words. When they turned around, the soldiers under the pointed wooden donkey had already done their work and were pulling the cart and running back desperately.

The giant arrow shot out and destroyed the two pointed wooden donkeys at the end. The soldiers inside escaped. Except for a few unlucky soldiers who were shot down by the rain of arrows dropped from the city, the other soldiers got into the cart in front and pulled back to the formation.

The last pointed wooden donkey suddenly stopped for a while. When it started to leave again, it exposed the rope head of a long black rope on the ground, and white smoke had already emerged from it.

The rope burned and quickly extended toward the city gate. The other end of it reached into the large hole under the suspension bridge.
Chapter completed!
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