Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Rahal nodded: "Yes, as long as we have a population and operate for a long time, we will be able to lay the foundation of eternity here. What we have to do now is to pull out the remaining few nails."

After Rahal finished speaking, he raised his eyes and saw the outline of a city wall on the northwest horizon.If you walk closer, you can already see stretches of camps, which are the camps set up by another advance Zhu Luo army.

Two days later, ten of Rahal's legions and [-] Kalabola conscripts had gathered outside Chengdu.On the Chengdu Plain, there are camp tents and wooden fences everywhere, and roadblocks for rejecting horses.This time, Rahal learned a lesson and concentrated manpower to build fortifications, and to encircle Chengdu tightly.

He believes that when the opponent is trying to avoid a decisive battle, the only way to defeat the opponent is to seize every opportunity to consume the opponent's vitality. Once the opponent is bitten, he can no longer let the opponent go.

He believes that even if it is not the main force of the Han army in Chengdu, the capital of Shu, its strength will not be small.

But in fact, in the city of Chengdu now, there are only [-] elites selected from the former Shu army, and Feng Yu's trapped camp.

The urban structure of Chengdu is very special. It is not composed of one city, but a group of cities composed of a central city and several small cities.Today, the surrounding small cities have been abandoned by the Han army, and the city walls were deliberately destroyed.Only the central "big city" is still guarded by Zhang Ren.

Chapter 211 Viking Raid

Under the scorching sun, many Calaborans took a bath and played in the water beside the Minjiang River, and some elephants also soaked in the river to escape the heat.After a while, a large group of Zhuluo soldiers came. They couldn't help but yelled and berated them loudly, and drove these Kalaporans downstream, and occupied this section of the river by themselves, playing with the water.

Not far away, under the scorching sun, Lahar and Dekar rode their horses around the "big city". Some Zhurominfu and Kalabola people stepped up to build the fortifications under the whip and scolding.

Soon, the two of them were blocked by a small river.This is a branch of the Minjiang River, which runs across the "big city" of Chengdu, flowing in from the water gate on the west and flowing out from the water gate on the east.

The guards immediately found a place with shallow water for them.When Rahal rode his horse across the river, he found that at the shallowest point, the river water was close to submerging the horse's back, about four or five feet deep.

Rahal gave instructions to the left and right: "Although this river is narrow and shallow, we need to find a way to block it. Prevent the enemy from escaping through the water with bamboo rafts. In addition, we need to build a pontoon bridge to facilitate the movement of soldiers on both sides of the river."

Rahal and Dikal continued to move forward, squinting their eyes to observe the Han defenders at the top of the city, guessing the actual strength of the defenders in the city.

When Rahal and Dikal passed through a bush, they didn't find the bodies of the two Zhuluo army's mobile sentries lying inside.Half an hour ago, after these two people accidentally discovered Feng Yujun's scouts, they were beheaded by the latter with lightning speed before they could issue a warning.

In fact, there are currently a hundred elite scouts of Feng Yu hiding in the countryside around Chengdu, and they have a panoramic view of Zhu Luojun's every move.

After Lahar returned to his general's tent, he called the head of the auxiliary regiment and asked, "Have all the siege equipment been prepared?"

"Reporting to the general, all the siege equipment you need are ready."

"Okay! Send me the military order, and at dawn tomorrow, we will attack Chengdu in an all-round way!"

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The blood-red sun had sunk behind the high mountains to the west, and the long summer days were finally over.In Zhu Luo's camp, a bonfire was lit.If you look down from the night sky, there is a large area on the Chengdu Plain, full of dots of fire.

On the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, one Viking ship after another appeared on the river.They fell off the canvas and floated silently downstream along the water.

Zhu Luojun's Auxiliary Regiment Equipment Battalion's camp is being set up near the Minjiang River for the convenience of getting water.After all, building equipment also requires water.

Most of the soldiers and craftsmen in the Equipment Battalion belonged to the Vaishya caste. Rahal rewarded them with some wine and meat because they completed all the tasks of building siege equipment ahead of schedule.At this time, they are feasting and celebrating.

Except for those who stood guard, the soldiers and craftsmen were all shirtless, sitting cross-legged on straw mats, surrounded by a bonfire. They drank a kind of low-alcohol fruit wine, while holding food with their hands and sending it to their mouths.The food is made of minced meat and rice mixed with spices.

The head of the seat is the head of the auxiliary regiment and several generals.Under the banquet, a few camp prostitutes of Zhu Luojun twisted their waists and danced the unique belly dance to the sound of drum music.

In the distance, a Zhuluo soldier was standing guard.From time to time, he turned his head to look this way.When he turned his head to look again, a black figure suddenly emerged from the bushes, a big hand covered his mouth from behind, and a sharp knife cut his throat instantly...

A Zhu Luo soldier in front of the bonfire just grabbed rice grains with his right hand and stuffed them into his mouth, then he rushed forward with a plop.Another soldier sitting next to him said in surprise: "Why, I'm drunk..." Before he finished speaking, he saw a huge white feathered arrow stuck in the back of the former's head, and the shaft was still slightly trembling.

Before the Zhu Luo soldier could even cry out in surprise, he felt a chill on his back, followed by a sharp pain, his entire chest seemed to be hollowed out, and he also fell forward on the ground.A large arrow pierced through the back of his chest.

The two of them were not the only ones who suffered from this bad luck. A large part of the Zhuluo soldiers who were "feasting" were attacked by dense arrows, and a large part of them fell down without any armor.

"Enemy attack!, an enemy is coming!"... "Quickly get the weapon!".Exclamation sounded one after another at the same time.Zhu Luobing untied his crossed legs one after another and got up from the ground.The generals at the table also jumped up from the low stools, turned around and ran into the tent to get their weapons.The prostitutes in the poison camp screamed and fled in all directions.

Several Zhu Luo soldiers had just stood up and rushed towards their tents, then following the light of the bonfire, they saw several black things flying towards them.Puff, puff, puff, with the sound of the sharp blade cutting through flesh and blood, these Zhu Luo soldiers were killed on the spot by the whirling sharp axe.

Hundreds of Viking sailor soldiers with tomahawks and swords had rushed over, wearing chain mail and soft armor, rushing into the unsuspecting crowd like tigers into a herd of sheep.With the sword in hand, he slashed and killed.

In a rain of sword light and blood, Zhu Luobing was beheaded to the ground piece by piece.They dispersed like a flock of chickens being driven away.These sailor soldiers did not chase them, and ran straight to the field where the siege equipment was placed.

"Bang! Bang!" Some people threw the earthen pots on their backs fiercely on the huge siege equipment.The strong alcohol in the can was splashed everywhere.Some people threw straw bales, catkins and other fire starters on these siege equipment.Then a big fire rose into the sky.

Just when these sailor soldiers were about to retreat, those Zhuluo soldiers who were fleeing in all directions had already picked up their weapons, turned around and came back yelling.In front of hundreds of Viking sailors and soldiers, there was already a black mass of Zhu Luo soldiers' heads, and it seemed impossible to rush out!

At the critical moment, there was a commotion and screams and wailing from behind these Zhu Luo soldiers.Under the light of the fire, a dozen unusually tall figures could be seen.When Zhu Luobing saw them, it was like seeing ghosts under the night curtain.

They are Feng Yu's giant ape warriors, and they swung their long-handled sabers in their hands, and every time a flash of saber light flashed, all the Zhu Luo soldiers in the light trail fell down.

Some of the more brave Zhu Luo soldiers rushed forward, stabbing at the opponent with knives and guns, but after the blade touched the opponent's body, they were blocked by a forceful blow.Then he fell under the light of the opponent's sword.

These giant ape warriors quickly rushed into the crowd of Zhu Luo soldiers. They threw away the swords that were not suitable for melee combat, took off the battle axes hanging from their waists, and swung them vigorously.All the Zhu Luo soldiers who approached them had their limbs severed and their heads spattered on the spot.

The Viking warriors behind also took the opportunity to charge bravely, throwing axes, long-handled battle axes, big swords, big knives and spears all greeted Zhu Luobing.Under the heavy casualties and fear of the giant ape warriors, Zhu Luobing's morale collapsed in an instant, and they fled in all directions again.

The Viking sailor soldiers and the giant ape soldiers quickly disappeared into the night.Zhu Luojun's equipment battalion has been burned into a sea of ​​flames.

Chapter 212 Naphtha

The size of the "big city" of Chengdu is only relative to the small cities around it.But in fact it is only a small city with a length of more than 2 miles and a width of more than 1 mile.The original Shu Palace in the city occupies nearly half of the entire city.

At this time, Zhang Renzheng, the chief general of the Chengdu garrison, was standing at the top of the city, observing the enemy's situation.

The entire city has been completely surrounded by Zhu Luo's army.The ravines dug by Zhu Luojun outside the city and the barriers built not only blocked the city gates, but surrounded the entire city tightly.Further out, you can see the Zhu Luo army camps scattered all over the four fields of the Chengdu Plain.

It's just that many camps are now surrounded by lingering smoke.They are all camps that were set on fire by Liang Jun's raid last night.

Last night, Zhang Ren hadn't gone to sleep when fires were raging everywhere outside the city.After Zhang Ren heard the report from the soldiers, he immediately went to the city to check.After many days of ups and downs, he was relieved.

He was worried that Feng Yu was letting him stick to Chengdu to delay Fanjun's time.In that way, it is difficult to guarantee that Feng Yu will not abandon himself in the end.If that's the case, the grain and grass in Chengdu can be used for up to four months. Even if the Fan army doesn't break through Chengdu, he will be defeated because of the lack of food.

But Liang Jun's action last night has proved that his worries are unnecessary.

In the Zhu Luo army camp outside the city, Lahal and Dikal also had pale faces, patrolling the camps attacked by the Liang army, and listening to the intelligence gathered by the generals under their command.

It wasn't just the Equipment Battalion of the Auxiliary Regiment that was attacked by Liang Jun last night, but dozens of camps, large and small, were attacked by Liang Jun.

There are also various forms of sneak attacks and types of arms.Some came by boat carrying infantry along the waterway, and some attacked directly with iron cavalry.

The infantry equipment was not uniform, but both weapons and armor were extremely sophisticated, and their personal fighting abilities were superb.It is an exaggeration to say that one counts as ten, but it is never an exaggeration to count one as three.

There are also those crossbowmen of the Liang Army, who shoot with a heavy arrow of an oversized size.The soldiers of Zhu Luo's army didn't even see their figures, it can be seen that the shooting range is far away.

The most frightening thing was that according to the descriptions of those soldiers who had personally experienced the attack, there was a kind of unusually tall giant soldier in the Liang army.They use a sharp long-shafted sword and hatchet as weapons, which are extremely powerful, and they wear heavy armor that is invulnerable.

After hearing this, Dikal said to Rahal: "These days, I have talked with the locals in the army and learned something. Now we are only fighting with a kingdom of the Han Empire. The name of the country is In the Kingdom of Liang, the king is named Feng Yu. A kingdom in the Han Kingdom has such a strong combat power...Brother, have we underestimated the strength of the Han Kingdom?"

Rahal smiled bitterly and said, "Dikar, you still don't know who your brother is? I made such an important decision, how could I not even figure out the basic situation in advance?"

He changed his tone and continued: "The Han Empire has nine kingdoms, and all of these nine kingdoms have certain strength. The Shu Kingdom that fought us before has perished. Now it is the Liang Kingdom that is fighting us. But the Han Empire It has already existed in name only, just an empty shell. Therefore, the strength of the Han Empire cannot be deduced from the strength of the Liang State. I just didn’t expect Feng Yu’s soldiers to be so elite, and Liang Jun secretly had soldiers and horses near the city of Chengdu. "

After Rahal finished speaking, he glanced at Dikal and the generals around him, and saw that there was still uneasiness in their eyes, so he cheered them up and said, "No matter how elite Liang Guo's soldiers are, but with their population, it is impossible to How many troops are there. Their heavy cavalry can't stand the summer heat, and they can't run long distances during the day. Their infantry can only come to surprise by boats. We only need to be on guard at night and set up guard posts beside the waterways. They can no longer succeed, and the victory is ultimately ours."

After listening to Rahal's words, Dikal shouted with the soldiers on the spot: "We must win! We must win!..."

When everyone was quiet again, Rahal asked, "How many siege machines do we have left now?"

"Report to the general, yesterday, the enemy raided and burned more than half of the newly built siege equipment of our army. Now there are 200 dump ladders, three ramp cars, and one battering ram..."

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In Beidi County, nearly [-] miles northeast of Chengdu, in the loess ridge, at the bottom of a gully as deep as ten battles, some buildings were built and caves were dug.A large group of people are busy here, and there is a black "stream" at the bottom of the gully, that kind of black is pure black, not the translucent black of some water bodies.

There was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and five fast horses came galloping unhurriedly from afar.They held a banner embroidered with Liang characters in their hands, and they were waving in the wind.This is the patrolling scout of the Zhang Liao Legion from Zhenbei City.

Since such a group of people came to the bottom of the ditch a few months ago, the legion has sent more scouts to patrol the surrounding area and forbid any civilians from passing through.In fact, this area was designated as a military restricted zone.

They came to the edge of the ravine and looked down.I saw that the people at the bottom of the ditch were still using utensils to collect the black viscous liquid at the bottom of the ditch.

The leader of the patrol team shouted angrily, greeted the people at the bottom of the ditch, and then asked: "Brothers at the bottom of the ditch, I see that you have been busy here for several months! What is the purpose of collecting this black stone grease?" Use? I know this thing can be burned, but wouldn’t it be more convenient to burn wood?”

At the bottom of the ditch, the leading general rolled his eyes upwards, and replied coldly: "This is a military secret, how can I tell you and others. Don't be curious, and go about your own business." When the people above heard this, they immediately He didn't dare to ask more questions, and exchanged a few pleasantries like a magnet, and then rode away.

Six months ago, Feng Yu's specially dispatched personnel discovered oil flowing in the open air in Beidi County. Immediately, Feng Yu ordered the establishment of an oil collection site here.And successfully used the improved distilling equipment to distill out the primary and original petroleum product - naphtha.

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Outside the city of Chengdu, the sound of drums and trumpets suddenly sounded. It was vocal music with a style completely different from that of Han.Zhu Luo's army is ready to attack the city in an all-round way!

The Calabora barbarians who were still used as cannon fodder rushed to the forefront.Shirtless and shirtless, carrying a simple bamboo ladder and carrying firewood bales to fill the moat, they rushed towards the city of Chengdu.When they were less than thirty battles away from the city wall, arrows from the city head flew like locusts.

Although Rahal knew that most of the siege equipment was lost, he still insisted on attacking the city as planned.Because a certain Liang army hiding nearby made him a little panicked.He sent out hundreds of scouts to find where the Liang army was stationed, and at the same time issued an order for a general attack on Chengdu.

It was his plan to first capture Chengdu as soon as possible, and then wipe out the enemy army that was probably the main force nearby.

Even if there are not many troops in Chengdu, if they bypass Chengdu, they should go to encircle and suppress the enemy army first.Chengdu is also a thorn in the flesh rooted in its own food road.

Chapter 213 Fighting in Chengdu

Under the city of Chengdu, dense arrows poured down on the approaching Carapora barbarians.Thirty percent of the [-] defenders were archers from the original Shu army, and the arsenal in the city was already full of arrows.

The closer the Carabola soldiers got to the city wall of Chengdu, the denser the arrows became.It is conceivable what happened to these people who were shirtless, without any armor, and only had rattan round shields to protect their bodies. Before they rushed to the root of the city wall, large numbers of arrows fell down.The shrill screams and howls mixed together and resounded through the sky.

When they rushed to the city wall for less than twenty battles, the crossbowmen of the Carabolans also began to shoot arrows intensively.Although these arrows are all bamboo arrows, many arrows are poisoned.As long as it can pierce the opponent's skin, if it is not treated in time, the wound ulcer can rot.In the end, the injured died of illness.

Above and below the city, countless arrows shuttled through it.In the face of the enemy's fierce and intensive bow and arrow fire, the Chengdu defenders had to hide behind the walls to avoid the enemy's arrows, and could only wait for the opportunity to shoot at the enemy.

Carabola soldiers took this opportunity to rush to the moat and throw the stuff they carried into the river.Thousands of Carabola soldiers filled up a section of the moat in less than half an hour.

The Carabola soldiers behind rushed through the moat, put the simple ladder on the city wall, and began to attach to it.The rest of the Carabola soldiers continued to transport firewood to fill the river.

A Calabora barbarian climbed halfway, when a big rock suddenly fell from the top of the city, and he subconsciously blocked it with the vine shield on his left arm.With a bang, the rattan shield and the person were smashed to pieces and fell straight down from the ladder.

At the top of the city, some crossbowmen stopped their bows and shot, and lifted the rolling wood and smashing stones to smash down the city.These Carapora barbarians were like dates knocked down by bamboo poles, falling down from the ladder continuously.

A defender had just lifted a boulder, but was unfortunately shot in the face by a poisoned bamboo arrow. He covered his face and screamed, the boulder had fallen from his hand.Several ladder beams were broken.

On a nearby ladder, a Calabola barbarian had just stepped up to the top of the city, and a sharp blade flashed out from behind the battlements, instantly slashing his chest open.Before he could feel the pain, the other party pushed him out of the city.When he fell, he let out a miserable howl because of the pain.

No matter how hard these Calabora barbarians try, at most they climbed to the top of the city of Chengdu, and then died under the spears of the opponent's spears. The head was broken by the stone.

Casualties in Kalapola are increasing. At the foot of the city and in the moat, corpses are piled up like a mountain.The Caraborans gradually lost their courage to attack.More and more Carabolans refused to climb to the top of the city.However, under the city, more and more sections of the moat were filled, and each of the four walls had been filled with a section of the moat for more than a hundred battles.

In the distance, Dikal, who was supervising the battle, said to Rahal: "Brother, it seems that it is useless to use these Kalaborans as cannon fodder now. It would be a waste to send them to death. It is better to keep them for labor, or Let our regular army go!"

Rahal's deep eyes blinked, and after a long time, he nodded and said: "Send me a military order to let the Kalaporans withdraw. Two assault groups will bring the siege equipment!"

Zhang Ren had just chopped off a man's head with the long knife in his hand, when he heard the sound of horns from the opposing army.Following the sound of the trumpet, the Caraborans receded like a tide.The defenders at the top of the city took the opportunity to overturn the ladders to the ground.

The soldiers at the top of the city cheered for a while, thinking that Fan's army had been repelled.Zhang Ren also wiped the sword with his battle robe, wiping the blood off the sword.The soldiers fell silent immediately, because they found that more Zhu Luo troops were rushing to the city from all sides.

Zhang Ren could see clearly that these Zhuluo infantrymen were all wearing scale armor. Although the body area covered by these armors was very small, that is, to protect a vest, they were much stronger than the Calaborans.

They are equipped with standard equipment of spear spears and large bamboo shields.Their ladders are also far from being comparable to simple ladders.Behind the Zhuluo infantry, who were rushing like a tide, there were still several huge siege machines.Each of these instruments was pulled by more than a dozen war elephants, slowly approaching the city wall.

Zhang Ren's expression froze, and he ordered the commanding soldiers beside him: "Hurry up and inform the trapped camp, and let them prepare to go to the city to help." According to the pre-war plan, Feng Yu's trapped camp with nearly a thousand troops was used as a reserve team , It was just thrown into the battle at a critical moment.

Zhu Luo's infantry held out their large shields, and against the dense arrows of the Liang army, they rushed to the city wall very quickly.

Their ladders have claws at one end and a row of spikes at the other end, as well as pulleys with rotating shafts.I saw them erecting the ladder, inserting a long nail deeply into the soil, and then dumping the ladder backwards.

The defenders at the top of the city didn't know what tricks they were playing, anyway, rolling wood and beating stones continued to greet them.Even if the barbarians who were operating had partners covering them with large shields, some people were constantly injured and killed by boulders.

I saw some thin Zhu Luo soldiers with short knives in their mouths, clinging to the top of the ladder.Some of the other Zhu Luo soldiers pulled the rope, and some helped erect the ladder beside them, sending the Zhu Luo soldiers clinging to the top to the top of the city in an instant, and at the same time, the claws of the ladder were firmly hooked on the stacking wall.

In this way, more than two hundred Zhu Luo soldiers suddenly ascended to the top of the surrounding walls.

Dozens of defenders were caught off guard and stabbed into the chest or abdomen with short knives.The rest of the soldiers at the top of the city reacted immediately, and each raised their swords and guns to kill them.

A Zhu Luo soldier was about to draw out the dagger in the opponent's stomach, but the opponent held down his hands with all his strength, and he couldn't pull it out for a while.Another defender's spear blade struck from the side, piercing his head.Blood and brain matter flew several feet away.

Another Zhu Luo soldier swung his knife and stabbed at the guard's sword and shield hand, but was blocked by the opponent's shield, and then the opponent slashed at him, from the neck position, all the way to the chest.

Soon, the two hundred or so Zhu Luo soldiers who were the first to climb the city wall were killed with knives and guns.

But at this moment, a steady stream of Zhu Luo soldiers had already climbed up the ladder.More and more Zhu Luo soldiers climbed to the top of the city.Zhu Luobing's large siege equipment also got closer.A heavy battering ram also began to hit the city gate with a bang.

The two knives in Zhang Ren's hand danced into a shadow of knives, and with a bang, his blade stabbed into the chest of a Zhu Luo soldier again. After pulling it out, he shouted loudly: "Send the signal, it's time to fall into the camp and go to battle!" up!"

A commanding soldier behind the corridor at the head of the city raised a large red flag and waved it towards the city.Soon nearly a thousand soldiers rushed to the top of Chengdu City...

Chapter 214 Game

Zhu Luobing, who was the first to climb to the top of the city of Chengdu, stabbed frantically with his spear.They are all elites selected from the army, and their personal combat power is significantly higher than that of ordinary Zhu Luo soldiers.

One of the Zhuluo Spearmen stabbed and killed two defenders in a row.A Han soldier with a shield and a knife was found rushing towards him. This soldier's armor, clothing and weapons were obviously different.It was Liang Jun who had just climbed to the top of the city to support him.

Zhu Luobing raised his spear and stabbed at the opponent's right rib, but was easily blocked by the opponent with a large round shield with a diameter of three feet.Then the other party came to two feet in front of him at a very fast pace, raised the knife in his hand and dropped it, the steel knife cut half of his neck from behind, his head hung on his chest, and his body fell to the ground.

Another Zhu Luo saberman took the opportunity to swing his saber at the armored soldier.The blade sparked a streak of sparks on the soldier's black iron armor, but it didn't penetrate his body.With a backhand knife, the soldier pierced the lower abdomen of the Zhu Luo swordsman.

All the soldiers in the trapped camp have the skill of one against three, and within a quarter of an hour, they killed hundreds of Zhu Luo soldiers "deposited" on the top of the city.The rest of the defenders at the top of the city had already freed up their hands, and continued to lift the rolling wood and smashing stones at the Zhu Luo soldiers who were climbing on the ladder.

Just when the Zhu Luo army's offensive was suppressed, the battering ram at the city gate was still pounding, and the door panel had been cracked.These Zhu Luo soldiers just discovered that the back of the city gate has been sealed by sand and gravel.Even if the city gate is completely smashed, it is meaningless.