Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Chapter 577: City of Fear

In the battles of attacking and defending cities from ancient times to the present, if the city gates are opened and the enemy invades the city, the battle can be declared a failure, and there is almost no street fighting to counterattack.

Yang Ye looked towards the south of the city from the outside of the imperial city. There was a lot of dust and mist over there, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes and noisy people came from a distance, making him feel dull. In the distance, the damaged houses made the city look extremely desolate. Zhou Jun has completely captured Nancheng, and the news has been received here.

Yang Ye was not in charge of the defense of Nancheng, he was shocked to hear the news of the city's fall! He had indeed seen Zhou Jun's combat power with his own eyes, but he still felt unbelievable about what happened now... Ban Yue captured the Dragon City Jinyang? ! This incident is bound to cause a shock in the world, I am afraid that no one is not in his mood, it is a bit unbelievable.

After being shocked, Yang Ye hurried to the imperial city. At this time, he originally wanted to participate in the decision-making of the center, but as soon as he reached the door, he stopped. Because I saw a heavy cavalry at the gate of the city.

The most well-equipped heavy cavalry in the Northern Han Dynasty, usually only go out with the emperor when he is in charge! Now they are gathering to the gate of the imperial city, and it seems that the emperor is going to resist for the last time.

This kind of thing was originally very tragic and moving. Yang Ye is also a general, and he always respects those soldiers who are bloody and dare to fight to the death, but at this moment he is not in that mood, and he doesn't know why.

The results are obvious. Yang Ye felt that the decisive battle between the heavy cavalry and the Zhou army would not have any impact on the battle.

He did not go to the imperial city to ask for an audience, but wandered around the surrounding streets and alleys with a few horses for a long time. The heavy cavalry are still gathering one after another, men in heavy armor come galloping along with the crowd...

Yang Ye suddenly questioned what benefits this kind of civil war would do to ordinary people... The nobles wanted to keep their own glory, wealth and power, and the generals could do it for military exploits. But what can a soldier gain if he goes into battle with his head in his hands and is hacked to death? There are also people in the city, once a war breaks out, it is difficult to even eat and drink water, and they live in hardship for a long time.

Yang Ye held his breath and looked at the movement in the south of the city for a long time, then looked back at the tall imperial city tower. With a flick of the rein, the horse turned its head and immediately landed here.

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In the imperial palace of the Northern Han Dynasty, Liu Jun hid his hands in the wide sleeves of his dragon robe, shaking.

"Jinyang! Why is it so unbearable that it can be captured within half a month?" Liu Jun was angry and frightened, his face as white as paper, "Where is Feng Jinke, who supervised the battle in the south of the city?"

The ministers below looked at each other, but no one said anything. Finally someone said: "Feng Jinke is defending the South City, so he may have died in battle at this time..."

The ministers stopped talking. Everyone knows that the Northern Han Dynasty has perished! Moreover, the subjugation of a country destroyed by war is the most thorough. At this time, everyone does not even have the right to ask for something, and can only let the Zhou army do whatever they want; others used war to obtain Jinyang, so there is no need to worry about the situation of anyone in the Northern Han Dynasty.

"Where's Liu Jiye (Yang Ye)?" Liu Jun asked.

Still no one said a word, finally an eunuch said: "Is the servant going to the southeast of the city to pass the decree and call Yang Ye to see him?"

Liu Jun waved his hand: "It's too late..." He looked back at the generals in the hall, pointed to one and said, "General Li, are you willing to resist Zhou's army outside the gate of the imperial city for me?"

The general was startled for a moment, stepped out of the queue with big strides, clasped his fists and said, "The last general will fight for His Majesty to the end!"

The terrified and helpless Liu Jun was slightly relieved after hearing this, and praised: "Adversity knows loyal ministers, and those who can serve me at this time will not be in vain for Liu's warm food and brocade clothes to treat you well."

General Li's face was flushed by the emperor's public praise, and he patted his chest and said, "Your Majesty's life is the life of the last general. If Zhou Jun wants to step into the gate of the imperial city, he must step on the corpse of the last general!"

"Okay!" Liu Jun said, "You go out of the palace immediately to lead the heavy cavalry, don't disappoint my high hopes!"

General Li received the imperial decree and went out of the palace city. He immediately rectified his heavy cavalry and set up a formation on the wide avenue.

Ahead is a long, seemingly lifeless long street. "Rumble..." The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and the soldiers of the Northern Han Army sat silently on the horses, waiting.

Finally, the chaotic Zhou army cavalry appeared at the end of the long street. The Zhou army cavalry was light cavalry, and only the key parts of the horses had leather armor. The horse herd was getting closer and closer, and even the yelling and shouting of Zhou Jun's generals could be heard clearly. The chaotic cavalry stopped two hundred paces away. General Li of the Northern Han Army thought they were going to straighten out their formation. Unexpectedly, the Zhou army's cavalry changed directions at a crossroads and poured into the east and west respectively.

Soon, hurried footsteps sounded from behind, and formations of infantry spread across the street like a flood. The main street is full of people, and it feels very empty, because apart from the orderly army, there are no civilians, and the crowd is very monotonous; the footsteps of countless armored soldiers are very loud, as if there are thick clouds pressing down on the ground, making people feel suffocated.

"Zhou Jun wants to use infantry to fight our heavy cavalry!" General Li encouraged the soldiers loudly, "As long as the brothers fight the enemy bravely, they will surely defeat Zhou Jun! Let them see the combat power of my great warriors!"

The troops in his hands are indeed the elite of the Northern Han Imperial Army's elite, and the cost of one knight can be compared to a whole team of ordinary troops! General Li also knew that the combat power of this heavy cavalry was no less than that of the elite Zhou Imperial Guards. But everyone is very silent, morale is really not high, even the capital has been breached, people can't see hope, and it's hard to have morale; it's pretty good to be able to gather here to form an army.

"Serve the country! Serve the emperor!" General Li swung his sword and shouted again.

As soon as the words fell, there was a "cracking" sound denser than raindrops. General Li and the others looked up subconsciously, the sky was full of black spots, flying like swarms of locusts, those black spots were getting bigger and bigger, and pouring|falling down rapidly.

"Ding Ding Dang Dang..." The arrows hit the armor one after another, and there was a scream from time to time. The cavalry of the Northern Han Army had armor, which was highly defensive against projectile arrows, but it was difficult for a single person to have thick armor everywhere, and there were always places that could be penetrated easily, depending on luck.

Not long after, there was another string ringing from Zhou Jun's side. Zhou Jun's archery is always like this, one round after another, there is a pause in the middle and no arrows are fired, but once the arrows are released, the arrows are very dense.

Heavy cavalry is used to charge into battle! General Lee shouted, "Attack!"

The generals in front listened to the order and yelled at the horsemen to start driving the horses. Suddenly, the heavy horseshoes roared, and the street seemed to be shaking. All the horse teams start moving together and then canter forward.

"Kill!" someone shouted in front. But the forward of the Northern Han Army did not sprint, and still approached slowly, as if hesitating.

General Li shouted, "Come on!"

The front line of the infantry of the Zhou army is full of spearmen, which is one of the best arms to deal with cavalry. But they didn't have the kind of long spears that were more than ten feet long that were specially designed to deal with cavalry, nor did they have refusal carbine guns. They held spears. This kind of infantry phalanx was not completely impenetrable. In particular, the elite heavy cavalry of the Northern Han Army, which has been battled for a long time, broke the formation very well!

"Huo!" Zhou Jun's infantry suddenly shouted in unison, and the momentum was very majestic! The spears in the first three rows were leveled one after another, and the spears in the back were also tilted forward... Those slanted spears could not play any role in blocking the cavalry, but they looked very scary. The infantry phalanx of the Zhou army was terrifying at this time. There were dense spears poking around the camp, and the plate armor was glowing with metallic luster. It looked like a camp made of iron! Moreover, the military appearance is pruned, and the momentum is calm and powerful, which feels tough.

The forward heavy cavalry of the Northern Han Army rushed close to the infantry formation, not only did not accelerate the charge, but stopped by itself. The horse ran slowly to the front of the scene, afraid to move forward, and the knight on the horse was also afraid. Some horses were reined in, their front hooves were raised high, and they hissed. Some cavalry were unable to move forward and ran sideways to avoid the spears. Although the North-South Avenue was spacious, it was not enough for horses to move freely, and the cavalry could not turn around. The cavalry behind ran over again, and suddenly the front stopped, "bang bang..." a collision occurred.

People roared and horses hissed, and there was an uproar and confusion between the two armies.

General Zhou Jun saw this, raised his saber and shouted: "Ready to attack!"

After a while, the leather drum in the infantry battalion was beating "Boom, boom, boom..." rapidly, and the vibrating sound made it difficult to distinguish the rhythm. A square embroidered tiger flag on the front side slowly leaned forward and shouted: "Kill!"

The infantrymen of the Zhou army rushed up shouting! Those people still had fear on their faces, but their expressions were stern, and they also acted bravely. Zhou Jun was convinced of the victory, his morale was high, and he rushed to kill without hesitation! Dense infantry will soon come up!

The Northern Han army was heavy cavalry, but there was no heavy cavalry whose impact speed was almost stagnant. Originally, cavalry was the strongest army, but it was not the case in this case. The cavalry had obvious disadvantages against infantry, because the troops and horses occupied a large space and were arranged sparsely. Several people attacked a cavalry at the same time, their spears were stabbing wildly at the horse, and even the knights of the Northern Han Army couldn't catch it even if they had three heads and six arms.

In just a moment, the Northern Han cavalry in front turned their horses and ran away!

The cavalry was in chaos, and General Li saw that all the cavalry in front turned around, and the generals around him shouted and cursed angrily. He was originally far away from the front line, but now seeing his cavalry returning quickly, and the defeat had spread to the central part, General Li didn't say a word, and hurriedly patted his horse and ran back, trying to stay away from the place where the battle was fought.

He is also considered a warrior, it's not that he has never fought in war, otherwise the emperor would not call him. At this time, he really didn't have the heart to work hard. Although he kept shouting to boost morale, his heart was full of frustration. He was sure that the country would be subjugated and the war was defeated, so what's the point? But at that time, facing the emperor's imperial decree, he couldn't help but show his loyalty on the spot.

I'm afraid other soldiers feel the same way.

General Li didn't say a word, but he was the coach of the Ma Jun, and he had always been the person most concerned by the soldiers. As soon as he ran, he was immediately noticed by people, and all the troops broke down immediately, scrambling to escape to the north.

The most elite heavy cavalry team of the Northern Han Army collapsed at this moment.

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