With the orders of Wu Qi and Yue Fei, the 800,000 Han army prepared to divide into four phalanxes and launch a wheel attack on the city of Athens, striving to take the fortress before the arrival of the main Roman army.
The 800,000 Han troops were as dense as ant colonies, and the camps they set up stretched for fifty miles from north to south, with enough open space for the strong Han army to show their strength.
It is also thanks to the fact that Athens is located on the plain and has a flat river, otherwise no matter how many troops the Han army has, it will not be useful.
After Yue Fei and Wu Qi discussed, he ordered Ran Min and Yang Qilang to be the main generals, and Zhang He and Shang Shifu as deputy generals, leading the first phalanx to attack the city first; Su Lie and Gao Zhong were ordered to be the main generals, Zhang Han and Yang Ye were the deputy generals, and the second phalanx was second.
Huang Feihu and Gao Changgong were ordered to be the main generals, He Yuanqing and Feng Sheng were the deputy generals, and the third formation was followed by the second phalanx, Yue Yun and Jiang Song were the main generals, and Dong Xi and Lu Meng led the fourth phalanx to attack the city finally.
Each phalanx of 150,000 soldiers, all of them clad in perseverance, stormed the city of Athens with the most ferocious attack, and was only allowed to attack for three hours.
If it is not a breakthrough, retreat from the front line and switch to the next phalanx onslaught.
In this way, the defenders of Athens can maintain a high level of pressure from beginning to end, so that the defenders in the city have no chance to breathe, and after twelve hours of high pressure, nine times out of ten they can knock on the gate of Athens and pull down the first important town in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
The Roman coalition led by Liu Bang, Napoleon and others had already landed in Sparta, which was only more than 300 miles away from Athens, and it was possible to send cavalry to help at any time.
Therefore, Yue Fei and Wu Qi made a decision after discussion, Wu Qi and Tian Dan led 100,000 troops to sit in the camp and move at any time, while Yue Fei led Xue Dingshan, Yue Lei, Xue Ji, Sun Yi and others to lead 100,000 soldiers to the west to intercept the formation, so that the main army could attack the city without worries.
As for Xiang Yu, because his identity was a guest general, Wu Qi and Yue Fei were not too embarrassed to dispatch, so Wu Qi arched his hand and said: "Hehe, King Xiang, if you are interested in attacking the city, you can participate in the battle at any time."
If you don't want to do it, it doesn't hurt to hide aside and look at the demeanor of my Han family."
Xiang Yu returned the salute with a slight fist, his burly figure was straight, and he said angrily: "Since I promised my father to help your Han army destroy Rome, I naturally will not stand idly by."
"Siege" Wu Qi drew his sword out of the sheath, stood on the temporary handsome platform and let out a long roar, and the handsome flag swept by the north wind hunted and hunted, and the momentum was magnificent.
"Soldiers charge with me" Whimpering horns and majestic drums rose one after another, Ran Min and Yang Qilang each put on their helmets and hung armor, took the lead, leading 150,000 Han troops out of the camp like a tide, Zhang He, Shang Shifu and apprentices each held guns in the center of the formation, leading the Han army like a long dragon to the city of Athens.
Compared with the traditional square city in China, the city of Athens was a circular fortress, so there is no such thing as a four-sided wall.
With 800,000 inhabitants, 50,000 defenders, six gates, more than seven feet high, and a moat outside the city, it was the most important town in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
"Kill, kill the barbarians, break Athens" In the earth-shaking killing sound, 150,000 Han troops poured in, and the soldiers carried ladders, shields, crossbow arrows, swords and guns, and the smoke and dust of the trampling were billowing down, and they approached the city of Athens with an indomitable momentum.
Seeing the Han army swarming in, the main general Pirlo held a heavy sword and roared loudly: "The Han army has been killed, shoot me hard, don't let them get close to the city" With Pirlo's order, crossbow arrows were fired from the city of Athens, and countless arrows rained down from the city walls, overwhelmingly sprinkled on the heads of the Han army, and shot on the armor helmets, making a "clanging" collision sound.
"Hold on to me, hold on, reinforcements from Rome will arrive soon" The adjutant general, Gattuso, was bare-chested, revealing his chestnut chest hair, his arms were bruised, and he lifted a millstone-like bluestone and smashed it into the crowd, and at the same time shouted angrily at a partial general, "There are too many Han troops, immediately lead people to organize people to climb the city wall to assist in defense."
"Obey the order" The general agreed, and led 2,000 soldiers to forcibly recruit the people again.
Before this, they had mobilized 30,000 strong Shangcheng to assist in the defense, but now it seems that it is far from enough, and they must rely on the strength of the people as much as possible to stop the tide of the Han army.
Crossbow arrows rained down on the city, pouring down all over the world, and countless Han soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, but in a moment's effort, the corpses were piled up, and almost every time they stepped on it, they would step on their fallen companions.
"Crossbow and arrow soldiers march forward, suppress the enemy, and cover the siege of the sword and shield soldiers" Ran Min jumped over the moat on his horse, with a crescent moon hook in his left hand and a golden spear in his right hand, waving the wind and rain impenetrable, and loudly commanding the Han army to attack the city.
"Whoa" Fifteen thousand crossbowmen marched forward in unison, until they stopped above the moat, and fired back at the walls with an overwhelming rain of arrows.
The Roman crossbowmen relied on the advantage of the tall city wall and had great lethality, but the Han army's crossbowmen were superior to the large number of people, and the rain of arrows shot exceeded that of the Roman army several times, and the suppressed Roman army could hardly raise its head, greatly reducing the casualties of its own side.
Behind the archers, there was a "boom" sound, and nearly 100 thunderbolts lined up, throwing huge rocks at the Athenian walls with a "squeak" sound, and the smashing defenders turned on their backs, in confusion.
"Sons and daughters follow me to attack the city" Taking advantage of the chaos of the defenders, Ran Min, Yang Qilang, Shang Shitu and other fierce generals dismounted one after another, took up their weapons, carried the ladder, and charged forward in the lead, dodging the arrows like a rainstorm, and approached the foot of the city wall, erecting the ladder at the head of the city, and climbing bravely.
The sound of "clang, clang, clang" came and went, one after another ladders leaned against the city wall, and countless soldiers who had ascended bravely with shields were getting closer and closer to the city.
"Set up a cowhide tarpaulin and beat the Han army with rolling stones and wood" Seeing that the situation was precarious, the main general, Pirlo, waved his sword and ordered in a deep voice.
With Pirlo's order, the Romans erected the cowhide tarpaulin that had been prepared for a long time on the head of the city, covering the Romans from the ground like a parasol, and turning the power of the thunderbolt into the air.
Rock after rock fell from the sky and landed on the cowhide tarpaulin, like a fist hitting cotton, with nowhere to exert force, and the Romans could hide below and shoot at the Han army, smashing the Han army with a large number of rolling stones and wood.
The grinding plate-like rocks, a person's thick wood rolled down from the city, the Han soldiers who smashed it in an instant turned over on their backs, the ladders were overturned one after another, and the Han soldiers fell down from the air, and the screams suddenly came and went.
Just when the Han army was blocked, Xiang Yu flew over the moat with a halberd like lightning, and went straight to the foot of the city wall, letting out a thunderous roar: "The Han family is optimistic, and Xiang Yuzhuer and others will break the city." t1706231537: