Chapter 277: Jiang Jinshi Fights the Chanyu

But the Xiongnu cavalry was extremely fast, and most of them rushed past the catapult area, reaching the foot of the city wall.

"Archers, fire!"

Five thousand archers were divided into three rows, firing in turns. The rain of arrows was impenetrable, and the Xiongnu cavalry kept falling, but hundreds still rushed to the foot of the wall and set up scaling ladders.

"Rolling logs!"

The soldiers pushed the prepared rolling logs, smashing them down along the scaling ladders. The Xiongnu soldiers who were climbing were smashed with broken bones and tendons, screaming and falling.

Immediately after, hot oil was poured from the top of the wall, and then fire arrows were shot down, and the foot of the wall was instantly ignited with a raging fire.

The first wave of offensive lasted for half an hour, and the Xiongnu left behind nearly a thousand corpses, without a single person being able to climb the city wall.

The Chanyu had no intention of retreating. "Push the siege vehicles! Left Worthy King's unit attacks the city, concentrate the attack. Right Worthy King's unit feigns an attack to climb the city, containing the garrison."

"The Xiongnu are going to ram the gate." Jiang Ze narrowed his eyes. "Pass the order to prepare fire oil and thunder stones in the city. Archers focus on shooting the soldiers pushing the vehicles."

One by one, the siege vehicles advanced slowly under the cover of cavalry. The arrows shot at the wet cowhide, mostly sliding off weakly.

One hundred paces, eighty paces, fifty paces...

"Release the rolling stones!"

Inside the city wall, the soldiers released the winch, and dozens of hundred-jin boulders rolled down along the slope, smashing into the siege vehicles with a bang.

One vehicle was hit head-on by a boulder, wood chips flying, but five vehicles still rushed to the city gate.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The dull sound of impact rang out, and the city gate trembled.

Inside the city, Ming Army soldiers poured the boiling fire oil from the holes in the city wall. Amidst the screams, the siege vehicles ignited with fire. But the Xiongnu soldiers were fearless of death, pushing the burning vehicles to continue ramming.

The rain of arrows focused on the siege vehicles, and the Xiongnu soldiers pushing the vehicles fell one after another, but someone immediately filled the gap.

A burning siege vehicle finally fell apart, but at this time, the city gate had already appeared with obvious cracks.

Seeing this, the Chanyu ordered: "The whole army presses on! Breaking the city is at this moment!"

The remaining Xiongnu cavalry were like a broken levee, fearless of death, rushing toward the Yin City wall.

Arrows covered the sky and the sun, battle cries were deafening, the pressure on the Ming Army on the city wall increased sharply, and dangerous situations appeared in many places.

The battle at this moment completely entered a white-hot stage.

The city gate was finally rammed open with a gap, and the Xiongnu swarmed in. Jiang Ze sent troops to wait in advance, using fire oil to kill another wave, but the gap had already been opened, and the subsequent Xiongnu didn't care about casualties, continuing to swarm in.

"Block the gap!" Jiang Ze personally led the troops to kill, and engaged in a bloody battle with the swarming Xiongnu in the urn city.

Long spears against curved sabers, Ming Army infantry fought in formation, the spear formation was like a forest, and Xiongnu cavalry couldn't exert their mobility advantage in the narrow space, suffering heavy casualties.

But there were too many Xiongnu, and they couldn't be killed.

The Xiongnu adopted human-sea tactics, using corpses to pave the way, hard-heartedly piling up a slope under the city wall, and hundreds of Xiongnu soldiers stepped on the bodies of their companions, actually jumping directly onto the city wall!

"Drive them down!" A hand-to-hand battle also unfolded on the city wall.

The Xiongnu relied on their ferocity, fighting in groups of three or five, and people kept falling from the city wall, blood staining the wall bricks red.

The Chanyu saw it clearly from the rear. He knew that the outcome was at this moment, and finally raised his curved saber, "Sons, follow me up!"

He personally led three thousand Royal Court elites, rushing straight to the city gate, preparing to fight Jiang Ze.

The Chanyu personally visited the battlefield, the Xiongnu morale was greatly boosted, and the offensive was even more crazy.

Jiang Ze guarded the city gate and kept fighting with the other side. The number of Xiongnu who died under his spear was countless. At this time, the Chanyu rushed over, "Abominable two-legged sheep, die for me!"

"Who dies is not necessarily certain!" Jiang Ze had no fear, shouting to the Ming Army behind him: "Brothers, hold on, reinforcements will definitely come!"

In fact, he had no bottom in his heart either, when Jiang Jinshi's reinforcements would arrive, or even if there were reinforcements, he didn't know, but he had said in front of Big Brother that as long as he was there, the city would be there!!

Just then, a heaven-shaking cheer suddenly came from the city wall. Jiang Ze's heart sank, thinking that the city wall had already fallen.

But listening carefully, the cheering sound was the Ming Army's!

The Ming Army on the city wall became more and more brave, and only saw dust and smoke rising on the horizon in the distance!

A 'Ming' flag could be vaguely seen in the smoke and dust!

"Reinforcements! It's our reinforcements!" The Ming Army on the city wall cheered in unison, and morale was greatly boosted.

The Chanyu also saw this scene, his face changed drastically: "How is it possible? Didn't the scouts say Jiang Jinshi was in Lin City?!"

"Brothers! Hold on, I'm here!"

Jiang Jinshi took the lead, followed by ten thousand cavalry and thirty thousand infantry.

This position, straight into the Xiongnu's back!

"General, the Xiongnu are fiercely attacking Yin City, the city gate has been broken!" The scout reported urgently.

Jiang Jinshi's expression was calm: "Pass the order! Cavalry divide into two wings to outflank, infantry center pushes forward, the goal is not to rout, but

The Ming Army's war drums thundered, and the forty-thousand-strong army surged forward in a mighty force toward the Xiongnu troops besieging the city.

At this moment, the Xiongnu's rear was exposed; by the time they discovered the Ming reinforcements, the Ming cavalry had already charged to their very front, leaving them nowhere to hide.

"Turn around! Turn around and face the enemy!" the Chanyu ordered urgently, but it was easier said than done for the troops besieging the city to turn around.

Furthermore, how could Jiang Ze let this opportunity slip? "Brothers, charge! Coordinate with the Commander to pincer the Xiongnu!"

On the left flank, Han Xiao personally led his troops; the Ming cavalry cut into the Xiongnu's flank like a sharp blade, their long spears flipping over Xiongnu soldiers who had no time to mount their horses.

On the right flank, Xiexiezi took the lead, a rain of arrows covering the Xiongnu's rear formation.

In the center, Jiang Jinshi personally led the infantry in a steady advance, their spear formation like a wall, determined to strangle the Xiongnu to the last man.

The besieging Xiongnu fell into the desperate straits of being pincered from front and back. Seeing that reinforcements had arrived, the city defenders' morale soared, and they launched a counterattack. The Xiongnu who had climbed the city walls were cleared out one by one, and those at the breach were caught in a pincer attack from inside and out.

"Chanyu, the situation is lost, retreat!" the Left Worthy King urged anxiously.

The Chanyu's eyes were bloodshot; he saw that figure in the distance under the banner bearing the character "Ming."

Their gazes crossed the battlefield, meeting truly for the first time.

"Jiang Jinshi!" the Chanyu gritted his teeth, "Come and fight!"

He knew what he would face after retreating, so he might as well gamble once more. If he could kill the Ming Army Commander, then everything would still have a chance!

"Do you think I fear you?" Jiang Jinshi accepted the challenge, advancing with his long halberd.

Huang Yan cleared the path for Jiang Jinshi, ensuring that common soldiers could not interfere with his Big Brother's charge.

As for whether the opponent was superior to Jiang Jinshi in martial prowess, that was completely outside of Huang Yan's considerations.

In his heart, Big Brother's martial prowess was the greatest in the world!

The Chanyu did not order a retreat; he sat steadily on his horse, holding his curved saber and charging toward Jiang Jinshi.

The duel between the two attracted most of the attention. Even though the Xiongnu were already defeated, eyes full of hope still gathered on the Chanyu.

As the Wolf King of the grasslands, could he successfully defeat his opponent?

After approaching Jiang Jinshi, the Chanyu struck first, his curved saber slashing upward from below, aiming straight for Jiang Jinshi's abdomen.

Jiang Jinshi did not retreat, slashing his long halberd diagonally; the shaft of the halberd and the curved saber collided in mid-air.

"Clang!"

Sparks flew, and the Chanyu's arm shook slightly; he had not expected such terrifying strength to be hidden within Jiang Jinshi's frame.

He had not become Chanyu just because his father was Hunxie; he was a warrior of the grasslands in his own right, and he was rarely matched in strength. He had not expected to suffer a secret loss today.

The Chanyu was not afraid, however; his curved saber drew an arc, slashing horizontally at Jiang Jinshi's waist.