Chapter 52: Defending the City

The wall of Hirohito Pass is too high, ordinary crossbow arrows can't shoot at all, and even if they do, the power is greatly reduced, and the only thing that can play a role is the trebuchet, but it was almost destroyed by Guo Wenying's earth explosives. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Warat people naturally gritted their teeth with hatred, Guo Wenying also regretted beating her chest, she overestimated the power of the artillery, and only left two doors on the city tower, if it weren't for the explosives pack today, most of them would have been beaten under the city tower. However, although the explosives pack is easy to use, the only weakness is that if it is not sent out in time, it is likely to blow up itself, although the twist is deliberately lengthened, there are still one or two that explode on the city wall, and the losses are heavy.

For a truce, it was time to eat, and baskets of white flour buns, large vats of thick porridge and pork and cabbage soup were carried up the city walls.

In order to make the soldiers eat well, the canteen also deliberately killed a few pigs, looking at the hot meal, it made people regret the shallow eyelids in the morning, and touched the steamed buns.

Guo Wenying nibbled on steamed buns, and went to Xu Hai with a pot of porridge to discuss what to do in the afternoon, everyone knew that the siege in the morning was just an appetizer, and the real attack in the afternoon.

Xu Hai didn't show any worry, while snoring and drinking pork and cabbage soup, he said: "The boat will naturally be straight to the bridge, and we will defend it for three days, and after three days, the news of the siege will come from Jingzhou, and the Warat people will have to leave if they don't go." ”

Guo Wenying bowed her head and was silent, in fact, she wanted to follow Lu Huaidong to attack Jingzhou City, rather than standing on the city wall and watching others beat herself.

It's a pity that if this is asked to Feng Jingting, he will definitely not allow it, he once said that if he does not put on the battlefield, she will not be allowed to leave Hirohito Pass. The man was domineering, no one could cure her, and Shengsheng deprived her of the opportunity to watch a good show.

Speaking of which, the best equipment of the Northwest Army was taken by Lu Huaidong to attack the city, and she really wanted to see the scene when the artillery was fired and the Jingzhou city gate was blown open.

Biting his lip and sketching in his heart for a long time, after half a day of addiction, the second wave of attacks began in the afternoon.

This wave gathered more people, and the attack was changed from the original straight rush type to the wave type, the front was exhausted, the back followed, wave after wave, front after wave.

In fact, they are not very good at siege warfare, and their cavalry has better mobility and impact speed, which is more powerful on the plains, and it is always a waste to use it in siege.

The crossbow arranged on the tower of Hirohito Seki Castle is specialized in fighting horses, and this crossbow has been improved, and a crossbow is not only one arrow, but dozens of arrows, which are densely pressed, and fly down from the sky like flying locusts, so that the cavalry and horse team can not raise their heads at all.

The corpses of their compatriots who died on the battlefield in the morning became their covers, and they crawled and rolled under the city wall, half of them died halfway, and the other half, with the help of ladder stakes, climbed up the city wall.

One of the Warats climbed the fastest, his muscles were tangled, his face was fierce, his eyes burned with hatred, and his mouth was biting a single knife, and he looked like he was not afraid of death. Looking at the first Warat people who climbed up the city tower, the Northwest Army was a little excited, shouting and beckoning to the people with big knives, one person and one knife, and it was chopped into meat paste in a moment.

Two cannons had overheated, one was dumb, and the other was struggling to hold on, and although the explosives thrown out by the trebuchets were powerful, they couldn't stand up to too many of the Warats, and this wave was more than three times as many as the morning wave, and even if they squeezed a few of them, they could squeeze up the tower.

As more and more people climbed up, the excitement turned to solemnity, and the firecrackers were more powerful at close range than at long range, and the six hundred firecrackers took turns firing at the main wall, and the dead and wounded Warats below were noticeably more than the archers.

The Warat people were born with strong bodies and strong physiques, and after their own people pushed and trampled in the morning, they were the strongest people in their ranks, and the piles of corpses under the castle tower became their best ladder, which invisibly lowered the height of Hirohito Pass.

This time it seems that they have made a bloody investment, the more people die, the more they can stimulate the bloody spirit on their bodies, they are not afraid of death, and the hideous face and means make the Northwest Army defending the city a little afraid.

Because of the living environment, the Warat people are naturally brave and good at fighting, and their courage to kill on the battlefield is also surprisingly large, which is incomparable to the people of the Southern Qi Dynasty. Relying on this momentum, although the scene is still under control for a while, it is also very dangerous.

In an instant, there were more Warats rushing up to the city tower, dozens of Warat soldiers had already attacked on the main city wall, and some shield bearers participated in hand-to-hand combat, the archers lost cover, and more Warats were climbing up, and the form was a little out of control. Hand-to-hand combat ensued on the castle tower, and Xu Hai was also forced by a Warat soldier to his back against the city wall, he took the scimitar that fell from the top of his head, kicked the opponent's calf bone fiercely, and then slashed out horizontally, cutting off the opponent's head.

Seeing Guo Wenying watching blankly, he took out the saber from his waist and threw it out, "Take this, watch it, don't let people hurt you." ”

Guo Wenying didn't answer, and took out a short-barreled firearm from her arms, this firearm was specially made for herself, unique in the world, because the handle is short, it is very suitable for carrying.

She was powdered and cracked open the head of a Warat, the splatters of blood giving her the feeling of being on the battlefield. It's not like she's never killed anyone before, but it's the first time she's used a firecracker, and it's obviously not that hard to use.

Four guards guarded her, and Pi Xiaosan shouted loudly for her to retreat first.

Guo Wenying didn't move, but at this point, her heart calmed down, standing on the city tower, looking indifferently at the groups of Wara soldiers who followed one after another, full of a kind of perseverance and calm temperament. This is different from her who usually laughs and plays, and the four guards also infected her calmness, slowly gathering her mind, and looking down without arrogance or impatience.

Obviously, relying on the well-armed and dangerous towers, their advantage will gradually weaken as the rush strengthens in waves, and at this time it depends on who can hold out long enough, whether they have more people or more things in their hands.

Guo Wenying beckoned Zhang Qiang to find Deng Jiucheng again, and asked him to see what treasures in the library were moved out, and after a while, Deng Jiucheng panted and led people to bring up the steel crossbow and rhubarb crossbow, replacing the original position of the archers in rows, and the fire guns also replaced a batch.

Although these steel crossbows and rhubarb crossbows are not as large as the number of arrows fired by car crossbows, their power should not be underestimated, and the number of them is large, hundreds of them in rows, which are completely overwhelming.

With several batches of crossbow arrows fired, the Varat offensive finally slowed down. It was the most ferocious attack they had before they exhausted their strength, one blow, then the decline, and the third exhaustion.

They never attacked the city wall again that afternoon, and in the evening Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the horn on the other side of the city wall was weakened and faintly weakened.