Chapter 54: The Bloody War

"Is Liangshan crazy? Is their life not their life? Yan Xu stood on the city wall, looking at the bloody scene in front of him with some blankness, and whispered to himself.

"Lord, Liangshan is using the life of cannon fodder to consume our physical strength, at this intensity, even if we have to use reserves, after a big battle, it is difficult to recover all the physical strength the next day, and it is also difficult to recover the mental consumption of the soldiers, it only takes three days, how much combat effectiveness our soldiers can preserve is a problem. What's more, Liangshan's logistics have always had problems, their food and grass are probably not rich, and some of the dead and wounded cannon fodder can still relieve the pressure. Yan Yi understands the thoughts of the lord very well, but war is so cruel, human life is a set of values at this time, and how to exchange more benefits for a smaller price is what the lord needs to consider. Since bloodshed cannot be avoided, then exchange this blood for more benefits, and never let the blood flow in vain.

Yan Xu is not a hypocritical person, he quickly got rid of the state just now, he understands very well that he is not a savior, not to mention that he can't save everyone, sometimes he can't even save himself, it is meaningless to think about this, so he quickly corrected his mentality.

"So when do you think the other side will attack with all their might?"

"Although Liangshan's attack was very fierce, the only equipment used was a rudimentary long ladder, and even the artillery of the gun carriage did not appear after it was damaged yesterday, so I am afraid that it is really accumulating strength." Yan Yi took his attention back after glancing at the battlefield, and now it was just a simple consumption, and he didn't need to command it at all, so he continued.

"And this time Liangshan came in too much hurry, and did not carry a large number of equipment, according to intelligence, the other party also has a military general who is good at archery has not appeared, I am afraid that it is to go to the rear to escort these important siege equipment, and wait until then it is the time for the other party to attack the city with all its might."

Yan Yi's guess was not wrong, on the side of the main road in the back camp of Liangshan, Zhu Wu, the Shenwu military division, shook his feather fan and looked into the distance, and when he saw the flower flag in the distance, he suddenly smiled, and finally came.

Although he is very confident in Hu Yanzhuo, the casualties in the past few days still frightened Zhu Wu, and the casualties were almost 10,000 in just a few days after the war began. But Zhu Wu thought hard for a long time and didn't find the key to breaking the game, after all, the other party is not an ordinary person, and the entire Hantan County is built up and down like an iron bucket, not to mention the military, even if it is a conspiracy, it is difficult to find a place to use it.

After asking Hu Yanzhuo, Zhu Wu knew the necessary conditions for the decisive battle, so the date of the arrival of the siege equipment became the thing that Zhu Wu looked forward to the most in the past few days.

"General Hua has worked hard from afar!" Zhu Wu stood up and took a few steps forward to meet him.

"Ahh Military division, how can Hua Rong He De bother the military division to come! Hua Rong hurriedly dismounted, clasped his hands into fists and said.

"Haha, because the key to breaking the city is behind General Hua!" Zhu Wu laughed, he was very happy to see the steady stream of various siege equipment sent into the camp, and he finally waited!

"Oh, isn't the battle going well?" Hua Rong is a smart person, he was shocked when he heard this, he knew the strength of the Chinese army, and he actually made Zhu Wu so out of shape, which shows the strength of the other party.

"Well, the other party is not ordinary, but with this batch of siege equipment, plus General Hua's magic shot, he will definitely be able to take this city!" Zhu Wu was full of confidence at this time, and he was eager to capture the city immediately.

Early in the morning, Yan Xu and Yan Yi stood on the city tower to observe the movements of the Liangshan camp, obviously Liangshan is a little different today.

"It seems that the other party's siege equipment has arrived, and they are assembling ······" Yan Xu's eyesight is excellent, and standing on the city tower, he can even see the movement in the Liangshan camp a few miles away.

"Today's bloody battle." Yan Yi had already prepared, and Wen Yan just said so.

"Yes, bloody battle." Yan Xu smiled slightly, knowing that today was the time to make a move.

Ladders, shield carts, battering rams and many other siege equipment were pushed out of the camp one after another, and the gun carriages and a large number of soldiers had already arrived in front of the city to prepare for the siege, and at the same time beware of the opponent sneaking out of the city to attack the heavy siege equipment.

Even the dullest people know that today may not be easy, but the forbidden army on the city wall, which has a new mental outlook, is full of morale, if nothing else, they are willing to work hard just because of the bounty issued during this time, and they are all holding back their strength.

"Rack up the rubble! Prepare the fire oil tank! ”

"The soldiers carry these arrows to the city walls!"

"Minfu prepares sand bags and prepares to extinguish the fire!"

"The reserves are ready to change the guard!"

In the run-in of the war, both the generals and the people have begun to get used to the atmosphere of the war, and the trialists who are good at summarizing and planning have made the preparations for the war faster and faster.

The artillery cart wind artillery began to unite with the archers to suppress the city wall, a large number of sword and shield soldiers pushed the shield cart ladder to prepare for the siege, and the battering ram was also slowly approaching the city gate, but no matter who knew how small the chance of breaking the city gate was with the battering ram alone, just blocking the city gate could make the other party useless, which was just to create pressure on the defending side.

"Fire!"

"Trebuchet launch!"

"Catapult launch!"

The turret aims at the ladder, and the chain bullet does good damage to such targets, while the trebuchet still uses gravel to torture the besieging sword and shield soldiers, and the trebuchet that can throw a hundred-pound boulder two or three hundred meters away has a sad hit rate that can only be used to hit the opponent's morale, unless the target is a large building such as a city wall, otherwise it can only be used to smash people into an indistinguishable mosaic.

With the current technology, even if the city is defended, it is impossible to rely solely on long-range weapons to complete, not to mention that the other party is not without the power to fight back, and the wind and artillery make Hantan County easily dare not use fire oil, once it is ignited, it is not good to burn itself, and the stone bullets can not destroy the other party at all, and finally the ladder is still erected on the city wall, and the siege begins under the cover of the shooter.

The previous battle caused a lot of losses to the forbidden army, and Yan Xu no longer hid it, and with an order, a group of hammer shield soldiers holding chain hammer square shields and wearing iron armor climbed the city wall.

Chain hammers are rarely used on a large scale in the land of Huaxia, because this thing must have enough strength and tall size, otherwise it will not be able to wield it at all, and the most important thing is that this thing is aimed at heavy armor and plate armor troops, but Huaxia lacks this kind of troops, so it will naturally not be large-scale equipment.

But I have to say that the hammer soldier also has his unique advantages, even if the chain hammer is picked up with a shield, it can't be blocked even with a shield, and the chain will easily bypass the shield and smash the metal ball full of iron thorns on the opponent's head, which is also quite useful for defending the city.

A Liangshan sword and shield soldier bit his waist knife, put the shield on his head and climbed up, just about to rise up, the shield suffered a critical blow, directly smashing the arm holding the shield, and the exposed skull turned into a blooming flower under the fist-sized spiked iron ball.

Even if they have strong arms to hold on, the round shield in their hands is not made to resist this kind of attack, and it is okay to deal with the sword, but in the face of this kind of heavy blow, the shield is shattered if it can't be blocked.

However, the Hammer Soldier was still wearing iron armor and holding a shield, unless he was hit by a gun cart or something, he ignored most of the damage at all, and defended the wall at every stop.

The two sides took the city wall as the boundary, constantly piling up the soldiers until they turned into flesh and blood and melted into the dirt, without compromise, without hesitation, the two sides were like two murderers with short knives stabbing each other face to face, and anyone who took a step back first would be taken advantage of the opportunity to cut their necks, and they were more ruthless than whoever was more ruthless.

A military general rode a horse and galloped, opened the bow left and right, and every time the bow sounded, a person was shot in the head on the city wall, and this person had sharp eyes, and he picked the officer to shoot him, which delayed Yan Yi's command, and Lin Chong and Lu Junyi, who were hidden in the general generals, took the opportunity to rush to the city wall, and the two generals cleared the city wall dozens of meters wide.

At this time, it doesn't matter what command is, Yan Xu handed over a token to Yan Yi, and then rushed up with Yan Ping, fighting with Lu Junyi and Lin Chong, but both of them were at a disadvantage, after all, the two of them are unparalleled in the world, and a fierce general in the world, and they are not easy to deal with.

Yan Zhuo and Yan Bing, husband and wife, gave up leading the archers, climbed the city wall to open the bow and arrows, and combined the power of water and fire to fight against Hua Rong, but they were always defeated, and finally used the combined martial arts skills to shoot Hua Rong to death, and they were also shot into hedgehogs by Hua Rong's dying counterattack, and both were killed.

A large number of Liangshan elites rushed to the city wall, Yan Yi coldly commanded the battery to replace the scattered bullets and fired directly at the city wall, killing countless enemies and not knowing how many of his own people were injured by mistake, but at this time, he didn't care about these at all, and a large number of reserves were sent to the city wall without hesitation, relying on the chain hammer soldiers with iron armor and shields to form the last line of defense, making time for retreating to the old city.

At this critical moment, there was a loud bang!

It turned out that Liang Shan hid the gunpowder on the siege vehicle, took advantage of the chaos to detonate at the city gate, blew open the gate, and had been preparing for a long time with the double whip Hu Yanzhuo led the most elite more than 10,000 horses of the Chinese army to rush into the city gate, the knife car prepared at the city gate could not stop the 10,000 enemies at all, and was broken alive, Yan Ting, who was responsible for guarding the city gate, did not retreat, and finally died under the double whip, but it also bought Yan Yi a crucial time.

"Launch the canister of fire!" In such a crisis, Yan Yi put aside all his scruples, he couldn't waste the time that Yan Ting had exchanged for his life, once he let these three thousand cavalry tens of thousands of elites rush in, the number of people who could retreat to the old city would not even be one-third.

Yan Yi gave an order and directly put the oil tank in the city!

The catapult was not heavy, and under the impetus of the soldiers, it quickly adjusted its angle, braving the wind and the smoke and fire of the cannon to remove the canister of fire oil from the cellar, and it was set on fire and thrown out.

Dozens of black dots fell from the sky, and the double whip Hu Yanzhuo didn't expect the other party to be so decisive, and suddenly shouted a good thief! But he could only helplessly watch as the sea of fire devoured the elite men and horses under his command, especially the cavalry, and the mounts were frightened by the sea of fire and became very chaotic, and even blocked the city gates, causing the dense crowd to suffer more damage.

However, there are more and more places where the city wall is lost, and the limited force is basically blocking the opponent's attack, and when the shooter has to be transferred to the old city in order to avoid the sharp edge Yan Yi, the fall of the new city is irreparable.