Chapter 1479: Defending the City (4)
The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, due to the noise from the Shanyue camp, the soldiers stationed in the castle tower were also ready early. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoAs the winter sun appeared, the snow was shone brightly, and in such a charming gold, the Shanyue soldiers began to attack.
Looking at the dense crowd, Zhao Hu asked, "Do you know how many troops they have raised?" ā
"My lord, according to our speculation, they are now at least 20,000 people." The officer on duty immediately replied.
"Well, it's not enough to attack both walls at the same time. The soldiers were ordered to be ready for battle. Zhao Hu said.
"Yes!" The officer immediately passed the order on.
The soldiers were also busy, and the soldiers on the castle tower were to adjust and wipe their weapons, check the stock of arrows and weapons, and finally move their bodies while farting with those recruits.
Of the 3,000 men in the castle tower, 2,000 were in the last battle, and only 1,000 were recruited. This nervous recruit couldn't help but feel relaxed when he saw that everyone else was unconcerned, especially after hearing their words of boasting about how easily they could take out the enemy.
Seeing that the recruits stabilized so quickly this time, the officers all nodded with satisfaction, it seems that veterans can train recruits the best with recruits.
The soldiers who were waiting to be replaced in the cave under the castle tower were not in that good mood, and they were all nervous to cheer themselves up. Many of them thought the war was wonderful, but because of the atmosphere, they couldn't help but be nervous.
Because the whole army knows that after the end of a round of attacks, the soldiers on the tower of the city and the soldiers in the cave are nervous now, who have not gone through a bloody battle.
The Shanyue soldiers were getting closer and closer, and it looked like a pitch-black wave was surging in. Zhao Hu glanced at it slightly, and estimated that there were hundreds of ladders and dozens of door-striking trees inside.
Seeing those thick wooden tubes being dragged by the simple board carts, Zhao Hu couldn't help but laugh, did he really think that he could break open the city gate by holding a big wooden tube?
Zhao Hu did not compete with the officers for the limelight, retreated to the height of the city tower, pressed the sword with one hand, crossed the waist with the other, and quietly waited for the outbreak of war.
As usual, it was suppressed with bows and arrows, but this time it was much more violent than the last time, and at least 5,000 archers shot arrows at the tower.
However, the shield soldiers on Zhao Hu's side were also more stable than last time, and they shouted one after another: "Brother in the back, pay attention to hiding yourself!" ā
The archers, too, at the command of the officer, began to counterattack. They had all been through a battle, first with two volleys, and then they came forward to volley.
At this moment, the one in charge of holding the stones was the thousand recruits who had not fought, and all of them had stiff expressions and pricked up their ears to wait for the officer's order.
Seeing hundreds of ladders erected, the officers hurriedly distributed their manpower, and then gave an order and began to smash it to the death.
Although the battle was like last time, the offensive of the Shanyue soldiers was blocked, but this time I don't know if it was the capital or what, the Shanyue soldiers climbed the ladder quickly, and the goal of the Shanyue archers was also on the soldiers who threw stones.
In the face of the mountain bandits who were getting closer and closer, their eyes were red, their expressions were terrifying, and they couldn't smash them no matter how they smashed them, coupled with the threat of being killed by arrows from time to time, the soldiers who participated in the battle for the first time were a little panicked, and their movements were not very neat.
Time was very precious during the war, and this lack of relief allowed the Shanyue soldiers who climbed the ladder to find an opportunity.
Several brave Shanyue soldiers took the opportunity to climb the city tower, although they immediately stabbed the officer with a shot, but such a success immediately caused the Shanyue soldiers to shake the cheers, this cheer not only gave the Shanyue soldiers enough courage, but also scared the stone-throwing Zhao Hubing, and several timid recruits subconsciously took a step back.
But at this step, he shouted: "Death to those who retreat!" The Warlords immediately cut off their heads.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers immediately remembered the bloody military law, which made everyone tremble and be stunned for a moment, and the officer took the opportunity to shout: "What are you doing in a daze?" Kill these damn bandits! And took the lead in rushing to the Shanyue soldiers who took the opportunity to climb up.
These Shanyue soldiers who climbed the city tower were too lazy to give the recruits a chance, and as soon as the upper body rose to the city tower, they immediately slashed the nearby Zhao Hu soldiers, and after jumping up, they even slashed and slashed to expand the space for climbing the city, so that the reinforcements behind them appeared in an endless stream.
However, they did not succeed, the officers were not vegetarians, they did not kill these dozens of lucky people, but intercepted the entrance to the city, and only after blocking the entrance to the city did they order the soldiers to kill the dozens of mountain soldiers.
Although these dozens of Shanyue soldiers were fierce, they had an absolute numerical advantage, and at the same time, the soldiers who were frightened by military discipline immediately gritted their teeth and stabbed their weapons into the bodies of these dozens of Shanyue soldiers.
"! Pour me gold water! Seeing the Shanyue soldiers below climbing the ladder relentlessly, the officer immediately yelled angrily.
The boiling water was immediately poured down by the soldiers who were holding their breath. This thing is absolutely poisonous to people with wounds on their bodies, and there is no way to cure it.
After a miserable howl below, the attack on the ladder slowed down. The relieved officer immediately arranged manpower, and the defense, which had been broken in an instant, was restored again.
In this battle where you come and go, I suddenly heard a banging sound, and the officer looked at it and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "These savages, they actually come to attack the city with a wooden barrel like this, and the anti-shock force alone can numb you to death!" Hey, watch me lubricate you guys*Lubricate. So saying, he picked up a bucket of oil and poured it down at the city gate.
A clever soldier immediately lit a torch and sent it up, and the officer laughed and said, "Good! He took the torch and threw it down, and immediately there was a sea of fire below, and the screams and the smell of meat dispersed.
This trick was so powerful that the Shanyue soldiers, who were taken aback, immediately received the order to retreat, and they didn't bring the ladder, so they immediately turned around and left. This is the end of the second round of offensive and defensive battles.
"Quick! Fast! The 1,000-man team is in full force, go down and clean up the battlefield! The officers immediately shouted, and the weak soldiers had no choice but to line up and leave the tower, led by a few officers.
And a team of 1,000 people hiding in the cave came up with trembling legs. They will replace the thousandth team and fight in the tower.
After the first battle, Zhao Hu felt that 3,000 people and 3,000 people should be after the soldiers have experience, and at this stage, it is better to bring the old with the new. So he divided his troops into twenty-seven thousand-man teams, and each time he took turns to ensure that one thousand-man team went down to rest, and a new thousand-man team went into battle, and at the same time began to pay attention to the training of grass-roots officers, and all the officers of the new thousand-man team were selected from among the soldiers, and his own personal guards did not hold positions.
Although it was still very hard to be in charge of the two thousand-man guards officers at the beginning, after a few times, they could only hold the position of captain and above, and they did not need to hold the position of squad leader as they do now.
Seeing that the wooden tube that had been dragged out of the mountains and forests was burned like this, Lei Ming jumped to his feet angrily and said, "Uncle, I am going to burn this city with ice oil!" ā
Tang Feng looked at his nephew with a smile.
"Burned the city? So what's the use of us getting a ruin? And there is not much ice oil in this area, at most it can only burn the castle tower. ā
"Then burn the castle tower!" Lei Ming said angrily.
"Don't worry, let them feel comfortable for the time being, what we urgently need now is to gain siege experience. What do you think needs to be improved from the battle just now? Tang Feng asked.
Lei Ming frowned and thought for a moment and said, "Improved? Well, our archers are standing on the ground, and the results of their upward shooting are not good, and the wooden barrels that hit the gates seem to have little effect, and they are easily burned. As for the ladder, the nephew couldn't think of anything that needed to be changed, and at most the climber should wear a shield. ā
Tang Feng patted Lei Ming's shoulder with a look of relief and said: "Yes, yes, it seems that the saying that war makes people progress is indeed reasonable, you see, it has only been a long time, and you will immediately realize our shortcomings." What can you do to improve it? ā
Lei Ming was a little proud, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's very simple, the archers are not tall enough, then we will build a tower that is higher than the city tower, install wheels and ladders underneath, push it to the front of the city tower, and let the archers climb up to shoot arrows, so that we will suppress the shooting." ā
"Well, it's a good idea to prevent the enemy from burning with rockets. Go on. Tang Feng nodded and encouraged.
Lei Ming immediately showed his thoughts: "Yes, the city crasher, I thought it would be like a swing to let the wooden tube hang, so that the impact should be easier, and the outside of the support wood should be made with a wooden board to build a triangular slope, so that you are not afraid of falling rocks, and the wooden board is covered with mud and snow water, and you are not afraid of rockets after freezing into ice."
"The arrow tower should also be able to soak in snow water, so that at least it can block a burst of rockets."
"Okay, our clan has a successor, no wonder the head man chose you as the heir! Not bad, not bad! Tang Feng slapped Lei Ming on the shoulder and praised.
"Hey, hey."
Being praised by this mountain leader, Lei Ming was a little overwhelmed with pride, and finally found a question to transfer his uneasiness and said, "Uncle, there is so little ice oil, how can we use it?" Or do you want to hide these cans of ice oil? ā
"Hehe, didn't you think of burning the city gate with ice oil?" Tang Feng said with a smile.
"Ahh Yes, as long as we burn the city gates, I don't believe that the recruits in the city are our opponents! ā
Lei Ming jumped up and shouted, and was ready to act as he spoke, but was stopped by Tang Feng and said: "Don't worry, ice oil is not available at any time, siege experience still needs to be obtained, and ......" Tang Feng lowered his voice: "The manpower of those tribes has only been consumed a little." ā
"Hey, Uncle Wise." Lei Ming immediately laughed.