Chapter Ninety-Six: Engagement
The thunderous drums of war rang out in bursts, and the battle clouds were thick.
The Khitan army in the wilderness outside the Lion City can be described as overwhelming, the breath of slaughter makes the heaven and earth lose color, 60,000 troops, 30,000 wolves and 30,000 Jingzhou troops, and a forest of siege equipment, which makes people inevitably numb.
Yelu roared yesterday who surrounded the Lion City, and was not eager to attack the city, and after adjusting it overnight, he was full of confidence in his army, and he also attached great importance to the Cizhou Army, after all, the army that can annihilate more than 10,000 wolf riders is not bad.
The melodious sound of the horn, Liu Feng always felt very harsh, he knew that the appetizer of this big battle should be served, Yelu Roar did not have yesterday's soldiers to the city, so he launched an attack, which was enough to give him face, indicating that Yelu Roar still attaches great importance to his Cizhou army.
However, at this moment, Liu Feng didn't want Yelu to pay too much attention to him, he lowered the flag to cover the sky, and set up a clear battle, which had the feeling of engulfing the Lion City in one bite, Liu Feng was not nervous, but he seemed a little excited, under such a battle, playing a beautiful counterattack, it was exciting to think about.
Liu Feng knew that Zeng Yu had many years of experience in defending the city, so he handed over the power of defending the city to Zeng Yu, and he took the first-class sergeant of the capital as the rescue team.
Unlike Liu Feng, Zeng Yu is a little frowned, he has indeed fought a lot of offensive and defensive battles in the city over the years, so he is definitely a well-trained siege foot soldier in the city at a glance, if it is just a wolf horse, he is not afraid, and for him, these Han troops who have descended the Khitan are the most tricky.
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"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
"Woohoo! Woo! Woo! ”
The Khitan army spread out like a tide, Yelu roared and his generals fought horses and battles in front of the battle, wearing Khitan military armor, and the wolf riders behind him were brutal, and the Jingzhou army in a neat formation was also imposing.
Yelu roared at the satisfied soldiers, turned back to a general beside him and said, "General Yuande is a well-trained soldier!" In today's battle, I want to let someone see the power of the Jingzhou Army's siege of the city, and there is no power to attack it! ”
Bei Yuande's face was expressionless, and he arched his hand and said: "The last general will not disgrace his mission!" It's good to teach Cizhou children, and know the power of my Khitan army! ”
To say that the reason why the Jingzhou army can have such a powerful is thanks to the training of the Northern Yuande, the Northern Yuande was already dead Youzhou people, after the Khitan was occupied, had to serve the Khitan, and Yelu roared to it, although he was a Khitan wolf riding and plundering trip, but he had no choice but to restrain his subordinates not to do evil, so he came to be very famous among his subordinates.
Yelu roared, pointed at the Lion City, and said, "Then I will sit and watch Yuande take the Lion City!" ”
"Yes!" Bei Yuande arched his hand again, turned around, waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Order, siege!" ”
Then the order was given, the order flag waved, the muffled thunder sounded like a war drum, it sounded rapidly, the sound of the horn became sharp, and the heavy Jingzhou army immediately began to move.
On the Lion City, Zeng Yu exhaled deeply, his eyes became calm, and he said sharply: "Drumming!" Get ready for battle! ”
"Boom! Boom! ”
The war drums on the Lion City also sounded, and the sergeants everywhere, under the order of the Dutou Team, moved up or down, and the more than 10,000 sergeants in the Lion City were all veterans, plus the sharp weapons borrowed from the Hedong Army to defend the city, even if they saw the dark clouds under the city pressing down on the city, they were not panicked.
"Boom! Boom! ”
The Jingzhou army held a heavy iron shield, stepped on a neat pace, and surging forward, and the heavy iron shields were intertwined to form an iron wall, and pushed towards the Lion City.
Five hundred steps!
Three hundred steps!
Finally walked to the first trench, but also came within range of the archers of the Lion City.
At the head of the city, Zeng Yu's eyes froze, his big hand waved, and the sound of trumpets and drums changed.
"Woohoo!"
The sharp sound of breaking the air sounded, and it was continuous, it was three pitches, and rows of arrows volleyed down in the air.
"Shield!!"
In the Jingzhou army, under an order, the sergeant of the Jingzhou army slammed the heavy shield, and in a moment, the shield wall of Qi people was connected together, but it only blocked the scattered arrows that came directly, and the arrows that came down from the head went over the wall fiercely.
The howls rang out in pieces!
"Scatter!"
Another order was given, and the shield wall was opened with the order, five and ten large shields, and then combined, and one by one large or small turtles appeared on the battlefield! The arrows that flew down from the city could no longer cause much damage for a while.
"Put!"
"Put!"
On the city tower, the archers are all Cao Zheng but still shouting, at this moment his special archers have become the main force, as long as in the gap between the shields, shoot a person, the shield wall will collapse, and the ensuing arrow rain can instantly take the life of a Wu Jingzhou army.
But after all, the number of special archers is not superior, and not all arrows and arrows can hit, although they can still bring casualties to the Jingzhou army, but they are still within the range that the Jingzhou army can bear.
The rain of arrows on the city continued, and the city was not idle, and after a while, the trench that the Cizhou army had worked hard to dig was filled out of the passage, and Zeng Yu's expression became more and more heavy.
"Woo! Woo! Woo! ”
"Kill!"
In the Jingzhou army, Bei Yuande looked indifferent to everything, and gave orders calmly.
More than 3,000 foot soldiers with iron shields still rushed forward like turtles, hundreds of foot soldiers carrying cloud ladders followed, and then there were even taller siege vehicles.
However, when the Khitan army had not yet touched the city wall, the Cizhou army could only return the color with a long-range attack.
"Order! Bed crossbow shooting! Zeng Yu's solemn face was full of different emotions.
"Whoosh! Sou! ”
In an instant, dozens of sharp iron arrows burst through the air, and a piercing scream sounded, sweeping through the sky, heading straight for those larger turtle shield arrays, or crashing cars and other siege equipment.
The screaming sound shocked the indifferent Bei Yuande, and he said sharply: "Increase the speed!" Besiege! The drums sounded like raindrops, and in an instant, the siege troops of the Jingzhou Army stepped up.
In just a moment, the archers of the Jingzhou army were able to counterattack, and finally brought casualties to the Cizhou sergeants, and soon the longbowmen on the Lion City were somewhat suppressed, fortunately, Cao Zheng had already prepared, and the longbowmen had also retreated at this moment, no longer showing up, but the arrows kept shooting, which was another tactical means of the longbowmen, located by several observers, and then announced the projectile angle, which perfectly achieved long-range fire suppression, which also had Liu Feng's credit, but most of them were outlined by Cao Zheng.
The longbowmen of the Cizhou army gave the Jingzhou army enough casualties, but it was far from enough, so that the Jingzhou army retreated this time, and the Jingzhou army under the city was also densely packed, and the longbowmen of Cizhou could cause damage to the rain of arrows that fell at will, but at this moment the arm strength of the longbowmen was also tired, and they could not draw the bow and shoot arrows endlessly, so they could only look for more valuable targets.
The Jingzhou army under the city is black and oppressive, and Ren is not afraid of death to come to the Lion City, and those Jingzhou troops who are not worthy of the end have long been trampled on the flesh and blood.
At this moment, it is no longer only arrows flying, the trebuchets on both sides have also been powerful, and the stone arrows passing overhead may take the life of anyone on the battlefield at any time.
Then the longbowmen of the Cizhou army were no longer able to cause huge lethality to the Jingzhou army under the city, and the strength of the Jingzhou army's siege was completely reflected, and they climbed towards the Lion City without fear of death, while their archers shot at the head of the Lion City in batches, and the casualties of the Cizhou sergeants slowly rose.
Under the city, Yelu roared, who was watching the battle in the rear army, and when he saw the Cizhou army in the Lion City, he was finally suppressed, and said with a satisfied smile: "What a Bei Yuande, he does have some ability!" If you can win the Lion City in one fell swoop today! He will be rewarded again. ”