Episode 215: Siege
The wind is whistling, the war drums are thundering, and the boulders that are speeding through the air, like meteors, continue to smash down the city, crazy and dense attacks, the defenders on the top of the city can hardly raise their heads, seeing that the time has come, Chen Zhi immediately ordered Xu Chu to lead 10,000 Taiping soldiers to attack.
Several building cars and dozens of ladders, under the impetus of the Taiping soldiers, moved forward rapidly, and quickly approached the city wall, and tens of thousands of yellow turban soldiers, like wolves and tigers, waved their swords and rushed to the city wall in front.
The attack of the long-range catapult was fierce, and the defenders on the city wall could not raise their heads at all, let alone launch a defensive attack in time, so the Taiping soldiers rushed under the city wall very smoothly.
The ladders were in front, and the ladders smashed the high city walls, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army, who had already been prepared, shouted in their mouths, even if they climbed up quickly along the ladders. The building car was behind, and the Taiping archers listed on the roof of the car opened their bows and arrows to cover their own siege troops.
"It's not good, the Taiping thieves are attacking!" Catching a glimpse of the smashing ladder on the city wall, one of the defenders had just shouted when he was pierced by a feathered arrow from the cart.
"Whoosh-whoosh-" Many of the defenders who had just ventured to their feet were about to continue shouting, but the continuous flying feathered arrows from the cart made them completely shut their mouths.
The boulders were violent, the arrows rained the sky, and the defenders who were not able to resist, the Taiping soldiers who attacked quickly, along the ladders, soon there were many Taiping soldiers with the help of long-range trebuchets and the cover of the archers of the building car, and successfully climbed the city wall of Gaoliu City.
"Kill!" The commander is not as good as Chen Dao, but when it comes to bravery, Xu Chu asked himself that he would never lose to any military general in the world, and at this moment, he took the lead. Climbed the city wall with the Taiping soldiers, and saw that there were defenders blocking in front of him, and immediately shouted loudly, and the dark iron long knife was wrapped in an incomparably fierce and terrifying wind, and a powerful sweep was heard, only to hear a piercing roar that broke through the air, and suddenly burst out with the most dazzling edge.
"Poof! Burst! Burst! "It was the deep sound of a blade cutting into flesh. Xu Chu's blade was directed, and the three defenders in front of him were immediately stabbed in the chest, accompanied by a terrible scream, almost all of his body was cut into two pieces, and between the blood splashes, he fell to the ground.
Xu Chu did not hesitate at all, and immediately stretched out a hand to press it on the city wall, and when he turned over, he landed firmly on the city wall.
"Not good. A thief has climbed the city tower......" Seeing Xu Chu ascending the city wall in such a fierce way, the officers and soldiers guarding the city nearby suddenly screamed again and again.
"Hahahaha, the border city is Xiongguan, but it's just that, where is Gongsun Xu, can you feel a battle with me?!" Xu Chu laughed wildly, but the long knife in his hand never stopped, accompanying his blade. The soldiers defending the nearby city couldn't resist at all, and they were cut down to the ground by him. There is no one to be beaten.
In the rear, the Taiping soldiers continued to climb the wall of Gaoliu City, spontaneously gathered behind Xu Chu, and launched the most fierce attack on the defenders on the city wall.
Xu Chu took the lead, and the long sword of Xuantie was sharp, and the momentum was amazing. The already panicked officers and soldiers of the city defenders were unable to resist at all, and with his crazy slaughter, they moved forward bravely, and in a short time, a clearing was created for him to kill. Within ten paces, no defender dared to approach.
At this time, the attack of the long-range trebuchet has stopped, after all, the Taiping soldiers have already climbed the city wall, and continue to throw boulders to attack, I am afraid that it will be difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me, and it will be enough to hurt the enemy, but if it hits its own people, it is not a good thing.
Fortunately, the building car is still there, and although the archers on the roof of the car can not continue to shoot wantonly, they can also select targets for fixed-point attacks, which can still pose a certain threat to the officers and soldiers defending the city.
However, such a threat was not as good as before, and with the cessation of trebuchet attacks, Gongsun Xudang even organized the defenders of the city to start an active defense, and launched an attack on the Taiping army, and the two sides were on the city wall, and launched the most fierce hand-to-hand engagement.
Xu Chu was in front, frantically opening the way, the Taiping soldiers behind him, almost did not encounter decent resistance, more and more Taiping soldiers continued to climb the city wall, most of these soldiers gathered, followed behind Xu Chu, bravely forward, and struggled to cover up.
In just half an hour, the soldiers of the Taiping Army have captured half of Gaoliu City, and the two sides are entangled and keep fighting.
Under the city wall, Chen Zhi saw this scene, his face couldn't help but show a little joy, he thought that this battle would definitely pay a heavy price, but he didn't expect that with the cooperation of trebuchets and building vehicles, the siege battle could be carried out so smoothly, which was really surprising.
You must know that in siege warfare, the defending side often occupies an absolute geographical advantage, coupled with the rain of arrows from the rolling wood, it often brings great damage to the besieging side, but unfortunately, in this battle, the Taiping army's long-range catapults and building vehicles played an unimaginable role, so that the defenders of Gaoliucheng could not use many means of defending the city, and the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides were all leveled in a blink of an eye.
"Wu Zhou, you lead 3,000 troops and break the city gate for me!" Seeing that the time had come to break the city, Chen Zhi ordered again, and a young general under his command immediately led the troops out, and drove the city crash car straight to the gate of Gaoliu City.
"Bang!" Under the vigorous push of nearly 100 Taiping soldiers, the city crash truck slammed into the city gate, accompanied by a loud bang, under the vigorous impact, a huge city gate couldn't stop shaking violently, creaking, as if it was about to break and collapse at any time.
"One, two, three, bump!" Wu Zhou received Chen Zhi's general order, and naturally he didn't dare to carry half a point, and he couldn't hit the city once, so he shouted again and gave the order.
Three thousand soldiers, taking turns to fight, struggling to push the crashing car, gritting their teeth, desperately hitting the city gate, accompanied by a loud thunder, the city gate kept shaking, and the degree of shaking is getting bigger and bigger, seeing this scene, the soldiers are even more excited, everyone knows that breaking through the city gate is close at hand.
"Xu Chu, the general of the Taiping Army, is here! Where is Gongsun Xu? Ann dares to fight me?! On the city wall, Xu Chu was brave and irresistible, and his mouth let out loud shouts from time to time, shocking the enemy's heart.
"Tiger idiot Xu Chu?!" Hearing Xu Chu's name, even the surrounding city defenders couldn't help but exclaim, and those who were close couldn't help but be so frightened that their legs and stomachs were swinging, and they couldn't stop trembling.
Since the Battle of the Boundary Bridge, the top generals of the Taiping Army have long been famous, and Xu Chu is naturally no exception, coupled with the brave force shown by Xu Chu, who dares to easily step forward and be his enemy?
"Damn, these officers and soldiers are so cowardly, how can they guard the border city against foreign invasion?!" Seeing that most of the officers and soldiers guarding the city were afraid and did not dare to step forward, Xu Chu not only did not like it, but couldn't help but scold for it, and then led a large number of Taiping soldiers to attack frantically.
After a crazy killing campaign, Xu Chu at this moment was covered in blood, like a demon who crawled out of the depths of hell, with a long knife in his hand that was constantly sharp, almost invincible.
"Thief, Hugh is rampant, look at my grandson to continue to fight you." Seeing that Xu Chu was close to the front, Gongsun continued to calculate that after such a long time of fighting, even if Xu Chu was brave, he should be exhausted, and at that moment, his heart was horizontal, and between raising his hand, a long knife broke through the air and went straight to Xu Chu.
"Good time!" Even if he fought all the way to this point, the loss of combat power was not small, but Xu Chu was not afraid, raised his hand and raised his knife to meet the attack, and he couldn't stop laughing out loud: "Are you Gongsun Xu, after being a shrinking turtle for so long, are you finally willing to come out and fight me?!" ”
In the laughter, I was surprised to hear a sharp and piercing "sonorous" contending, the two knives collided in one place, and between the bursting sparks, the layers of air waves exploded, setting off the surging of the city, and then, the huge force of the shock broke out, and the two trembled, each retreated, however, this retreat is not the end, but the real beginning of the war between the two sides! (To be continued......)