In all fairness, the former Commander Cao Suo is not timid, but compared to the current Captain Zhou Hu, who is still standing in front of the city gate tower to watch the battle despite the enemy's 10,000-arrow salvo attack, the Gate Marquis Tsui Hark will inevitably think that the former may be lacking in courage.

However, when Tsui Hark was secretly praising the courage of the Zhou Commander, the Zhou Lieutenant opened his mouth dissatisfiedly: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Order the crossbowmen to shoot at the crossbowmen outside the city! ”

"Yes, yes."

Because this was the first time Zhao Yu opened his mouth to command, Xu Hark was also shocked and hurriedly gave an order.

There may be some uneasiness in his heart.

However, Zhao Yu did not have the idea of commanding the battle in his place, only to see him come to Xu Ke's side under the protection of Niu Heng and He Shun, and asked in a deep voice: "Are you hesitating, do you want the crossbowmen to stop the rebels from filling the moat, or let them shoot at the crossbowmen outside the city?" ”

"Yes......" Tsui Hark nodded.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu said in a deep voice: "You need to be decisive on the battlefield, if you are as hesitant as you just now, wouldn't you miss a chance to fight back?" At this time, it is better to make a mistake than to hesitate. …… At least the orders you give have some effect. ”

After a pause, Zhao Yu said again: "As for how to judge accurately...... For generals, when they understand the truth of 'the two powers harm each other', today the rebels came to attack the city with great momentum, it can be seen that the moat outside the city is destined to be unable to stop the will of the rebels to break through, in this case, why bother to let the crossbowmen on the city wall be suppressed by the enemy's crossbowmen in order to just make the rebels break through the moat one step later, and let the crossbowmen on the city wall be suppressed by the enemy's crossbowmen, and make a senseless sacrifice in vain? …… The moat is a dead thing after all, talent is hope, as long as people are still there, hope is still there! …… Got it? ”

"Teach from a humble position."

Tsui Hark clenched his fists with an open face.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu nodded and affirmed: "Although it is the first time to serve as a gate marquis, you have just commanded very well, and you are bold." ”

"Yes!"

Tsui Hark, who was inspired by Zhao Yu, was overjoyed and his spirits became more and more uplifted.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu praised the guards beside him and boosted their morale: "Everyone, hurry up and shoot the rebels, Captain Pontus will do what he says, and if you shoot a rebel, you will be rewarded with ten dollars, don't wait to save me money." ”

"Haha."

The guards nearby laughed when they heard this, and their nervousness relaxed slightly.

At this time, Zhao Yu turned his head to look at the moat outside the city, and then looked at the large number of ladder carts of the rebel team in the distance.

Although he kept saying 'protect the crossbowmen', he actually knew very well that the crossbowmen outside the city could not capture the city, but once the rebels' foot soldiers broke through the moat so that the rebels could carry the ladder cart under the city, Xuchang would have to face an even greater threat than the enemy crossbowmen.

But as he said, the rebels are coming in a rage, how can they easily withdraw their troops? It was only a matter of time before the moat was breached.

Zhao Yu could only hope that the guards in the city could block this wave of attack of the rebels.

Otherwise, he could only consider breaking out with Li Junshou's family......

Although in that situation, Li Junshou would not really ask him to 'raise his head to see him', but this will have an impact on Zhao Yu's reputation that he has managed to fight, and he will be pinched by Cao Suo.

"I hope I have to hold on, otherwise my position as captain will be unstable......

Zhao Yu muttered to himself.

As the saying goes, what is afraid of what comes, because the crossbowmen on the city wall of Xuchang tried their best to suppress the crossbowmen outside the city and fired at them, although they successfully caused huge losses to those rebel crossbowmen, but also relaxed the suppression and blockade of those rebel foot soldiers in disguise, and only a small number of crossbowmen shot at them with sparse arrows.

This caused the rebels to quickly fill in the moat outside the southern wall.

Of course, it is indeed an exaggeration to say that it is filled, in the final analysis, those rebel soldiers only used the mud and stones they carried to cut off the moat, and filled in the moat that was two feet wide and more than one foot narrow.

Or the outermost dirt roads are not so stable and sturdy, but those dirt roads in the middle should be enough for the ladder trucks to pass.

Because, the rebels outside the city are already doing this.

"Why isn't the moat dug directly outside the city?"

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was not paying attention, Jingnu asked Zhao Yu in a low voice: "Like this, the rebels' ladder cart has no foothold. ”

"Because the walls will fall." Zhao Yu said with emotion.

It is undeniable that Jingnu's idea is really good, the moat of a certain island country is directly excavated under the root of the outer wall of the city, so that there is no place to stand outside the city wall on all sides, whether it is to defend against siege equipment such as ladder trucks, or to resist soldiers using long ladders to climb the city wall, it is an effective means.

The problem is that the moat is also living water to a certain extent, and the flow of the river water will hit the base of the wall, eventually causing the base of the wall to loosen and collapse.

The solution of one island nation is to use stone as the foundation of the wall, and then build the wall on the stone base above the river, which effectively prevents the possibility of loosening of the wall base, after all, the stone is no better than the earth, and can withstand the erosion of the moat for many years.

So, why don't the cities on the Central Plains use the same method? Is it because the people on the land of the Central Plains didn't think of it?

Of course not, in the final analysis, it is because of the cost.

How big is this kind of city in an island country? How big is the city in the Central Plains?

Just for a moat, replace the base of the city wall with large stones? In this way, I am afraid that a city will not be built in a hundred years.

Therefore, the next best thing to do was to dig the moat a few feet away from the city walls, which could not completely render the enemy's siege engines useless.

For example, the rebels at the moment.

"Chariots! The siege chariots of the rebels have crossed the river! ”

"Fire oil cans! Grab the oil canisters! ”

As the first rebel ladder cart made its way down the filled moat to the other side, the guards on the southern wall panicked. One eight

Even those who are blind can see that the long ladders on the ladders can reach the walls where they are located.

"Foot soldiers in the city, throw canisters of fire oil at enemy chariots and burn them!"

Menhou Tsui Hark ordered eagerly in a hoarse voice.

At his command, one of the guards lifted the head-sized oil canister above his head and slammed it into the ladder carts that were close at hand.

I only heard the sound of crockpots shattering, some of the oil cans missed, and some of them hit accurately.

"Throw the torch!"

With the shouts of one of the guards, three or four torches were thrown at the same time at the same time in the city.

Suddenly, the ladder truck was blazing and was soon abandoned by the rebels.

However, the guards on the city wall were not happy, and they only burned one of the ladder trucks, and at least a dozen more ladder trucks followed; Second, the rebels' foot soldiers also began to use ordinary siege ladders to launch an offensive against the city walls at this time.

I have to say that the city wall of Xuchang is higher than that of Kunyang, at least about three zhang, three or four percent higher than the city wall of Kunyang, but even so, it still can't stop the rebels from climbing.

Bang bang –

Lengthened siege ladders climbed the city walls, and countless rebel soldiers climbed along the ladders towards the walls.

"Foot soldiers! Infantry to the enemy! ”

Under the shouts of the Gatekeeper Tsui Ke and a famous team, the shield-wielding foot soldiers on the city wall, whose main task was to protect the crossbowmen, finally became the protagonists of this battle, standing on the outermost periphery with flesh and blood to resist the fierce attack of the rebels.

"Offensive ——!"

"Attack and get a reward!"

Since the two sides were already very close, Zhao Yu could clearly hear the orders of the rebel generals.

At the urging of these rebel generals, one rebel soldier climbed the long ladder as if he were forgetting to die, and even though his companions in front of him were killed and pushed down by the guards on the city wall, there was still a steady stream of soldiers who continued to climb.

Just as the so-called blessing is incomparable, disaster is not a single line, just when the soldiers defending the city have faced such great pressure, only to hear the bang, finally a ladder cart successfully set up the wooden planks that serve as the 'soldiers' passage on the city wall.

Although these ladder trucks were generally a head shorter than the southern wall due to their height, so that the wooden plank they stretched out was also tilted over the city, and it was still a little difficult for the rebel soldiers to climb and charge the city wall, but compared to the siege ladders, these ladder trucks were still the biggest threat to the city wall.

"Fire oil cans! Go get the oil canisters! ”

"Block! Obstruct! ”

"Quick! Rush up! ”

"Kill—"

Above and below the city, there was chaos, whether it was the county soldiers on the city walls or the rebel soldiers, there were varying degrees of chaos before they were about to face a short meeting.

And in the midst of this chaos, the rebel soldiers launched an even more ferocious offensive.

Bang bang –

One oil canister after another smashed through the threatening ladder wagons, setting the siege chariots on fire.

The rebel soldiers on the chariot jumped out of the chariot in panic and fled for their lives.

Puff –

One after another ladder trucks approached the city wall, lowered the hanging board in the front section, and slammed it on the city wall.

With a roar of 'attack', a group of fully armored rebel soldiers, with this breath in their chests, rushed to the city wall with a bang on the inclined plank, and killed the soldiers defending the city in a deafening shout.

In an instant, six or seven small battlefields appeared on the southern city wall, and the soldiers on both sides desperately grabbed the insignificant space on the city wall.

"Is this coming?"

Standing in front of the city gate tower and looking around, Zhao Yu frowned slightly.

Compared with Kunyang, Xuchang's city walls are higher, longer, and wider, which has both advantages and disadvantages, but it cannot be denied that Xuchang's soldiers are indeed slightly weaker than the rebels outside the city, but in the first wave of offensives, a small number of rebels attacked the city wall.

If he had been replaced by his Kunyang pawn, the rebels would never have been able to attack so easily. - Of course, this refers to the current Kunyang pawn, not the Kunyang pawn at the beginning of last year's battle.

"Now is the key."

Zhao Yu, who realized the problem, immediately took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "All the soldiers in the city listen to the order and repel the rebels, I will reward the guards of the southern city wall, one million money!" Do you hear that? Anyone who goes to the city to kill the enemy can get an extra 1 million dollars! ”

Behind Zhao Yu, several Gong Cao were stunned and looked at each other, Zhao Yu's order quickly spread throughout the city.

The city guards divided a million dollars?

I have to say that most of the guards don't count well, and they don't know what they will get in the end, but the huge amount of one million really boosts their morale.

Under this heavy reward, even the guards of Xuchang, who had been weak for a long time, also burst out with a strong will.

"Fight off the rebels and you'll get a bounty!!"

"Oh-"