Chapter 388: The Tension of Defending the City
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
Liu Jie rolled up his sleeves, revealing his chubby white arms, and struggled to beat the big war drum in front of the city gate.
"Fellow villagers and elders of Beihai City, today this official personally cheers for you! This official is here today, vowing to live and die with Beihai City, whether you can hold the city or not, it depends on you, the Han will win! Victory in the North Sea! ”
Liu Jie exerted too much force, his face was flushed, and he shouted loudly with all his might.
"Thieves outside the city, come! Come to attack the city, this official Liu Jie, Beihai County Guard, today this official will be consumed with you to the end. ”
The Yellow Turban Army outside the city was getting ready and ready to move, and began to slowly move forward.
But the sudden sound of war drums on the head of this city made them stunned, this is the initiative to declare war on them?
All of a sudden, those yellow turban leaders immediately became angry. I feel that they have been challenged, and there are only 2,000 officers and soldiers in one county, so they dare to argue with them? If they hadn't relied on the fortified city and asked the people in the city to help them, they would have invaded the city a long time ago.
Liu Jie? Good for you, Liu Jie! When the city is breached, you will be skinned and cramped!
At the head of the city, the soldiers and civilians also saw Liu Jie beating drums and cheering, and they were all a little stunned for the first time. After all, this Beihai County is too guarded, and its sense of existence in their minds is too low, and it is really surprising to suddenly do such a thing now.
At this moment, the people suddenly woke up, ah, it turns out that our parents in Beihai are this chubby guy. After that, most of the people also thought, well, this parent official seems to be pretty good, at least he, as our parent officer, can defend Beihai City and let the people avoid suffering from the scourge of thieves.
Actually, this is indeed a feat. No matter who contributed or whose opinion was planned, but nominally, the highest official in Beihai was Liu Jie. Without Liu Jie's permission and Liu Jie's support, this defense of the city would definitely not have been so smooth. Even if he is completely talentless and virtuous, he can listen to Liu Xian's words, follow Liu Xian's advice, and mobilize the people of the city to defend the city, which can show that Liu Jie is not useless. If you put it another way, this is where Liu Jie's shrewdness and even wisdom lie.
When a wise parent governs them, the people are naturally convinced.
I have to say, sometimes don't underestimate some behaviors. Some things have some actions, and if they are done, they can be seen by people, and if the result is good, then it will naturally be able to make people look at them differently, so as to change their view.
But then again, if Liu Jie didn't express his willingness to follow Liu Xian and serve Liu Xian, then Liu Xian would naturally not do anything more, and he wouldn't let Liu Jie gain the fame of the people of Beihai City in vain.
Anyway, after this incident, Liu Jie should be better off in Beihai City, at least, from now on, the people of Beihai City will recognize Liu Jie as their Taishou and their parents. When the time comes, those officials who can't afford Liu Jie, are unwilling to obey Liu Jie's orders, and don't get close to Liu Jie, will really have to think about it in the future. Is it to cooperate with Liu Jie to govern Beihai County well? Or do you want to go against Liu Jieyin for your own preferences or interests?
If you take into account that Liu Jie has Liu Xian behind him, the identity of the young master of the Liu Mansion in Liulin Village, the young master of the Plains Palace, and the identity of the son-in-law of Kong Rong in Beihai. Then from now on, everyone in Beihai City will be polite to Liu Jie.
Liu Xian hopes that Liu Jie can always sit in the position of Beihai Taishou, so that it will be more beneficial to him in the future.
As for whether this will affect Kong Rong's future development, Liu Xian doesn't want to think too much about it. If Kong Rong takes the path of princes as in history, it may not be a good thing for Kong Rong. These histories have proven themselves.
The soldiers and civilians at the head of the city, after they were stunned for a moment, they did feel a little excited, after all, Liu Jie, the Beihai Taishou, personally beat the drum and cheered, which was indeed an encouragement and encouragement for ordinary people like them.
"Defend Beihai City to the death! Swear to live and die with Beihai City! ”
"The Han will win, and the North Sea will win!"
The soldiers and civilians at the head of the city also followed Liu Jie's shouting, shouting loudly, shouting one after another, so that the morale of the soldiers and civilians defending the city was high.
The shouts of the soldiers and civilians at the head of the city fell on the ears of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who were slowly advancing outside the city, which really became a provocation, and at the same time did make them feel a little depressed.
If the city head is allowed to be so arrogant, then they don't need to attack the city, it is estimated that such a huge formation has completely overwhelmed the momentum of the siege army. Is it still hairy?
"Siege! Kill the city, destroy them, rush! ”
"Sons, do you want money and food? Want a woman? Take Beihai City, and they will all be yours. Kill! ”
The angry Yellow Turban leaders couldn't hold back any longer, and with an order, they took the lead in rushing to the city wall.
Elite is elite, or after yesterday's siege battle, they have learned something even if they have no siege experience.
This time, they used some shield soldiers to stand in front, and finally knew how to protect the soldiers who charged with the ladders. At the very least, with the protection of shield soldiers, they will not be easily killed by bows and arrows shot from the city.
In addition, when charging, they will also pay attention to the head of the city, and pay attention to the bows and arrows fired from the city.
Soon, they were also under the walls.
In the same way, they have learned to behave. When they attacked and killed under the city wall, they did not rush directly to the city wall, they only rushed out of the range of the heavy objects on the top of the city. At the place where they stopped, there was still a short distance from the city wall, so that they would not be easily hit by the rolling stones and sassalwoods that fell from the city's head.
Earlier, when they attacked the city, all their Yellow Turban soldiers rushed under the city wall, and the result can be imagined, even if the rolling stone sassholes smashed down from the city head did not hit those Yellow Turban soldiers who attacked and killed from the ladder, they would also hit other Yellow Turban soldiers. Although, when they saw the rolling stone rafts smashed down on the top of the city, they instinctively retreated a little to avoid the rolling stones and rafts smashed down on their heads, but when they really smashed down, how could their legs outrun the speed of the heavy objects smashed down on their heads?
Now, they didn't directly rush out of the range where they would be attacked by heavy objects at the head of the city, which is a loss and a long wisdom.
At the same time, they would form a formation under the walls for shield guards to protect, and their archers would constantly fire arrows at the top of the city to provide cover for the besieging soldiers.
The siege battle began again, and the bows and arrows of both sides went back and forth, attacking each other.
The Yellow Turban soldiers who really approached the foot of the city wall were the Yellow Turban soldiers who carried the ladder and the Yellow Turban soldiers who climbed directly with ropes.
Soon, the ladder was also erected, and a long rope was thrown, and the hook hooked the head of the city, and the people below pulled it harder, and they bit the head of the city.
As soon as the ladder was erected, there were yellow turban soldiers rushing up desperately.
At the same time, the city also began to throw down rolling stones and sassalwood.
The roar of the bang, and the screams and screams erupted again.
As for the Yellow Turban soldiers who are besieging the city, they are now letting a wave of soldiers rush up first, and if they are knocked down, the next group of people will enter the danger area and climb the ladder.
Such waves can also avoid too many casualties. In this way, it can also quickly consume the fortification materials on the head of the city.
The materials for defending the city at the head of the city, no matter how much they are piled up, will always run out of them. Like those rolling stones and wood, they are all large objects, which seem to be piled up, but they can't stand the consumption of speed.
Of course, there are naturally young and strong people in the city who help to transport materials to the city to keep transporting materials to the city, but this is it, they can't withstand consumption, not to mention, these things are not infinite, there are only so many things, and there will be no more when they are used up.
Liu Xian personally stood in front of a battlement to participate in the defense of the city, and outside the battlement where Liu Xian was standing, a ladder was erected by the Yellow Turban Army.
In fact, it is easy to say, and it seems very simple to watch others attack and defend the city. But when it comes to fighting yourself, you will know that it is not a simple matter.
When defending the city, I was really nervous, and sometimes if I was a little slower, there might be problems.
Even Liu Xian personally felt the nervous feeling of defending the city at this time.
How so? The city wall of Beihai City is about 20 meters high. Standing at the head of the city or at the foot of the city walls, you may feel that such a height is high and intimidating.
But in fact, it is the distance of about 20 meters, and the height will be very high, but the distance is very close.
It can be seen this way, even if it is those archers in the Yellow Turban Army, let them shoot a target at a distance of about 20 meters, I dare not say that it will hit a hundred shots, but three or two arrows out of ten can hit the target without much problem. This can be done even by a slightly trained archer.
It's like Liu Xian playing blue ball in later generations, long-distance three-point shots, shooting ten, and always hitting one or two, right? This blue ball throwing and archery actually have a certain similarity, in addition to aiming, you have to rely on feeling. Doesn't this archery also have to be based on feeling?
Although there are not many Yellow Turban archers under the city walls, there are still hundreds of thousands of archers. Not to mention anything else, ten people shoot ten arrows each, this is a hundred arrows, how to say, one out of a hundred will not be too much of a problem.
Therefore, the soldiers and civilians defending the city at the head of the city, they really have to be very careful, and their spirits are very nervous, because they don't know when there will be a sudden arrow that will come in from the battlements and shoot at them very accurately.
This is the tension in the face of the bows and arrows of the besieging army under the city.
And then there are the besieging soldiers who are directly confronted.
They climbed up along the ladder, in fact, it was very fast, even if they climbed up from the foot of the city wall along the ladder at a speed of one meter per second, it would take more than twenty seconds, that is, more than twenty breaths to rush up from the foot of the city wall to the top of the city.
From the moment they saw the enemy attacking upward, in the twenty or so breaths, they must beat this Yellow Turban soldier down, otherwise, they will be able to kill the city.
It's really stressful when it's really a siege.
What can you do with twenty or so breaths? Normally, you can't do anything. But the soldiers at the head of the city, at this time, had to bring the rolling stones or sassal logs that had been piled up on the top of the city, pick them up, lift them up over the battlements, and smash them down with their own sight or order.
The soldier who hit the attack is still free, if the soldier who hits up dodges it, or the life is big, and he is not hit. Then he naturally struggled to continue to climb up.
At this time, if he didn't smash this soldier down in time, then he was almost about to attack the city.
In fact, the besieging soldiers, when they climb up, have to withstand two or three heavy attacks at most. As long as he dodges everything, then he has a chance to kill the city.
Therefore, the defenders of the city, from the very beginning, were in a state of tension, since the bows and arrows of the thieves under the defense of the city had to keep taking rolling stones and squeals and smashing them down, and if they were a little slower, they might be attacked and killed. In addition, it is true that we must pay attention to cooperation and not mess around. If he is really attacked by the thieves and killed on the top of the city, he must be killed in time, and if they are really killed in the battlements, then it will be really troublesome.
Liu Xian is naturally not afraid, but most of the people in the city are ordinary young and strong, they have not really been trained, they have not killed anyone, and they have not been on the battlefield, most of them, they may not even fight in their lives, when they really want to face the thieves face to face with the short soldiers, how can they fight? Do you dare to fight and kill?
Finally, what Liu Xian was worried about happened.
A real general, even if he is a quasi-military general who has just cultivated his internal strength. Their senses are indeed different from ordinary people, and they are much stronger than ordinary people in terms of strength and reaction.
The weight of the heavy object on their heads looked sharp and violent, but they were able to avoid it flexibly, whether they were on the ladder or climbing up the rope, they could avoid the attack on their heads.
Liu Xian was defending the city in person, watching and feeling it in person, and he would think upside down in his heart, if he attacked the city by himself, according to the current way of defending the city on the city, the attack intensity, even if it was himself, on the ladder or on the rope, he could easily avoid those attacks.
In other words, these ordinary, conventional means of defending the city are actually not as threatening as imagined for ordinary generals.
Suddenly, Liu Xian's eyes narrowed, and he saw a yellow turban general, who was like a spirit monkey, twice as fast as ordinary people, and climbed towards the city quickly.
No, it's not accurate to say that it's climbing, it's really like an orangutan monkey, he can directly use a lanyard to leap up and jump from one rope to another.
The real martial arts master has finally appeared.