Chapter 75: Defending the City (4)
The attack of more than 100,000 officers and troops was like a large wave crashing against the reef on the shore in the distance, and Rihito watched the battle from the castle tower, and was also a little stunned by this scene. However, in his mind, he compared the current scene with the shots in the movies in his previous life, and compared them for a long time, and he had to admit that the current scenes were shocking and majestic that could not be shown in the movie.
After staying for a while, the guards behind urged Li Ren to come: "Master Hou, the captains are asking if it's time to defend?" ”
"Oh~~." Only then did Liren react, and in the shouts of the rangefinder soldiers next to him, he finally knew that the official army was only two hundred steps away from him.
"Rocket preparation, target building car, destroy with all your might~!" Rihito immediately gave the order.
"Whoosh~! ~Sou~~~! "One by one, with the tail of fire, imitating the rockets made by the Heavenly Mouse in the previous life, rushed to the tall building car with the sound of splitting wind from the multi-layered cannon barrel. Once the rocket is nailed to the car, it cannot be removed at all, because its front end is a sharp object and has barbs. The rocket that did not hit the nail quickly rushed through the building car and rushed towards the back of the official army, and after a while, it exploded in the air with a "bang~". At this time, the officers and soldiers below will feel countless sharp objects flying down from the top of their heads, and these sharp objects will pierce their bodies and heads with a whistling sound. After the rocket was hit by the building car, with the sound of the explosion, the entire building car made a creaking sound and fell into the crowd of officers and soldiers, crushing and crushing many people.
The group of officers and soldiers suddenly fell like stones into a pile of ants, falling one by one, and the screams suddenly filled the audience. Generalissimo Li also looked frightened in the back, as if someone had let his team stop. But now it has just begun, and if you withdraw your troops like this, the morale of your side will be completely gone, and you will never think about attacking this city in the future.
Many generals retreated in their hearts at this time, but there was no Ming Jin behind them, and they would be beheaded if they went like this. They can only slow down the advance of their team, but they must be on the battlefield, and slowing down can easily be directly attacked by the enemy. Generalissimo Li, who was behind him, also saw a shrinking atmosphere in the army, and immediately shouted loudly to the soldiers around him: "Bring the war drums and cheer me on." ”
"Knock~Knock~~Knock~~!" A war drum sounded behind the officers and soldiers, which immediately lifted the momentum of most of the officers and soldiers, and every lieutenant in the army began to take the lead in clapping the armor on his chest and shouting: "Forward~~~!" Advance~~~! ”
Many newcomers to the Suzaku Army on the city wall were frightened by the momentum of the official army, and they suddenly didn't know what to do. Li Ren also knew the situation on his side at this time, and immediately drew his saber, walked out of the city tower to the city wall, looked at the tide of officers and soldiers with contempt, and loudly ordered his own people: "Cheer up, the artillerymen ignite~~!" Call me. ”
"The artillery target is 200 steps, ready ~~put~!" With the sound of the heralds' orders, the earth-shattering sound sounded on the city wall, "boom~~", which suddenly overshadowed the shouts of the officials and soldiers under the city. Before many newcomers to the Vermilion Bird Army could react, they were suddenly deafened by this voice.
Li Xiaozhi, the commander of the official army, was also stupid at this time, he had already heard the sound coming from the city wall. Just after he heard this noise, the hellish sight in front of him made it too late for him to regret it.
With the sound of explosions, many officers and soldiers flew into the air, and then the area suddenly became an open space in a dense area. The ground was littered with stumps and flesh, with incomplete internal organs. The officers and soldiers who rushed up from behind were immediately slid to the ground by the blood on the ground and the internal president, and when they turned over and got up, after taking a closer look, they immediately ran back with a panic shouting.
Marshal Li, who was standing on the high platform, gave an order at this time: "Those who flee back, don't wait~!" After receiving the order, the soldiers formed a human wall at a distance of four hundred paces, and as long as there were officers and soldiers who fled back, they suddenly became ghosts under the sword.
After losing a quarter of the men, the ladder was finally erected above the city walls. The remaining towers were also not far from the top of the city wall, and the officers and soldiers suddenly breathed a deep sigh of relief. But the seasoned soldiers know that now is the beginning of the real siege warfare. The veterans ran to the bottom of the ladder and shouted, "Brothers, come up, I'll hold the ladder for you." Come on~~! Up~~! ”
The recruits in the official army did not know the true cruelty of siege warfare, and they all climbed up the towering city wall with their shields and sabers in their mouths. "Bang~!" A large stone was thrown down the ladder, and the first officer attached to the ladder was smashed and cracked. The veterans under the ladder no longer held on to the ladder at this time, they all ran away from the city wall and pulled a corpse to start lying down and pretending to be dead in their vital parts. Suddenly, a quarter of the officers and troops fell, but a quarter was no longer the casualties of the Suzaku army.
The battle for the city wall began with the fall of the first stone, and it suddenly kicked off its bloody scene. Many officers and soldiers rushed to the city wall, and they all struggled to climb along the ladder to the city wall. The Suzaku soldiers on the city wall threw down the stones and logs that had been prepared around them one by one along the ladder, and when they smashed it, a group of officers and soldiers fell down the ladder.
At this time, Generalissimo Li saw that his troops had reached the bottom of the city wall, and the fear and worry in his heart were gradually replaced by excitement, and he began to drum and cheer for his troops again.
Ribin is not at ease on the city wall now, because weapons such as cannons have lost their effectiveness in short-range contact battles, and now only the most primitive hand-to-hand combat can keep the officers and soldiers under this high wall. Looking at the officers and soldiers who were getting closer and closer to the city wall, Li Ren made the soldiers throw stones and logs one by one. However, these primitive things must have drawbacks, and the figures of the officials and soldiers have been seen on the city wall not far from Liren.
The soldiers in charge of defending the Suzaku army on the city wall saw that their city wall had been climbed up by the officials, and they raised their spears and stabbed them fiercely towards the first officer and soldier who rushed to the city wall.
After a long period of defense, even the iron man can't bear it, not to mention that most of the people on Liren's side are recruits. So now he had to engage with the officers and soldiers in close combat, and personally waved the bloody knife in his hand and roared to cut down the officers and soldiers who were emerging one by one.
After cutting for a long time, Li Ren remembered that he immediately went to look for Zhang Hu's traces. But the city wall is full of people, is there anyone being squeezed off the city wall? Zhang Hu's traces couldn't be found at all, so Li Ren waved the blood knife in his hand to split an official soldier in half, and began to look for Zhang Hu's traces in the most primitive way. Every time he cut down an officer next to a soldier, he asked, "Did you see Captain Zhang?" ”
Finally, at the heel of the tower, Zhang Hu was seen staring at his bronze bell-like eyes, directing a group of soldiers to support all sides. Liren cut down the four officers and soldiers who had just emerged like a whirlwind, and rushed to Zhang Hu's side.
Zhang Hu saw that Liren was covered in blood, and his helmet was gone. He knelt down on one knee and hurriedly apologized to Liren: "The subordinates failed to help the lord, it is really a dereliction of duty by the subordinates, and the lord is punished~!"
Rihito didn't bother to explain anything now, and directly ordered him: "Quickly, let the soldiers take out the grenades and destroy the ladder." ”
Zhang Hu suddenly slapped his head and shouted: "Look at me confused, I forgot everything." Speaking of this, he stood up and hurriedly ordered loudly to the soldiers next to him: "Quick! Use grenades! Blew up the ladder for me. ”
The officers and soldiers under the ladder were happily calling for their brothers to rush up, and they saw black iron balls the size of steamed buns thrown down from them, and this thing was still emitting green smoke. A curious soldier picked it up and looked at it carefully, and immediately laughed and said, "Brothers, look, I think that the thieves have no rolling stones to defend the siege city, and now throw this useless iron lump." Haha~~"
"Oh! Let me see! The other one was also very curious, took the iron ball with the green smoke decreasing, looked at it and said, "What is it at this time, why is there still green smoke?" ”
The officer and soldier who picked it up just now immediately snatched it from his hand, and said with a smile: "Hehe, this iron lump seems to have some shares, and it is just right to go back and fight a kitchen knife." As he spoke, the soldiers next to him were also envious, but misfortune happened. The iron lump in his hand somehow made his eyes black, and then he didn't know anything.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang under the city wall, and puffs of smoke rose into the air. The officers and soldiers who were about to climb the city wall were empty one after another, shouting: "Help~~~!" ”。 It's like a dumpling, falling from the top to the ground. Spat blood from their mouths and tried to turn their heads to see what was happening on the ground, but no matter how hard they struggled, it was to no avail, and with remorse, they opened their eyes and swallowed their last breath in this world.
Although the officers and soldiers who were close to the ground fell to the ground from above, they did not suffer much injury, until some unlucky people were stoned to death by those who fell from above.
The ladders beside the city wall were finally blown away one by one, and Li Ren waved the blood knife in his hand to lead the guards to clean up the officers and soldiers who were still on the city wall. The remaining officers and soldiers saw that their retreat was broken, and many shouted: "Spare your life, spare your life, we surrender, we surrender~!" ”
One of the rules of the Suzaku Army is to surrender to avoid death, and these surrendered officers and soldiers temporarily saved their lives, while there are still some stubborn officers and soldiers who are still fighting hard against the Suzaku Army under the leadership of their own captains. It must be that their number is very small now, and they can't be compared with the Suzaku army that is full of walls. They were now making the last futile struggle, and finally the last officer and soldier captain on the city wall was pierced through the heart by random arrows.