Chapter 344: Siege
The wind and rain on the seaside come and go quickly, and how bluffing the stormy seaside is, how charming the sunny seaside is. The sky cleared, and the Qin army naturally began to prepare intensively to attack the city.
The Weihan people, who live by the sea all year round, seem to have a special affection for turtles, their boats are called turtle boats, and their cities are called turtle castles. Turtle City, as its name suggests, is like a large turtle lying on the seashore. Turtle Castle is a circular fortress built entirely of huge strips of stone. The outermost circle of this circular fortress is the city wall where the military is stationed, the inner circle is the camp where the soldiers are stationed, and the innermost layer is the area where the people live.
The Qin army has already driven to the city of Guicheng, ready to attack the city at any time, the city wall of Guicheng is not high, only about two or three zhang, this height is far inferior to even some county towns in Daqin.
"Wow, wow, wow."
The square military formation of black flags and black armor seems to be assembled below the Turtle City, with iron armor in the forefront, sword and shield soldiers holding swords and shields in one hand and spears in the other, while behind the sword and shield soldiers are the Qin army's crossbowmen, and at the back are a cannon with bronze colors. On the left and right flanks of the Great Army, there were a few Great Qin cavalry. Because it was a long-distance cross-sea battle, the cavalry of the Qin army was not much.
"Artillery preparation."
"Reload."
"Launch."
With the swing of the flag in the herald's hand, the artillery in the rear of the battalion began to adjust the angle and methodically reload the ammunition.
"Free launch, target wall."
The banner in the herald's hand fell, and the Qin army's cannon opened and let out a roar. This time, Li Chen sent troops to bring more than 100 extermination cannons for siege alone, and there were countless tiger squat cannons suitable for field battles. It's a pity that Turtle City is too far from the sea, and the large-caliber naval guns on the Great Qin ships can't hit here.
More than 100 exterminating cannons began to fire freely, and the artillerymen all held their breath and hit the shells into the turtle city as fast as possible. At this time, it was as if there was a rain of cannonballs on the city wall of Turtle City, and countless flowering bullets and solid bullets fell densely on the city wall.
Li Chenren was in the Chinese army, holding a telescope in his hand to observe the scene on the city wall. I have to say that the design of this turtle shell of the Wei Han people is very ingenious. It seems to be used to restrain the Qin army's artillery. The walls of the turtle ship are circular, and solid bullets cannot be used to force the walls, and often cannot cause effective damage to the walls. The flowering shells used to kill and injure the enemy troops in the city walls are often due to the curvature of the city walls, and most of the shells almost fall into the city walls.
After a round of shooting, although the movement of the Qin army looked terrifying, it actually did not cause major casualties to the Wei Han people. Although some Weihan people died under the shelling, the casualties were not serious.
"Master Hou, shall I bring someone up?"
Seeing that the invincible artillery didn't seem to have much effect, Fan Hao took the initiative to ask for help.
"Okay, you bring 5,000 sword and shield soldiers to attack, and if you can't do anything, you will take people down in time." Li Chen admonished.
The turtle city of the Wei Han people is not the same as the city wall of Daqian, this big turtle shell is more like a military fortress, which makes people a little confused.
"Master Hou, look at it, at most two hours, I will definitely break this turtle shell for you." Fan Xu said with an oath.
In front of the Qin army's camp, Fan Xu ordered five thousand elite sword and shield soldiers, and these black-armored soldiers were like a moving torrent.
"I gave the Hou Ye a military order, I must break the turtle shell in front of me in two hours, do you have confidence." Under the banner of the black dragon, Fan Xu's voice was deafening.
"Yes, yes, yes." The soldiers roared in unison.
"Follow me." Fan Hao brandished his weapon and roared, and led the soldiers towards the city wall.
"Wind, wind, wind."
"Bang, bang, bang."
The soldiers of the Qin army shouted slogans while slapping their shields with the knives in their hands, and the black torrent began to advance towards the city wall.
On the city wall, Wei Kunyang looked at the majestic Qin soldiers under the city, and then looked at the soldiers under him who were like refugees, and he couldn't help but lose confidence in his heart. Since his uncle died in battle, Wei Kunyang seems to have suffered from Qin-phobia.
"Crossbowmen ready."
"Artillery preparation."
"Launch."
Fan Xu's side began to advance towards the city wall, and the Qin army crossbowmen and artillery in the rear also began to suppress the Wei Han soldiers on the city wall from a distance.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
"Boom, boom, boom."
The arrows that covered the sky and the sun, and the dense cannonballs once again tore through the sky, and shot straight towards the Wei Han camp. The Qin crossbow can only play its greatest role with a covering projectile, and the projectile also has a fatal drawback, that is, the accuracy is not high.
The Weihan soldiers on the city wall were so crushed that they couldn't lift their heads, although the design of the turtle city was very ingenious, and it could effectively avoid the threat of cannonballs and arrows, but the premise of evasion was that the Weihan people also hid behind the city wall. Once they show up, they will be greeted by arrows and shells like locusts.
Li Chen held a telescope in his hand and observed the scene around the city wall, and at this time, Fan Xu had already led people to touch the distance of a hundred steps under the city. This distance has entered the coverage range of cannonballs and arrows, and Fan Xu is easily injured by his own arrows if he moves forward.
"Stop shooting." Li Chen waved his hand at the herald, signaling the crossbowmen and artillerymen to stop firing.
At the moment when the Qin army's cannon was silent, Fan Xu took his soldiers and carried the ladder towards Turtle City, which was much faster than the Olympic sprint in his previous life. The city wall of Turtle City is not high, and the ladder is easily put on the city wall, Fan Xu took the lead in climbing the ladder, he held a shield in one hand to block the arrows shot from the city wall, and quickly climbed up with one hand.
There should not be many bows and arrows from the Wei Han people, and the arrows on the city wall are not dense, although there are not many arrows, but the stones thrown from the city wall are not small. Under the leadership of Fan Xushen, a part of the Qin army soon climbed the city wall.
"Kill, kill, kill."
These Qin troops who climbed the city wall, led by the brave and invincible Fan Xu, guarded these ladders with their backs against the city wall. At this time, the Weihan soldiers on the city wall naturally noticed this handful of Qin troops who had climbed the city wall, and the surrounding Weihan soldiers immediately began to attack Fan Xu's side. Fan Hao and others, who were attacked on their backs, were soon drowned in the sea of people, like a small boat in the stormy sea.
"Brothers, hurry, hurry."
Seeing that the brothers on the city wall were covered in blood and still fighting to the death, the Qin army under the city was also very anxious. However, the ladders protected by Fan Hao and others were only seven or eight, and the Qin army that could climb at the same time was limited.
"Get out of the way and let my men go first." The words of the Great Qin officials, who were not fluent in the jeeps, sounded, and the soldiers of the Qin army moved out of the way one after another, allowing the group of animals in the Rakshasa camp to go up first.
(End of chapter)