Chapter Twenty-Four: The Siege
The cavalry of the Black Flag Khanate came like a tidal wave, and when they crossed the moat, they were hindered for a moment by rolling logs and stones, and knocked over some of the cavalry. But soon the cavalry behind overcame these obstacles and rushed in front of the city gates. Zhang Sheng and the soldiers defending the city closed the gate the moment they crossed the moat. Zhang Sheng did not dare to relax, and ordered someone to move the knife cart to the city gate in case of emergency.
The cavalry who rushed to the front slammed into the door, and the door shook back a few times. The archers on the tower shot arrows downward, and the cavalry under the city raised the blankets wrapped in wool on their horses sideways and draped them over their bodies, and most of the arrows only shot at the blankets and wool. Seeing this, Li Xiaofei shouted: "Don't shoot arrows, wait until they climb the city." The cavalry quickly retreated, and the commander of the cavalry team, wearing chain mail and horned helmets, slowly drove his horse forward, and the cavalry on both sides made way for him. This person shouted in front of the battle: "We will fight Xinye in an hour, and your wooden gate and dirt wall will not be able to stop our grassland warriors who are as hard as steel, burn the door!" ”
At the sound of an order, hundreds of arrows coated with fire oil flew towards the city gates, which soon burned.
Zhang Sheng surrounded the city with four layers of knife carts and horses, preparing to rely on knife carts to resist horses to meet the enemy once the city gate was broken.
Li Xiaofei looked at the fireworks downstairs in the city, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly shouted: "Move all the firewood in the city to the city, go quickly, cut down all the trees in the city and block it in the city gate for me, go quickly, it's too late."
The city gate was quickly burned down, a large red flag was erected in the cavalry of the Black Banner Khanate, and with a wave of the scimitar of the general of the horned armor, fifty cavalry rushed towards the city gate.
Seeing that the cavalry began to attack the city again, Li Xiaofei pointed to the city gate: "Throw down all the firewood that is lit, and set fire in the city gate."
Fifty horsemen crossed the ruined gate and were tripped by the sword-cart horse, which in turn set fire to the sword-cart horseback.
The horned armor general smiled: "It's ridiculous that these Central Plains people don't know the power of the oil, the city gate can be burned, and the horses and those wooden shelves burn faster." What's even more stupid is that they still help us throw firewood", he waited for the saber cart to be burned before launching a general attack. He waited for a while, only to see that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the smoke was billowing and sparks were flying everywhere inside the city gate, and he beckoned dozens of cavalry around him to come forward and take a look.
The cavalry who returned told him that the Central Plains people had set fire to many trees that had been piled up in the city gate, and the city could not be attacked for a while.
The horned armor general was furious and ordered a strong attack, and suddenly the sky was full of arrows and flew towards the castle tower. There was a cry from the castle tower: "Raise the shield", and the soldiers raised their shields above their heads and gathered together. There was a loud bang, and most of the arrows fell to the ground.
The army of the Black Flag Khanate rained arrows, and the ladders and stone throwers pressed up at the same time. The tower of the city still raises a shield to maintain the formation, otherwise, let the ladder be set up.
The soldiers of the Black Flag Khanate climbed up the ladder one after another, and the Liang army in the city ignored it. When they reached the battlements of the city wall, the soldiers of the Black Flag Khanate let go one after another, and some of them immediately fell. It turned out that the battlements of the city wall were wrapped with a dense layer of thorns, and as soon as the hand touched it, many thorns pierced the palm of the hand.
The soldiers who climbed in front of them desperately tore off the thorns, and the Liang army took out a long torch from the brazier and smashed it towards the battlement, and the smoke and fire fell down a group of soldiers of the Black Flag Khanate.
Later, boiling water and lime were all used, and the soldiers of the Black Flag Khanate were never able to cross the battlements of the city walls. General Oxhorn Helm ordered the siege to be halted and instead took a detour to the other three gates in search of opportunities.
The north gate was attacked, and the east, west, and south gates also sealed the city gate with rammed earth and large stones and trees. The army of the Black Flag Khanate ran around the city, so they had to camp around Suizhou City and encircle the city. The family members in the city were unable to leave the city, and stayed in the city, Chen He was carried back to the mansion, and Chen He wailed weakly: "Now I will definitely die in the hands of those fire dragon barbarians." I knew that I was fishing, studying, raising flowers and grass at home." Xiao Qian and Hongrui also looked solemn, although they had seen battles before, they had never seen the army of the Black Flag Khanate so unafraid of attacking the city one after another.
At night, Li Xiaofei and Zhang Sheng did not dare to relax, and dug up the floor tiles on the palace and the streets and moved them to the four city gates for later use. Late at night, the two sighed when they saw Xiao Qian Hongrui delivering food on the city wall. Li Xiaofei hugged Hongrui: "Sister, I'm sorry for you, I should let you leave a day early", Zhang Sheng saluted Xiao Qian: "The princess is in danger here, and it is difficult to escape the blame for the death", Xiao Qian felt that the two were too pessimistic and said: "Didn't we resist their attack during the day, as long as we hold on, the prince and Lord Chen will come to defeat them", Li Xiaofei almost cried, so he told them all about the Chen Hongyi handsome flag and the two heads thrown out by the soldiers of the Black Flag Khanate before.
When Xiao Qian heard that Liu Jian was killed, she also cried and messed up. Li Xiaofei and Zhang Sheng couldn't help but shed tears. But Hongrui said: "If I am an enemy, I will directly send the head of the boss to you into the city, so that everyone can see it, this trick can directly make everyone cut off hope, relying on the head of the boss to persuade all the way to Jinling City, why throw it outside the city?" This remark woke up the three of them, and Li Xiaofei suddenly realized: "Even I was deceived, I said how could such a powerful character as the prince and Lord Chen be cut off so easily, it seems that these barbarians are not only brave in battle, but also cunning, and they are not easy opponents to deal with", Zhang Sheng also took over: "They found craftsmen to make a handsome flag, and if they got two heads, they almost deceived us of a city", Xiao Qian wiped away her tears: "No, the most ruthless thing for them is to let us who defend the city cut off hope, When we know that there will be no more reinforcements, we must be desperate in our hearts, and the people and soldiers in the city will soon collapse. Just because we hold on today doesn't mean we can hold on tomorrow. The top priority is to stabilize people's hearts, and people's hearts cannot be scattered! Hongrui continued: "At this time, we need a flying pigeon biography, as long as we have a letter from Lord Chen or the prince, it can be useful."
Li Xiaofei and Zhang Sheng fell into deep thought, but Xiao Qian jumped up: "I have a way to write Lord Chen's letter, let's go find Chen He!" ”