Chapter 542: Siege (4)
Xiahou Yuan suddenly raised his left arm high,
With his movements,
Several flag bearers behind him suddenly waved the flags in their hands,
Then two teams of people came out of the crowd,
A group of centaurs dressed in heavy iron armor,
Just look at the equipment on them,
It gives people a heavy sense of oppression,
This is a force of five hundred hoplites,
It is also one of the secret weapons of Lu Bujun,
the cost of its equipment,
Not even inferior to an equal number of elite cavalry,
The other group also numbered about 500,
But their armor,
It can even only be described as thin,
The thin leather armor only protects the key parts,
Most of the place is exposed,
With a huge longbow behind him,
Everyone is a person with sharp eyes and powerful arms,
This is Xiahou Yuan's longbowman at the bottom of the box,
He loves to shoot,
Thus among the troops formed,
deliberately matched with such a special unit,
Each of these people is a good hand at wearing Yang,
You can see from the equipment on their bodies,
They gave up almost all their defenses,
reduce the weight of the archers to the lowest possible level,
Strengthen their agility with all their might,
So they're the fastest.
On a densely populated battlefield,
The lethality of this force is amazing.
But its defense,
It's pitifully low,
Therefore, the battlefields suitable for them are very limited.
But the cost of this longbowman is not small,
High cost but only play a limited role,
This awkward situation,
Let Xiahou Yuan's brother Xiahou Yuan often criticize,
But Xiahou Yuan unswervingly retained this force,
Today, he is going to show the glory of this army,
Shocked everyone.
Xiahou Yuan's raised left hand waved forward heavily,
The five hundred hoplites marched forward with heavy steps,
Five hundred feet that landed at the same time,
The whole earth seemed to tremble with it,
These burly men,
did not run,
Tightly just moving forward at a uniform speed,
It is enough to make any enemy desperate.
Liu Beijun at the head of the city also knew the power of this kind of hoplite,
But knowing and facing directly,
After all, they are two different things.
Therefore, many Liu Bei's soldiers,
At this moment, the expression on his face is very solemn,
There are even some soldiers,
Unconsciously took half a step back at the head of the city,
Seeing this, Chen Zhi's eyes were cold,
Shouted angrily:
"Don't panic! There are not many of these hoplites, and it is impossible for them to enter the city, so they are just a good target for us to practice! β
Chen Zhi smiled and said the words,
His voice fell,
Liu Beijun behind him finally relaxed a lot,
The soldiers are not nervous,
It was much easier to deal with the siege of LΓΌ Bu's army.
The second wave of the offensive of Lu Bu's army was very difficult,
Now that these 500 hoplites have been put into battle,
Attract part of the fire near the city gates,
finally made the Lu Bujun near the city gate a lot easier.
Chen Zhi looked at these hoplites with a puzzled face,
Up and down their bodies,
In addition to a huge shield,
He does not appear to be carrying any other weapons.
Why is this force being pushed out at this time that can be used as a secret weapon,
Chen Zhi's gaze roamed over the entire battlefield,
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a half-man's high mound of sand in front of the city gate,
His eyes suddenly tightened,
I vaguely grasped some tricks in my heart.
"Aim at the hoplites, don't let them get close to the mound of sand!"
Chen Zhi's words have just fallen,
Liu Beijun nearby hurriedly shifted the target,
Pour all your fire down on these five hundred,
But now Liu Beijun,
After the loss of the remote device,
In the face of this kind of heavy infantry like a steel monster,
There are no very good means of attack,
Rolling stones, sassal wood, and boiling oil are not within reach due to distance problems.
can really do them harm,
There are only arrows in the hands of those archers,
But this kind of bow and arrow that relies on brawn force,
In the face of the layers of heavy armor,
can play a role,
It's really limited and pitiful.
The hoplites moved slowly,
But two or three hundred paces away,
also passed in a very short time,
They finally came to the vicinity of the mound of sand,
All the hoplites dispersed at once,
Every two people in a group,
A man in front of him holds a huge shield,
The man behind took out a shovel from his body,
Begin to dig a mound of sand,
Chen Zhi looked at the scene in front of him,
His face became very gloomy,
Such a thick-skinned fellow,
Not to mention the huge shield in your hand,
Even if you stand there and let the archers shoot,
It's hard to hurt them in the slightest,
In this way, unless people are sent out of the city for contact warfare,
Otherwise, it will simply become an unsolvable battle.
But Lu Bu's army is now stepping up the siege of the city,
Liu Bei was able to resist it by relying on the city wall.
If you take the initiative to go out of the city,
Then the defensive advantage will be gone,
That's when the damage is even greater.
Chen Zhi's brows furrowed tightly,
But he soon thought of a solution.
Hurriedly turned around and shouted loudly:
"The third team, pile up a mound of sand and dirt on the inside of the city gate to block the road into the city!"
As his voice fell,
Nearly 1,000 Liu Beijun swarmed up,
Utilizing nearby materials,
The inside of the gate was firmly blocked.
Sima Fu, who has been watching from the sidelines,
A faint smile appeared on his face at this moment,
Chen Zhi's instant decision,
and the means of disposition he chooses,
He was quite satisfied.
At the same time, in Xiahou Yuan, far outside the city,
Although I couldn't hear Chen Zhi's order,
But with his sharp eyes,
I have seen some reactions in the city,
A sneer appeared at the corner of Xiahou Yuan's mouth,
"Carving insect skills!"
The soft words just fell,
The left hand was raised high again and made a motion,
The flag bearer behind him hurriedly waved the flag,
The five hundred longbowmen who were ready to fight were all dispatched at once.
They run and jump very fast,
And these five hundred are not acting in unison,
They are like five hundred swimming fish flowing into a river,
Almost in a posture of fighting for each other,
They rushed in different directions.
Chen Zhi saw this scene from afar,
Suddenly, my heart shrank,
Just from the garments of these people,
You can already see that they are a group of marksmen,
This kind of moment when both sides can only rely on bows and arrows to consume each other,
the damage that this sharpshooter troop can inflict,
That, of course, is self-evident.
Sure enough, the five hundred men came very quickly.
As soon as they stood in their positions,
Then they stretched out their bows and arrows,
Shooting at Liu Beijun at the head of the city,
These five hundred people were carefully selected by Xiahou Yuan,
And after rigorous training,
No one can say that he is miraculous,
But most of the steps can be done.
These five hundred arrows,
Although it is not a concentrated shooting, Sanjiu
Visually it didn't make much of a shock,
But the damage to Liu Beijun is real.
Wang Ergou is an ordinary soldier in Xuzhou,
Due to the large strength,
Loved by Duber,
This time, it was deliberately arranged on the front line,
And Duber also promised to himself,
If Ergou can be in this battle,
Make some more contributions,
Duber was willing to marry his daughter to him.
For this purpose,
Wang Ergou is full of energy today,
He had seen Dubo's daughter,
The skin is white and tender, as if it can pinch out the water,
Especially the two fat lumps of meat behind him,
Listen to the old people,
The older it is, the easier it is to have sons,
Wang Ergou, who was born in poverty,
In the past, I never had the luxury of marrying a wife and having children.
When I joined the army, I also hoped to have a full meal.
But now, not only have they eaten,
The beautiful life of the wife and children on the hot kang,
It also seems to be beckoning to him not far away.
The battle between the big guys,
Who is orthodox and who is rebellious,
Wang Ergou doesn't understand,
He wasn't interested in knowing,
He was just very grateful for the siege of Lu Bu's army this time,
that he may have the opportunity to marry Duber's daughter,
For this purpose,
Their second team began by climbing the city walls,
Wang Ergou desperately threw boulders and sassalwood down,
Thanks to his efforts,
has killed seven or eight soldiers of the Lu Bu army,
The head smashed by the boulder,
As if it were flowers blooming for his wedding,
The screams of the wounded soldiers,
It seems to be playing music for his good deeds,
His whole being almost fell into madness,
Keep lifting, gathering overhead, aiming, smashing,
His goal today is to kill fifteen people.
Then he will have enough merit to become a captain,
Not only became an official,
can also marry the girl you love,
That's the real double happiness,
Thinking of the occurrence of this scene,
Wang Ergou couldn't help but show a smug smile at the corner of his mouth,
"Ninth ......"
He shouted out a number,
was about to throw a boulder at Lu Bujun on the ladder in front of him,
However, at this very moment,
Suddenly a slight 'poof' sound came,
Immediately afterwards, Wang Ergou felt an itch in his throat,
In an instant, the sharp pain spread throughout the body from that position,
And then all the power seemed to rush out of the throat,
The boulder held behind the overhead,
also fell down weakly,
Beat twice on the head of the city,
Rolled to the side.
Wang Ergou's body fell backwards,
Staring blankly at the sky,
He couldn't figure it out, obviously very careful to see that there were no archers from Lu Bu's army nearby,
So where did the other party shoot this arrow?
It's just that this last question,
But no one could answer for him,
As for his low-hanging wish,
can only be with deep regret,
Leave helplessly.
In the distance, a longbowman slowly exhaled,
He's been eyeing the guy across from him for a long time,
Although it is not big,
But it seems that the strength is really not small,
The murder is also very ferocious,
What he is most unaccustomed to seeing,
It's the smug smile on the corner of the other party's mouth that kills people,
So the longbowmen before they set out,
I made this guy my first target.
Moved the knuckles a little,
Deftly dodge an arrow from the head of the city,
The longbowman skillfully removes the arrow from the quiver again,
While sweeping to one side,
Looking for the next target.
The same scenario,
The battlefield under the entire Anqiu City is staged.
Due to the sudden addition of these two special forces,
The balance of victory slowly tilted towards Lu Bujun,
Chen Zhi's face became extremely solemn,
He guessed the opponent's tactics in advance,
However, I guessed that I couldn't take measures in time to deal with it.
This frustration and powerlessness gave him a headache.
His hands clenched into fists,
The cheeks on both sides also bite together too hard,
And the high bulge out,
Bloodshot slowly appeared in his eyes,
He didn't want to admit his defeat,
However, in the face of the other party's endless means,
He had to accept the fact that he had to accept it.
And, he discovered,
I can't think of any way,
to deal with the situation today.
Glancing back slightly,
And then quickly took it back,
At that moment,
He wanted to turn around and ask Sima Fu behind him for help,
But I was overturned that idea by myself,
"Team Four! With a shield, go to town! β
The fourth group of men and horses is an emergency force to prevent the enemy from landing in the city.
However, at this time,
But he had to be urgently mobilized,
The damage of the archers on the opposite side is too sharp,
Under their kind of precision strikes,
The casualties here have skyrocketed,
Together, the defense line that prevented Lu Bu's army from ascending the city,
It's also a lot weaker all of a sudden.
When your archers want to fight back,
The other party relies on his flexible body,
dodged attack after attack,
On this battlefield now,
In the face of such a nimble enemy,
It's hard to kill,
Especially when you still need to take into account the siege troops,
For today's plan, the only way to do this is to use refueling tactics,
Let more soldiers go up to the top of the city,
Suppress the enemy in numbers,
Make it difficult for the opponent to consume a lot of their own side with such tactics.
Chen Zhi's disposal method,
fell into the eyes of two people on both sides of the battlefield,
The corners of Sima Fu's mouth twitched,
took a sip of tea with a blank face,
There is no big problem with Chen Zhi's response,
It can be said that it is decent,
However, it disappointed Sima Fu a little,
However, he will not give a word of warning at this time.
Xiahou Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly,
A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth,
"Do you want to rely on the crowds? Hehe, come on! β
After a pause, Xiahou Yuan suddenly shouted loudly:
"Third team, rush up for me!"
With Xiahou Yuan's order,
The third team of 1,000 people quickly rushed out,
This time, they are no longer scattered across the battlefield,
Instead, they concentrated on the broken section of the wall.
With the addition of a new force,
The morale of Lu Bujun's army was once again high,
Countless Lu Bu sergeants holding shields in one hand,
Climb quickly on the ladders,
They are not afraid of the enemy's attack,
Even when those boulders, sassags, and rolling logs fell on them one after another,
These strong warriors endured the severe pain in their bodies,
Continue to climb bravely upward.
The battle has entered a white-hot stage,
Almost all of the hole cards on both sides have been taken out,
At this time, the two sides competed,
It's no longer whose means are more clever,
More, just just,
Look at both sides of the battle,
Which side has more endurance,
Who will have the resilience to persevere for longer.