Chapter 248: Little Soldiers
The wind in the deep winter is already a little biting, and many places have begun to freeze, for the defenders of Yecheng, this year's winter is particularly cold, not only the weather, but also the hearts of the people.
Li Shan was already a Jizhou army from the time of Han Fu, and he was a young man with enthusiasm, and like many people, he wanted to win wealth on the battlefield and worship the general.
followed Han Fu to discuss Dong, and later Han Fu surrendered and transferred to Yuan Shao's command, which was just a long man at that time, and then followed Yuan Shao to fight in the south and the north, fought the Black Mountain thieves, fought Gongsun Zhan, and also fought the Saiwaihu people, so went around for more than ten years, killed a circle, and returned to Yecheng.
The blood of his youth has been worn away in the military career of more than ten years, and he joined the army with him back then, but now he can't find it, the war will be four, and the man's meritorious service will be won immediately, what a pity for the horse leather shroud, listening to the blood boiling, but he was born like him, even if he died in battle, he is not worthy of the horse leather shroud.
Now, he is already a military marquis, with his background, it is already the limit to this step, even if he has merit, it is difficult to get promoted, looking at the young and energetic faces around him, Li Shan sighed, Chen Mo called, this battle is down, I don't know how many more can be seen.
Woo~woo~
In the long sound of the horn carried the desolation and majesty of the northwest land, the army in the distance began to become clear in sight, and it also pulled back Li Shan's mood.
"Stand up, don't be afraid, Guanzhong Army is also a human being, and I am like a flesh and blood body, what are you afraid of?" Li Shan walked on the head of the city, watching the army on the opposite side slowly approach the city wall in a neat queue, and scolded these recruits who had never seen the world in a deep voice.
Their fear Li Shan could feel it, and even Li Shan trembled a little, in the battle of Muye, Li Shan was still a team leader at that time, and that battle was a real [fo] victory with less, and the momentum of the Guanzhong army that was not afraid of death, still thinking about it, it is still the fear in the bottom of my heart.
But what he is most afraid of on the battlefield is that the momentum is suppressed by the enemy, as a general, Li Shan can't mess up, as a veteran who has been on the battlefield for more than ten years, Li Shan knows very well how to fight.
The horn at the head of the city also sounded at this time, and more Jizhou troops converged on this side.
"Don't mess around!" The crowd began to become a little crowded, many of them were people from wealthy families in the city, these people were not the army after all, they had not been trained, their arrival made the originally neat formation a little chaotic, Li Shan frowned and began to restrain these people, for those who did not obey the order, Li Shan was not polite, and went up to kick over.
"Who are you? Do you know who I am!? A young man was kicked down by Li Shan, and he got up angrily and wanted to theorize.
"Huh?" Li Shan frowned, silently picked up the knife, and looked at this young man, at the moment of the big war, any chaos is not allowed.
The young man looked at Li Shan's murderous appearance, suddenly stopped speaking, and silently stood in the queue as instructed.
Li Shan walked back and forth in the queue with a knife, scolding from time to time, this is also defending the city, these people can still come in handy, if they fight outside the city, these people who don't even know how to obey basic military discipline will only mess up their own positions, not to mention that they can come in handy when the two armies fight, I'm afraid these people will run the first time.
"I don't care who you were before you came here? But since you have climbed this wall, you must obey military discipline, and those who violate the order will be immediately killed! Li Shan, who was walking in the crowd, ignored those malicious eyes, the army has the rules of the army, since you are here, then put your bullshit identity aside.
Crunch~
There was the sound of wood rubbing in the distance, and a catapult, a ladder, and a well were slowly pushed onto the battlefield, Li Shan took the time to take a look, but saw that the ladder was much larger than the ladder that was commonly seen, it seems that the Guanzhong army had made sufficient preparations in order to attack Yecheng, and this volume of ladders and wells could not be used at all in ordinary siege warfare, and it was more laborious to transport, almost tailor-made for Yecheng.
A rack of oil pots has been set up, and firewood has begun to boil, which is a good thing to deal with cloud ladders and wells.
The rolling wood and stones used to defend the city were constantly carried by the people who were mobilized, and Li Shan asked those soldiers of the family to put these things behind the women's wall, so that they could be directly taken and smashed down for a while.
The neat queue of the Guanzhong army stopped and spread out a hundred steps away from the city wall, and a bed crossbow appeared in sight, and the number of them was a little scary.
"Hide behind the women's wall, don't take the lead!" Seeing that the enemy army began to debug the bed crossbow, Li Shan hurriedly ordered, this kind of bed crossbow is generally not small, and if it hits, even if it does not die, it will be scrapped.
"Hum ~" Just as Li Shan gave the order, there was a buzz in the distance, followed by a row of crossbow arrows shooting in the direction of the city, the distance of a hundred steps was almost instantaneous, Li Shan hid directly behind the female wall, many years of experience in battle, how to save his life on the battlefield was taught by countless robes with blood.
The soldiers of the surrounding family looked at Li Shan and his soldiers with some mockery, and some even began to sneer, but the next moment, these eyes and voices disappeared.
"Poof~"
The cold crossbow bolts pierced the two soldiers of the family who were glued to the battlements and nailed them to the enemy tower.
The terrible screams did not last long before disappearing, Li Shan looked at the arrow shaft that was twice as thick as the ordinary arrow cluster, the power of the crossbow arrow shocked him, the range of this crossbow arrow was by no means only a hundred steps, but it was pushed to a hundred steps by the other party to launch, this level of the army is ruthless enough.
Those private soldiers of the family who had just entered the battlefield had never seen this battle, at this moment, more than a dozen people on this section of the city wall were shot by arrows, and they were lucky to be killed directly, and the screams that did not die made a trace of gloom in the city.
A private soldier of the family screamed and wanted to escape, but was slashed by Li Shan, his fierce gaze swept over these people's bodies, and Sen Ran said: "Those who escape from the battle, kill!" ”
The second wave of arrows rained again, this time, with the experience of the past, the private soldiers of the family didn't care about any face, and crowded behind the women's wall one by one, for fear of being shot by the other party.
The creaking sound outside the city continued, and Li Shan glanced behind the female wall in the interval between the arrows, and saw the catapults being pushed forward.
Hurriedly turned his head and looked at the flag officer, and saw a flag officer waving the order flag.
"Shoot the arrows!" Li Shan hurriedly shouted, a famous archer quickly picked up the longbow, bent the bow and set up arrows, and released arrows towards the catapult that moved forward, many wrestlers who pushed the catapult were shot, but then someone rushed up and continued to push, and there were archers from the other side following behind the catapult, the archers on both sides began to shoot at each other, and the arrow clusters briefly converged in the air, shooting in different directions.
The defenders were protected by the walls and were condescending, and the range was longer than that of the opponent, and the casualties of the Guanzhong army began to increase, and the shield men could not fully protect the archers.
Crunch ~ boom ~
One by one, under the impetus of the catapult, the stone bullets shot towards the city, and the stone bullets the size of a human head fell one by one, even if they did not hit the people, the power made the private soldiers of the family who had just come to the battlefield tremble.
"Don't panic! Spread out, spread out some. Li Shan stood up and laboriously commanded these recruits who had not experienced the battlefield, and he couldn't understand the flag, so he could only use a roar to make the other party obey his orders.
Another round of stone projectiles passed, and the opponent's archers had pushed the formation to the city under the protection of the shield man, and the arrows could already hurt the soldiers on the city wall, and the casualties began to increase, and at the same time, the opponent's ladders and wells also began to approach the city wall.
"Shoot the arrows, don't care about those ladders and wells, shoot people!" The hoarse roar continued to sound in the city, although the addition of the family's private soldiers gave Yecheng plenty of manpower, but these private soldiers who didn't know anything wanted to really become qualified soldiers, at least today, they couldn't do it.
The ladder approached, the enemy continued to climb up along the ladder, the rolling wood and stones began to smash down continuously, and a pot of boiling oil was poured down, which not only poured the miserable screams of the Guanzhong army on the ladder, but also ignited the ladder.
At the same time, on the other party's well, the Chinese army had already pounced fiercely, and a private soldier of the family just watched blankly, and was killed by the Guan Zhongjun who jumped down from the well.
"Move, wait for death!?" Li Shan rushed forward, stabbed a knife into the chest and abdomen of the Guanzhong army, and shook the knife fiercely, the other party grinned and screamed and wanted to swing the knife and die with him, but was kicked down by Li Shan, more Guanzhong soldiers crawled along the well, Li Shan took the soldiers around to fight the fire, looking at those private soldiers of the family who were dumbfounded and didn't know where to run, I really wanted to do it with them.
The sound of the tragic battle became more and more fierce as the ladders and wells continued to be erected on the city wall, and the living private soldiers finally had some appearance under the scolding of the generals.
Li Shan kicked a Guanzhong soldier outside the city wall, gasped fiercely, and the pressure gradually eased, these private soldiers of the family finally began to have some use.
The battle lasted for a day, until sunset, the sound of the enemy's gold resounded on the battlefield, the Guanzhong army began to retreat like a tide, Li Shan's strength seemed to have been lost, and he sat down on the city wall a little weakly, looking at the private soldiers of the family who were crying or smirking for the rest of their lives, grinning.
Today's casualties are the heaviest day, most of them are dragged down by these private soldiers who don't know how to fight, but after today, as these private soldiers gradually adapt to the battlefield, it is difficult for the Guanzhong Army to have such a record.
On the other side, Chen Mo's army, looking at the soldiers who retreated like a tide, Chen Mo glanced at the direction of the city, the weakness of the army defending the city did not make Chen Mo happy, he knew very well that this was because most of the soldiers defending the city were recruits, after today, these recruits who had experienced the baptism of the battlefield would be difficult to deal with again......