Chapter 512: Fierce Battle
With Xun Yu's order, soon a group of soldiers who had been ready to stand by the city wall came to the city wall. These soldiers were all big shoulders and round waists, holding huge hook and sickle spears in groups of three or five, and with tacit understanding, they pressed the hook and sickle against the cloud ladder erected on the city wall, and pushed forward with all their strength.
Suddenly, the ladder hanging diagonally on the city wall was pushed away directly along with the soldiers climbing on it, and they fell to the ground with a bang, and the soldiers on it were smashed to pieces, and many of them were even directly thrown to death.
The cloud ladder where Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are located is Xun Yu's key target, and naturally it is impossible to survive. Even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had the courage of ten thousand people, they could only watch the crowds of soldiers on the cloud ladder city wall where they were located being knocked down with nowhere to borrow.
Fortunately, this could only temporarily contain Liu Beijun's offensive, and a small number of hook and sickle soldiers could not change the situation, but Guan Zhang was successfully forced off the city wall.
However, Guan Zhang didn't care, they had already experienced such a scene many times a few days ago. Without hesitation, he climbed the nearby ladder again and continued to climb.
Seeing the countless soldiers on the city wall climbing rapidly, and slowly approaching the city wall, Xun Yu frowned slightly, and said lightly: "Yiyi night, wolf tooth shooting." ”
The neatly and densely packed iron plates, planks, and logs inlaid with iron nails and hooks that extended out of the wall on the city wall had already been placed by Xun Yu's soldiers, and under the control of the guards guarding the city, they roared and smashed directly towards the ladder below. As if swatting flies, countless soldiers who had managed to climb up were smashed to the ground one after another, their bodies densely covered with holes pierced by iron nails, and they also emitted a foul smell, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.
And these smashed Yiyi night and wolf tooth beats, and the guards of the city used the fixed pulley that extended out of the city wall, pulled up through the rope, and waited for the soldiers to climb the city wall and threw it down again. The soldiers of the city threw out countless arrows, thistles, etc., all of which were soaked in gold juice.
In the distance, Liu Bei looked at this scene on the city wall, his eyes were on fire. How many times, in the face of Xun Yu's countless means of defending the city, every time Liu Bei does not pay thousands of injuries can not attack the city wall at all, although there are not many soldiers defending the city, but Xun Yu is too well prepared and can wave it, but the 20,000 defenders make Liu Beizhi feel that there is no possibility of breaking the city.
"Ziyang, how about the other two city walls?" Liu Bei asked.
Liu Ye smiled bitterly: "Lord, it's all like this." ”
"Then isn't there any other good way to break the city?" Liu Bei was unwilling.
"I'm afraid this city is Xun Yu deliberately renovated, the scale is not large, but the city wall is tall and strong, and the city is densely covered with arrow towers, Yiyi night and wolf tooth beating, etc., and the bottom is deep with bricks and stones, the foundation is extremely solid, and it is useless to dig tunnels. The city gates were blocked by Xun Wenruo with earth and stones from both sides, and the siege vehicles were useless. There are many other means, and our army may have no other way than to use the ladder to storm the way. Liu Ye said in a deep voice.
Liu Bei looked at the soldiers who attacked the city wall being slaughtered in waves, his eyes were extremely indignant, his heart was crossed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Ziyang, let the catapult attack!" ”
Liu Ye was stunned when he heard this, and then dissuaded him with a little hesitation: "My lord, although a certain has made a preliminary imitation of the catapult according to the Xun family classics provided by Zhongyu, and it can be put into battle, but its accuracy is very poor, our army is now attacking the city, and at this time, the catapult attack on the city has little effect, and I am afraid that it will be injured by mistake." ”
"No!" Liu Bei said in a cold tone: "It's not attacking the city, but the defenders on the city wall!" ”
"What?" Liu Ye's eyes widened in disbelief, and then he pointed to the direction of the city wall in the distance with a slight trembling hand: "Lord, our army is attacking the city, once the catapult attacks the city wall, I'm afraid that most of the flying stones will cause damage to our army!" ”
"I know that." Liu Bei said frantically: "But if you attack like this, you can't go up to the city wall at all for half an hour, and the loss of soldiers is also innumerable, but it is better to directly cover the blow with a catapult, and it is still beneficial for our army to lose both sides!" ”
Liu Bei's tone was extremely cold, as if he didn't care about the lives of the siege soldiers at all: "I believe in Shu Zhi's ability, even if the morale of the siege army slips, the white-eared elite soldiers will not let me down." ”
Liu Ye stared at Liu Bei in disbelief, his cold expression and the usual appearance of benevolence, as if he had changed a person, made Liu Ye feel frightened and unfamiliar.
"The overall situation is important, what is the value of the lives of a few soldiers? This battle is no less than a certain general in a dilemma and in danger! Hurry up and order! Liu Bei urged angrily.
"Yes!" Taking a deep breath, Liu Ye glanced at Liu Bei deeply, and ordered in a complicated voice.
"Boom! Rumble! ”
Countless boulders flew towards the city wall in the distance.
"Liu Xuande! Thou art so ruthless! Xun Yu on the city wall showed a shocked look for the first time, and his eyes glared at Liu Bei in the distance and shouted. Then he thought for a moment, and slowly ordered the soldiers defending the city to pay attention to dodging the flying stones, and ordered the foot soldiers with huge shields to do their best to cover.
"What's going on!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were attacking the city, looked at the flying stones that kept flying from the rear, and were shocked, but immediately they understood what Liu Bei meant, and they led their own soldiers to continue to rush up the city wall.
Guan Zhangyi is bold and not afraid of these flying stones. And those ordinary Liu Bei soldiers who were attacking the city were not so indifferent, they all showed horror and kept dodging, and countless soldiers did not die from Cao Jun's rolling arrows, but were smashed into flesh by the boulders thrown by the friendly troops behind them.
The confrontation between the top and bottom of the city wall slowed down in an instant, but it turned into a purgatory, and Liu Bei did not distinguish between the enemy and me, and the righteousness of heaven made both the attacker and the defender suffer heavy losses.
Chen Zhi, who had been waiting for a long time under the city, saw this scene, his eyes flashed, he grabbed a cloud ladder and flew straight up, and shouted at the same time: "White-eared elite soldiers! When the time has come to serve the Lord, follow me! ”
Countless white-eared elite soldiers in white armor showed fanaticism when they heard this, and they were not afraid of the flying stones behind them, and continued to climb up along the surrounding cloud ladders.
These people are not only the elite of the army, but also some veterans who are loyal to Liu Bei and have been following him, even if Liu Bei makes such a cold-blooded move, they have no flinch or remorse, and are willing to fight to the death for Liu Bei.
Chen Zhi's voice and the white-armored soldiers who were constantly climbing under the city immediately alerted Xun Yu. Regardless of his own safety, Xun Yu directly walked out of the protection of the shield soldiers, stood up and shouted: "Gold juice, boiling oil, pour it on me, throw rolling wood, crossbowmen, give it to me!" ”
Xun Yu, who has always been elegant, actually showed an iron-blooded state at this time, and after he gave the order, the guards on the city wall reflexively rushed out again, and continued to attack the soldiers climbing below with the flying stones on his head.
However, the white-eared elite soldiers under Chen Zhi's command are not easy people, ordinary rolling stones and sassal trees can be calmly dodged by them, and the excellent armor can easily block the arrows, even the gold juice and fire oil that are poured down can be avoided as much as possible, like a loach that is as slippery as a continuous upward climber.
Chen Zhi relied on his flexible body, rushed to the front in the lead, and climbed up rapidly, and his speed was even more than that of Guan Zhang.
Seeing this, Xun Yu was shocked, but he still reacted quickly and said: "Pour fire oil on the ladders, throw torches, and the archers shoot rockets to burn these ladders." Hook Scythe, on! ”
The fire oil was constantly spilled, but the number was scarce, and the rockets shot were constantly chopped and blocked by the white-eared elite soldiers under Chen Zhi's command. And the hook and sickle soldiers who blocked Guan Zhang before did not have any effect. In the center of the ladder, there were several thick ropes tied to it, which were firmly dragged by Liu Bei's sergeant at the root of the wall, and the hook and sickle soldiers tried their best but could not push them down.