Chapter 927: The Battle of Jiexiu (I)
A series of ladders were erected, almost full of Jiexiu's city walls, and when they arrived at the bottom of the city, the arrows seemed to become more dense, but when they were only a few zhang away from victory, the soldiers of the Sima army became extremely excited, they stepped on the ladders, and climbed up with all their might, and the entire city wall was densely hung with soldiers of the Sima army, as if they were overgrown with creepers.
The chariots were constantly shuttling back and forth on the battlefield, transporting the siege soldiers back and forth, and those who could get the treatment of the car were the elite of the Sima army, and they would be the main force of the siege.
In order to avoid the losses of these sharp soldiers on the way, Chen Qian naturally arranged for them to take the chariot first, so as to ensure their combat effectiveness to the greatest extent.
Sima Jun's attack concentrated a considerable number of troops, at this moment the city is a sea of people, mighty, after rushing to the city, it is even more scrambling, desperately stepping on the ladder to pounce up, just looking at this formation, it is enough to make people's scalp tingle.
As the name suggests, the ant siege is a dense action like ants, looking down from the city, a large area of black pressure is crowded, and there is indeed no big difference with ants.
The ant-attached siege relied on the tactics of the sea of people, piling up people desperately, no matter how many people died, the momentum of the attack did not decay, and it was through this constant pressure on the defenders that the defenders' defensive will collapsed, so as to take the opportunity to take the city.
In short, the ant-attached siege is a way of siege at any cost, it does not consider the casualties of its own side, and in order to achieve the goal of breaking the city, it will not hesitate to pay as many casualties as possible.
This is the most primitive way of siege, but also a kind of most expensive siege method, but often also the most effective means, many famous city offensive and defensive battles in history, is the use of this most violent and bloody way to break through the city.
In this regard, Yanghu has been prepared for a long time, no matter what method Sima Jun uses to attack the city, he has made full preparations, since Sima Jun is ready to attack the city by piling up heads, then let him see how many heads need to be prepared to the bottom.
For the battle of Jiexiu City, the state army has prepared for at least two years, two years is enough to do a lot of things, and it is through these two years of efforts that the state army has built Jiexiu City from a small second-class county town with no name to a fortress city with a defensive strength no less than that of the state city.
Therefore, Yanghu is very confident in the defense of Jiexiu City, in the face of the overwhelming offensive of the Sima army, Yanghu did not move like a mountain, his expression was calm, he personally climbed on the top of the city tower to command the battle, calm without a trace of panic.
Yanghu's calmness infected all the soldiers of the Bingzhou army, and they also firmly guarded the front line of the city wall, all of them were united and swore to fight to the death.
The defense force of Jiexiu City is extremely complete, both catapults, crossbow carts, bows and arrows and other long-range attack weapons, but also prepared a large number of rolling wood, stones, boiling oil, boiling water and other short-range weapons, now Sima Jun has attacked the city, because of the relationship between the dead end, catapults and ballista such heavy weapons and equipment are useless, but the flexible operation of individual soldiers Gong Nu can still play a great role.
In particular, the arrow tower can play an unparalleled role at this time, the original defense of the city wall is on a plane, and the defenders on the city wall must lean out if they want to attack the enemy army besieging the city. But in this way, it is easy to be sniped by the archers who cover the siege soldiers under the city.
The arrow tower has no worries at all, because the arrow tower is designed to protrude a few feet from the city wall, so it does not need to poke its head out at all, as long as it stays on the arrow tower, it can counterattack the enemy army attacking the city from the left and right sides or even below.
And known as the city defense of the big killer of the rolling wood stone also came in handy, to deal with the siege of the enemy, the effect of the rolling wood stone is several times stronger than the bow and arrow, an arrow, at most can only kill one person, and the rolling wood stone is different, can become a group killing weapon.
Especially the rolling log, a very powerful weapon when defending the city, often a rolling log, can play the role of sweeping thousands of troops, a rolling log down the ladder, no matter how many enemies on the ladder can not be stopped, can only watch the rolling wood all the way to harvest countless lives.
After the Sima army began to attack the city, the Bingzhou army immediately used the defending weapons of rolling wood, rolling stones, boiling oil and boiling water, and the rolling logs were thrown out of the city wall, these heavy logs were not covered by the defenders with shields like they did against archers, once they came to the top of their heads, it would definitely be a disaster of death, and no one could avoid it.
There were a lot of Sima Jun who stayed on the ladder, and they basically looked like a string, and at this time, a rolling log could make them string strings, and the effect of this attack was really powerful.
Of course, the stone does not show weakness, these square stones, each piece has a weight of hundreds of catties, if you hit the person, the head of the white flower bursts, if you hit the ladder, the ladder is scattered, and the people on it are difficult to survive.
And in addition to rolling wood and rocks, boiling oil and boiling water have also become an important weapon for them to cross the city, originally boiling oil and boiling water are the two most common things in life, necessary in the kitchen, but at this moment, they have turned into murderous weapons, becoming a major weapon for defending the city.
Needless to say, boiling water, pouring a basin of boiling water, Sima Jun will let out the most painful howl, the taste of boiling water is not pleasant, if it is poured on the face, it will have to peel off the skin if it does not die.
And the effect of boiling oil is basically the same as boiling water, it also relies on high temperature to hurt the enemy, and it really responds to that sentence, to fight a war, you must do whatever it takes to win.
There is another use for boiling oil, if the soldiers of the Sima army cover it with shields, although they will not be able to get on their faces or bodies, but it is inevitable that some oil will be stained on the ladder and shields, and at this moment the defenders only need to throw down a burning torch, and the entire ladder will be engulfed by fire along with the people on the ladder.
Shot to death by a bow and arrow, stoned to death by rolling wood and stones, I am afraid that I am not burned to death by the flames, once the body is on fire, it cannot be extinguished, it can only be burned alive to charcoal, and the screams are as terrible as ghosts, and its appearance is unbearable to witness.
Even if you fall down the ladder, it is like a fireball hitting the ground, not only will its own flames not be extinguished, but it will also affect the people below, as long as there are oil stains, the fire will spread, causing chaos on a larger scale. Baidu: Read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2 Xingwei Jiezhong Literature" for free for the first time.