Chapter 196: The Bloody Battle at the East Gate
More than a dozen siege towers braved the rain of arrows to keep approaching, and they were about to reach the city walls.
For the past two days, Wei Qing has been in command in the city, organizing the defense order, and coordinating the height of the city, today this is the end of these things, Bai Buxin is sitting in the city, Wei Qing can finally take a look at all sides, I didn't expect him to see the siege weapon of the Jin army at a glance, Wei Qing didn't say a word, took the overlord's bow, and shot with an arrow.
With a loud bang, the siege tower exploded as if it had been hit by a boulder, and the Jin soldiers below shouted in horror, while the Han soldiers on the city wall cheered with joy.
Wei Qing succeeded with an arrow, mercilessly, sharp arrows were fired in succession, and the siege towers exploded one after another, although the tower was tall, but it was also because of its tallness, so the target was huge, and the movement was slow, just became the target of Wei Qing's archery, Wei Qing shot out seven or eight arrows in one go, most of the siege towers were blown up, and the other towers hurriedly retreated, a siege tower retreated too quickly and lost stability, and fell down with a bang, and the soldiers inside screamed, all of them were smashed and their heads were broken and their hands were broken.
The banner of the Jin army in the formation is shaking, the Jin army is really brave, although the siege tower falls, the offensive of the Jin army does not stop, only to see more than a dozen catapults have been pushed up again, with the order, the catapult will throw hundreds of pounds of boulders into the city wall, some boulders fall into the city, the Han soldiers who are not able to dodge are smashed into meat cakes, some boulders are in the middle of the city wall, the bricks on the city wall are flying, and they are smashed out of a big pit one by one.
The city wall of Huainan City is really thick and strong, and in some places there are two boulders, which have not been smashed through, which is really conducive to defense, but no matter how thick the city wall is, there are times when it is smashed through, Wei Qing saw that it was not good, so he had to bend his bow and shoot arrows again, and more than a dozen arrows in a row, and those siege vehicles were also shattered.
Seeing that two weapons in a row were shattered, the soldiers were somewhat frustrated, and the offensive slowed down for a while.
Ma Chao let out a sigh of relief and gave Wei Qing a thumbs up: "General Wei is really powerful!" Wei Qing smiled, and before he could answer, the horn sounded again.
Ma Chao and Wei Qing were both shocked, and shouted in unison: "Come back!" ”
Outside the city, shouts rang out, and groups of Jin troops once again lined up in formation.
Ma Chao and Wei Qing glanced at each other, and there was a hint of fear in their eyes, the combat effectiveness of the Jin Army was so strong, it was really like a thorn in the back.
Facing the city gate, the Jin army is in a position, more than a dozen siege vehicles pushed out, the car is only about one person high, the car is covered with iron armor, the left middle and upper three sides are closed, the front of the car is a big wooden stake, the pile head is wrapped in iron armor, the soldiers push the vehicle forward with manpower in the car, and then hit the city gate with a big wooden stake at the city gate.
"Prepare to beat the stone!" Ma Chao shouted.
More than 100 soldiers in groups of 10 lifted the boulders that had been prepared one after another, preparing to smash the siege vehicles with boulders when they approached the city gate.
The drum sounded loudly, and the Jin army actually pushed the siege vehicle while holding nearly a hundred ladders and rushed up, this posture is very clear, if you don't defend the ladder with all your strength, the Jin army will use the ladder to climb the city, if you defend the ladder with all your strength, the Jin army will use human life to cover the siege vehicle to hit the city gate.
It's a bloody, simple, but effective move that counteracts the advantage of the tall walls with the advantage of manpower.
"Hold off the ladder!" Wei Qing yelled, and then took the bow and arrow.
One after another, the siege vehicles rushed towards the city gate, and one after another were destroyed by Wei Qing's overlord bow.
By the city wall, the ladder is erected on the city wall in batches, the ladder is just a long ladder, the top of the ladder has an iron hook, the Jin army rushes to the wall with a ladder, hooks the iron hook to the wall, and climbs up along the ladder, and some are below a six-wheeled vehicle, the ladder is tilted on the car, the car is pushed to the near wall, the ladder is already against the wall, and the soldiers of the Jin Army rush directly to the ladder to the city wall from behind.
The kind of ladder with an iron hook is easy to do, as long as you can use an iron rod to lift the iron hook up to push down the ladder, not to mention that this ladder can only be used if you hook it up to the city wall, if you hold the ladder and do not make it hook on the city wall, the ladder is useless, but the vehicle ladder is very troublesome, unless you use the overlord bow to destroy the car, it is really difficult to prevent the ladder from approaching, you can only stop it at the ladder, and do not let the Jin army climb the city along the ladder.
Wei Qing shot several arrows in a row, and suddenly felt a sharp shock in his hand, and the overlord bow began to tremble.
Wei Qing's heart was beating wildly.
The overlord bow is very powerful, since Wei Qing got this bow, when he used it in battle, he only shot seven or eight arrows to win, but this time the enemy attack was endless, and he actually shot thirty arrows in one go, straight to the limit of what he could shoot at one time.
When the overlord bow was first obtained, Wei Qing, Shi Qian, Chen Qingzhi, Bai Buxin, Liu Qi and others had tried one by one, Chen Qingzhi couldn't shoot arrows, Liu Qi used all his strength to pull the bow, Shi Qian could open the bow, but he shot himself into the lake, Bai Buxin shot ten arrows, only Wei Qing could shoot thirty arrows, today's rapid shooting, shot thirty arrows in one breath, the overlord bow has reached the limit, and it will take at least two hours before you can shoot again.
Wei Qing's face turned pale.
Do you have to block the east gate? If the door is blocked, it is true that the Jin army can not attack for a while, even if their siege vehicles can break through the city gate, there are stones inside, and they can't enter the city, but they can't get in, and they can't get out, this is a way to stop the way out, and it can't be used unless they can't do it, not to mention that the war is so urgent now, and it takes time to plug the door.
He reached out to touch the Chixiao Sword in his arms, secretly planning in his heart that if the Jin army broke through the east gate, he would take the lead and take the lead in rushing to the east gate to block the door with his life.
Suddenly, there was a loud shout outside the south gate, Wei Qing looked sideways, and found that Chen Qingzhi's headquarters actually turned against the defense, and rushed out of the city gate to attack the Jin army.
The Jin army outside the south gate seemed to be lacking in combat effectiveness, and the Han army suddenly attacked, disrupting their plans at once, and the Jin army was in chaos for a while, and they were defeated one after another, Chen Qingzhi did not rush to pursue, but led his subordinates to attack the flank of the Jin army outside the east gate.
"Clever!" Wei Qing stroked his palms and was overjoyed.
The enemy army outside the east gate is the main force of the Jin people, and outside the south gate is the main force of the goodwill army, the combat effectiveness is insufficient, Chen Qingzhi attacked this time, defeated the enemy's offensive, and even solved the danger of the east gate, Wei Qing did not expect that Chen Qing has always been a fierce general, and now he can have such a strategy.
The Jin army outside the east gate was already attacking with all their might, and was suddenly flanked by Chen Qingzhi's troops, and they had no strength to divide their forces to block it, so they could only retreat in a hurry.
"Kaesong, attack!" Wei Qing hurriedly ordered.
Ma Chao had long thought that Wei Qing would give this order, and before Wei Qing finished speaking, he had already rushed down to the city, turned over his horse, raised his spear, shouted, and rushed out of the city with his subordinates.
Outside the east gate, the front and side of the enemy army were attacked at the same time, they were superior in numbers, but this round of siege has been greatly damaged, as the so-called strong crossbow can not penetrate the end of the force, the Jin army can not resist for a while, and it is actually defeated.
Wei Qing stomped his feet excitedly in the city.
The situation between the west gate and the north gate is also very tight, and now the southeast gate suddenly won a big victory, which also invisibly solved the danger of the northwest second gate, which is really wonderful.
However, the excitement lasted only a short time.
In the distance, the flags were raised, the drums and horns were heard, and a group of Jin troops actually arrived.
The sound of gongs sounded in the city, it was Bai Buxin who saw that the situation was not good, and he didn't have time to ask Wei Qing for advice, so he decisively sounded the gong and withdrew his troops.
At the second gate in the southeast, the Jin army and the Han army retreated at the same time, and the Jin army at the west and north gates had also retreated, and this round of bloody battles came to an end temporarily.
Under the city walls, the corpses of the Jin soldiers were stacked several feet high, and the blood was gushing, and the Han army also cleaned up the corpses and treated the wounded. Although the sun is shining, the city of Huainan is a slaughterhouse of flesh and blood.
Wei Qing felt sweaty, his mouth was dry, his hands and feet were weak, he saw that Ma Chao had returned to the city, and knew that at this time, all the gates were dealt with by General Chang, the Jin army was newly defeated, and a new army came, and he would not attack again for a while, and slowly walked down the city wall at the moment. Although he won this battle, there was no trace of joy in his heart, because the next battle would definitely be more cruel, and it was still uncertain whether he would be able to leave Huainan City alive.
After going down the city, seeing that the team in the city was coming and going, but it was in order, which was completely different from the situation of Fang Cai, and he knew that Bai Buxin and Zu Yi had already controlled the situation, and there was some relaxation in his heart.
"Get out of the way!"
"Stop it!"
"Oh my God!"
Suddenly, there was a lot of chaos in the streets.
Wei Qing hurriedly looked, only to see a white shadow flashing, and in a blink of an eye, several people had been knocked over, Wei Qing didn't react, the light flashed in front of him, and a horse was already standing in front of Wei Qing's eyes.
Wei Qing also cried out in surprise.
This horse is none other than Wangyunqi.
It seems that the guards did not look at this horse, let this horse slip the reins, this horse is comparable to the average horse, it has now lost its owner, once it slipped the reins and has no support, it will naturally run all over the city, fortunately, although this city is big, it is still too small for this horse, it has just come to the city wall, and has to stand, just standing in front of Wei Qing's eyes.
Wei Qing saw Wangyunqi standing in front of him and looking around to find a place to run, he stepped forward and grabbed the reins, wanting to take Wangyunqi back.
Looking at the dragon has long been accustomed to Ah Shu, at this time the person in front of him is a complete stranger to it, before it was pulled into the city was already the boss's dissatisfaction, and now this stranger wants to pull himself again, it hissed, struggled to raise its body, a pair of front hooves raised and was about to step on Wei Qing.
Wei Qing shouted, pulled the reins with his left hand, pulled the saddle with his right hand, and turned over and rode on Wangyunqi's horse.
Wangyun was furious, kicked forward and back, and wanted to throw Wei Qing off his back, where would Wei Qing let it fall, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and his hands firmly pulled the reins, as if he was glued to the horse's back.
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