Chapter 33: The Battle of Licheng (6)
"Knock~
"Knock~
"Knock~
The sound of hundreds of thousands of people walking on the ground in unison shook the earth.
The rebels were surrounded on all sides and marched together, and it was a spectacular sight, but it was not a time to admire.
Unlike the imposing army under the city, everyone on the walls of Licheng held their breath, holding their breath, and quietly waited for that moment to come.
At a distance of more than ten miles, the rebels came to the city in just a while, and from above they looked down, and the dense human heads seemed to be able to touch them as long as they stretched out their hands.
"Marshal, all battalions are ready, just wait for the marshal to give an order." The herald's flag came back to report
"Very good, order the East Battalion to take the lead in attacking the east gate of Licheng and give them a dismount! The rest of the battalions were the first to stand still. Wang Bo ordered, first go all out to attack one gate, break the courage of the defenders of Licheng, and then attack the four gates together, wanting to capture Licheng in one fell swoop.
"Lord Wang, the rebels are coming at us, and the rebels at the other city gates are still standing still." Han Qiang said. Yang Jun happened to be patrolling the east city wall at this time.
"Oh~, order the rest of the city walls to be on guard, no matter how brutal and fierce the battle in the eastern city is, don't come to support, and beware of the sudden attack of the rebels." Yang said that the rebels' plans were not clever.
"Yes, lord." Han Qiang took the order to go.
"Listen to it, the marshal said, the first to attack the city wall will be promoted to three levels, and a reward of 100 gold; Did you hear the first city breaker to allow what he had looted during the day of the city breakdown?! "The rebels' words of encouragement have a naked bandit nature, but they can motivate these people very well.
"Whew~
"For money, for promotion, rush." Finally led by a fanatic, the siege began, and everyone ran for their riches with a roar.
Crashes, siege vehicles followed.
The rush of tens of thousands of people is a little small in this wide space, but it is a kind of overwhelming pressure for Licheng.
"Don't panic, according to yesterday's play, put the enemy in first and then shoot arrows, focusing on attacking the siege vehicles behind." Yang Jian ordered that although his own defenders were only about 10,000 people, the rebels were only thirty or forty thousand rabble, even if the elite came to attack the city wall guarded by 10,000 people, it would take 50,000 people to dare to attack, so Yang Jin was not worried about the rebels coming to attack the city, he was worried that the reinforcements of these counties would panic when they defended the city for the first time, so that the rebels had a chance, and he was more worried about the ensuing all-out siege of the rebels.
"Rush, rush to me, rush to the city, the riches of the city are waiting for you."
"Kill! ~”
"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows to me!"
The east city wall was full of fishy winds, and the rain of arrows on the city poured down in waves, and the rebels below fell one by one, but the rebels were numerous, and some people had begun to approach the city wall and set up ladders, and the hand-to-hand combat was about to begin to be staged after a photo.
"Hurry up and let go of the rolling stones, thunderwood, hurry up, the rebels are coming." The commanders' voices continued to growl, apparently a little flustered for the first time they had experienced this.
"Ah~"
"My eyes are gone~"
"My hand~"
As the Rolling Stones and Thunderwood poured down, the rebels' offensive was suppressed, and screams were heard one after another.
"Attack, continue to attack, the Sui dogs have limited equipment to defend the city, and they won't be able to support it for long." One of the rebel commanders said, "The siege engines are so fast that they don't even dare to raise their heads, just in time to get close to the city walls." ”
"Save it, you losers, smash it for me when you see it, don't throw it around, say you guys, still throw it?!" The commanders of the two counties were furious, watching the gang of soldiers and ruffians throw out the city defense equipment as if they didn't need money, the effect was not very high, and they were almost angry.
"Don't be nervous, wait for the enemy to get close before throwing, don't be afraid, they don't have archers, you will be fine, see the smash, we don't have many weapons, we can only rely on hand-to-hand combat after throwing." Yang Jian saw that those people were too nervous, and some people didn't even dare to stick out their heads, so they threw stones and wood in their hands, so he spoke out to enlighten them.
Sure enough, when the soldiers heard that there were no archers on the other side, they all stuck out their heads to look at them, and they were all startled when they saw that the other party's siege engines were about to approach the city wall.
"My mother, this siege vehicle is too high, it's as high as the walls of the city, it's too scary, how did they build it?" Almost all the soldiers defending the city are surprised, to say that the ladder has a city wall as a support can also be erected so high, but the siege vehicle is so high is a little incredible, because the city is located in the north, the war of the change of dynasties occurs from time to time, so the city wall is as high as more than four zhang, unlike the two zhang city in the south, which is considered very tall.
Obviously, building such a high siege engine requires not only technology, but also the courage to dare to stand on it.
"The archers spread out on both sides and try to shoot the people behind the siege car, do not let them storm the walls through the siege car, and the rest are ready to engage." Yang Jian saw that the situation was not very optimistic and directly commanded, although he could beat people and rush out to destroy the rebels' siege vehicles, but now is not the best time to attack, and it is obvious that the rebels have more than one siege vehicle, and he has no time to be exhausted. If you can't even resist the threat of the opponent's siege vehicles, I don't think you have to defend the city.
"Yes." Everyone quickly carried out Yang Jun's order, which at this moment showed the good quality of the soldiers.
"Bang~"
The sound of siege engines crashing against the walls brought a loud noise, and the walls seemed to shake.
"Kill~" At the moment when the siege vehicle crashed into the city wall, the people in the car kept jumping down, thinking that the soldiers defending the city rushed over.
"Everyone fights freely, for the sake of the people, for the honor, swear to defend to the death! Kill with me!! "This moment the hand-to-hand battle began.
A steady stream of rebels climbed the walls of Licheng, but they were repelled again and again by the defenders, and the archers were limited in their power at this time, and the eastern city wall was in a tragic situation.
"My lord, do we need to support the brothers of the Eastern Wall?" The remaining three defenders were all asking their commanders, watching their robes and brothers fighting in blood, but they could only look at that feeling very unpleasant.
"No, the prince said that let's guard our walls, look at the rebels below, as long as we go to support, then it will be exactly what they want." The commanders of the counties said that they also wanted to go to support, but as Yang Xuan said, they couldn't leave here at all.
"We have to believe in the prince, think that the prince can bring us in from the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of troops, so what is this scene!" They said with pride on their faces, proud and proud that they had such a manager.
"What's more, the prince still has that trump card power in his hands!"