Chapter 509: The Moment of Danger
It was another morning, when his soldiers and minions were busy filling their stomachs, and then launched the siege again, Chao Gai stared at the head of Dongping City with a solemn face, looked at the Dongzi banner that was still waving in the wind, and asked Wu Yong beside him with some uncertainty: "Military advisor, do you think this plan has really come true?" ”
Wu Yong touched the beard under his chin and said with a smile: "As long as Brother Yu can receive our code, the matter should be done." The younger brother has learned about the personality of Cheng Wanli, he values fame the most, especially fame, and now his daughter has done such an ugly thing, he can't bear it no matter what. Therefore, the King of Heaven can rest assured that attacking Dongping again today will definitely be able to reduce many obstacles. ”
"I hope so." Chao Gai's expression was a little complicated and said: "I think I, Chao Gai, have always acted uprightly, but today I am really ashamed to make a big fuss about an innocent woman's name because of my own selfishness." ”
"Why did the king of heaven say this, the two armies only seek to win in front of the formation, and it doesn't matter what means they use." Wu persuaded with a busy face: "And now that the war is in full swing, the King of Heaven can't be merciful and mess up the morale of the army." ”
Chao Gai collected his thoughts at this time, nodded and responded: "What the military advisor said is true." If we can really get rid of Dong Ping this time, then we can attack the city with all our might. Today I will personally lead the troops to charge the city, and I must go down in one fell swoop! ”
"Heavenly King, this is too risky......" Wu Yong was immediately anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly tried to dissuade him, but this time Chao Gai no longer listened to his advice, and immediately waved his hand and said: "You don't have to persuade again, I have made up my mind." I can't just watch my brothers fight in front of me while hiding behind and enjoying the results, right? In this way, even if I really take Dongping City and return to the cottage, I will have no shame. ”
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Wu Yong opened his mouth and didn't say anything more after all. And in his heart, he listed a place where Chao Gai was not as good as Song Jiang, that is, he was too self-willed and too righteous in the rivers and lakes. If this is in an ordinary cottage, it will naturally win the hearts of brothers, but in today's Liangshanbo, what is needed is a village owner who is calm enough and can focus on the overall situation, rather than a hot-blooded village owner like him.
Chao Gai is certainly respected by his brothers, but Song Jiang is undoubtedly the one who is more suitable to be the big boss!
Just after the dawn, the drums of war sounded again, and after a burst of encouragement from Chao Gai and many leaders, the Liangshan army once again launched a frontal assault on Dongping City. And this time the Liangshan army is larger in scale than before, a few days ago only a thousand people were invested in each siege, but today there are 3,000 soldiers and horses killed at once, under the leadership of the leaders of the Ruan family Sanxiong, Liu Tang and other leaders, all the minions howled one after another, rushing to the city wall like a beast, not caring about the arrows that kept falling in front of them.
After seeing this scene, the defenders of the city immediately became a little timid, although the arrows still kept shooting down, but they obviously hesitated. Because they have felt more pressure than before, and more importantly, Dong Dujian has not shown up until now.
"Shoot the arrows! Prepare to throw stones and oil, and smash them down for me as soon as they get close to the walls, and be sure to block their ladders before reaching the city! Pang Xu shouted an order in a hoarse throat, although he still looked calm on the surface, but he was also uneasy in his heart, why didn't the capital prison come back since he left yesterday evening?
Even if he was really tired and went home in the evening to rest, he should have come back early this morning. Dong Dujian is definitely not a person who will ignore the overall situation at such a critical juncture, could it be that he encountered some changes later? The doubts in his heart made Pang Xu more and more anxious, and he could only beat his spirit through one order after another, but he also knew in his heart that such a powerful siege battle was not something he could lead the crowd to stop.
"Eunuch, come back quickly!" Looking at the approaching enemy troops, seeing that although they kept falling, the footsteps of the army did not pause in the slightest, and soon there were only a hundred or so steps left from the city, Pang Xu felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
Immediately, while staring at the city, he whispered to a military general on the side: "Dong Jian, haven't the people sent to the Metropolitan Prison Mansion and the Taishou Mansion come back yet?" "Since he found out that Dong Ping has not come back early this morning, Pang Xu has asked Dong Ping's personal guards to send people to these two places to inquire about the news.
Dong Jian also looked puzzled, and shook his head lightly: "There is no news back, and I don't know where he went yesterday......"
"Splash oil, stones, arrows!" At this time, Pang Xu couldn't care about this problem, because the enemy had already rushed to the city, and he immediately ordered everyone to keep the various weapons guarding the city and constantly smash them desperately at the enemy below, which immediately caused a burst of screams under the city.
But at the same time, the Liangshan army below also continued to shoot waves of arrows at the city head under the order, once someone peeked out of the cover of the city head, they would inevitably be killed by the arrows shot from below. As some of the soldiers fell from the arrows, the defenders at the head of the city began to be timid, and their movements were even slower, and some of them even blindly threw the stones down without even looking down, so that the lethality was naturally greatly reduced.
And taking advantage of this opportunity, the first ladder has been firmly erected on the city by the Liangshan army.
This ladder is not just a ladder, but equipped with hooks, extremely strong siege equipment, although it is not as good as the siege weapons carefully crafted by the official army, but once it is put on the city head, hooked and buckled to death on the city wall, the defenders want to push it away from the city head is extremely difficult.
After seeing the ladder frame, the Liangshan army under the city broke out into a burst of cheers again, and then more than a dozen soldiers climbed along the long ladder like apes towards the city. Seeing this scene, Pang Xu hurriedly shouted: "Quick, pour oil, release rockets!" Hearing the order, the shrunken defenders around them reacted, quickly poured boiling oil on the ladder, and then threw the torch with all his might, thus quickly igniting the ladder.
Once the ladder caught fire, the fire spread rapidly, and the first Liangshan minion who was climbing up at full speed didn't have time to dodge, and was directly burned by the fire, screaming, and falling down as soon as his hands were loosened. And the situation of his comrades under him was not much better than his, and they all exclaimed that they were about to flee down, but it was not so easy to escape in mid-air, and if they were not careful, several people stepped into the air and fell, and then the whole ladder was transformed into a huge torch.
But the defenders at the head of the city had no intention of celebrating this gain, for while they had stopped the upward momentum of the enemy on the first ladder, five or six ladders had already reached the top of the city, and then more of them roared and went up the ladder.
Even though Pang Xu had completely hoarse, the soldiers still couldn't stop the continuous onslaught of these enemies...... For the soldiers defending the city, the most advantageous advantage is to defend the city, and the condescending advantage is gradually being lost.
It was only at this time that Pang Xu knew how difficult it was for Dong Ping before, except for yesterday's battle to let the Liangshan army go to the city in small groups - but soon he still relied on his superb martial arts to kill them and fall into the city - the previous days of fighting under his orders, actually completely blocked the enemy under the city wall. And he only made a little contact with the enemy today, and the defense line at the head of the city was close to crumbling.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Liangshan Army has invested more troops today, but how can Pang Xu care about this, he just eagerly misses Dong Ping, hoping that he can come back as soon as possible and turn the tide.
But his expectation was obviously disappointed, not only did he not wait for Dong Ping to come back, but he encountered a greater challenge, because Chao Gai was also holding a Pu knife at this time, and he stepped on the ladder like a tiger out of the cage to quickly go to the city. After seeing several brothers who fell on the head of the city, he immediately roared: "Dog officer should die, eat your grandfather Chao's knife!" In the flash of the sword, one of the soldiers who was trying to sneak attack before he could stand firm was cut off by his head, and the others followed into the city, and the sword continued to flicker and wave, cutting down the enemies in front of him one by one.
Seeing that the owner of the village, Chao Tianwang, actually went into battle to kill the enemy, which made the morale of the brothers under his hands even more boosted, and the brothers who had already gone to the city naturally rushed forward with him to kill with all their might, forcing the defenders to continue to retreat, and the soldiers who did not go to the city also took this opportunity to quickly go to the city, and soon, there were hundreds of Liangshan troops on the city, which was almost equal to the number of soldiers defending the city.
Although Pang Xu also desperately killed several enemy soldiers who rushed to the front, the faces of the soldiers around him had a look of despair - it's over, Dong Dujian has not returned, and the Liangshan bandits have climbed to the top of the city, and we can no longer hold it......
"Kill it, open the gates, and let our brothers enter the city as soon as possible!" Chao Gai was even more imposing at this time, constantly brandishing the Pu knife, and there was almost no enemy under his command, as long as the officers and soldiers were on his advance route, they were all cut down.
At this time, King Chao Tianwang was really domineering, which really made the Liangshan brothers see the strength of this cottage master, and it also made him really sulk. Since he robbed Liangshan on the Birthday Gang, he really hasn't let go of fighting like this, and the breath in his heart is completely vented this time.
"Kill!" Chao Gai, who was capable of killing, roared loudly, rushed forward faster, and vowed to kill all the officers and soldiers in front of him. But this rush made him slightly distance himself from his brothers in the rear, and also completely exposed him to the eyes of the officers and soldiers.
Pang Xu stared at Chao Gai, he had already recognized that this person was the head of the thieves, knowing that his martial arts were inferior to the other party, he did not hesitate, he had already taken a bow, and released a cold arrow at Chao Gai who was still rushing to kill with all his strength from a distance......