Chapter 373: Battle of Jingling 3
However, the defenders of the city are not happy, Guan Yu led two thousand crossbowmen to constantly suppress the shooting at the head of Jingling City, every moment there are archers who are shooting arrows to counterattack and the defenders who are throwing rolling wood and stones are falling to the ground in the armor, which also brings a lot of casualties to the defenders of Jingling, although the defenders of Jingling throw rolling wooden stones, although it greatly eases the speed of Liu Beijun's climbing to the city, but it does not interrupt the rhythm of Liu Beijun's climbing the city, Liu Beijun's soldiers in the rear came one after another, and a cloud ladder was added to the city wall, More and more Liu Beijun soldiers began to attach themselves to the city.
However, Xu Shu did not make the defenders of the city attack in an all-round way, and always controlled the counterattack of the soldiers and horses in the city, so that Liu Beijun always thought that his soldiers and horses still had the possibility of attacking the city wall, and even they only needed to add an offensive to the city wall for the first time, Liu Bei on the rear drum car saw that his soldiers and horses were so heroic, and he had the possibility of landing the city wall for the first time on the day of the siege, and his heart was more happy, and the rhythm of his beating of the war drum became faster, and the rest of the sergeants on the drum car saw that their lords were so hard to cheer for their comrades, they all used all their strength to beat the war drums, and the sound of the war drums on the battlefield suddenly became more urgent.
Zhuge Liang looked at the offensive in front of him, and he also noticed a trace of strangeness in his heart, but he also felt Liu Bei's pressure from the sound of war drums in the rear, so he did not rashly withdraw his troops, after all, this was Liu Bei's first time fighting in front of the Jingzhou army, if he retreated for no reason, he would not only suffer the reproach of the generals of the Jingzhou army, but I am afraid that the officers and men of the Jingzhou army would inevitably look down on the new wild soldiers and horses even more.
Chen Zhi listened to the sound of war drums in the rear more urgently, as if he heard Liu Bei in his ear to speed up the siege, Chen Zhi could only let go of the doubts in his heart, and continued to strengthen the rhythm of the siege, if it were not for Chen Zhi always felt that something was wrong in his heart, I am afraid that Chen Zhi himself would have to go to the city in person, after Chen Zhi's urging, Liu Bei's soldiers continued to come to the city wall through the pontoon bridge to join the team attached to the city.
With the passage of time, the battle above and below the city wall has become more and more intense, but Xu Shu has not strengthened the garrison, has been hanging Liu Bei's soldiers, and constantly attracts the enemy army to invest more soldiers and horses to join the siege queue, Xu Shu commanded the defenders to defend the city, while paying attention to the movement of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses under the city, and then saw that Liu Bei's siege soldiers and horses finally crossed the pontoon bridge to the bottom of the city wall, Xu Shu immediately launched an action.
Taking advantage of the gap between the shooting of Guan Yu's crossbowmen, Xu Shu ordered loudly: "All the troops obey the order and throw the oil altar to the enemy's pontoon bridge!" ”
With Xu Shu's order, the sergeant who had been preparing for a long time immediately stepped forward, lifted the oil jar that had been prepared for a long time, and smashed it towards the pontoon bridge built by Liu Bei's army.
"Bang dang!! Rumble!!! Bang dang!! Rumble!!! ”
With a loud bang, dozens of jars of fire oil smashed on the pontoon bridge of the moat, and Liu Beijun's soldiers were shocked when they saw the spies smashed on the pontoon bridge one by one, what is the situation?
After smelling the smell of fire oil, the sergeant who had smelled the smell of fire oil was immediately frightened, and while running towards the pontoon bridge, he shouted urgently:
"It's not a good thing, this is fire oil, the enemy is going to burn the pontoon bridge, brothers, retreat quickly, if you don't retreat, you won't be able to leave!!"
"Yes, that's the smell, this must be fire oil, everyone retreat!!
"The enemy army has been prepared for a long time, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!!"
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"Withdraw, retreat quickly!!"
Chen Zhi already felt that this battle was a little wrong in his heart, after smelling the smell of fire oil, he immediately understood the idea of the defenders in the city, Chen Zhi shouted, and ran towards a pontoon bridge in the lead, and the rest of the sergeants saw that Chen Zhi had run away, and they were all anxious, and no one continued to climb the city, and they all rushed towards the pontoon bridge.
However, no matter how fast their speed is, it is not as fast as the action of the defenders in the city, after throwing the oil altar, Xu Shu immediately issued an order to release the arrows, and with Xu Shu's order, the archers who had been preparing for a long time immediately shot the rockets in their hands.
"Whoosh!! Whoosh!! Whoosh!! ……”
"Boom, boom!! Boom Boom Boom !! Boom Boom Boom !! ……”
Hundreds of rockets were planted on each pontoon, the pontoon bridge that had already been sprinkled with fire oil immediately burned, a huge wave of fire rose into the sky, and immediately ignited the sergeant on the pontoon bridge, the sergeant in the rear saw this tragic image where he dared to go on the bridge, and immediately stopped his steps, but the sergeant in the rear reacted half a beat slower, and the sergeant in the front was squeezed into the fire again.
"Ahh!!hh Ahh!!hhhhh Ahh!!hhhhh ……”
"Don't squeeze, it's on fire, the pontoon is on fire, don't squeeze !!"
"Help, I don't want to die, help!!"
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The heart-rending screams rose to the sky, and the soldiers of Liu Beijun in the rear immediately stopped, and the fire that rose to the sky separated Liu Beijun's pontoon bridge into a moat, and even the fire oil on the nearby water surface was ignited, and the huge heat wave made Liu Beijun's soldiers can't help but take a few steps back, but they did forget where this is!
This is under the city of Jingling, how could the defenders of Jingling in the city give them such a chance to avoid danger in such a comfortable way?
Xu Shu saw that all the soldiers of Liu Beijun were left on the narrow open space between the city wall and the moat, and he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered: "All the troops listen to the order, the enemy's rear road is cut off, and the archers and rolling wood and stones attack with all their might, so be sure to leave all the enemy troops under the city!! ”
"No, we will receive the order, and we will live up to the general's trust!!"
The defenders of the city saw that Xu Shu was like a god and forced all the enemy troops under the city into a desperate situation, where would they let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs, and the soldiers promised loudly and immediately launched a comprehensive counterattack.
All the archers got up and fired back, and the dense feather arrows flew straight towards the Liu Beijun soldiers under the city, and the rest of the soldiers also raised the rolling wood and stones on the city and threw them down towards Liu Beijun's soldiers, and the three thousand defenders launched a comprehensive counterattack, which immediately brought heavy casualties to Liu Bei's soldiers, and one after another Liu Beijun's soldiers continued to fall to the ground.
Chen Zhi saw that there were fewer and fewer sergeants around him, and his heart was also very anxious, he dialed the rain of arrows that flew in, while thinking about how to get out, but in front of this is an impassable city wall, and behind it is a fire that rises to the sky, Chen Zhi can still find a place to get out there, Chen Zhi screamed in his heart: Is it that I Chen will die here today?