Chapter 14: Bloody War
"Hurry up, stand at your posts, you must not let these guys climb up to the city! Beware of their bows and arrows, these thieves are not bad at archery, and if anyone is shot, I can't explain it to your family! Zhou Tong shouted, arranged for everyone to defend, and at the same time, sent someone to inform Wu Heng of them.
"The Great War is finally about to begin!" Li Xin looked at the figure below, and a sentence came to mind directly.
These Qin soldiers below are standing in the dark, although they seem to be a little chaotic, but in general, the order is okay. From this point, it can basically be seen that the combat effectiveness of this army below should not be too weak.
But this is not good news for the people in the city, the stronger the enemy, the greater the threat they face, and the more difficult it is to defend. Li Xin looked at the enemy in the dark, silently calculated, and quickly came to an approximation, this time there were nearly a thousand people.
When he and Zhou Tong were looking at the enemies under the city, in the ranks of the enemies, at this time, they slowly walked out of several horses, and the generals who were sitting on the horses were wearing helmets and armor, and they were also observing the situation on the city from a distance.
"It seems that these thieves are already on guard, general, if we want to recapture Huayin City, I'm afraid it won't be easy!" After looking at it for a while, one of the riders spoke and said to Fu Yun at the front.
"Huayin City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, this is a well-known thing. In the past few years, the imperial court has renovated the city to change the dilapidated situation in the past, otherwise, it would be much easier to do. It's all that idiot, with such a strong city, he doesn't know how to defend it, so he has to go out and fight hard, it's just that he is dead, but it will affect us! Another general also spoke at this time, sounding very dissatisfied with the general who led three hundred men out of the city to fight.
"If you want me to say, it's still the prefectural order waste. Even if General Lian is at fault, at least they can be regarded as loyal to the court. In fact, after General Lian's entire army was wiped out, as long as the county order could organize some people to guard the West City Gate and report to us, this Huayin County town might not fall into the hands of thieves! That county order is the one who should be killed! Someone soon refuted, it seems that the general should have a good relationship with the company general on weekdays, so the spearhead is directed at the Huayin County Order.
"General, what do you think .......?" Before the fight started, it seemed that the Qin people were already in a bit of a mess, and the general closest to Fu Yun looked at Fu Yun and asked tentatively.
"If Huayin County can't be recaptured in the shortest possible time, under the wrath of the imperial court, my head can't be saved, and you can't live!" Fu Yuntou didn't reply, but said lightly.
Hearing this, the generals who were arguing behind them didn't dare to speak. They all know what this means, that is to say, if Huayin County cannot be captured tonight, the imperial court will inevitably learn the news, and once it is to blame, Fu Yun, as the general of Tongguan, will inevitably be punished, and before he is punished, he will inevitably find a few backs. Thinking of this, these generals couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts, and made up their minds that they would have to fight to the death later.
Fu Yun didn't speak again, took the bow and arrows from the hands of his own soldiers on the side, and then drew the bow like a full moon, and the cluster of arrows was a ball of fire, and after aiming for a moment, he shot towards the top of the city with a bang. Looking at that, it seems that he is aiming at Li Xin's position.
"Kill!" This arrow is the order, and when the Qin soldiers saw the firelight, they immediately shouted in unison, and then rushed towards the city. The sound of shouting and killing, covering the other voices outside the city, hearing the sound of this tidal shout, the momentum of attacking the mountain is naturally not the same, although the people in the city are considered veterans who have experienced the battle, but at this moment, at first glance, there are many people who are still scared back a few steps.
"Steady!" Li Xin shouted and stood still at the head of the city. He and Zhou Tong were on both sides, so it was safest, and he was in charge of the south side.
At a short distance of a few hundred meters, the enemy soldiers arrived in an instant, and the firelight illuminated the outside of the city. The sound of bowstrings was incessant, and the sky seemed to be like locusts passing through, and under the moonlight, a black shadow fell from the sky, like raindrops, covering the city.
"Be careful!" Li Xin and Zhou Tong shouted in unison, and everyone in the city immediately raised their shields to protect themselves. There was a clanging sound, and a layer of arrows fell from the entire city, mixed with some screams, and it was clear that someone had been shot.
And taking advantage of this wave of arrow rain, the Qin soldiers under the city have already come to the city, began to set up siege ladders, lifted out the crashing wood, and are about to start attacking the city. Seeing this scene, Li Xin was preparing to counterattack, and a rain of arrows was already coming, and everyone had to continue to hide behind the shield, completely suppressed and unable to raise their heads.
"Bang, bang, bang....." Soon, the sound of slamming wood against the city gate sounded, and the enemy had already launched an attack under the cover of a rain of arrows. The siege ladders had also been erected, and when they leaned against the walls, the sound was audible to everyone behind the walls.
"It won't work like this, the enemy's arrow rain is too powerful, if we can't move, I'm afraid that the enemy will soon climb to the top of the city!" Li Xin looked at the villagers beside him, they were all unable to move at the moment, and he was suddenly a little anxious.
"The enemy's bow and arrow should not be endless, and a rain of arrows like this, in my opinion, will not grow. As soon as the enemy came up, it seemed that he was really in a hurry! This is a completely disregarded way of playing! Tu Qi was on the side, and after hearing this at this time, he couldn't help frowning.
"What you say makes sense, but even if there are only two more waves, it will be very unfavorable for us, and it will not be easy for the enemy to go down to the city. You give me a shield, I'll look outside! Li Xin nodded, thought for a while, and said.
Tu Qi hurriedly raised the shield above the two of them, and pressed the other end on the battlements, while Li Xin looked down from the position of the battlements. Sure enough, the Di Qin soldiers outside had already begun to ascend the city, and there were a total of five siege ladders, and it seemed that they were also simple guys that had just been made. The nearest enemy is less than a meter from the head of the city!
"No, we can't wait any longer!" When Li Xin saw that the situation was not good, he took his shield from the side, held a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, and approached the nearest siege ladder. When he arrived there, a Di Qin soldier just came out, and as soon as the arrow rain stopped, Li Xin didn't say a word, and stabbed the guy with a spear, hitting the heart of the Di Qin soldier, and this guy screamed and fell.
And seeing that his soldiers and horses were already gradually entering the city, the Qin soldiers had to stop the rain of arrows to suppress it, otherwise, their soldiers and horses besieging the city would have to die cleanly. In this way, Li Xin and the others ushered in the opportunity to counterattack, and as Li Xin killed the first enemy, the others next to him also engaged in the battle one after another.
All of a sudden, blood splattered on the city, and Li Xin changed to a knife in both hands, but whenever an enemy showed out, it was a horizontal slash, and it was not appropriate to use a spear at this time. But when attacking a city, the first group of people to climb to the top of the city is called the first to climb, and such people basically belong to the strongest and most fierce category in the team. After all, after ordinary people go up, he can't stand still! If you can't get a foothold on it, you won't be able to buy time for those who come behind.
Therefore, although from the perspective of the city, Li Xin's side has the advantage in numbers, but in the face of the fierce people selected by the other party from thousands of people, not everyone can stop it. Li Xin and Zhou Tong are okay, after all, their strength is there, but some people don't pay attention, so they let the enemy stand on the top of the city.
"Leave me alone, hurry up and help the others! In addition, let you inform Li Erhei that they brought someone to guard below, did they come? Li Xin cut down several enemies in a row, and when he saw Tu Qi on the side, he shouted at him.
"Brother Erhei brought 200 people under the city, and he waited to come up." Tu Qi replied.
"You go down and tell them to be ready, and if I send a signal, rush to our aid immediately!" Hearing this, Li Xin was a little relieved, at least there were reserve troops.
Tu Qier ran down without saying a word, and at this time, Li Xin felt that it was really inconvenient for him to lack a herald by his side. So that there is no way to easily contact Zhou Tong on the other end, so he can only kill each other.
Fortunately, the enemy did not have a lot of siege engines, only five, otherwise it would be very troublesome to deal with. It is precisely because of this that the defense on the city wall at this moment can also be clearly seen, roughly divided into five parts, all concentrated in the place where the siege ladder is placed.
In the past, there were a lot of rolling logs and stones on the city wall, after all, these things were the most important things to defend the city. However, before the battle began, Li Xin told everyone not to use these, but to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible, and it was best to let the other party see the hope of attacking the city, but in the end he couldn't attack it.
Therefore, at this time, above the city head, it was mainly white-knuckle warfare, and all the rolling logs and stones were concentrated above the city gate, which was used to deal with those enemies who carried the wood to attack the city gate. Although the opponent's first soldiers were powerful, they were not good in terms of numbers after all, so after attacking for a while, there was not much to gain except for dead and wounded.
Such a scene, in the eyes of Fu Yun below, they were naturally extremely dissatisfied.
"Order the archers, show me the anti-thieves shooting at the head of the city, and be sure to buy time for the soldiers who come to the city. Also, the order goes down, and the first one to rush into the city and make a great contribution will be rewarded! Fu Yun looked at it for a while and said slowly.
Soon, the order was passed on. The Di Qin soldiers, who were already fierce, were as if they had been beaten with chicken blood at this time, and before the shouting and shouting became stronger, the fierce Di Qin soldiers who were not afraid of death seemed to have not seen the corpses that fell from the city, and they crawled towards the city in an endless stream.