Chapter 245: Jiannan Suppresses the Rebellion (14)

"Knock knock. Knock knock... ”

Not long after Lin Feng's order was issued, Meng Hong, who was outside the eastern city of Yazhou, also responded to the war drums, and the impassioned drums resounded through the sky, making everyone present feel excited, holding the weapons tightly in their hands, and eager to rush out of the camp and rush to Yazhou City immediately.

"Knock knock..."

As the sound of the drums gradually stabilized, Meng Hong outside the eastern city took the lead in attacking, all the siege tower carts were launched together, and countless soldiers who had already prepared began to push and pull the tower carts slowly forward, and dozens of teams of cloud ladder soldiers followed behind, following the drums heard in their ears, slowly moving rhythmic steps.

1,000 meters.

Eight hundred meters.

700 meters.

At this time, the siege tower car had completely increased its speed, no less than the cloud echelon following behind, and the rebels at the head of the city had already prepared when the drums sounded. Compared to the defenders of the north city wall, the defenders here are much better, after all, they have not survived the ravages of ballistas, although the number is not as large as the former, but it is expensive that there is no damage, and the morale is relatively better.

However, when the siege tower entered the city wall six hundred and fifty meters away, the morale of the defenders of the city suddenly stagnated, and then panic began. Because of this distance, the rebels in the city have begun to launch a counterattack, and countless wooden poles and crossbow arrows flew down the city, shooting fiercely at the siege tower vehicles that were at the forefront as a defense.

But something unexpected happened to the rebels, because the siege tower cart did not become the "hedgehog" they imagined, and almost every crossbow arrow fell weakly after being shot. In the snap of a finger, the siege tower vehicle approached dozens of meters again, and at this time, the drums in the sky were occasionally mixed with the crisp sound of metal impact.

"Ding. . . Bite.. ”

As the distance between the two sides grew closer, the sound of metal grew louder and louder, and suddenly, the rebels in the city saw a scene they didn't want to believe anyway. I saw that the crossbow arrows that hit the siege tower carts, and at the same time as the sound of metal impact, there would always be a small fire at the contact point, which was extremely dazzling under the sun.

"That tower car is iron-claded!! We can't shoot through at all! A soldier with good eyesight immediately reported what he had seen to the nearest lieutenant.

Hearing this, the captain also fixed his eyes, and immediately swept away the doubts in his heart, and after ordering his subordinates to continue shooting, he turned around and ran to his boss to report the situation.

The interior of the siege tower is covered with iron, which means that the defense is greatly improved, especially when offset by a thick layer of wood on the surface, the destructive power of the crossbow arrow to the siege tower is greatly reduced. And there is only one consequence of not being able to destroy the siege tower car, waiting for the siege tower car to approach, the two sides will fight to grab the head of the city.

However, the real result was not as bad as the rebels imagined, and when the siege tower cart crossed the distance of 200 meters, it began to continuously insert crossbow arrows into it, and began to cause effective damage to the tower cart. Although the effect is very small, the number of crossbow arrows is too many after all, and for this defensive battle, Chen Jingxuan can be said to have moved out of his family. As long as there are equipment that can be used to defend the city, more than seventy or eighty percent of the whole city has been moved to the city, and even the bluestone foundations of those mansions and compounds have been demolished and moved.

Especially after a distance of more than two hundred meters, the siege tower vehicles can no longer be close together. But once it slowly dispersed in all directions, the open space between each other would be exposed at the same time, and the cloud echelons that followed behind would be completely exposed. In this way, some of the ballistas in the city adjusted their targets and began to launch a fierce attack on the cloud echelon.

From time to time, the soldiers of the Feng family carrying the ladder fell to the ground with arrows, whether they were dead or wounded, the robes of the same team would not stop at all because of a person's fall, and they didn't even look at it, "ruthlessly" stepped over the bodies of their companions and continued to rush forward. After the procession passed, a group of more than a dozen alternate shield soldiers appeared in the rear, dragging the dead and wounded companions to the rear, and then formed a shield formation again and continued to follow.

Of course, there are also some shield soldiers with extremely bad luck, obviously following the back of the team, but they will still be unfortunately shot by stray arrows falling from the sky, after all, at a distance of two hundred meters, using the height advantage to carry out large-scale bow and arrow throwing, and even the actual lethality is more than that of a ballista with super damage per soldier.

Beicheng was not idle at all, with Li Xiaofeng's order, several henchmen under his command, Lian Yong, Ye Song and others, respectively led a team of cloud ladder soldiers to follow behind the siege cone car, with the cover of several oversized giant shields in front, almost at a distance of five hundred meters from the city wall, there was no threat to life.

When the team crossed 500 meters, the team's forward speed gradually slowed down with the fierce counterattack at the head of the city. After a little more travel, people began to fall to the ground with arrows. But the siege cone with its huge body did not seem to be threatened by any threat from the city at all, and the siege cone in the middle slowly swayed back and forth in the process, making a posture of imminent impact, and then it was still three hundred meters away from the city gate, but it brought endless pressure to the rebels in the city, as if the siege cone was crushing their hearts, making them feel extremely frightened and frightened.

As more of the Feng family's sergeants fell to the ground, in exchange for the siege cone car and the siege tower car, one meter by meter, approaching the city wall. In particular, the siege cone did not disappoint the rebels, and with the desperate efforts of the Feng family army, they were the first to arrive outside the city gate.

"Brothers, watch the top of your head!!" In charge of the siege cone was Li Xiaofeng's confidant Song Mu, who held a small round shield in each hand at this time, constantly waving to resist attacks from all directions. This kind of round shield with a curved surface, the effect of resisting the falling flying stones at the head of the city is very good, using the method of unloading the force, you only need to slightly tilt the shield when touching, and at the same time retreat the body, and gently flick it, you can deflect the flying stone.

Of course, it's okay for a stone the size of a watermelon, if you hit a stone the size of half a human body, then you can only dodge it with a shield, otherwise, the shield will definitely be broken and people will die.

Half of the soldiers near the siege cone are dressed like Song Mu, and while protecting themselves, they will also try their best to raise their companions to block the attack, and even when they encounter some attacks that are not enough to be deadly, they would rather fight to resist them themselves than let the robe that pushes the siege cone car bear it.

A moment later, the front part of the siege cone jumped into the cave, and a small number of soldiers rushed into the cave, which completely avoided the attack of the rebels, and also relieved some of the pressure on Song Mu and the others who were in charge of protection.

The air was filled with all kinds of shouts, and under the heavy drums of war, the siege tower carts in the east and north cities began to slowly stop and move forward. The current distance is enough to put down the pedal, and the Feng family army can completely use the equal height of the two sides to have a real fight between the two sides to snatch the city.