Chapter 172: Defending the City

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Liu Xiu and the others stood in the city gate tower, looking at the county soldiers outside the city, and everyone's faces were very solemn. In fact, with the configuration of the county soldiers, there is no cavalry, but the two hundred cavalry in Chaoyang County do not know where they came from.

Deng Yu frowned, and said: "We abandon the city and flee, it may still be possible to get rid of the infantry, but if we want to get rid of the cavalry, ......" He shook his head, it was too difficult.

Now they only have more than 200 people left, against 200 cavalry, this battle cannot be said to be unfought, the key problem is that once they are dragged by the county cavalry, they will inevitably be caught up by the county infantry, so it will be difficult to fly.

Liu Xiu looked at the county soldiers outside the city and said: "We can't abandon the city, in this battle, we can only defend the city!" ”

Deng Yu said worriedly: "It is only the vanguard of the county soldiers who have come back, and I believe that it will not be long before the main force of the county soldiers will rush back!" ”

Liu Xiu rolled his eyes and asked, "Zhonghua, did you say that when the county soldiers chased and killed the displaced people, would they carry siege weapons?" Deng Yu blinked inexplicably, although the county soldiers mistook the displaced people for their main army, but when chasing and killing, it was impossible to carry siege weapons, because they would not fight siege warfare at all, and they would carry siege weapons and slow down the speed

, and useless.

His mind turned, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "What the lord means is that the county soldiers have no tools to attack the city now!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "So, although we are outnumbered in this battle, we still have to fight!" ”

There are no siege equipment, not even ladders, so what will the county soldiers outside the city use to attack the city? Climbing the city walls with bare hands is undoubtedly a fantasy.

As they were talking, Xie Sheng outside the city had already given the order to attack.

The first to rush forward were the cavalry. Liu Xiu and the others, who were standing on the city wall, invariably opened their eyes wide, wondering if the county soldiers outside the city were crazy, and let the cavalry attack the city defense, what kind of battle was this for?

Zhu You was stunned for a moment, and shouted loudly to the left and right: "Don't release the arrow yet!" Wait until the enemy is closer before firing arrows! "In their 200-strong Chungling army, there are not many archers, and there are only about 30 people when they are full, and there are very few arrows left, even the remaining arrows, most of them are also used and picked up, and the arrows are worn out

Heavy.

Seeing the county cavalry outside the city getting closer and closer, from a hundred paces apart, to fifty paces, and then to thirty paces. Feeling close enough, Zhu You swung his sword forward and shouted, "Release the arrowβ€”"

The archers at the head of the city stood up one after another, drew their bowstrings, and made a gesture to shoot arrows at the rushing county cavalry.

It's just that before they could shoot their arrows, they flew from among the county cavalry and saw a rain of arrows.

Jingle Bell! The arrows struck the battlements of the city wall, exploding in clusters of sparks. Some of the archers were about to release their arrows while pulling their bowstrings, but they were hit by several arrows and fell to the ground.

Not good! Liu Xiu's heart was shocked, and he shouted loudly to the people around him: "Dodge!" Watch out for arrow shots! ”

The county cavalry fired this round of arrows, causing seven or eight archers at the head of the city to fall at once, half of whom were killed on the spot, and the other half were not dead by arrows, lying on the ground, wailing continuously.

Yan Guang bent on his waist and ran quickly to rescue the injured brother. There are no military doctors among them, and those who know medical skills are Yan Guang.

The county cavalry moved back and forth laterally at a distance of twenty paces from the city wall, while the cavalry on their horses fired arrows from time to time to suppress the defenders at the head of the city. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the infantry behind began to charge.

Chaoyang County Lieutenant Xie Sheng is not an ordinary person, he is good at managing the army, but also good at commanding the army, in the counties of Nanyang County, Chaoyang County's county soldiers are extremely strong, well-trained, skillful in cooperation, brave in killing, and superior in force.

It's just that after Liu Xuan rebelled in Chungling, Chaoyang temporarily recruited many recruits, and these recruits invisibly greatly reduced the combat power of Chaoyang County soldiers.

Now the county soldiers brought by Xie Sheng are all his old subordinates, and their combat power is much stronger than those county soldiers that Liu Xiu and others encountered before.

Suppressed and covered by the cavalry's arrows, the infantry rushed to the bottom of the city walls with almost no casualties.

A burly soldier immediately removed the rope from his shoulder, shook the hook at one end of the rope, and threw it upwards with all his might.

Click, click, click!

The hook claw gripped the battlements of arrows at the head of the wall, and then the soldiers pulled the ropes and began to climb towards the top of the city.

There was no one on the scene to tell them what to do, and the soldiers completely spontaneously used ropes as an aid to launch a fierce attack on the city.

Liu Xiu had never encountered such a siege method before, to be precise, Liu Xiu could only be regarded as a recruit on the battlefield, and he did not have such rich combat experience.

He swallowed his spit and shouted, "Cut the ropes and stop the enemy from going up to the city!" While speaking, Liu Xiu rushed out of the city gate tower and saw a hook claw hooked on the nearby arrow stack, he didn't think about it, and slashed it with a sword.

Chixiao's sword sharpened iron like clay, and as his sword fell, the iron hook and claw broke into two, and he heard two screams from outside the city, followed by two poofs, two poofs, and the muffled sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

No sooner had he cut off the hook than three arrows flew at him from outside the city. Liu Xiu hurriedly swung his sword to block.

Dang Chang, dang Chang twice, the two arrows were blocked by the Chixiao Sword, and the other arrow almost brushed against Liu Xiu's cheek, rubbing a red mark on his face.

Liu Xiu was almost shot by an arrow at the head of the city, and the situation of the other soldiers can be imagined. While the people cut the rope and let the county soldiers who climbed the rope fall, they themselves were shot by arrows from time to time and fell on the head of the city.

Seeing this, Feng Yi shouted to Zhu You nearby: "Zhong Xian! ”

"Huh?"

"You can't fight like this! Take some of your brothers, go into the city, remove some of the door panels, and move them to the city! ”

Zhu You subconsciously agreed, and then turned his head to look at Liu Xiu.

At this time, Liu Xiu suddenly remembered that when he was in Yizhou, Feng Yi had led the soldiers of Hanzhong County to block the siege of tens of thousands of barbarian troops, and Feng Yi was very experienced in defending the city.

Liu Xiu immediately made a decision, nodded to Zhu You and said, "Just do what Gongsun wants!" After a pause, he shouted loudly: "From now on, everyone will obey the command of Gongsun, including me!" "Liu Xiu's ability to adapt to changes is extremely strong. Realizing that Feng Yi was good at defending the city, Liu Xiu immediately handed over power and handed over the command of all his personnel to Feng Yi, and even he himself willingly obeyed Feng Yi's dispatch, so that others would not dare to disobey Feng Yi's orders

Finish.

With Liu Xiu's authorization, Feng Yi was not hypocritical, and after sending Zhu You away, he turned his head and shouted at Fu Jun: "Ziwei! ”

Fu Jun bent on his waist and ran to him under the cover of the arrow. Feng Yi said: "Ziwei, you don't have to worry about the soldiers attacking the city, concentrate on shooting the cavalry outside the city!" ”

At present, the biggest threat to your side is those cavalry who are good at cavalry and archery, with these cavalry patrolling in front of the city, their own defense of the city is too passive, and the casualties paid are too great.

Fu Jun agreed, and the cat ran away. Feng Yi shouted to the people on the city: "Use more rolling wood and stones to smash the enemy!" ”

Under the command of Feng Yi, the Chung Ling army at the head of the city temporarily stabilized its position and controlled its panicked emotions.

The people obeyed Feng Yi's arrangement, first moved the rolling wood and stones to the battlements of the city wall, and then hid behind the arrow battlements and pushed them down.

In doing so, you will be able to kill and injure the enemy who is climbing the rope and keep yourself from being shot by arrows from outside the city. Fu Jun ran back and forth on the top of the city, and while running, he also kept twisting his bow and arrows, shooting arrows at the cavalry outside the city.

Even if he is running at high speed, the arrows shot by Fu Jun are still accurate, every arrow he shoots is not fatal, but at least it can shoot people, and the cavalry outside the city also gets arrowed from time to time and falls off the horse. Two hundred cavalry, after being wounded and killed by him, people finally realized that there was a skilled marksman in the city, and the cavalry did not dare to stay within twenty paces of Chaoyang City, and they gradually retreated to a distance of thirty paces

。

But it didn't work, even if they were thirty paces away, the arrows that flew down from the top of the city could still hit them accurately. Fu Jun was alone, but he forced the cavalry outside the city to retreat again and again, paying nearly twenty casualties.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the defenders at the head of the city finally no longer had to hide, and people poked their heads out from behind the battlements of arrows, or cut ropes with all their might, or lifted logs and stones and smashed them downward.

For a while, the county soldiers who climbed down the rope fell from the city wall one after another as if they were dumplings.

Xie Sheng, who was watching the battle from behind, was so angry that he scolded angrily, urged the war horse, and took a cadre of guards to go into battle in person.

When he approached the county cavalry, he took the bow and arrow from one of the guards, aimed it at Fu Jun at the head of the city, and shot it with an arrow.

Xie Sheng was fifty steps away from the Chaoyang City Wall, and this arrow was still shot from the bottom up, but the strength of the arrow was amazing, and before the arrow arrived, the piercing sound of breaking wind had already been heard.

Fu Jun subconsciously lowered his head, and the sand and arrows flew over his hair.

This arrow also surprised Fu Jun. He stopped and looked at Xie Sheng outside the city, and Xie Sheng outside the city was also looking at him, the two looked at each other from afar, their eyes colliding in the air.

Fu Jun and Xie Sheng exchanged arrows, which gave the county cavalry another chance to re-approach the city wall and continue to fire arrows upwards to suppress the defenders. It's just that this time the power of their arrows is much smaller, it turns out that Zhu You and the others who left before have returned to the city, and at the same time brought back a lot of door panels, and people put the door panels on the arrow stacks, forming a large wooden shield, and the city will be down

The arrows that flew up blocked tightly.

Seeing that his cavalry's arrows were cracked by the other party and lost their power, and the infantry besieging the city suffered heavy casualties, Xie Sheng had no choice but to order the withdrawal of his troops.

It's just that Xie Sheng withdrew all the wounded soldiers, while he himself ran horizontally around the city wall with cavalry and infantry that could still fight. At first, Feng Yi didn't understand what the county soldiers were going to do, but after a while, he had a flash of inspiration and said urgently: "Hurry up and keep up with the county soldiers, they want to change their position to attack the city!" ”