Chapter 443: Attack Zhezhi City Again

Logically speaking, if you want to break through a city like Zhezhi Castle, it is difficult to imagine success without sufficient troops and suitable siege equipment. This is the weakness of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry, and it is also Yi Yuan's idea of self-comfort. Yi Wei's only hope is to hold out until the cold winter, and the unsustainable Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry will retreat in the face of difficulties.

The soldiers of Ningyuan Iron Cavalry were unstoppable under the city, and for several days, Ningyuan Iron Cavalry did not attack, but kept cutting wood, digging stones and digging soil.

After a few days of recuperation, Yi Wei regained a little vitality, heard the soldier's report, and couldn't wait for him to be carried on his back to the city. He couldn't fathom the enemy's moves, and tens of thousands of captives were enslaved and were building a wall outside Zhezhi City. Three hundred steps away from the north of the city, a wall of one person high and more than ten steps wide of the earth and stone structure wall foundation has begun to take shape.

Could it be that Li Huaitang plans to build four walls to besiege Zhezhi City? This method is not impossible, but it needs to have a foundation and strength, such as having enough manpower and material resources and food and morale to maintain their long-term combat, and also, Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry came from afar, and the transfer of grain is a great problem, the loss on the road, the rations for transporting pack horses and personnel, they should have worked and produced, but they have not produced for a long time, and have become a large consumer, Li Huaitang has such a thick family background?

Yi Wei didn't think that Li Huaitang would be so stupid and use the stupidest way to deal with him. Sure enough, soon Ningyuan Iron Cavalry brought a large amount of timber and built a tower on the base of the wall, the overall height of which was much higher than the city wall of Zhezhi City, forming a downward view of Zhezhi City.

Thinking of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry with a strong crossbow with a very long range, Yi Wei began to break out in a cold sweat, the day the other party completes the project, it will be a disaster for his side. At that time, there will be no one standing on the head of the city, and the slightest 'showing' of the head will be sniped, and the other party will send troops to attack, and the city defense will undoubtedly be useless!

Destroy it! A bold thought came to him. It's okay to think about it, it's easy to say, and then look at the majestic Ning Yuan Tieqi outside the city, and Yi Yuan's plan died in his belly before it was formed.

Ning Yuan's iron cavalry didn't give the defenders much time, and soon, thousands of strong crossbowmen stood up to the humble tower, and the sharp crossbow arrows flashed with a terrifying light, whistling along the north wind, hunting down every defender who dared to 'expose' his body from the parapet wall.

Sadly, most of the Stone Nation soldiers had never heard of such a crossbow, and in their cognitive world, the longbow with the longest 'shot' range might be able to threaten the city at this distance, but neither the accuracy nor the strength of the city was enough to fear. Yi's previous warnings didn't help, only the lessons of blood would make people deeply reflect.

The crossbow arrows are far more accurate than the bow and arrows, and the first round of crossbow arrows almost named the hundreds of defenders standing on the head of the city one by one. The power of the crossbow arrows was terrifying, and at least dozens of people were pierced through their bodies by the crossbow arrows, flying upside down and falling off the walls behind them, and many more were nailed to the city, dying through the painful moments before death.

Everywhere the eye could see, corpses, blood and stumps abounded, and the eardrums of the survivors were filled with cries that seemed to come from hell, the cries for help of the unlucky people who did not die.

The defenders on guard at the head of the city were almost swept away after the first round of crossbow arrows, and when they heard something unusual, the soldiers under the city who were ready to reinforce them ran up in a panic to strengthen the defenses, the problem was that they had not yet 'figured' what was going on, and what awaited them at the head of the city was a second round of death arrows.

The second round of crossbow arrows is just a repetition of the first round, and the killing and gore are vividly interpreted, and at the scene of the disaster, the defenders who have escaped death have their livers shattered, and they lie on the mud and stone face tremblingly, lest the slightest look up will befall them.

The defenders' not showing their faces did not hinder Li Huaitang's hunting plan, and the horn of the attack sounded at the right time, and the shouts were earth-shattering.

"Get up, the enemy is going to the city!" The guard urged the soldiers who were lying on their stomachs, completely ignoring his own image of being greedy for life and afraid of death, and sat under the parapet.

The defenders looked quite embarrassed, and getting up meant an immediate and tragic death, and the end was already very vivid, and they continued to maintain the posture of dodging crossbow arrows, and when the enemy army entered the city, they still could not escape the fate of being in a different place. Faced with a painful choice, some people have begun to quietly smear blood on their faces and pretend to be dead......

"Take the shield platoon!" It's not just who first thought of a way to save lives. Equipping the defenders with shield platoons was the only thing Yi Wei could do for the defenders, and the shield platoons he transferred from the warehouse were all heavy shields, and they were also one of the few heavy shields in the city. However, the defenders' 'Lang' took a painstaking effort, disgusted that it was in the way, and they were unwilling to carry it, they had the same idea, if the enemy did not attack for a day, the danger would not exist, and it would not be too late to use it when the enemy's attack horn sounded.

With the heavy shield, the defenders seemed to be emboldened, and the walls were once again full of defenders, shrunken behind the erected heavy shields.

Another row of crossbow arrows flew and slammed into the thick shield.

Blocked! The defenders could not help but rejoice and laugh, and the enemy seemed to be running out of skills, and the offensive of trying to pick up the bargain came to an abrupt halt.

The commander of the strong crossbow was Gongsun Wenyuan, who saw the arrogance of the defenders, and the flags waving on the head of the city were a tease of him and a provocation.

"Change the treaded crossbow!" Gongsun Wenyuan coldly gave the order.

In the silent mechanical action, a large crossbow was hoisted up the tower, accompanied by three thick crossbow arrows in a bundle, and if you look closely, the arrows of these crossbow arrows are very special, all of them are strange Mitsubishi-shaped.

"Yo-hey!" The roar of the crossbowman stepping on the strings was loud and neat.

The defenders hiding behind the heavy shield were curious and puzzled: "What do they want to do?" ”

"It's not going to be a spell on their arrows, is it?"

"Don't talk nonsense, I heard that only their generals have such skills!"

Amidst the discussions, the guards shouted angrily to stop the soldiers' random speculation.

"Watch out for arrows!" The guard exclaimed, and the terrible sound of bowstring vibrating reached his ears down the north wind, this time the movement was obviously stronger than the previous one, and he hesitated to crouch down to dodge. Dodging is also an effective method, but the blow to morale is serious, and it is easy to squat, and I don't know how much it will take to get the soldiers to stand up, so he doesn't want to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

After the sound of the strings, the crossbow arrows that chased the sound came in an instant, colliding with the dense heavy shield 'passion', blowing up countless sawdust and wood chips, splashing blood 'flowers', and screaming in shock......

The hesitation was fatal, the accuracy of the foot crossbow was a little worse, and it was not suitable for 'fine' accurate sniping compared to the arm crossbow, but the bad thing was that the guard was unlucky, and a thick and long crossbow arrow happened to have an appointment with him, brutally piercing and shattering the heavy shield in front of him, the residual kinetic energy of the crossbow arrow was still strong, and the special tritsubind arrow pierced through the armor he thought was strong, pierced through his back, and connected him to the heavy shield and nailed to the ground.

The heavy crossbow attack shattered not only the heavy shields in the hands of the defenders, but also the dependence and morale in their hearts. After paying a heavy price with their lives, the defenders finally admitted that Ningyuan's iron cavalry was invincible, and no one dared to 'expose' their bodies on the parapet wall anymore.

Yi Wei was late, and the tragedy of the scene made him dumbfounded, and the heavy shield was ineffective!

The murderer, a strange crossbow arrow, was presented in front of Yi Wei's eyes, and the appearance of Mitsubishi arrows broadened Yi Wei's horizons and increased the anxiety in his heart. The Han people are famous for their ingenuity, and he was once admired as the first in bravery, and he scoffed at it, and it was too late to start seeing it now!

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, Li Huaitang did not take the opportunity to launch an offensive to seize the city. Yi Wei did not hesitate, immediately gathered a large number of soldiers to strengthen the defense of the northern city, and at the same time continued to send troops to prepare for street fighting, the "fierce" battle in Sim City gave him a deep impression, the enemy army is small and mainly cavalry, can not withstand the consumption of street fighting.

Outside the city, in the barracks of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry, the brave generals were like beards, and Matz and the others couldn't help but express their anxiety to Li Huaitang, and they all thought that the opportunity could not be lost, and the time would never come.

"That's right, you also know that when the defenders mobilize troops to reinforce us, it will be difficult for us to gnaw on Zhezhi City." Li Huaitang looked at Bai Xiaode, who was silent, and explained.

"The morale of the enemy is still there, and our army is under-manned, and even if we attack the city, we will face street fighting. It can't be calculated from the cost! ”

"Cost?" Wang Zhongsi was stunned, he had heard that the general was a big businessman, and it was better to meet if he was really famous, and all he thought about when he was fighting was business.

Li Huaitang nodded and said: "'Wanting' to win the battle is nothing more than to inflict enough casualties on the other side while reducing the losses as much as possible. Our current situation is that the population is small, the army is small, but there are many enemies, and every soldier is precious to us, and we cannot 'waste' it at will. ”

"Lots of enemies?" Wang Zhongsi looked at Li Huaitang puzzled. In his consciousness, the Western Turks represented by Sulu Khan and Yi Wei were settled, and the remaining Lits could not afford to raise any wind and waves, and there would be no more war in the Western Regions for decades.

Li Huaitang's expression was solemn, he turned his head to look south, and said quietly: "There is another country in the south that is wider than the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and its hobby is to constantly expand its territory, and then use a scimitar to spread their religion. If they have something to do, it must be plundering, nothing? It must have been figuring out how to loot. ”

"Big, big food?" Wang Zhongsi frowned slightly.

"Yes, they target places with dates and bread." Li Huaitang smiled bitterly. Ancient history is so strange, so ridiculous, that poor, backward civilizations always plundered rich, advanced civilizations. The Transoxiana region, represented by Samarkand, was far richer than Khorasan in the middle of the desert, but had to endure their threats and exploitation. It is foreseeable that for a long time to come, the situation of big cannibals aggressively 'pressing' people will not stop.

At this time, Li Huaitang had not yet learned about the situation of the Abbasids, and Atta and Li Zhongxin, who knew the situation of the Great Food Country, were galloping on the field west of Broken Leaf City, heading towards Zhezhi City. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon