As Xue Tong said, even if the soldiers were ordered to shoot some people with arrows, it would not stop the cadres from attacking the city, and more importantly, a large number of arrows would be wasted, and the besieging side would not only be able to fill the moat, but also consume a large number of arrows from the defenders.

Xue Tong didn't order the defenders to shoot the people with arrows, because he knew that it was useless, could so many people kill them? The cadres can ruthlessly drive the people to fill the moat, but he can't be ruthless enough to shoot these innocent people.

The defenders could only watch as the men went back and forth, carrying baskets back and forth, filling the moat with mud and filling a dozen dams.

"General, eighteen dams have been filled in the moat for soldiers and siege equipment to pass through!" The official in charge of the people sent someone to report to Gao Xu.

Gao Xu nodded, let the soldiers who reported the news go down, and then ordered: "Order the first echelon of the siege and attack!" ”

"Attack—" A loud roar was heard.

The drummer began to beat the drums: "Knock-knock-knock-"

The soldiers moved towards the city wall with shields and swords, and the team was carried by people one after another, and the wheeled siege ladders were pushed forward, and the siege vehicles and well railings were also pushed behind.

The defenders saw that there were so many siege equipment in the siege team, and they were all nervous, and the Northern Wei army had never attacked the city they were stationed in before, because of the secrecy of the drawings and the blockade of technology, the Northern Wei Dynasty could not make these siege equipment at all.

For example, the well fence is not a few pieces of wood nailed with iron nails, the well fence is more than ten meters high, or even more than 20 meters, and the platform on the top has to stand people, to be able to push forward smoothly, once the chassis is unstable, once it falls, all the people above will be finished.

There are also trebuchets, there is no shortage of craftsmen in the Northern Dynasties, but the craftsmen have never seen trebuchets, and there is no reference, how can they make them? Even if you see it, you may not be able to build it, the wood used to make the trebuchet only takes two years to dry, and the long arm of the trebuchet is made from wet wood, and that weight is definitely a fatal thing for the person who operates the trebuchet, the key is that it affects the launch distance.

Moreover, the Xianbei nobles have always admired fast horse scimitars and mounted archery, and they simply disdained these siege equipment, so the siege equipment in the Northern Wei army was almost blank.

The packed trebuchets were pulled by the wagons into the middle of the formation, and two men came over in a group carrying a stone bullet and placed the stone bullet next to the trebuchet, and the soldiers who operated the trebuchet unloaded the wheels of the trebuchet and fixed the trebuchet with a wooden stake nailed to the ground.

This kind of situation makes the hearts of the soldiers of the Liu Song Army of the Southern Dynasty extremely solemn, and the northerners even built trebuchets?

As a veteran of a hundred battles, Xue Tong is no stranger to trebuchets, but he has not been attacked by trebuchets, but he has used trebuchets to fight the northern captives and knows the power and effect of this thing.

"General, the cadres have trebuchets and well fences, how is this good?" The adjutant general said to Xue Tong anxiously.

Xue Tong turned his head to look at the surrounding defenders, and he immediately said: "Brothers, don't panic, that trebuchet launches boulders to smash people miserably, but its killing area distance and area are limited, even if it hits, it is only a death, it looks quite scary, in fact, it is not as lethal as the arrow rain, the enemy shoots down a wave of arrow rain, and more than a few people die, right?" The reason why trebuchets are scary is mainly because the people who die under it are just miserable, everyone is dead, what do you know? Is there a difference between miserable and unmiserable? ”

As Xue Tong said this, the surrounding defenders were slightly less afraid of trebuchets.

The adjutant general asked again: "General, the other side still has a well fence, if they push the well fence close to the city wall and deploy a large number of crossbowmen on it, our army will suffer a lot!" ”

Xue Tong waved his hand: "Don't be afraid, prepare more shields for the soldiers, if the opponent's well fence is close, raise the shield to resist, this general is ordering people to build a guy to deal with the well fence, once the construction is completed, Ben will definitely make them look good!" ”

The city wall was talking, the cadres and soldiers under the city had already launched an attack, and the first siege echelon began to charge when it came to a stone's throw away, and everyone rushed towards the city wall with shields and war knives, and they were divided into more than a dozen teams to rush to the city wall through the earthen dam that was filled in the moat.

"Release the arrows-" Xue Tong gave the order, and the archers of the defenders on the city wall walked to the battlements and stretched out their upper bodies to shoot arrows at the cadres and soldiers below the city.

Some arrows were shot at shields, others on the ground, and some were shot at poorly guarded people.

A huge shout of killing spread from under the city, and the siege ladders were erected on the city wall by the soldiers of the dry army, and the soldiers began to climb the siege ladders and the treadmill arrows on the walls under the orders of the soldiers and the tooth masters.

After a while, there were many cadres and soldiers attached to the outside of the city wall, and the soldiers on the ladder also climbed one after another.

The infantry of the cadre army is not those Northern Wei soldiers who are not good at siege combat, each of these infantry has carried out siege training for a long time, how to protect themselves when attacking, how to climb, what kind of attack rhythm to master, each of them has a spectrum in their hearts.

The defending soldiers and generals of the Liu and Song garrisons of the Southern Dynasty have also undergone training in defending the city, and only they know how hard the training is, but the generals of the Southern Dynasty are not good at defending it.

As soon as the expert made a move, he knew whether there was any, for Xue Tong, who was experienced in combat, he knew that this time it was a big trouble when he saw these cadres and siege soldiers, and it was needless to say whether this Linzi City could be defended, it was absolutely impossible to hold, and the key to the problem was how long it could be defended!

Tan Daoji did not stipulate how long Xue Tong would defend Linzi City, Xue Tong's original idea was to nail it to this Linzi City, so that the cadres could not enter an inch!

However, when he saw the combat quality of these cadres, he knew that he had underestimated these cadres too much, and these cadres were by no means comparable to other Northern Wei armies.

How is this battle going to be fought? Xue Tong's heart was clouded.

Xue Tong knew that he wasn't thinking about these things at this time, he packed up his mood and focused on defending the city, and saw that many cadres had climbed to the top of the ladder, and immediately ordered: "Spearmen come forward!" ”

A long spearman stepped forward and stretched out his spear to stab the soldiers on the ladder.

Some of the cadres and soldiers on the ladder were stabbed and fell down because they did not react in time, some people hid too much and slashed with knives, and the defending Southern Dynasty soldiers were hacked to death, and the cadres on the ladder were about to jump on the city wall, but they were stabbed to death by another spear, and their bodies fell.

There are also cadres who reach out to pull the defenders down the city wall and fall to death after dodging, and there are also those who kill two defenders in one breath and rush up the city wall, but the other party is outnumbered, and the cadres and soldiers who just rushed up have no backyard, and they are not opponents when they fight alone, and they are quickly killed.

The shouts of killing spread from the city to the city walls, and the cadres continued to fall, and some defenders were killed.

Before the wheeled siege ladder was pushed up, the attacking cadres and generals did not have a particularly big advantage, after all, the reputation of the Southern Dynasty generals was not blown, they did not panic at all, and they were able to cover each other when defending.

At this time, Zhao Junsheng had already returned from the siege camp to the army under the canopy and asked, "What is the situation now?" ”

Dongfang Chen replied: "Great King, the combat effectiveness of these Southern Dynasty troops in terms of defense is very good, and our army has not taken any big advantage for the time being!" After observing and calculating just now, the loss of troops on both sides should be about one to one! ”

"What? Such a large proportion of casualties? According to you, our army will kill more than 10,000 defenders, and lose 20,000 horses to break through this city? It's not a good deal! Zhao Junsheng frowned.

Dongfang Chen said helplessly: "I said the king, the generals of the Southern Dynasty are not paper-mâché, so they have the reputation of being good at defending, let's not underestimate others, we must face up to their defensive combat effectiveness!" Moreover, they are the defenders of the city, and our army can take advantage of a lot of casualties to one to one! ”

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the front and said, "Look, the wheeled siege ladder has been pushed over, just see if they can bring good news to this king!" ”

The appearance of the wheeled siege ladder is absolutely nightmare for the defenders, its staircase is only 45 degrees angle, the pedals are wide and thick, and the trained soldiers can run on it with weapons and shields as if they were walking on the ground, and at the same time four people can run side by side, and can rush up the city wall in one breath.

Sure enough, when the wheeled siege ladder was erected on the city wall, and a team of cadres and soldiers rushed up with shields and swords, the defenders at the head of the city began to panic, with such a powerful attack force, how could the defenders not panic?

Up to four pawns can be charged at a time, and they can fight in tandem with each other, which is too much of a threat to the defenders.

"Kill—" The four cadres rushed forward, and the defenders surrounded them.

"Dangdangdang" weapons made a resonant sound.

"Poof", a defender was hacked to death, a spear stabbed over, and a cadre soldier was also stabbed to death, but the remaining three cadres immediately turned their backs to the city wall to form a triangular formation, the front two sword and shield men were responsible for blocking the attack, and the spearmen in the back ambushed the attack, and the defenders who rushed up were killed with a look on their faces, and three people were stunned that they could not hurt a single hair of the three cadres.

In just a short moment, the cadres rushed to the city wall for the battle for the city, which made the defender Xue Tong shocked and angry, he organized troops to kill the cadres who attacked the city wall, and immediately ordered: "Come on, push the lifting hammer up!" ”

After the order was given, a wooden frame was pushed over, and a number of people carried stones over, and thick cables passed through the pulleys at the top of the wooden frames, one end of the cable was tied to a large basket, and the defenders filled the basket with stones of different sizes!

When the basket was filled with stones, the other end of the cable was pulled back by a dozen soldiers, and the basket full of stones was quickly hoisted.

Two soldiers pushed the basket out of the city wall, and one of the soldiers saw another cadre soldier rushing up on a wheeled ladder under the city, and immediately shouted: "Release!" ”

The dozen or so soldiers on the other side of the rope let go together, and the heavy basket that was hoisted fell instantly, and the soldiers of the cadres on the wheeled siege ladder were all smashed and rolled down.

"Pull!"

The defenders on the city wall pulled up the baskets with all their might, and when more cadres rushed up the wheeled ladder, they let go again, and the baskets full of stones fell down again.

Zhao Junsheng's face changed when he saw it, and immediately ordered: "Tell Gao Xu that the other party has found a way to restrain our wheeled ladder, and if we continue to fight, we can only increase casualties, so Mingjin will withdraw his troops!" ”

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