Zhao Junsheng was woken up by the eunuch Kang Yide, "Your Majesty, it's almost time, and the soldiers are ready!" ”

Zhao Junsheng turned over, directly picked up the sword and helmet and walked out of the camp tent, and the imperial guards and a team of dragon guard soldiers followed him behind him and led the horse to the assembly place of the army.

When the generals saw Zhao Junsheng coming over with the imperial guards and the soldiers of the Dragon Guard, they all clasped their fists and saluted, "See Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, looked at Niu Dali and asked, "Are the soldiers ready?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, but there is no news from General Li's side yet!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "I have already agreed with Li Bao beforehand, his side will be prepared before Mao Zheng, you don't need to wait for him, if you are ready, just start the siege, his side will wait for the opportunity to move, so the more fierce the fight on your side, the more you can attract the attention of the defenders, and the higher the success rate of his sneak attack!" ”

Niu vigorously clenched his fists and said: "The minister understands, there is still a moment away from Mao Zheng at this time, and the minister asks Your Majesty if you can start the attack?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Since your side is ready, let's start acting!" ”

"Yes!"

At this time, the moonlight quietly hid in the clouds, and the last light of the night disappeared.

Three thousand men and horses quietly came out of the camp and approached Huya Pass, and it was not long before the army arrived at a stop a mile outside the gate.

Niu Dali ordered the 1,000th commander: "Send someone to extinguish the fire under the city first!" ”

"Understood!" The commander of the 1,000th division clenched his fists in agreement, turned around and waved his hand, and some soldiers carried shields and water bags in the direction of the city wall.

When they reached the city wall, the soldiers of the Qianjun used shields to cover their heads and upper bodies, and slowly approached the fire with water bags that had been unscrewed in one hand.

At this time, the sentry at the head of the city had just finished changing the guard, and the newly appointed sentry slept for most of the night, and at this time the spirit was good, and when he looked at the city, two sentries found the soldiers of the cadre army who were slowly approaching the city wall, and quickly opened their mouths and shouted: "The enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking, and the enemy is attacking······

This voice roared out, and the sleeping defenders on the entire city wall woke up, and the guard Xu Xiaojie immediately walked to the female wall and looked down, there were indeed many cadres who were slowly approaching the city wall with shields.

Xu Xiaojie immediately shouted: "Everyone is immediately in place and ready to defend against the enemy!" Archers prepare—"

When the soldiers under the city were discovered, they instinctively stopped their advance and crouched down when they heard the shouts from the city, and they used their shields to block as many parts of their bodies as possible to prevent them from being hit by arrows that might have been fired from under the walls.

The generals in the ranks of the cadres shouted: "Keep going!" ”

When the officers and men heard the order, they immediately walked in a squatting position, with their shields always above their heads and in front of them.

Xu Xiaojie, the defender at the head of the city, immediately shouted: "Release the arrows-"

"Whoosh ······" The archers of the defenders at the head of the city released arrows one after another, and one by one they shot arrows at the cadres and soldiers under the city.

"Dingding······ It can be seen from this that the fighting quality of these cadres and infantry is very high, and their tactical movements are very standard and in place, and they can use their shields to protect most of their body parts in the process of advancing, and the chance of being shot and wounded is very small.

If you change to a soldier of the Song Army, I am afraid that it will be difficult to do this, which is the difference between high and low combat quality.

These cadres and soldiers approached the fires with their shields on their shoulders and quickly poured the water in the water bags onto the fires, and the sound of "zizizi" kept coming from the city, and the fires were extinguished little by little and became angry.

The soldiers of the cadres who had poured out the water quickly retreated with their shields on their shoulders, giving way to other cadres and soldiers, and as more and more officers and soldiers approached, the fires were extinguished by the water.

Soon, all the fires under the city were extinguished, and it was pitch black, and the figures of the soldiers of the cadres were also hidden in the darkness.

The guard general Xu Xiaojie now understood the purpose of these cadres approaching the city wall, that is, to extinguish the fire pile, and then use the dark night to approach the city wall to attack, he immediately ordered: "Come on, give the order, everyone is divided into two shifts, one squad is on guard at the post, ready to defend the enemy at any time, and the other squad rests on the spot, once the enemy attacks, immediately join the battle!" ”

The cadres did not let the defenders wait long, only a moment or so later, Niu Dali gave the order to attack, and the 1,000-man team carried a simple siege ladder and slowly approached the city wall, they were not in a hurry, and their steps were as light as possible so that the enemy could not hear the movement.

Everyone slowed down their breath and tiptoed to the city wall, and the soldiers quietly put the simple siege ladder on the city wall, and each soldier held a small round shield in one hand, a war knife in his mouth, and climbed the ladder with his feet with one hand.

At the head of the city, Xu Xiaojie stood on the edge of the female wall and looked out of the city, but he couldn't see anything clearly, he was very unsure, and thought about it and ordered an officer next to him: "Throw a torch and go down and see!" ”

The officer nodded, took a torch from a soldier next to him and threw it out of the city, the torch was thrown out of more than forty steps, constantly rolling in the air, the firelight illuminated the below, the defenders on the city wall saw a large number of cadres and soldiers under the city were quietly approaching through this firelight.

Xu Xiaojie also saw that many ladders had been erected on the city wall, and on each ladder there were soldiers of the cadres and soldiers who were quietly climbing up, his face changed greatly, and he let out a terrible roar: "Defense--release arrows-"

"Whoosh ······"

The clanging sound of the arrows hitting the shields above the heads of the cadres was incessant.

"I've been discovered, soldiers, kill me—" The commander of the team roared.

The soldiers of the cadres under the city wall shouted one after another: "Kill, kill—"

The cadres roared out with a momentum like a rainbow, and this momentum immediately shocked the hearts of the defenders, and many of them turned pale with horror and retreated one after another, feeling timid.

Seeing this, Xu Xiaojie immediately encouraged loudly: "Brothers, don't be afraid, let's occupy the advantage of the city wall, everyone will guard their positions for me, and the cadres will not be able to rush up!" ”

The torches fell to the ground, and they were trampled on and extinguished, and it was pitch black again under the walls.

The archers of the defenders were still firing their arrows, but most of the arrows were fired at their shields, which could be heard from the sound coming back.

A team officer said loudly to Xu Xiaojie: "General, it can't go on like this, we can't see anything, but they can see us!" And they all have shields, they are well guarded, and the arrows are all shot at the shields, which do not play a role! ”

Xu Xiaojie frowned, and at this time, a helmet appeared outside the opposite wall, and then a murderous face appeared, he immediately swung his knife and slashed over, the other party actually blocked with a knife, but he couldn't block it, and was smashed by Xu Xiaojie's strong slash and fell on the underground shield, smashing with a loud noise.

Then the cadres climbed up from the ladder, and the defenders began to defend, and the battle began.

Shouts of killing kept spreading, some people were stabbed to death, others were shot to death.

Xu Xiaojie's preparation was not very sufficient, there was no boiling water on the city wall, there was no boiling oil, only some thunder stones and rolling wood, he felt that the combat effectiveness of these cadres was very unusual, if this continued, I was afraid that a large number of cadres and soldiers would soon rush up.

He immediately ordered: "Let the reserves bring up the oil to heat it, all the archers listen, put down the bows and arrows and bring stones to smash at me, as long as anyone comes up, smash them at me, and smash these damned cadres and soldiers to death!" ”

"Yes!"

In the current environment, the lethality and threat of stones are much stronger than those of bows and arrows, and almost all of the cadres are wearing shields, and the chances of bows and arrows hitting the enemy are very small, but stones are different, as long as they fall down the position of the ladder, one smash is accurate!

Xu Xiaojie's strategy quickly worked, and the archers put down their bows and arrows, picked up the stones, walked to the female wall, and smashed them down the ladder.

"Bumper Bumper ······" There are constantly stones smashed on the shield, the weight of the stone is large, even if the soldiers of the cadre army use their shields to block the top of their heads, they may not be blocked, one by one can not withstand the gravity of the stone smashed and fell down the ladder one after another, and there are also soldiers of the cadre army under the city who are knocked down.

Outside the city, Zhao Junsheng saw the defenders on the city head smashing with stones, and said to Niu Dali: "Defending with stones still has a great effect at this time!" ”

Niu Dali had to admit that the power of stone was much greater than that of bows and arrows, and he thought for a while and ordered the heralds: "Order the archers to get close to the city wall and provide long-range support for the brothers who are besieging the city, so that they can play freely!" ”

Niu Dali's meaning is very clear, at this time there is no need for a large density and a large range of arrow rain strikes, it is more effective to shoot accurately, a battlement can only stand one defender soldier, as long as the timing is right, the hit rate is still very high, the density of the defenders on the city is not large, and the dense arrow rain salvo is not only useless, it is obviously to send arrows to the defenders in vain.

When the archers approached the wall, they stopped not far away and began to free their arrows, when they saw the sound of a defender at a certain battlement.

The effect of this ranged support was obvious, and the defenders' losses continued to rise, and one by one they were shot down, which made the other defenders have to quickly dodge behind the battlements next to them after falling stones, and if they dodge too late, they are likely to be shot to death.

"Damn, why are these damn dry archers so high? Is the oil hot? What the? Not yet? Archers, stop smashing rocks, move the wood for me, quick! ”

The defenders immediately changed to carry the rolling logs, and the two people carried a rolling log more than three feet long to the battlement and threw it down, and the rolling logs rolled down the ladder, and the soldiers of the cadres and soldiers on the ladder were smashed down one after another, and the screams kept coming.

After smashing the rolling logs, the soldiers who burned the oil finally shouted: "General, the boiling oil is hot!" ”

Xu Xiaojie immediately shouted: "Quickly scoop hot oil and pour it on me, scald these damn things!" ”

Soon, a scoop of hot oil was scooped up by the defenders and poured down the city.

"Ahh

Drenched in some hot oil, Xu Xiaojie immediately grabbed a torch and threw it down the city, the torch fell on a rolling log drenched with fire oil and burned straight up, quickly illuminating the surroundings, and the position of the nearby archers was also exposed.

Xu Xiaojie immediately shouted: "Archers, use bows and arrows to not give me a counterattack, shoot those dry archers!" ”