9. Floating ladders break the city
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"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Kill......"
Throughout the night, the shouting and fighting outside Langcheng never stopped, but when they were ready to take a defensive posture, they suddenly died down.
Yu Chibo was already driven crazy, and said to Yu Chixiang: "Big brother, let's just ignore them, let them make trouble, you see that everyone is almost unbearable now......"
"No way!" Wei Chixiang was also tired, but when he heard Yu Chibo say this, he immediately refused, "The art of war is cloudy, the truth is false, and the virtual is real, in case one of them really launches an offensive, the consequences are unimaginable!" ”
Wei Chibo said: "Having said that, but if it goes on like this, everyone can't rest well!" Big brother, look at it, you are already tired after a day of bloody battles during the day, and now if you toss like this, who will have the energy to defend the city tomorrow? The warriors are sleepy! ”
"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it!" Yu Chixiang roared, "Once the city is breached, you can rest forever!" ”
Wei Chi Bo was speechless, glanced at Hu Bing, who was already trembling and numb in his eyes, and couldn't help but shake his head.
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"General, your trick is enough damage, even if you toss like this, you can't stand it......"
In the main tent of the Jingwei Battalion, Yang Kaishan smiled treacherously, admiring Liu Ce's strategy, Feng Chou Nian beside him had already fallen to the ground and snoring like thunder, he glanced at it in disgust, and couldn't help laughing.
Liu Ce said: "It's a small plan, it's not enough to worry about, it's up to you tomorrow morning, I hope to capture the city tower in one fell swoop!" ”
Yang Kaishan said: "Please rest assured, the general will definitely take the city wall in one battle." Then he glanced at Feng Chou Nian, who was sleeping, and continued: "Please also ask the general to give up the battle of Xiandeng to my Shanzi battalion!" ”
Liu Ce knew that he was fighting for merit with Feng Chounian, the Shanzi Battalion and the Pioneer Battalion had always been in competition, as long as there was no vicious competition, he wouldn't care. Normal competition among the battalions is an appropriate way to maintain the peak combat strength of the troops.
Liu Ce nodded and said, "Yes, but remember, don't be greedy, be careful in everything." ”
Yang Kaishan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you for the success!" ”
Liu Ce patted his arm and said, "Okay, you guys should go and rest early, the big battle is about to start......
"Yes!" After Yang Kaishan gave a military salute, he walked outside the camp, and as soon as he took two steps, he immediately kicked Feng Chou Nian twice, waking him up......
Watching Yang Kaishan and Feng Chou Nian leave, Liu Ce walked outside the tent and looked at the night sky: "Tomorrow is the moment to decide the future of Jizhou, God, I have done everything I should do, are you satisfied?" ”
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In the early morning, for a full night, the defenders in Langcheng were tortured for a whole night in the undulating sound of war drums and battles. At this time, all of them had exhaustion written on their faces, their eyes were red, and their eyes were full of dark circles.
"It's dawn, let them all cheer up and prepare to resist the enemy's attack!"
Wei Chixiang also didn't close his eyes all night, and his face was very tired, but he knew that he couldn't lie down at this time, the 100,000 troops outside the city were still eyeing him, and once he went to sleep first, the morale of the city was very likely to collapse completely.
"Huhuhu......"
Just as the defenders of the tower leaned north against the city wall, the terrible sound of stone projectiles echoing in my ears like a ghost.
"Hidden!"
Seeing ten boulders falling towards the city tower in a parabola in mid-air, Wei Chixiang roared and took the lead in leaning behind the city wall.
"Boom!"
"Squeak, squeak!"
An octagonal crossbow was instantly smashed by the falling boulders, and the scattered and cracked sawdust pierced the cheeks of several Hu people around them, and suddenly the mournful howl spread throughout the entire city wall, adding a shadow to the already low morale of the defending army......
"Hey! Hey! Hey ......"
Just as the rubble on the top of the city tower was splashing, more than a dozen behemoths suddenly appeared behind the Jingwei camp, and under the collective push of the laborers below, they slowly approached the moat.
"What the hell is that?"
Yu Chixiang and Yu Chibo looked at the slowly approaching behemoths from the gap in the female wall, and a strong uneasiness surged in their hearts, but they couldn't say what was wrong.
I saw that the behemoths were all stacked and bundled with layers of wood, and some of them were even higher than the city towers, and most of them were the same as the city walls......
"I ordered people to go to the mountains and forests to cut wood, specially selected balsa wood, and then bundled layer by layer, put it into the moat in time, and then floated to the front of the enemy city, so that the condescending advantage of the Hu people no longer exists, coupled with the continuous attack for days, the enemy army has fallen to the bottom regardless of morale and energy, and take advantage of this good opportunity to fight down, so that Langcheng can be completely destroyed!"
Xu Wenjing thought about what Liu Ce said to him that day, and admired him in his heart.
"Whoa......
I saw that the moat splashed one by one, and more than a dozen floating ladders had all been transported into the river......
"Not good! Fast! Archery! Don't let them get close! ”
At the moment when the floating ladder fell into the water, Wei Chixiang and Wei Chilie knew what those behemoths were for, even if they were idiots, and hurriedly shouted loudly.
"Fluttering ......"
The emaciated defenders of Langcheng shot arrows from their hands and shot towards the floating ladder thirty paces away, only to hear the sound of metal nails settling into the sawdust......
"Push!"
But after seeing a group of swords and shields of the Shanzi battalion enter the floating ladder, the soldiers behind pushed hard, and the floating ladder full of soldiers slowly floated towards the opposite city wall......
"Go ahead!"
At the same time, there was a loud roar, and the rafts were also thrown into the moat, closely followed by the pontoon ladders, and on each raft there were five sword and shield men.
"Fire attack! Fire Attack! ”
Seeing that the floating ladder was getting closer and closer, Wei Chixiang hurriedly ordered!
Arrows and arrows kept shooting towards the floating ladder, but the expected flames did not rise......
"Hehe......" Liu Ce said coldly when he saw this scene, "I expected this hand, but unfortunately I ordered people to coat every piece of wood with quickash powder in the process of building the floating ladder, this time I see what other means you have Wei Chixiang!" ”
"Shoot back!"
Seeing that there were still more than a dozen steps away, the soldiers of the Shanzi Battalion on the floating ladder suddenly stood their shields on their chests and knelt on one knee.
Then, in the middle of the shield, eerie crossbow arrows appeared.
"Divination ......"
A crisp metal trigger pull sounded, but when a strong wind hit, the Hu man who was aiming and shooting arrows on the opposite side immediately fell in response, bringing up pieces of splashed blood, like a hundred flowers blooming, so cruel and delicate......
"Kill!"
The floating ladder finally leaned against the edge of Langcheng, and the veterans of the Jingwei Battalion, who were waiting solemnly, shouted in unison, and quickly slammed into the stunned Hu people at the head of the city with their shields.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
A violent crash sounded at the head of the city, and those Hu people who had not yet reacted were instantly knocked into pieces, and there were thirty soldiers of the Shanzi battalion on each floating ladder, of which twenty-five were sword and shield bearers and five crossbowmen.
When more than 200 sword and shield men wearing iron armor, iron helmets on their heads, and fine masks on their faces ascended the city tower, a bloody storm suddenly set off......
"Shield!"
"Drink!"
But hearing Wei Peng's shocking shout, more than a dozen members of the group, who were fighting separately, raised their round shields in front of their chests to resist the attacking blades, and then used a lot of force to immediately knock down a group of Hu people around them, and then the Qi knife in their hands quickly slashed down, and only a sound of death was heard around......
"Squeeze them off the tower!"
Wei Chixiang saw that the Jingwei battalion had already ascended the city tower, and hurriedly ordered the Hu people to take advantage of the numerical advantage to drive the soldiers of the Shanzi battalion off the city tower.
"Cut the formation! Attack! ”
"Hah! Drink! ”
Seeing that there were more and more Hu people around, Wei Peng immediately ordered to change the formation, and changed the posture of defending with all his strength to half defending and half attacking, and the formation closed in the middle.
"Puff puff ......"
"Ding......
The advancing iron armor array continued to harvest the lives of the Hu people along the way, and the excellent iron armor on their bodies provided them with good protection, and many swords only sparked a little spark......
"Pull the float over and go up again!"
Seeing that the city tower had entered the stage of fierce battle, Yang Kaishan immediately ordered another wave of ready soldiers to advance.
"Uh......"
Wei Peng swept a round shield sideways, and the shield edge smashed the two Hulan people with slurry bursting, and then one rushed forward, overturning a piece of defenders, and the companions behind him immediately stepped forward to slash at those people who went to the ground......
"Formation!"
After a fierce battle, more than 200 sword and shield men finally joined forces at the cost of 16 casualties, but when they heard Wei Peng's loud voice, a shield armor flashed above the city tower, and those Hu soldiers were frightened.
"Kill!"
The floating ladder swam over again, bringing more than 200 sword and shield fighters from the Shanzi Battalion, accompanied by a shout of killing, and all of them climbed the city wall!
"Listen to my military orders! Goal, city gates! ”
"Drink!"
More than 400 sword and shield men on the city wall shouted in unison when they heard this, and began to fight in formation on the steps of the city tower.
"It's terrible, I now understand why the Rajin tribe was defeated so miserably......"
Seeing the Jingwei Battalion's sword and shield hands approaching, Wei Chixiang was extremely shocked in his heart, and understood that the Hulan people's fiasco in Yuanzhou was no accident, just by virtue of the iron armor on their bodies, it was by no means an inferior product of the officials and troops from all walks of life in the Far East, but a genuine fine iron armor leaf sewn together!
"If you don't fight, this battle can't be fought again!"
"We surrender ......"
Seeing that the soldiers who rushed to the shield array were ruthlessly bounced away, bringing out streams of blood, but they couldn't stop their approaching footsteps, those already extremely tired Hu people completely collapsed!
"What about Big Brother?"
Seeing that the Hu people defending the city either knelt down and surrendered, or ran around like headless flies, Wei Chi Bo was anxious and asked Wei Chi Xiang who was standing aside.
Wei Chixiang looked at this scene and said, "The city tower can't hold it!" Give up quickly, leave the others alone, and quickly gather the people of the headquarters to retreat to the inner city with me......"
Yu Chibo was shocked: "Inner city? Big brother, we have less than six thousand in our headquarters now! How can the inner city be held?"
Wei Chixiang said: "This is also a way to do it, now the army is in chaos, and there is no ability to suppress them, do it quickly, it will be too late to do it......"
"Alas!" Yu Chibo sighed and immediately did what Wei Chixiang wanted......