Chapter 187: The Battle of Defending the City I
With the order of Nakajima Snow Shore, the four siege corps began to attack the city at the same time, the catapult threw stone projectiles with a diameter of 100 centimeters to the city wall, the siege crossbow shot a pole and two meters long crossbow arrows into the city tower, and the wall-breaking crossbow nailed a three-meter-long and half-meter-thick crossbow pillar into the city wall, and drove a diagonal ladder to the top of the city from the bottom of the wall.
For a time, the city walls of the province of TourΓ© suffered a devastating blow, stone bullets fell like hailstones, crossbow arrows shot like a violent wind, wall climbers climbed to the top of the city like ants, and enemy death squads stepped on crossbow pillars to climb over the wall to attack.
"Ask for help, there are too many enemy troops, call for help quickly!" The soldiers wailed.
"The city is broken, the defense line is collapsing, and it can't be defended!" The generals cried out.
"Reinforcements, why aren't there any allies?" The soldiers roared.
"Oh my God, the island nation actually dispatched an integrated corps, alas...... I regret that I didn't listen to Ling Xia's advice, when Gao Tianci asked the alliance of the two provinces to resist the enemy, instead of agreeing, we also laughed at the other party's alarmism, cowardice and cowardice, and now it is too late to regret it. Seeing the soldiers fall in pieces, the intestines of several generals were repentant.
The stone bullets smashed the city wall into a thousand holes, the crossbow arrows shot the bones of the soldiers, the wall climbers climbed over the city wall to fight, the death squad ran away like wild beasts, with the attack of the enemy siege corps, the two divisions stationed on the city wall were gradually killed, after occupying the city wall, the enemy archers quickly climbed the city wall, holding bows and arrows to shoot at the inside of the city wall.
Originally, this city wall was the main line of defense on the side of the battle guards, but I didn't expect it to be occupied by the enemy in an instant, when the archers of the island country stood all over the wall and shot arrows inside, one arrow after another fell from the sky like a heavy rain, after a rain of arrows looted, a vacuum appeared on the inside of the city wall, and thousands of soldiers have been killed.
"The soldiers obeyed, and the shield men covered the archers, and the siege crossbows fired at the walls, shooting down the archers one by one. The other side is storming the city gates, the cavalry is on their horses and ready to charge, the chariot phalanx is opening the way, pushing the Japanese out, and the infantry is ready for close combat......"
After several regimental commanders arranged their soldiers and horses in order, they all looked in the direction of the city gate, and the general of the battle guard of the province of Tourai pointed to the crumbling city gate and said: "In this war, I made a wrong decision, which directly led to the situation in front of me.
No matter what the reason, I am wrong or wrong, the responsibility lies with me and not with you, now, the island country of the Japanese army is pressing, the first to attack from our Tourai province, we are the first line of defense, if those Japanese invaders easily enter the Yuankun territory, under the nine springs, the brothers may not have the face to see their respective ancestors and ancestors.
We have three legions, although there are only two and a half left, but these also have more than 200,000 people, although our number is not comparable to those Japanese invaders, but our bones are harder than the island country of Japanese invaders, today we vow to live and die together in the city of Tulai, killing one is enough, killing two earned, killing three is a kind, brothers, even if we die-----, we will crush a tooth of the Japanese invaders. β
After shouting, the general of the battle guard carried a huge shield in his left hand, picked up a halberd in his right hand, and took the lead in rushing towards the direction of the city gate......
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At the beginning of the hour, the lonely moon hangs high, the night covers the earth, the cold wind is howling and raging, this moment is the moment when people are sleeping sweetly, but there are many people who can't sleep tonight, the state and provincial defense area, Ling Xia, Nangong Xiu, Xiang Kunlun, Fu Qingyun, Gao Tianci, and the generals of the other two legions, are listening to the information that Lao Cui has just obtained in the camp tent:
"Early yesterday morning, the Fourth Corps of the island country attacked Tulai Province, the enemy commander was named Nakajima Snow Shore, this person was a very difficult general, as soon as he arrived at the scene, he ordered the siege of the city, in order to resist the Japanese invaders, 300,000 defenders of the city desperately resisted, although the battle guards of Tulai Province first made fortifications, using the terrain advantage to fight fiercely with the enemy.
But in the end, because they were outnumbered, after eight hours of fierce fighting, at the end of the morning, all the 300,000 defenders of the province of Thulai were killed, although they faced a corps, those soldiers did not take a step back, and when they were dying, the general of the battle guard set fire to all the grain and materials in the city, leaving no grain of food and supplies for the Japanese invaders.
In this battle, although all the 300,000 war guards in Tulai Province were martyred, but they also destroyed one infantry corps and two archer divisions of the enemy, at this moment, the Fourth Corps of the Japanese Invaders has moved into Tulai Province for repair, according to the direction of the enemy's stationing, if nothing else, at the earliest dawn, at the latest at noon tomorrow, the enemy army will raise troops from the direction of Nancheng to attack the province of Angli. β
"Brothers in Tulai Province, you are all good, rest assured, this revenge, I will give you revenge." Gao Tianci clenched his fists angrily, then looked at the generals in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Our southern city borders on Tulai Province, except for the two branches of the Yellow Water River in the middle, there is not the slightest natural danger to defend.
If the Japanese build a pontoon bridge and cross over the branches of those two rivers, they will be able to attack our province head-on, with the strength of the enemy's army, we will not be able to resist at all, once the enemy attacks from the southern city, our state and Ontario will be abolished, although it is the defense area of the First Army, but at the moment of life and death, I hope everyone will unite as one and work together to resist the enemy. β
After speaking, Gao Tianci looked at everyone and asked everyone what they could do, so that everyone spoke enthusiastically, and after pondering for a while, everyone also came up with a few attentions, such as three legions to defend the southern city, such as abandoning the city gate and introducing the enemy into the inner city to encircle and suppress, and then all the troops were withdrawn to the northern city to use the hills of the northern city to defend against the enemy, and some people even proposed to retreat into the interior......
Hearing these plans, Gao Tianci kept shaking his head, none of these plans could be used, he pondered for a moment, he put his eyes on Ling Xia, and asked politely: "When Master Ma was defending the city gate before, he faced the enemy's attacks many times, and fought several fierce battles, not only did not lose a single soldier, but captured 100,000 Japanese robbers, I don't know if you have any good ideas?" β
"There is no good idea, but there is a bad one." Ling Xia replied in a crisp tone.
"Bad moves?" Fox glanced at Ling Xia suspiciously, Gao Tianci sighed, and then said directly: "It's all at this juncture, and I don't care about the damage, as long as I can ensure the defense line of the southern city, what a bad move, I dare to use it." β
"Since the general said so, then I will not be outside." In reply, Ling Xia said his bad move in public, Rao is everyone had prepared in advance, but when Ling Xia finished speaking, everyone was still stunned......