Chapter 347: Night Battle at the Head of the City
The barbarian army did not expect the defense in the city to be so sharp, the morale was a little low, and the feet were a little slower, and more people fell again, screaming in pain.
Liu Yong's face was grim, he was used to bloodshed and fighting, and he didn't have much reaction to the scene, and calmly commanded the defense. Ling Tong held a snake spear in his hand, stood straight behind Liu Yong, looking at the four directions, preventing anyone from threatening Liu Yong's safety, and doing his duty as a guard.
The continuous shooting made the barbarian soldiers feel terrified, and they all turned their heads and retreated. Seeing the retreat of the barbarian soldiers, the defenders at the head of the city immediately rejoiced, and shouted happily to celebrate, Yu Fang saw that the defense was successful, and there was no loss of a single soldier, he was a lot relieved, and looked at Liu Yong's eyes full of respect.
"Arrange for the sergeants to rest, leave a small number of people to pay attention to the defense, and there will be a big battle later!" Liu Yong said to Yu Fang.
The brute soldiers will not just attack and give up, this is just a tentative attack, and Liu Yong is not relaxed. From a distance, he saw Hu Lie leading more than 100 barbarians hanging at the back of the team, he knew that this time the siege was doomed to failure, and they did not suffer much damage when attacking, and when they retreated, they ran faster than everyone else, and quickly moved away.
An hour later, the drum of warning sounded again, Liu Yong climbed the city wall, and the sergeants were already standing in their positions because of the previous successful defense, waiting for the order. The brute soldiers in the distance were already outnumbered, and they attacked again, and the number did not change much.
After another attempt at the attack, the brutes also left dozens of corpses behind, and the defenders were once again encouraged and their morale was high, and they were all elated. However, Liu Yong's brows furrowed, there was obviously a big conspiracy brewing in this, and there would definitely be a greater offensive.
"Immediately bury the pot and cook food, there will be war at night!" Liu Yong ordered without hesitation.
Because of the cloudy sky, the sky was darker much earlier than before, and soon it was dark and I couldn't see much, and I could only vaguely see the general situation within a hundred steps by the night.
Liu Yong ordered the city to prepare torches, but he did not allow them to be lit, and it was pitch black everywhere, like a dead city. From a distance, it looks like a beast lying quietly, waiting for people to devour it coldly. The birds and beasts everywhere were gone, and even the insects seemed to be frightened and made no sound. The slaughter before the war made everything lifeless.
When he came over, the soldiers guarding the city were a little sleepy, and suddenly there was a thin sound of a rope in the distance, Liu Yong listened carefully, and there was indeed a sound. Ling Tong said: "Lord, there are people outside the city!" It should be that the barbarians are about to attack the city. ”
Liu Yong nodded slightly: "You go to give the order, everyone is in place and ready to defend the city." But don't make too much noise! ”
After a while, the sergeants all quietly touched the city, and Ling Tong also returned to Liu Yong again. With an extra hard bow in his hand and two barrels of arrows on his back, he was obviously full of strength and was ready for a big battle.
Sure enough, the sound outside the city slowly approached, and people could already be faintly seen, and the number of people was much more than during the day, and the light sky was too dark to see how many people and horses there were. The defenders looked at Liu Yong one by one, and even Ling Tong was nervous and reminded Liu Yong, but Liu Yong just looked at the outside of the city coldly, without any expression, as if he hadn't heard it, if he hadn't seen Liu Yong still breathing, Ling Tong was not sure that Liu Yong was still a living person.
There was a commotion outside the city, and the enemy was very close, but because he could not see the situation in the city, he did not dare to move. Just as Ling Tong was about to remind him for the third time, Liu Yong suddenly said, "Prepare the rocket!" ”
The enemy, perhaps unable to stand the tension, at last could not bear it anymore and attacked, and the shouts rang out suddenly, rushing towards the city gates, and the torches were lit, like the eyes of countless wild wolves, which lit up outside the city, illuminating the vast fields.
Liu Yong was still silent, and when the enemy rushed to about fifty steps, Liu Yong suddenly said: "Release the arrow!" ”
When all the defenders suddenly heard the order, they immediately loosened the bowstring of the full moon in their hands, and the arrows broke through the air and flew towards the enemy position in the darkness. There was no blood, there was no city to be seen, and the enemy only heard a loud shout, because they didn't know what they were talking about because of the different Chinese dialects. Suddenly, I heard the sound of breaking the air, it was too late, and a large piece was shot down in an instant.
The torches under the city pointed to the target for the crossbow at the head of the city, and the bright lights in the dark night were particularly dazzling, and the guards were overjoyed, shooting at the heads of people under the torches, and shooting down the enemy's arrows.
The screams rang out, like a ghost crying in the dark and boundless night, which was extremely terrifying.
"Get on the rocket!" Liu Yong roared.
The defender's sergeant immediately lit the prepared torches and fired random rockets. The clothes of the person who was hit by the arrow suddenly caught fire, and the burned ones were scattered everywhere, which ignited the clothes of other people, and the people next to them hurriedly dodged and trampled on each other, and countless people were injured, and the whole enemy formation was in chaos.
Seeing that he was about to retreat, a group of men rushed out from behind, constantly shouting something, raising his weapon and slashing and poking at the burned people, and after a while, he finally stopped it, and once again reorganized the formation and launched a charge.
Liu Yong frowned and said to Ling Tong, "Shoot the leader of the command!" ”
Among the enemy troops, there was a man who looked like a commander was wielding a weapon like a sledgehammer and constantly shouting and commanding, and Liu Yongzheng was pointing at him.
"Brothers, kill!" Ling Tong recognized the man, drew his bow and set up an arrow, and pointed an arrow at the door. I saw that the man suddenly screamed and fell straight down from his horse, and the sergeant next to him immediately shouted and surrounded him. Liu Yong's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly said: "Against that group of people, the rocket salvo!" ”
Ling Tong didn't wait to say anything but shot an arrow, and the others followed, lighting the group of people into humanoid torches, rolling and scattering, burning more people.
After a while, it seemed that the enemy commander was very angry and launched a larger-scale attack, and even the rockets could not stop it, and he was rushed directly under the city wall.
One after another, simple ladder towers came up, and the barbarians rushed up with a roar, completely disregarding their lives, and the situation was critical.
Bows and arrows were no longer useful, and the defenders hurriedly picked up the boulders they had prepared and threw them down. The tumbling boulder fell straight down with great power by gravity, but all those who touched it broke their heads and bled out, either dead or injured. The one who can't dodge directly becomes smashed into meat sauce and pressed in the corner.
The barbarian soldiers' siege of the city regardless of life and death put too much pressure on the defenders. The boulders were running out of spend, but the enemy forces still didn't seem to be decreasing. Liu Yong's heart is not calm anymore, once the brute soldiers rush to the city wall, they will inevitably be defeated like a mountain, and the gods will be difficult to save.
Liu Yong was anxious and thought hard about countermeasures, hoping that Zhao Yun and Kou Feng would appear in time.