Chapter 712: No Fear in My Heart (Second Update)
At this time, although Xing Yike was also panicked, he still stuck his body in the city wall, shuttling through the corridors, ordering the soldiers to look for opportunities to resist.
Sensing that Wu Yue Cai came to support the generals, they were ready to flee without a fight, and Xing Yike was secretly angry.
These people may save their lives if they flee from the battle, but they will definitely cause panic in the whole army, and even the Zheng army, which fought to the death, will most likely be affected, making the situation worse and worse.
glared at Hu Weiyue and the three of them fiercely, and shouted: "General Hou, General Han, the Song army is a demon that eats people and bones, at this time, you are on the verge of fighting and escaping, and the next moment, after the city is broken, the Song army will not leave prisoners to waste food!" ”
For a while, Hou Zhixiong, who was slowly moving along the city wall, Han Yufei stopped, turned his head to look at Xing Yike in surprise, and said in surprise: "Xing Jianjun, what do you mean, could it be that the Song army killed the prisoners?" ”
"Slaughter the city!" Xing Yike spat out two words with a cold face, and then stopped speaking.
If the Song army is ruthless, killing, desperately fighting to the death, or inflicting heavy losses on the other side, if you give up the defense, just in the previous battle, fifty or sixty thousand Song troops died under Shiyan City, and were flooded by one or two hundred thousand people, Song Qi that fight, it is very likely to slaughter the city.
Hiss!
Hou Zhixiong and Han Yufei couldn't help but gasp, and it happened that a cold wind blew, and the two couldn't help but shiver.
Massacre of the city?
When did Song Jun behave so roughly, bloodthirsty, and tough? Is this still the army that was defeated in the hands of the two armies decades ago, or rather, the combat effectiveness of the Song army's naval division and infantry is not at the same level.
In an instant, the two of them yearned for a glance and didn't dare to escape!
Hu Weiyue became more and more curious in his heart, and he also wanted to stay and see what changes had happened to Song Jun.
After all, the Song and Vietnam borders, and in the troubled times, there will definitely be conflicts, and if the Song army is strong, the Vietnamese army must be bad, so it is necessary to personally understand the changes in the Song army.
In this war, from early morning to noon, the city wall of Shiyan City finally appeared, and many wall buttresses were directly filled by flying stones, not to mention, the walkway in the city wall was already filled by flying stones.
Regardless of Xing Yike, Hu Weiyue, and Hou Zhixiong, they were forced to have nowhere to hide by the overwhelming flying stones of the Song army, and in desperation, they led the coalition forces to withdraw the city wall in a hurry.
The Song army's catapult troops were too domineering, and in this era, the catapults were so powerful that they could compare with the artillery of later generations.
In particular, six or seven white-framed catapults, lined up in two rows, threw flying stones, almost all covering the city wall of Shiyan City, the huge power of the flying stones erupted, the soldiers were smashed, blood was splashed on the spot, and they died in Huangquan.
The walls of the rocks were hit by continuous blows, and in many places they were shaken, peeled off, and even cracked.
Hou Zhixiong wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, led the troops in a hurry, stood under the city wall, listened to the rumbling sound of the flying stone hitting the city wall, and couldn't help but say: "This group of crazy people, what kind of war is this, it's just going to die in vain." ”
He dared to say that if the Song army went south, the southern princes' troops would rarely have the strength to block the stone forest arrow rain of the Song army's mechanical troops, and even the Xuanjia soldiers of the Chu State might not be able to stop it.
What's more, Shiyan City is an outlier in the city, extremely strong, under the onslaught of the Song army, cracks gradually appeared, and those ordinary city walls in the north and south do not need to be detailed.
"Yes, General Xing, the Song army is attacking so fiercely, how did you stop the other party in the first place?" Hu Weiyue asked, everyone hid under the city, temporarily avoiding the edge of the Song army's stone-throwing troops.
After a while, the Song army will definitely attack, and it will definitely face a fierce battle, and he needs a way to defend the city at the moment.
"If you are not afraid in your heart, Song Jun will not be so terrible!" Punishment Ike cut the nail on the head.
At this time, outside the city, Meng Kuo no longer delayed, and took advantage of the allied army's complete withdrawal of the city wall, he quickly sent siege towers and ladders to prepare to attack and capture the city.
This time, taking control of the city wall is half the battle, not to mention that there will probably be no coalition forces on the current city wall, even if there are coalition forces, it is a minority, and there will be street battles in the city, which is also a matter of trapping camps and crossbow battalions.
However, just as the Song army launched a large-scale charge, there was billowing smoke and dust on the left flank of the north, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves was heard, and soon many black-clothed cavalry appeared in the northern area, as if standing on the horizon.
In an instant, it caused the Song army to panic, not knowing where this army came from and what its intentions were.
But in any case, when the Song army was preparing to attack the city, a cavalry unit suddenly appeared in the north, which always reminded people to be afraid and faintly uneasy.
However, the cavalry, long and long, lined up on the horizon, did not continue southward, nor did he leave quickly, hovering in the distance.
When Meng Kuo noticed that there were cavalry in the north, Yuan Muchun and Song Qi also quickly rushed over with their teams.
There was almost no need to guess, Meng Kuo knew that the cavalry in the north must be from the Yan Kingdom, otherwise, looking at the northern princes, no one would have such a strong cavalry legion.
He didn't understand, he really couldn't understand, didn't Yan Guo withdraw from Zheng Guo and no longer get involved in Zheng Guo's affairs, how could a large number of cavalry suddenly appear, could it be that Yan Jun rebelled.
If this is the case beforehand, the problem becomes too bad.
The southern princes joined forces and united the Yan army, which would be a disaster for the Song army!
Meng Kuo didn't know why the Yan army went and returned, whether it was ready to continue south, and when he was considering whether to continue the attack, the Yan army from afar quickly retreated. It didn't take much effort, and it all disappeared again, like a mirage.
For a while, Meng Kuo became more and more puzzled, and hurriedly sent someone to tell Song Qi that no matter what the other party's intentions were, he must quickly understand the other party's whereabouts.
At the same time, he didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly grabbed the overtime points, striving to capture Shiyan City, only to control the city in his own hands, the Yan army went south, he didn't believe that the other party dared to forcibly seize it from his hands.
"Bai Yufei, lead the siege tower, the cloud ladder, and quickly attack the city, today, you must capture Shiyan City!"
"Cao Kun, lead the knife cart, rush the cart, and quickly attack the city gate!"
After Meng Kuo gave the order, by the way, he asked Li Kaize to inform Song Qi and Yuan Muchun that he would lead the legion to contain the coalition forces in Shiyan City from all sides and reduce the pressure of the mechanical legion to attack the city.
Yan Jun's appearance was too unexpected, and Meng Kuo had to make a desperate bet.
The army was in turmoil, hundreds of thousands of Song troops, all of them moved, and under the leadership of Song Qi, Yuan Muchun, and Li Kaize, they headed towards the remaining three gates of Shiyan City.
In the battle to seize the city, there was a Yan army behind him, and Meng Kuo didn't dare to care about the casualties of the Song army anymore. At present, taking Shiyan City is the top priority, and we dare not have the slightest accident.
Hearing the movement outside the city, Xing Yike and the others quickly climbed the city wall, only to see the Song army quickly separate, heading in three different directions, as if preparing to attack from all directions.
Soon, after getting the news, the Song army began to attack the four gates of Shiyan City, and the gates were hurriedly defended.
This time, no matter how strong the Song army was, they had to rely on the ability of four people to defend Shiyan City and never let the Song army step into the city.
In the Song army, there is Song Qi, a madman who slaughters the city, if the city is broken, even if they estimate that Song Qi will not dare to slaughter hundreds of thousands of southern troops, they have to guard against it, after all, a crazy person, after continuous killing, who dares to guarantee that he will not do crazy things.
The four of them took the troops and climbed the city wall again, and at this moment, they could see the ordnance of the Song army, continuously approaching, like countless giants of all sizes, slowly moving forward, looking extremely dangerous, and hiding countless killing opportunities.
However, the Song army's catapults continued to bombard indiscriminately, smashing almost all the bed crossbows in the corridor of the city wall into powder, and at present, they have no defense ability at all, unless they wait for the opponent's ladder and siege tower to approach.
Well, the defense will be completely passive, which is by no means a good thing for the coalition forces.
At this time, Xing Yike looked very anxious, thought for a moment, and said to Hou Zhixiong: "General Hou, in Shiyan City, the Zheng army has a small number of catapults, bother you to bring people, quickly set up the catapults, and launch an attack on the Song army from the city, and most of the flying stones launched by the catapults will block the pace of the Song army!" ”
Hearing this, Hou Zhixiong did not hesitate at all, and ran directly down the city wall, not that he was in a hurry to participate in the war or revenge, but it was too dangerous on the city wall, so he temporarily left the city wall to avoid it.
At this moment, he really didn't want to stay on the city wall to face the onslaught of the Song army when he climbed the city wall again, and his words just met his wishes.
Hu Weiyue glanced at Hou Zhixiong, who fled quickly, and said in a low voice: "Courageless rats, the Wu Kingdom will perish sooner or later!" ”
He was afraid of the offensive of the Song army, so he still chose to stay, hoping to participate in the battle in person, so as to experience the cruelty of the battlefield, and by the way, he personally appreciated the strength of the Song army, and had a better way to deal with it when he fought with the Song army in the future.
After all, the Song army is so powerful, and the Yan army's combat effectiveness is geometric, it needs to be understood, it needs to be prepared, and it is necessary to explore the detailed enemy situation for the Yue country.
Without a moment of hesitation, staring at the city wall blocked by flying stones, Hu Weiyue hurriedly said: "Hurry up and remove the rubble in the walkway, and throw it all under the city wall!" ”
The battlements of the walls were very broken, but they were still an excellent defense for the soldiers, and they must not be abandoned. Otherwise, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving up the first line of defense and introducing the Song army into the city, which would be a very terrifying thing for the Song army.
The Vietnamese army and the Zheng army began to quickly clear the debris of the city wall. After Han Yufei saw it with his own eyes, he also sent people to act quickly.
The enemy army is coming, since you choose to stay on the city wall, everyone should unite and deal with the Song army together, didn't you say it before, you are not afraid in your heart, and naturally you will not feel that the Song army is terrible.
The city wall was dusty, and all the rubble was thrown under the city wall, and the relatively intact flying stones were all left behind, ready to attack the Song army.
Cao Kun and Bai Yufei saw the situation on the city wall, and the two led their respective troops, and couldn't help but act quickly, striving to climb the city wall before the coalition forces cleared the way.
Strive to be the first to conquer the city gate, and release the trapped camp and the crossbow battalion into Shiyan City, at that time, the two-pronged approach will fully occupy Shiyan City, but it is only a matter of time.