Chapter 127: Siege (3)

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The earth was trembling, and the huge slingstones carried the impact of destroying the world and the hellfire that descended on the city of Fangjia Town.

From time to time, you can see the soldiers of the Su Dingfang Army running and burning in the smoke of the fires everywhere, and the terrible screams fill the entire town.

During the continuous attack for nearly an hour, the surrounding city walls and urn cities were destroyed countless times in the boulders.

Thundered

A section of the city wall on the right side of the city gate was finally reduced to a pile of rubble with a loud bang under the deliberate intensive attack of 15 giant catapults.

"Crossbowmen! Array! ”

The collapsed section of the city wall revealed a gap several meters wide, which was an excellent breakthrough.

Sima Yu gave an order, and the 9,000 crossbowmen drawn from the two battalions of Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao quickly lined up, and they were densely packed behind the catapult body in an arc like an open big bow.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The crossbow arrows that covered the sky and the sun began to pour into the walls of Fangjia Town.

"Ahh "Ahh "Ahh

The smoke rising from the burning in the city blocked the view of the defending soldiers, and they were driven to the stone wall by the heat wave, and they faced the rain of arrows one by one.

The sharp arrows pierced through the chest, killing countless soldiers defending the city.

"Guards battalion! Attack! ”

Under the suppression of the bow and crossbow array, 10,000 soldiers of the Guards Battalion, led by Yue Xi, began to attack Fangjia Town.

Rushing

During the run, the iron shield in the hands of the soldiers of the Guards Battalion collided with the iron armor on their bodies from time to time, making a loud noise.

As the only formed hoplite in the Yangwu Army, all the officers and men of the Guards Battalion were equipped with iron armor made of fine iron, weighing tens of kilograms, including the iron round shield in the left hand, and the horizontal sword, which weighed a total of hundreds of kilograms.

Stomp and tread

The moving steel castles converged into a surging torrent of black steel, and the momentum was amazing.

From a distance, two black clouds from the sky and the ground were pressing towards the Fang family at the same time.

"Spearmen obey orders, kill!"

In the gap of the collapsed wall, a group of thousands of Jingru pikemen appeared under the cover of sword and shield soldiers.

The commander of the leading troops gave an order, and the pikemen braved the rain of arrows to line up a neat array of guns at the gap.

Under such a fierce stone-throwing attack by the Yangwu army, Su Dingfang expected that the city wall of Fangjia Town would not adhere enough, and had already placed several captains of spearmen in the inner city to prevent accidents.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Under the suppression of the arrow array of the crossbowmen, the defenders on the city wall of Fangjia Town were unable to organize an effective counterattack at all, and the 10,000 guard battalions formed countless phalanxes to quickly kill under the city wall.

A part of the siege ladders left behind by the Shaking Mountain camp attacked the walls on both flanks of the gate.

The other part concentrated on forming a dense phalanx and attacked the Su Dingfang army's gun array at the gap.

Whoa, whoa, whoa

The distance between the two armies continued to approach, and the soldiers of the Guards Battalion who rushed in the front row quickly turned the iron shields in their hands, forming a black shield formation in the uproar, pressing towards the Su Dingfang army's gun formation at the gap.

Bell, bell, bell

Looking at the soldiers of the guards battalion who rushed in, the soldiers of Su Dingfang's army were unceremoniously, and the spears in their hands kept stabbing and slamming on the shield array.

Kill! Yes!

The fierce fighting made Fangjia Town instantly turn into a Shura field.

"Big brother, the Yangwu Army's offensive is too fierce, we won't be able to hold out for long if we continue!"

After a fierce battle, Gao Chong's armor was already stained with blood, and he came to Su Dingfang's side with an ugly face.

Under the fierce blow of the catapult, Su Dingfang's command center had already been transferred from the south gate to an arrow tower in the western section.

Whether it is the Shaoshan Battalion or the Guards Battalion, they are the most elite two battalions of troops under Sima Yu, and the sophistication of the equipment is far better than that of Su Dingfang's army.

Under the continuous onslaught of the Yangwu army, the Su Dingfang army defending the city suffered heavy casualties.

By the time the siege battle was fought so far, the Yangwu Army had only dispatched two battalions in total.

Now it seems that Sima Yu did not rely on superior forces to encircle Fangjia Town, but it was a wise move.

Fangjia Town is just a newly rising town, even after Su Dingfang's expansion, it is still a small city covering an area of more than 10 square kilometers.

Even if Sima Yu attacked with a large army, Su Dingfang would be able to defend himself with 30,000 troops in his hands, and the generals under his command would resist desperately because the rear road was cut off.

Under the attack of such sharp siege equipment and terrifying arrow arrays of the Yangwu army, even if it is as good as Su Dingfang, there is no good way to deal with it.

Relying on the strong breakthrough of the spearhead in hand, it can effectively reduce the casualties of the army, and the siege efficiency is better than the siege of the army on all sides.

"At the beginning, I thought Sima Yu and Yang Wujun were too simple, and I had ambitions that shouldn't have been. In the first battle of Qilipo, thousands of Yangwu cavalry and their commanders were all killed, and the relationship between us and Sima Yu was completely settled. Now Sima Yu is attacking with hundreds of thousands of troops, both for revenge and prestige, and we will definitely not give up if we are not annihilated.

This time, we have gathered tens of thousands of troops here, wanting to fight them, but we don't want the offensive of the Yangwu army to be so strong. Once Fangjia Town is broken, all the efforts we have made before will be in vain, and under the loss of prestige, most of the Laisu County that we have just occupied will also be lost in the face of the Yangwu Army that is pressed by the soldiers.

So, second brother, you must immediately lead the remaining cavalry to break through from Beicheng as soon as possible, and I will leave the palace behind. After leaving the city, there will inevitably be cavalry of the Yangwu Army trailing, don't dwell too much, and rush back to Danfengchang as soon as possible.

Once the war in Fangjia Town changes, the surrounding towns will inevitably change, and I am worried that there will be an accident at home. Second brother, you pick up all your family members and go north to Luzhou as soon as possible, and I will go to meet you as soon as possible after the war here is over. ”

Su Dingfang's face was silent for a while and then he spoke.

"Big brother, you go, I'll stay!"

Gao Chong looked anxious when he heard this, and said loudly.

"No, I still have to delay here for a little longer, the second brother don't say much, leave quickly, it's too late!"

Seeing this, Su Dingfang shook his head and denied.

At present, the situation in the town below is very critical, and although Gao Zhong is brave, he cannot control the situation in front of him.

"Second brother, take care!"

Seeing Su Dingfang's resolute attitude, Gao Zhong also knew that the situation was critical, so he had to say helplessly.

"Order the reserves, press the whole army!"

While the two were talking, at the gap in the city wall, Su Dingfang's army defending the city had retreated layer by layer under the onslaught of the guard battalion, and Su Dingfang ordered loudly when he saw this.

Since there is no hope of victory, try to buy time for the high favorite.

Kill!

In the inner city of Fangjia Town, the 6,000 reserves that received the order quickly rushed to the gap in the city wall.

"Lord, there is a team of 1,000 cavalry fleeing from the northern city!"

Just when the two armies were stalemate and the tragic siege battle continued, a herald came to Sima Yu and reported.

"Command Fei Yu to ride, chase!"

Hearing this, Sima Yu ordered in a deep voice.

"Whoa!"

Whining~

The day passed quickly, and when night fell and everyone's vision was completely blocked, the Yangwu army finally sounded the horn of withdrawal.