Chapter 125: Siege (1)

The sky is gradually dawning, the pale blue sky is inlaid with a few residual stars, and the hazy and hazy continuous camps can be seen all over the entire Fangjia Town 2 miles away, and the bonfires all over the camp are like scattered stars in the galaxy.

On this expedition, the 120,000 troops of the eleventh battalion under Sima Yu were all stationed here, and the camp stretched for dozens of miles along the galloping road.

Since most of the area outside Fangjia Town is full of mountains and forests, which is not suitable for the garrison of large armies, Sima Yu divided the entire camp into three sections: front, middle and back.

The front section is the location of the Shaoshan Battalion, the Zhongwu Battalion, the Guards Battalion, the Zhoucang Battalion, the Fifth Battalion of the Feiyu Cavalry and the 2000 Jinyi Guards, which are personally commanded by Sima Yu and are the main force of the army before the war.

The middle section is the three battalions of Pei Yuanshao, Xiang Chong, and Liu Shiyu, as well as the remaining 2,000 Xiao cavalry battalions, which are led by Huang Jingtian, the captain of the Xiao Cai Battalion, and are the auxiliary soldiers of the army in this battle.

The latter section is where the three battalions of Guoyi Army, Huben Battalion, and Wu'an Battalion are located, and are led by Li Mu, a captain of the Wu'an Battalion and one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, for this post-war army.

"Woo~"

As soon as the first rays of the sun shone on the earth, the sobbing trumpets sounded over the camps.

"Assemble! Gather! ”

At the sound of the horn, groups of soldiers who had had breakfast quickly rushed out of their tents and lined up in front of the battle under the command of the lieutenant colonel.

In front of the open space in front of the camp in the previous section, the dense black-armored soldiers quickly gathered together like surging ants, forming hundreds of black-armored formations in front of the camp, and each black-armored formation was a song of five hundred people.

Under the morning light, patches of black armor glowed with a little glow like fish scales, and countless military flags were waving in the breeze as if to welcome the inspection.

Pedal Pedal Pedal ~

In the sound of horses' hooves, Sima Yu, who was dressed in armor, walked slowly through the gap between the phalanxes under the escort of hundreds of brocade guards, and dozens of guards on his side followed closely behind with the Xuanxi flag.

"The one who enters the city first, thousands of gold, let the army wait!"

When he came to the front of the army, he looked at Fangjia Town that was being deployed on the opposite side from a distance, and the sound of flags in his ears made Sima Yu's heart calm, and he waved his hand and shouted.

"Take Fangjia Town!"

"Take Fangjia Town!"

As soon as Sima Yu's voice fell, the army in the rear broke out with a huge shout, and the sound shook all over the world.

In today's Yangwu Army military system, the military has entered the ranks of the upper-level officers, and under such a heavy reward, the officers and men in the army are naturally excited.

"Attack!"

Seeing that the enthusiasm of the army had been mobilized, Sima Yu smiled lightly and ordered with a wave of one hand.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

In the midst of three deafening shouts, the 20 Black Fang formations in the front row of the army began to move forward slowly, and behind each phalanx were several soldiers carrying long ladders.

In the constant uproar, the soldiers in the front row and on both wings of the 20 Black Party formations quickly tilted the shields in their hands forward 45 degrees, and the shields were connected together to form a diamond-shaped shield wall.

Squeak~

Amid the sound of axles, thousands of soldiers drawn from Pei Yuanshao's battalion to serve as auxiliaries pushed 15 huge catapults to follow behind the 20 black party formations in the front row.

"Stop!"

Coming to a distance of 200 meters from the wall of Fangjia Town, the army stopped.

"Prepare for the stone!"

With the sound of the rope shaft turning, 15 giant catapults, operated by auxiliary soldiers, began to add boulders to the catapults.

In the era of cold weapons, it was not easy to build catapults. Because there was not a sufficient number of craftsmen, in the more than 10 days that the army was assembled, Sima Yu gathered the strength of the entire Wujian County to build these 15 giant catapults.

The effective range of these catapults is about 300 meters, but in order to increase the lethality of the catapults, it is most suitable to launch at a position of 200 meters.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Su Dingfang, who was defending on the city wall, naturally did not give the Yangwu army a chance to prepare calmly, and when he saw them entering the firing range, he directly ordered the arrows to be released.

Woo Woo Woo ~ On the tower of the city, 4,000 archers released arrows at the same time, and a rain of arrows under black pressure came into the air.

"Defense!"

Seeing this, Wang Yanzhang, who commanded the siege army, hurriedly ordered loudly.

After receiving the order, the soldiers of the 20 Black Fang Formation quickly retreated, forming a human wall to surround all the catapults, and constantly raised their shields to the sky in the midst of the uproar.

"Bell, bell!"

The distance of 200 meters is already the limit for most of the archers in Su Dingfang's army who are only equipped with 1 stone bow, and the light and fluttering arrows make a dense sound on the iron shield, and only a few arrows leak through the gap in the shield and hit the soldiers behind the shield, but they are not fatal due to lack of lethality.

"Damn!"

Su Dingfang's face changed when he saw this, and he had to curse and stop the archer's shooting.

Such a round of arrow rain will consume 4,000 arrows of Su Dingfang's army, but only in exchange for the minor injuries of dozens or hundreds of people in Yangwu's army, which is not worth it, after all, the number of arrows in Su Dingfang's army is very limited.

Just under the cover of the soldiers of the Black Side Formation, the auxiliaries of 15 giant catapults quickly completed the loading of the catapults.

"Put!"

Wang Yanzhang, the captain of the Shaking Mountain Battalion, who was in charge of commanding the siege, gave an order, and 15 huge fireballs were quickly thrown out, dragging a long flame tail in the air and falling in the direction of Fangjia Town.

"Hidden!"

"Run!"

In the face of these flying stones, the panicked soldiers defending the city and the people in the city hurriedly scattered to hide.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Boulders weighing hundreds of kilograms fell from the sky above Fangjia Town, either crashing into the city walls or falling into the city.

"Ahh Help me! ”

The boulders ignited by the oil landed in the city walls and towns, bringing huge casualties, some people died directly in the strong impact, some people were directly crushed into pieces of flesh by the boulders, and most unfortunately ignited by the fuel oil on the boulders, turning into a miserable fire man begging for help.

In order to save arrows, the Fangjia Town Su Ding army, which gave up suppressing the catapults of the Yangwu army, had to passively withstand the attack of the catapults.

Flying down, the burning boulder dealt a huge blow to both the soldiers on the walls and the people of the town.

After a quarter-hour catapult attack, when the last boulder was used up, nearly 1,000 defenders of Fangjia Town died under the boulder, and the garrisons and shops near the city gate in the town were even more damaged, and some unlucky people were buried directly under the boulder while still at home.

"Kill!"

After the catapult attack ended, seeing that the city wall of Fangjia Town suffered huge losses under the catapult attack, as soon as the catapult attack stopped, Wang Yanzhang waved his spear and ordered the army to start attacking the city.

Pedal Pedal Pedal ~

The 20 black-armored army formations quickly regrouped into the original phalanx, and gradually accelerated towards Fangjia Town.

"Shoot! Shoot me hard! ”

Zhu Junhua, who commanded the archers, pointed to the 20 Yangwu military formations dominated by the Shaking Mountain Battalion and ordered.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Braving the attack of the rain of arrows, the 20 Yangwu army formations became faster and faster, and soon killed under the city of Fangjia Town.

At the rear of the phalanx, the soldiers carrying the long ladder quickly stepped forward and set up the long ladder on the city wall, and then the long ladder was supported by two people, while the others stared at the iron shield and began to attack the city tower along the long ladder.

"Hey! Let me go down, bunnies of the Yang Army! ”

Facing the soldiers of the Yangwu Army who were climbing upward, the archers defending the city wall were replaced, and a soldier of the Su Dingfang Army cursed while shooting arrows.

However, on the 7 or 8 meters long ladder, the soldiers of the Yangwu Army continued to climb up along the long ladder, and some soldiers were constantly shot down the long ladder by the archers of the Su Dingfang Army who defended the city.