Chapter 134: Danger in the Clouds
The cavalry of the Huns and Qiang stopped about a mile from Yunzhong City, and at the forefront were the Xiongnu Da Danyu and the Qiang leader. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Line up! Get ready for the siege! "The big order gives orders to the opponent.
One of the heralds quickly burst out of the queue and ran from south to north, shouting, "Prepare for the siege!" Queue up and get ready to storm the city! ”
Among the cavalry, a lot of infantry suddenly rushed out, and it was probably the cavalry who dismounted and acted directly as infantry. These people temporarily spliced and fixed several sections of wooden ladders, and soon became a ladder for siege.
"Da Danyu, can these wooden ladders attack Cloud City?" The Qiang leader asked in a skeptical tone.
Da Shan Yu grabbed the reins of the horse, smiled, and said with a little disdain: "You Qiang people have no experience in attacking cities, so just watch from afar." ”
The leader of the Qiang tribe glanced at Da Shan Yu with some embarrassment, and was about to ride away, when Da Shan Yu said to him: "Leader of Mudu, since you Qiang people will not use cloud ladders to attack the city, then do something else." ”
The leader of the Qiang tribe named Mudu turned his face and asked, "What does Da Shan Yu want us to do?" ”
Da Danyu rode forward a few steps, pointed his horsewhip at the city wall in the clouds, and said: "You see, the city wall in the clouds is full of their archers, if these of my men rush over, they will definitely be pierced through the heart by ten thousand arrows, I want you Qiang people to do some cover." ”
"How to cover?" Mudu asked.
"How about you Qiang people riding around the city wall in turn, shooting arrows at the people on the city wall, attracting their attention, and buying my people time and opportunity to attack the city?"
"From the city walls?"
"That's right, at a distance of about a hundred steps from the city wall, ride around, turn around in the middle, leave a way for my people to carry a ladder to attack the city, so that the cooperation will be smaller, what do you think, the leader of Mudu?"
Mu Du rode to Da Dan Yu's side and said, "Da Dan Yu has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he will listen to you!" ”
"That's good!" Da Shan Yu raised his hand and commanded his subordinates: "Blow the horn!" Drumming! Get ready for the siege! ”
"Prepare for the siege! Get ready for the siege! The herald rode his horse again and ran past the queue and shouted.
The Huns had prepared more than a dozen ladders, each of which was carried by about twenty Huns, waiting for the command of the charge.
At this time, a group of soldiers came out of the army, holding horns in their hands and hanging scimitars on their waists, only to see these Huns raise their horns, puff out their cheeks, and think of the dull "woo" sound all over the mountains, followed by the roar of the Huns and Qiang people killing the sky.
"Rush!" The siege force of the Huns rushed out first, and more than a dozen ladders were lined up horizontally, and next to each person carrying the ladder stood another person holding a large cowhide shield to block the arrows fired from the city wall.
The army slowly advanced forward, and the Huns besieging the city rushed to the bottom of the city in a blink of an eye, erected a ladder and began to climb up. At the same time, the cavalry of the Qiang people went out, and according to the instructions of Da Danyu, ran a hundred steps away from the city wall, and the sky was suddenly full of arrows.
The officers and soldiers in the city were originally just concentrating on dealing with the Xiongnu who were besieging the city, but they didn't expect the Qiang people to cover in this way, and many soldiers who exposed their bodies to the city were shot by the arrows of the Qiang people.
"Quick! Shoot arrows at those cavalrymen! It doesn't matter if it's a man or a horse! Just shoot it! Lu Hailong stared at the movements of the Huns and Qiang people under the city, and at the same time issued an order to his subordinates: "Use the Rolling Wood Thunder Stone!" Smash these bitches under the city! ”
As soon as Lu Hailong's words fell, a large number of rolling wood thunder stones were thrown down on the city, and many Huns who climbed to the middle were immediately stoned to death on the spot by throwing down the rolling wood thunder stones, while the remaining Huns went forward one after another and continued to climb up the ladder.
Due to the constant harassment of the Qiang cavalry under the city, the officers and soldiers defending the city could only divide and cooperate, some archers specialized in shooting those cavalry, and the rest concentrated on dealing with the Huns who climbed up the ladder.
About an hour after the siege began, there were casualties on both sides, many Qiang people were shot off their horses, and there were also many soldiers on the city wall in the clouds who fell directly from arrows, and their bodies were incomplete, and those Huns who were hit by rolling wood and thunder stones were even more miserable, and the basic brains burst beyond recognition.
"Da Shan Yu, it can't go on like this, you see that we have lost so many people, and no one has climbed the city wall yet." Mu Du said a little breathlessly.
"What are you anxious about? Just a little more? If Cloud City was so easy to take, would it still be their Qiang people? Da Dan's face did not change, and his eyes were still calmly staring at the walls of Cloudsdale.
Because Mu Du was not as experienced as Da Dan Yu and had no experience in siege of the city, he could only listen to Da Dan Yu's attention and continue to send people to attract the attention of the archers on the city wall.
I have to say that Da Dan Yu's strategy still has some truth, the Huns and Qiang cavalry are good at riding and shooting, and the bows used are mostly light bows, and the lethality is still good within two hundred steps, so they chose a distance of about 100 steps from the city wall, which can just effectively shoot the defenders on the city wall, and can minimize casualties.
Suddenly, a Hun man rode a horse and said to Da Shan Yu: "Da Shan Yu, the scout is coming to report, about an hour ago, a few fast horses came out of the east gate of Yunzhong City, and they made a detour towards Li Cheng!" ”
"That's good! These people are going to Li Cheng to move the rescue soldiers! Let them go! Shi Zun doesn't come, what's the point of this battle? Da Shan Yu sneered.
"Big order for you to see! Someone has climbed the walls! Mu Du suddenly pointed to the head of the city and said loudly to Da Shan Yu.
When Da Shan Yu heard this, he immediately came to his senses, and looked in the direction of Mu Du's finger, and sure enough, there was a ladder on which someone climbed the city wall.
"General! Oh no! Someone climbed the tower! One of Lu Hailong's soldiers suddenly shouted.
Hearing that someone had climbed the city wall, the soldiers defending the city immediately became a little confused, and for a while, the frequency of archers shooting arrows was low, and the rolling wood and thunder stones also slowed down. Seeing this, the Huns immediately seized the opportunity to rush upward, and there was a great possibility of taking advantage of the situation to attack the city.
Lu Hailong was experienced in the end, and immediately drew his sword out of its sheath and shouted loudly to his subordinates: "Everyone hold their posts, and the archers continue!" Rolling Wood Thunder Stone will be smashed when you see it! Whoever dares to take half a step back will not be spared! ”
Lu Hailong's voice reinvigorated the soldiers who were originally a little flustered, and continued to fight bravely to kill the enemy, and those Huns who were about to reach the city tower were smashed down by rolling acres of thunder stones.
Lu Hailong looked into the distance, four or five Huns were already fighting with their subordinates on the city tower, the Huns were extremely brave, more than a dozen soldiers surrounded them, and they didn't kill them.
Lu Hailong shouted: "Where is the general's personal guard!" ”
I saw more than a dozen majestic soldiers shouting in unison: "Here! ”
"Follow me to kill these bitches!" Lu Hailong rushed over with a knife, and the rest of the guards drew their swords out of their sheaths and chased after them.
When Lu Hailong was about to run in front of those Huns, he saw another Huns climbing up the city tower, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick! Hold the gap, and the rest will kill me!" ”
When the soldiers who were fighting with the Huns heard Lu Hailong's voice, they were immediately greatly encouraged, and their morale immediately rose, and four or five people hurriedly rushed to the side of the ladder, holding spears, and poked the people who were about to climb up.
Lu Hailong waved the knife in his hand and fought with the Huns, blood splattered for a while, and both sides were red-eyed.
Although the Huns were extremely brave and helpless, they were soon killed under the encirclement and suppression of Lu Hailong and his guards, and the little opportunity they had just gained was wiped out by Lu Hailong.
"Chop off the heads of these Huns and throw the corpses down!"
Lu Hailong's eyes were red and bloody, and he cut off the head of a Hun with a knife, and the rest of the soldiers saw this, and they also cut off the heads of the killed Huns, and some even cut off the limbs of the Huns and threw them down the city tower together. And this scene was clearly seen by Da Shan Yu and Mu in the distance.
"Fuck! Falling short! Mu Du scolded frustratedly.
Da Shan Yu's face was very ugly, and he watched coldly as the corpses of the Huns were thrown off the city tower. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, Da Shan Yu looked up at the sky, and found that the sky was a little dark, and he knew that he couldn't take this Cloud City for a while, so he coldly ordered his subordinates: "Mingjin Collect the troops!" Set up camp five miles back! ”
"Big order! Why did Ming Jin suddenly withdraw his troops? We almost succeeded just now, we should send someone to rush again, maybe we will succeed? "Mudu obviously doesn't agree to withdraw now.
"You know what? If you don't collect troops, the casualties will be greater, and you still won't be able to storm the city wall. Da Shan Yu turned his head and asked loudly.