Under the protection of the bronze shield, Zhou Bian walked to the female wall, looked down, and saw that behind the two Han army crossbow formations that were approaching the city wall, the other three large formations had rushed to a hundred steps outside the city wall. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

One of them rushed straight to the gate, and the other two swooped down on either side of the gate. At a cursory glance, you can see that the division of labor in the formation of the Korean army is extremely clear, there are soldiers carrying long ladders in front of the large formation on both sides, sword and shield hands in the back, and archers in the back, with a clear formation. In the middle of the big array pointing directly to the city gate, there is a cowhide cart in the front, and a huge log carried by dozens of soldiers, which is also particularly conspicuous in the army, and the back is all archers, and the Korean army is about to smash the door.

Zhou Bian turned his head, "Our city gate can be reinforced?" ”

The young master had just arrived at this time, and there was a little blood on his body in armor, and he didn't know if it was dyed by someone else's or his own, but his spirit was still quite good.

"Back to the king, the nine city gates of Luoyang were blocked by the people yesterday with bricks, stones and wooden strips, and they should not be able to break them open. Just about to report to the king, after the end of the arrow rain of the Korean army just now, the casualties of our army have also been counted, a total of nearly 1,000 people died, and more than 1,000 people were wounded, among which the seriously injured people have been under the support of the people and are going down to the city. ”

Suddenly, there were a few more knocks, Zhou Bian looked up, and it turned out to be another round of catapult roaring, and the royal family's long-range attacks had not stopped. "By the way, aren't there two freshly made catapults, set up? Also, our army also fought back, I don't know how the South Korean army suffered casualties? ”

"It's just been erected and it's being corrected. It was not clear how many people were injured in the crossbow formation of the Korean army, but the crossbow array moved forward, and according to rough statistics, more than 500 people stayed in place and did not move forward with the army. ”

The mortality rate is two to one, and this round still gives the Korean army the upper hand, and it seems that although the catapult is powerful, it is still not enough. Zhou Bian frowned, "Order Bai Guining to clear an east-west passage in the city, and quickly transport a few catapults from the north of the city here." In order to meet the offensive of the Korean army, the city was supplemented with 500 archers and 500 halberders. and the golden soup that burns in the city shall be set on fire. ”

"No!" The young master bowed and retreated.

Turning his head to see, the Han army was twenty steps closer, and the crossbow formation took a step, but the formation was dispersed, and it looked like it was about to attack. So close, the Korean army is about to shoot arrows into the city. The panicked Zhou Mi and others hurriedly escorted the king into the castle tower, and the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army set up their bows and arrows one after another, preparing to attack.

"If you give the order again, the people and sergeants inside the city wall are hiding, and the arrows of the Korean army are about to shoot in." Zhou Bian still hasn't forgotten this command.

After entering the hall again, he heard a general shouting outside, "The Korean army has entered the range of seventy paces, and the archers are ready!" ”

"No!" The sound of the response shook the sky, and the soldiers who had been suppressed for so long and had been aggrieved for a long time could not bear it anymore.

At this time, I suddenly heard a buzzing sound in my ears, and when I looked outside the hall, I knew that it was the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army guarding the city gate who shot first. The Imperial Guards were equipped with large bows, and everyone could shoot them, and they shot before the walls on both sides.

The gate of Dingding Gate is much higher than the city walls on both sides, and there is no fear that the enemy army can climb up with a ladder, so the main way for the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army to kill the enemy is to shoot arrows. I saw that hundreds of people were crowded on the city gate, all of them were free shooting, and the arrows kept flying into the air, which was less powerful than the round of salvo used by the South Korean army, although the power of a single round was smaller, but the victory was that the arrows did not stop, so that the enemy could not run for a while and then hide for a while, in order to avoid the rain of arrows, so the lethality was actually greater.

A moment later, I heard someone on the wall shouting, "Sixty paces have passed, archers have fired!" ”

There was a buzzing sound, and this time there were more arrows flying into the air, and if the Korean army wanted to rush under the city wall, it would have to pay a big price.

Unfortunately, however, there was an even louder buzz from the city, and it was the crossbow formation of the Korean army.

At such a close distance, and the defenders on the city wall all came out of their bunkers to shoot freely, I was afraid that under the rain of arrows from the Korean army, the casualties of the royal soldiers would be greater.

Sure enough, I heard someone outside shouting, "Hide, hide behind the shield and keep shooting!" ”

But not everyone can be so lucky, after the rain of arrows of the Korean army fell overwhelmingly, there was a miserable cry on the city wall, far louder than before, you must know that there are many people who have just rushed to the city wall to rescue the wounded soldiers and carry the corpses and transport weapons, and the casualties will be large.

When the rain of arrows stopped, Zhou Bian couldn't help but walk out of the back door of the main hall and look inside the city wall, where tens of thousands of people and reserve soldiers gathered, fortunately, they all dodged in time, although there were many arrows inserted outside the shadows on the inner side of the city wall, but there were not many corpses on the ground.

Zhou Bian returned to the middle of the hall and sat down.

At this time, above and below the city, arrows continued, and the long-range attacks of both sides entered a white heat. Before the Korean army attacked the city, they killed and wounded as many enemies as possible.

The sound of arrows breaking through the air continued, and Zhou Bian's eyes widened, looking out from the limited few windows around the main hall, trying to find out if there was any improvement, or where to pay attention. And let the herald pass it on at any time, after all, from the afterlife, although he has not experienced it, his brain is still more flexible.

In this way, it was painful for the heralds, braving the rain of arrows to go back and forth, but fortunately, the royal family in Luoyang had already made up their minds, but they did not worry about no one being loyal.

At this time, the disadvantage in the face of the scorching sun gradually appeared, and the soldiers on the city wall were sunburned with oily faces, miserable, and could not see the situation under the city clearly, the only good thing was that the Korean army under the city was very dense, no need to aim, just shoot the arrows down.

Braving the arrows shot down from the city, the Han soldiers also rushed forward without fear, although there were helmets and leather armor, but the arrows were shot down from the city, the power was great, and from time to time someone fell, but the Han soldiers behind were still fearless and stepped on the corpse to rush forward.

In an anxious mood, he finally counted the terrifying crossbow array of the Korean army five times, stopped, and soon a sergeant came to report that the crossbow array of the Korean army was retreating.

This is to give up the open space to the main siege forces of the next three large arrays, but after all, it is a good thing for the royal family, because the crossbow array is too powerful, far more than the archers under the city, because the arrows shot by the big bow fly up the city wall The power is greatly reduced, as long as it does not hit the vital point, it is not afraid.

However, these five rounds of attacks brought damage comparable to the previous twenty rounds to the royal family, although it has not been counted, but Zhou Bian calculates that there are no less than 1,000 people who have lost their combat effectiveness, because the soldiers are fighting back, they can't hide behind the bunker all the time.

In any case, the threat of the crossbow array was gone, and the royal archers on the city walls were fighting back again.

After a while, I could hear the shouts of the Korean army under the city, was it about to rush under the city wall?

Zhou Bian narrowed his eyes and summoned the herald, "Now that the crossbow array of the Han army has been withdrawn, the young master can add another thousand people, and the archers behind the city wall can also prepare to shoot." ”

There were also 800 archers behind the wall, 400 on both sides of the city gate, they stood behind the wall, shot on their backs in front of them, and the arrows flew over the wall and swooped down, shooting right at the enemy soldiers who were close under the wall, which was also a way to defend the city. Of course, the enemy will also take this approach in order to kill and damage the walls and walls.

The order was quickly issued, Zhou Bian stayed quietly in the main hall, waiting for the Han army to rush under the city wall, it would be the most tragic moment, and at this time, Zhou Bian could not do anything else except wait.

By this time, the royal family had invested more than 8,000 troops. In fact, it is not that Zhou Bian does not want to invest all the superior forces, but first, the royal family has limited manpower and needs to squeeze out the value of every sergeant on the city wall, and secondly, the Korean army has only invested less than half of the troops, and the royal family cannot press too much.

Finally, a shout rang out, "The Korean army rushed under the city wall!" ”

Before he could speak, he heard a scream, which grew farther and farther away, and it was clear that the soldier who had shouted had fallen into the city.

The intense moment has finally arrived. If you look down from the top of the city wall at this time, you can see that the Han army has rushed under the city wall, and more than 20 ladders are slowly building the tall city wall, and the archers above and below the city wall are exerting their might, and the arrows are flying from the top of the city wall like locusts, as if to block the hot sun.

The new soldiers of the royal family quickly replenished the weak points on the city wall, and the thick crowd, such as Lin's spears and halberds, constituted the first line of defense for the defense of Luoyang, and the soldiers held long weapons and looked down nervously from the women's wall, where there were Han soldiers flying stones and ladders with arrows.

"Is the golden soup all right? It should be possible to splash down. Zhou Bian clenched his hands and watched the herald turn and run.

Golden soup is an indispensable treasure in the city defense, although the name is golden soup, it is actually dung water, after boiling on the big ding or cauldron, pouring down, not only can burn the enemy soldiers, the bacteria in the dung water can also quickly infect the wound, in order to increase the lethality. In this era when medicine was not developed, if it was poured with boiling golden soup, it would have almost been sentenced to death. And the golden soup can only be poured down when the city is guarded, because of its miraculous effect, so it is named the golden soup.

In fact, there are people in charge on the city wall, and even if the king's order does not come, the golden soup will still be spilled. And as the herald ran into the distance, the folk man who was guarding the hot golden soup began to move, scooping a spoon with a long handle, and the commander in charge of the command pointed to where there were many Korean soldiers, so he pointed to where the soldier in front of him got out of the way, rushed to the female wall and threw it down.

The Han soldiers had gathered under the city wall at this time, either riding the ladder, or shooting up, or holding their shields and holding back their strength to climb the ladder, at this moment, a scoop of golden soup fell from the sky and sprinkled on the thinly dressed Han soldiers. You must know that it was a hot day in June, and many Korean soldiers only wore a thin layer, and then put a armor on their chests, and even more angry, they threw away their helmets, took off their shirts, and shot arrows up shirts bare-chested.

Those who are prone to injury are naturally like this. The golden soup was splashed, causing a miserable cry, and a scoop of golden soup was splashed to the place, and a group of people suddenly fell, all rolling on the ground in pain, although they could not die for a while, but the tragic situation was even more terrifying.

The offensive of the South Korean army was also stalled, but soon, at the urging of the commander, another desperate person made up for it and continued to erect the ladder.

Soon, several ladders were built up the top of the city wall. The soldiers of the city and the city all set their sights on this place, because this is the key to success or failure. If the ladder is allowed to ride, the Han soldiers can go up the ladder, and if they can overturn it, the Han soldiers will not be able to fly.

So the archers of the Han army invariably aimed the bows in their hands at the place where the cloud ladder was set up on the city wall, and the Luoyang soldiers rushed there as if they were dead, and used their spears or halberds to push the cloud ladder down.

Eventually, a few ladders were overturned, but there were still several people climbing on them.

The golden soup poured down again, and the Han soldier, who had just climbed the ladder, screamed and fell down, but someone behind him raised his shield and rushed up.

After all, there were many Korean troops, and more and more ladders climbed the city wall, and the battle became more and more fierce.

Countless Han soldiers held their shields, waved their long swords in their hands, and climbed the ladder with a roar, ignoring the stones thrown from the city, the golden soup spilled, and the arrows that fell from the sky. There was even a comrade who rushed in front of him, who fell from it with a miserable scream, smashing several Han soldiers behind him who were so miserable that they couldn't help but jump off with them.

The royal soldiers who had been trained to defend the city also knew the importance of the ladder to the enemy for a long time, and they desperately poked the ladder down with red eyes, and the two sides were at a stalemate here for a while.

However, more and more Korean soldiers poured into the city, and the casualties of the royal soldiers on the city wall gradually increased.

But for the fierce Korean offensive, it was still a lot worse, and finally, a Korean soldier took advantage of the fact that the Luoyang soldiers above the ladder were shot by arrows, rushed to the top edge of the ladder, jumped down, waved the weapon in his hand, and was the first to jump on the head of the city, and immediately won the applause of tens of thousands of Korean soldiers under the city.

The momentum of the Han army rose, and at this time, Zhou Bian, who was sitting in the hall, narrowed his eyes, is it finally time for the hand-to-hand encounter?