No, no, no, until the critical moment, the elite soldiers still can't go!

Not only me, but even Kong Yanzhou didn't have such thoughts. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Shen shook his head, he couldn't make up his mind.

Yes, the siege battle in front of you is, to put it bluntly, it is to fight for attrition. It consumes supplies, human lives, and morale on both sides, until one side can no longer hold on and collapse.

Victory may belong to the one who gritted his teeth to the end.

I don't know what happened in the city, and then, the number of the enemy's catapults and various equipment became more and more numerous, and there were many tricks, which caused a great difficulty to the attack of the Sizhou army.

In particular, the catapults were simply bad news for the captives, and the huge millstones fell and rolled on the ground, and they were swept away in a large area. After the fight, as long as the violent sound of breaking the air sounded in the air, the soldiers below would shout and hide in a mess, and they would be in a mess first.

Fortunately, the stones in the city were always limited, and within two days, the cannon stones gradually thinned out. In the end, there was a real shortage of ammunition, and the enemy even fired earth with water and fired solid pottery. This kind of thing is not easy to fire, and it needs to be qualified to be glued, otherwise it will be brittle when it encounters high temperatures, and it can be resisted with a shield.

The same arrows that came down from the walls became less and less, and even if they did not penetrate the iron armor, they did not penetrate deep into the flesh.

Wang Shen took the enemy feather arrow handed over by a soldier, looked at it intently, and his spirit suddenly lifted up. Qichun is located in the south, the south is bamboo, the arrow poles are made of bamboo, the quality is excellent. But the arrows shot by Kong Yanzhou's soldiers were made of thin wooden strips, which had no toughness at all, and the arrows were also extremely simple, with only a triangle iron piece tied. He was no stranger to this thing, it was actually a nail leaf removed from the iron armor.

This means that they have run out of arrows.

The war is fought like steel, and the enemy doesn't even have the least weapons, so why should he fight me?

There are already signs of a great drought this year, and the water outside the old city has dried up completely, and soldiers can easily kill them through the riverbed to the bottom of the city walls.

"The decisive fighter has arrived, notify Du Shu, and order him to hurry up and build siege equipment. Two days, I give him two days. Wang Shen's spirits were greatly lifted: "Order all departments, each army to send one hundred elites as the first to dare to die." After a few days of rest, it's time for them to come out and do their activities. ”

He has great confidence in the elite he has single-handedly trained.

When the time comes, only the captive army can open the way in front and deplete the enemy's morale. If you press it at the most critical time, you will naturally be able to capture Kong Yanzhou in one fell swoop.

The drying up of the river opens the passage for climbing equipment such as building cars, rushing cars, climbing to the city opposite the building, and arrow cars. In this attack, Wang Shen gathered more large machinery than usual combined, and almost all the thousands of captives were pressed down, and the field of vision was full of black and oppressive crowds, and the wooden platform that was still huge and shakily and heavy like Gundam in science fiction movies.

On the west bank of the river, counterweight catapults lined up and scattered baskets of pebbles and hail on the city.

It took nearly a pot of tea to prepare the fire, and the enemy on the wall couldn't even lift his head in the crackling sound.

Wang Shen was extremely satisfied, and waved his hand: "Attack, attack, attack, I want to see Kong Yanzhou's head tonight." ”

But at this moment, a huge buzz overshadowed the hustle and bustle of the entire battlefield. When I looked up, I was shocked that everyone's faces changed.

I saw that the air was full of huge arrows.

No, no, no, this is no longer an arrow, but a spear.

Each was six feet long, the thickness of an arm, and had a heavy hammer and shovel at the front.

"Bed crossbow, bed crossbow!" There are many old people in the Western army in the Sizhou army, how can they not recognize this kind of militaristic weapon.

The culmination of the crossbow weapon during the war was to rely on the combined force of several bows to shoot an arrow, which often required dozens of people to turn the wheel axle to pull it apart, and the range could reach more than 500 meters, which was indeed a long-range weapon at that time. The Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao State of Tanyuan fought a decisive battle in Hebei, and the Khitan general Xiao Tzu Rin was killed by a bed crossbow arrow, which greatly demoralized the Khitan. In this way, the Song Dynasty's suture for peace was accepted. In this way, the Song and Liao countries had the subsequent hundred years of peace.

The bed crossbow is generally equipped with three strong bows, which are powerful and heavy, and non-human power can contend with them, which is the real cannon in the cold weapon war! In comparison, a counterweight catapult is nothing at all.

The siege equipment that had just been pushed halfway was hit by arrows one after another, and was directly shattered by the heavy arrows, and the soldiers on it fell like fallen leaves.

"How is that possible?" Wang Shen had already heard of the prestige of the bed crossbow, and was immediately startled, how could a person surnamed Kong have such a big killing weapon, it didn't make sense, it didn't make sense.

The crossbow bolts continued to fall, and after collapsing a few building cars, they fell into the crowd again, and there were constantly miserable screams.

There were so many attacking troops that they were huddled together and pulled together in an instant. There was a sharp rebuke from the soldiers of the Judge Advocate General's Office: "Rush up, rush up, don't retreat!" ”

Then there are the glittering broadswords and the billowing human heads.

They're trying to maintain order.

Wang Shen: "The attacking troops go up and tell them to hurry up, and they can't give the enemy any more time to calmly arrange." "Yes, after fighting for so many days, the enemy has more and more tricks to defend the city, and the means of dealing with it are becoming more and more skillful, and if they are given time, the devil knows what new name Kong Yanzhou will play.

The elite of the four hundred Sizhou troops, who had already been ready, braved the flying arrows and stones to pounce.

The boarding cart, which was level with the battlements of the city wall, finally leaned crookedly up, followed by countless long ladders. The ant-like first jumped and climbed up, and the real hand-to-hand combat began.

Kong Yanzhou also released the elite at hand, and the two sides repeatedly fought over the pheasant pass.

The old brute was also desperate, and he had a basket of copper coins carried up the city wall like water, and fell to the ground, leaving it to the soldiers. A large number of overseers were also arranged, and as soon as someone retreated, they would cut down with their knives.

The heads of the people were thrown down the city in dense clusters, some were cut off from the dead Sizhou soldiers, and some were executed by the defeated soldiers who were on the verge of the enemy when they were strict with military discipline.

Twilight Four, the battle ends in a row of red molten lead.

The extremely vicious Kong Yanzhou army poured the burnt lead juice and boiling dung water indiscriminately downward, and the attacking soldiers finally couldn't stand it anymore, screaming and falling down the ladder, collapsing like a tide.

The fire burned brightly at the head of the city, emitting the stench of burnt flesh.

"This should be the first defeat my Sizhou army has tasted, right?" Looking at the city wall, which had been completely blackened by human blood, Wang Shen couldn't help but feel sad.

Today's losses in the First World War are really not small, and only about 200 people came back from the 400 elites first. As for the captive soldiers, there should have been close to two thousand dead and wounded.

The morale of the captives has completely collapsed.

"No, Kong Yanzhou can't get any better." Wang Shen laughed coldly: "How many men and horses can he have, the elite is only three or four thousand, and the people recruited are only 20,000, they can't withstand this kind of consumption, so they will continue tomorrow." Chen Da, the Judge Advocate General's Department needs to be strengthened, don't be afraid of killing. Those who dared to retreat, regardless of their position, were cut down. ”

"Yes, my lord."

"This battle can't be delayed any longer, it has to end as soon as possible. Continue to organize the first to board the dead, and each army will send another hundred men each, this time, led by the deputy commander. Losing like this today, you also have the face to stand in front of me? ”

"Envoy, let me be the first to go to the city tomorrow." Wu Xianxian stepped forward.

Wang Shen scolded: "You are the commander of the first army, you go first?" Get out of the way, don't you understand, the deputy commander. ”

Wu Xianxian: "Military envoy, Wu Tuo can't fight anymore?" ”

"What's wrong with him, the injuries on his body are not completely healed?" Wang Shen asked.

Wu Xianxian's face was worried: "The military envoy, today's Xiandeng is the team led by the deputy commander of Wu." He already had a wound on his chest, and he was hit on the chest by the thieves before, and the wound burst open, and he fainted in pain. ”

"Ah...... This bastard thing actually ran to the front line by itself. After such a general, Wang Shen's eyes turned green: "Have you seen it in Langzhong?" ”

"I've seen it, but the injury is too serious, and I have been sent back to Huanggang." Wu Xianxian's face was gloomy.

"Bring a letter to Wu Tuo, let him recuperate, and don't hurry back to the army before the injury is completely healed. Hey, the last time Ma Jiadu fought bloodily, he was seriously injured, and he returned to the team before he recovered. Wang Shen continued: "In the future, there will be a rule in the army, and it is not up to him to decide whether the wounded can return to the team, but to let Lang Zhong nod." ”

At this time, Wu Xianxian shouted and pointed ahead: "Kong Yanzhou!" ”

All the officers looked intently, only to see that on the flaming city wall, Kong Yanzhou stood on the battlement, and let out a crazy laugh: "Wang Shenxiao'er, do you know how powerful your grandfather is?" Yes, yes, your Sizhou army can fight, your cavalry is powerful, but what can you do, grow wings and fly up! Do you think Lao Tzu will obediently give you Qizhou and do your mother's dream of Qingqiu. I'm going to sit in the middle of the city and see with my own eyes the day your bastard's head hits the ground. Haha, haha! ”

Wang Shen sneered, and shouted with all his strength: "Thief, you are already a turtle in an urn when you are trapped in the city of sorrow, and I have taken the army of great victory, whether it is morale, materials or troops, it is ten times that of yours, I don't understand where your self-confidence comes from?" ”

"My self-confidence? The reason why Lao Tzu has this confidence is because I have a scheming Zhuge Kongming. To be honest, the reason why you have been beaten so miserably by Lao Tzu these days is because of this master. ”

After that, he turned around and shouted: "Lu Benzhong, come out and say a few words." ”

I saw that a familiar figure appeared at the mouth of the pheasant, and a clear voice came: "Wang Shen, after you came to Huangzhou, you have been tyrannical, brutalized the people, set up cards to collect money, and are like separating the feudal towns, and you have no heart to be subordinate, and you will definitely be a great rebellion in the future." A few days ago, you plundered the township, these days, the people of Qichun who died under your sword soldiers have reached 3,000, it can be said that everyone wears filial piety, and every family is mourning. Sooner or later, you will die. If you still have the slightest conscience, quickly lead the troops out of the siege. Otherwise, the old man will report to the court and crusade against you rebellious ministers and thieves. ”

"Mr. Donglai......" Wang Shen took a breath of cold air.

The generals of the various armies also looked at each other, and they were silent.