Chapter 35 - Siege 1

"Urgent report...... A herald galloped to the lord's mansion in Barry City on a fast horse, turned over and got off his horse, held high a letter with a feather in his hand, and quickly broke in, and the guards on both sides of the door looked at each other, not daring to stop them!

Seeing the messenger enter the mansion, one of the guards glanced left and right, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he whispered to the guard on the opposite side, Nunu, "What's the matter?" Chicken feather letter! Could it be that the gang of thieves has come back? ”

"Who knows! Maybe! Alas...... As soon as we become soldiers, let's do what we are told! This chaotic world, endless fighting! The other soldier sighed and replied negatively!

"Bang dang!" Lord Artis kicked over the chair beside him, and angrily tore the emergency letter in his hand in half! "Damn untouchables, I'm going to kill you all, come on, put my chain mail on me!"

Looking at these assembled rebel soldiers, Zhang Wu's brows furrowed deeply! There are 12,000 people, and there are only more than 6,000 young and strong people, and they are all yellow-faced and thin-skinned! Sighing, Zhang Wu said helplessly: "Let's start eating first!" ”

In the afternoon, Zhang Wu and others selected six thousand so-called "elites" from the ranks of the rebel army! Fatis, Aren, Bandak, and Ressarit were each assigned a thousand! Let them form the first, second, third, fourth regiments, respectively! Four people were inaugurated as regimental leaders! The remaining two thousand people were led by Zhang Wu himself! The Chinese Army Brigade was formed!

After the distribution was completed, Zhang Wu ordered the weapons and equipment brought to be distributed! After being armed, these people finally have the appearance of an army, line up the team, and have some momentum!

After hesitating again and again, Zhang Wu took all the remaining 6,000 people as a reserve and asked them to stand by! For these old, weak, sick and disabled, Zhang Wu really can't let them be cannon fodder!

After everything was arranged, Zhang Wu gave an order! An army of 6,000 slowly besieged the city of Barryeh! Bestur was ordered to lead his five hundred cavalry to roam around the perimeter, beware of any troops coming to reinforce him! Kress sent a dozen scouts, radiating farther away, constantly scouting!

Everything was arranged, Zhang Wu came to the front of the formation with a few regiment commanders and Karzema, and after glancing at the city wall, Zhang Wu shouted: "Which one is going to call the formation!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Alleyne jumped out with a spear and shouted: "Marshal, the last general is willing to call for battle!" ”

Zhang Wu nodded and instructed, "Brother, be careful!" "Yes!"

Urging the horse to come to the city wall, Ellen suddenly snapped the reins of the horse, the front hooves of the war horse rose into the air, sucked and neighed, and after stabilizing the war horse, Xiao Ai shouted at the city: "Where is the Lord of Artis!" Come out and answer! ”

"I'm Artis, thief, what do you have to say?"

Hearing the answer, Alleyne looked up and saw a man in his fifties standing at the head of the city, tall, gray-haired, and with a gloomy face! None other than Lord Artis!

"I am the commander of the second regiment of the rebel army, Ellene, and I have come to call for battle on the orders of our marshal, Artis, surrender! Don't let your soldiers die in vain! ”

"Phew! What a marshal, what a regimental commander! A bunch of rebels! Try the siege if you have the guts! Lord Ben told you all to die under the city! ”

"Humph! Stubborn! Alleyne said hatefully, and hit the horse back!

"Report to the marshal, the defenders of the city have surrendered!" Ellen clenched his fists and said respectfully!

"Go back to your regiment and prepare to attack the city!" Zhang Wu nodded, with a serious face!

"Yes!" Alleyne hits his horse and leaves!

"Where are the heralds?" Zhang Wu shouted!

"In! What did the marshal command? "One of the horsemen heard the shout and immediately slapped his horse forward!

"Send the order, gather all the archers, slowly advance to the city, and use bows and arrows to suppress the enemy! Infantry prepare shields, prepare ladders, and siege the city! ”

"Yes!"

At the sound of an order, the army of thousands was like a huge machine, slowly moving, teams of archers drove to the city wall in a neat line, standing outside the shooting range and waiting for orders, six tall ladders were carried to the front of the formation, and teams of infantry carried scimitars in one hand and shields in the other! Silently stepped forward and waited for the charge!

Carl Pegasus ran to Zhang Wu's handsome flag, made a fist on the horse, and said loudly: "Marshal Qiqi, the troops are ready!" ”

"Siege!" Zhang Wu said in a deep voice!

"Yes!" Carl's face turned pale! shouted loudly: "The marshal has an order!" Start the siege! Beat the drums! ”

Knock knock! A rousing drum beat sounded!

"Drink!" All the archers shouted in unison, bent their bows and arrows together, and aimed at the head of the city!

"Shoot the arrows!" The captain of the archer gave an order. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Boom Boom Boom ...... Whoosh ...... A volley of sharp arrows whistled towards the city, and a small number of arrows flew into the air or nailed to the city walls, and most of them hit the defenders of the city!

Aggressive...... There was a muffled sound of arrows piercing the shield! Except for dozens of soldiers who were slightly slower to react and were shot dead on the spot, the rest of the soldiers raised their round shields in their hands! Block one deadly arrow after another!

Seeing that the goal was achieved, the vanguard officer Karl shouted: "Infantry, set up a ladder, rush with me!" ”

Hearing the order, several ladders moved! Each one was carried by more than thirty soldiers and approached the city!

Lord Artis really looked at the city, and shouted hoarsely: "Don't hide, give me a counterattack!" Archers, shoot me! ”

When the defenders heard the order, they did not dare to disobey, and the soldiers with bows and arrows appeared from behind their shields, ripped their bows and shot at the charging rebels. The soldiers who were charging were stagnant!

The captain of the archers of the rebel army frowned when he saw this, and then shouted loudly: "Shoot for me, shoot freely, before our infantry rushes to the city, everyone must shoot a bag of arrows, which one is left, Lao Tzu cut off his head!" ”

Hearing the commander's order, all the archers did not dare to hesitate, and all shot at the city as fast as they could! There was a sound of bowstrings, and deadly arrows flew by, and the archers at the head of the city immediately fell a lot! They all took a step back, seeking the shields of the infantry around them to avoid the flying arrows!

Seeing this, Artis was annoyed and angry, drew the sword from his waist, raised his hand and slashed a crossbowman! shouted: "Whoever dares to retreat, take this as an example!" Hold me off and shoot at the rebel archers first! ”

Seeing Artis so tyrannical, the soldiers were terrified, gritted their teeth and came to the city again, shooting at the archers under the city! For a time, the arrows above and below the city were like flying locusts!

Artis's archers are not many, compared with the rebels, the number is about the same, but the problem is that Artis is the side defending the city, his position is so big, even if there are more archers, it can't be used, can only be rows up and down, a group of deaths, and then a batch, it has become a refueling tactic, and on the other hand, under the city, Zhang Wu gathered all the archers together, just waiting for the soldiers in the city to show their heads, a row of sharp arrows immediately roared, even though there were many misses, But the sergeants of Artis, who were really fighting, couldn't lift their heads!

Originally, it was an advantage that could not be opened, but this time it became a pain for the lord of Artis, and the rows of archers had just ripped off the bowstring, and they were shot into hedgehogs by arrows flying from the city! On the wall more than three meters wide, a large number of archer corpses are piled up! Lord Artis's eyes widened, and his eyes were red and dripping blood!