Chapter 208: Bloody Battle for Defending the City 1
Under normal circumstances, those who serve as the strikers of siege warfare are often elite soldiers, who can quickly break through the enemy's defending troops, give follow-up soldiers, and kill a passage, their combat effectiveness is the strongest and the most destructive, and this time is no exception.
I only saw hundreds of ladders erected, hundreds of disorganized Northern Navy non-commissioned officers wielded scimitars, quickly climbed up from the ladders, about two-thirds of them were knocked down on the ladders, but the other one-third successfully climbed to the top of the city wall.
The soldiers who defended the city were all officers of the pro-guard battalion, supplemented by the soldiers of the Right Government Army and the Zhongzi Battalion, mixed with the soldiers after the reorganization of the young and strong. In the face of these fierce pioneers, Zhao Xun took a-for-tat confrontation and decisively sent out the guards and soldiers left by him to intercept these tall and flexible pioneers of the Northern Navy.
On the edge of the North Gate Tower, the Northern Navy attacked the most fiercely, and they wanted to enter the city tower and seize the city gate, so as to open the passage for the tens of thousands of Northern Navy cavalry behind. The first to come up were some extremely fierce people, some of whom were selected from the death slave camps, and some of whom joined voluntarily, and these people were very fierce, even ignoring life and death. They staggered up the ladder, trying to occupy the edge of the wall, so that more of their companions could climb up, and the defenders did not give an inch, and the two sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat at the edge of the wall.
The guards were not afraid of them, but the ordinary soldiers, especially those who had just changed their status from young to strong, were no match for them.
As soon as Wei Chen crossed his sword, he knocked down a non-commissioned officer of the Beihai Sea who was not tall, but extremely flexible. smashed all the ladders below, and as a result, the people on the ladders smashed down with a bang, knocking down a large number of companions below, screaming and moaning constantly. But Wei Chen didn't have time to look at the situation below, he turned around and fought with a Beihai sergeant who had killed two defenders, the horizontal knife in his hand collided with the opponent's scimitar, splashing a series of sparks.
The width of the top of the city wall is only a little more than a zhang, and there is not much room for maneuver, this Beihai sergeant actually confronted Wei Chen for quite a while, and finally Wei Chen saw the opportunity, kicked him in the calf, followed by a knife to his heart, and he fell down unwillingly.
By Wei Chen's side, Xu Le also brandished a horizontal knife and fought with several Beihai sergeants. These Beihai non-commissioned officers had already killed several defenders, and now, apparently, they were preparing to beat up this fire-ready soldier who could fight. Fortunately, the area at the top of the city wall was too narrow for these Northern Sea soldiers to work together perfectly. In the melee, there was a North Navy sergeant whose leg was broken and he rolled on the ground in pain, and a young defender next to him rushed up, trying to take advantage of him, but in the end, he was stabbed in the middle abdomen by this North Navy pioneer soldier, and then pulled him to the ground with a fierce knife. In the end, it was the archers of the personal guard battalion who beat the water dogs, and two arrows in a row were fired at the body of the North Navy sergeant, and he gradually stopped moving.
The remaining two Beihai non-commissioned officers were still firmly entangled with Xu Le. The kung fu of these two Beihai non-commissioned officers was very strong and very desperate, and for a while, he couldn't take it for the time being. The three of them come and go, axes and horizontal knives are intertwined, and the sound of breaking the air pierces the eardrums. The place where they were fighting just blocked the two ladders of the Northern Navy, making it impossible for the North Navy on the ladder to advance or retreat. If they don't come up, the people below are urging and scolding, but if they come up, it will most likely be the end of the three of them being killed by mistake.
"Woo Woo ......"
The piercing sound of arrows rang out from Xu Le's ears, grazing his cheeks and shooting into the throats of the two opponents, killing them. Without looking, Xu Le knew that this must have been done by Zhao Xun, at this moment, on the city wall, it was not the first time that Zhao Xun could shoot such a sharp arrow.
Seeing that the city wall was empty, on the ladder on one side, there was a non-commissioned officer of the Northern Navy who couldn't stand the urging of his companions behind. had no choice but to jump up, and as soon as he came up, Xu Le knocked his head off with a knife and beat him back to the city.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Le saw the opportunity and kicked the bodies of the two Northern Navy non-commissioned officers who had just fallen into the air with two consecutive blows, and slammed them into the cloud ladder. Although the strength of his two blows was very large, it was not fatal to the ladder full of people. But it also caused immeasurable consequences, I saw that the ladder was knocked out of the city wall, and stood crumblingly in midair, wanting to continue to fall on the city wall, but also wanting to land in the open space outside. That's the disadvantage of a ladder without a hook.
"Inward!"
The Northern Navy sergeants on the ladder shouted hurriedly, and then all of them pushed inward, so that the ladder swayed and tried to lean back against the wall.
"Let's go down!"
At this time, Wei Chen solved another opponent, and when he saw this battle scene, he hit it hard, knocking out the corpse of the enemy who had not yet fallen, and just hit the Beihai sergeant at the top of the ladder. This collision had a great impact, under the force of the corpse, the ladder slowly tilted outward, and the North Navy on the ladder was shocked, and hurriedly changed its movements, but it was too late.
"Plop ......"
The ladder and all the non-commissioned officers of the Northern Navy on the ladder all fell into their companions, and the swords collided with each other, and several people died in an instant. The rest of the people were either dizzy or smashed. Before he could fully wake up here, another ladder was pushed out of the way, and suddenly a long bloody path was smashed in the crowd, and the soldiers who fell down, or the soldiers who were hit, everyone was drenched in blood and screamed.
Similarly, on the city wall dozens of meters away, Sun Liang, the sentry commander of the guard battalion, also fought with two pioneer soldiers of the Northern Navy, and with the assistance of a guard battalion archer, he killed one of them.
With one less opponent, Sun Liang's self-confidence suddenly soared, and he brandished a horizontal knife to launch a counterattack. The remaining Beihai sergeant was not afraid at all, and was still calmly entangled with Sun Liang.
"Click...... Poof......"
Finally, Sun Liang's horizontal knife fiercely broke through the opponent's breastplate, slashed into the chest of the North Navy sergeant, and at the same time flew up and kicked his body under the city wall.
Jin Yan, who was not far from Sun Liang's side, turned around and stabbed one of the Beihai Navy non-commissioned officers who rushed up, and then intercepted the other two non-commissioned officers. Their main task is to intercept the most brave people among the opponent's soldiers, so that they do not cause too much damage to the ordinary Huolin Army, so as long as they are capable of fighting, they are their key targets.
"You want to come up? Don't even think about it! ”
Never let the other party kill them! After Sun Liang on the side solved the opponent, he killed the edge of the city wall, and a non-commissioned officer of the Northern Navy who had just climbed up was immediately cut down by him, and followed him to push the ladder out.
However, there was a Beihai sergeant on the ladder who was very fierce, and when the ladder was pushed out, he jumped from the ladder to the outside of the city wall, and hooked the crack in the city wall with both hands. Try to climb up.
Because the city walls are all raised with thick stones, and these stones are connected with ordinary mortar, after a long battle, there are large cracks in the middle of the stones on the walls near the outside, and fingers can be inserted. This Beihai sergeant bit the scimitar with his teeth, stuck his palm in the middle of the stones, and cooperated with his footsteps, and he actually climbed up the three stones. I saw that there were still two last stones to climb up. Suddenly, he saw Sun Liang lifting a corpse on it and smashing it down at him.
Seeing that the opportunity was not good, this Beihai sergeant had to take the initiative to let go of his hands and feet, and smashed down from the city wall, only to feel a click from behind, and he didn't know that he smashed the head of the unlucky ghost, and then pressed him under him. Although there was a severe pain in his waist, he didn't lose his life after all, and he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, I suddenly felt the wind whistling in my head. Hurriedly looking up, only to see a dark shadow suddenly expand in front of him, followed by a long spear piercing his body, firmly nailing him to the ground. It turned out that Jin Yan, who was not far away, saw him so brave, so he picked up a spear from the side and threw it fiercely, and finally solved him smoothly.
Sun Liangdi saw Jin Yan's movements, shrugged his shoulders, and then gave him a thumbs up. Then he continued to fight with those unusual North Sea non-commissioned officers.
Han Meng was not far from Zhao Xun, and as the commander of the pro-guard battalion, he naturally didn't dare to stay away. He looked down at the edge of the city wall, and found that there were too many people in the Northern Navy, and the city wall was densely packed with their figures, like black ants in an ant nest, and there were constantly ladders being pushed down, smashing a long bloody path below. But more ladders have also been re-erected. Leaning back against the wall, more North Sea sergeants climbed up again.
Because the non-commissioned officers of the Northern Navy were as dense as a rally below, many defenders did not need to be close to the edge of the city wall at all, but only needed to stand inside the city wall and keep throwing stones down to inflict casualties on the enemy.
At the base of the city wall, there was already a blur of flesh and blood, and the dead and wounded overlapped. Those who still could move danced in their midst, continuing to launch a frantic attack. There are a lot of people in the Northern Navy, and there are also a lot of corpses, trampling on each other, and it has long turned it into a hell on earth. The ladder is constantly being pushed down, and then being erected, and being pushed down, and being erected again, and so on. Until the ladder is completely unusable.
"Whew......"
Suddenly, an arrow grazed Han Meng's ear, and a sharp stinging pain almost brought Han Meng backwards. Han Meng subconsciously took a step back, and in the blink of an eye, two more Beihai sergeants climbed up to the top of the city, and the two sergeants seemed to have a good understanding with Han Meng, and immediately raised their scimitars and rushed towards Han. Fierce hand-to-hand combat began again, and blood flowed down the city walls like red spring water seeping from the edge of a reservoir.
From time to time, there were hidden arrows up and down, and many soldiers were shot by the opponent's archers in this way. Of course, Zhao Xun is also one of them, and there are not a few Beihai non-commissioned officers who died at his hands. Because he has to take care of global changes, the people involved in shooting are not as many as some archers. Despite this, his arrows are famous on both sides of the enemy, because Zhao Xun's arrows are too sharp. Someone else can kill one person with one arrow, and his arrows can kill several people with one arrow, which is simply a nightmare for the enemy.
In other areas, the fighting was equally cruel and fierce, with the soldiers of the personal guard battalion fighting against the fierce soldiers of the Northern Navy, and the ordinary non-commissioned officers of the Northern Navy and the defenders of the Huolin Army were also fighting against each other. Although the Northern Navy is superior to the large number of people, because of the ladder, they have no way to climb up all of them. If the North Navy is a monstrous flood, then Baixian is a dam that holds back the water, and the flood water is constantly tumbling and stirring in the dam, but there is no way to tear open the cracks in the dam. Although the number of defenders on the city wall is small, they can all be engaged in battle, waiting for work, and occupy the advantage of terrain.