Chapter Seventy-Seven: Defending the City (Part II)
Qin Shuang persuaded: "Big brother, let's withdraw those county soldiers, even if they all die like this, it won't help, it's better to keep them, maybe it will be useful in the future."
Li Zhi pointed to the gate under the city wall and said, "Qin Shuang, what kind of material do you see the city gate is made of?" ”。
Qin Shuang chuckled and said: "Do you still need to look at it, in all ordinary county seats, the city gate materials are wooden, and only the city gates of important checkpoints or county towns are made of iron."
"It's a pity that our door-slamming car hasn't arrived yet, otherwise how would this wooden gate withstand the impact of the huge log; Hey, the prince is urging again, so he can only attack the city in advance."
Li Zhi looked at the battle situation in front of him, thought for a while, and said, "It's better to transfer a thousand archers and sword and shield men to help in the battle; Otherwise, these county soldiers will really die and have no value."
"Order".
Qin Shuangyi waved his hand, 500 archers, 500 sword and shield men slowly moved towards the city wall and joined the battlefield, these thousand soldiers were not like those county soldiers, but alternated with each other, there must be a sword and shield hand next to an archer, and the huge shield could hide both people under the shield.
In a few moments, a thousand reinforcements came to a halt fifty-five paces from the wall, and the shields were spread; At this time, the 500 archers quickly opened their bows and fired arrows at the spear soldiers in the city, and after the arrows were fired, the 500 sword and shield men quickly put down their shields and covered the thousand soldiers tightly, impervious to a little wind. "Poof!" "Poof!" "Poof!"
When he was lying on the top of the wall with his spear and stabbing down the enemy soldiers who were climbing up, hundreds of sharp arrows flew suddenly, and before the spear soldiers could react, they were shot and fell off the city wall one after another.
"All stand back, stand back, the enemy's archers are coming," Huang Quan shouted as he walked back and forth on the city wall and gave orders.
"Brothers, come and push this ladder out."
A pikeman, a centurion, pulled a few soldiers and roared loudly; After a while, the five pikemen gathered together, and as soon as the five of them exerted their strength, the long ladder was suddenly pushed upside down and flew out, and the three enemy sword and shield men who were climbing up the ladder saw that the ladder was about to fall backwards, and they all screamed and pressed downward; But after all, the strength of the three people was not as great as the strength of the five people on the city wall, and there was no point of strength; Suddenly, the ladder snapped and the three soldiers fell down at the same time, splashing dust all over the sky.
"Ah" Whether it is above or below the city wall, the whole battlefield screams again and again, every soldier has a hideous face, screaming to kill the enemy in front of him, on the battlefield, every minute and every second there are soldiers dying. There is no mercy in war, and no sympathy is needed for killing.
In the Tibetan military room on the city wall, Zhang Meng pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "Lord, I want to kill the enemy, I always stay behind, my hammer is rusty." "Why do you always want to kill?" Wang Xu held his eyes and shouted.
Sun Yu also joked on the side: "Zhang Meng, you fought the battle, what are you anxious about?" ”。
Zhang Meng raised his eyebrows slightly, half-squinted his eyes and said: "Hiding in this hidden military room all day long, this is like a war." Suddenly, Sun Yu stared at the rear of Li Zhi's army under the city with round eyes, and exclaimed: "Lord, look, it's a car that hit the door!" ”。
Crashing into a car? Wang Xu looked over, only to see the rear of Li Zhi's army, more than 20 soldiers were pushing a huge log forward, as the log got closer and closer, Wang Xu saw clearly that the log was two feet square, and it was made of three giant trees; The twenty soldiers were a little heavy to push. "Zhang Meng!" Here, my lord, are you going to let me go out of the city to kill the enemy? Zhang Meng said excitedly. Wang Xu looked serious and said: "Don't think about going out of the city to kill the enemy, now you can take the five hundred personal soldiers you trained yourself to the city gate to resist the gate for me; lost the gates". Zhang Meng rushed and said loudly: "I'll give you the head!" After speaking, Zhang Meng walked quickly out of the Tibetan military room and went down to the city.
The door-smashing cart only stopped in front of Li Zhi's military formation for a while, and then five hundred sword and shield hands pushed the gate-ramming cart towards the city wall quickly; The sword and shield hand held the shield to protect all the soldiers inside, and from a distance, it looked like the shell of a turtle, indestructible. "Listen to your master, and take out all your breastfeeding energy; The door is there, and if the door is lost, all the following will be beheaded! ”
Inside the city gate, Zhang Meng arrived with 500 personal soldiers, more than a dozen thick top gate pestles behind the gate, and more than 20 soldiers pushed hard behind the gate.
"Boom". A loud bang came, the city walls were shaken, the wooden city gate trembled violently, and the twenty or so personal soldiers in the city gate only felt that their whole bodies were struck by lightning, and they felt a momentary numbness; After relieving themselves, the soldiers pushed harder towards the city gate. "Drink brethren, resist!"
"Boom" There was a roar under the city, and Wang Xu stood in the Tibetan military room only to feel that the city wall was trembling slightly. "The car that hit the door is really powerful, and I don't know if Zhang Meng can withstand it."
Sun Yu said: "Don't worry, if the city gate is broken, the last general will lead the troops to kill him and take him by surprise." Wang Xu shook his head and said: "Don't rush out, with our current strength, we can't engage the enemy head-on, especially in this field battle, they have tens of thousands of elite horsemen." "If you really can't hold it, then retreat into the city and engage in street battles with the enemy, even if you can't fight, it's better than rushing out like this, at least it will greatly reduce the combat power of their elite cavalry." At this time, the siege battle had entered the white heat, and the corpses under the city walls were like mountains, and the blood flowed like rivers; Coupled with the fact that the giant trees were mixed with the corpses under the city, it seemed that the corpse mountain was even bigger. From the beginning of the siege to the present, it has been carried out for nearly three hours; More than half of the 5,000 county soldiers have been killed and wounded, and four of the five siege soldiers have gone out, but none of those soldiers with such a big damage can climb the city wall, which shows how much difference there is between ordinary county soldiers and Wangcheng's elite soldiers. "Boiling oil is boiling".
A loud shout came, Huang Quan smiled on his face, laughed and called a dozen soldiers, and carried five cauldrons full of boiling oil to the city wall. "Poured".
The boiling oil poured down the ladder, and the county soldiers who were climbing up were suddenly burned beyond recognition, the boiling oil was pervasive, and even the shield penetrated into it, and all the soldiers hurriedly jumped off the ladder, fell to pieces, and screamed again and again.
A sinister smile appeared on Huang Quan's face, and he ruthlessly ordered "release the rocket". "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
Hundreds of rockets shot down the tower, and the boiling oil under the city burned with desire, and immediately the fire soared to the sky