Chapter VII The Flames of War 2
At the bottom of the city wall, the power of the bow and crossbow has been greatly reduced, and it can even be said that the accuracy in this case will be directly reduced by eighty. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info some Qin soldiers rushed up the ladder with all their might, and for these soldiers, the most important thing at the moment was to quickly climb to the top of the wall.
After a charge, the brothers around them didn't know how many people died, and now they successfully crossed the area that was most easily covered by the rain of arrows, and they were thinking about revenge.
In the camp of the Qin army outside the city, the sound of war drums resounded through this world again, and then the third and fourth teams of the Qin army launched a new charge under the command of the two young generals.
Siege warfare is one of the most difficult battles in this era when there are no large offensive and defensive vehicles, and often the men and horses of the besieging side of the city have to pay several times more sacrifices than the men and horses of the defending side, even in the case of the disparity in the strength of the enemy and us.
When the second group of 10,000 Qin troops marched to the area covered by the bow and crossbow under the city tower and began to accelerate the attack, the remaining nearly 3,000 people of the previous group had already climbed to the upper level of the ladder, and they were about to reach the top.
The soldiers in front of the city gate who were holding the smashing wood and struggling to hit the city gate also knocked out a crack in the city gate again and again. Although the Wei army inside would block the city gate from the new without waiting for the cracks to expand, this at least gave the Qin army hope.
"Let's work harder, this disgusting door is about to be knocked open by us."
"Rush ......"
A dozen soldiers cheered each other on, and once again hugged the bumper on their chests, shouting and rushing as hard as beasts that saw their prey.
Hundreds of meters away, in front of the Qin army, more than a dozen other generals were riding on horses and watching from afar, and through the dust of the Qin army's crossing, they saw the first to climb to the top of the ladder and slash a soldier defending the city with a sword.
Seeing the first touch of scarlet scattered on the majestic city wall, a young general smiled excitedly: "In the end, it is Shang Jun, this level of siege warfare is good, now there are many of my Great Qin soldiers who are about to climb the wall, and there is a rear team of men and horses who are charging with all their might, and now the Wei army has to scruple up and down, just see how many people they still have to release arrows, and how many people can swing their swords." ”
"Hahaha......"
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At this moment, many of the Wei troops on the city tower had put down their bows and crossbows, ready to swing their swords and slash and kill.
But as the vanguard general of the Great Wei, Wu Ming did experience this kind of siege warfare for the first time, and the second team of the Qin army below was rapidly approaching with a full army of 10,000 at the same time, but it was constantly shooting arrows, and it was difficult for him to deal with it even if he had the protection of the city wall!
It is also worth mentioning that there are many great masterpieces of wisdom crystallization in this era, and now the ladder truck used by the Qin people is one of them.
The four-wheeled ladder cart was safely parked at the bottom of the tower, and the long ladder on it was pushed to the edge of the city wall by two powerful soldiers, and then the length of the ladder was adjusted according to the situation.
Of course, because there was a strict limit on the height of the city in ancient times, as long as the experienced soldiers parked the ladder and pushed the long ladder up, the entire ladder was naturally erected.
In addition, iron hooks are installed at the top of the ladder to increase the firmness of the entire ladder. The important parts of the ladder car are also protected by iron or copper sheets, which can effectively reduce the damage of the enemy to the ladder.
Swinging his sword and slashing a sharp arrow to the ground, Wu Ming pulled up a crossbowman on the side and shouted, "Quick, go and call the two generals Zhang Meng and Ni Tao to see me." ”
The soldier hurriedly replied and left as quickly as he could. Wu Ming glanced at the more and more soldiers of the Qin army climbing on the cloud ladder, gritted his teeth, and rushed to the most fierce place with his sword.
All around were the sound of swords intertwined, the Qin army's famous defensive black armor gave them more life guarantee, with the rapid speed of the war drums below, more Qin soldiers climbed to the top of the cloud ladder, although not a single one has climbed the city wall, but at this time the casualties of the Wei defenders have begun to increase.
Of course, it was only an increase in the number of Wei casualties relative to the bow and crossbow attacks. In terms of the environment of this era, although there were also siege equipment such as ladder trucks and crashing wood, there were always more equipment to defend the city, so it was not uncommon to win more with less in the war of defending the city.
But the problem that Wu Ming has to face at the moment is that most of the Wei soldiers defending the city are recruits, and the training time is only more than a month, the most important thing is that they don't have much actual combat experience, and long-range battles such as bows and crossbows are not so frightening to them, but now the Qin army is about to step on the ladder car to climb the city wall, which makes this group of newcomers who have not seen much blood a little panicked.
Wu Ming swung his sword and wiped the neck of a Qin soldier who had climbed to the top of the ladder, and then kicked the corpse away, and the falling corpse fell down with three Qin soldiers who were struggling to climb the ladder.
Wiping the blood off his face, Wu Ming's eyes looked to the sides, he saw with his own eyes a Qin army glaring at the Wei pawn defending the city and then swinging the knife, which actually scared the new Wei pawn very much, the sword in his hand was obviously trembling, and before he could cross the sword, the Qin army had already pierced the throat of the Wei pawn with a smirk, and then jumped up and climbed the city wall.
This is a true portrayal of the actual combat strength of Wei pawns and the Qin army now, fortunately, this battle is between defending the city and attacking the city, if it is a wilderness fight Wu Ming even doubts that these new Wei pawns will not even be able to show their swords.
In his eyes, the opening that was opened by the Qin army was blocked by the other Wei soldiers after a short time.
At this time, Zhang Meng, who was confused, and Ni Tao, who looked dazed, hurried over, paused in a hurry, and the two of them saluted Wu Ming one after another: "The last general Zhang Meng (Ni Tao) has seen General Wu. ”
"Well, the war situation is urgent, and I shouldn't have brought you here, I'll make a long story short." Wu Ming's gaze wandered back and forth on the two of them: "General Ni, you have to go out with a thousand guards, remember this trip, you must act according to the plan, only succeed and not fail." ”
"The last will be ordered." Ni Tao gave up his hand and left with a face full of perseverance.
In the next moment, only Wu Ming and Zhang Meng were left among the soldiers who came and went: "General Zhang, is there any reserve of new firewood and oil in the city?" ”
"Back to the general, the Wei State has been fighting for many years, and the main war materials are deployed by General Pang, and there is no firewood and oil to launch a fire attack in the Linjin Pass, which is the incompetence of the last general, please punish the general." Zhang Meng lowered his head and clenched his fist heavily.
As the general of the Linjin Pass, it is the duty to reserve a certain amount of war materials in the city, judging from the current situation, the war reserves of the Linjin Pass are small, and some things are not there, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhang Meng is derelict in his duties, so Zhang Meng also took the initiative to ask for punishment.