Chapter 68: The Bloody Battle of Pingshou (Part II)

Zhao Yun frowned, and waved his hand to drag the wounded soldiers down the city wall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The rain of arrows under the city was endless, but Zhao Yun was fearless, a spear danced so tightly that no arrow could enter him; But ordinary soldiers don't have that much ability, and they are so suppressed by this rain of arrows that they can't move forward at all, let alone fight back. Perhaps only the advantage of giving up the walls in hand-to-hand combat? But in that case, wouldn't the numerical disadvantage of one's own backwardness be pulled even greater? For a while, Zhao Yun was in a dilemma. Zhao Min saw Zhao Yun's face change, and he also understood the current situation. To give up the city wall is to give up the condescending advantage, but if you don't give up and you can't raise your head by the opponent's dense arrow array, you still have no advantage at all, so what can you do? Zhao Min gritted his teeth, and finally ruthlessly, and whispered a few words to the guards around him, and the guards took the order and left.

At this time, the offensive under the city changed again. The melee soldiers had already reached the city walls, but they were not in a hurry to climb the city, but formed a formation under the city, as if waiting for something. The mystery was soon revealed, and I saw three ballistae launched in the enemy formation in the rear, which were the kind of ballista that Zhao Min had just seen! It is about three zhang long and eight zhang wide, especially the huge crossbow arrow with a thickness of nearly four zhang arm's arm is even more chilling! Seeing the ballista gradually raised and aimed at the city wall, Zhao Yun's eyes widened and he screamed: "All personnel go down to the city!" Immediately! At the same time, the whole person rubbed himself and pounced on Zhao Min, and dragged him off the city wall together! Fortunately, Zhao Yun was very good at martial arts, and when he landed, he held it on Zhao Min's waist, so as not to make the king of Beihai make a fool of himself on the spot.

With three loud bangs in a row, Zhao Mingang's footsteps under the city were a little shaky, only to feel that the entire city wall seemed to be shaking, and the gallop road was filled with smoke, especially the city gate tower, which was falling down some bricks and tiles, and it felt like it was crumbling! And some soldiers who didn't have time to react and jumped off the city wall, and happened to be on the flight path of the crossbow arrows, were just grazed by the crossbow arrows, and they were directly exploded into a cloud of blood mist by the roaring crossbow arrows!

Zhao Yun didn't care that the smoke on the city had not yet dissipated, a few leaps jumped onto the city wall, and shouted again behind a slight probe: "Everyone go to the city, prepare to defend, the enemy army is coming!" Under the leadership of Zhao Yun, the generals returned to the city wall again, and Zhao Min also followed him up the wall, and at this time the smoke and dust gradually dispersed, and he was stunned at a glance!

I saw a crossbow arrow in the center of the city gatehouse, and the huge crossbow rod was now only half exposed, and the rest was all submerged in the middle of the building. Half of the gate tower has collapsed, and the inner chamber is completely exposed, and it looks extremely desolate! The other two crossbow arrows were not so lucky, but they also stuck straight into the battlements, only the back half of which was exposed, and the walls of earth and stone were so vulnerable in the face of such a big killing weapon! Zhao Min was shocked into a cold sweat, if someone was indoors, who would have escaped with his life? No wonder even Zhao Yun is such a fierce general, he doesn't dare to block it with his flesh and blood!

But now the most important thing is not the ballista, the melee siege soldiers under the city have begun to enter the city under the cover of the power of the ballista. There is really no need to use a ladder for the city wall of Pingshou, and Lu Xu's siege soldiers used the most primitive way of climbing the city: a row of soldiers stood close to the base of the wall, holding their shields in both hands; The second row was half-bent next to the first, holding the same shield in his hand, but at an angle; Then the third, fourth, and fifth rows descended in height, so that the rows of sergeants formed a ramp made of human flesh, and standing on the shields of the innermost row of sergeants could jump up the walls with a single leap!

At this time, the defenders of the city almost completely lost their condescending advantage, and the two sides are now fighting for courage and morale! There are five hundred soldiers on this wall where Zhao Min is located, half of them are tiger warriors, and the other half are recruits. The only good news is that because the soldiers on both sides have come into contact, and a large number of Lu Xujun's crossbowmen have finally stopped firing arrows, Zhao Minfang at least doesn't have to worry about the endless rain of arrows above his head.

At this time, the soldiers under the city finally jumped on the top of the city, and the most brutal hand-to-hand siege battle began! The previously suppressed silence finally broke out at this moment, and the two sides let out a tsunami-like shout, colliding with flesh and blood, and instantly bursting into a cloud of blood mist!

Lu Xu's troops are superior in terms of training and experience, but behind them is the edge of the city wall, and with unstable feet, some of them are weak; Although Zhao Minjun's side lacks combat effectiveness, he has a greater advantage in numbers, and psychologically because he is an official and an army on the side of justice, his morale is even higher! Don't underestimate morale, although morale is intangible and qualitative, it really affects the performance of every soldier on the battlefield.

A rebel soldier rushed up the city wall with a sword and shield in hand, and in the blink of an eye, he was stabbed in the body by a spear, and fell again without saying a word; Before the spear stretched out by the officer and soldier could be withdrawn, another rebel reached out and grabbed the head of the spear, and with the help of force, he crashed into the arms of the pikeman, and stabbed him in the chest with the ring knife in his hand, and a fountain of blood sprayed his head and face; And before he had time to catch his breath, a flying knife came out of nowhere next to him and was nailed to his neck impartially, leaving only his wide eyes before he could close them, and he fell to the ground and died!

Such a scene is staged in every place on the city wall, the most eye-catching of which is Zhao Yun, a silver spear flies up and down, it is like a dragon entering the sea, and it is like a neon on the horizon, the dragon sees the head but does not see the tail, almost does not see the trajectory of the silver spear dancing, only sees the tip of the spear a little cold light flickering; And the cold light is everywhere, as if there is no force, but there will be a rebel who has a blood flower blooming on his body, or in the throat, or in the heart, this demonic blood flower blooms in a fatal place! And the most important thing is that Zhao Yun's silver spear defense area is extremely large, tossing and turning on a city wall, and the range of nearly fifty steps is all within the scope of his silver spear!

Another highlight is Zhang Han, I saw that he had a steel spear that was strong and heavy, and he was slamming vertically and horizontally on the city wall, and the steel spear was strong and sinking, and all the people who were involved were broken and broken, and flew out horizontally! Although he didn't have Zhao Yun's exquisite spearmanship, it was even more effective in such a densely populated place, so the thirty steps he was within 30 steps had almost become a forbidden area for life!

The recruits in Zhao Min's army were the most unbearable in such a flesh and blood grinding plate, seeing the enemy rushing forward, they did not bend down and rush to attack, but were photographed by the fierce momentum of the enemy, and they only lowered their heads and retreated, and the weapons in their hands were also desperately waved forward. But the enemy is not a puppet, so where can you hit people with such a random swing? The result is often deceived by the enemy, and a knife results in life! Fortunately, Zhao Min's army has a large number of people, dense formations, and most of them use long weapons, while the rebels are mainly based on swords and shields due to the inconvenience of climbing the city, and they have no way to start in the face of such a dense formation, which saves the fate of the recruits to a certain extent. In addition, the defensive range of Zhao Yun and Zhang Han covered more than one-fifth of the entire city wall, so the situation could continue to be maintained.

At this time, Zhao Min also fell into a state of almost madness, only to see that his eyes were red and covered in blood, and he couldn't tell whether it was someone else's or his own. Relying on the protection of a few guards around him, Zhao Min's two-handed flying knives were fired continuously, and they never missed, just like a humanoid fort, and a cloud of blood mist exploded everywhere he passed, straight into a killing god, and the lives of his subordinates were no less than Zhao Yun or Zhang Han! That's right, at this time, Zhao Min fell into the mysterious realm that he had experienced on the nameless island, although his body was violently active, but his mind was calm and abnormal, and the flying knife shot was like a blessing in the soul, and he could always find the enemy's flaws at the first time, and a knife would be fatal!

For a time, the sound of slaughter in the city was shocking, and life seemed so cheap at this moment, and every second several soldiers fell in pools of blood, only to be replaced by new flesh and blood; The gallop of the city wall was almost completely stained red with blood, emitting a strong fishy smell, which made people feel sick!

At this time, there were guards around him who called him loudly beside Zhao Min, Zhao Min suddenly came back to his senses, but at this time, he didn't care about thinking about whether the killing was too heavy, the rest of the soldiers were still fighting bloodily, how could he, as the commander-in-chief, be stunned for such a trivial matter as having a few more enemy blood on his hands? At this time, the voice of the guard came into his ears: "King of the North Sea, the reserve team below is ready!" Zhao Min was stunned, then looked at the situation on the city wall, bit his lower lip hard, and then shouted: "Zilong, Zhongguo, immediately lead the team to remove the city wall!" Right away! That's an order! ”

Although Zhao Yun and Zhang Han didn't understand what was happening, it was rare for Zhao Min to give such a formal order, and both of them were relatively pure military personalities, so they immediately let the herald wave the order flag and ring the golden cymbal at the same time, while he stayed behind the last break and let the defenders withdraw the city wall in turn. At this time, it is actually quite a dangerous thing to turn around and face the enemy, but fortunately, the place is not big, and the defenders are retreating one by one, plus Zhao Yun and Zhang Han After the two thousand enemies were broken, there was no chaos after all, and the city wall was safely withdrawn.

The enemy did not understand what was happening, but when they saw the defenders retreating, they suddenly burst into a mountain of cheers, and they all marched forward bravely, wanting to make new achievements. Who knew that he had just rushed to the edge of the city wall, but suddenly he was like a chicken that had been choked by the neck, and all the sounds were suffocated back into his throat! I saw that under the city wall, a row, no, it should be a black and oppressive crossbow was aiming at the wall, ready to attack; Crucially, the sergeant with the crossbow under the wall did not aim conventionally, but in a strange posture - all the crossbows were in teams of two, one holding the trigger and the other half-crouching, holding the crossbow on his shoulder. Many of the rebels who had been in the border army recognized at a glance what these men were holding in their hands: crossbows!

Yes, this is the Zhang crossbow that Zhao Min didn't dare to use at the beginning because he was afraid of revealing his secrets! These big killers from the underwater caves of Tan Island need to be operated by two people, using the strength of the waist, abdomen and legs to wind, so they are called crossbows, the advantage is that the power is extremely great, and even the metal shield can be easily torn to pieces within a hundred steps! And at this time, the rebels, who had just been ecstatic about the capture of the city wall, were stunned, and the shield in their hands looked so ridiculous in front of the crossbow!