Chapter 37: Siege (Part II)
At the sound of an order, the army of black pressure rushed forward again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This seemingly chaotic charge, but it can still be seen that it is strategic. The troops in front of the main gate were obviously advancing much slower than the two streams of troops on the left and right, and were gradually spreading out to the left and right, quietly merging into the side troops. The widows who remained in their places were sparsely populated and moved forward quite cautiously.
This was explained by Hattori Ryuji in advance, and even if he studied carefully, it was impossible for him to find out the stock of arrows in the city. The random shot just now must have consumed a lot, but he was still not sure how many arrows the defenders had left.
Under normal circumstances, for the besieging side, the pressure on the city gate is the greatest, and the preparation for defending the city is also the most sufficient.
Sure enough, the defenders of the city did not shoot arrows again, but just stood quietly, waiting for the moment of hand-to-hand combat. Hattori Ryuji smiled, he could already foresee the scene of the destruction of the city in advance.
Six huge ladders made of rough wood were carried under the city wall by many Japanese robbers, and after several muffled "dong dong" sounds, the Japanese under the city could not wait to climb along the ladder to the top of the city.
The young man in the official uniform appeared on the tower again at some point. He glanced down with a thief's head, suddenly grinned, and commanded loudly: "Come on, push them down for this official!" ”
Push it down? Hattori Ryuji laughed dumbly. The ladder materials he made this time are all from adult red pines about eight zhang high, not to mention a small county town, even for climbing the walls of the imperial city of about five zhang.
Because the city wall of Wuxian County is only two zhang high, the direct embodiment of the slaughtering knife is that the angle of the ladder is very large, and the five or six pirates who have climbed up all the weight are at least 20% pressed on the city wall, let alone push it away, it is almost impossible to lift the ladder that is pressed on the head of the city out of a gap.
A man who wants to lift up a grown man with a pair of hands is the kind of person who exists, but will never appear among these defenders.
Hattori Ryuji was very proud, but this pride didn't last long. Because there were several strange things in the city that he had never seen before, he was faintly uneasy.
Those things, quite similar to the bamboo pole, but a lot thicker, from the top of the ground, the part that poked upward, visual inspection about the height of the city wall, more than two zhang, the front of the pole, live off is the shape of a crescent shovel.
The pole was placed horizontally on the wall, and six or seven defenders were clinging to the pole with their chests against their backs, and the crescent-shaped poles were pressed against the ladders on both sides of the ladder, and the defenders stabbed forward with all their might. The next moment, the ladder that stood like a rock in Hattori's heart had been easily pushed away from the city wall and fell backwards.
"Ouch", "Ah! The screams came one after another, and more than a dozen widows fell down with the ladder and smashed on the ground, and immediately wailed.
Looking at the mocking smile of the young man at the head of the city, Hattori Ryuji gritted his teeth and shouted: "If you go up the ladder again, the front of the city gate will also be set up by General Ben, and you will attack it in an all-round way!" ”
In the rear of the troops, six ladders were handed out again, and the Japanese men placed them in front of the city gate with a roar, and the ladders that were pushed away on both sides were also re-erected at the same time, and the Japanese invaders climbed up again with perseverance.
"The thief's heart is not dead!" The young man spoke coldly and ordered again. "Keep greeting them to the officer!"
After the wooden gates at the head of the city were removed by the defenders one by one, several more groups of men appeared, carrying wooden barrels, and poured the liquid down the ladder.
"It's vegetable oil!" The Wako, who was crawling at the front, touched the liquid all over his body, and his heart was suddenly shocked. No matter how stupid they are, they know what the defenders want to do next.
Sure enough, torches suddenly appeared in the hands of the defenders, and these guys were extremely excited, and they leaned their torches against the ladder that had been doused with oil, and the fierce flames appeared and spread towards the pirates on the ladder at a very fast speed.
The screams rang out again.
"It's on fire, help them put out the fire!" The young man at the head of the city looked proud, tilted his head and commanded.
Bastard thing! Hattori Ryuji was furious, but then he was stunned, and the defenders at the head of the city really took out buckets of water and poured them down on the head and face of the Japanese robbers.
The screams rang out in the sky again. Water is water, but your sister is boiling water!
Hattori Ryuji's cheeks twitched, and he was so annoyed in his heart! Who are these people! Will you defend the city? Who had ever heard of such a way of defending a city? Who has heard of it? I've never heard of it!
He's so wronged, what's the trouble? Xing Chong rushed to attack the city, and after a few rounds, these five big and three thick defenders were like shy and timid little girls, and his soldiers didn't even touch a finger!
What about the Rolling Stones? What about the allotted wood? Isn't that what is written in the books of war? Hasn't everyone done this for thousands of years? What are you? Where is the basic trust between people?
Looking at the young man in the official mansion at the head of the city, Hattori Ryuji tore his heart, the war was far unexpected, just a broken city, and there were more than 100 casualties in just a face, this battle can't be fought!
Hattori Ryuji was extremely irritable in his heart, and roared loudly: "Rush for me, change the ladder, and continue to rush!" General Ben wants to see if he has more vegetable oil or if General Ben has more people! ”
"The first person to climb the city, a bounty of 1,000 taels, and a hundred slave girls!" Faced with unfavorable war conditions, he had to increase his rewards to boost morale.
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, and the Japanese invaders once again went forward without fear of death, pressing on the city.
A bucket of vegetable oil can be used for a long time if it is cooked. It can be used to drench enemies, but it is consumed very quickly. The battle was in a hurry, and Jiang Yun didn't have much time to collect, and this wave of defense had already been exhausted.
This is good news for Hattori Ryuji, but at the same time, it is also extremely bad news, because the official uniform boy in front of him has no lower limit.
In the face of the menacing Japanese invaders, the defenders at the head of the city were relaxed, and they didn't have to fight head-on, just throw something down, and it was a meaningless mood to be nervous.
The evil taste of beating the reservoir dogs fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the defenders, and without even the boy's order, a group of figures had already eagerly picked up the wooden barrel on the side and poured it down again.
The fragrant ash mixed with the fine sand stone and the chili powder mixed in by Jiang Yun on a whim suddenly spread in all directions. The whole city was shrouded in incense ash, and it was like a mirage with a hazy beauty.
"Ahh My eyes! ”
"Ahh My eyes hurt so much, so spicy! ”
There were even some discordant sounds mixed in with the screams. "Ouch, blind my 24k titanium dog's eye!"
"This demon!" Hattori Ryuji's lungs are about to explode, and he has never fought such a battle in his life. At this moment, he realized why the defenders of the city tower were all blindfolded with thin veils, as if they were going to collectively change their careers to fortune-telling.
Hattori Ryuji couldn't help but reach out and hold his eyes.,It's not that I'm fascinated by the incense ash.,But.。。。 I can't stand it anymore! If he is given a choice, he would rather raise troops to attack Jinling City, whether he is dead or alive, he will fight hard, and he will not be a man in vain!
Where is this Wu County a soft persimmon? In his eyes, it is simply the Longtan Tiger's Den, and the hard bones are no longer enough to describe it, and there is a lump of iron! Whoever bites the tooth knocks his teeth!
Waving his hand helplessly, Hattori Ryuji reluctantly ordered: "Withdraw the troops!" Rest in place for two hours, recuperate, and attack again at the right time! ”
Under the offensive of the despicable villain's "artificial haze", it is impossible to attack again in a short period of time, so we can only wait for the dust to settle and then fight him again!
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The Japanese retreated, and everyone in the city was overjoyed, and no one thought that the battle could be fought like this! In their eyes, Jiang Dianshi has been reincarnated as Jiang Ziya, and it seems that as long as they follow him, there is no city that they can't defend, and they can't win the battle.
There's nothing to worry about, Lord Jiang is here! We should eat, we should sleep. Woko? If you come, you will die!
Jiang Yun had left the city at this moment and returned to the city building. For this battle, his heart is far from being so easy as it seems. It was true that a lot of methods were used, and it also severely damaged the morale of the Japanese invaders. But so what? Do not solve the root problem.
The gap in strength was too big, so big that he didn't have the courage to command the soldiers to start a white-knuckle battle with the Japanese invaders, and the Japanese were killed and wounded, but the defenders couldn't, and it was not difficult for a thousand people to defend a county town, but it was difficult to have no follow-up troops to replenish it.
Once there is a hole in the defense, allowing the Japanese to successfully climb to the top of the city, even if there is only one person, it will cause immeasurable consequences! Can white-knuckle combat be avoided?
No! Jiang Yun is very clear about this. The casualties of the Japanese are almost negligible, and it is only the morale that is shaken, but there is a way to improve morale, and the preparations he made for this battle before have been almost consumed.
Seeing his eyes flickering and his head bowed in contemplation, Ji Luo stepped forward, wrapped his arms around his neck from behind, and whispered comfortingly: "Don't think too much, just do your best." ”
"yes, I know."