The engineering ladders were carried up the city wall by dozens of soldiers of the Xiliang Army, but they were quickly overturned by the combined efforts of the defenders. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yangzhai City is not like Zhongmu City, Liu Zhi hit a large number of troops in Yangzhai, and he was fully prepared, so the defenders had a lot of tools and sufficient troops to deal with the Xiliang army.

Hundreds of soldiers shouted slogans, together with force, stirring the winch on the ladder, the target of the ladder was too big, hundreds of archers on the city wall had already aimed at them, and the soldiers of the Xiliang Army continued to fall with arrows, but the other soldiers who had been waiting on the side immediately made up for it, and finally the ladder was pushed and leaned against the wall, two iron hooks hooked the city wall, and the soldiers of the Xiliang Army let out an earth-shattering shout, and rushed up the ladder in rows, holding shields against bows and arrows and stones to kill the city wall.

From time to time, someone climbed halfway and was hit by bows and arrows from the walls on both sides, and then fell from the air with a scream, and fell to the ground with a dull thud.

The length of the ladder is about seven zhang, that is, the distance of fifteen meters, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army have been killed to the edge of the city wall in a few breaths, but the defenders have already prepared, at the moment when they approached, they threw out a thick wood, this wood weighed more than two hundred catties, and it was coated with a layer of smooth grease, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army were shocked, they raised their shields to block the giant tree, but unexpectedly a strong force came, they were already on the ladder, their bodies were not very stable, and they were hit by this force, Immediately, he fell backwards, and the soldiers behind him were also brought down by this force, and in an instant, dozens of soldiers on the entire ladder were all knocked down by this giant log, and the defending soldiers immediately poured a lot of grease on the ladder, and a fire ignited the ladder.

At the same time, the Xiliang army finally formed a bow and crossbow array under the city wall, hundreds of shield soldiers held their shields high, blocking in front of the archers, creating a safe environment for them, and the archers also quickly began to fire arrows on the city wall, gradually, the defenders on the city wall suffered casualties, many soldiers were hit by arrows, screamed and fell from the city wall, falling beyond recognition.

Dian Wei was in a hurry, the defenders were suppressed by the firepower of the Xiliang army, so the attack of the Xiliang army was afraid that it would be difficult to defend.

"Zhou Cang!"

Zhou Cang hurriedly rushed over when he heard the voice, "What does the general command?" ”

Dian Wei pointed to the archers of the Xiliang Army below and said to him, "Can your stone cannons hit them?" ”

Stone cannon is also a kind of trebuchet, but because it is much smaller, it is called stone cannon, and unlike trebuchet, it has a shorter arm and therefore a much shorter range, so its shooting dead angle is also smaller.

Zhou Cang took a look and found that the formation of the opponent's archers was very tricky, it was about fifty steps away from the city wall, in this position the trebuchet was too small because the angle was too small, so there was no way to attack them, and the bows and arrows shot down on the city wall were also easily blocked by their shields because of the angle, and it seemed that only their own stone artillery troops could reach them.

"Yes, we can hit them, but we need some time to prepare, and the enemy is afraid that they won't give us this time!"

Zhou Cang was a little worried, because the Xiliang army had hit nearly ten ladders in the direction of his trebuchet, obviously wanting to destroy their trebuchet first.

"You don't have to worry about this, I will send Liao Hua to bring people to protect you!"

Stone cannon, also known as stone throwing machine, is the use of the gravity of the weight in the front section, the distant object is projected out, its power is not large, the stone cannon in the hands of the Yang Zhai defenders is mostly brought from Yingyin City, only a fifty pound of objects can be thrown a distance of one hundred steps, but since the other party is in the position of about fifty steps, then they can increase the weight of the projectile.

Zhou Cang passed the order, and the soldiers quickly manipulated several stone cannons on the city wall, and aimed at the Xiliang army below, the Xiliang army obviously discovered their intentions, a dense array of feather arrows came over, and in an instant, several artillery guns had arrows in their hands, Zhou Cang was furious, picked up a spear, and threw it down, strung the two Xiliang soldiers together, and nailed them to the ground, the soldiers on the city wall saw all this and cheered in unison, and the soldiers of the Xiliang army were terrified, and the distance of the guns was generally not more than twenty steps, That is, a distance of about 30 meters, and throwing a gun beyond this distance will not have the power to hurt people. In later athletics events, the world record distance of throwing a gun did not exceed 100 meters.

And fifty steps is equivalent to more than seventy meters, and it is already remarkable to be able to reach such a long distance, and it can also kill two people, such strength is simply terrifying.

Most of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army have experienced a hundred battles, they are from cavalry, and when the cavalry fights, they will use throwing guns at close range to make up for the gap in the bow and arrow, so they are very knowledgeable about the other party's gun, and it is precisely because they know the goods that they are even more afraid in their hearts.

Zhou Cang picked up a shield and guarded it in front of the soldiers who operated the stone cannon to shield them from the loss, and when the other soldiers saw this, they also gathered and raised the shield, forming an impermeable shield wall.

Boom! Boom! After a few sounds, several boulders flew down and smashed into the Xiliang army on the ground, the soldiers of the Xiliang army were taken aback, obviously they didn't expect that the other party's trebuchet could still be used at this distance, so they panicked a little, and at this moment, the pressure on the archers on the head of the city was greatly reduced, and they released arrows at the archers of the Xiliang army together, pressing them so that they couldn't raise their heads.

However, when the firepower of the defenders was briefly suppressed, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army finally seized the gap and killed the city.

Guo Yan learned the lesson of the last attack on Zhongmu County, and he realized that a fierce general was very important to the impact of the army, so he specially selected a group of soldiers with high martial arts skills to act as the vanguard, wanting to rely on them to kill the city wall and protect the gap behind him, so that other soldiers could enter the city.

This approach did work, despite the heavy casualties, but the combat effectiveness shown by this group of soldiers after climbing the city wall should not be underestimated, the defenders were killed by them, and the Xiliang army gathered more and more, and gradually occupied a place on the city wall.

"General, there is a dangerous situation on the west city wall, the enemy army is coming to the city wall, General Zhang, they are afraid that they will not be able to resist it!"

A soldier hurriedly ran to Dian Wei to reluctantly report the news to him, Dian Wei was like a mad tiger at this time, he was holding a sledgehammer weighing more than 100 catties, and had broken several siege ladders, after hearing the soldier's words, he threw the sledgehammer in his hand to the Xiliang army that pounced up, smashed over a group of soldiers, and then pulled out two halberds from behind, and shouted loudly: "Follow me, kill back!" ”