Chapter 109: The Battle of the Royal City (2)
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"Let's go!" With Ji Dan shouting, the drums and trumpets of the march sounded like a storm, the war horses roared, the flags were unfurled, and the black and oppressive team rushed towards the royal city.
After walking through several miles of flat avenues, and then crossing a small hillside, the outline of the royal city appeared in front of you, the tall city wall stood majestically, looking from afar, like an ancient giant beast standing on the shore of Luoshui, Luoshui was introduced into the moat, meandering along the city wall, like a jade belt wrapped around the royal city.
Ji Dan stood on his horse, looking at this ancient royal city that has a history of hundreds of years and symbolizes power and fame, and his heart swelled with irrepressible excitement and excitement.
"Jiang Fan, the people who led you have filled in the moat, and within an hour, my father will see the moat change the way!"
"No!" Jiang Fan shouted: "River reclamation team, follow me!" ”
Jiang Fan took the lead, and 10,000 soldiers with sandbags on their backs formed several long snakes, and under the leadership of their respective leaders, they rushed towards the narrowest part of the river that had been selected long ago, and the black pressure was all over the south bank of the moat.
"Liu Feng, take your archers to cover!"
"No!" Liu Feng slowly pulled out the bronze sword, raised his hand and pointed forward as best he could: "Up!" "Rush to the river first.
Three thousand archers came to the river, lined up along the riverbank, each with a large shield in front of him, and stretched out his bow and arrows to stare at the other bank. On the other side of the river, there was no one on the other side, and all the defenders were huddled behind the walls. It was two hundred paces from the city wall to the other side of the river, which was beyond the range of the bow and arrow, and it seemed that the river reclamation team did not need cover at all.
The soldiers who filled the river were frightened, for fear that they would be shot to death if they could not walk to the river, but they did not expect to reach the shore smoothly without encountering a trace of resistance, and hurriedly threw the sandbags behind them to the designated place in the water, and then turned around and hurriedly ran away, glad that they were still alive while running.
"Hahaha!" Liu Feng looked up to the sky and smiled: "Sure enough, the smell of milk has not dried, and the city is guarded like this, and it has never been heard of for eternity!" ”
On the city wall, the guards were staring at the other side of the river with their eyes wide and wide, the trebuchets had already been loaded with stones, the bed crossbows had been twisted and the winches had been tightened, and the soldiers in charge were standing by with their hands flushed with excitement, and they looked eager to try, waiting for an order to shoot their spears and stones at the damned enemies on the other side of the river.
Ji Yan stood at the forefront of the urn city, holding on to the wall and looking at the black enemy on the other side of the river, without joy and no expression, like a stone statue without moving, it seemed that he could stand like this until he was old.
"Attack, Your Majesty!" It's the third time that Ji Che has come to ask for instructions.
"Good!" Ji Yan finally nodded.
Ji Che shouted with great joy: "Trebuchet, bed crossbow, fire!" ”
A few "whoosh" sounds sounded, and nine feathered spears went straight across the vast space and into the enemy ranks. One of them happened to be aimed at a river-filling team, and with a "bang" sound, it penetrated into the chest of a pawn, and in the blood splash, the pawn flew up with sandbags, and smashed over the two pawns with sandbags behind them, making the whole team panic.
An earth-shattering cheer erupted from the city walls.
However, the other eight feathered spears all missed, either missing the river bank or failing to hit their target.
The two boulders were tossed high and flew along a curved trajectory towards the other side of the river, but in the end they failed to complete their mission, and fell wilted into the moat far from the riverbank, making a large splash of water, which was surprising but ineffective, and attracted the ridicule of the enemy.
Ji Yan was still expressionless, and said in a loud voice: "Come again!" ”
The stones were once again loaded into the net pocket of the catapult, and the feather spear was again placed in the arrow slot of the bed crossbow, as the commander shouted: "Release! Nine more feathered spears and two stones were fired.
This time the effect was noticeably better, with three feathered spears hitting the enemy, two stones falling on the opposite bank, one of which hit an archer.
Liu Feng rode his horse to Ji Dan: "Qiqi Eastern Zhou Gong, there is not a single archer on the other side of the river, the enemy is all shrunk behind the city wall, only a few trebuchets and bed crossbows are fired, and there is no harm to the river filling team at all, and the general thinks that it is better to remove our archers, so as not to stand there and be beaten, anyway, it will not play any role." ”
Ji Dan had already discovered this situation, nodded and said, "Okay, remove the archers." ”
Liu Feng took the order and took the archers back a hundred steps, until they were out of range of the feather spear.
As soon as he retreated, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and suddenly at the foot of the city wall appeared nearly a hundred carriages, speeding towards the moat, and as soon as they reached the shore, they turned their horses' heads, and several archers appeared in each of the carriages, and the bow and arrow were a burst of fire.
The two sides are separated by a river, only a few dozen steps away, and there is no cover and cover, the soldiers who fill the river suddenly become live targets, and dozens of people fell in an instant, and the losses were amazing, and Liu Fengwawa, who was angry, shouted: "The thief is insidious!" Rush up and cover the reclamation team. ”
As soon as he rushed up with the archers, several feathered spears shot head-on, taking the lives of several archers, a stone fell from his side with a roar, and a big pit was smashed on the ground with a "bang", causing a splash of sand and gravel. "Shoot, shoot me hard!"
Thousands of sharp arrows whistled towards the carriage on the other side of the river, but instead of the expected "poof" sound, there was a "thud" sound, most of the arrows hit the baffle of the carriage, and the archers on the carriage had already hidden behind them, causing little damage, but shot down a few horses.
After a rain of arrows, the archers in the carriage came out, and the arrows were shot again, and the soldiers who filled the river fell down again, and those who were not hit by the arrows were so frightened that they threw away their sandbags and ran back, and were solved by the prison guards with a knife when they ran back; In desperation, the others simply raised the sandbags to block them, and were pleasantly surprised to find that the defense effect was really good, but unfortunately the sandbags were too heavy to be lifted for too long.
Some of Liu Feng's archers who did not put their shields or did not hide behind their shields were also shot a lot.
Jiang Fan saw that his river-filling team was difficult to advance under the rain of arrows from the other party, and hundreds of soldiers had already fallen on the riverbank, blood flowed into a river, and sandbags fell all over the ground, his eyes were red and he roared at Liu Feng: "Suppress!" Hold the opponent's archers down, or you won't be able to fill the river! ”
Liu Feng also said loudly: "The other party has a carriage to cover it, and every time we take advantage of our exchange of arrows to shoot for a while, I can't hold it down at all!" ”
"That's not the way to go!" Jiang Fan said loudly: "I'm looking for the Duke of Dongzhou!" As he spoke, he hurriedly ran towards Ji Dan in the rear.
"Dong Zhou Gong!" Jiang Fan came to Ji Dan and said loudly: "No, the opponent's bow and arrows are too fierce, and we can't form an effective cover, so if my soldiers die like this, I won't be able to fill the river!" Let's take it down and think about countermeasures! ”
Ji Dan frowned and looked at the riverside, seeing the soldiers who filled the river falling one by one, and nodded slightly: "Withdraw!" ”
There was a sound of iron and gold, and the soldiers finally waited for instructions to retreat, hurriedly dropped their sandbags and ran back, while the archers slowly retreated with their shields raised.
Seeing this scene, the archers of the Zhou room had no scruples one by one, stood up and shot fiercely, and for a time the arrows were like flying locusts, and the dark clouds crossed the moat and sprinkled into the ranks of the Eastern Zhou army, and once again harvested a large number of lives, until the enemy withdrew from the arrow range, they put away their bows and arrows and jumped off the carriage to celebrate the victory, and the city wall was also full of jubilation.