Chapter 80: The Battle of Yang Zhai (3)
At this time, the Xiliang army had already stood a wall seven or eight zhang long in Xicheng, and they were close together, using their shields to resist the bows and arrows shot by the defenders, and pushing out against the defenders, wanting to further expand their territory. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Dian Wei's eyes widened angrily, and he rushed into the formation with a loud shout, he was faster than a halberd, his hands danced non-stop, three or two moves smashed the shield in the hands of several Xiliang soldiers in front of him, followed by a halberd, several soldiers were cut into two pieces, blood sprayed all over his body, Dian Wei didn't care at all, and excitedly stretched out his tongue ****, and then like a humanoid tank, rushed into the enemy formation, his short halberd is the most suitable in this kind of close hand-to-hand combat, Xiliang soldiers have no long weapons in their hands, They are all horizontal knives a few feet long and a small round shield, and there is no way to quickly climb the city with long weapons.
Dian Wei led the defenders to quickly drive the Xiliang army off the city wall like a killing god, and dozens of soldiers worked together to knock the inverted hook of the ladder, shouting to overturn it to the ground, and dozens of Xiliang troops on the ladder fell to pieces.
At the same time, dozens of cauldrons full of boiling oil on the city were overturned and dumped by the soldiers, and in an instant, the city was like hanging more than a dozen waterfalls, and the yellow oil lines splashed down, falling on the body of the Xiliang Army under the city, and suddenly made a "zizi" sound, hundreds of Xiliang soldiers of the Xiliang Army were scalded beyond recognition, opened their mouths and shouted, the hot oil juice attached to their skin along the gap in their armor, the soldiers rolled on the ground in pain, and some soldiers shouted to untie their armor, It's just that the armor after entering the oil becomes very smooth, and it will be difficult to unravel for a while, but the explosive pain on the body makes them unbearable for a while, and some soldiers can't bear this pain, and even draw their swords to kill themselves, this kind of scene and this terrifying scene make everyone in the Xiliang army shudder.
Guo Yan, who was watching the battle from a distance, was slightly surprised in his heart, the tenacity of the defenders was somewhat beyond his expectations, it seemed that the other party had already prepared, just waiting for himself to take the initiative to attack, thinking of this, he remembered the cavalry that had been cruising around his army, the other party's intention was obvious, it was to use this cavalry to exert tangible pressure on him, so that he did not dare to send troops to attack with all his strength, but under such a strong defense, if he did not attack with all his strength, he was afraid that it would be difficult to knock on the other party's city gate, Guo Yan squinted, Focus on the slow-moving soldier facing the city gate.
This army moved significantly slower than the other Xiliang troops, numbering more than three hundred, with two hundred shields on the outside forming a long shield wall to protect the soldiers inside, and in the middle of them, a hundred soldiers shouted trumpets to push the huge siege cone step by step.
This siege cone is made of a thousand-year-old tree that four or five people can hug together, the siege cone weighs nearly 10,000 catties, and a thick layer of iron is breaded in front of it for the purpose of breaking the city, because the trunk is too thick, and the weight is too heavy, even a hundred soldiers are difficult to lift it, so the soldiers can only put it on the ground, with more than 400 shields underneath, and then slowly push forward, this siege cone is less than 30 steps away from the city wall at this time, everyone knows that it will be the biggest threat to the city gate, so the defenders are throwing arrows at it, wanting to kill the soldiers who pushed him.
"Knock him out for me, I can't let them get near the city gates!"
While Zhou Cang was fighting with the Xiliang army that had ascended the city, he commanded the stone artillery troops to destroy this siege cone.
Li Er was sweating profusely, and operated the stone cannon to aim at the opponent's crowd, this siege cone was too big and too strong, let alone a stone cannon, even the largest trebuchet could not destroy it.
"Bang!"
A boulder of more than 30 catties smashed on the shield in the crowd of the Xiliang Army, smashing several shields, but it did not cause too many casualties to the Xiliang Army, they actually formed two shield walls!
"Come again! Change to a bigger one! ā
Seeing that it didn't work once, Li Er immediately ordered to prepare for a larger stone, and their purpose was to knock open the shield wall outside the opponent, so that the bow and arrow could shoot into it and threaten the enemy army inside.
This time, the soldiers replaced with a large boulder in fifty catties, which was already the limit of what they could launch, and if the stone was too heavy, the gravity provided by the weight in front of it would not be enough to launch it.
The boulder made a graceful arc in the air and smashed directly into the crowd.
"Bang!" This time, the shield wall of the Xiliang Army was finally swept away, and the fifty-pound boulder fell from a height of more than ten meters, coupled with its own speed, the strength was very terrifying, several shields were broken on the spot, and the arms of the soldiers under the shields could not withstand such a huge force impact, and the arms that raised the shields were smashed by gravity in an instant, and the broken bones of the forearms protruded from the weak skin of the elbows, which looked particularly terrifying.
"Good chance, shoot the arrow!"
The defender archers seized the opportunity and suddenly a burst of feather arrows shot over quickly, taking advantage of the destruction of the formation of the Xiliang army to shoot a large number of soldiers, but the Xiliang army reacted quickly, and immediately another soldier came forward to fill the gap, and the siege cone just stopped for a while, and began to move slowly again, this time they were beyond the shooting range of the stone cannon, and the stone cannon on the city wall was powerless.
"Prepare to boil the oil, and when the enemy comes, burn them to death!"
The soldiers at the head of the city immediately began to add a large amount of firewood to the bottom of the pot, and the fire was burned to the maximum, and the oil juice in the cauldron bubbled, bursts of white smoke came out, and the temperature was rising rapidly.
Finally, the slowly moving siege cone arrived under the city gate, and the Xiliang army quickly moved a large number of things, with bows and arrows flying densely above their heads, the height of the siege cone was raised from below, and the soldiers quickly took out a large number of ropes and tied the siege cone, and the other side of the rope was firmly grasped by the soldiers.
Three hundred soldiers formed fifteen squads, each pulling a rope, shouting and slamming forward, and the siege cone slammed into the city gate under the force of hundreds of people!
"Boom!"
A loud bang came, only a moment, the city wall was as if hit by a cannonball, there was a shaking, and the city gate frame fell a lot of debris and dust, the force of this collision is more than a thousand power, the city gate of Yangzhai City has been slightly deformed, Dian Wei was shocked, if the other party is hit like this a few times, the city gate will definitely not be able to withstand such an impact, will be knocked open, he picked up a halberd in front of a pot of oil, a large amount of oil juice fell from the sky, poured on the siege cone, The splashing oil juice will make several Xiliang soldiers scream!