Chapter 257: Madness
"Hahaha!!" The Xianbei siege troops still walked towards the city wall at a steady pace, with crossbow arrows like rain, and kept shouting in their mouths, indescribable might, indescribable majesty, no one would have thought that Xianbei, who was the world's top cavalry, would have such a mighty foot soldier.
In fact, these people are not afraid of pain, but with the heart of death to attack the city, as the saying goes, go to the army to strategize, attack the heart first, in order to hit the morale of the Tianci army to the greatest extent, Murong Feng can be said to have paid a lot of blood, otherwise attacking the city with ordinary soldiers is not to give the Tianci army an itch, there is no effect at all, is there nothing to do when you are full?
Since this army is so mighty, let's talk about the situation of this army, the total number of this army is about fifteen thousand, none of them are the only sons in the family, and they have generally given birth to heirs, Murong Feng in order to arouse the determination of the soldiers, promised them that all the widows of the war dead can receive a certain number of cattle and sheep, and their descendants will be supported by the Xianbei royal court.
With a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other, he played very well, and also let the siege soldiers know the important surname of this battle, and even related to the overall victory or defeat, Murong Feng can be said to have made a big bet, if so, he will not be able to hit the heart of the Shanggu army, or occupy a certain advantage, then Murong Feng is really poor in donkey skills, and he will retire after a while, don't be embarrassed here.
"The archers stepped forward and shot freely" Seeing that the Tianci army at the head of the city looked surprised, with a hint of panic, Murong Feng had a smile on the corner of his mouth, waved his hand and said. At present, it seems that Murong Feng's initial requirements have been met, otherwise Murong Feng, who has always been moody, would not be smiling.
"No!" Most of the elite archers are under the control of Tuoba Hong, and the appearance of the heaven-sent army at the head of the city, Tuoba Hong naturally saw it, as long as he can win the battle, Tuoba Hong does not mind temporarily and unconditionally obeying Murong Feng's orders, of course, in fact, in his heart, Tuoba Hong still agrees with Murong Feng very much, but the dead duck has a hard mouth and refuses to admit it.
As soon as the rangers were dispatched, the bow and crossbow troops of the Tianci army on the head of the city were not so happy to shoot, although it was said that the winter had a great impact on the bow and crossbow, but if it was well preserved, it was still very lethal, and the rangers were very mobile, constantly wandering around the periphery of the city wall, shooting and killing the bow and crossbow troops on the head of the city, which also brought a lot of trouble to the Tianci army, well, and also brought a lot of losses.
"Order, the bow and crossbow troops will strengthen shooting, I don't believe it, Xianbei and these rabbit cubs are not afraid of death!" Zhang Fei, who was commanding the battle at the head of the city, had a hideous face and shouted loudly, and Zhang Fei's appearance, coupled with that speechless loud voice, immediately aroused the morale of the bow and crossbow troops of the Heavenly Army!
In fact, no one noticed that when he saw that Xianbei was not afraid of death, a palpitation flashed in Zhang Fei's eyes, such an iron army, no general didn't like it, but if it was in the hands of others, it would be a little uncomfortable.
In the past, Zhang Fei had always looked down on Murong Feng, because Murong Feng and Tan Shi Huai were defeated by the temporarily formed Liaoxi Army under their absolute superiority, and Liu Tai's tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops, and even Tan Shi Huai were killed in the battle, but now, Zhang Fei has at least a little more admiration for Murong Feng! Because Murong Feng is indeed a famous general, otherwise he might have pulled out such a team of big-headed soldiers who are not afraid of life and death.
"Two hundred steps" warning all over, still loyal to their duties, visually measuring the distance between the Xianbei siege troops and the city wall, in the siege battle, accurately estimate the distance of the enemy from the city, it is very important, because every step, you need to follow the rules, otherwise one by one will shoot by themselves, isn't it chaotic?
In just a distance of more than 100 steps, the siege troops died in the hands of the bow and crossbow troops of the Tianci Army, and there were even some enemy soldiers who had a lot of steel crossbows inserted into their bodies, bleeding like an infusion, and their faces were blue in pain, but because of the strict military orders, these soldiers still gritted their teeth to support, because they could not fall, and they had hope in their hearts, even if they died, they would die under the city.
Murong Feng's military order is not just a siege that makes the soldiers not afraid of death, even what position to die in, there are many rules, if you die halfway, you will get only half of the compensation, if you die under the city, the compensation you get is the full amount, if you die in the city, then the compensation will be twice as much!
Terrible! It can be seen from this that Murong Feng's famous general demeanor, attacking the city with cavalry, is obviously very unfavorable to Xianbei, but Murong Feng stubbornly pulled back the disadvantage, and came to this reward and punishment policy, so that the soldiers had to fight to the death, and had to fight to the death!
"Murong Feng is old and cunning, it seems that he has put a lot of effort into it." On the city tower, Xi Zhicai said with a solemn expression, as a military advisor, as a rare wise man in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Xi Zhicai naturally saw through Murong Feng's arrangement, but even if he saw through it, the battle situation in front of him could only be hard-hitting, without a little strategy.
The defense line of the Guangyang Great Wall is the barrier of the northern frontier, if it is really occupied by Xianbei, then Xianbei can drive straight in, such as sweeping the northern frontier into the realm of no man, although the Tianci army also has hundreds of thousands of soldiers here to wait, but the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, who knows what unexpected situation will occur in the next moment?
"The soldiers are coming, and the water is coming to cover the earth!" Zhao Yun said lightly, very calm, without any expression, but Xi Zhicai found that Zhao Yun's left hand holding the cliff corner gun was tight.
Zhao Yun really wanted to go to the top of the city and fight side by side with the soldiers, but Zhao Yun couldn't, because Zhao Yun, as the commander, had to coordinate the overall situation and deal with all the changes made by the enemy army at all times.
"One Hundred Steps"
"General Zhao has ordered the throwing troops to prepare boiling oil, coals, sandalwood, and boulders!!"
"Fifty Steps"
"General Zhao has ordered the crossbow troops to retreat and shoot freely, and the short spearmen to step forward and get ready"
"Thirty Steps"
"General Zhao has an order, the short spearmen throw short guns, and kill and injure the enemy in a wide area!"
"Woo woo woo" The terrifying ghost crying wolf howl of the short spear carrier shot at the siege troops, and a black cloud shrouded down, as if with the majesty of the last day.
After the transformation of the Ministry of Industry, the short gun throwing troops, has been improved many times, the original pointed gun head has become a two-end fork, there is a tuyere in the middle, when shooting, there will be a terrifying ghost crying wolf howl, but unfortunately, with a powerful horror sound effect, the range is much shorter, the general lightly armed warriors, at most throw a hundred wood distance, and the strongest killing range, is between thirty steps and fifty steps, can form a terrifying lethality, almost in the middle, within dozens of breaths, the blood in the body will flow out.
"Flutter flutter!!"
"Forehead tearing"
Finally, the besieging troops in front of them, with a look of fear, the enemy who died under the short guns, their whole faces distorted, writhing wildly on the ground, and screaming in pain.
The biggest blow to the enemy is not the severe pain, but the sound of the ghost crying wolf, after all, this era is superstitious after all, and the weapon that can make a terrifying sound has only been a godsend since ancient times.
"Order, the overseer team stepped forward, and anyone who retreated from the latter would be killed!!" Listening to the continuous terrifying sound, Murong Feng changed color, waved his big hand, and shouted!
"No!" Gu An responded with a cold face, I don't know Murong Feng, Gu An also felt the slightest palpitation, killing people first killing intentions, under such a terrifying sound effect, the siege troops, there is not enough morale, it may not be.
A short distance of thirty paces, it can be said that it was quickly passed, only to see a ladder erected on the city wall, although the siege troops were not frightened by the short guns, but after all, the short gun attack could not last long, but when the siege troops leaned the ladders against the city wall, the short spearmen could only retreat helplessly.
"Ready to put !! of the sandalwood"
"Rolling wheels" rolled down from the city head one by one, the siege troops who had just climbed the ladder were suddenly smashed down, and in an instant the city was a scene of people turning over on their backs, and many people's heads were smashed by the heavy sandalwood, and the death was not miserable.
"Boulder ready to be placed!!"
"Boom, boom, boom" Huge rocks smashed down from under the city, and the sound of the rolling rocks of the bearer brought huge casualties to the siege troops.
"The coals are ready to pour !!"
In the winter, the sergeants in and out of the city actually felt a gust of hot wind coming, which was not unusual, because this was the heat flow of the coals.
"Ahh
A burst of screams emanated from the city, and I saw the enemy soldiers who were scattered by the coals, one by one, frantically slapping the scattered coals on their bodies, but they did not dare to retreat, because the overseers also stepped forward, and anyone who retreated from the latter would be killed without the slightest mercilessness!
"The oil is ready to pour"
If you don't pay attention, you think it's the sound of the water, but when you look up, most of the soldiers are suddenly dead, grandma, where is the water, it's obviously the boiling oil of the bearer's flame.
"Ahh
"I don't want to die."
"Silky silk" bursts of green smoke emanated from the bodies of the besieging troops, countless screams were even more terrifying than just now, and the Tianci army seemed to have a lot of fire oil, which was sprinkled from the city like a torrential rain, and even sporadic flames appeared on the city, slowly burning.
After half a tea time, almost all the whole city was covered with charred corpses, emitting bursts of strong stench, and some of the corpses were still burning with dazzling blue flames, which looked very terrifying.
In such a short period of time, more than 15,000 enemy siege troops lost almost sixty percent, and the rest were almost all wounded, but the strange thing is that the overseers riding on the war horses did not retreat, and seeing that the siege soldiers were getting fewer and fewer, the overseers even dismounted directly, and the ones with steel knives stepped forward.
War is always the most terrifying killing machine, although the Xianbei soldiers have suffered heavy losses and their morale has been severely hit, but they know that whether they advance or retreat, they are bound to die, almost all of them mustered up their courage, and they climbed up the city wall with a frenzied face on the cloud ladder that was still bubbling with flames.
Courage is commendable, but it is a senseless death!
Although it is said that the Tianci army is well prepared, it can't defeat all the materials defending the city at once, right? In desperation, there was the most brutal hand-to-hand combat at the head of the city, both sides were red-eyed, in order to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible, the crossbow troops were not idle, and at the height of the city, the crossbow arrows were constantly ingested into the crowd of the besieging troops.
(To be continued)