Chapter 63: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas

The next morning, the wind blew from the seashore and the ground was so wet that it was impossible to tell whether it was dew or the crystallization of the sea breeze.

Liang Shi got up in the morning and rushed to the Mayan gathering place, ready to catch a glimpse of the siege weapons in this area......

Liang Shi glared at him, opened his mouth, pointed to a pile of big wooden sticks and planks in front of him, and said to Elder Wusi, "Elder, this can't be your engineering weapon, right?" ”

Elder Uss gave him a thumbs up and said with a smile, "Captain Liang has a good eye! That's right! This is the siege weapon that took us a night to come up with. Look, these are the hardest trees in the woods that we've chosen, and if it weren't for your sharp knives, we wouldn't have been able to get such a big tree! ”

Liang Shi swallowed his saliva: "Dare to ask the elder, are you planning to let the soldiers carry it to hit the city gate?" ”

"Hey, hey!" Uss smiled so much that deep folds appeared on his face: "Captain Liang is smart!" We're doing just that, using some of the strong warriors to storm the gates, others to protect them with wooden shields, and the rest to climb the walls with wooden ladders. ”

"Well, it's still you cows!" Liang Shi gave him a thumbs up: "Aren't you all interested in getting a car or a well fence or something?" ”

Elder Uss: "Rushing to the car?" What's that? Is there anything we can do with this? ”

Liang Shi: "Okay! When I didn't say anything! When are we going to attack? ”

Elder Uss: "Oh! I was about to tell you this! According to the news from our people, these Toltecs in Kirigua City have hundreds of archers, which is a great threat to our siege. We don't have many archers ourselves, and we can't shoot many ways under the city, and your long-range attack ability is unmatched, do you think you can help us deal with the Toltec archers when we attack the city? ”

Liang Shi: "It is incumbent! ”

After the two negotiated, Elder Uss went back to discuss the siege with several other elders, saying that it was an arrangement, but in fact, it was just a matter of drawing lots to see whose person would go first, after all, the siege of the city could not be like a melee like a group fight in peacetime, and only a relatively weak place such as the city gate could be attacked in turn. Moreover, whether it is the Mayans or the Toltecs, compared to the Central Plains culture, they are still a little too simple, and the wars are all straightforward, and the use of stratagem is still very little.

Liang Shi observed the terrain and took a look at the city of Kirigua not far away, and initially estimated that the height of the city was still about ten meters. As for the situation of the opponent's bow and arrow, there was no specific information, and he did not dare to risk it with a repeater, so for safety reasons, he gathered all the squad leaders to form Maya's long-range fire support force.

After everything was ready, the first wave of Mayan attacks was officially launched, and a small number of strong men walked in the front with wooden shields, protecting dozens of people carrying "battering rams", and slowly moved towards the city gate.

Except for the small group of people attacking the city gate, the others were distributed on both sides, and a few people carried the wooden ladder that had been made last night and charged quickly. Breaking down doors and climbing walls is a two-pronged approach, and this is the whole plan of the Mayans.

Qi Zhonghao also followed behind the Mayans with a hundred squad leaders and a hundred shield soldiers, and stopped when he moved to a place about one hundred and fifty meters away from the city wall. It is said that this distance is not within the range of the nearest attack of the Divine Arm Crossbow, but because the Toltecs have the advantage of the city wall, their arrows can barely reach this position, and Qi Zhonghao does not want to take his brothers too risky in a foreign place.

Qi Zhonghao and the others unhurriedly found a good position, letting the shield soldiers stand in front of them to block the stray arrows that might fly. The situation on the battlefield was still very pleasant for them for the time being, and the Toltecs did not pay attention to them, and they were all shooting at the front Maya.

Qi Zhonghao: "Target the archers on the city wall, aim ...... Preparation! Launch! ”

With Qi Zhonghao's command, a hundred arrows rushed out from the gap in the shield...... Two breaths later, fifty or sixty Toltec archers on the walls fell to their positions with arrows stuck in their bodies.

Of course, they just fell to the ground, and they were not able to fly out with arrows like the drama, for this discounted picture effect, Zhao Zhen could only regretfully say that his divine arm crossbow was not a rocket, and it was okay to kill people, and it was more appropriate to leave the high difficulty of flying with people to future generations to complete.

Qi Zhonghao took a general look at the effect of the first attack and nodded with satisfaction. Although it is said that when training in peacetime, the hit rate at this distance is as high as ten **, but after all, it is training, once it is on the real battlefield, at least there is a difference in psychological state, not to mention that there will be a situation where many people aim at one person!

"Keep loading the arrows!" Liang Shi turned around and shouted at the soldiers, "Target archers, aim ...... Launch! ”

Whoosh ...... The arrows that flew into the air made the Toltec attackers fall a lot, and these two attacks were concentrated above the city gate, which greatly reduced the pressure on Maya who attacked the city gate, and incidentally hit the city gate more vigorously.

Soon the abnormal movement above the city gate attracted the attention of the guard general of Kirigua, after all, he was also very concerned about this most sensitive place, and when Qi Zhonghao launched the third wave, he was finally caught by this guard who observed how much.

So, while mobilizing more archers to move closer to the city gate, the guard also arranged for some guys with greater strength and better accuracy to play with Qi Zhonghao and others. In this way, Qi Zhonghao's efficiency was greatly reduced, and while guarding against the opposite side to fight back, he took the time to send the other party up.

After a half-day confrontation, there were no obvious archers on the walls of Kirigua City, and there may be some hiding behind the walls, but they were all frightened by the precise strike ability of the mysterious people outside, and they didn't dare to show their heads again.

The defender of Kirigua, who is also helpless about this, has no way to take the opponent with the best shooter on his side, and one by one Duoduo is like a turtle in the shield, except for an accidental guy who was shot in the shoulder by his own men, there is no gratifying gain.

In this regard, he can only earnestly hope that his Royal Highness the prince will come soon!

And the Prince Toltec he was looking forward to was lurking in the dense forest behind the Mayans with two thousand royal guards, waiting for the best fighter. The prince was also a ruthless character, and he was very calm, and he was indifferent to the sight of his own soldiers falling one by one on the walls of the city of Kirigua.

The battle on the frontal battlefield continued, the Mayans went in waves, and the defenders on the walls of Kirigua changed one stubble after another, and many soldiers fell on both sides. It's just that the Mayans were almost twice as numerous as the Toltecs, so their morale was still a little higher.

Qi Zhonghao and the others retreated slightly, took the opportunity to eat a simple lunch, and then plunged into the battle again, without the threat of Toltec archers, they could finally let go of their hands and feet to shoot all Toltecs who dared to show their heads.

"Captain! Maya has been attacking for most of the day, and none of them have climbed the city wall, so the stalemate continues and is now in ruins. Look, are we helping them to get home early! Bai Yutang was bored playing in the mud alone for a long time, so he suggested like Liang Shi.

"Hey, hey! Liang Shi looked at Bai Yutang with a lewd smile on his face: "I think Yutang, you can't wait to see someone, right!" Hey, it's really like not seeing each other for a day! ”

In the face of Liang Shi's joke, Bai Yutang controlled his facial expression well, and said seriously: "Captain, you have wronged me, I am doing business!" Look, Brother Qi has already cleaned up the opponent's archers, so let's let the repeater press it down and defeat the Toltecs in one go! ”

Liang Shi also nodded: "You are not wrong about this, it is time for us to show our skills, lest people be lukewarm to us when we get it." What's more, if the Mayans suffered too many casualties, it would not be conducive to them continuing to fight against Toltec in the future! Pass my order, let the bed crossbow squadron stand by in place, and all the remaining soldiers move closer to Qi Zhonghao's place and prepare for battle! ”

Bai Yutang: "Obey!" Captain, you and the bed crossbow squadron are resting here, and I'll take someone up! Besides, my brothers didn't bring crossbows this time, so you can take care of them! ”

Liang Shi thinks he is a literati, and he is not keen on things like charging into battle: "Okay, you should also be careful, pay attention to safety!" ”

Bai Yutang nodded, and soon came to Qi Zhonghao's side with the remaining eight hundred soldiers, and restored the original formation.

"Brother Qi! Captain, let's give the Toltecs some color and see! ”

Qi Zhonghao: "That's a good dare!" I'm impatient, I haven't had a good time in years, I'm always training and training, I'm almost forgetting the smell of blood, I must have a good time this time! Brethren, a hundred meters ahead! ”

Beep, beep, beep ~ beep...... With the commander's whistle, the nine squadrons slowly approached the city wall with neat steps......

"Prince, the crowd has moved!" One of the guards whispered to the Toltec prince who was sleeping in a false sleep.

The prince opened his eyes suddenly, and glanced at the moving Song soldiers and the bed crossbow squadron that was staying in place, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Soldiers! It's time for you to make meritorious contributions! Destroy the evil weapons of those foreigners with this king, kill them all, and avenge the death of his compatriots! Obey my orders, go quietly, and don't speak! Let's go! ”

The Toltec king's guard, with their bodies covered in turf bushes, proceeded quickly and quietly towards their intended goal, and soon came to the edge of the woods, less than a mile from where Liang Shi was, and at the speed of their running, they could smash the Yellow Dragon in a short time......

And Liang Shi and the others were not prepared for this sudden threat, so they were a little careless in this foreign land, they had been accustomed to the Maya as scouts since the march during this time, and he didn't know that the Mayans did not continue to arrange reconnaissance on the battlefield, and at the same time met Prince Toltec, a "freak" who was uneasy with conventional routines.

The combination of these factors contributed to the unprecedented success of the Toltec prince's surprise attack plan.

However, this last stretch of the road was no longer covered by the dense forest, and the Toltec Guards had nowhere to hide.

Therefore, the prince of the Toltecs did not intend to continue hiding, and he shouted: "Soldiers, rush! Kill them all! ”

"Kill......"

The Toltec prince took the lead, leading the guards to quickly approach the location of Liang Shi and Yang Sien......

The movement of 2,000 people must not be small, and their loud voices quickly alarmed the entire battlefield.

When the defenders of Kiriguaa City saw the arrival of their reinforcements, their morale instantly rose, and they swept away the gloomy atmosphere that had been suppressed by Qi Zhonghao just now. The attack on the Maya's side was abrupt, looking at the Toltecs who suddenly appeared, the Mayans who didn't know why thought they were surrounded by others, and their faces turned a lot whiter.

There were even many people who fell to their knees in agony and shouted to the sky, "O God! Save your people! We don't want to go through the same failures again! ”

Seeing this, Qi Zhonghao's face also changed, he grabbed Bai Yutang's hand, and said urgently: "Yutang, you are good, hurry back to protect the captain and Yang Sien, you must not let them have any trouble!" ”

Bai Yutang nodded, and quickly swept towards the rear of the light gongchao.

Qi Zhonghao turned his head and shouted to the soldiers beside him: "First Squadron, Second Squadron, Third Squadron, you come back quickly!" The other squadrons followed me to the city gate as fast as I could! ”

"Yes" "Yes" "Yes" The three squadron leaders who were named answered loudly and ran towards the rear with their respective teams.

Qi Zhonghao looked at the rear, turned his head vigorously, and waved his hand at the remaining soldiers: "Go, block the city gate, don't let them attack inside and outside, prepare for the three-stage attack formation!" ”