Chapter 68: The Ladder
However, it is said that Dong Shouye led the Xiliang army to attack Chang'an City for more than ten days, and beat Wang Yun in the city to be miserable.
In the past ten days, the two sides have clashed one after another, and the consumption of various materials is very huge, especially the arrows and other long-range weapons in Chang'an City have basically been exhausted.
Seeing this, Dong Shouye began to prepare for a more fierce fight. He called Zhang Liao to his side and said, "Second brother, from today onwards, set up a ladder to attack the city." ”
When Zhang Liao heard this, he agreed and took his soldiers to arrange.
The ladder is used to climb over the city wall and siege equipment, and it is equipped with wheels under it to push and drive, so it is also called "ladder car", equipped with shields, winches, grappling hooks and other equipment.
Jia Xu next to him said: "In the past few days, the progress of the siege has been gratifying, but the lord should pay attention to controlling the casualties and avoid excessive losses of troops!" ”
When Dong Shouye heard this, he said with a solemn face: "Rest assured, the general has already ordered the whole army to pay attention to the loss of troops and treat the wounded in time!" ”
Hearing this, Jia Xu nodded, and stopped talking.
After Zhang Liao received Dong Shouye's order, he took his soldiers to set up a ladder and began to attack the city.
After the order was given, dozens of ladders were slowly pushed closer to the city wall, and at the same time, the large yellow crossbowmen on the well began to shoot at the city wall, providing fire cover for the siege.
Zhang Liao also arranged some straight ladders to follow the ladders to attack the city together.
Under the cover of friendly forces, Zhang Liao commanded the siege troops, and soon approached the city wall, and then gave an order to command the soldiers to climb the ladder to attack the city.
I saw soldiers like ants, quickly climbing along the ladder to the top of the city wall.
Seeing this, the defenders on the city wall were unceremonious, picked up the thunder stone and smashed it down, and the thick smoke and boiling hot fire oil and yellow dung soup on the city head were heated in a large iron pot, emitting a foul smell.
A soldier of the Xiliang Army had just climbed halfway, and saw a twenty or thirty pound stone on the top of his head hit his head, and he didn't have time to react, so he was hit on the head by the stone, and suddenly his head blossomed, fell to the ground, and Bai Huahua's brain + pulp flowed to the ground.
The other soldier behind him, seeing the tragic death of his companion, felt a little worried in his heart, his legs trembled like chaff, and he trembled, but he remembered the strict military orders, and could only climb up hard. The warrior was much luckier than the previous one, and he managed to climb to the top of the ladder and climb to the top of the city wall with just one jump. At the moment of joy in his heart, a scoop of yellow dung soup fell on the head of the city, and all fell on his face, and he only heard him scream, and he could no longer stand on his feet, and fell down the ladder. I couldn't help but scratch my face with my hands in the falling air, and as a result, even the flesh of the belt was scratched off.
A hundred people will climb up the ladder, this man is nimble, much stronger than the two just now. I saw him on the ladder, using the flexibility of his body, successfully dodging the attack of stones and yellow dung, easily climbed to the top of the ladder, and then jumped and landed on the city wall, staring fiercely at the defenders who had just attacked him, stabbing the spear in his hand, stabbing the enemy in the mouth with a spear, and killing the enemy on the spot.
The defenders next to him, seeing that there was a ruthless character, immediately surrounded three people. The hundred men will carry the spears in their hands with all their might, and then sweep them out fiercely, deflecting the three spears that are stabbing at them, and then stabbing the spears in their hands and stabbing one of them in the thigh.
The man was also a ruthless character, and when he saw that he was stabbed in the thigh, he stretched out his hands and held the spear of the hundred generals tightly, unable to move a single bit. Seeing this, the two people next to him picked up their spears and stabbed at the hundred-man general.
The spear of the hundred generals was held by the enemy, and he could not pull it out in a short time, he could not fight back, and he was about to be stabbed by the spear, but he saw that a hundred people were about to roll around at a critical moment, and a lazy donkey rolled around, dodging this mortal blow, and then pulled out a waist knife from his waist.
This waist knife was given to him by the 100 generals when they attacked Huangfu Song, and it was a ring head knife of thirty refinements, which was the treasure he only liked.
The hundred people took the ring-headed knife in their hands, and with a burst of courage, they took up the broadsword and slashed fiercely at the oncoming two-pole spear, only to see that the wooden handles of the two spears were cut off on the spot, and the two were stunned, so they had to use the remaining wooden sticks to resist. The 100 people will be unforgiving, and with a single slash, they will directly hit one person in the left shoulder, slashing that person to the ground, and then cutting off the head of another person on the spot with a backhand. Seeing that they had succeeded, the hundred generals stepped forward with their knives, slashed out and cut off one of the arms of the man who had been cut off in the left shoulder, and the blood was pouring out, and then continued to step forward and cut off the man's head.
After doing this, he turned back to the man who had just been stabbed in the thigh by himself, and the man saw that the hundred people would be so brave, he was so frightened that he moved his body on the ground and took a few steps back, and the hundred people would jump on the man, ride the man, and take the ring-headed knife in his hand, and stab the big knife into the man's chest, resulting in his life.
Just when a hundred people were about to kill several people in a row, they were smug, but they didn't know that the danger behind them suddenly came. I saw a defender secretly approaching with a spear, and then according to the back of the hundred generals, a spear, the hundred people will feel the sound of the wind behind them, and fell to the side, but it was a little slower, and the left arm was stabbed by the spear.
When the pain hit, the hundred people couldn't help but wail, and then slashed at the opponent with a backhand, but due to the injury of the left arm, the body could not maintain balance, and the knife did not hit the opponent.
Because of the bravery of the hundred generals, the ladder next to him quickly climbed up a few soldiers, these soldiers are all subordinates of the hundred generals, seeing that the boss was injured, these people hurriedly stepped forward to help, and killed the enemy.
With 100 people as the core, these people formed a small formation and slaughtered all sides on the city wall, creating opportunities for friendly forces.
But soon their good fortune came to an end, and because of their good performance, one of the generals of the defending army noticed them and personally brought a few men to hang them.
The martial arts of this general of the defender army are much stronger than that of the 100 generals, and the team of the 100 generals is not the opponent of the defenders, and soon the team of the 100 generals will be completely killed by the guards, and the situation that has just opened up is ended in an instant.
Scenes like this happen in many places on the battlefield, where one side desperately storms regardless of casualties, and the other side defends stubbornly in order to keep the city. Fighting and fighting happen all the time, and I don't know when it will end.
The day's siege battle ended quickly, and Dong Shouye listened to the battle reports of the generals under his command, Suo Suo, and frowned. The defenders in the city have a strong will to fight, and although the Xiliang army gradually opens up the situation, the defenders in the city have caused great trouble to the Xiliang army.