When the three thousand soldiers heard the order, they immediately raised their weapons and prepared to fight, the cavalry had already jumped off their horses, and the sword and shield soldiers advanced forward with huge shields.

The archers followed suit behind the sword and shield men, their bows fully drawn and ready to shoot at any moment, just waiting for them to come within range before firing their arrows.

More than a hundred ladder soldiers carried more than a dozen ladders, following behind the sword and shield soldiers, and the cavalry who dismounted and fought on foot were at the end of the line.

"The officers and soldiers attacked, the archers were ready to shoot, and the pikemen were on the wall to help." Seeing the officers and soldiers rolling in, Lei Yun gave the order to fight.

Suddenly, the 500 archers on the fort wall were divided into two rows, bending their bows and arrows and preparing to shoot at the enemy attacking the fort, while the 500 pikemen who had arrived under the wall were standing behind the archers, ready to assassinate the officers and soldiers who climbed up.

More than 1,000 fort soldiers who were responsible for carrying stones had already brought many stones, and even carried stone benches, stone grinders and other tools that could be used in ordinary times to the fort wall.

They all knew very well that the officers and soldiers were prepared, and if they could not repel the officers and soldiers, the entire people of the dock fort would be in a different place, and in the face of life, the value of these stone tools was simply insignificant, and they could be used to fight the enemy was their greatest use.

Led by more than 1,000 soldiers, 600 women and children also joined the ranks of carrying stones, and their strength was generally weak, and they could not move the large stones at all.

Stones that are too small have limited lethality against the enemy and will not do much at all.

But they are undoubtedly very smart, one person can't move, two, three, or even four people can always move! They came up with very ingenious methods.

That is, the stones to be carried up to the wall are wrapped in a cloth bag, and the ropes at both ends of the cloth bag are passed through the flat pole, and then the two of them carry the stone up the wall with the flat pole.

Some very clever children, even four people, grabbed the four corners of the cloth bag and carried the stones up the fort wall with great force.

After all, there are only a limited number of stones that can be used near the fort wall, and the dock fort is very large, especially in the back hill, there are many relatively large broken stones, and some old men drive to the back hill with a few women and children in donkey carts.

There, together they carried the large stones onto the cart, and then drove the donkey cart back to the fort wall, unloaded the cart of stones, and then drove back to pull the stones.

During the period when the enemy army was assembled, with the efforts of all the personnel of the dock fort, the fort wall was filled with piles of stones every five steps, and there were at least hundreds of stones in each pile, and the overall combat readiness was not bad.

At this time, the enemy army had already begun to attack, and all the fort soldiers were also ready for battle, and they were ready to fight a big battle.

"The enemy enters range and fires arrows." Thundercloud shouted.

"Whoosh ......"

"Ahhh......h

As the five hundred archers took turns firing, there were screams from time to time among the attacking enemy troops.

But after all, there was the cover of the sword and shield soldiers, so the enemy's losses were not large, and most of the arrows were shot at the shield.

"Archer, shoot." Among the enemy troops, Sun Fudu also gave an order.

Suddenly, the archers, who were hiding behind the sword and shield soldiers, leaned out and shot at the fort soldiers on the fort wall.

"Click......"

Due to the cover of the women's wall, most of the enemy's bows and arrows were shot at the women's wall, but they still caused many casualties to the fort soldiers.

After a few rounds of arrow raindown, the archers on the fort wall lost more than 30 dead and hundreds more wounded, and of course the enemy suffered even greater casualties, leaving a hundred corpses behind.

But they managed to advance fifty paces, and they were getting closer and closer to the fort wall, and soon their ladder was up to it.

Once the ladder is on top of the fort wall, their sword and shield soldiers can climb up the ladder, and the archers below take cover underneath, and the situation will be very unfavorable for Thundercloud Castle.

Thundercloud apparently saw this as well, and he frowned and ordered, "The wounded brothers go down to rest, and let all the brothers on standby below go up to the wall." ”

Under Thundercloud's orders, more than a hundred wounded archers temporarily removed the fort wall and replaced them with eight hundred strong fort soldiers.

The enemy was already very close, and the ladder soldiers had set up a ladder to the fort wall, and the sword and shield soldiers raised their shields around the ladder and prepared to climb.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

More than a dozen ladders leaned against the fort wall one after another, and the sword and shield soldiers below also began to climb up the ladders.

At this time, the enemy army gathered directly under the fort wall, and the effect of shooting with bows and arrows was very poor, and the archers had to stick their entire bodies out of the female wall to aim, which gave the enemy archers a chance to shoot.

Throwing stones is the best way at this time, and the enemy troops are all gathered directly below, almost no need to aim, just lift the stone downward.

The efforts of more than 100 fort soldiers and 600 women and children were not in vain, and at this time, the dense stones on the fort wall became the best weapons of the fort soldiers.

"Warriors, take the stones around you and smash them at me." Thundercloud let out a loud shout and personally lifted a huge grinding disc and threw it down.

The 800 fort soldiers who had just rushed up to the fort wall also raised stones and threw them downward, and suddenly, a large number of stones were overwhelmingly smashed towards the enemy troops below.

Although the besieging sword and shield soldiers all hold huge shields, the shields can withstand the shooting of bows and arrows, but they cannot withstand the smashing of boulders, especially the condescending stones, with potential energy two feet high, the power is not ordinary.

"Ahhh......h

With the pouring of a large number of boulders, there was a wail among the enemy troops besieging the fort, and many soldiers had their arms or thighs broken, and even their brains burst out, and they were crying for their lives.

The shields in their hands were also smashed to pieces, and even two ladders broke in the middle because they could not withstand the blow of the boulder.

For the time being, it was very beneficial to Thundercloud Fort, and the morale of the fort soldiers was greatly boosted, while the enemy troops besieging the city seemed to be in a very passive position, and even began to retreat.

But Hua'an understood that this situation would not last long, the mountains of stones would not last long, and once all these stones were used up, the shape would be reversed immediately.

Moreover, even if this group of officers and soldiers retreated, there was only one avenue in Thundercloud Fort, and as long as the enemy army held the first line of heaven, he could trap himself to death.

There is plenty of water in the fort, but the daily food consumption of more than 3,000 people is huge, and if they can't go out hunting, they will starve to death sooner or later.

As for the cliff trail in the back mountain mentioned by Lei Yun, it is rugged and difficult to walk, and even Zhao Youde said that he has no ability to climb it, not to mention the ordinary fort soldiers, not to mention those old and weak women and children.

Thundercloud Fort is definitely not able to stay, since the officers and soldiers can find here, it is enough to prove that the location of Leiyun Fort is exposed.

Today's battle killed so many officers and soldiers, Shi Hu knew that he would not let go of anyone in the fort, if he didn't kill a bloody way and escape from here, what was waiting for the people in the fort was only killing and destruction.

Hua An secretly made up his mind that he must find a way to destroy all this group of enemy troops, and then took everyone to leave Thundercloud Castle and go to Jiangnan with everyone before the enemy reinforcements arrived.

This is their only way out, Hua An frowned anxiously and thought about countermeasures.

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Seeing that his subordinates' attacks were frustrated and the losses were not small, Sun Fudu filled his chest with gas.

He didn't expect that the rabble in front of him could last so long, and that there were so many stones prepared on the fortress wall, which surprised him very much.

He had to admit that he had underestimated the enemy, seeing that the sun was about to set, and the sky was getting darker and darker, and the rhetoric he had already thrown out seemed to have no possibility of being realized.

This made him a great general's face, especially the three degraded Dragon Teng Guards were not his subordinates, if they spread today's events, it would damage their prestige.

He squinted at the three guards, a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

"I don't think they have many stones, and if the army supports it for a while, it will definitely be able to turn the situation around and turn defeat into victory." One of the guards looked at the situation in front of him and analyzed.

"That's right, that's right, it's just that you won't be able to break through the thieves' lair before dark." Another guard interjected.

The three of them are all elite soldiers who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and their eyes are naturally very vicious, and their analysis is also in place.

But in Sun Fudu's heart, he felt the ridicule of the three of them, what 'he must not be able to break through the thief's lair before dark.' This is clearly laughing at yourself, can't you see the situation at this time? I also want to remind them three.

"The three of them are very smart, and their analysis of the enemy's situation is also in place, and they are quite talented generals!" Sun Fudu praised with a smile, but there was an imperceptible killing intent hidden in his smile.

When the three of them heard this, they were immediately flattered, and hurriedly responded: "The general is falsely praised, the villain is biased, and it is difficult to take on a big responsibility." ”

Sun Fudu was angry again when he heard this, he has always been a deputy general for others all his life, and he has never had the opportunity to be alone, isn't the so-called partiality laughing at himself?

A trace of murderous intent in his eyes suddenly spread, and a pair of eyes glared at the three guards with a fierce light.

The three guards didn't understand what they had said wrong, so they lowered their heads and kept silent.

Sun Fudu sneered at the corner of his mouth, and said with a straight face: "Didn't the three of you want to give you a chance to make meritorious contributions?" Now that our army's attack has been frustrated, it is a good opportunity, the three of you rush forward to fight with the general's subordinates, rest assured, Ben will give you credit. ”

After speaking, he looked at the three of them coldly.

"General, I'm waiting for a white body, and I don't have weapons or armor, and the thieves are in full swing at this time, isn't this letting us die?" One of the guards tried to retort.

Sun Fudu raised his eyebrows and reprimanded: "The eldest husband stands up to the sky, how can he be greedy for life and afraid of death, the general's subordinates are all charging forward at the cost of their lives, how can you be an exception." ”

After speaking, with a slight wave of his right hand, the pro-soldiers behind him understood, took out three spears and were still in front of the three of them.

The three of them picked up the spears on the ground and glanced up at Sun Fudu, their eyes were full of remorse, they regretted that they should not tell the news to General Sun in front of them.

Now that Sun Fudu crossed the river and demolished the bridge, he let himself come forward to fight, obviously to kill people and kill them, how can they all be smart people who don't understand the truth.

But people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, they are fish and meat on the chopping board at this time, and they have to obey Sun Fudu's orders.

"Kill......"

The three of them reluctantly raised their spears and rushed towards the fortress wall in front of them.