Chapter 118: The Siege Battle (Part II)

The archers of the defenders of Caozhou City made the attack of the Beirong soldiers stagnate, after all, this time it was not the Northern Liao infantry who defended the city last time, but the infantry of the Longxiang army, and they were much stronger than the Northern Liao infantry in terms of fighting will and mentality.

Lots and lots of corpses were piling up under the walls.

Let Hakesu, who was watching the battle from afar, also look at the mentality, this is the brave son of the Beirong war horse who bends the bow and shoots arrows across the world, but he died in the siege battle, but he also knows in his heart that if he does not capture Caozhou City, not to mention that his brother's command power is gone, it is to change someone to be the commander of the 200,000 army, and he can't go south, because Caozhou City is in a nail, as long as they don't pull out this nail, they will kill into Yunzhou, Shangzhou or Hangzhou and the northern capital, and the circuit may be blocked by the Yan army.

However, at this moment, the Beirong soldiers rushed to the city of Caozhou with their fierce blood. Because when Hakesu ordered to continue the attack, the blue flags of the main attack were all issued a high reward, and the bounty for capturing Caozhou City was 10,000, and the knight was given a third-level knighthood, and he could also be hereditary. The bounty of 10,000 mentioned here is naturally not to mention, it is a wealth that cannot be earned in a few lifetimes for the Beirong soldiers, but the most exciting thing for them is the third-level title, the Beirong nomads are still slaves, and with the title they are equal to nobles, they can own slaves, which is very tempting for them, and it is also hereditary, and their sons and grandsons can continue to inherit the title and continue to be nobles.

Therefore, this reward was issued, and it suddenly inspired the soldiers of Beirong with the blue flag.

They rushed to Caozhou City like crazy.

"Kill-" The Beirong soldiers were already red-eyed by the siege, and let the shame make them put their lives on the line half a month ago.

So just as the commander of the thousand commanders gave the order, they rushed towards Caozhou City like a group of crazy beasts.

Because the archers on the walls were suppressed by catapults, and the target of the bed crossbow was again a ladder.

When the two thousand Beirong soldiers rushed to the city of Caozhou, they did not encounter much resistance, and soon they began to set up ladders under the city of Caozhou, and climbed the city wall in an instant. After the first few sieges, they were already familiar with how to climb and how to avoid being attacked by the defenders when climbing, so they were very skillful.

"Archers - shoot!" Fang Wanqi was very calm, he did not panic because the enemy soldiers had climbed the city wall, and continued to command the battle, he was firmly rooted on the city tower like a rock, staring at the battlefield in front of him coldly. But at this time in the siege battle, no matter how much the defenders of Caozhou City sniped, the cloud ladder of the Beirong army had been constantly moving towards Caozhou City, and it was only less than twenty steps away from the city wall, and the defenders on the city could clearly see the blood-red Beirong soldiers standing on the cloud ladder platform.

Suddenly, I saw a rain of arrows shooting at the Tang soldiers defending the city!

"Ahh It turned out that Haksu was not a siege soldier on the ladder, but archers, who suddenly shot arrows at a distance of twenty paces, and the Beirong cavalry was good at horse archery, and the archery skills were accurate, coupled with such a short distance, the defenders of the city were caught off guard by the sudden bow and arrow without noticing.

Several archers have appeared on the moving ladders, and hundreds of ladders have been pushed to the bottom of Caozhou City, the number of these archers is enough to form an archer, and the short-distance shooting will shoot down a large part of the Caozhou defenders on the city wall, and the defense on the city tower has a vacuum, and in this case, the blue flag that climbed has a chance to breathe, and they bravely rushed to the head of the city and killed the Caozhou defenders on the city.

"Bed Crossbow - Target Ladder Archer!" Fang Wanqi immediately gave an order.

At this time, the defenders on the city wall of Caozhou had already intersected with the soldiers of the Beirong inlaid blue flag.

Hakesu, who was watching the battle from afar, was very uplifted when he saw such a scene, and another order was issued, so that the red flag inlaid as a preparatory siege followed the soldiers with the blue flag and rushed to Caozhou City, he wanted to take Caozhou City in one go. Seeing the flag of the guards beside him waving, a team of 10,000 soldiers with red flags, with 2,000 people as a brigade, divided into five groups and rushed to Caozhou City like crazy.

Ji Qingchen Li Ke, who was standing quietly in the Caozhou City Tower, was also surprised when he saw this scene, he didn't expect Ha Kesu to use the cloud ladder like this, his cloud ladder was not used to attack the city, but to shorten the distance between the two sides, use archers to deal with the defenders on the tower of Caozhou City, suppress the Yan army defending the city and give the soldiers under the city a chance, so that they can climb the city without hindrance. Hakesu did this, and the effect was obvious, that is, the Beirong blue flag had already ascended to the top of the city.

This made Ji Qingchen look at Haksu differently.

Moreover, at this moment, he also knew that if too many blue-inlaid flag soldiers were allowed to board Caozhou City, it was estimated that Caozhou City would be in danger. He decisively ordered, "Xu Dachun, quickly lead a group of foot soldiers to drive this group of bastards down to this king!" ”

Xu Dachun, who was commanding the defenders to defend the city in the distance, led the order, and asked a dead soldier who had been waiting in the city to call the head of the city, he pulled out the saber on his waist, strode out and led the eight hundred dead soldiers to kill the soldiers with the blue flag of Beirong who had rushed to the head of the city.

"Kill-" Xu Dachun roared angrily, his face was red from anger, and he was flushed with excitement, and he suddenly looked a little hideous with blue fangs, just like the god of death in the region, plus he was dressed in black clothes and black armor, which made him even colder, and his momentum was even more amazing. He and these 800 dead soldiers joined the battle group, and at once they restrained the charging of the Beirong blue flag soldiers, and pressed the Beirong blue flag soldiers at the head of the siege city to one side and could not move.

Because this group of dead soldiers was specially established to defend Caozhou City, they had Ji Qingchen's promise to take care of their families, and they had a large amount of pension that could make their families worry about food and clothing, they had already put life and death out of the way, and the killing was very ferocious, regardless of how many injuries they had received, regardless of how many knives were waiting for them in front of them, they only cared about rushing forward, only caring about their knives one by one to end the enemy's life, which made them like a devil, a bloodthirsty devil who came out of hell.

It's the Beirong cavalry that is fierce, but how could they have encountered such a fierce opponent in front of them? After the two sides fought for a long time, they felt a little timid in their hearts. And this slight cowardice made the swords of the dead soldiers sharper, and their swords slashed like lightning, and dozens of Beirong soldiers who rushed to the front fell on the city wall.

"Kill-" Xu Dachun slashed down the two Beirong soldiers in front of him, and cut off one of the Beirong soldiers who killed him at the waist, and then let out a bad breath and shouted loudly. was appointed by Ji Qingchen as the commander of this dead army, which made him feel that the chief manager trusted him very much, and he couldn't live up to the expectations of the chief manager, so he worked very hard to cash in.

"Kill-" The dead soldiers who followed behind Xu Dachun only had six hundred left, shouting, although there were few people, they could shake the sky!

However, even with Xu Dachun's dead soldiers to curb the pace of Beirong's blue flag attack, the blue flag soldiers in the city also bought enough time for the comrades under the city to climb to the top of the city. So when Xu Dachun had killed half of the enemy in front of him, he found that countless Beirong Blue Banner soldiers had poured into the city, and the number of soldiers remained the same as just now.

"Kill-" Xu Dachun was the first to rush forward, he was already angry, and he slashed into the Beirong soldiers, and the dead soldiers behind him followed closely.

Haksu, who was watching the battle from a distance just now, saw that the blue flag had stabilized the city wall and bought enough time for the soldiers under the city, and his face showed a faint smile.

But now it was only a moment's work, and he saw Xu Dachun and his dead soldiers, rushing into the camp with blue fangs like devils, and his heart trembled. Because he saw it very clearly, this Caozhou defender seemed to have put life and death out of the way, and they were very brave in their charge, regardless of casualties, just to kill the enemy.

That's not a good situation! He thought to himself. He continued to give orders, urging the soldiers with red flags to attack the city immediately, and saw 10,000 soldiers with red flags densely surging under Caozhou City.

"Kill-" The momentum shook the sky!

The space on the head of Caozhou City is already small and cannot accommodate too many soldiers, which makes Ji Qingchen can only let Xu Dachun lead 800 dead soldiers, so that there will be more opportunities for the Beirong soldiers to climb to the city.

Ji Qingchen, who saw this scene, frowned, and his face was gloomy! He found that the time for the decisive battle had come, and if he did not completely suppress the siege arrogance of the Beirong soldiers this time, Caozhou City might really be lost.

Hakesu, who was watching the battle under the city, also stopped the order to let the catapult continue to throw stones, and the lieutenant general beside him said with a happy face, "In this battle, the hand of Caozhou City can be obtained." Then he shouted again, "Let the 20,000 cavalry on standby kill Caozhou City!" ”

"No" adjutant general agreed. I saw the 20,000 Beirong cavalry guarding near the catapult and slaughtered the gate of Caozhou City! The war horses galloped, and the sound of the horses' hooves struck the hearts of the Yan army defending the city, and the defenders guarding the gate of the city trembled, and their mentality fluctuated.

The soldiers of the blue banner who had already rushed to the city were in high spirits, and they bravely charged again, and pushed their positions forward by a distance of five meters, making enough space for their companions who were climbing towards the city.

At the same time, the Beirong soldiers who had been attacking the gate of Caozhou City with a crash car had neglected the defense of the city gate because the defenders of the city only cared about killing the Beirong soldiers at the head of the city, and they had achieved the effect of attacking the city, and the gate of Caozhou City was in a precarious situation under the attack of thousands of Beirong soldiers.