Chapter 55: The competition is fierce
The overseer team composed of the private army of the Yi Shi clan quickly squeezed forward, and needless to say, even if anyone cowered, it was a knife in the head! In Xu Daofu's eyes, the total number of more than 2,000 private soldiers of the scholar clan is the elite of the army, they advance and retreat well-founded, disciplined, all of them are strong, and the rest account for nearly ninety percent, and the main force of bandits, coerced people and county soldiers is an abandoned son who can be thrown away.
In the sporadic screams, dozens of heads rose to the sky, and the iron-blooded methods of the warlord team really worked, and the thieves had to helplessly boost their morale and continue to move forward, fearful and cautious along the way, and sometimes stepped on the corpses of their companions, but to their secret relief, the thistle terrestris was never seen again after only one round, and finally rushed to the city again at the cost of hundreds of corpses!
This can't be helped, Yangxian is a small city, before Wei Feng did not take refuge, there were only more than 3,000 households in Dingkou, and there were only about ten blacksmiths in the craftsman households.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "A series of flying ladders finally set up the head of the city, and there was also a terrifying sound of digging the city wall and the loud sound of the siege wood hitting the city gate, for the offensive under the city, Jiang Xuan did not take it to heart, the city wall is a solid rammed earth structure, how can it be so easy to hammer down? And the city gate in addition to the blue stone reinforcement of the top, also equipped with the door knife car, almost the same width as the city gate, there are three or four layers of wooden frame in front of the car, each layer is fixed with a number of sharp knives, the car body has a long wheel, once the enemy breaks through the city gate, the sergeant will push the knife car to block the city gate, can kill and injure the enemy, and can block the enemy's arrows and stones, so that the other party is difficult to climb, constitute a barrier to activity.
Jiang Xuan turned his head and shouted: "Fork rod, up!" ”
The fork pole is three zhang long, with several thick old bamboos tied together as the backbone, strong and tough, the head has a fork, and it is a city defense appliance specially used to fork the flying ladder.
The soldiers who had been prepared for a long time, braved the arrows thrown by Xiangshang, and several people rushed forward with a fork pole! I saw a violent shock at the top of the ladder, accompanied by a terrifying scream!
"Quick, quick, the people below hold down! A few more people! ”
"Work hard, hurry up and climb, damn it, hurry up and release the arrows! Why are you stunned? ”
The flying ladder was forked away from the city, suspended in mid-air, the thieves on the ladder hugged tightly and did not dare to let go, some people were directly killed by the arrows on the spot, and the flying ladder was forward for a while, backward for a while, thrilling, the sergeants in the city and the city under the city wrestled with the flying ladder and the fork pole as a medium, but the defenders of the city head suffered from the lack of numbers after all, except for a limited number of flying ladders that were forked over, accompanied by a loud boom, the remaining dozens of flying ladders were re-erected on the city!
"Kill~~ Brothers, rush!" This greatly boosted the morale of the thieves, as if the capture of Yang Xian was all in a moment!
Jiang Xuan waved his hand back again: "It's all for Lao Tzu!" ”
All of a sudden, rolling stones, sasswood, boiling oil, and arrows were thrown into the city like no money, and the cracking sound of clicking, the screams of falling from a high altitude, and the terrible howl of dying were intertwined!
One after another ladders were smashed, and one after another was erected again, and the archers under the city also shot arrows violently, not only the death of thieves in batches, but also the casualties of the defenders at the head of the city increased suddenly, and the battle situation has entered a white heat!
Looking at the ants attached to Xiangshang climbing, and the fallen soldiers like dumplings, Xu Daofu's eyes flashed with coldness, he understood that the competition at this time was ruthless, who was ruthless! Whoever will be able to hold out to zuihou!
However, when it comes to ruthlessness, he is not worried at all, even if he pays the price of 10,000 people, he can afford it, just enough to save some food in the army, and although the tenacity of the defenders is unexpected, but the number of people is there, one less to die, how can he fight for his own life?
Around him, all of them were the heads of the rebel clans or the generals of the county soldiers, even though they had lived for most of their lives, but it was the first time they had seen such a tragic scene, and everyone was so nervous that they didn't even dare to penetrate the atmosphere!
"Boom!" At this moment, a shocking noise came, and the two wooden planks of the city gate slammed inward, and in the dust, stones, debris, and bricks were scattered all over the ground, and some people couldn't hold back castration, and plunged into it, and were immediately buried in the pile of rubble!
"General, look, the city is finally broken!" A general shouted loudly with uncontrollable excitement.
Not only him, but everyone's faces were full of joy in an instant, "Okay! Xu Daofu also screamed loudly, snapped, and hit his palms hard!
"Ahh In the watchtower, Chu Lingyuan couldn't help but let out a second scream, the violent vibration caused by the breaking of the city gate made her stand unsteadily, and she threw herself into Mrs. Chu's arms, her delicate body trembled, and Mrs. Chu was also as earth-colored as she looked, and she was at a loss.
Generally speaking, the city gate is broken, which also means that the city has fallen, and everyone scolded Wei Feng in their hearts, didn't he swear that two thousand people could defend the city? But now? It's good for him, the soles of his feet are oiled to climb the high branches, and the people of this Yangxian city are left to die!
Chu Yanzhi also screamed: "Father, while the thieves have not yet entered the city, let's run quickly, go through the West Gate, maybe we can run back to Jiankang!" ”
Everyone looked at Chu Shuang with expectation, they had the same thoughts, but Chu Shuang trembled violently all over his body, his face showed a resolute color for a moment, and he shouted: "The old man has made a vow to die with the city, how can he leave?" Today is nothing but a martyrdom of death, and no one is allowed to leave! ”
Everyone's faces were all bitter, and some people still had to be persuaded again, Chu Shuang called again: "General Wei has already made many arrangements, and the city gate may still have the power to return to heaven if it is broken, let's take a look first, retreating at this time will definitely shake the morale of the army, and you must not take half a step back until you have to!" As he spoke, he gasped a few times, as if he was making a difficult choice, and waved his hand violently: "As the head of a county, you should beat the drum and cheer for the soldiers!" Let's go, go up with my husband! ”
Chu Shuang flicked his sleeves and walked towards the stairs, the top floor of the watchtower was the rooftop, with a cowhide drum on it, and the others could only grit their teeth and follow behind Chu Shuang.
Chu Shuang didn't guess wrong, as soon as the city gate was broken, the smoke and dust had not yet dispersed, the Saimen knife car had been pushed in, and dozens of thieves who wanted to grab the first credit were pierced by the sharp knives on the spot.
Although the city gate is right in front of you, rushing in can have Chu Lingyuan and a rich reward, but the Saimen knife car is like a moat, except for leaving a mountain of corpses at the city gate, no one can cross half a step!
Although Xu Daofu was anxious to watch from behind, he couldn't think about it, this big guy was completely out of his expectations, even if the most elite private army of the scholar clan was sent, he might not be able to break through, the key is that both sides were poorly equipped, and a behemoth suddenly appeared, caught off guard!
Retiring from the army to build equipment not only means that these thousands of people died in vain, but also affects the morale of the whole army, and what makes him even more worried is that it takes a long time to build equipment, I am afraid that it has not been built yet, and the reinforcements of the court have come, in the end, it is still a light enemy, and it is easy to take down Wucheng, but who would have thought that Yangxian, which is smaller than Wucheng, will be even more difficult to gnaw!
"What a fucking heartbreak!" Xu Dao scolded hatefully, turned his head and shouted: "Order, there is no need to attack the city gate, the whole army will try its best to climb the city!" ”
"Yes!" An attendant left with his hands gone.
Only two steps up, the city suddenly came to the sound of drums, Xu Daofu looked up, Chu Shuang folded up his sleeves, held a stick to hammer, and beat the cowhide drum hard, accompanied by the rhythmic drum, the offensive of the party seemed to be not as fierce as before, but the momentum of the defenders seemed to be raised!
"Damn, it's better than beating a drum, isn't it? Well, let's see who's ringing! Xu Daofu turned around and left, ran to the drum in his army, picked up the stick and beat it, and beat it hard!
The positions on both sides are drums that shook the sky, and the soldiers on both sides were also red-eyed, standing on the rooftop and hiding in the watchtower The sensory effect is completely different, as the saying goes, things must be reversed, fear will be transformed into motivation when it reaches the limit, watching the soldiers fight hard, even Chu Lingyuan is no longer afraid, clenching her small fists tightly, her face is flushed, she never thought that she would have such a big guts, she believes that if Wei Feng dares to have unclean hands and feet, she will not hesitate to kick at this person's crotch, and then talk about it!
Chu Lingyuan was high-spirited, not to mention the enthusiasm of the others, and he couldn't wait to rush down to fight the enemy with his sword and gun, but fortunately, the remaining reason reminded them that they didn't have two strengths in their hands, and they didn't know how to cooperate with the military formation, so they would just be sent to death.
"Not good! The thieves are in town! Chu Yuzhi, the third elder of the Chu family, suddenly burst out with an exclamation, his voice was full of fear, only to see a thief jump up, wave his blade into the defenders, as the words fell, people jumped up to the city everywhere, and in an instant, nearly 100 people had come up!
After all, watching the battle is different from being in the battle formation, the surging blood of the audience quickly cooled down, and fear regained the upper hand, Jiang Xuan hurriedly shouted: "The prince of the palace is in a hurry, just in time, see how the brothers break the enemy!" Array! ”
The Mandarin Duck Formation is most suitable for the chaotic and terrain limited environment, the small space at the head of the city is just suitable for the development of the Mandarin Duck Formation, the defenders immediately formed dozens of teams of Mandarin Duck Formations but the enemy, the wolf stretched forward to jam the enemy, and the spearmen followed closely with a spear! Sandwiched with cold arrows, the thieves who climbed to the top of the city could not organize an effective attack at all, and even some people just stood on the battlements, they were shot at the upper door by an arrow, and fell to the city staggeringly.
This made Chu Shuang and the others breathe a sigh of relief again, and Mrs. Chu couldn't help but praise: "This must be the military formation passed down by General Wei, it seems to be loose and collapsed into a formation, but it has such a miraculous effect, General Wei is really a genius in the sky!" ”
Chu Lingyuan was suddenly unhappy, and said dissatisfiedly: "Mother, it doesn't have to be him, seeing that you praise him, it seems that he is omnipotent, is he a saint?" ”
Mrs. Chu also sank her face, and said unhappily: "Who else can there be besides General Wei?" How could there have been such a battle formation in my Great Jin Dynasty and all dynasties? General Wei takes a fancy to you as your blessing, and it is also the blessing of our Chu family, after a while, you have to read "The Biography of the Daughters" and "The Female Commandment" thoroughly, you have to memorize it backwards, and your mother wants to check it, your bad temper should be changed! ”
"Mother~~" Chu Lingyuan pouted, and her aggrieved eyes were slightly red.