Chapter 4 Trade-offs (2B)

The dozen or so nail beats arranged around the urn city are first-class weapons for defending the city. Each nail is more than five feet long, more than two feet wide, weighs more than 60 catties, and is covered with rusty iron nails, which are smashed down from the city wall more than two feet high, even if it encounters a camel below, it is also smashed into a rotten watermelon, not to mention a big living person who can't turn around.

With the light of the sword that fell back from the Yuwen priest, I could only hear "Boom! "Whoa!" The sound was endless, and more than a dozen nails fell, and then they were shaken, shaken, and fell, and in an instant, the rebels near the wall were smashed on their backs. The rebels who had swarmed inside the city could not resist it, so they desperately moved away from the walls and crowded towards their companions. In a small urn city, where is there so much open space to squeeze. Seeing that the falling nails were hovering in mid-air, the unlucky ones below were injured by three or five, and then they were shaken by the Sui army on the city wall, "Whoa!" "Whoa!" The ground stirred up, and then he pushed his spear far away from the wall, dragging the chains, and hovering in mid-air to smash them.

"Squat and raise the shield, squat and raise the shield!" The rebel general in charge of the command in the city of Urn ordered loudly. The soldiers who were closer to the base of the city crouched down and covered the sky with their shields. The falling nail slam initially misses any target, then is chained to draw a beautiful arc, and several shields are hung before falling to the lowest point. A shrill metal scraping sound sounded above the rebels' heads, and the soldiers hiding under their shields turned pale and were tortured almost insane by the noise. When the piercing scraping sound ended, they knew that they had luckily escaped by relying on the strength of the group, and looked up at their companions, only to find that this time the arm of the robe under the shield was hanging softly at their sides, and the whole person had already been knocked unconscious.

The brothers in the back row retreated into the doorway, and the brothers on the left and right moved closer to the middle. Archers, block the wall above your head to prevent the officers and soldiers from firing nails again! "The rebel generals standing in the urn city were very clever, and after discovering the weakness of the nail's attack, they adjusted their tactics again.

The rebel soldiers standing near the outer gate retreated under the door as if they had been pardoned, and the soldiers close to the walls on either side squeezed desperately into their own ranks, squeezing them into a noodle stick. In the center of the noodles, more than two dozen archers drew their bows and aimed at the top of the city wall in front of them to shoot a round of rapid fire.

"Ahh Several officers and soldiers of the Great Sui who were stirring the nail shoot were shot by feather arrows and fell down screaming. The nail slap that had been pulled up over the inner door lost traction and suddenly fell softly. Seeing the opportunity, the rebel soldiers smashed their knives and sticks at the chains tied behind the nails. After a few rounds of smashing, the thick iron chain could not withstand such a strong force, and it broke with a "click". There was a cheer among the rebels, who immediately turned their attack to the other dozen or so nails.

The officers and soldiers at the head of the city also picked up their bows and arrows and fired at the rebels below. There are also people who do not hesitate to be shot into hedgehogs by feather arrows, and at the moment when the nail beat rises again, they pull the blood-stained iron chain and pull it down with all their might. For the sake of victory, the soldiers on both sides paid the greatest price, and gradually, there were fewer and fewer nail beats that could be used, and the deterrent power against the enemy army became worse and worse.

"Roll the wood and get ready!" Squatting behind a battlement, the Scholar Yu ordered again. Ordered his soldiers to carry a large amount of rolling wood to the walls around the urn city. Although they had the advantage of numbers and terrain, the archers of the official army did not bargain much. The enemy archers in and near the outer gates of the city were very well trained, and each shot of feathered arrows covered a certain area of the city. This was not the level that the hastily assembled boatmen and Minzhuang could achieve, and Yu Wenshi even suspected that Yang Xuangan and Li Mi had spent at least five years preparing for the rebellion. The shield-wielding rebel soldiers were also elite, and in the last counterattack, Yuwen Shi and at least a dozen people were shot by their own feathered arrows, but those who were hit by the arrows swung their swords and cut off the shafts of the arrows, and then followed the group, continuing to charge the officers and troops blocking the inner city gates.

"Put!" Yu Wenshi shouted, swinging his sword to block a stray arrow flying towards him. The soldiers of the Xiongwu battalion, who were squatting behind the battlements, leaned out, lifted more than 20 catties of rolling logs high above their heads, and then threw them down heavily. Immediately, a rain of wooden piles fell in the small urn city. The shield shattered, and the people under the shield were directly smashed by the rolling log, breaking their necks and spines, and screaming and struggling on the ground. Those who were lucky enough not to be hit were desperately squeezed towards the inner city gate, or retreated into the outer city gate. It is safest there, no stones will fall and no feathered arrows will fall.

"The archers counterattacked, the archers counterattacked. Others raise their shields, raise their shields! The enemy generals in the urn city shouted hoarsely. Under his restraint, the archers ran out of the doorway, shooting their white feathers at the head of the city as they ran. The rebels outside the city also shouted close to the walls, firing more feathered arrows into the air. Several of the brothers of the Xiongwu Battalion who were holding up the rolling logs fell silently, and feathered arrows from mid-air burrowed through the gaps in their armor, cutting them off in an instant. In the distance, new brothers came running, picked up the rolling log from the pool of blood, and threw it down.

Feathered arrows whizzed in midair, and the sound of rolling logs smashing against shields was like thunder. At this moment, both sides suffered huge casualties, and countless lives were reduced to dust. The reason for the rebels' injuries was that the city was too small, and they could not avoid the blows that fell from the sky. The main reason for the defenders' injuries was due to lack of training and did not know how to avoid the dangers on the battlefield.

After a moment of stalemate, the enemy forces in the urn city gradually could not support it. The commander in charge of the command did not escape the latest fate, and was shot in the eye by a stray arrow that lost its direction. The feathered arrow pierced his head, and the tip of the arrow came out of the back of his neck, bringing out a large stream of red, red, white and white. Lost under the command of the general, the rebels in the urn city suddenly lost their courage, and took advantage of the gap between the falling logs, covered their heads with shields, and fled out of the city.

The rebel commander of the city wall resolutely enforced the military discipline, and a large platoon of spearmen rushed forward and stabbed the cowardly into meat skewers in front of both the enemy and the enemy. Immediately afterwards, another regiment of soldiers led by a lieutenant rushed into the city of Weng, and the front row braved feathered arrows and rolling wood and stones to pass through the death zone between the two city walls, and broke into the city of Liyang. The back row hid under the outer city gate, waiting for the soldiers in front to die in battle, leaving space for them to kill without hesitation.

"Good thing they don't have a ladder!" The Yuwen priests, who leaned over behind the battlements and commanded, were shocked by the brave behavior of the rebels. There were not many rebels attacking Liyang City from the east, but almost all of them were outlaws. Such a large number of casualties in the urn city did not make them lose the courage to continue the attack, if this group of people came with a ladder and a ram to hit the city, they might not be able to block the opponent's three rounds of strong attacks with the strength of the city wall.

"It's a pity I didn't have time to make a ladder!" Outside the city wall, Han Shixu, the general of Zhengdong, thought regretfully. He had already found that the strength of the defending side on the east side of the city wall was very weak, whether it was when the enemy army was dizzy by his own side just now, or now that they had restored order, as long as his side put up the ladder, the east wall would inevitably change hands in less than an hour. However, in order to ensure the speed and suddenness of this sneak attack, he was unable to carry a ladder and did not have time to build enough siege engines

Machinery. At present, the situation is extremely delicate, and if one more day is delayed outside Liyang City, the brothers under his command will be in danger of being wiped out.

"General Wu, you will bring people up in the next round!" Han Shixuan looked up at the blood-colored sky and ordered in a low voice.

"Yes!" A tall, bronze-faced general walked out of the queue. He waved his hand back, and immediately two regiments of more than six hundred elite foot soldiers in iron armor followed. Everyone had a thick back-ringed hand knife in their hands, and everyone's eyes flashed with determination.

"Take three steps forward without fear of death, and leave no eggs behind!" The bronze-faced general shouted.

Six hundred hoplites took three steps forward in unison, without the slightest hesitation. "Good brother, let's live and die together today!" The bronze-faced general shouted emotionally, then turned around and strode towards the east gate of Liyang.

"Live and die together!" Six hundred heavy armor shouted in unison, followed behind the bronze-faced general, and his footsteps shook the ground.

The situation near the inner city gate has gradually tilted in the direction of the officers and soldiers. With support from above the city walls, the pressure on the brothers who were blocking near the city gates was greatly reduced. Under the command of Xuzi, they squeezed eastward step by step from the north, west, and south, squeezing the enemy's defense line closer and closer to the city gate.

"Ready to roll the woods! Smash! With another swing of his sword, the rain of logs and rocks fell, forcing the rebels back from the outer gates to the inner gates.

"Brothers, push them out!" Li Xu keenly caught the fighter, pulled out the black scimitar from his waist, and took the lead in rushing towards the enemy.

The rebel generals who stood in front of him were caught off guard and were cut in two by him. Immediately afterward, he used a black knife to cut the neck of a rebel and the arm of an archer. Two rebels tried to flank him, but Zhou Daniu held one of them with a shield.

"Protect the General!" Zhou Daniu shouted hoarsely. Hold the shield with your knees, and rely on brute force to push your opponent back again and again. Suddenly, he felt a light resistance in front of him, and his body was almost flashed. Then, he saw Qian Xiaoliu's friendly face.

"Big Niu, I'll behead one level, decapitate one level!" Qian Xiaoliu brandished a bloody horizontal knife, triumphant.

"What bluffing, protect the general!" Zhou Daniu glared at him, waved his shield, and continued to use the shield to protect the left rib of his main general.

"Kill the enemy and close the gates. O brethren, slay the enemy and shut the gates. The soldiers of the Xiongwu battalion shouted, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Step by step, the enemy army will be forced into the door hole, and step by step the enemy army will be pushed from the other side of the door hole into the urn city. Step by step, gain a foothold in the inner city gate and push the rebels further out of the city.

The rebels gradually retreated to the outer gate, and the official army gradually occupied the advantage in the urn city. Yu Wenshi wiped the sweat from his head and stood up straight with a smile.

Victory is just around the corner, as long as the two gates are closed again, unless it is an immortal, no one can successfully enter Liyang without siege equipment.

As long as he held on for more than three days, Han Shixu would have to retreat from Liyang City if he wanted to live.

Suddenly, his smile froze on his face.

He saw the smoke and dust outside the city, and in his stunned gaze, the two regiments of rebels smashed into the city like hammers, smashing their own brothers who were retreating and the veterans of the Xiongwu battalion who were pursuing them into pieces at the same time.

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