Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Attack on the Three Cities
After the blow of stones and crossbow arrows, the sword and shield soldiers of Beichen Kingdom also covered the archers to come under the city wall. Soon, countless arrows rained down on the heads of the defending troops, and the dense arrows became a weapon for harvesting life.
The city walls, which did not have much to resist the rain of arrows, were covered with corpses covered in arrows after several waves of arrows. The soldiers defending the city looked at their companions who had been transformed into dead hedgehogs, and none of them were not frightened. Who knows if the rain of arrows will fall on his head, and he doesn't know when he will suddenly become like his dead companion on the ground, and his whole body is full of arrows.
However, after being ravaged by several waves of arrows, the defending troops waited for a long time and did not see the arrival of the arrow rain. When the head was stuck out of the women's wall, it turned out that the infantry of the Beichen* team had rushed up.
Countless sword and shield soldiers covered the robes behind them with large shields, and hundreds of ladders were carried by groups of soldiers and had come to the city wall.
At this time, one of the generals of the defending troops suddenly shouted loudly: "The enemy comes up, kill me!" ”
After that, the tragic siege began.
After the infantry reached the vicinity of the city walls, the catapults and crossbow bolts behind did not dare to attack. These heavy weapons are really inaccurate, and if you accidentally kill a lot of yourself, it will be a big joke.
Catapults and V Huang Nu did not dare to attack, and the archers did not dare to play with the rain of arrows, for fear of giving their brothers to the range hedgehog. However, the fact that a cluster projectile is not possible does not mean that the archers are completely idle. Nearly 10,000 archers, under the cover of sword and shield soldiers, also came to the vicinity of the city and shot them by name.
Without the support of heavy weapons such as catapults and bed crossbows, the infantry who stormed the city fought hard. Although there are nearly 10,000 archers and brothers supporting them, it is not very useful at most. Who made the catapults and bed crossbows attack with such a spectacular momentum?
Of course, when the archers fire a rain of arrows, it is just as spectacular. However, the current situation is that the archers have no way to carry out the rain of arrows. can only rely on the protection of sword and shield soldiers to kill one by one. Even if it is a team of shots, it can only take care of a small area, and for a wide battlefield, the support is really pitiful.
After the most serious threat was gone, the defenders on the city walls began to grow violently one by one. What sassal wood, rolling stones, and gold juice are all put together in one go. The one who played was called a living dragon, but the defending troops were happy, and the army of Beichen began to scold his mother.
Not only did he scold the catapult and the bed crossbow, but also the archers, but he also scolded the brothers who were pushing the heavy siege cones. Catapults, bed crossbows, and archers are afraid of hurting our brothers, and we have nothing to say. After all, no one wants to fight hard in front, but they are poked a few times by the brothers in the back.
But those guys pushing the siege cones fell into bad luck, and a group of people were tired and tired pushing the big guys weighing 1,800 pounds, and they hit the east gate of El City with their lives. But I didn't expect the brothers to be so tired, and they were actually greeted by those guys who climbed the ladder.
That's unlucky, isn't it? One more scolding, believe it or not, the men threw down the battering cones and ran back to the camp to play!
However, it is really no wonder that the soldiers who climb the ladder. After all, in the face of the many weapons on the city wall, it is not easy for individuals to stand it. It's okay to have a rolling stone, as long as that thing is smart, the probability of being smashed is not very high. But the golden juice is a egg, and a big pot of golden juice is poured down in one go, so that you can't hide.
In this way, I can't help but be scolded by those soldiers. Tens of thousands of people in the whole army, looking at the siege weapons on the city wall like rain, they knew that the people in the city were fully prepared. Relying only on simple ladders, it is really unlikely that the city wall will be attacked. Therefore, it is only necessary to rely on the only siege cone in the army that can come in handy at this time.
A huge siege cone, trying to break through an iron-clad wooden door, that is not a very difficult thing. Anyway, it's much easier than attacking a city from a ladder.
However, no matter how bad the iron-clad wooden door is, it is not easy to get it in a few clicks. Although, the strong men pushing the siege cones have already used their strength to feed. However, the gate is still crumbling, but I don't see it falling.
The strong men didn't have any temper, so they had to hold their strength again and push the heavy siege cones to hit the city gates. Although the infantry who attacked the city along the ladder kept complaining about the lack of strength of the siege cone, they couldn't just stop the battle and run back. Therefore, when I saw the teams of law enforcement teams not far behind me, I had no choice but to climb the improvised ladder and kill towards the city wall.
The warriors of Beichen Kingdom are very brave when they fight, after all, they have inherited the genes passed down from their ancestors. In terms of combat, foreigners who look taller and more powerful on the outside are still not comparable to the Chinese.
Of course, this is not to say that the defenders of El City are not brave, and they are also facing threats to their homeland. As long as it is a man with a handle, he will fight to the death. Not to mention the fact that this is a conflict between ethnic groups, and it is also a Chinese with the name of Yellow Peril.
The Yellow Peril in the Middle Ages was deeply engraved in the minds of European NPCs. Thinking of the scene of the Yellow Peril period in my mind, these defenders of El City are like fighting chicken blood, and their courage is almost half of that of the Chinese.
However, the advantage of numbers is always irresistible!
Although without the support of those heavy weapons, the Beichen army still relied on a huge numerical advantage and rushed to the city wall. If at this time, there is a god general with super high strategy in El City, he may be able to save the defeat. But it's a pity that this kind of thing of counterattack will not appear casually.
Tens of thousands of Beichen soldiers, wearing red armor, eating swords in their hands. With the efforts of brothers in life and death, he finally climbed the city wall, and he won several sections of the city wall in one go.
On top of the narrow city walls, the battle intensified. The two sides fought to the death for those few small sections of the city wall. The defenders were fighting bloodily for the relatives behind them, and the Beichen soldiers were fighting for the copper coins.
The soldiers of both sides were on the city wall, and they could not be killed. For a while, the Beichen army was suppressed, but the support troops behind caught up, and the defenders were suppressed again, and finally they were pressed by the defenders. In this way, the two sides began a cyclical tug-of-war, and every minute and every second had countless lives, lost in the brutal war.
Such a brutal tug-of-war did not last long, after all, even if all the soldiers of El City were brought over, it was only less than 6,000 men. After a group of Beichen sergeants rushed to the city wall, the defenders of thousands of people were wiped out by the huge number gap in the number of Beichen troops.
Faced with a dire situation, the defenders are still fighting their last days. But all this is because of the following scene, which is completely informed.
After dozens of impacts, the huge iron-clad wooden gate could no longer stop the edge of the siege cone. After another effort by dozens of strong men, the city gate collapsed with a loud bang. The Beichen soldiers, who were originally following the siege cone, rushed in directly with their swords after seeing the city gate fall.
It was completely finished, the city gate was not breached, and the defenders of El City were able to hold on to the walls for a while. But the city gates were all broken, and with 6,000 men and horses, they really couldn't stop the tens of thousands of Beichen army foot soldiers who rushed in.
As a group of Beichen soldiers rushed into the city, the city of El was completely declared to have fallen.
The remnants of the thousands of defenders laid down their arms and surrendered directly after seeing the large number of Beichen troops entering the city. Adhering to the traditional thinking of Europeans, it is also correct to fight hard when you fight, and surrender when the situation is irretrievable.
In this way, thousands of defending troops who were still fighting desperately and bloodily a moment ago became prisoners of the Beichen Army after the army entered the city. And also a more well-behaved, obedient captive, such a captive is not liked by few people.
After the defenders surrendered, the fighting stopped instantly.
Tens of thousands of foreign people in El City were also driven to a clearing by a group of Beichen soldiers. At the moment of the defeat of their own army, they not only lost all their property, but also their personal freedom.
Tens of thousands of people, after they were gathered together, were escorted to Dingxing City by more than 10,000 Beichen soldiers. These captives, under the supervision of tens of thousands of soldiers in Dingxing City, began to dedicate their labor to the Beichen Kingdom.
Li Zhaoliang did not enter the city at this time, but stayed in the camp outside the city. During the assault on the city of Eyre, not a single soldier came out of the two adjacent cities to harass the army. This made Li Zhaoliang very unhappy, and he originally wanted to take advantage of your support to kill some of your soldiers first.
Who knows, these two cities didn't send a team of soldiers, which is really a bit disappointing. However, this is not bad, those two cities did not come out of the army, but watched themselves take the city of El. So, it's up to you two cities.
These foreigners will not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth. I don't know whether to say whether the bosses of these two cities are smart or stupid. If they didn't send an army, it means that they also know their own ideas, and they can be considered smart. However, if you don't send soldiers to support El City, then it will be a cold reason.
After capturing the city of Air, Li Zhaoliang was the first to learn about the casualties of the troops. About 5,000 people were killed in the battle, and 3,000 were killed or wounded. The 70,000-strong army directly reduced nearly 10,000 people, which is not a small loss. However, I don't have a siege artifact like a nest car, so it's good to be able to achieve such a result.
Leave 2,000 soldiers to guard the city of Eyre, and take care of the wounded by the way. Li Zhaoliang led the remaining 60,000 horses and directly divided his troops into two routes to attack the cities of Ugogu and Betafin.
There were 30,000 soldiers and horses, which was 10,000 fewer than the previous attack on El City, but it was also a lot for these two cities. After all, these two cities had suffered more casualties than El City and Dingxing City in the previous regional wars.
There were only four or five thousand men and horses in the two cities, and sending an army of 30,000 to attack them was really too high. Originally, Li Zhaoliang even planned to send 20,000 people to attack in one city, and then go back to Dingxing City for dinner. However, out of the psychology of famous generals, in order to prevent any uncertain factors. Li Zhaoliang still pulled out all the 60,000 horses that his subordinates could use.
It turned out to be a waste of 30,000 horses to attack each city.
After watching the battle of the entire army of El City from a short distance, the resistance consciousness of these two cities is even worse. In less than two hours, the city of El was broken by those fierce Beichen* teams.
It would be a lie for the defenders of the cities of Ugoch and Betafon to say that they were not afraid, if it were not for the fact that there was a sizable group of warlords standing behind them. Perhaps, as soon as the Beichen* team arrived at the city, the defenders would be dispersed directly.
However, even with the Overseer team overseeing it. The guards of these two cities still did not exert their full strength.
An army of 30,000 came to the bottom of the city, and catapults and bed crossbows were beaten indiscriminately. On the city wall, there was a sound of crying father and mother. It was only when the soldiers of the brigade carried a series of improvised ladders and set up the city wall that the defenders showed some weak resistance.
There are a lot of sassal wood and rolling stones. However, the guards whose morale was almost duck eggs did not leave much behind. As for the gold juice, the most cattle material for defending the city, there was not a drop on the two cities.
If it is said that in the war under the era of thermal weapons, both recruits and veterans are afraid of machine guns. Then in the siege warfare of the cold weapon era, gold juice is the thing that soldiers are most afraid of.
Simple things like the Rolling Stones, as long as your eyes are a little brighter, you can still dodge them, and if you don't use a shield to block, you may not be able to die. But the gold juice thing is different, a big vat of hot gold juice is pouring down, and you have nowhere to hide.
Because it is liquid, the flow and sputtering line are very good. When the golden juice is poured, it forms a large attack range. Whether you wear leather armor or iron armor on your body, you can't stop those flowing liquids. Using a shield is useless, and will cause the gold to splatter over a wider area.
In addition to being difficult to block, as long as the golden juice is splashed on the body, it will definitely be a large burn on the body. It's okay to burn to death on the spot, if you can't burn to death, you will suffer even more. After being burned by the golden juice, even if the wound is bandaged later, you will still die of severe pain due to bacterial infection.
There is one of the most disgusting things about the golden juice, and that is the smell!