Chapter 20: The Battle of Crescent Island (2)
Because of the artificial reef defense ring that Shi Jinshui had laid on the periphery of Crescent Island, the warships that killed the country could only sail slowly towards the port one after another along the only passage. www.biquge.info This was a pain for the crew members who were in charge of controlling the battleship, because after they approached more than 500 meters from the port, the giant crossbows on the opposite wall began to fire huge crossbow arrows with arm thickness at them, and if these crossbow arrows hit the hull, they would immediately pierce a large hole, and if they hit the crowd, they would directly plow a bloody path. In the process of sailing the warships to the port, these warships lost at least more than 300 crew members, and several warships were even damaged and leaked in many places, causing the crew members who killed the country to be busy repairing one by one.
"Whew! It's finally here, everyone, hurry up with me! After arriving at the port, one of the leading generals of the killing country breathed a sigh of relief, and took the lead in jumping off the battleship and rushing towards the opposite wall. Just now when he was on the ship, he was almost killed by a giant crossbow arrow, so as soon as he reached his destination, he immediately rushed to charge, so as not to give the enemy another chance to fire that kind of giant crossbow arrow.
And the soldiers of the various factions who were used as cannon fodder, under the supervision of the soldiers who killed the country around them, also had to carry all kinds of siege equipment and follow hard. However, as soon as they rushed out a few meters away, several giant crossbow arrows burst into their ranks, instantly taking the lives of dozens of soldiers.
This scene made these soldiers unconsciously speed up their pace, but fortunately, this place was only a hundred meters away from the city wall, as long as they rushed faster, they should be able to rush under the city wall before the enemy reloaded the giant crossbow that defended the city. According to their previous experience, it would take about half a minute for each time the city-defending giant crossbow was fired again.
Shi Jinshui looked at the enemies who were rushing towards him on the opposite city wall, his eyes were full of ridicule, in his opinion, the enemy sent such a small number of troops, purely to find death.
After more than ten seconds, the soldiers who rushed the fastest rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and under the great joy, these soldiers were like driving the siege ladder they were carrying to the city wall. But at this moment, a large number of enemy crossbowmen suddenly appeared on the city wall, which had not moved, and shot a dense rain of arrows at them.
Because Shi Jinshui made the entire city wall into a 'U' shape that was concave inward, the rain of arrows faced by these killing soldiers came from three different directions, which made them not know which side to block even if they wanted to block it with a shield. As a result, under the city wall, the desperate and miserable screams of the soldiers who killed the country soon sounded.
"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Labor and management shoot you guys! Shi Jinshui, who couldn't rest, was mixed in a group of soldiers at this time, and he was also holding a longbow, constantly firing at the enemy under the city wall. After studying with those Cretan archers for more than half a year, his archery skills have become very good, and each arrow can basically knock down an enemy army.
Under the blow of such a dense rain of arrows with no dead ends in shooting, this vanguard force that killed the country only lasted less than five minutes before being shot under the city wall.
This result made Tie Xiong, the killing general on the opposite battleship, stunned, and at the same time, he finally understood why his god of war was so skeptical of the king of New Carthage.
Xiang Tian, who had already expected this result, thought about it for a while, and then did not order the soldiers to die in vain, but asked his naval warships to start salvaging the artificial reefs around Crescent Island, preparing to open up a channel that could avoid the city wall.
"My lord, they're starting to salvage those stones, should we stop them?" After seeing the action of killing the countrymen, Ohama asked Shi Jinshui worriedly.
"Huh! If they like to fish, let them fish well, and when they finish fishing, they don't know that it is the Year of the Monkey! Shi Jinshui smiled contemptuously at this, this line of defense was originally used by him to delay the enemy army, if the enemy army has been spending time on salvaging stones, it is still his intention, because then Hannibal and Habak can calmly rush back to join the battle.
And the navy who killed the country soon discovered the difficulty of salvaging these boulders, don't look at Shi Jinshui, it is easy for them to throw stones into the sea, but in this era when there is no professional diving and salvage equipment, it is much more difficult to fish these big stones again. Most of the warships were dispatched, and after working for most of the day, they only salvaged more than a hundred stones, which is still far from the goal of opening up the waterway!
"That's not right! That's not right! The guy on the other side was too calm, could it be that he was deliberately delaying time and waiting for some reinforcements? On top of his flagship, Xiang Tian looked at the island opposite, which had always been extremely quiet, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart was getting heavier and heavier, judging from the fact that the other party's navy had not appeared since the war, the other party must have prepared something.
Xiang Tian, who believed in his intuition very much, waited for most of the day, and after seeing that his navy still hadn't made any big progress, he finally couldn't wait any longer, and ordered to launch a strong attack again.
"Hmmm! Aren't these murderers still dead? Okay, I'll fight you until you take it today! Seeing that the killing country had launched another attack, Shi Jinshui, who was about to fall asleep, couldn't help but feel refreshed, got up from the ground, and picked up the longbow beside him while moving his body, which was already a little stiff.
What surprised Shi Jinshui was that this time, when those killing soldiers charged towards the city wall, they actually carried many boulders that had just been salvaged from the sea.
"Not good! These guys must not be allowed to carry stones under the city walls! As if thinking of something, Shi Jinshui exclaimed, and hurriedly opened his bow to shoot at the killing soldiers who were transporting boulders under the city wall.
After the sound of a bowstring, the soldier fell, but there was more than one person who was responsible for transporting the boulder, and several other soldiers were still pushing the cart loaded with the boulder and slowly approaching the city wall after their companions were shot to the ground. This scene allowed Shi Jinshui to completely verify the guess in his heart, the other party was going to use stones under the city wall to pile up a slope passage for soldiers to rush up the city wall.
After verifying this, he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to shoot the soldiers who were transporting stones, so as not to let the enemy's treacherous plan succeed.
But Xiang Tian obviously made a big determination this time, after a group of soldiers died, he immediately sent another group of soldiers, and at the cost of tens of thousands of lives, he forced those stones to be transported under the city wall step by step.
Then at the cost of more than 5,000 soldiers' lives, Xiang Tian finally piled up these stones under the city wall, but at this time, a situation that made Shi Jinshui secretly happy appeared, that is, even if the pile of stones were all piled up, the highest point was still about three meters away from the city wall.
"Haha! There are no stones! What will you do now? Seeing this scene, Shi Jinshui, who had already shot arrows softly, stood at the head of the wall and let out a smug laugh.
But in this world, sometimes there is really no craziest, only crazier! After discovering that the stones had run out, Xiang Tian still did not stop this suicidal attack. Squad after team of cannon fodder soldiers, still pushing empty carts towards the city wall, slowly approaching the city wall, in the process of advancing, they kept being shot to the ground by the rain of arrows from the city wall. Then, those cannon fodder soldiers would actually collect the bodies of their dead companions one by one and put them on the cart.
"He is the god of war! He actually wanted to use the corpses of his soldiers to pave a way! Just thinking about it a little, Shi Jinshui figured out the other party's plan, and when he understood the other party's strategy, he couldn't help but feel chills in his body, because he thought that he would never be able to do this. After all, he is not a cold-blooded animal, and it is impossible for him to let thousands of soldiers die in vain for a victory, and even use the corpses of those soldiers who died in battle to pave the way for that final victory.
As if he had sensed something, while Shi Jinshui sighed himself, Xiang Tian, who was also his flagship, sneered and spoke: "Hmph! War is a dirty game, and I'm a dirty player, I have thousands of cannon fodder under my command that can be used to pave the way to victory, but do you? King of New Carthage・・・・・"
"Xiang Tian, I have to say that this move of yours, although it is cruel and cold-blooded to the extreme, is indeed a nirvana move that cannot be cracked!" On the city wall, Shi Jinshui's face sank like water, and he admitted his miscalculation for the first time in his heart.
But suddenly, in his eyes, a strong and incomparably strong battle intent suddenly erupted: "But! As I said, as a player, I would never be easily led by a dog! I'm going to risk my life today to fight with you, and I'll see if the rain of arrows on my side is sharper, or if your soldiers are more afraid of death! ”
"King Shi Jinshui, we are here to help you!" With a shout, a large group of people in various armors also poured onto the city walls, and it was the only remnants of more than a thousand soldiers left in the hands of the leaders of those factions.
may have realized the real life-and-death situation, so these guys also sent out the last bit of strength in their hands, ready to defend the city wall with Shi Jinshui and them.