Chapter 213: The Battle of the Siege
The thirteenth year of the Great Cause, September 29.
In the morning light, Chang'an woke up from a quiet autumn dream, but it was not as lively and prosperous as it used to be, and the shadow of being surrounded for days was still shrouded over Kyoto.
The forests outside the city were cut down, and the weeds on the ground were crushed into the dust.
On the east, west, north and south sides of Chang'an City, there are two huge three-bow bed crossbows, next to the bed crossbow are more than 100 soldiers responsible for starting, in front are 100 Xuanjia soldiers and archers, and in the rear are cavalry and infantry.
Half an hour ago, all the generals of the righteous army gathered in Li Yuan's big tent to listen to orders.
Li Yuan pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Da Lang, you lead Xu Shiyun and Yin Kaishan to capture the Mingde Gate in the south.
"Erlang, you led Cheng Zhijie and Qin Shubao's troops to capture the Jinguang Gate in the west.
"Sanniang, you and Chai Shao led the troops to capture the Fanglin Gate in the north.
"The rest of the people follow me to capture Tonghua Gate."
After the deployment, Li Yuan closed the map, looked solemn, and said to everyone sternly: "Everyone listen to me, you must not infringe on the Sui Dynasty temple, the palace treasury and the members of the royal family, if you violate it, you will be punished by the nine clans."
Half an hour later, the drums sounded, and the city was attacked on all sides.
"Now, go back to each of you, and pass on my orders, and if your men disobey them, you will be guilty of the same crime."
The generals looked stunned, did not dare to be careless, and immediately returned to the camp to warn the soldiers repeatedly.
"Boom-"
"Boom-"
"Knock ....."
The noisy drums suddenly sounded, striking fiercely on the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the city.
"The enemy is attacking the city."
"The enemy is attacking the city...."
The soldiers at the various city gates rushed to tell each other, and the generals and officials who had been guarding the city gates these days immediately ordered to defend them.
For some reason, after hearing the news, the people in Chang'an City actually felt a sense of relief, and the nerves that had been tense for days were relaxed.
The day has finally arrived.....
"Shoot."
The stout strides shot out at a powerful speed, and with a dull thud, six strides plunged into the walls in rows.
Wei Xuan and the Yin World Master stood on the top of the wall, watching all this, but they couldn't do anything.
Because the stout stare arrows were some distance from the wall, the soldiers could not reach them, and they could not destroy them.
"Bang bangβ"
Six more pedal arrows were fired, this time in a slightly lower position.
"Bang Bang ......"
It wasn't until more than twenty treadmill arrows were firmly inserted into the city wall that the bed crossbow stopped firing.
Wei Xuan had long heard of the prestige of this bed crossbow, and now that he saw it with his own eyes, his heart was even more shocked, and he hurriedly ordered: "Be alert, they are going to start attacking the city."
"Whatever you do, you must stop them from going to the city."
The soldiers were ready for battle, ready with catapults, bows and arrows, and lances..... As soon as the opponent is in attack range, they start attacking.
However, instead of rushing forward with a ladder as they had done in the previous siege, the archers were the first to step forward and start firing at the heads of the men on the walls.
"Ahh
The soldiers on the city wall were caught off guard and fell off the wall with arrows.
Wei Xuan was so startled that he opened his mouth to give an order, but he coughed violently.
"Ahem....."
This cough made his face red and his ears red, and tears came out.
Seeing this, the Yin World Master hurriedly gave an order: "Quickly make up for it and defend." β
The soldiers in the back followed to fill the vacant positions, but as soon as they appeared, they were shot again.
"Make it up, make it up....", the Yin Master shouted.
The soldiers did not move.
One of the generals shouted: "Deputy guard, their arrows are too fast, we should not show our faces, let's hide." β
"It's all hidden, what else can I do?" The Netherworld Master was furious, pointed to the soldiers next to the catapult and said, "You guys, hold the stone to fill the void and see what they are doing?" β
The soldiers hesitated, then slowly rubbed the stone against the hole in the wall, and looked down.
"Deputy stay, they started to climb the city."
"What?" The Yin World Master subconsciously stepped forward to check, and just as he wanted to probe to look, he caught a glimpse of the corpse on the ground, and quickly shrank back.
"Quick, defend, stone..... What are you still doing? Throw it...."
The soldiers hurriedly moved the stone and threw it down, but as soon as they threw the stone, their exposed bodies were hit by arrows.
Everyone was so shocked that they didn't dare to go directly, they only dared to squat and throw the stone through the hole in the wall, not daring to expose their bodies.
Just squatting and walking, the movement is much slower.
Wei Xuan looked anxious and shouted: ".... Ahem.... Stand up for me, and take up your bows and arrows..... Ahem.... Long lance .... Stab down..... Ahem...."
Xu is words were in a hurry, Wei Xuan coughed even more, he staggered to the wall, supported the city wall, bent over, and coughed violently.
When the soldiers saw him like this, they couldn't help but feel pain in their hearts, gritted their teeth, picked up their bows and arrows, and rushed to the hole in the wall.
They hid behind the wall, drew their bows, quickly glanced at the enemy's position and began to shoot.
There is no accuracy in shooting arrows in this way, and some people are shot as soon as they emerge.
There are also those who are not afraid of death and shoot directly from the hole in the wall, and they are all shot without exception.
Under the cover of the archers, the Xuanjia army had already begun to ascend the city, and by the time they reached the top of the city walls, the archers stopped firing.
The Xuanjia army quickly rushed up the city wall and killed anyone they saw.
The first group climbed the city wall, and the second group followed, and a steady stream of rebel soldiers climbed the wall and began to kill.
Effortlessly climbed the city wall, and the rebels below were enthusiastic when they saw it, and they rushed to climb up with arrows one by one, and some of them went up with ladders.
Looking at the red and white flags on the city's head, Li Sanniang's heart was surging, and she raised her hand and touched Wang Yu's hair: "I didn't expect you to have this ability?" You can make something so powerful. β
Wang Yu raised his chin and was slightly proud: "I also read a lot of books, and I transformed it on the basis of my predecessors, which is nothing." β
Li Sanniang glanced down at her hair bun and couldn't help laughing: "You don't have to be modest, you still have to be proud when you should be proud." β
Hearing this, Wang Yu's eyebrows moved, and what he said was ..... It's very much to her liking.
"The city gate will open later, I'm going to kill the enemy, you stay here, and when it's over, I'll send someone to pick you up."
Saying that, Li Sanniang called Ma Sanbao: "You stay here to protect Xiao Yu'er." β
Ma Sanbao agreed and stretched out his hand to hug Wang Yu.
Wang Yu twisted his body away and glared at Ma Sanbao fiercely: "Don't touch me." β
Ma Sanbao: "......." Is he so unpopular with children?
"I don't want to stay here, I'll go with Sister Ah to kill the enemy." Wang Yu raised his head and said to Li Sanniang.
Li Sanniang frowned lightly, and said sternly: "Little Yu'er, this is a battlefield, not a place to play, people will die."
"When the battle starts later, I can't take care of you, in case you make a mistake, how can I explain to Aye?"
Wang Yu snorted: "If Aya is here, he will take me to kill the enemy together." β
Li Sanniang looked stunned: "......."
Is Aya so unreliable with children?