Chapter Ninety-One: Bloody Rafts

Under the order, all armies move together!

Crossing the river, mainly boats, hundreds of boats compete for the current, a team of boats, hundreds of boats go down the river, attack the dock fort, the boats row, stir up the waves, layer upon layer, quickly approach the city wall.

The boat is cleverly designed, although it is small and not suitable for large-scale naval battles, but it is suitable for river warfare, there is a pulp on the boat, which can control the direction, and there is a boat building on the boat, which can dodge arrow attacks, reduce casualties, and smoothly cross the river to the other side.

"Archers, release the arrows!"

After a round of arrow rain, very few enemy soldiers were killed, most of them were resisted by the shipbuilding, Zhao Yun's eyes flashed a trace of helplessness, he was used to land warfare, but he didn't know about water warfare.

The crisis in the water is rising, and there are many murders on the bridge!

Two siege vehicles, blocking the bridge tightly, under the impetus of the enemy, drove slowly, slowly approaching the city, and most of the enemy troops hid behind the shields and logs of the siege vehicles to avoid being shot by arrows.

"Catapult, attack!"

Zhao Yun is worthy of being a battle-hardened general, and he quickly adjusted his mentality, preparing to use the weight of the catapult to sink the boat and smash the siege vehicle!

"Boom!"

More than a dozen catapults immediately began to fight, and stones the size of a grinding disc were thrown into the sky and landed on the Midan River, smashing up waves more than ten meters high, or smashing on the boat, breaking apart and sinking to the bottom of the river, and the people on the boat also fell into the river and struggled in the water!

"Whew!"

Soon, the arrows flew like blood, and the bows and arrows shot from the dock fort crossed the river one after another, hitting the soldiers who fell into the water, and a blood flower came out of the water, accompanied by the soldiers falling into the river!

Dead in the deep river, the bones have no powder, want to return to their hometown, just a luxury, throughout the ages, the boundless continent of all nations, how many nameless bones are buried, countless!

The defense in the river was effective, and the attack on the bridge also played a great role, a few stones, with heavy blows, fell from the sky and landed just above the siege car, only a loud bang was heard, and the siege vehicle shattered and stagnated.

Some unfortunate soldiers, who were not in a hurry to dodge, were hit by stones, or were hit by fragments of siege vehicles, leaving a pool of blood on the bridge, shattering corpses, silent souls, staining the bridge red, such as splashing ink and painting, reflecting the tragedy.

"Push into the river and retreat!"

The leader of the enemy squad ordered, pushed the siege vehicle and the corpses of his comrades into the river, quickly retreated, and ten minutes later, two brand-new siege vehicles attacked again.

Just like last time, the siege vehicle was hit by a catapult halfway through and turned into a wreck, adding blood and ink to the bridge.

The siege continued, the number of siege vehicles was limited after all, and after destroying dozens of boats, the enemy finally approached the city, and at this time, all the captains took out an iron chain.

Turning quickly with his hand, he made a sound of tearing the air, and when he reached extreme speed, he threw it towards the city wall above, and with the help of his strength, he successfully hung on the city wall, and then pulled it apart to form a ladder, a peculiar ladder.

This kind of ladder made of steel, the cost is very high, it needs to be built by a superb weapon master, and it is tried to be used in a variety of complex terrains, which is undoubtedly a tiger with wings in this kind of river warfare.

"Climb up!"

Hundreds of enemy troops crawled quickly, and after rising a few meters, they were shot down by the falling gravel and wood falling from the city wall, and died at the bottom of the river, and more and more people were climbing, making the pace of the war faster and more cruel, adding a little pressure to the generals on both sides.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Gong army bypassed the Midan River and appeared on the other side of the Dock Fort.

"Report to the general, 50,000 enemy troops bypassed the Midan River and attacked the East City Gate, please send reinforcements to the general!"

"Report to the general, a large number of enemy troops have been found at the West City Gate, ask for support!

Zhao Yun, who was fighting at the South City Gate, his face changed slightly, and he muttered for a while and gave the general order:

"The east and west gates each support 15,000 people!"

"Yes!"

Throughout the Dock Fort, the army moved, very frequently, full of eagerness, rushing to the city wall defense, and everywhere was filled with the sound of marching.

In this way, the three walls of Wubao were attacked, and in the end, the enemy continued to send troops, and the fourth city wall was also stormed, and almost missed several times, but they were all repelled by Zhao Yun, and both the enemy and us paid a heavy price.

On this day, everyone felt that the time was so long, the long was suffocating, the long was terrifying, the long was timid, the sky was full of murderous intent, the sky was full of roars, and the corpses were left everywhere.

"Bell, bell!"

The order to retreat finally sounded on the opposite riverbank, and the attacking enemy troops retreated in an orderly manner, and the Changshan army defending the city sat on the city wall, with a tired face and stiff hands.

The day has finally passed!

The heaven and earth are vast, the fertile blood territory, the east gate, the west gate, and the north gate are all corpses all over the place, arrows are all over the ground, outside the city, densely packed with enemy corpses, the loess turns into bloody soil, and it looks extremely terrifying.

Outside the south gate, the clear Midan River became turbid and slightly reddish, and there were fragments of small boats floating on it, and from time to time corpses floated from the water and flowed downstream along the river.

The bridge that was not wide had turned from white to scarlet, and the layers of flesh and mud, dripping with blood, dripping down the Midan River from the bridge, emitted a foul stench, and filled with an ominous atmosphere.

This is soaked in blood, contaminated with blood, and the fierce aura emitted, which is condensed and does not disperse, making the heart palpitations of the seeker.

The night was deep, as if rendered in ink, in a corner of the desolate earth, far from the hustle and bustle of the outside world, the dock fort was as if abandoned, silent and dreary, and under the light of torches, soldiers patrolling and making heavy footsteps could be faintly seen.

"The last general Zhao Yun told the lord, after the beginning of the morning, the enemy launched a fierce attack, tens of thousands of troops crossed the river, the sky was full of arrows like flying locusts crossing, at noon, the four city walls were surrounded by the enemy, the battle was particularly fierce, all the soldiers of the Changshan army fought bravely to kill the enemy, did not let the enemy step into the dock fort step...... According to post-war statistics, 7,000 war spirits were added to the prosperous road of Datang. ”

Under the dim light, Zhao Yun trembled and finished writing a battle report, handed it to the bloody guard, and passed it to Ancheng, twenty kilometers away, to report the situation on the front line.

Due to the close distance, the bloody guard sent the battle report back to Ancheng that night, and Li Tang, who had not slept all night, waited for the battle report, hurriedly took the battle report, checked it carefully, and read it for more than ten minutes in just over 100 words.

"Alas!"

Li Tang sighed lightly, looked out the window, the bright moon disappeared, taking away the sustenance in people's hearts, as if he was escaping the condemnation of the dead soul, and as if he did not dare to face the tragedy of the world, the bright moon is like this, let alone people?

With a sad look on his face, he slowly picked up the pen and wrote:

"The battle report of Zilong, this king felt a lot of emotion, as if he was in a cruel battlefield, watching ten thousand troops defending the city, watching ten thousand arrows starting, watching the bloody battle, watching the dead and ...... Youth in exchange for the country, the blood will dye the world red, the achievements of the Changshan army, this king remembers in his heart, grateful!"

The thousand-word reply letter, Li Tang word by word, word by word, thought about it again and again, it was full of care for the soldiers, heartache for the martyrs and prayers for the early end of the war, and the soldiers of the Changshan Army returned with honor.

This reply letter reached the dock fort the next morning, and after the soldiers read it, their eyes were full of tears, their hearts were full of excitement, and their morale increased sharply.

Throughout the ages, most of the king's replies are praising the generals, like Li Tang, praising the collective, praising each soldier's letter, there are too few, it can be said that there are very few!

The vast majority of kings regard the army as a chess piece, the generals as chess players, chess players hold chess pieces, play games with each other, people are habitual, focus on chess players, and often ignore the role of chess pieces!

How to play chess without chess pieces?

Compared with the excitement and high morale of the Changshan army, the Gong army was very quiet, and the loneliness of the failure of the siege filled everyone's hearts, and the contradictions between the generals of the three armies were stimulated again.

(End of chapter)