Chapter 66: Black Clouds Crush the City (Part II)
As the commander-in-chief of the Wei and Jin coalition forces, Xie Houyin stood on the three-story high platform, located on the second floor of the high platform, with four large drums placed, and two men with naked upper bodies, black wide-legged pants underneath, and a bright red belt tied around their waists.
These muscular men, all over their bodies, exuded a majesticism unique to men, holding heavy drumsticks in their hands, twisting their waists, driving their arms to rise, and slamming down towards the drum surface, the two of them joined forces and began to beat violently in a very rhythmic manner.
"Knock knock! knock knock!"
The strong and powerful drum beat, the rhythm from slow to fast, bursts of frequent urging, as if urging the soldiers below to fight bravely and keep moving forward, this is the most traditional war drum used to boost morale before the battle.
The drum is divided into three ways, each pass is three hundred and thirty-three times, and the three links are completed, which represents the moment of the official start of the war, and not only this place, but also in the middle of the regular array formed by the 150,000 troops, there are also small and large platforms arranged at regular intervals, and there are drummers on them to cooperate with the drums, so that the drums can cover the entire battlefield and reach the ears of each soldier.
"Woooo
At the same time, the majestic and majestic horn sounded with it!
The sound of the war drums began to become more rapid and rapid, and their power was like a thunderbolt bursting through the sky, while the sound of trumpets was continuous, and it sounded like a herd of cattle galloping, and the whole earth began to tremble.
The sound of the impassioned and generous war drums and the majestic and loud trumpets helped each other and cooperated with each other, and the sound of the soldiers around them stepping on the ground in unison, and the sound of three completely different but unhindered fusion of each other, reverberated between heaven and earth.
The momentum of this army began to climb upwards continuously, and gradually, it seemed to condense into a substantial object with a huge sense of oppression.
Seeing this situation, the soldiers of Liangguo on the city wall here suddenly became more and more flustered and anxious in their hearts, not to mention these local soldiers in Liangzhou who had never experienced the cruel baptism of war, even if they were veterans who originally belonged to the Xiong Zhen army, at this time, they could only stand on the edge of the battlements in a daze, staring at this scene in the distance with wide eyes, regardless of the wind and rain above their heads, but they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
It's close!
It's closer!
The enemy who was approaching this side as time went by, like an unchangeable and terrible fate, and they couldn't help but start moving their steps backwards, wanting to leave, wanting to escape, completely afraid to face such an army.
"Bang!"
But at this moment, a very loud cannon sound suddenly came from behind, as if it was thunder on the ground, and it was as if a boulder suddenly rolled down from the cliff and fell into the tide that slapped in the distance, smashing a huge splash, and at the same time destroying the linkage of the entire tide.
It was as if an invisible mirror was suddenly shattered, and all the inner confusion and illusion were shattered.
"Knock knock! knock knock!"
Immediately afterwards, the majestic war drums, which did not lose too much to the other party's momentum, also sounded above the towers of several sides, and because it was close to him, it fell into the ears of his own people, but it easily overshadowed the other party.
The soldiers of the Liang Kingdom on the city wall couldn't help but follow the rhythm of their war drums, and for a moment they only felt the blood surging in their hearts, and a long-lost courage slowly rose from under their chests and abdomen, and they couldn't help but roar.
Dressed in military uniform, specially draped in the treasure armor given by the imperial court before, and holding the handle of Yanzhou's unique scimitar, Wanyan Keni, under the protection of a team of loyal soldiers, stepped on the horse race and quickly climbed the city tower, seeing that his morale seemed to be a little sluggish, he immediately waved his big hand and shouted: "Da Liang!
As soon as he roared like this, coupled with the fact that his own soldiers followed him to take the lead, the soldiers on the city wall, who were still a little sluggish, also blushed and pulled
neck, began to shout together, this wave, centered on them, quickly spread to both sides, so that the entire line of defense began to roar together.
"Da Liang!
"Da Liang!
"Da Liang!
Although in terms of momentum, because of the lack of numbers, the other party is really weaker a lot, but at least after this opening, the feeling of being so scared at the beginning that I didn't know what to do was immediately dispersed.
At first, it was because they accidentally fell into the atmosphere deliberately created by the other party, and they were immersed in the rhythm of the enemy, and they felt that they were facing the enemy's thousands of troops alone, so they naturally felt lonely, hesitant, helpless, and afraid.
But at this moment, one by one came back to his senses, and began to cooperate under the command of the captains of each squad to use the things that would be used in the defense of the city, and after being a member of the team, all kinds of negative emotions in his heart disappeared all at once, which is also one of the purposes to be achieved by repeating the training day after day over the years.
Huge ballistae, catapults, and other objects that are best used to deal with siege equipment such as ladders, rolling logs, hot oil, rockets, etc., were all placed one by one and placed within easy reach.
The soldiers fiddling with the ballistas and trebuchets began to consciously reposition them, while the others took out their bows and arrows and began to straighten their positions, waiting for the commander's order, with a full quiver at their side.
The advantage of being the defender of the city is that it can rely on the terrain and the city wall to attack calmly and condescendingly, and at such a long distance, it is necessary to withstand the continuous rain of arrows, and the enemy is afraid that he will exhaust all his strength just by rushing under the city wall.
It's close!
It's getting closer!
The soldiers on the tower could almost hear the nervous heartbeats of themselves and their companions.
Wanyan Keni stood on the edge of the battlement, trying to look towards the opposite side, and at the same time, Xie Houyin on the high platform also seemed to be sensitive, looking towards this side, the eyes of the two met in the air, each saw the other, and recognized the other.
After all, this is not the first time these two have fought each other, as early as in Yanzhou, Wanyan Keni was very disgusted Xie Houyin, at that time Xie Houyin was in Yanzhou all the way like a bamboo, marching forward, conquering the city, no one could stop him, the only time he stopped his footsteps, and stalemate with the other party for a long time was at a dangerous checkpoint guarded by Wanyan Keni at that time!
It was only later that Xie Houyin made a move to secretly Chen Cang, and with an exemplary attack battle, he angrily slashed more than 100,000 people of the bloody army, causing the Yanzhou army, which had almost gained a firm foothold and was waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, completely collapsed, and the situation in Yanzhou completely collapsed.
The remaining Yanzhou army was lonely, and in desperation, they could only choose to temporarily evacuate Yanzhou and retreat to Liangzhou to defend, not to mention the complete fall of Yanzhou, and even encountered the interception of this person on the way, which caused half of the Xiong Zhen army to be killed.
After recognizing Xie Houyin, Yan Keni couldn't help but sneer in his heart, and secretly said that this time Lao Tzu has something good, wait for your kid to taste it, and be ashamed of it, and take revenge first.
Thinking about him, he is also aggrieved, they all say that the Yanzhou boy is full of blood, he is the son of the grassland, if it weren't for Chang Dingfang's name being too loud, killing too many people, coupled with the advocacy of people with a heart, he said that he was the son of destiny, otherwise the people of Yanzhou would not have surrendered so willingly after a few defeats.
In fact, their Yanzhou people are fierce in their bones and do not admit defeat, but as a result, a few days ago, they were beaten all the way by the patriots who were not looked down on in the past, and chased them to Liangzhou with knives, and they were like lost dogs along the way, and even lost their ancestral land, do you think he can not be angry?
There was really no way before, he was not qualified to monopolize military power, and he gave it a go with the other party, plus he really lost the opportunity, to put it bluntly, the Yanzhou army was stunned, and it was difficult to sober up and fight with the other party.
Here, Xie Houyin couldn't help but be a little excited after seeing Yan Keni, because once he knew the location of the enemy's boss, he would attack in a targeted manner, although he
It has always been exposed, but because of the difference between the offensive and defensive sides, he can move, or he can hide behind and command calmly, but the city wall is so big, he can't run away from Yan Keni.
Thinking of this, he visually measured the distance from the other party slightly, and his arms began to slowly rise up, ready to wait for the next to enter the range of several catapults, so he gave the other party a big gift first, whether he could escape or not, it depended on the luck of the other party.
But he didn't think that the next moment, he couldn't help but stare at his eyes suddenly, his mouth opened slightly, and he saw that stones the size of a millstone suddenly shot towards this side from the opposite city wall.
In an instant, the thought in his heart changed sharply, and his first reaction was that the other party had misestimated the distance, because the cycle of reloading ammunition for catapults took too long, so they generally did not attack tentatively, and relied on their own command to estimate the distance.
But when he thought that this was the master who not only set a trap to make himself lose a small game, but also used a level to stop himself for seven or eight days, he naturally thought of another possibility, that is, the catapult in the opponent's hand has a longer range than his side, so he will attack before several sides.
This information about the performance of the catapult is really difficult to obtain, and no one is to blame, but the losses caused by it are unavoidable.
Under the command of Wanyan Keni, the catapults on the side of Liangguo are all very targeted attacks, and the places covered are the places where the siege cloud towers and catapults that are being pushed hard by the soldiers of the Patriotic Nation are located, because the objects are very large, so even in the huge formation of up to 150,000 people, it is still very conspicuous.
Of course, it is impossible for the people on the city tower here to point where to fight, it is impossible, even after Gu Cang's research and improvement, these catapults cannot do such accuracy, in fact, the role of the catapult itself is not to accurately hit the target, but to carry out a range of coverage attacks, besides, today's wind is howling, and the wind is very obstructive, but under the large coverage of firepower, it can always hit some.
A catapult, fully loaded, can throw thousands of pounds of things at a time, and the effective distance can hit three hundred meters away, such a heavy thing falling from the sky, that kind of power, absolutely devastating.
In fact, when the stones flew from a distance, the slogans of the patriotic soldiers had already stopped involuntarily, and in the middle of the entire ranks, there were some very obvious riots.
When they were in Yanzhou before, although the Weijin coalition army was progressing very smoothly and the results were gratifying, after all, they also lost hundreds of thousands of people there, and many of them were originally elites, although now these 150,000 people have also experienced the baptism of the Yanzhou war, but after all, they are not really elite backgrounds, and in the face of this terrible weapon of war, it is a normal phenomenon to have riots because of fear.
As long as it's a person, who wouldn't be afraid of death, but if they are crowded in a pile of people like this, they can't run away, not to mention that this is actually a complete matter of luck, when it comes to fate, even if they run in the open space, in terms of their ability, they will still be hit.
I saw that the sky overhead, which was already somewhat dim because of the dark clouds, suddenly darkened again, and only a gust of wind was heard, and a huge, terrible shadow fell rapidly from above, and it was completely impossible to dodge, and the soldiers below raised their heads and looked at the shadow that represented death, and the howls of horror stopped abruptly, because in that moment, they had been smashed into a puddle of invisible flesh.
"Bang!"
The muddy water was flying, and even half of the huge falling rocks had been smashed into the earth, and the people below could imagine what it looked like.
There is really no way, no matter how strong the shield or how hard the armor is, it can't block this blow, this is beyond the reach of manpower, even if Gu Xuan or Feng Tiesheng is here, at most, because they are far away, they can predict the location in advance and escape, but the whole process will be very thrilling, which is why the strength of the individual will be very small in this level of war, because no matter how powerful a person is, even if he can kill hundreds of people with the strength of one person after going into battle, once he faces trebuchets and ballistas, which are specially designed for destruction and killing, he is definitely not his opponent。
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