Chapter 153: Upper City
The drums in the army rumbled, and the infantry walked out of the barracks and lined up neatly outside the city, with a large number of archers on both wings ready to shoot steadily, and a large number of cavalry in the rear of the infantry were also ready to enter the battlefield at any time, and they also served as a superintendent. Ladders, sassages, and catapults were pushed to the front of the position.
As an opponent, the Yanmen guard couldn't help but praise: "Nashun is really handsome." Outside the city, tens of thousands of troops in Nashun were doing their duty, but they did not make any noise, and occasionally the neighing of war horses and the rolling of vehicles could be heard. The Chinese army erected a bucket tower high, on which stood several flag soldiers, holding order flags, waving flags in different directions to issue orders. The troops on the city defense also entered the battle positions, the slingers piled stones behind them, the archers drew their arrows one after another, the crossbows of the beds were already opened, the warriors put up their shields and swords unsheathed, and the oil and rolling wood were ready to enter the battle at any time.
After another day, there were more and more Mongols, but they were originally nomadic herders in the steppe, and they were not the kind that needed the three armies to move food and grass first. Put on your own leather armor, take a bow and arrows and a saber, take a few horses, and carry a few days' dry rations, and you will naturally form an army, and you will go wherever you want to go very quickly.
Nashun is still a pioneer. His horn became more and more urgent, and the infantry in the front shouted in unison, erected a huge shield more than a person high, held it high above the top, and marched towards the majestic Yanmen Pass surrounded by various siege equipment. The Yanmen guard drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers, we just hang those steppe barbarians and beat them on weekdays, and now I don't know what crazy they are, they want to fight us, let them see our ability." ”
He laughed, and under the watchful eye of the crowd, he personally stepped on a trebuchet, and a huge stone flew into the air, and landed accurately in the infantry group outside the city, killing and wounding one after another. The morale of the soldiers was boosted and they shouted: "Kill! "Countless catapult crossbows were launched, and the archers leaned out of the battlements and launched a volley under the orders of the officers, and suddenly locusts flew in the sky, and countless arrows fell from the sky to form a net of command.
Although Nashun's soldiers held their shields aloft, under the dense ranged attack, as long as the slightest gap was exposed, it could be a fatal mistake. Trebuchets were put into operation, hundreds of trebuchets sending large and small stones into the sky, and then roaring into the crowd, beating countless warriors and shields into pulp. Several ladders were also shattered by such an attack. But Nashun was indeed a talent, and although the casualties of the army he led were already expanding, they were not chaotic at all, and the rest of the troops were still firmly marching towards the city.
After fierce fighting, even the trench had already been filled with the corpses of soldiers on both sides, stones, and forage, and Nashun concentrated all his bows and arrows to return fire at the city defense, paying the price of hundreds of casualties among the soldiers, and Nashun's army finally arrived under the city, and the archers on the city defense leaned out and began to shoot almost vertically. The Yanmen guard calmly issued an order: "The archers retreat, the infantry step forward, fire oil, and roll wood to prepare." The archers of the Mongolian army approached, and began to organize a salvo to suppress the fire of the city, hundreds of ladders were added to the city, and countless Mongolian soldiers climbed up with shouts, and there were officers below who were shouting: "The first to attack the head of the city, the centurion of the Feng" Listening to the shouts of the commander, some soldiers simply bit the long knife in their mouths, alternating their hands, and desperately climbed up. The soldiers on the city defense smashed down the rolling logs and stones one by one, and with an unwilling roar, many Mongol troops were smashed down the ladder. The soldiers defending the city overturned the ladder that stretched out to the top of the city, and the Mongol army below erected the ladder again, and the archers of the two armies shot at each other like crazy, and people didn't have time to think, mechanically, crouched, put on the arrows, listened to orders, and released the strings, and the rows of archers fought for control with the archers of the Mongol army. In the intensive shooting, countless people fell, and countless people rushed up again to continue to pick up bows and arrows to shoot.
Whether it is rolling wood or stones, even the burning oil does not seem to be able to stop Nashun's determination, finally, a section of the city defense was opened a gap, countless Mongolian soldiers screamed hideously and rushed in from the gap, more than 100 pikemen behind the city defense stabbed out in unison, instantly killed several Mongolian soldiers, collected the guns, stabbed out again, a gap was enough for a group of Mongolian troops to rush up, the soldiers around the pikemen raised their swords and shields, a shout, and rushed up head-on. One after another the latest information was sent to the hands of the Yanmen guards, and then orders were issued.
"I don't know what the grassland barbarians are crazy about today, does he want to finish the battle today?" The Yanmen guard scolded angrily. The city defenses everywhere have entered the white-knuckle battle, the casualties of the soldiers are very large, and the reserves are constantly replenished to the front line, the soldiers suddenly became nervous, not only to carefully judge the enemy's purpose, and carefully invest the troops, here is the wisdom of the commander, which one judged the wrong situation, which one played all the cards first, which one was finished.
"General, the city defense was broken through, and the brothers organized several counterattacks but failed to take it. The Mongols are too capable to fight, and we have lost most of our brothers in battle. A communications soldier reported with a crying voice.
"Bastard." The guard slammed his fist on the table.
The guard knew very well in his heart that the Mongols were here to fight hard today to see who would collapse first. It's just that now you need to be cautious, if the other party establishes a position in the city defense, it will soon be used as a breakthrough, and the army is surging, but now there is a shortage of manpower, and the powerful generals are fighting bloodily, and in the current stalemate situation, it is likely to become a chess piece that will affect the situation of the war.
Without hesitation, the guard commanded: "You take five hundred men and go at once." ”
The Messenger turned and ran out.
In that section of the city defense, there were not many defenders, and the Mongol army was still swarming up from the gap, chasing and killing the soldiers who were still making the last resistance. The signal soldier screamed in mourning, raised his sword and slashed head-on at a Mongol army. The Mongols were not given the opportunity to form small bow and arrow positions at the head of the city. The five hundred people behind him shouted in unison, and a gust of wind killed them.
Nashun has found his goal, and that is a great man of the Golden Kingdom. He was a burly man, wielding a giant axe, and swept away several warriors one after another to meet Nashun. Nashun took a few steps back, and the knife turned into a bolt of lightning and went straight to the hapless man's throat. Kill immediately!