Chapter 270

Most of the night army near the city gate were climbing the city, and the snow army in the city had people who specially observed the battle situation. Seeing that the night army was about to climb the ladder, they prompted the other soldiers in the city to attack with rolling logs.

The long walls were covered with log trunks, each several feet thick and a few feet long, and they were also used by the Snow Army to stop the Night Army from attacking the city. The Snow Army's preparations for defending the city were much better than the night army's previous defenses.

"One, two, three," came a neat cry from the tower, and soon a piece of rolling log was lifted above the wall by the soldiers, and then pushed down directly from the edge of the wall, with a muffled rolling sound.

"Ah," the night soldiers who were climbing the ladder suddenly noticed a larger object thrown down from the city, and they involuntarily let out a frightened cry.

After a rumbling sound, there was another scream of soldiers beneath the rolling logs. Whether the soldiers were wielding their weapons or doing nothing under the rolling logs, soon there was only the chaotic sound of the rolling logs crushing the ladders. Even the ladder was crushed and torn apart, and the soldiers on the ladder naturally wouldn't be much better.

After a series of screams and screams, a series of soldiers who came down with the rolling logs were seriously injured or directly crushed to death. Originally, there were still a lot of night soldiers waiting to climb the ladder under the ladder, and when they noticed the abnormality on their heads.

Without being reminded by others, they hid behind them in fright, but because the night army standing behind them was too dense, some people did not react in time and failed to retreat in time, and the rolling log that pressed the bodies of several night soldiers continued to roll towards them until they knocked them down, and there was chaos below.

In other places, the soldiers at the foot of the ladder watched the rolling log fall with several soldiers, and they could only watch, not knowing what to do.

If they raise their weapons, they will definitely attack their own people first, and if they don't raise their weapons, they will definitely be overwhelmed by the rolling logs because the crowd is too crowded to move. In a hurry, those ordinary soldiers have a feeling of waiting for death in the face of unexpected situations.

"Get out of the way," shouted from the crowd in the midst of the confusion, and a commander hurriedly called out to the crowded soldiers, and then leaped to his feet, and thrust a shot into the log, pushing the log sideways to the wall, and then the commander of the thousand fell with the log with his spear.

On the other side, several night soldiers who fell from under the rolling logs failed to be effectively rescued, and they fell in scattered places, losing their ability to act.

Immediately afterward, under the attention of many night soldiers, the rolling log was smoothly dropped by the commander against the city wall.

"Boom," the log slammed to the ground.

"Continue the siege," followed the commander with a draw of his spear, and then turned to the night army who were still in a daze, and shouted, "What are you still doing?"

The commander's question made a night army react in time, and a dozen people set up the new ladder in its original position, and at the same time helped up the night soldiers who had fallen to the ground and let them rest against the city wall.

"Rush. Inspired by their officers, the night soldiers shouted with emotion, and then ran forward with a look of great courage, one after the other. With such powerful officers protecting, what else do they need to be afraid of?

Similar charges sounded from the night army area below the city, and more and more night soldiers were affected, and one by one their morale was even higher to climb towards the city.

At the same time, the night army stretched the battle line longer and longer, and the number of night soldiers who were climbing the city at the moment was increasing. Correspondingly, there are more and more rolling logs thrown down from the city, the line of troops is too long, and the distribution of commanders and generals in the night army is not dense, and there are not many high-level martial arts that can really help ordinary soldiers climb the city, and the snow army's method of defending the city still plays a role.

After a while, the stone and rolling wood attacks finally caused one after another screams, and the sound of rolling logs and stones smashing on the ground and the night army was constantly heard under the city, and the night army had no formation, and the distribution of troops became more and more chaotic.

As the besieging side, the night army fell into weakness in a blink of an eye, and the situation changed too quickly, even Zhao Wutong and those generals who watched the battle could obviously see that the situation of the night army was not good at this moment, and there were a large number of casualties in the army.

The good thing for the night army is that the defense methods on the city have changed, a large number of archers of the snow army have not used their strength, and the night army under the city has greatly reduced the number of casualties due to bows and arrows when charging, and the siege vehicles over there are already hitting the city gate.

"Knock, knock, knock," the siege vehicle made a loud crashing sound again and again, and under the continuous push of those soldiers, the gap between the two closed gates continued to expand, and the depression of the impact on the façade gradually increased, and it seemed that the siege vehicle had played a role.

The strength of the siege vehicle every time it hits the city gate is above a thousand catties, which is stronger than the power of a seventh-order martial cultivator, and I don't know how long it will take to knock the city gate open. If there are enough reinforcements behind the gates, it is useless to just smash the gates. I don't know if the Snow Army has completely sealed the back of the city gate, and Zhao Wu is still difficult to determine the situation behind the city gate for the time being.

Previously, because the Snow Army did not destroy the stone bridge, General Zhao Wu and the same cadre had already considered that the Snow Army would not let them enter the city easily. If the end result is that they can't break through the city gates, then the only way for the night army to enter the city is to climb the city walls and then find a way to open the city gates.

Entering the city from the city wall will increase the casualties of your own soldiers, and Zhao Wu will not withdraw the siege vehicle until it is absolutely necessary.

On the other side, the location of the siege vehicle, the snow army paid enough attention, and the rolling logs kept being thrown from the city, directly smashing at the siege vehicles and those soldiers on the carts, if they were really hit by those rolling logs one after another. The siege did not break through the gates, but it had to be smashed by those things.

Fortunately, the night army was prepared, and many generals and commanders were on both sides of the siege engine, and they would be the first to strike as soon as arrows, stones, and logs came down. One by one, all the equipment flying from the castle tower was reduced to pieces before it could reach the siege vehicle, and it had no effect on the siege vehicle.

More and more rolling logs were thrown down from the city, and the tools for defending the city that were originally placed on the thousand-meter-long city wall were quickly consumed, and half of them were quickly used up. Now many snow troops are constantly carrying supplies from the city to the snow army in the city. In terms of defending the city, the snow army has prepared enough, but there will always be a time when it will run out, and those snow troops in the city will not have endless strength, of course, the materials of the snow army can still be used for a long time.

Zhang Yuan in the city has also been listening to the herald's report on the current battle situation, to see if the method of defending the city according to the military book has worked.

"Marshal, the Rolling Wood Defense has already done its job, causing a lot of inconvenience and a lot of casualties to the Night Army. A herald hurried to the castle tower with a happy face to report to Zhang Yuanyi.

"Well," Zhang Yuanyi nodded with satisfaction, as if he had been waiting for this expected result for a long time, and there was a somewhat relieved look on his face.

"Marshal, what should our army do next?" Qing Yuan, who was sitting on the side, joined the army, and his originally tightly frowning brows gradually relaxed, it turned out that this person was not optimistic about Zhang Yuan because of what happened before, and in desperation, he had the mentality of taking one step at a time.

Now Zhang Yuanyi's performance is a little unexpected, which makes this person feel both awkward and happy, and after this person wants to understand that Zhang Yuanyi always wants to listen to his own words, this person can't care more about Zhang Yuanyi's before, and instead puts the hope of defending the city on Zhang Yuanyi.

"Lord Sun, please rest assured, this commander has made all aspects of personnel deployment in accordance with the military book, and he will definitely be able to block the enemy's offensive. Adults can wait with Zhang to wait for reinforcements to arrive," Zhang Yuan was quite proud of his words at this time, although he took the initiative to talk to Qingyuan to join the army, but it was obviously not as polite as at the beginning.

In fact, it is not without basis that Zhang Yuan dared to say that it was too full, and it was recorded in the war book that siege warfare was one of the most difficult battles among all kinds of battles.

At present, the night army does not have advanced siege equipment, and second, it does not have a spacious siege passage, relying only on the stone bridge and a limited number of ladders, and the number of people who can come to attack the city at the same time is greatly reduced. Zhang Yuan also believed that although the night army had a large number of troops, not even one-tenth of the people who were actually besieging the city were far from one-tenth.

It was just that they only needed to block the tenth of the people, and compared to each other, it was their snow army that had a big advantage in terms of strength. According to Zhang Yuan's speculation, the number of ladders of the Night Army must be limited, and after they destroy a large number of ladders of the Night Army with rolling logs and stones, even if some soldiers of the Night Army can climb the city, it will still not have much impact on their defense of the city.

Originally, I thought that the Night Army could have a lot of ability as a victorious division, but I didn't expect that there would be a real battle, and the Night Army's performance was nothing more than that. There is no clever siege method, no surprising soldier performance, everything is so ordinary. Zhang Yuanyi didn't understand at the moment how Xu Tianyi could be defeated by Zhao Wu when he only faced a bow and arrow attack.

After the continuous good news came back, Zhang Yuan in the hall also became more and more high-spirited, and gradually even Zhao Wu was not in his eyes, only regarded Zhao Wu as a commander who only relied on the advantage of troops to win, but unfortunately his own strategy was too clever.

First, they blocked the city gate to completely ensure that the night army would not be able to break through the city gate, and second, they had enough troops to be responsible for the transportation of those city defense equipment. It's a pity that those stones and rolling logs were collected in a hurry, and there is not much storage quantity, otherwise Zhang Yuanyi really wants to rely on two things to make the night army have a large number of casualties, and then let the night army know that he Zhang Yuanyi is powerful.