Chapter 272

On the other side, when the rolling log was about to roll to the feet of many soldiers, many of the soldiers in the rear had already used their weapons against the rolling wood at this moment, and more than a dozen people worked together to finally stop the rolling log.

Standing up straight, Lin Xuanzhong had no time to think about how embarrassed he was just now, and his heart was full of gratitude to those behind him, but when Lin Xuanzhong's eyes fell on the few corpses behind the two ends of the rolling log, Lin Xuanzhong didn't care to thank those who rescued him.

Just now, Lin Xuanzhong rescued the big bull and them in a short period of time, but the soldiers on the two cloud ladders next to them were not so lucky, and their flesh and blood were blurred one by one by the heavy rolling logs, and their deaths were very miserable, making it impossible to look at them directly.

There were many people who died under Lin Xuanzhong's hands before, and Lin Xuanzhong had seen many corpses, but now the straightforward scene in front of him still made Lin Xuanzhong feel that he couldn't bear to look at it directly.

At the same time, the soldiers beside Lin Xuanzhong saw that after blocking the rolling log, they retracted their weapons one by one and ran forward one after another, wanting to see if the people who were smashed by the rolling wood just now were still alive, but unfortunately, the rolling wood that fell from the city more than seven meters high was too powerful, even if someone was not dead now, all the internal organs had been seriously damaged, and they were not far from death.

Now is not the time to mourn, the siege is the main thing. "What are you doing in a daze, don't go up quickly," sure enough, a late commander in the back saw that everyone went to check the injuries of those soldiers, his face was angry, and he urged loudly.

"Yes," some of the soldiers found out that it was the officer, and did not dare to slack off, and hurried back one by one to build a new ladder, and then rushed forward again.

Da Niu at the foot of the cloud ladder came over with a nervous face and thanked Lin Xuanzhong, if Lin Xuanzhong hadn't pulled it out from under the rolling log in time just now, there would definitely be Da Niu himself among the corpses lying on the ground, so Da Niu had an abnormal face at the moment because of palpitations. However, after Da Niu learned that it was Lin Xuanzhong who saved his life, Da Niu was naturally very grateful to Lin Xuanzhong.

"Big brother, don't say it, hurry up!" Da Niu had just thanked him, and Da Hu came over to remind him. Because of the urging of the commander behind him, Dahu looked nervous at the moment, but he didn't dare to disobey the other party's orders.

Military orders are like a mountain, and every soldier must obey the orders of their superiors. If they disobey, with their strength, they will only be punished by military regulations in front of the commander.

Generally, there will only be one end for soldiers who disobey military orders on the battlefield, and they will die in their own hands. Military regulations are like this, who dares not to rush.

Da Hu urged, Da Niu didn't dare to rub, and after the people next to him climbed the ladder, he smiled at Lin Xuanzhong, and Da Niu followed behind the others and wanted to climb up again, his face became more and more unnatural.

After experiencing what happened just now, I felt a little apprehensive when I touched the ladder again, and Da Niu didn't have the fearless momentum just now, and he didn't even dare to climb up again.

Now the other people next to Da Niu were also frightened because they had witnessed the scene just now, for fear that a piece of rolling wood would roll down from it. Now the high-spirited momentum of the people around them has been severely hit, but fortunately, the soldiers can continue to climb the city.

Similar to the situation here, many of the Night Army members died under the rolling logs, and these rolling logs not only caused great damage to the Night Army, but also prevented the Night Army from climbing the city.

Looking at everything under the Great Wall of the Great Wall, Zhao Wu on the chariot was still silent on the surface, but there were huge fluctuations in his heart. Attacking the city is really not an easy task, Zhao Wu sighed in his heart, and at the same time thought that if he didn't want to miss the current opportunity, he would rather wait a little longer.

Wait for the royal family of the Night Kingdom to send large siege equipment, and they will attack the city again. Now that it has come to this point, there is no way to retreat, from the beginning of the siege to the present thousand-meter-long front, the night army has suffered heavy casualties, and it will soon reach 10,000 people in a blink of an eye.

The sound of "knocking and knocking" at the city gate continued, but it failed to break the city gate, and judging from the broken positions on the two city gates, there was obviously something behind the city gate as a resistance. It was dark, and it must have been unusually strong behind the gate as a reinforcement of the city gate.

Even if the Night Army could break the gates, it would still be difficult for siege engines to knock things open in a short period of time. The Snow Army was well prepared to defend the city gates, regardless of whether those defensive strategies were all thought of by Zhang Yuanyi himself, in short, Zhang Yuanyi did a good job.

On the chariot, Zhao Wu was estimating casualties. By this moment, there were already many night soldiers climbing over the wall and fighting with the snow army on the city wall.

On the wall more than four meters wide, in addition to placing stones, rolling logs and some soldiers' weapons, the width of the walkway left for those soldiers to move may be only two meters.

The narrow aisles were crowded with snow troops, and as long as someone from the night army went up, there was only one result, and those who went up would soon die under the random guns of the snow army. Either they were plunged directly from the side of the city wall by the Snow Army, or they happened to be killed by the Snow Army after going to the city, and then the corpse was thrown from the city by the Snow Army.

Along with those soldiers, there were also their original weapons, whether long or short, the damage to the night army after being thrown down by the snow army one by one was far higher than being smashed by corpses.

Chaos was everywhere in the city, screams, cries for help, and even insults were chaotic, and the formation of the night army became more and more chaotic, and even the words of the officers who commanded the charge in the crowd could not be effective.

The morale of the army was in turmoil, and the battle situation was very unfavorable to the night army. The faces of Zhao Wu and the generals who were watching the battle from a distance became more and more solemn, and they all saw that it was difficult to attack the city. After so long, there was no effect, but the number of casualties among the soldiers continued to increase, which greatly damaged the morale of these generals.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan is no longer an ordinary marshal in their hearts, and Zhao Wu is not too good at using soldiers in their hearts. If Zhao Wu can't come up with a countermeasure to change the current situation, the morale of the night army will be lower and lower, and the cavalry and archers who are waiting will only become more and more anxious.

As the battle became more apparent, some of the generals had already figured out that even if they had tried so hard to break open the gates, they would still be greeted by a heavy bow and arrow attack. The gate was only that wide, and it was not suitable for a large army to charge, and the archers of the Snow Army should always be on standby behind the gate.

In fact, Zhao Wu naturally considered the aspects that many generals considered, and the current situation was very clear. In Zhao Wu's view, there was only one way for the night army to attack the city, and that was to rely on the cloud ladder to climb over the city wall. It is indeed a stupid method, and it is also the only way, and there will inevitably be a large number of casualties in the current way of attacking the city. If you are not mentally prepared in advance, then you can only withdraw your troops in time now.

For Zhao Wu, the siege had already begun, and if they couldn't take Xilan Pass in one fell swoop, they would miss the opportunity, and the morale of the entire army would be greatly demoralized because of this siege failure. In particular, the defeat in this battle will make the image of the enemy commander appear powerful in the eyes of your own soldiers.

After that, when the reinforcements of the Snow Army arrive, the Night Army will not have any advantage as the victorious side. It is easy to withdraw troops, but the implication of withdrawing troops is too great, and now the withdrawal of troops also violates the will of the royal family of the Night Kingdom to break through the Snow Country as soon as possible, Zhao Wu knows that they can only advance and not retreat in this siege, otherwise as soon as the time passes, the reinforcements of the Snow Army will arrive, and the Night Army will not have a good time to attack.

In a blink of an eye, Zhao Wu had already made up his mind that this battle must be won.

"Marshal, the resistance of the Snow Army is too stubborn, and I am afraid that it will be very detrimental to our army in the long run. A general waited for Zhao Wu to give orders, so in desperation, he had to take the initiative to express his own opinion.

"Marshal, the number of ladders in our army is limited, and if they are destroyed too much by the enemy, I am afraid that even if some soldiers can climb the city at that time, there will not be enough soldiers to support the remaining ladders alone, and the situation will be even more unfavorable to us at that time. Then another general spoke his mind.

"I don't know what kind of siege plan you have?" The analysis of the two generals is correct, in this case, Zhao Wu just took advantage of the situation to see how capable the generals in the army were.

"Marshal, according to the opinion of his subordinates, our army's current siege strategy is still mainly to lengthen the battle line, but the number of soldiers crossing the bridge is really limited, and it will take a certain amount of time to extend the battle line to the place where the snow army seems to be weak, and our army may have a large number of casualties during this period!" A general about forty years old, dressed in heroism, expressed his thoughts with a calm face.

"My subordinates felt that our army's siege was hasty, the siege equipment was not well prepared, and there were many deficiencies in the consideration of the enemy's way of defending the city, so my subordinates felt that our troops should be withdrawn immediately before our army had a large number of casualties. "Another general gave his opinion.

This person's statement was very insightful, and immediately attracted the support of many generals next to him, but Zhao Wu on the chariot had not yet spoken, and the generals did not know what Zhao Wu meant.

In terms of withdrawing troops, Zhao Wu had already considered it just now, and now is indeed within the right time to withdraw troops. Once this period of time has passed, the negative impact of the withdrawal will be the same as Zhao Wu had considered before, and all the situation will develop in a direction that is unfavorable to the night army.

On the chariot, Zhao Wu, who was in the main battle, still did not agree with the countermeasures of withdrawing troops. On the other hand, the general's proposal to stretch the battle line just now was exactly the siege strategy they had originally set, and it could be said that it was the only way for Zhao Wu to persist in the battle.

Once the battle line is extended, the snow army's defense materials will inevitably be in short supply, so the number of people who can climb the city wall will naturally increase. In addition, before the arrival of the Night Army, the time left for the deployment of the Snow Army was very short, and Zhao Wu did not think that the Snow Army would use endless stones and rolling logs to defend the city.