Chapter 234

The special ones were very light to be carried by many soldiers, and once set up on either side of the river, all soldiers could cross the river on run, and the wide baffles of the ladder ensured that they would not step on the air.

According to the plan of the Snow Army, they will have several generals mixed in with the ordinary infantry, and after crossing the bridge, several generals will cut the rope holding the drawbridge in time and lower the drawbridge. At that point, the two sides will be connected, and the siege beasts they brought with them will be useful.

The Thorn Beast was fully capable of breaking through the city gate and letting them enter, and at that time, it would not be difficult for the Snow Army to take Huangyan Pass with a numerical advantage.

Lowering the drawbridge is the main plan of the Snow Country army, and it is the strategy that Xu Tianyi discussed with a cadre of generals before, and the Snow Army has made the drawbridge the key to their victory. Therefore, before the drawbridge was lowered, no matter how many generals and soldiers the Snow Army died, they did not hesitate.

The Snow Country army poured out this time, and the morale of the 150,000 army was strong. Under Xu Tianyi's strategy, Hong Sihai's death yesterday had no impact on the army, and the morale of the whole army was still as high as before.

For the siege of the city at night, they had already prepared for a day, and now all the soldiers were waiting for the orders of their marshal.

"Marshal Xu is really punctual," On the city tower, Zhao Wu was dressed in military uniform, although he would not personally participate in the battle anyway, but Zhao Wu's dress was extremely formal.

"What did General Zhao say," Marshal Xu stroked his long beard and said lightly: "I don't know if General Zhao had anything to say to the old man before the war." ”

"If Marshal Xu can take the army back, it will naturally be better. ”

"Don't mention this matter, since Ben Shuai has already led a large army here, he naturally won't go back empty-handed. ”

"Well, the marshal doesn't have to be polite to Zhao Mou anymore. Saying that, Zhao Wu waved his hand and put it down again, and the herald who was waiting on the side understood, and immediately conveyed Zhao Wu's instructions. Immediately after, the war drums on both sides of the castle tower sounded.

"Knock knock," Zhao Wu did the opposite, and instead started a war against the Snow Army.

When the drums sounded, the archers on the tower drew their bows and prepared to release their arrows.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Wu acted so decisively, Marshal Xu frowned and didn't know what Zhao Wu thought, but at this moment, he couldn't think too much, Xu Tianyi immediately pulled out his sword.

"The sword is unsheathed," the sharp sword groaned endlessly.

"Rush," Hearing this, a member of the Snow Army General pointed to the front and shouted, and all of a sudden shouts of killing rang out, and the Snow Country Army, which had been waiting for a long time, rushed forward together.

"Put," At this moment, the two generals of the arrow battalion on the castle tower ordered an attack. The heralds on the castle tower who were in charge of summoning the news, each of them held the banner of the Night Kingdom in their hands, and they passed ten to hundreds, and soon the archers on the castle tower received orders.

"Release," followed a series of shouts, and the defenders responded. Arrow feathers pierced the air and flew towards the front camp of the Snow Nation army with a whooshing sound.

When the army advanced ten meters, it was exactly within the range of the defenders.

"Jingle bell," the sound of arrows striking objects kept coming, and many arrows landed on the shields raised by the infantry.

The Snow Country infantry who rushed to the front, they were responsible for erecting the ladder. With one hand carrying the ladder and the other holding a shield covering most of his body, he rushed forward.

The distance of 100 meters is only a dozen breaths for them, but they will face the impact of a rain of arrows as they run forward.

"Ah, uh," there were people who were incapacitated under the indiscriminate arrows, killed or wounded, and once someone fell, others would quickly take their place, braving the rain of arrows to send the ladder forward step by step, and the battle was very tense.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Snow Country were still thirty meters away from the moat, Zhao Wu gave another order. The archers in the city were ordered to draw another arrow from the barrel of the arrow one after another, and then with the help of someone nearby, they lit the cotton tied to the front of the arrow.

Then, flaming arrows kept heading at the snow sergeants.

Since tying the arrow to the cotton would affect the rate of fire of the arrow, as well as the firing distance, it was not until the snow army was close to the moat that Zhao Wu asked the archers in the city to use such arrows.

The cotton wool was made of oil-soaked cotton, and when hit the shield hard, oil and water splashed, increasing the burning area.

If it shoots directly at people, it is fine that it does not penetrate the leather armor they wear, but if it shoots the flesh and flesh and shoots those soldiers, not to mention the flesh, the scorching temperature of the arrows will burn them and they will scream again and again, and it is easy to force a soldier to lose his ability to arms, or even the ability to move.

The effect of the rocket was extremely obvious, the number of soldiers who fell at a distance of thirty meters was only a lot more than the number of dead in the previous seventy-meter charge, and the entire battle line was three hundred meters long. If the distance between each corpse was only two or three meters, the casualties of the first round of the Storm Snow Army would have been thousands, but this was only the beginning.

Arriving at the moat, those responsible for building the ladder lowered their shields and ran together, erected the ladder high, and quickly lowered it. As they lowered the ladder, the soldiers' bodies were exposed, and the defenders of the walls shot them even more frantically.

In the darkness of the night, arrows kept falling on some of the soldiers, and the screams kept ringing out, but as long as all the personnel were not all killed, the rest of the people would continue to complete their mission.

There were also some arrows that went straight into the river, and for the defenders, the more arrows they fired, the better, and there was no time to aim and shoot, especially in such tense moments, and it was not uncommon for the arrows to miss.

As the soldiers in front of them desperately set up a ladder, the archers of the Snow Army were ordered to arrive, and several rows of archers bent their bodies to reduce their chances of being shot.

Under the instructions of the generals of the Snow Army, they were already drawing their bows and shooting arrows, and the target was none other than the defenders on the castle tower. They didn't have the kind of arrows with cotton wool, they only used normal arrows, which was good for accuracy.

There was a constant swishing sound, and arrow feathers shot out towards the archers on the tower.

"Ah," under the random arrows, many of the defenders were shot by enemy arrows when they shot arrows downward, and because of the blocking of the city wall, the parts where they were shot were all in critical positions. With a scream, the men fell straight down.

At the same time, the soldiers who had been lighting torches for those people did not need to be busy lighting the torches for the people in front of them, but directly planted the torches on the city wall, and then took the place of the dead soldiers, took their bows and arrows and fired at the enemy troops below.

One by one, the defenders on the castle tower fell, and the archers of the Snow Country may not be good at archery, but there are so many of them that shooting an arrow at random per person is a great threat to the defenders.

The archers on the castle tower kept dying, and the remaining people did not dare to show too much of their bodies when shooting arrows. In fear, the number of times they shoot arrows and the accuracy of their arrows are greatly reduced.

At the same time, Zhao Wu on the tower of the city, under the protection of the two arrow battalion generals next to him, had been observing the battle between the two sides.

The number of archers on your side is limited, and the accuracy of shooting is also limited, and there are already many casualties. On the contrary, the Snowpiercer army became more and more fierce, and after the first ladder was erected, countless ladders were erected on both sides of the river, so that the Snowpiercer army had a way to cross the river.

Seeing that the efficiency of the Snow Army's charge was higher than expected, and in the blink of an eye, he was about to run to the river bank through the ladder, Zhao Wu frowned, turned to the archers on both sides and ordered, "Only shoot those who are crossing the bridge." ”

Then, the two generals passed the new instructions to the heralds on standby, and the heralds hurriedly passed on the new instructions until they were more than a hundred meters away on both sides of the city wall.

The battle situation became more and more tense, and arrows kept flying from below, and even the herald was a little worried at the moment.

At this moment, the shouts of the Snow Country army have long been interrupted by the sound of these arrows breaking the wind and the screams of those soldiers, but under the command of the Snow Country generals, all the soldiers are still rushing forward, endlessly.

The besieging beasts in front of Xu Tianyi's chariot were stimulated by the battle situation, and roared from time to time, and if it weren't for the fact that there were still people controlling them, they would have rushed out with the army.

Casualties in the siege are inevitable, Marshal Xu on the chariot looked at everything in front of him, his face did not change at all, everything was within their consideration, as long as the general hidden in the ordinary soldiers could pass smoothly and put down the drawbridge, the main force of the army could immediately rush over.

At the same time, now Lin Xuanzhong and the three of them are really on fire, because the corpses of many soldiers are burning, illuminating the city gate even brighter. Hundreds of meters away, all three of them could hear the sound of the battle over there.

I don't know what the battle will be, the three of them have already been nervous about the ending, and this battle is related to the fate of the three of them. If the Snow Country's army does come in, then they have to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the commander said before that with General Zhao Wu here, their city pass would definitely be able to be defended, and the three of them were still very relieved out of their trust in the commander himself. Of course, in this uncertain environment, it is normal for the three of them to be suspicious.

"What's the situation over there?" I don't know what's going on, I always want to know what the specific battle situation is, but I know in my heart that I can't go over and watch it, so I ask such a question in a hurry.

"I don't know," Lin Xuanzhong shook his head, just seeing that the light over there had become much stronger, but how could Lin Xuanzhong know what the specific situation was over there, and Qingyi didn't say anything about the issue of Ming not regretting.

"Then are we going to wait here all the time?" Ming didn't regret it and didn't give up, and he always felt that he could ask something.

"Otherwise, do you dare to go over and have a look?" Lin Xuanzhong wondered why Ming Buregret had so many questions.

A rhetorical question completely dispelled the idea of luck in Ming Buregret's heart, and for a while, Ming Buregret completely understood the situation in front of him and didn't ask more.

After realizing that none of the three of them could know what was going on over there, Ming Buregret watched the fires flicker and consider what they would do if the Night Army failed to hold the city.