Chapter Ninety-Six: The Siege Begins
The sunset of Yangguan Castle is different from the past, full of solemn atmosphere, and the soldiers sit behind the battlements, minimizing the exertion of physical strength and preparing for the arrival of battle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Woo~" bursts of wolf howls sounded, one after another, and the people who listened were terrified.
"Here, the werewolves are about to start attacking the city, send someone to inform the captain. "The captain on duty heard the wolf howl, looked out of the city from the battlements, and saw a large number of wolf horsemen coming out of the camp, and immediately understood that the werewolves were going to start attacking the city.
Lieutenant Li of the garrison was not far from the city tower, and when he heard the wolf howl, he guessed that the werewolves were about to attack the city, and soon rushed to the top of the city tower to watch the situation outside the city.
"Isn't it an all-out siege?" Captain Li's tense heart relaxed a little, about one-third of the werewolves came out of the camp, and not all of them participated in the first round of siege.
"Everyone cheered up, the young man followed closely by the soldier's side, and learned how to fight, don't panic, werewolves are actually nothing remarkable. "Captain Li ordered to prepare for battle, even if there were only 10,000 wolf cavalry attacking the city, he did not dare to relax.
The young men gathered before dusk have reached 10,000 people, and the space on the city tower is limited, so a group of elites were selected from them, and more than 1,000 people were transferred to the city tower first.
The garrison and private soldiers have some combat experience, in the face of tens of thousands of werewolf cavalry outside the city, even if they are inevitably afraid, but they are much better than the young people, and from time to time there are soldiers who encourage the young men beside them, and they are also from Yangguan City, and many of them are still acquaintances.
"Liu Da, don't be nervous, your father killed him back then, don't embarrass him. A young man with a Wu commander was the son of Lao Liu Tou, and when he saw that his hand holding the knife was trembling, he comforted him.
"Well, I won't. Liu Da's eyes were full of determination, and he held the handle of the knife tightly, and the trembling gradually subsided.
There were no more wolf horsemen in the camp outside the city, and under the leadership of Valer, the wolf horsemen gradually approached the city wall, and the heavy stampede of the wolves was deafening.
"Let the two teams of 1,000 men launch a tentative attack first. Valle instructed the commander beside him that the specific situation in the city was unknown, and he was tentatively launching an offensive, and after understanding it clearly, it would be easier to successfully attack the city.
"Yes" The werewolf captain responded and mobilized two thousand-man teams, and the ladder used for the siege was carried over, ready to launch the first round of offensive at any time.
"Offense. The commander gave the order, and the horn of the attack sounded.
In the sound of the trumpet, two thousand werewolves turned over and fell to the ground almost at the same time, a group of werewolves left the team, and the werewolves in front raised their shields to cover the clansmen carrying the ladder behind them, and rushed towards the city wall.
"Shoot the arrows. When the werewolf came within range, Captain Li ordered the archers to release their arrows.
There are not many bows and arrows in Yangguan City, with the support of each family, and the total is only a hundred, most of the sparse arrows are blocked by shields, and a few hits can't cause much damage to the werewolves at all.
In the face of the attack of arrows, the werewolves quickly rushed to the foot of the city wall, the ladder was tightly erected on the ground, and several werewolves worked together to stand it up, and leaned against the city wall with a snap, and on both sides of the city gate, three ladders were erected on each side.
"Knock the ladder down and go down with the logs. Captain Li gave the order again.
The soldiers, who had been prepared for a long time, lifted the bumper wood next to them in groups of four, and slammed into the part of the ladder that exceeded the city wall, and the huge momentum knocked the ladder away from the city wall.
One of the ladders was knocked straight down, and another was skewed and could not reach the tower, and the rest were knocked off the city wall, but they were quickly retracted.
"Go on. ”
Not once, and after several successive impacts, only one of the six ladders was still close to the city wall.
The werewolf under the city tower did not give up, lifted the ladder again, retreated a distance, and rushed to the city wall again, after some struggle, when the four ladders were firmly erected, the werewolves began to attack the city tower along the ladder, when several werewolves climbed the ladder, it was more difficult for the soldiers on the city tower to shake the ladder.
"Pour boiling water. Captain Li's command sounded again.
On the castle tower, on several bonfires, there was boiling hot water, and the water was muddy, obviously not pure water, and the soldiers took large scoops with long handles, scooped up full of hot water, and threw them at the werewolves who rushed halfway up the ladder.
"Ah~" The werewolf's scream sounded, and the turbid hot water stained the fur, and the better places were only red and painful, and the more serious ones directly corroded a piece of fur.
The severe pain made the splashed werewolf unable to grasp the ladder, and fell from above, slamming into the ground and completely losing consciousness.
The death of the clansman did not make the werewolf moved and frightened, in addition to being implicated and falling down together, he continued to rush towards the castle tower one after another, and occasionally the werewolf was about to rush to the castle tower, and was also hacked to death by the soldiers who were ready to attack.
The king butcher had a butcher's knife in his hand, which was stained with blood, and just now, he stabbed a wolf who was about to rush up the tower.
As a butcher, he has been killing pigs and sheep for most of his life, and he has already developed a pair of fiery eyes, and he knows the life of livestock well, almost out of instinct, and slashes at the vital point of the werewolf.
"Haha, I killed a werewolf. Butcher Wang laughed excitedly, and his previous fears were swept away.
"Alright, another werewolf is coming up, get ready for battle. ”
In the first round of the offensive, the werewolves did not get any benefits, and it didn't take long for this to start, and none of the werewolves really rushed to the city tower, and dozens of corpses were already left under the city tower.
"If you continue like this, the loss is not small, or you should withdraw first. One of the generals beside Valle suggested.
"No, I can't. Valer immediately refused, looking at the battle on the city tower, his eyes flickered, without the sacrifice of these clansmen, how could he consume the materials prepared by humans to defend the city.
The werewolf's attack not only did not stop, but became more ferocious, and all six ladders were erected, and groups of werewolves rushed up one after another.
The hot water was soon exhausted, and the soldiers defending the city began to use rolling logs, falling rocks, and gradually, werewolves began to rush up the tower.
Although they were all killed or pushed off the city tower by soldiers, the human soldiers also began to suffer casualties, and the first human to die was the young man who was summoned, and when the werewolf rushed in front of him, he was so frightened and nervous that he panicked, and he was stunned in place and didn't have time to resist, and was smashed in the head by the werewolf with a stick.
"Quick, the soldiers will change their guards, and then go and transfer a batch of young people. Lieutenant Li instructed his subordinates.
After a period of fighting, the soldiers had a lot of physical exertion, and they had to let another group of soldiers in the rest replace the soldiers in the battle, otherwise the losses would be bigger and bigger, and the humans in Yangguan City could not afford the losses.