Chapter 226: Turbulent Attack
The deep roar of the arrows pierced the sky, undoubtedly giving the siege troops a head-on blow within 50 meters, but it has to be said that the prince has controlled the southern Xinjiang army for many years, and the three commanders are in charge.
It is indeed worthy of the name of the elite, the soldiers in front fell, screams, and screams resounded throughout the battlefield, but this did not affect the momentum of the siege troops,
The soldiers in the rear stepped on the flesh and blood of their companions, and they were not afraid of death to attack the east gate of the Tiger Prison Pass, and some of the soldiers who were shot by the arrows were not angry, but they died on the spot in the trampling of their own people.
When war broke out, the dead soldiers were just a number on the table of those in power, but the magnitude of the tragedy was so tragic that only those who experienced it knew how bloody it was.
For the low-level soldiers, dying on the way to the charge is not a terrible thing, the horse leather shroud, the luck of Qingshan's loyal bones is only a few, and the different places of the body are the way back for more dead soldiers,
The most tragic are the men who are seriously wounded on the way to the charge and retreat, who are undoubtedly a burden to the entire army, and who will be ruthlessly abandoned by their companions for the sake of strategic planning,
Either die under the trampling of horses' hooves, or become captives, and finally die in inhuman oppression and torture,
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Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, even the white tiger, who had been on the battlefield for more than ten years, was not moved, Ling Cang trembled all over, squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, not daring to look directly at the tragic picture under the city,
I am not wrong, the winner army is not wrong, and my father Win Wuxian was also framed by traitors, but these low-level soldiers are also innocent, they have no grievances with themselves,
Although they are on the opposite side, these people have embarked on the road of mortal charge because of themselves, and he is even more afraid of the soldiers of the winner's army.
There is also such a tragic picture, what's the point of killing and killing, is his one life worth so many innocent heads?
"Try to seal their throats with an arrow, and don't leave them with more pain",
The white tiger let out a long sigh and looked at the archer commander and said very solemnly, after all, these people are not the cruel and tyrannical Xirong army, the executioners who slaughtered the people,
It's just that ordinary people who have to stand on the opposite side because of the ambitions of those in power, no matter how ancient the white tiger is, it is impossible for his heart to be untouched.
The archers commanded the leader, waved the command flag, and ordered in a deep voice,
"Save arrows, aim and release arrows later",
The archers received the order, and immediately changed their formation, the adjacent soldiers stepped back and prepared their arrows, and the soldiers on the city wall no longer took the commander's command flag as their number, but pointed their arrows downward, and each aimed at it.
After releasing the arrows, they quickly retreated, and the soldiers who had prepared for the arrows stepped forward, alternating in this way, such a formation was obviously rehearsed in advance, and the archer formation was adjusted according to the enemy's offensive.
When the siege force first launched a charge, it took the lead of the cavalry to cover the approach of the ladder troops, and the dense rain of arrows fired by ten thousand arrows would undoubtedly kill and injure the enemy cavalry to the greatest extent within 50 meters.
But after a rain of arrows, the vanguard was frustrated, and the rear army scattered and charged, and the random arrows no longer had the same powerful power as they were at the beginning, and the cloud ladder troops were slow.
It is easy to be locked and aimed, at this time, the boss puts away the command flag and lets the archers aim and block, which can not only save arrows, but also better kill and damage the enemy soldiers.
White Tiger issued such a military order, although it was out of not being able to bear to see the misery of the wounded soldiers, but it was also a favorable adjustment made from his own point of view.
You must know that the old department of the Winner Army was trained by General Zhenxi Win Wuxian back then, and his combat quality in all aspects is amazing, coupled with the tempering of the Xirong battlefield,
The archers of the winner's army are all marksmen, and the defense line formed is incomprehensible, although the rain of arrows is not as dense as before, but almost every arrow can accurately hit the enemy soldiers.
And with one kill, the ladder troops did not have the cover of cavalry, and they were simply live targets on the battlefield, although the siege soldiers in the first round of the vanguard were very heroic.
As soon as the soldiers in front fell, the soldiers in the rear took the ladder and continued to charge, but they were stunned and unable to advance under the defense line formed by the sharpshooters of the winning army.
On the contrary, under some attrition, the besieging troops suffered heavy casualties, and most of the consumption was already over.
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Seeing that more than 2,000 soldiers were damaged, but the cloud ladder could not be erected on the East Gate Tower, Luo Yu waved his fist angrily,
"Damn, how could the shooter of this winner's army be so accurate",
Luo Qi said resentfully, and then turned around and came to the prince's side and hugged his fists.
"Your Highness, the enemy's rain of arrows is dense and accurate, and the siege troops cannot penetrate this layer of defense at all, what should we do",
The prince frowned slightly, he had commanded the army for many years, and he didn't know how many times he had fought a dangerous battle, but a bone as difficult to gnaw as the Tiger Prison Pass was definitely the first time in his life.
The defense line formed by the archers of the opposing side really surprised him, although the army of Southern Xinjiang is also an elite army, but his own archer camp is really far behind the winning army.
He couldn't help but sigh lightly, looking at Nan Nan in front of him,
"The winner's army really deserves its reputation, no wonder the Royal Guards will be beaten so badly",
Luo Qi's face was a little solemn, and he paused to look at the latter and continued,
"Your Highness, the winner's army is a hundred times more tenacious than any defending army we have encountered in the past, and it is impossible to break the city with ordinary siege methods, we must come up with other strategies to win by surprise",
The prince didn't say a word, his face tightened after thinking for a while, and he looked at the latter and ordered in a deep voice,
"Dispatch another 5,000 soldiers to form a shield array to continue the siege, and in addition, dispatch siege heavy weapons to cover the cloud ladder troops to advance",
Luo Qi's face was grim, and after receiving the order, he immediately ran to the standard-bearer to convey the military order.
Before the momentum of the first wave of siege troops completely stopped, the southern Xinjiang army launched another round of attacks.
This time the cavalry did not take the lead, and the siege troops quickly approached as soon as they reached the range of bows and arrows, and thousands of soldiers with shields quickly stepped forward and lined up.
Behind them stood archers, short swordsmen, and a new batch of ladder troops, and such a large array slowly approached the gate of Tiger Prison like a steel machine.
The first round of siege soldiers saw the arrival of reinforcements, their morale was high, and they roared towards the gate of the Tiger Prison Gate, and above the east gate, the archers commanded the soldiers to adjust the formation and delay the attack.
While looking at the white tiger with some solemnity, he asked,
"General, the southern Xinjiang army has launched a second round of offensive in a shield formation, and our bows and arrows will not kill them, how to deal with it, please decide to the general",
Ling Cang was completely stunned, no matter how powerful a cultivator was, a huge war like a meat grinder was a field that had never been involved for them after all.
After all, the great talents of Win Wuxian and White Tiger, who are martial arts and have great military attainments, are in the minority, and most of the generals are in the army as ordinary people.
After that, he practiced the exercises, and practiced a whole body of cultivation, and Ling Cang had never been in the army, looking at the mountains of corpses piled up outside the east gate, he only felt extremely entangled,
At the same time, seeing the enemy's shield array approaching, he felt all kinds of worries in his heart, he was afraid that the winner's army would not be able to stop the menacing attack of the imperial court.
His cultivation is useless on this battlefield where corpses are piled up, and the other generals and commanders are all running and commanding in a hurry, sitting on one side,
He was the only one who stood still, helpless
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