Chapter 18: Breaking Through (1)

As soon as he saw that the soldiers who returned to the mountain city not only did not surrender, but shot the soldiers who persuaded him to surrender, Zhu Yanding's face was also covered with a layer of anger, and he gave an order.

Suddenly, the three roads moved together, the vanguard general Liu Zhi led 10,000 horses to the south gate in front of him, and the deputy general Lin Yun led 20,000 horses to follow closely, and at the same time, the deputy general Xu Yuanrong and the deputy general Zhang Shi each led 15,000 people to the left and right sides to detour to attack the west gate and the east gate.

"Knock-knock-" A loud sound like spring thunder suddenly sounded, and several giant crossbows on the walls of Huishan City had already shot huge arrows.

The giant crossbow weighing hundreds of catties is one of the indispensable fortifications for the defense of the town, and the general crossbow must be matched with four or five giant crossbows on each city gate, and the crossbow arrows used in the giant crossbow are made of thick iron that are more than long and weigh hundreds of catties, and such a giant crossbow shoots out, whether it is to shoot people or horses can continue to advance forward, and the lethality is quite large.

Of course, its weakness is also very obvious, that is, after using it once, the speed of the crossbow arrow is very slow, so it must be helped by an archer to delay the time.

Of course, Liu Zhi also knew this, so after the forward troops arrived hundreds of zhang outside the city, the archers immediately lined up, took bows and shot arrows, and the two sides launched a rain of arrows battle, round after round of arrow rain roared, drawing beautiful arcs in the air, and then taking away a fresh life.

After a round of arrows, the giant crossbow began a second wave of shooting, although there were 30,000 men and horses attacking the south gate, but under the attack of the giant crossbow and the rain of arrows, hundreds of people were killed and wounded before they could reach the city gate.

However, after all, the Yizhou army was outnumbered, and the forward troops rode their horses to advance quickly, intending to rush to the city gate with the fastest offensive, but before arriving at the city gate, they were tripped by the tripwire that had been set up on the ground, and suddenly a scene of people turning over on their backs, the men and horses in front had just fallen, and the men and horses behind them caught up again, and many soldiers who charged into battle did not fall from their horses and fell to their deaths, but were trampled to death by the horses that caught up behind.

The battlefield is ruthless, only life and death, if you want to save your life, you must see and listen to all directions, and a slight mistake is not guaranteed.

The offensive in front of us was so loud that a large number of men and horses were soon approaching the south gate, and the huge battering rams and ladders were carried by the soldiers, and some people died and immediately others picked up, and approached the city wall step by step on the blood-stained road.

When the two sides fought fiercely, the deputy general Zhang Shi had already led 15,000 men and horses to not much distance from the east gate, compared to the south gate where dense soldiers were stationed, the east gate seemed deserted, and there were only a few soldiers on it.

Zhang Shi was overjoyed at a glance, it seems that Huishan City focused on guarding the south gate, so there are no troops at the west gate and the east gate, and he is not suspicious of fraud, after all, there are only 5,000 troops in Huishan City, which is built by the mountain, there are three city gates, and it is impossible to hold all three city gates.

Seeing that the first merit of capturing the city was about to fall into his own hands, Zhang Shi waved his hand, and the soldiers and horses accelerated forward, although the men and horses in front were also tripped by the tripping rope a lot, but did not let the first merit fall into the hands of Xu Yuanrong, the deputy general who attacked the West Gate, Zhang Shi loudly ordered the following to follow, and before the battle began, many soldiers had already died under the iron cavalry of their own men and horses.