Chapter 94: The Death of Zhang Tong, the Commander of the Directly Affiliated Army (Second Update)
Nancheng has 200,000 troops of Zhao State attacking, but there are nearly 80,000 Tianlei troops and 20,000 recruits.
It's just that Nancheng can withstand it, but Xicheng is not so easy.
Coupled with the losses last time, there were only more than 170,000 people defending the city in the direct army, and in the face of the enemy's army of five or six hundred thousand, even if the direct sergeants and soldiers were all the elite of the elite, it would not be possible for the Qin army to attack the city.
When Gu Tiandao came to Xicheng, the fight was already in full swing here.
Losing the trebuchet, this time it was replaced by 50,000 infantry charging at the forefront, and these infantry, not lightly armed, all were hoplites, they were not only wearing heavy armor, but also shields to resist, ordinary arrows, could not kill them at all.
They moved slowly, but they were mighty, and the ground trembled with every step they took, thanks to the heavy armor on their bodies.
Behind them were archers in the same heavy armor, who not only wore the same heavy armor as the heavily armored infantry, but also carried bows and arrows twice as thick as ordinary bows, and twice as thick as ordinary arrows.
50,000 heavily armored infantry and 50,000 heavily armored archers marched towards the city wall step by step.
After them, those were the light infantry and archers of the Qin State.
When Gu Tiandao came to the city, he found that Zhang Tong was frowning, holding the arrow stack in both hands, and looked at the Qin army approaching step by step with an ugly face.
"General Zhang. Seeing Zhang Tong, Gu Tiandao shouted, and then came to Zhang Tong's side and said, "General Zhang, the enemy has reached the range of the enemy, why don't you release the arrows?"
Hearing this, Zhang Tong glanced back at Gu Tiandao, then stretched out his hand and pointed at the Qin army, which was already five hundred steps close to the city wall, and said in a deep voice, "It's useless, the enemy's armor is too thick, and arrows can't hurt them at all." ”
It was only at this time that Gu Tiandao saw clearly that the Qin army in front of the formation was not the same as the Qin army in the past.
He frowned, and then said, "Since the arrows are useless, they should be changed to rockets, I don't believe their armor can withstand the burning of the fire." ”
Zhang Tong was stunned for a moment, looked back at Gu Tiandao, and said, "Their home naturally can't stand the high temperature burning, but the crux of the problem now is that the rocket can't shoot through them at all, and we talk about how to burn it." ”
Gu Tiandao shook his head, pointed to the rolling wood and fire oil behind him, and said, "We can use these things." ”
Zhang Tong was shocked, turned his eyes to look at the fire oil and rolling wood, only paused slightly, and then, his face changed instantly, his face was excited, and he praised Gu Tiandao, "General Gu is really wise, my brother admires it." ”
As he spoke, he turned to the herald beside him and said, "Immediately give the order, pour all the oil on the rolling logs, and then push the rolling logs off the city." ”
Then he said to another herald, "Have all the archers prepare the rockets." After the herald turned, he added, "Remember, be quick." ”
Although the Qin army's heavy armored infantry has strong defense, just like a moving castle, but if their defense is strong, it is destined that their speed is very slow, and the short distance of a hundred steps is already within the range of the guards.
However, at this moment, the guards all gave up arrows and prepared rockets instead, and at the top of the city, there were constantly rolling logs poured with fire oil being thrown down.
Of course, the actions of the guards were also seen by the commander of the heavy armored infantry of the Qin army, and when he saw the rolling logs that kept rolling down, his brows furrowed into a big pimple, and then he raised the spear in his hand and said loudly, "Brothers, speed up for me." ”
With his command, the infantry who had been marching in a neat pace instantly accelerated, shouting and killing the city wall one by one.
Of course, their so-called charge was only limited to their previous march, and even if they did, it was slow.
However, at this time they were only about three hundred paces away from the wall, and after a few minutes, they still rushed to the edge of the wall.
The rolling logs that had been pushed down by the guards were instantly submerged in the sea of red.
At this time, Zhang Tong on the head of the city looked cold, and ordered in a deep voice, "Release the arrow." ”
"Shoot the arrow, release the arrow,,,,"
As the herald conveyed Zhang Tong's military order, a dense rain of fire fell on the entire city in an instant.
The rockets did not shoot far away, but directly down the city.
Those Qin soldiers still felt strange that Wei Guo shot the rocket vertically, and it couldn't hurt them at all.
However, then they understood that after the rockets had fallen to the base of the walls, some were shot at their armor and bounced off by the thick armor, while others were shot directly into the ground, nailed to the rolling logs that had been pushed down by the guards before.
In an instant, countless sparks appeared within ten meters of the entire city wall, and those rockets ignited the fire oil poured on the rolling logs, and it was already hot and it was noon, and the fire spread in the blink of an eye as soon as it was ignited.
Those Qin troops who had already rushed to the edge of the city wall, because of the heavy armor on their bodies, could not escape quickly, and they were drowned in the sea of fire in an instant.
"Stand back, stand back,,," saw this and hurriedly shouted the commander of the heavily armored infantry.
It's just that if you want to retreat at this time, it is obviously too late, the Qin army in front retreated backwards, some were burned directly, some turned around and ran back, and the heavy armored infantry and archers in the rear didn't know that there was already a sea of fire in front of them, and they were still rushing forward.
In an instant, the Qin army was in chaos, some retreated, some rushed forward, and it lasted for a quarter of an hour, and then all the heavily armored infantry withdrew, and some heavily armored archers came up.
However, in just such a short period of effort, the heavily armored infantry has lost more than 10,000 people, and most of their losses are due to the chaos of the scene, trampled by their companions and died, but not many were really burned to death.
The heavily armored archers, whose fires were no longer a threat to them, lined up three hundred paces outside the city and raised their longbows.
"I don't think I can help myself, what kind of place do they think this is," Zhang Tong at the head of the city saw that Qin Jun stopped three hundred steps away, and immediately showed the corners of his mouth with disdain, and pouted.
In his mind, no matter how powerful the Qin army's arrows were, it would be impossible to shoot more than ten meters high from a distance of three hundred steps, on the contrary, they on the city wall could shoot the eagle feather five hundred steps away, or even farther.
It's just that he is only halfway through his words, and he can't say the following words anymore.
With a shout from the city, a water-blue eagle feather, like a meteor, shot to the head of the city in the blink of an eye, and shot accurately at the throat of Zhang Tong.
After the eagle shot Zhang Tong, it quickly melted like an ice pick, and in an instant, Zhang Tong's whole body was frozen, and the whole body turned into a blue crystal statue.
Before everyone could react, another carving feather shot up the city, the same blue carving feather, water blue, only heard "click," in the pinna of the ear, a crisp sound, Zhang Tong's whole person shattered into countless pieces, scattered on the city.
The two arrows in front and back were so fast that people couldn't see them clearly, and Zhang Tong turned into pieces