Chapter 293: Ma Teng's Scheme

Although the hatred is deep, Ma Teng's reason has not been lost to the point of desperation, the siege of the city requires siege equipment, how to attack the city without siege equipment?

And the soldiers have been marching all the way for several days, and they have not had a good rest for several days, and they have long been sleepy and tired after a long journey, although they have been extremely hated just now, but he knows that this kind of blood courage will not last long, and if they want to fight, they must let the soldiers rest well and have enough siege equipment.

When the Ma family army was encamped, Ma Teng called Ma Dai, "Dai'er, you take 3,000 people to the nearby villages and cities to find more craftsmen, as well as grain, grass, and oil, we need enough grain and grass!" ”

"No!" Ma Dai agreed, and immediately ordered 3,000 men and horses to set off.

For several days a day, the Ma Jiajun rested in the camp, and the craftsmen worked day and night to build siege equipment.

After three days, the Ma Jiajun finally dispatched, and more than 30,000 people were killed under the city of Jincheng.

A large number of siege ladders were lifted out, a bed crossbow was pushed out, and there were dozens of tall well railings and trebuchets, and all the people in several nearby counties were requisitioned to operate the well railings and trebuchets, and these people operated the well railings and trebuchets as many as more than 10,000 people.

In addition, there were many people who used carts and baskets to transport stones and barrels of oil.

Tens of thousands of Ma Jiajun's Ma Hei pressed and arranged a formation outside the city.

The scorching sun was in the sky, everyone was sweating, but the sergeants of the Ma Jiajun couldn't feel the heat, and there was a surging fire of hatred burning in their eyes.

"Father, let's get started!" Ma Chao rode up to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng raised his hand and waved: "Stone cart, attack-"

"No!"

A small flag was waved, military orders were passed out, and the men who operated the trebuchets put cans of fire oil in their net pockets.

A man picked up a sledgehammer and smashed it into the machine, and with a "boom", a large number of pounds of stones fell to the ground, and the burning oil tank in the net pocket at the other end of the crowbar soared into the sky and took off towards the city wall.

Burning oil bombs streaked across the sky, leaving a long trail of smoke in its wake.

"Boom-" The oil bomb landed on the roof of a house in the city and exploded, sparks flew everywhere, and the house soon caught fire.

Then one by one the canisters of fire and oil kept flying in the direction of the city wall, some landed in the city, some smashed on the city wall, and some fell on the root of the city wall.

The fire oil tank that fell on the city wall splashed a large amount of fire oil, and the fire oil stuck to the people's bodies and ignited a fire, and for a time many Han Sui soldiers roared all over their bodies, and were burned to scream and run around, and someone knocked over the vat of boiling water, and the boiling water scalded the surrounding sergeants to scream.

Looking at the fire oil bombs falling from the sky, the eyes of the defenders showed expressions of fear, and they scattered to dodge.

The bombs kept falling on and off the walls, and it didn't take long for the walls to become a sea of fire, and countless people died in the flames, forcing other survivors to flee from the walls.

Smoke rose from the towers of the city walls, the arrow towers, the enemy towers, and the houses inside the city, and it was as if the end of the world was coming, and the people in the city were hiding in their homes, and many of them even hid in the cellars and did not dare to come out.

After more than 1,000 cans of oil were thrown, Ma Teng ordered a siege.

A large number of soldiers of the Ma family rushed to the city wall with siege ladders, and everyone roared, hatred blinded their eyes, making them forget their fear, and the seeds of hatred urged them to have inexhaustible strength in their blood.

When these sergeants charged, a bed crossbow shot thick crossbow arrows, dense crossbow arrows nailed to the city wall, the first to rush to the sergeants with these crossbow arrows nailed to the wall as a support point to keep climbing.

The sergeants who rushed later carried the ladders, which they erected and climbed one by one to the city wall.

The defenders on the city wall kept shooting arrows and stones, and one by one the sergeants who were climbing were shot dead and fell into decline.

As soon as the Ma Jiajun attacked, Han Suijun, who was defending the city, felt unprecedented pressure, and for a while, the battle for the city wall was extremely fierce.

In the past, the sergeants attacked somewhat forced, somewhat reluctantly, but now the attack of the Ma Jiajun, the sergeants are not forced at all, they are full of fighting spirit, and they are all hated in their hearts.

In just one day of siege battles, Han Sui's army lost 2,000 people, which is an extremely terrifying number for any defender, and Ma Teng's army only suffered less than 3,000 casualties, such a casualty ratio made Han Sui feel fearful.

Perhaps the previous efforts to stimulate Ma Teng seem to have been counterproductive?

On the fourth day of the siege, not only the defenders were physically and mentally exhausted, but the Ma Jiajun was also physically and mentally exhausted, the attacks of the Ma Jiajun had not stopped in the past few days, they had no news, and Han Suijun of course did not rest, both sides were bloody!

After the end of the battle that day, Han Sui saw the decadence, exhaustion, and depression of the defenders, and he ordered a fire to be burned on the city wall, and the corpses of the dead were thrown into it to be burned, and the flames were rising to the sky and the smoke was billowing out.

In the distance outside the city, the Ma Jiajun camp is on the lookout post.

But after the fire broke out on the city wall, Ma Teng got the report and went to the lookout to observe the sound for a while, and said: "It should be the burning of corpses!" ”

The next day, the siege continued, the Ma family army changed a group of sergeants, full of fighting spirit, and the Han Sui army defending the city also changed a group of newcomers, also with high morale.

When the battle was in full swing, a fire suddenly broke out in the Ma family's military camp and the like, and thick smoke rose into the sky.

"Lord, it's not good, something happened to our army camp!" A lieutenant reminded Ma Teng.

Ma Teng turned his head to see that his face changed drastically, and he was shocked, and immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and lead the army to rush in the direction of the camp.

At this time, in the city, when Ma Teng's army had just withdrawn, Han Sui personally led a large group of men and horses to chase after Ma Teng's army.

"Kill—"

"Kill—"

The sergeants of the Ma Jiajun who were left behind were terrified, and they were rushed by Han Sui and scattered on the spot.

"Kill, capture Ma Teng and Ma Chao alive!" Han Sui brandished a big sword and roared, and tens of thousands of Han Sui soldiers roared in unison and rushed into the Ma family's army.

The Ma family army had just returned to the camp, and the back half of the men and horses had already been crushed by Han Sui's army, At this moment, all the grain and grass in the Ma family army camp had already caught fire.

"Ah-Han Sui dog thief, I will never die with you!" Ma Teng angrily turned his horse's head and rushed towards Han Sui.

A scuffle ensued between the two sides, and the scene was uncontrollable.

With a "whoosh", a sharp arrow pierced Ma Teng's chest, and his body staggered, and then he fell off the horse.

"Father!" Ma Chao was fighting with Yan Xing, the general under Han Sui's account, and no one on either side could help anyone, seeing Ma Teng fall off the horse, he forced Yan Xing to retreat with one move, beat the horse and galloped over, leaned over and grabbed Ma Teng and put it on the horse's back.

"Withdraw, withdraw!" Ma Chao shouted, at this time it is important to save Ma Teng's life, where is there still the heart to continue the battle, Ma Jiajun saw that Ma Teng's arrow was taken away by Ma Chao, and he no longer had the intention of fighting, and he followed Ma Chao as fast as he ran, and those who ran slowly were killed or captured.