Chapter 307: Ambition and Hegemony
"Kill! Kill it!"
"Fill in the trenches!"
Under the city of Youzhou, a fierce general of the East China Sea, wielding a long knife, roared loudly and hoarsely.
"Bang!" With a bang, a crossbow arrow fired by a giant crossbow, like a javelin, shot down from the city wall, and hit the chest of this East China Sea warrior, the speed was like the wind, the power was like a heavy hammer, and it instantly smashed the iron armor and penetrated through the chest. The hoarse roar of the East China Sea warrior immediately stopped abruptly, and he fell under his horse, and the crossbow arrow pierced his chest and abdomen, and a hole the size of a yellow barrel appeared in his chest and abdomen, and the internal organs, flesh and bones were missing, and only a pool of pus and blood remained.
The death of a general is only the tip of the iceberg for this tragic battle of attack and defense of the city, and it is insignificant, and for the battlefield where tens of millions of people are fighting, the death of a single person is also insignificant.
Fill in the moat or moat so that you can touch the wall, and then kick the wall to take it. Flat moats and moats, some cities have both, or separate or merge into one. The city of Youzhou has a wide moat and a deep moat.
At this time, the water of the Youzhou moat has been drained by the Eastern Navy, and there are sharp piles, wooden thorns, broken weapons, etc., and even white bones in the silt, which is terrifying.
"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows!"
The Eastern Navy and the Zhen Aoren coalition approached the moat, and the stones, javelins, and arrows on the city wall rained downward, smashing out one gap after another in the coalition array, and at the gap were a bloody corpse or a wounded person who fell to the ground, and the wailing, moaning, and roaring resounded throughout the wilderness.
"Tom... Tong... Tom..."
"Woo... Woo... Woo..."
But this could not stop the pace of the coalition army attacking the city, the drums of the urging sounded, the horn of the urging sounded, the coalition army made the ballistas, catapults, bows and arrows and other fire back, shot the Yan soldiers down the city wall, and smashed the Yan defenders into the city wall. The arrows and stones on both sides were like rain, intertwined in the air, like an iron net, and under the iron net, there were groups of soldiers who sacrificed their lives to fight to the death.
The combined forces of the Eastern Navy and Zhen Aoren fought back with ballistas, catapults, bows and arrows, etc., while pushing the trench carts and rushing carts to the moat.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" With a few loud bangs, several boulders flew down from the city, and hit a trench car at the same time, and the trench car was smashed into pieces, wooden wheels, broken wood, sawdust, etc. flew everywhere, and even a huge wooden wheel smashed the two coalition sergeants into the moat, "poof, poof" twice, fell into the silt, and the stump pierced the body, and the two sergeants could only be like two dead fish, dying and struggling.
"Fill the soil, fill the soil!"
The trench was destroyed, but it could not stop the pace of the coalition army's siege, and countless coalition soldiers pushed all kinds of siege equipment to the moat, while suppressing the Yan army on the city wall with bows and arrows, while planning to fill the moat.
Fill in the moat, so that the cavalry and soldiers carrying the ladder can rush under the city wall, and the ladder can take the city, and the chariot can also be pushed to the base of the wall or the city gate and hit the city gate. When filling in moats or trenches, the things used are nothing more than earth, stones, firewood and grass.
Bags of cloth filled with dirt were thrown into the moat, and bundles of firewood or branches were thrown in, and thousands of coalition soldiers worked together, and in a matter of moments, the mud or firewood in the moat was piled up.
As long as the moat of Youzhou is filled, it will definitely boost the morale of the coalition army and hit the morale of the Yan army defending the city. However, how can the defenders of the Great Yan Kingdom of Youzhou sit still and wait to be killed? Youzhou is also the capital of the Great Yan Kingdom, the Queen Mother, the Emperor and other nobles of the Great Yan Kingdom are all in the city, Youzhou is lost, and the Great Yan Kingdom no longer exists.
At this moment, Murong Qing, the empress dowager of the Great Yan Kingdom, who had arrived at the city gate tower to boost morale, felt a little remorse in her heart, and the warning of the first emperor Murong Xi was still in her ears at this moment. However, Murong Qing was calm and calm, although he didn't say a word, but he made the hearts of the Yan army feel uplifted, and they rose up to resist the siege of the coalition army.
Countless archers of the Yan army defending the city carried bows and arrows, carried quivers, or ran up to the enemy tower, arrow tower, city gate tower, etc., or behind the female wall, condescendingly leaned out, put arrows downward, after shooting arrows, they retracted behind the female wall, while dodging the opponent's bow and arrow attack, while taking a new arrow
Arrowhead. This is the advantage of the defenders, using the female wall, enemy buildings and other shelters to avoid the enemy's attacks, and can also find opportunities to attack the opponent.
Even so, many Yan soldiers were shot off the city wall, and the dead were just gone, and after falling under the city, they made a muffled sound like bags of cloth bags full of dirt, and the wounded and undead, when they fell, let out a terrible scream, and then they were smashed into a mass of flesh and blood. However, more often than not, the coalition forces under the city were hit by arrows, or planted on the bank of the river, or planted in the moat, mixed with soil, firewood and grass. And for the alliance between the Eastern Navy and Zhen Aoren, the only benefit is to fill the moat with human lives.
"If you don't enter, you will be killed!"
No matter what kind of army, there is a team of overseers, that is, the battle overseers, whose duty is, of course, to supervise the soldiers on the battlefield to prevent escape. In the event of desertion, the fleeing soldier has the right to deal with it. They were often equipped with the finest weapons, and the soldiers were carefully selected.
At this time, the countless generals of the coalition army were imprisoned behind the battle, and the siege forward was ordered to move forward, and those who hesitated or escaped were immediately killed.
And the siege strikers of the coalition army are all auxiliaries, civilians, and even ordinary people who have been captured. They were forced into battle with swords and guns for only one purpose, that is, to consume the opponent's arrows, etc., or, as at present, to fill the moat so that the army could pass through and face the city of Youzhou directly.
Countless coalition auxiliaries or ordinary people fell to the ground with arrows or stones, fell into the deep moat, mixed with dirt, firewood and grass, and flesh and blood. But there are still countless auxiliaries or ordinary people, rushing forward one after another, and there is only one reason, that is, if you retreat, you will die, and if you advance, you may have a way to live, and you may have the opportunity to get a heavy reward.
The besiegers are nine deaths, but those who are lucky not to die are unusually rich. No matter at any time, the soldier who dares to be the first to rush to the city wall will definitely receive a huge reward, which is not a small favor, but a reward that can change a soldier's life, and there are many such gamblers who are not afraid of death in the coalition army.
"Kill!"
"Those who climb the city for the first time will be rewarded with thousands of gold and ten thousand households!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The moat was quickly filled with corpses, dirt, firewood, etc., almost as flat as the road, densely packed, and making the scalp tingle. Countless cavalry and allied troops carrying ladders crossed the moat with red eyes and shouted loudly, and rushed madly towards the city gate and city walls.
The motley hooves of the horses stepped into the river, and the river let out screams and groans of pain.
Many of the auxiliaries and ordinary people who fell into the river were not dead for a while, but were trampled to death by horses or people. No matter when, no matter what kind of war, the offensive and defensive battles of the city are always extremely tragic.
The combined forces of the Eastern Navy and Zhen Aoren filled the moat and entered the city of Youzhou, and that's it, but they were greeted by a more ferocious attack.
"Siege! Those who fight bravely will be rewarded, and those who are afraid will not be killed!"
The commander of the coalition army, Murong Hong, the king of the East China Sea, stood on a high watchtower and waved his sword proudly.
The Changshan Army, the Qi Army, and the Eastern Navy formed a bloody alliance to attack the Yan court controlled by Murong Qing. But Murong Sheng, the king of Qi, regarded himself as the leader of the alliance everywhere and demanded that everything be headed by him, so Murong Hong simply took advantage of the fierce battle between the Yan army and the Changshan army, united with Zhen Aoren, and landed in Huanghua County by sea by sea, and arrived at the city of Youzhou.
Capture Youzhou City, kill Murong Qing's mother and son, and then ascend the throne as emperor, and then there will be no more... Even if Murong Sheng jumped to his feet and scolded, turned his face with Murong Hong, and even met with swords, Murong Hong had the help of the brave Zhen Aoren, so what was he afraid of? And why be afraid of any force in the world? At that time, Murong Hong thought so confidently.
As for the brave and greedy Zhen Aoren... Of course, Murong Hong paid an extraordinary price, ceding land to allow him to be the king, allowing him to trade freely, etc., but these are not worth mentioning for Murong Hong's imperial hegemony, at least Murong Hong thinks so.
However, in such a short period of time, the casualties have reached such a high level.
Perhaps it will be the Eastern Navy that will win the battle in the end, but the Eastern Navy will inevitably pay a great price.
Murong Hong thought of this, and then
I feel that I don't have much time left for myself. It is necessary to capture Youzhou as soon as possible, attack the imperial city, and kill Murong Qing's mother and son and their henchmen, so that they can control the world, consolidate the imperial power, and then move the army to the west and south, and finally clean up Zhen Aoren and dominate the world.
After Murong Hong had set a grand plan in his heart, he stood on top of the high watchtower and shouted loudly, "Warriors! Youzhou is right in front of you, kill the brutal and unkind poisonous woman Murong Qing, and rebuild my Great Yan Kingdom, what a glory it is... And as the descendants of the Great Khan, it is my responsibility to restore the old universe, expel the female evil spirits, and clean up the world!"
"We are willing to swear to follow Your Highness to the death, work diligently in the king's affairs, and fight to the death!" A group of Eastern Navy swords waved their swords and replied loudly,
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
"If the rebel rebels, kill the rebel, and the servant will not be killed!"
At this time, Murong Xiong, the king of Yan Runan, actually led the Runan army to kill from the secret gate of Youzhou City, shouting loudly, and killing towards the Eastern Navy.
Defending the city is like this, you can't blindly defend it, but you have to send troops out of the city to attack and harass, so that the enemy can't concentrate on attacking the city.
It's just that Murong Xiong led his troops out of the city to attack, and the momentum was unusually big, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small, the Eastern Navy was taken aback, and after temporarily retreating, Murong Xiong took the Runan army and ran away, heading for his life to the south.