Chapter 8: The Cruelty of War
After Bai Zhong became the commander of the tun, he finally had his own soldiers.
Attacked Chili twice in a row, and the soldiers in the army also died in battle, and now there are only thirty-five people who can be assigned to Bai Zhong's subordinates, and if they want to make up the number, they can only recruit soldiers or wait for other commanders to die, and then merge them to themselves.
But Bai Zhong doesn't care, as long as the title and military position are in hand.
It has been a few days since the last siege, and the third siege will begin immediately.
Knock knock!
Huge war drums were beaten, and the soldiers in the camp quickly assembled.
Huan Qi commanded the Qin army and assembled under Chili City.
Bai Zhong took thirty-five of his subordinates and followed behind Wang Li, who was already a five-hundred-hundred-master, and beside him was Li Xin, who had also become a five-hundred-hundred-master.
They assembled themselves in front of the red gates.
Countless soldiers, carrying ladders, pushing carts, and all kinds of siege equipment, waited for the commander's orders in the front army.
"Fight!"
Huan Qi sat on his horse, drew the sword in his hand, raised it and shouted.
Knock knock!
The sound of the war drums was a little louder than the one just now, and it was also more rapid, like thunder.
The blood of the soldiers of the Qin army seemed to be ignited by the sound of drums.
"Fight!"
The crowd shouted in unison, and then marched towards Chili.
The soldiers of the first echelon of the front army, the shield bearer in front, the soldiers carrying the ladder in the back, and the last are the siege carts, rushing carts, etc., the crossbowmen stand on the two wings of the shield bearers, and the infantry follows closely behind the crossbowmen, quickly advancing towards Chili.
Chili's guards, who had lost more than half of them, did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle again.
They all stood on the city tower, looking at the momentum of the Qin army, trembling slightly with nervousness, and then seeing the Qin army approaching, they had to pull the bowstring, and the rain of arrows covered the Qin army below.
"Lift!"
Among the shield-bearers, someone shouted.
All the shield-bearers raised their shields, and the arrows that fell from the sky were blocked, and the archers hurled them forward, crushing the enemy on the towers and covering the advance of the army.
The speed of the army's advance increased, and after a while they reached the edge of the city wall, and the ladder was firmly erected on the wall, and the rushing cart was pushed in front of the city gate, ready to strike the city gate.
The building car more than ten feet high is also approaching the city tower.
"Hold on!"
The guards on Chili City shouted in a hoarse voice, this city must not be lost.
The soldiers also knew the importance of Chili.
Someone bent his bow and arrows.
Someone threw the wood and stone down the ladder and the car.
Someone controls a crossbow, trebuchet, etc. to resist.
But the Qin army was not afraid of death, and the stronger the Zhao army's resistance, the more fierce the Qin army attacked.
The crossbowmen on the building began to fight back, shooting Zhao Jun on the city tower.
The soldiers who climbed the ladder raised their shields, crossed their crossbows and arrows, and kept going up, one after the other.
Even so, the casualties of the Qin army were still very heavy, after all, the side defending the city occupied the advantage of position.
In the last battle, Bai Zhong only participated in the flat ground battle, and the siege battle was the first time he saw it, and he saw that his own soldiers were not afraid of death, especially the soldiers in the front, who were frantically climbing the city tower, and couldn't help but be frightened.
The so-called trapped people are actually cannon fodder, which can also be called death squads.
They are the first soldiers to rush forward to kill the enemy, for example, when they are attacking the city now, they are constantly climbing the ladder, as long as they can climb the tower, even if they die in battle, they will have merit, and the credit will be passed on to their families.
If they climb the tower and kill people, their military exploits will be doubled.
Even as cannon fodder, for military merit, and for the sake of their families, they still fight like tigers and wolves.
"It's really worthy of being a tiger and wolf master!"
Bai Zhong had to sigh.
The battle on the ancient battlefield was too bloody.
"Tun Chief!"
Standing behind Bai Zhong, a newly promoted senior shouted nervously.
Bai Zhong still remembered this person's name, Tian Zhen, who was a recruit in the same batch as himself, and was a butcher before joining the army, and had killed an unknown number of domestic animals, but he was afraid of killing.
The first two times he killed the enemy, Tian Zhen didn't have any credit at all, but Gou survived, because some of the recruits' captains and chiefs died, and he happened to be on top and was one of the recruits.
"Scared?"
Bai Zhong asked.
Tian Zhen and some other recruits nodded at the same time.
Before fighting on the ground, they could still survive in the chaos, but now it is a siege battle, seeing that the battle in front of them is so fierce, they will be shot by the soldiers defending the city if they are not careful, and the palms holding the hilt of the sword are full of sweat.
There were also more than a dozen veterans who were used to it, and they didn't say anything.
Bai Zhong spoke again: "If you are afraid, when the city will be attacked, remember to follow me, you can't fall behind, and you can't leave alone." ”
As a ruthless man who killed fifty-two enemies, even those veterans were convinced by this sentence and nodded their heads one after another.
"Beat the drums, continue the siege!"
Huan Qi under the banner of the Chinese army shouted again.
The rhythm of the war drums became more rapid, and the soldiers of the second echelon were finally going to the field, ready to pick up the first echelon.
Bai Zhong happened to be in the second echelon, and he was about to lose control of his thirst for killing.
"Follow me, kill!"
"Berserk, on!"
"Furious Battle, On!"
Bai Zhong silently recited twice in his heart, and the battle intent around him was pervasive.
The thirty-five soldiers were affected by the battle intent at the same time, and their courage inadvertently increased, and there was a trace of battle intent in their eyes, and they followed Bai Zhong and quickly approached the city wall.
Bai Zhong picked up a shield and led them to a ladder.
There are also skills in erecting siege ladders, which are not erected directly to the top of the city wall, leaving a part of the distance, which is just out of reach of the enemy, and can also allow your own soldiers to climb up.
In this way, the enemy cannot destroy and knock down the ladder.
"I'll go first, and you'll follow!"
Bai Zhong raised his shield as he spoke, and as soon as he stood on the ladder, he felt several arrows fall on the shield.
"Tun Chief, I'll come!"
Tian Zhen stepped forward and said, "You are the tun chief, how can you be like this?" ”
Bai Zhong scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, follow me quickly!" ”
As soon as the words fell, he had already climbed up, and Tian Zhen and the others could only follow.
"There is Qin Jun here, move the stones!"
A soldier of the Zhao army shouted when he saw it.
Then two soldiers of the Zhao Army brought a stone weighing more than ten catties and smashed it down at Bai Zhong.
"Block me!"
Bai Zhong raised his shield upward.
The power of the flesh exploded in this instant.
Bang!
The stone smashed on the shield and was pushed by Bai Zhong and bounced out.
Half of the shield was smashed, and Bai Zhong lifted the remaining half, blocking the rain of arrows and speeding up the climb, shouting as he climbed back: "You guys hurry up!" ”
The people behind saw that they were so brave and blessed, and they were blessed by the fighting spirit, and the fear in their hearts disappeared, and they followed more and more closely.
"Tun Chief, be careful!"
At this moment, a soldier in the rear exclaimed.
Bai Zhong looked up and saw that on the city tower, there was an extra wooden board covered with wolf's tooth iron nails and inlaid with blades on all sides, this thing was called a wolf's tooth slap, and it was smashing down on him.
The shape of the wolf's tooth slap is very large, very heavy, and the iron nails are densely packed, and if it is hit, it will be directly poked into a hornet's nest.