When the two sides of Yuyang County were fighting with all their might, the siege vehicles under the city did not stop at all.

As the rain became heavier and heavier, the land at the city gate began to become muddy.

Heavy siege vehicles were completely unwalkable on such muddy ground.

But the steppe tribes had anticipated this before the attack, so they had prepared their backs early.

They had each soldier who attacked the city gate carry a thick plank of wood, and when they arrived at the gate, they spread the thick plank in front of the gate.

Soon, the gate of Yuyang County was paved with a place dozens of square meters.

Walking on the heavy siege engines will crush the planks underneath a little, but there is no need to worry about them getting stuck in the dirt.

And because the planks are much smoother than the ground, it is much less labor-saving for the soldiers pushing the siege engines forward.

But they still had to break down the gates quickly, otherwise it would be too long for the rain to seep through the surroundings and the ground would keep sinking.

By the time they attack the inner gates, it will be even more difficult.

With the shouts of the steppe tribesmen's soldiers, the heavy siege vehicle was pushed hard by them and slammed into the city gate.

The huge gates shook as they were slammed by siege engines, and a large amount of ash fell from the walls.

The 6,000 soldiers in the urn city looked at the trembling city gate, and all of them were holding swords and waiting for battle.

In fact, it was a little premature for them to be so nervous, so it was basically impossible for the siege vehicle to crash through the city gate at once.

In order to break through the gates, siege engines had to break the copper axles or the huge latches of the gates.

Not to mention whether the copper door shaft is so easily broken, the huge latch alone cannot be easily smashed open.

The latches of the city wall of Yuyang County are all made of whole elm, and the material of elm is much harder than other trees.

In addition, the door latch is also reinforced with several sections of copper sleeve, so that the solidity of the entire door latch can be compared with gold and iron.

Once, when the grassland tribes attacked Dayu City, there was a situation where the city gates were smashed by siege vehicles, but the door latches were not damaged at all.

You must know that all the gates of these border gates in Dayu are made of iron-clad wood, and how much force is needed to smash the iron-clad wooden gates.

The soldiers of the steppe tribe outside the city gate kept shouting and shouting, turning the winch of the siege vehicle in unison to pull the ram high, and then instantly wrenched the ram to expand, and the huge ram slammed towards the city gate.

The battering ram of the siege vehicle was made from a single piece of wood, all of which came from the poplar of the northern part of the country.

This tree is said to not fall down for thousands of years after death and does not decay for thousands of years after death, but its growth time is extremely long.

The wood was too hard and load-bearing to be difficult to machine, but it was suitable for use as a battering ram for siege vehicles.

The tip of the ram is also wrapped in a thick iron sheet, which makes the impact of the siege vehicle amazing.

When the battering ram of the siege vehicle slammed into the city gate, it sputtered scattered sparks.

As the siege engines continued to attack, the surface of the gate began to appear in different shades, and the sound of wood breaking could be heard under the iron sheet.

However, because the surface of the city gate is wrapped with iron sheets, the city gate can still remain unbroken.

And the soldiers in the urn city saw that all kinds of bulges continued to appear on the huge city gate.

The soldiers defending the city were more worried about the creaking latches of the slamming doors and the falling earth and rocks of the gates than the bulging bulges.

"Let's work hard, those guys who went to the city are already on the verge of success, we can't be left behind, otherwise we will be ridiculed by them when we go back."

One of the centurions in charge of the siege shouted to the surrounding soldiers.

Hearing these words, the steppe soldiers who were in charge of operating the siege vehicles worked even harder.

As a result, the frequency of siege vehicle attacks increased by a few points.

As the siege engines hammered down on the gates, the axles and latches of the gates creaked with a tooth-aching sound.

The soldiers defending the city knew that this gate might not be able to hold on.

Then it's time for hand-to-hand.

"Everyone stepped back, drew their swords and raised their shields and prepared for battle."

Seeing that there was already a crack in the latch, the general in charge of commanding the six thousand soldiers immediately drew the long sword in his hand, erected his shield, and shouted loudly.

The six thousand soldiers defending the city immediately raised their shields and retreated a dozen paces, and all of them drew their swords in a clamour.

With a "click", the huge latch finally broke open without holding up.

At the same time, the shaft of the gate also broke under the blow.

The entire gate slammed into the ground with a howling wind, and with a "boom", a large amount of muddy water was slammed up by the gate and splashed away.

Fortunately, the general just now commanded properly, otherwise if the weight of this gate was pressed, it would definitely be directly crushed into pulp.

But even so, the soldiers in the front row were drenched in the splashing rain.

"The people in the second row immediately stepped forward to fill in and maintain the shield array, and the first row immediately retreated to deal with the muddy water."

The partial general immediately instructed the soldiers to change their formation, because many people in the front row were so doped with mud and water that they couldn't open their eyes, and if the steppe cavalry came in at this time, they would definitely not have time to react.

Sure enough, just as the city gate creaked with a tooth-aching sound, the centurion of the steppe tribe outside the city gate began to direct the cavalry to prepare.

"Immediately after the city gate is opened, your cavalry will charge me immediately, and you must break up their defensive formation for me, so that the soldiers behind can fight in."

And when the gates fell, the centurion who commanded him immediately drew his scimitar excitedly and shouted, "Charge me!" ”

You must know that in the past, when attacking the city, the latch was generally broken, and the gap between the gate and the gate was smaller, and the siege vehicle needed to hit it again to open the gate.

But today can be said to be very lucky, they actually directly smashed the shaft of the city gate, and the entire gate fell directly.

The cavalrymen who stayed behind the siege engine immediately touched the rain on their faces, then drew their long knives and kicked their horses in the stomach, and the horses immediately snorted and rushed towards the urn city.

Behind the cavalry, a large number of steppe warriors followed closely and rushed excitedly towards the urn city.

They seemed to have seen a lot of food, treasure, and beautiful women at this time, as long as they killed the soldiers defending the city in front of them, those things that they coveted, they would have at their fingertips.

When the large army of the steppe tribe rushed into the city, the centurion immediately ordered the remaining soldiers to continue to advance the siege engine into the city, and he wanted to make way for the army behind.

When the Dayu defenders had just changed their formation, the cavalry of the grassland tribe had already been killed.

In the face of more than 6,000 Dayu defenders, the cavalry of the grassland tribe did not have the slightest nervousness.

With long knives in one hand and the reins of horses in the other, they continued to kick the horse's belly violently, and the horses spewed white gas under the pain, and their eyes were red and rushed towards the defenders of Dayu.

They didn't care at all about the row of shields in front of them and the spears that showed their shields.

The sound of "poof, poof" came and went, and the war horse that rushed to the front was immediately pierced by the spear.

Then there was the "thump" of the horses hitting the shields.

Da Yu's shield array immediately appeared a gap under the huge inertia of the war horse, but the soldiers in the rear immediately stepped up and cut down the blood foaming war horse to the ground.

And also due to inertia, the cavalry in the front row was thrown off their horses and fell into the middle of the defenders of Dayu.

Before they could get up, a long sword pierced their chests and throats, and a large amount of blood quickly dispersed with the rain.

And the cavalry of the steppe tribe still did not stop charging, after the war horse in front fell, the war horse in the back stepped on the corpse of the war horse in front and continued to charge.

However, these 6,000 Dayu soldiers defending the city were worthy of being selected by thousands of people, and they resisted the cavalry charge to the death.

As more and more horses fell, the shield battle of the Dayu defenders was finally completely broken.

However, the cavalry on the opposite side could no longer charge, because the fallen horses had seriously affected the cavalry charge behind.

In the face of these 6,000 soldiers defending the city, the centurion of the steppe tribe who commanded the battle also had to admire from the bottom of his heart.

Fighting the charge of horses with flesh and blood is rare to see on the grassland.

However, the Dayu defenders did not dare to underestimate the enemy and carry it in the slightest.

Because they knew that the reason why they were able to block the charge of these cavalry was entirely because the distance of the opposing cavalry's charge was too short, so that their speed could not be increased.

Once the cavalry loses its speed, it is basically about the same as ordinary infantry, and it can even be said that it is not as strong as infantry.

Therefore, this is entirely thanks to the cramped space of the urn city.

However, the next battle between them and the grassland tribe will be a real battle, and they will no longer have a way to take advantage of it.

"Kill me!"

The centurion of the steppe tribe took the lead in running towards the defenders of Dayu with this long knife.

Behind him, a large number of steppe tribe soldiers shouted at the same time: "Kill! ”

This word "kill" is not only the release of their suppressed emotions, but also the encouragement and encouragement of themselves to completely forget their fears.

"Brothers, kill me!"

The general on Da Yu's side pointed his sword at the grassland tribe he had killed and roared angrily.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The six thousand guards of the city also erupted in an earth-shattering roar.

Because the distance between the two sides was so close, the next moment the troops of both sides collided with each other.

It's like two torrents, and the original formation of the two sides completely changed the moment they made contact.

The clashing of swords drowned out the sound of wind and rain, the sound of wheezing, and the wailing sound, becoming the only main theme on this battlefield.

The killing began in earnest from this moment.

When a long knife slashed into the shoulder of a defender, a long sword pierced the throat of the steppe tribe soldier holding the long knife from the bottom up.

With the withdrawal of the long sword, a large amount of blood spurted out.

The soldier who was slashed in the shoulder did not have time to deal with the bleeding wound, and immediately drew his sword to block the other two long knives from the front.

Although he managed to block the slash to his head, it was too late to block the other one.

The long, sharp knife slashed diagonally down his left shoulder to his waist.

Even though he was wearing leather armor and a cloak over it, it still couldn't stop the long knife from slicing through his body.

The next moment, a large amount of blood began to spurt out from the place where the long knife had been cut, and there were intestines flowing out of the stomach that was covered by the robe.

Watching his internal organs flow out of his body, the soldier defending the city felt pain at this time.

But he didn't panic, he didn't cry, he didn't even frown, he just looked at the intestines that slowly slipped from his stomach.

Seeing this, the two steppe tribe soldiers who had chopped him down immediately drew their knives happily and prepared to give him another knife.

But the next moment, the defender threw his sword at the steppe tribesmen soldier who slashed at him.

The long sword came to the steppe soldier like a bolt of lightning in an instant.

In the next second, the long sword pierced his throat.

The long knife he raised also fell in an instant, and a large amount of blood poured out of his throat, as if he had choked on a mouthful of water, and soon his face began to turn purple.

His hands kept grabbing in the direction of his throat to pull out the long sword, but unfortunately his hand that grabbed the long sword was no longer able to pull it out.

Then he fell headlong into the muddy water, convulsed twice and then stopped moving.

And the soldier who was disemboweled, Dayu defending the city, also began to feel a little dizzy at this time because of excessive blood loss.

But he was still conscious, and he saw that another soldier of the Prairie tribe had fallen from the top of his head.

Randomly, he felt as if he had broken free from the shackles of heaven and earth and flew high.

He saw from the air that the battlefield was full of desperate soldiers.

He saw a companion stab a steppe barbarian in the heart with a long sword, and then he had his arm cut off by another steppe barbarian.

He saw his partial general kick away a steppe barbarian wielding a long knife, and then slashed down several steppe barbarians with a slash.

He saw one of his companions with several long knives stuck in his body, but still wielding his long sword to slash at the steppe barbarians who were besieging him.

He also saw steppe barbarians in the distance, which were as dense as ants.

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When he landed on the ground again, he saw a familiar and unfamiliar figure.

He was kneeling on the ground at the moment, and the muddy water had completely soiled his coat and armor.

He tried hard to see who the man really was, but no matter how hard he tried, all he could see was the man's chest.

The man had a long wound in his chest that ran from his shoulder to his waist.

The blue intestines, the reddish-brown liver and the red blood flowed all over the ground.

At this time, he already understood who the person in front of him was.

But he didn't regret it at this time.

"Life should be a hero, and death should be a ghost."

Although he is not as heroic as King Xiang, he has not insulted the identity of Dayu people.

When he was completely unconscious, his body began to slowly collapse.

But no one on the battlefield cared about the dead like him, because the living were still fighting for their country and their countrymen.