Chapter 22: The Death Fight (2) [Asking for Votes, Asking for Reading]
After a tentative attack was fruitless, for about two hours the Tibetan army did not launch any form of attack.
A large number of people like a swarm of bees were busy with torches.
Outside the winch crossbows with a range of a thousand meters on the city walls, the defenders of the city were cutting down the trees that had not yet had time to cut them all.
These cut down trees don't even have to be stripped of their bark.
After cutting off the branches, a little processing, a shoddy but usable ladder appeared.
In addition, some tree trunks cut down to more than two meters long were bundled together to form a wooden shield that could block their entire body and prevent arrows from the city walls.
In this process, the defenders of the city did not do anything.
Without him! Because two elite cavalry of about 5,000 Tubo people roamed two miles away from Qiuci City, the front and rear city gates.
If the city sent troops to drive away those who cut down the trees, they could only be killed.
So there was no reaction in the city, Zhang Tiezhu and the other old soldiers just saw that the opponent began to cut down the tree, so they beckoned everyone to sit down and rest on the spot.
Even in this process, I was still in the mood to eat a little cake for breakfast.
When Hu Biao heard this, he hurriedly sat on the ground; It's not that this kid's mentality is good, but the armor on his body is too heavy, and he can't stand a little.
Eventually, when the sky was completely bright, the Tibetan attack was launched again.
Just looking at the posture, it's the kind that makes people completely desperate in their hearts.
There was no main direction of attack, and during this period of processing the cloud ladder, Tubo and the cannon fodder army under their command completely surrounded the entire Qiuzi city with a circumference of no more than ten miles.
Then, under the still cold morning breeze, hundreds of trumpets sounded almost simultaneously.
In the sound of the horn that resounded throughout this piece of heaven and earth, at least more than 30,000 attackers walked slowly towards Qiuzi City on foot from multiple directions.
In the front row are the people holding the wooden shield in their hands.
A little later, there is an archer with a bow and arrow in his hand.
Then, there are soldiers carrying more than ten meters long ladders; Finally, there is a large area of black pressure, and the soldiers in their hands are mainly armed with scimitars.
With that kind of long ladder, because the walls are not high, they don't even have to carry dirt on their backs to fill in the moat first, but just set up a ladder on the edge of the moat, and in this way they can rush to the top of the city.
If the defenders at the head of the city allow them to do so.
The brutal battle is also about to start from this moment.
In the face of such an offensive, everyone in the city knew that they could not defend it, and the only suspense was how long they could hold out and how many opponents they killed.
But just like that, Hu Biao saw the backs in front of him that could be called grandfather, and he was still so immovable......
When Hu Biao and the others had a countdown that represented the complete completion of the task, there were still 16 hours and 42 minutes, and the crisp sound of 'Bang, Bang~' sounded in the city.
A large number of crossbow arrows entered the distance of a thousand meters below the city, and those targets holding wooden shields beckoned, and easily shot these crude wooden shields into a pile of wood.
The battle to the death has officially begun, and the people in this lonely city will soon die one by one.
is different from Zhang Tiezhu and other veterans, now he has a dull expression; Hu Biao and others are now caught in a huge entanglement: what to do next?
Fight to the death? Kill one is enough, kill two to earn?
People's hearts are long, looking at the expressions of these grandfathers and old pawns who are generously dying, these rookies are full of indescribable anger in their hearts.
But if the people in the city can continue to hold on for 17 hours, wouldn't they still be able to complete the system task, return to the peaceful modern plane alive, and enjoy the civilized life brought by modern technology.
If you really want to die, you will die in the city of Qiuzi City, what will you do with your parents, wife, and children?
For a moment, their hearts were tormented like never before......
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"These Turkic people who used the Tubo people as dogs still killed too little back then, and they didn't kill them cleanly."
Looking at the opponents under the city, after Zhang Tiezhu cursed in his mouth, he quickly shot three arrows and knocked the two opponents to the ground.
One of them didn't hit the vital spot, but he was also dead in the next second.
Because the Turks, who act as cannon fodder, do not care about the life or death of their people on the earth; In order to rush to the head of the city as quickly as possible, and to avoid some of the arrows from the city, they began to speed up their pace and charge.
After countless soles of the feet were stepped on, the person who fell to the ground was trampled to death.
In the end, after paying at least five or six hundred casualties, these Turks, who served as cannon fodder, finally rushed to the position of fifty paces in front of the moat.
In a terrible howl of unknown meaning, like a wild wolf, the forward of the Turkic army changed.
The soldiers carrying the ladder quickened their pace, and after overtaking the clansmen holding wooden shields, they came to the moat with a quick pace, despite the casualties of being shot by the city's bows and crossbows.
Then, with concerted efforts, the ladder will be carried high.
When they gently lowered it forward, one end of the ladder had already landed on the top of the city wall, and it was about half a man tall.
Through such a ladder, the Turks under the city were able to cross the moat and rush directly to the city walls.
Such a scene was obviously also a plan in their hearts, at the moment when the ladder was erected, except for the archers who continued to shoot arrows at the city and suppress the people at the head of the city.
The Turks, who were holding various one-handed shields in their hands, had already blocked the shields in front of them with one hand, biting the bright scimitar in their hands, and quickly climbing up the ladder with the other hand.
Then there were more Turks with scimitars, and one by one they had to follow.
Soon after, half of the ten-meter-long ladder was full of people.
At the same time, the original personnel who carried the ladder pressed the lower end of the ladder with their hands and even their bodies, increasing the weight of the ladder in this way.
Under such circumstances, Liang Daya found that he was unable to push the ladder with a wooden fork in his hand and the two sergeants beside him.
The purpose of making the ladder turn over, fall to death, and injure those Turks.
Immediately and decisively gave up this tactic, and in the process of retreating, throwing away the wooden fork in his hand, and replacing it with a knife in one hand, he turned his head and shouted out a sentence:
"Quick, who smashed it with a rolling stone~"
It's so good to die, who is Xu Feng who Liang Daya turned his head to greet him.
The scene of Gangzi being shot not long ago undoubtedly left a huge psychological pressure on Xu Feng and others, and he didn't even think much about it after hearing it.
Instinctively, he picked up a hundred-pound stone at his feet.
Two or three steps rushed to the battlement, and without the slightest hesitation, he slammed down the ladder in front of him; After smashing it out, Xu Feng reacted and killed himself.
Because he clearly saw that one of the fastest Turks had climbed to a position less than two meters from the battlement.
Facing the attacking stones, and a string of people who followed behind them, the eyes of the Turkic people who could not retreat were full of determination and resentment, but they made the speed two points faster.
If eyes could kill, Xu Feng would have died I don't know how many times.
The next second, the stone fell on the shield.
The wooden shield with iron sheets first appeared a noticeable depression, and then his left arm, which held the shield, bent irregularly.
In the end, the whole person fell down the ladder under the force of the boulder's impact.
Along with him, there was a Turkic behind him; The two of them made a high splash of water and fell into the moat along with the stones.
Like the stone, the two never floated again.
The cowhide armor on their bodies, as well as the clothes that absorbed water, made their bodies as heavy as a stone, so they were dead now.
just killed the two of Xu Feng, and there was no sense of happiness at all.
The first time he killed, his mind was blank, what is the daughter of elementary school, the elderly parents, the wife who usually chatters but is very good to himself.
These important tasks, which had been concerned for a long time, were lost because of great fear.
He didn't have any strength in his body, that is, his right shoulder leaned against the wall, so he didn't sit on the ground in embarrassment.
In fact, it stands to reason that a modern person, or a modern person in a particularly peaceful environment like Huaguo, has a huge psychological discomfort after the killing, which is completely understandable.
But on the battlefield, there is no place for reason at all.
The two people in front of him were smashed down, and there was no stopping the third Turk from continuing to climb.
If anything, the eyes that looked at Xu Feng became more and more ferocious, like a wolf tearing his throat.
After this scene fell in Xu Feng's eyes, he suddenly came back to his senses.
But the limp body couldn't do anything for a while, so he could only watch the Turk get closer and closer, until he rushed to a position two meters away, and his right hand grasped the scimitar on his mouth.
At most, in one breath, this opponent who is covered in the smell of sheep can rush up and kill himself with a single sword.
At the moment when Xu Feng was almost desperate, there was suddenly a force pulling him back.
At the same time, a snow-bright sword slashed out like lightning against the left side of his face, and the head of the Turkic with a leather helmet in the middle easily slashed into the depth.
At the moment of the split, a stream of blood splattered out, splashing far away.
Liu Bo, who was originally churning in his heart, could no longer restrain himself under the stimulation of the rich smell of blood, and vomited while retreating.
As he was spitting, Liang Daya's voice fell into his ears:
"I smashed it well just now, keep smashing it for me, rest assured! Old man, I will protect you~"