Chapter 041: Facing the Siege
Ma Shuo's efforts were not in vain, and Qin Chuan's life was saved.
Of course, there is also Mark's credit in this, if he hadn't contributed those things on his body in time to temporarily treat Qin Chuan's wounds, the best rescue time would have been delayed.
However, his life was snatched back, but Qin Chuan may not be able to go to the battlefield again in a short period of time.
Therefore, Qin Chuan was soon sent back to Zhenman Pass to recuperate.
Ma Shuo woke up from a sleep, and his mental state was very good, and the Meng family's uncle and nephew had already waited on the side, bringing toiletries and food.
After washing up and eating again, Ma Shuo asked about Qin Chuan's situation. Knowing that Qin Chuan had been sent away, and Han Sui had been arranged to accompany him, he didn't say anything more.
"Big brother, thank you!" Mark walked in from the outside and said very politely.
"Silly boy, what's polite to the eldest brother! Just fine, take me out for a walk. Ma Shuo patted Mark on the shoulder. When he arrived at the Huangsha Gorge Military Village, Ma Shuo also wanted to see what the situation of the barbarians here was.
When Ma Shuo woke up, it was morning. At this time, both the border army and the barbarians were having breakfast, and it was still not time to start the attack. In any case, even if you are fighting, you have to feed people!
Ma Shuo followed Mark and walked around the military village. After these days of renovation, the military village has been much stronger than at the beginning, especially the outermost wall, but also built an inner wall on the inside, although it is only a wood and stone structure, but with the existence of this inner wall, the defense ability of the entire wall is also greatly enhanced.
On the side of the border army, there were soldiers on duty at intervals above the wall. The soldiers' expressions were very solemn, their eyes were fixed on the side of the barbarian, and if there was any movement from the other party, they would definitely send a warning as soon as possible.
Knock knock!
The sound of drums came from the barbarian station.
"Big brother, the barbarians are attacking! Brother, I'm going to command my brothers. Be careful and stay away from this side as much as possible! ”
Dangdang!
The signal of the concentration of the border army also sounded immediately, and as a five-hundred-hundred-year-old, Mark must go to his post in the shortest possible time. So, after he dropped a word, he hurriedly left Ma Shuo.
Ma Shuo's side followed the Meng family's uncle and nephew at this time. After entering the military village, the equipment of the Meng family's uncles and nephews has all been replaced with the standard of the army, especially the bow they are good at, and it has been replaced by the strong arm bow used in the army, and the feather arrows are also the iron arrows used in the army.
Mark was relieved to leave his eldest brother here alone, precisely because he saw that Ma Shuo still had the Meng family's uncle and nephew by his side. Of course, he didn't know that his eldest brother was no longer the former Amon.
"Let's go over there!"
Ma Shuo said to the Meng family's uncle and nephew. The large-scale attack of the barbarians, Ma Shuo had seen it for the first time, and he naturally would not miss this opportunity. Although it was definitely risky to stay in this place, Ma Shuo was confident that he would be able to avoid possible stray arrows.
After looking left and right, Ma Shuo chose a slightly sideways place. This place, under normal circumstances, should not be the main direction of the barbarians' attacks, and the perspective is okay, condescending, but it can be seen at a glance.
Whatever Ma Shuo said, the Meng family's uncle and nephew naturally followed closely. However, at this time, the expressions of the Meng family's uncles and nephews were also very solemn, and their attention began to be highly concentrated, just in case something unfavorable to Ma Shuo occurred, so that they could respond in time.
Knock knock!
The barbarian's war drum is a relatively primitive canoe drum, and the sound is a bit muffled, but the continuous drum beat keeps ringing, which still gives people a sense of shock, especially the feeling that the heart is a little uncomfortable.
This time, there were quite a few people on the barbarians' side. Looking down condescendingly, it is dense, and there are four or five thousand to say the least. It seems that in the past few days, there have been reinforcements from the barbarians' side. Otherwise, according to the previous information, the barbarians would not be able to take out so many people at once.
Of course, because Ma Shuo is not a member of the military, he is not very clear about the specific military situation. Now, what he saw was the barbarians of Wuyang and Wuyang, who were quickly rushing towards the side of the military village.
When he was able to see a little more clearly, Ma Shuo found that these barbarians were all armed with weapons. The one who rushed to the front was carrying a shield-like thing in his hand, I don't know what material it was, but it looked relatively primitive and simple.
The other barbarians, some with spears and some with bows and arrows. Ma Shuo found that there were very few barbarians with knives, and it seemed that the number of iron weapons was not very large, and the spearheads of those spears should be more bamboo.
In addition, Ma Shuo also noticed that these barbarians were also dressed in a variety of clothes, and it was obvious that this was not an organized regular army. In fact, this is also normal, because the barbarians generally gather together in tribes, and they don't really care about the regular army, but the whole people are soldiers. At this moment, the following barbarians are a combination of barbarians from several tribes, so they naturally look very casual.
However, I have to admit that these barbarians are actually very combative. Ma Shuo quickly felt this from the arrows shot by these guys.
When they came within range of their bows and arrows, both sides launched bows and arrows in unison. On the side of the border army, relying on the military village, it is condescending, but it actually has a geographical advantage. However, even in this case, when the two sides exchanged bows and arrows, the side of the border army did not have an advantage.
Although the barbarians shot from their backs, they suffered more or less. However, they have stronger arms and shoot arrows farther. Therefore, from time to time, some border troops are unfortunately shot by the opponent's arrows. Moreover, because the exposed part of the border army is basically the upper body, the part of the arrow is often the neck, face and other vital parts, once the arrow is basically a hopeless ending.
Of course, the bows and arrows clashed, and the barbarians did not take advantage of them, and from time to time those who were hit by arrows fell to the ground.
However, the number of archers is limited on either side. Therefore, the archers only played a sluggish role, and were not able to completely block the pace of the barbarian attack, and after dropping the corpses of nearly a hundred people, the barbarian army still reached the bottom of the military wall.
The outer wall of the military village is no different from the ordinary city wall. Therefore, if you want to break through the military wall, you must climb the wall. Siege is not an easy task. However, the barbarians dealt with the border army year after year, and after so many years, they also accumulated a certain amount of siege experience.
Although, due to the limited conditions, they could not make complex siege tools, but they could still do the simplest ladders. The siege ladders made of local materials were carried by these barbarians and erected on the outer wall of the military village.
The height of the exterior wall is actually less than five meters. In this way, the barbarian's ladder was still easily set up to the top, after all, it was not difficult to get a ladder five or six meters long. Besides, these barbarians are not small in size, some have strength, and it is still very easy for a few people to carry a ladder.
The ladder was set up on the wall, and the battle became fierce.