Chapter 189: Reinforcements Arrive
The Chu army under the city wall suffered heavy casualties, and people kept falling from the ladder, seeing that if it continued like this, the loss of his own people would be more and more, Mo Wentian was very anxious in his heart, and at this moment, a soldier came to report that their catapult had been built and could be put into the battlefield at any time.
At the beginning, in order to save time and capture Jiangxia County as soon as possible, Mo Wentian rashly launched an attack without completing the construction of the catapult, but he did not expect to cause such a big loss.
Mo Wentian immediately ordered: "Let all the soldiers withdraw, and the catapult is ready to attack."
After the Chu army withdrew, more than a dozen catapults began to throw stones and fire altars into the city, and many soldiers on the city wall were smashed into a piece of flesh, and some people were shot away, and even the city wall was knocked out of many depressions.
The altars were made of oil and sulfur, and once broken, the oil inside would be instantly ignited by the fire outside, splattering in all directions, and many soldiers were burned alive.
The altars of fire were thrown into the city, and immediately the houses of the people were set on fire and plunged into a sea of fire.
With a wave of his sleeves, he knocked the attacking boulder into the air, and immediately ordered all the soldiers to lie down and use the city wall as a block, so that their casualties would be smaller.
At the same time, Erdan sent people into the city to organize the people to fight the fire, and the fire could not continue to spread, otherwise I don't know how many people would die in the fire.
After dozens of rounds of attacks, the soldiers on Erdan's side suffered heavy losses.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Mo Wentian immediately asked his soldiers to attack.
When the Chu army came to the city wall, there was still no movement, when they began to use the ladder to climb the city wall, there was still no movement, when they climbed halfway, suddenly the soldiers defending the city all came out, because the bows and arrows had been exhausted, they all lifted stones, wood and other heavy objects and smashed them down.
A shocking scene appeared, many soldiers on fire used their flesh and blood as heavy objects, and smashed the enemy army below, although the Chu army was numerous, but there was no way for a while.
When Mo Wentian saw this scene, he was shocked in his heart, but he also felt very puzzled, as far as he knew, these soldiers were all surrendered by Wang Xuan, why didn't they show such strong combat effectiveness in the battle with Wang Qizhi before?
As the saying goes, one soldier will be a nest, not that Wang Xuan commands the army how wasteful, but the courage that this guy is showing now deeply affects every soldier, coupled with the training and military discipline constraints during this time, they have long since changed their appearance and become an invincible army.
Holding a long sword, Erdan took the lead with several generals and fought with the enemy, whose blood stained his entire body.
After more than ten days of fighting, there were still more than 1,000 soldiers left in the city, and the enemy army also suffered nearly sixty percent casualties.
All the remaining soldiers, led by Wang Yidan and the rest of the generals, dragged their wounded bodies and stood on the city wall, looking resolutely ahead, there was no fear in their eyes, only the fortitude of looking at death as home.
When the soldiers under the city saw this scene, they stood under the city wall and did not dare to continue to move forward.
When Mo Wentian saw this scene, he was very shocked in his heart, just these 40,000 people resisted the attack of more than 100,000 of them, if they faced the same enemy, wouldn't they have no chance of winning.
He let out a long sigh and said, "Wang Qizhi, are you a terrible person for many years?"
Erdan looked into the distance, why didn't Wang Qizhi come yet, we really couldn't hold on.
Mo Wentian ordered the army to attack again, and the soldiers of the Chu army had to climb the city wall again in the sound of the military order, and at this moment, a large number of figures suddenly appeared not far from the south, with a number of 50,000 people, although these people did not ride horses, but the speed was extremely fast, and they were people who practiced martial arts at a glance.
When Wang Yishan saw this scene, he shouted excitedly: "Brothers, the reinforcements have arrived, we have hope!"
Jiang Yiyi divided the 50,000 men into two waves, one led by Sima Hui and flew to the head of the city to resist the attack of the Chu army, and the other group blocked the enemy's retreat and prepared to destroy the enemy here.
When Mo Wentian saw the arrival of enemy reinforcements, he knew in his heart that his tired division was not the opponent of these more than 50,000 masters at all, so he immediately withdrew his troops, but it was too late, and the retreat had been cut off and became a turtle in an urn.
And Mo Wentian had to lead his subordinates to escape, but they hadn't run out for long before they saw two familiar figures in front of them, which turned out to be Wu Yazi and Chen Shuyi.
Mo Wentian stopped his horse, looked at the two, and said, "Chen Shuyi, why aren't you dead yet?"
Chen Shuyi snorted coldly and said, "Thanks to the help of noble people, I will not die in a big disaster, so that I can take revenge on you."
Mo Wentian looked at Chen Shuyi, who had not changed, and laughed: "It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that I couldn't kiss Fang Ze at the beginning."
Wu Yazi said to his wife: "Don't talk nonsense with him, just do it."
Mo Wentian looked at several of his subordinates and said, "You withdraw first, meet in the old place, and the two will be handed over to me."
Several of their men glanced at each other, and immediately waved their whips and drove the horses away.
Wu Yazi said: "It seems that you don't plan to go back to your life?"
Mo Wentian said coldly: "Don't forget, the biggest characteristic of my person is ruthlessness and unrighteousness, what does the king of Chu have to do with me?"
Wu Yazi sneered: "You guy is really ruthless and unjust, you can do anything."
Hearing this, Mo Wentian laughed and said, "In today's troubled times, can love and righteousness be eaten?"
Say it! Mo Wentian burst out with a powerful internal force, this guy is actually a master of the middle heaven position, but Wu Yazi heard from Wang Qizhi that this guy is just a master of the lower heaven position, how did his strength increase so much in a while?
Wang Qizhi naturally won't deceive Wuyazi, there is only one reason, this guy has been pretending, but he has been pretending for so many years, and outsiders have not noticed it, which shows how deep his scheming is.
Wu Yazi pushed his wife aside and said, "You can't interfere in this duel, just watch from the sidelines."
Immediately, he also pulled out his weapon and fought with Mo Wentian.
Besides, on the side of the city wall, Jiang Yiyi and Erdan did not rush to make a move, but said to the besieged Chu army: "You have been surrounded by regiments, and the main general has fled, it is better to surrender obediently, so that there is a way out."
These soldiers had long heard that Wang Qizhi's army was waiting to be captured, and they were mixed with each other, and it was not a dream to add officials to the knighthood, so they put down their weapons without thinking about it, as an ordinary soldier, they could mix with anyone, as long as they were full of food and drink.