Chapter 438: Siege (I)

"These brutes!" At the head of the city, Gong Cheng saw countless arrows soaring into the air, and then fell into the group of soldiers, and suddenly his eyes widened and he let out a roar of rage.

Countless spears pierced the bodies of the unarmed men, and then brought out scarlet blood, and even the soldiers with bows and arrows at the head of the city turned pale, barely able to hold the weapons in their hands.

Bai Qi was also ugly, as the Mo family's ink master, nearly five thousand soldiers were killed in front of his eyes, such a scene made him almost unable to stand, if it wasn't for the scabbard in his hand tightly, he couldn't help but run down the city to lead the horse out of the city.

"This is provoking us!" Bai Qi roared in a low voice, "Xiang Chu wants to prove how resolute his opinion is on slaughtering the city!"

Gong Cheng looked at Tang Jun through gritted teeth, and said in his heaviest voice: "If I have the chance, I will definitely kill him!"

Bai Qi glanced at him and smiled dismally, in fact, he and Gong Yicha both knew that the only person who could fight against Xiang Chu was probably the one sitting in the room, but even if he was now, it was impossible to lead a ragtag army of 17,000 to kill Xiang Chu in front of Xiang Chu among the 100,000 elite Tang army.

If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, he is now not only the fourth master of the public loser, not only a warrior, but also the commander of the Jinzhou army, he must be responsible for the entire Jinzhou.

On the other side, Wang Xuanwei, who was kneeling in the camp tent, listened to the herald's story, the light in his eyes dimmed slightly, and nodded: "Yes." Is that so? I know, you go, tell General Gongyi, let him pass the order, strictly restrain the whole army, and don't let anyone act without permission. ”

"Yes. The herald bowed, turned and walked out the door.

After the herald left, Wang Xuan lowered his head slightly and slowly put down a chess piece on the chessboard.

Although he seemed very calm, the trembling of his hands also revealed his not very calm heart. How can a person who is a soldier and a general be indifferent to the slaughter of his own soldiers?

However, Ci is not in charge of the army.

And he is sitting here, it's not that he doesn't want to go to the city to command the battlefield in person, it's just that he has been dismissed now, and he is no longer the general of the Mo family who commands thousands of troops.

Wang Xuan lowered his head slightly, looking at the chaotic chessboard, although the black and white chess pieces have not yet begun to fight, they have already shown their minions and are constantly encroaching on the enemy's space, and the white chess pieces have the upper hand slightly, which seems to be invincible, but in fact it is testing the black chess.

The real victory or defeat is still to come, just like the battle between Tang Guo, Canghai and the Mo family, until the end, no one can know what the victory or defeat will be.

He frowned, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that this matter will reach the court, even Bo Ling may not be able to suppress it." ”

Although it is said that he, the general, has been deposed, Sun Boling is still the military advisor of the Mo family's army, which is also the best result that the giant has won over, but this best result still seems to be not enough at the moment.

"If I take charge of the army again...... Wang Xuan muttered in a low voice, but he still shook his head, knowing that this matter is not easy to do, the Mo family's current court is almost a mess, and it is not easy for the giant to keep himself, and his removal from his position is also to give an explanation to those who impeached him.

"In that case, now we can only count on that person......" he looked up, a calm face in his mind. He slowly reached out and took a letter from his bosom......

This letter, from the South.

Gong Yinxue has already sent a letter to the imperial court to falsely say that the situation in Jinzhou is not urgent, and Gong Yinxue has also asked questions in surprise: "In this way, won't my Jinzhou completely cut off my back road?"

And his answer was: "Don't worry, even if this letter is sent, there will still be reinforcements to save Jinzhou at that time, and this support is enough to compete with Xiang Chu's 100,000 army." ”

Gong Cheng thought that he had some arrangements for Sun Boling, but in fact, he did have arrangements for Sun Boling, but it had nothing to do with Jinzhou, and the people who really came to support Jinzhou were people who couldn't even imagine Gong Yinxue and Gong Lose Cha.

Then he heard the sound of trumpets resounding throughout the city, and the drums of war shook like thunder and shook the clouds outside the window.

The Don army finally began to attack the city.

When a hundred-pound stone flew in, it landed on the heads of the two archers, and after a loud bang, the two archers did not even make a call, and after the billowing smoke and rubble, there were two more pools of disintegrating minced flesh on the head of the city, which looked very disgusting.

And this was just the beginning, under the command of the Tang army, the trebuchets of the Tang army constantly began to throw stones, with great might, one after another fell to the Jinzhou city wall.

The trebuchet was immense, but it was difficult to be precise, and some of the stones fell straight down, hitting the strong walls of Jinzhou fiercely, but they could not leave a trace, and fell in despair.

But most of the stones also fell from the sky to the top of the city, these stones were like hailstones, but they were far more huge and terrible than hail, and for a while, the whole city was in chaos.

Although the weight of the trebuchet transported by the Tang Army this time was not particularly heavy in order to facilitate the movement, the hundred-pound stones that fell down after being thrown were still enough to crush people's skulls and beat people into meat sauce.

Most of the Jinzhou army had never experienced such a tragic battle, not to mention that among the 5,000 people on the east gate, 2,000 were even recruited from those victims, where had they seen such a scene, many of them had already dropped their weapons and wanted to flee in panic.

But they just thought about it and didn't act on it right away.

Because in front of them, there was still a figure standing upright, never retreating for half a minute, and naturally they had no reason to flee.

The shattered stone fragments cut Gong Chengcha's cheek, but Gong Zhancha didn't blink his eyes, just stared at the Tang Army's military formation, raised one hand, and shouted: "Don't mess up!

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust at the head of the city and the bitter cries, he saw that the Tang army's military formation finally began to move forward, and shouted: "Ying!"

Perhaps it was because they were afraid of being killed for disobeying military orders, or perhaps because the tenacious momentum of the Gong Loss Cha infected them, many of the soldiers who had wanted to flee also returned to the city, looked down, took a deep breath, and pulled the bowstring hard.

"Don't be in a hurry!" shouted the Gong, "wait until they get any closer." ”

The trebuchet was still projecting stones, countless stones in the air in curves, falling with a bang, each time they fell, hitting the floor tiles at the head of the city violently.

And at this moment, the trebuchet at the head of the city and the city also began to throw under the command of Bai Qi, as early as when Gong Yiren was still alive, he had already arranged for a steady stream of people to transport stones into the city, nearly a month of preparation, just for this moment.

Compared with the trebuchets of the Tang Army, the ones built by the public losers are heavier and more accurate, and the stones thrown out each time weigh hundreds of catties, and when they rise into the air and fall down again, they are almost as terrible as meteorites!

The array of the first Tang army that was hit collapsed almost instantly, and those shields could not withstand such heavy stones at all, and blood and flesh and limbs flew everywhere, causing the defenders at the head of the city to be shocked and their morale suddenly increased.

By now, the matter of the surrender that had just been killed had made them understand that even if they fled, there would be no good result at all, and it was better to fight for a heroic death at this moment than to be slaughtered after the city was broken.

Naturally, everyone refused to retreat, but looked at the Tang army formation that was constantly approaching, and almost couldn't help but let go of the bowstring.

However, the public still did not give the order, so they could only wait until the moment when he actually spoke.

Gong Chengcha has actually been calculating the distance between the Tang army and the head of the city, and the Tang army attacking the city now has a total of three phalanxes, each of which is marching in an orderly manner, except for some confusion because it has just been trebuchet, but it quickly restored order.

I have to say that Xiang Chu's ability to train troops is enough to be called one of the few in the world, even if it is a ragtag army, under his command for a few years, I am afraid that it can be tempered into an iron army. At this point, the public is ashamed of himself, but at this moment, it is not the time for him to feel sorry for himself.

At that moment, he looked at the formation of the Tang Army and finally burst in front of him, and then he roared: "The enemy is close! Five hundred steps! Shoot!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, everyone let go of their bowstrings, and countless arrows rose into the air, almost forming a black cloud in the air, and when they fell, they had already carried a sharp sound of breaking through the air.

The phalanx of the Tang army raised its shield at the same time, as if building an iron wall in the middle of the flat ground. It's just that the arrows in the city are condescending, and in the projectile, they are attached to the heavy force of falling, and the two collide, almost like a heavy rain hitting the bricks, and the sound of "popping" is endless.

Many people were even so shocked by this power that they couldn't hold their shields, and in the gap, countless arrows pierced into the body of the sergeant.

In a volley, at least ten people fell in the three phalanxes.

But in the eyes of the public loser, he clenched his fists, and he knew very well that compared with more than 10,000 people in the three phalanxes, such a loss was just a drop in the bucket.

The archer drew his bowstring again at his command, aiming it in the air.

"The enemy is close!450 steps!Shoot!" Gong Chengcha slapped at the head of the city, and another black cloud rose into the air and rained down towards the phalanx.

If the effect of the first round of salvo just now is not enough to satisfy the public army, this round of salvo has already made the public loss inspection slightly relieved, although the Tang army formation after the first round of salvo did not suffer much, but after all, there was still a little gap in the formation, and this second round of salvo fell into the phalanx, I don't know how many Tang army lives were taken.

What is even more coincidental is that a large stone fell from the sky at this moment, slammed into the middle phalanx, and violently defeated the phalanx, causing a commotion.

The opportunity could not be missed, and Gong Chuan Cha decisively commanded the archers round after round of archery, and the rain of arrows was like an endless torrential rain that continued to pour towards the head of the Tang army.

Along the way, I don't know how many Tang soldiers were killed by arrows, and some of the people who were shot in the legs or hands by arrows have not yet died, because of the pain, they are screaming in pain on the ground, but no one cares about them anymore.

As they marched within 400 paces of Jinzhou, the huge bed crossbow also fired deadly arrows under the control of the defenders at the head of the city.

The organ technique of the public loser can be said to be one of the best in the entire Mo family, even the orthodox organ technique of the Mo family sometimes has to bow down, naturally, these bed crossbows that have been placed in the city for many years are far beyond the ordinary bed crossbows, when they make a bowstring crash, more than ten crossbow arrows with the thickness of a spear shoot out blatantly, with a sharp whistling sound, straight into the formation of the Tang army.

Tang Jun finally survived another round of arrow rain, lifted his shield a little, and wanted to see the situation at the head of the city, but his pupils suddenly shrank, and he opened his mouth to breathe.

But the bolt had already reached them, and it was plunging into their bodies, one, two, three...... It wasn't until the fourth man's body was pierced alive that the power on the crossbow finally slowed down, but it was still deeply rooted in the earth, and the tail kept trembling.

The defenders of the city cheered, they had never seen an arrow from the bed crossbow at the head of the city for so many years, and they had long forgotten the power of these things.

However, this time everyone saw their powerful deterrent power with their own eyes, and everyone was very happy, for so many years, they have maintained these bed crossbows all the time, and all the hard work has not been in vain.

However, the footsteps of the Tang army did not stop there, they stepped on the corpse of their robes, kicked away the arrows stuck in the mud in front of them, and launched another fierce attack......

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