The sudden white-knuckle battle caught Wei Shiwen off guard, and the first enemy almost jumped onto the city wall with the tail of a giant crossbow arrow, followed by more and more enemy soldiers jumping onto the city wall with their hook axes held high.

The hook axe is a single-sided axe with a crescent hook, which is a commonly used siege weapon for infantry, the crescent hook can be hooked into the city wall, the single-sided axe can be used as a heavy hammer to smash the axe blade, and the tail length can be used as a two-handed axe.

Almost every infantry will use a hook axe, but the hook axe is a siege machine, which is generally issued during the siege of the city, and is not a standard conventional weapon.

The first soldier who rushed to the city wall rolled on the spot, and the hook axe was sharply slashed, and the surrounding defenders who had no time to jump away were hit one after another, some were cut off their feet on the spot, some were split their muscles and bones, and the luckiest ones were also cut off a piece of flesh.

The defenders who had just gathered up immediately fell down a layer, and before the soldiers could roll down, their upper bodies suddenly rose up, and two spear heads grazed his back and stabbed him to the ground. He leaned back hard, pressed down the two spears, hooked the axe above his head, and then put his right hand to his left hand, and continued to slash with another hand.

This person has great strength, fast speed, extremely agileness, and his combat power is much higher than that of the surrounding defenders.

There must be masters in the death squad, and if the strength is not enough, they will not be allowed to join the death squad, because those people can't even climb the city wall. At that time, Ding Kun was born in the death squad, and his skills were more powerful than many division commanders.

The daredevils who came up from behind were not so powerful, and under the siege of the defenders, they were either killed, knocked off the wall, or injured and fell to the ground desperately to hold on.

The first soldier to come up was still fighting, picking out the crowded places to drill, and the cold light from the hook axe was like the silk ribbon wielded by the dancing queen, and all the long wooden weapons that came close to him were cut off, and the heavy weapons such as iron rods were scattered.

With a bang, two spears with a glow pierced the defensive ring of the hook axe, and the soldier hurriedly took a big step sideways, closing in on the enemy in the gap between the spears, and the hook axe slashed at the enemy's front door.

With a bang, several bows and arrows shot through the place where he had just stood, but instead of succeeding in the sneak attack, they inadvertently helped him block the enemy who was outflanking him behind him.

The advantage of melee in a crowd is that it can reduce the enemy's attack surface, and there are only about four people who can directly attack him when they get close to the enemy, and any more will cause interference.

Ding Kun was able to survive in the death squad, and then promoted to a samurai, which is related to his habit of using a pair of fleshy palms against the enemy, and the use of fists and feet naturally requires hand-to-hand combat, and it is a piece of cake for him to have four enemies, often forming a situation where hundreds of people surround but cannot stop him.

"Be careful with the captain!" Another daredevils jumped onto the city wall, and as soon as he finished shouting this sentence, a wooden stake like a beam hit him, and he had no choice but to use the shield in his hand to block it, and with a "snap", his body flew down the wall in response.

The thug turned his head and roared angrily, and the hook axe rolled up a circle of cold light, clanging, blocking Wei Shiwen's sneak attack.

"Surrender to the captain, but spare you from dying. Wei Shiwen ran down the city tower and personally stopped this fierce soldier.

Judging from the title of the daredevil, the thug is the captain of the daredevil, surnamed Xiang.

"Surrender? "Captain Xiang is not afraid of Wei Shiwen at all.

"Hmph! Wei Shiwen raised his gun and wanted to stab again, but he retreated sharply to the captain's feet, and then turned back and killed the defenders in the rear.

Anyone can see that Wei Shiwen is a high-ranking officer, and his combat power is definitely much higher than that of ordinary defenders.

"Who is the enemy general?" said Jomon as he saw what was happening on the wall.

"The one with the top red tassel should be Wei Shiwen, the captain of the Nanmaru Prefecture Guardian Army. A staff officer recognized Wei Shiwen.

"Sound the gong and let the death squad pull down. Qiao Meng knew that the commander of the defenders of Nanjing City would be Wei Shiwen, and he expected that this strong attack would not succeed, and he was unwilling to sacrifice the death squad in vain.

The gong sounded, and the commander of the front-line troops also blew the whistle in a hurry, so that the order to retreat reached the city.

Captain Xiang suddenly probed the hook axe, hooked a shield with a crescent hook, pulled it hard, pulled the shield hand in front of him, then squatted down and twisted his waist, turned behind the shield hand, and grabbed the back of his neck with one hand.

He used the shield bearer as a shield, spun around in place, and then hooked his axe and rushed to the side of the wall.

"Shoot the arrows!" ordered the commander of the well.

After the death squad climbed the wall, Jing Yan did not continue to shoot at that section of the wall, and as soon as the gong sounded, the commander of Jing Yan knew how to cover the retreat of friendly troops.

Another row of spear-like crossbow arrows arrived, and the defenders subconsciously climbed down, and the defenders who were caught by the captain suddenly felt the back of their necks loosen, and quickly struggled hard, just taking a big step forward, the back of the heart was suddenly hit hard, and the giant crossbow arrows pierced through the chest.

Squatting to the captain to look at the gap, kick out the backflip on the spot, and climb down the wall close to the battlement.

Jumping from the city wall more than forty meters high, even if it is a samurai, it is difficult to retreat, but he fell half to the captain, and a shield flew under him, he toed a little, rushed forward, about ten meters from the ground, and flew up a shield, and on his toes a little bit, he swept forward like a roc, and after landing, he rolled down, leaving behind a row of bows and arrows.

The three captains remained in the "death zone", waiting to receive all the daredevils to retreat, and the two shields were thrown by him.

"Xiang Ji, lead the team to withdraw. He took up two more shields and looked up at the city.

The death squad is organized by the three major teams, and the captain naturally knows all the team members, and Xiang Ji is the death captain who has just jumped down.

At this time, both the offensive and defensive sides seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and the offensive and defensive counterattacks began to slow down as if they had agreed.

"My lord, you can still persist in your humble duties. "Hand back the Death Squad's token to the set.

"I see, it's yours anyway. Ding Kui actually stepped onto the stage and answered instead of Qiao Meng.

"Humble to the boss. "Greet everyone on the stage.

Ding Kui came when the death squad attacked, rode over the archer position, wandered around the dark battlefield, and locked on the daredevils who climbed the city wall, and probably only the magicians of the two armies noticed him.

"You've been brave and smart, but you're not so lucky to meet the defenders. The morale of the defenders is still there, the defense is sufficient, even if a gap is opened, it will meet desperate resistance, General Qiao's order to retreat is very timely, and the assault is considered a success. Ding Kui commented on the spot.

"This is Xiang Ji, the leader of the first squadron of the three major teams, and he is also the captain of the death captain just now. Qiao Meng introduced Ding Kui.

"Ding Shuai praised falsely, and he was willing to organize a death squad to rush again. "Xiang Ji felt like he could capture the wall.

"Now is not the time. Ding Kui glanced at Nanjing City at night, "A lonely city without reinforcements can be defeated at any time." ”

"You go down to rest first, and I will discuss the siege with Ding Shuai. Qiao Meng cleaned up the people on the general's platform, leaving only the division staff officers.

Ding Kui asked, "How sure are you that you will be captured just now?"

"If the defenders adopt the tactic of ending up together, the 79th and 80th divisions will not be able to fill in all of them. Qiao Meng replied very honestly.

Don't look at Xiang Ji's fight on the city wall just now, once a few people desperately go up to hug him, the outer defenders will attack indiscriminately, and ten more Xiang Ji will have to die, but the situation is not critical to the point of life and death.

This is also where the gap between the local army and the regular army lies, lacking the courage to sacrifice without fear.

The soldiers who were conscripted into the regular army in Shaodianguo were basically mentally prepared to die on the battlefield, as long as the battle was fought to that extent, they almost dared to fight with their lives, no matter whether they won or lost in the end, the treatment of the fallen soldiers was the same.

Most of the people who join the local army are for military pay, and although there is a certain risk, the mortality rate is not high, and it is not their turn to sacrifice their lives for the country.

Therefore, the will to fight of the local army is far inferior to that of the regular army, and even some of the local army with good skills cannot win the battle if they encounter or risk their lives.

Combat effectiveness, training level, team combat capability, and fighting will are all important factors restricting the combat effectiveness of local armies.

Then again, when the local army is cornered, it will burst out with unexpected combat effectiveness, so Jomon didn't push too hard.

"Hmm. This is in line with Ding Kui's expectations, "The external troubles have not been eliminated, you should take it easy and reduce losses as much as possible." By the way, I think that Xiang Ji is pretty good, why is he just a squadron leader?"

"He originally had a chance to be promoted to captain, but," Qiao Meng hesitated for a moment, "the assassin Xiang Lan who assassinated the former king is said to be his own family. ”

The archer Xiang Lan is a killer cultivated by the Tang family, but not the Tang family, and his original surname is Xiang. The Xiang family is a vassal of the Tang family, a small family, and particularly outstanding young people will be sent to the main family for training, Xiang Lan is one of them, but Xiang Ji is not.

Since the assassination of Shaodian Dan, the Tang family has been purged, and even the vassal family has not been spared, and the Xiang family has almost been wiped out because of Xiang Lan, and only a few clansmen have been lucky enough to escape.

Xiang Ji joined the army at the age of eighteen and has served for nearly 30 years, joining the Eighth Army 20 years ago and has been until today.

The Eighth Legion had its own rules, and the imperial court's purge of the Xiang family did not affect Xiang Ji.

The clan government once sent someone to interrogate Xiang Ji, and Qiao Meng blocked him back with a word, "Xiang Ji has been in our army for almost twenty years, and he has never violated military discipline and made countless contributions, and only I can move him before he leaves the Eighth Army." ”

The attitude was very clear: if you want to catch Xiang Ji, you can transfer him from the Eighth Army in advance.

At that time, Xiang Ji was already the squadron leader, and if he wanted to move a squadron leader, he had to go through the division commander first, and only the corps commander could put pressure on the division commander.

After listening to Xiang Ji's story, Ding Kui couldn't help but sigh: "There is no unwarranted disaster! The Tang family's murder of the first king was after the abolition and pregnancy, and at that time, Xiang Ji had already made meritorious contributions in the army, how could he have anything to do with Xiang Lan and the Tang family?"

"The humble position also knows this truth, but the promotion of the captain needs to be reported to the commander's office for approval, and later, later, because of the prison country. Qiao Meng didn't dare to continue.