Chapter 277: No Reservations
In the Chinese military tent of the Northwest Army, Zhuang Jiade held the order flag and said in a shocking voice: "Chu Haojie listens to the order." β
"The end will be. β
"I order you to lead 10,000 light cavalry, and buy time for the Black Guard Battalion at all costs. β
"The last will obey. β
Yan Tianrui listened to the order. β
"The end will be. β
"I order you to lead the stone slingers to advance to a distance of three hundred steps from the city wall, and give me all your stone bullets into the city of Gyeongju. β
"The last will obey. β
"Yang Renqi listened to the order ......"
"The Last General ......"
"I order you to lead the Horizontal Knife Battalion to the rear, once the Black Guard Battalion succeeds, immediately lead the Horizontal Knife Battalion to suddenly attack, and you must hold on until I lead the Mo Dao Heavy Armored Cavalry to kill......"
"The Last Will Do ......"
One after another, military orders were issued, and the entire Northwest Army began to rotate like a war machine......
The 90,000 Northwest Army lined up in battle formation outside Gyeongju City, and advanced neatly amid the sound of horns.
At the forefront of the military array is the catapult unit of the Northwest Army, led by Yan Tianrui all the way forward neatly, on each side there are five thousand light cavalry troops led by Chu Haojie personally, escorting the trebuchet troops, among which there are nearly two hundred Black Guard battalion armor soldiers mixed in.
The Northwest Army's formation advanced all the way to a position three hundred paces from the city wall and came to a standstill, and the five hundred slingers began to prepare for the next big battle.
This distance is very awkward, the arrows can't shoot at all, but the opponent's stone projectiles can be smashed into your own camp.
Therefore, when the Northwest Army was preparing, the former Shu soldiers on the city wall of Gyeongju could only watch, and then waited for the arrival of the stone bullet.
It's a very uncomfortable taste, it's like waiting to die.
In particular, they found that today's Northwest Army seemed even more terrible than the usual Northwest Army.
In the past, the Northwest Army was like a vicious wolf, trying to bite them to death and tear them apart, but today's Northwest Army is as murderous as an ancient beast......
Soon, as the first trebuchet was activated, the stone projectiles rose into the air, and 500 trebuchets started together, raising a cloud of smoke and dust outside the city of Gyeongju, followed by stone projectiles the size of a basin and flying over the city walls into the city.
Boom, boom, boom......
The sound of stone bullets crashing down buildings can be heard even outside the city.
At this time, the Yu Yun Army in the southern city of Gyeongju also got the news that the Northwest Army was about to attack the city.
To tell the truth, the Northwest Army's siege of the city is really a bit terrifying, even compared with Yu Yunjun's army, it is even more ferocious than Yu Yunjun's going out a grade.
Originally, Yu Yunjun thought that he was the most fierce one in the world to attack the city, but when they saw the Northwest Army's fearlessness of death, they were really convinced.
However, being convinced does not mean that they do not want to compete, the bravery of the Northwest Army has greatly inspired the soldiers of Yu Yunjun, and they really don't want to lose the title of the First Army in the West.
Although the whole army of Yu Yunjun was very tired, after the news of the Northwest Army's imminent attack on the city was delivered to the barracks, Yu Yunjun's army immediately began to prepare.
While the Northwest Army launched a siege, the Yuyun Army on the south side also launched a siege.
The front row of Yu Yunjun's sword and shield soldiers carried the ladder and lined up in a neat battle formation and slowly advanced towards the city wall of Gyeongju City.
When there were still two hundred steps away from the city wall, the archers of the former Shu army on the city wall took their bows and arrows, in this case, they did not need to aim at all, they only needed to shoot the arrows to cause damage to the enemy.
However, Yu Yunjun is not a vegetarian, and when he is still two hundred steps away from the city wall, the sword and shield hands carrying the cloud ladder in front of him have thrown off their legs and rushed towards the city wall at a fast speed.
Although the archers in the back did not have the protection of these sword and shield hands, they were still not afraid of the opponent's arrow array, even if the arrow fell from the comrades next to them, they still ran forward in formation without blinking.
When they were still a hundred steps away from the city wall, the archers of the Yuyun Army under the city also began to exert their might.
"Bow and arrow!"
"Put!"
With the commander's order, a buzzing sound was heard in the ear chakra.
A dense cloud of arrows like locusts rose into the air within the army formation of Yu Yun's army.
As they reached their peak, the clouds of arrows fell one after another, raining down on the walls of Gyeongju Fortress.
For a moment, the screams and wails on the city wall were all in one.
Under the attack of the two powerful armies in the west, Gyeongju City is like a lonely boat in the waves, as if it will sink at any time.
On the side of the Northwest Army,Under the continuous attack of trebuchets,Light cavalry under the leadership of Chu Haojie from the military formationγ
The 5,000 men of the first echelon then mounted their bows and arrows in a few moments, and shot arrows at a distance of 100 paces from the enemy's city wall tribes, and after shooting the arrows, the first echelon immediately retreated to safety and mounted their bows and arrows, and then the 5,000 light cavalry of the second echelon shot arrows again, and then retreated, and the first echelon was on top.
10,000 light cavalry went back and forth, continuing to suppress the former Shu army on the city wall.
A few days ago, the former Shu army had long been frightened by the trebuchets of the Northwest Army, and at this time, when they saw the huge stones flying one by one, they didn't dare to take the lead, not to mention that the light cavalry arrow array of the Northwest Army was suppressing their own side.
Just when the former Shu soldiers were hesitating whether to kill the other party in the face of the stone rain, two hundred teams wearing armor that was obviously different from the ordinary soldiers of the Northwest Army suddenly rushed out of the light cavalry formation.
They did not go to the other places, but they rushed straight to the wall.
Some former Shu soldiers discovered their existence and immediately reported it to their centurion.
For the impact of these two hundred people, the centurion was also full of inexplicability.
They didn't carry ladders, they didn't even see them draw their weapons, they just charged with a cloth bag.
What's going on?
What are they trying to do?
The centurion had never seen the tactics of the Northwest Army, so he was stunned for a while before ordering: "The archers put their bows on the arrows, and I will intercept and kill these people......"
At this moment, the other party was already less than fifty steps away from the city wall.
This distance is a distance that an archer can easily shoot at the opponent.
A team of 100 people began to shoot arrows, and the rest of the Shu troops defending the city also began to shoot arrows at these two hundred people.
These people are all the elite of the Black Guard Battalion.
These people are all warriors from the rivers and lakes, or the elite of the army.
Their speed is not comparable to others, and their reflexes are not comparable to others.
But under such a dense range of arrows, they still had difficulty dodging, and many were shot into hedgehogs on the spot.
A soldier of the Black Guard Battalion fell to the ground unwillingly, looking straight at the head of Gyeongju City.
You haven't climbed it yet......
Haven't you been in it yet......
How can you die here......
Blood gushed out of his body, and gradually his eyes lost their brilliance.
When the remaining Blackguard soldiers came out of sight of the defenders, there were less than a hundred left.
Looking back, more than 100 corpses were lying in pools of blood, some of them were not dead, and they were still wailing in pain.
The rest of the people only glanced at it, and then they no longer hesitated, and drew their swords from their waists, and used them as shovels against the city wall, and began to dig the city.