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Chapter 398 Siege (2)

Linchong (Siege Tower) is a masterpiece of mechanical weapons in the classical era. It is six feet high and two feet wide. It is divided into upper, middle and lower floors. Pushing forward, more than a dozen Linchong rushed over at the same time, and the impact on the Jiangling defenders can be imagined.

The siege tower that appeared on the Chinese battlefield under the name of "Lu Gongche" in history made the defenders "cry all over the city" as soon as it appeared.

Although the Jiangling defenders were not frightened and cried, they fell into a great panic, especially when they found that the rockets they fired had no effect on these behemoths.

Traditional siege weapon ladders lack protective functions. During the climbing process, soldiers are always faced with the threat of arrows, giant trees, rocks, and boiling water on their heads. If they want to successfully climb the city wall, they will definitely die.

In contrast, Linchong is much more secure. Before the siege, the soldiers hide in it, and the enemy can hardly hurt them.Siege is also far more convenient than ladders. Soldiers don't need to climb the walls that are tens of feet high, but just cross the suspension bridge.

Therefore, when more than a dozen Linchong arrived at the east wall of Jiangling one after another, and slowly fell down the suspension bridge, hundreds of soldiers from Liu Jing's army rushed out and rushed into the city.

In the past, it took a huge price to get a chance to climb the city wall, but now Liu Jingjun succeeded with the help of Lin Chong.

The Jiangling defenders had never seen Linchong's method of projecting troops on such a large scale before. They were caught off guard and lost their positions one after another.

Seeing that Liu Jing's army kept attacking the top of the city, and more than ten places were in emergency at the same time, Cai Mao couldn't help being anxious. First, the flying stone cart, and then this kind of siege weapon, the southern thief's war tool, how useful is it, Jiangling, can it really be defended?
Back then Xiangyang was besieged by Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's allied forces, the situation was in a precarious situation, and could be destroyed at any time, he had never been so shaken like today.In fact, it's not his fault. Facing Liu Jing, whose ingenuity is comparable to Lu Ban and Mo Di, who is confident that he will be able to defend the city?
Although he was somewhat pessimistic, Cai Mao was unwilling to sit still. He glanced at Liu Qi, who was at a loss, and couldn't help shaking his head secretly. Liu Qi is quite a bit of his father's grace on weekdays, but when it comes to crisis, he Behaving so poorly, after all, he is a tiger father and dog son.

Cai Mao said to Liu Qi: "The southern thieves rely on the advantage of their war equipment, and they are attacking fiercely. They must be contained as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous." .

Although Cai Mao has no talent as a good general, he is by no means incompetent. At least he is quite outstanding in winning people's hearts.

Seeing that Cai Mao did not avoid the arrows and stones and came to the battle in person, the soldiers of the defending army could not help but their morale was greatly boosted. Everyone fought bravely and fought desperately.

"Kill..." Huang Zhong held the treasured sword Red Blood and charged on the city wall, fighting crazily. Under the Red Blood Sword, there was no single enemy. All the enemies who blocked his progress turned into corpses under his feet.

Before the war, in order to be loyal to Liu Jingbiao, Feng Xi, Gao Xiang, Huo Du, Wei Yan and other former generals of the Jingzhou Army asked themselves to be the first to ascend, and Huang Zhong was no exception. Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong was the last one to surrender among all the generals, but Liu Jing valued him the most. All the generals were extremely jealous.

Huang Zhong swept away thousands of troops with one stroke, cut off three long halberds, and the holders of the halberds vomited blood and fell to the ground one after another. Huang Zhong didn't care about making up the knife, and took the opportunity to rush into the gap, swinging the knife and slashing at a man in heavy armor.

This person is wearing exquisite fish scale armor, and there are personal guards on the left and right to protect him, at least some Sima.Huang Zhong had been eyeing him a long time ago, and killed him all the way to get his head.

Huang Zhong's guess is correct, this person is indeed a Sima of another department, who is in charge of the defense of the area where he is located.Facing Huang Zhong, who was as fierce as a tiger, he and his personal guards risked their lives to fight, but Huang Zhong was a unparalleled fierce general in the world, and he was not able to match with a few people at all. In just a few breaths, they all became the souls of Huang Zhong's sword.

Huang Zhong cut off the head of the enemy general and tied it around his waist, panting like a cow, fighting for a long time, even with his physical strength he felt a little tight.

"Kill..."

The defenders did not hesitate to fight because the other Sima was killed, they soon reunited again and launched a frenzied attack on Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong was also amazed at the tenacity of the enemy army, so he had to stop his rest and fight again with his sword raised.

Even if his physical strength was not at his peak, Huang Zhong was still brave and invincible. The dark red light of the Scarlet Blood Saber shone brightly in the crowd. In an instant, he killed six or seven people in a row. Killing people was like mowing grass.

But no matter how brave Huang Zhong was, he couldn't stop the enemy from fighting with his life. Every time Huang Zhong killed a person, the opponent immediately replaced another person, or even two or three people... The space on the city wall was limited, and the defenders took advantage of the huge number of people , like a slowly tightening net, constantly compressing Huang Zhong's activity space.

When Huang Zhong had no room to move around, the casualties on the left and right began to increase sharply, and he himself was hit by the enemy's swords and halberds one after another. Fortunately, the robes on his body were very strong, so he was not seriously injured.

Huang Zhong couldn't understand why the enemy was so brave and fearless. It wasn't until he saw Cai Mao's figure in the crowd that he realized it.

Huang Zhong's heart moved, although Liu Qi was in charge of Jiangling, but Cai Mao was the key, if he could be killed, Jiangling would be destroyed by itself.

However, there are countless enemies between the two of them. If they want to break through many obstacles and kill Cai Mao, even if the overlord is resurrected, it will be difficult.

Knowing that there was little hope, Huang Zhong was unwilling to give up. He gathered dozens of dead men who had ascended the cemetery and took a risk. As a result, he fell into a tight siege, and none of the dozens of dead men who ascended the first ascended survived. Besieged by enemies.

Fortunately, follow-up reinforcements arrived in time, and Huang Zhong was able to escape from danger. Then the enemy took the opportunity to counterattack aggressively. Huang Zhong led the crowd to defend the position.

When Huang Zhong returned to the ground, he was so angry that he took the time to rest, and when his physical strength recovered a little, he led the crowd to the city again.Soon after, Huang Zhong was repelled by the defenders again.

Huang Zhong's situation is the epitome of Liu Jing's army as a whole. The soldiers kept fighting up the city wall and were constantly driven down by the enemy.

This is also normal, Jiangling has more than [-] armored troops, and although Linchong's force projection ability is far stronger than that of Yunti, compared with the defenders on the city, the number is still at an absolute disadvantage.

The sound of drums resounded throughout the day, and Liu Jingjun launched countless rounds of fierce attacks on Jiangling City from sunrise to sunset.

(End of this chapter)