Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 139 After the Siege Attack
Under the pressure of the Tushan archers, the soldiers of the Zhou army calmly advanced to the bottom of the city, and put the climbing ladder on the Shuzhou city tower.

The well-trained soldiers began to climb up the rock.

Holding the shield in one hand, Zhu Lingyun roared to make the soldiers resist with rolling stones and trees that had been prepared long ago.

Under his usual majesty, the brave soldier put down the shield in his hand, picked up the stone slab weighing more than ten kilograms with both hands, and prepared to throw it to the city.

"Whoo, whoosh, whoosh" several arrow feathers flew through the air.

Those brave soldiers were all shot to death on the tower.

A ruthless look flashed in Zhu Lingyun's eyes, the other party really didn't give him a chance.

Thinking about coming to the hill, apart from the hundreds of archers suppressing the defenders, there are also dozens or dozens of sharpshooters. They do not participate in the suppression of the archers, but stare at the soldiers who have the courage to fight back on the tower.

Holding the shield, Zhu Lingyun turned his head slightly to the side of the earth mountain and saw two arrows coming through the air with only one eye exposed.

The pores stood up, and while quickly shrinking his head, he moved the shield to the right.

"Du Tuo" twice.

The pitch-black arrow pierced through the wooden shield, revealing two pitch-black arrows on the inside of the shield.

The arrow was in the shape of a willow leaf, and it was an armor-piercing arrow specially used to pierce armor. A chill came to my heart.

Zhang Qiong on the dirt hill sighed: "Oh, he is lucky!"

Shi Shouxin, who was beside him, also had a look of regret, and said: "It seems that the wine owed is not enough."

This earth mountain tactic can be condescending, allowing one's own archers to occupy a geographical advantage, but it also has a disadvantage.

There are intervals between the archers' suppression.

The earth mountain is not a city tower, and it cannot accommodate too many archers. Three-stage shooting is used to maintain suppression.

There will inevitably be a part of the vacuum period, giving the defenders on the tower a short chance to counterattack.

Therefore, Luo Youdu specially arranged for the sharpshooter to suppress the vacuum period.

It's just that there are not many sharpshooters, and only Zhang Qiong under Luo Youdu's command can be the one.

This guy's shooting skills are really good.

Luo Youdu once curiously asked him why his archery skills are so good.

He gave a Zhang Qiong-like answer: "My family is poor and cannot afford meat, so I can only do it myself."

Luo Youdu also remembered that the reason why they got acquainted was because he went hunting outside the city and got into a lawsuit.

The power of foodie is really powerful.

Luo Youdu knew that Shi Shouxin was good at bowing horses, even though Shi Shouxin wanted to lead troops to attack the city.However, he was not willing to let the precious cavalry be wasted in the siege battle, so he made a bet with them that if he could shoot and kill Zhu Lingyun, he would not only save the wine he owed, but also make up for it.

Therefore, Zhang Qiong and Shi Shouxin led a group of soldiers with relatively accurate archery skills to act as snipers.

Under the suppression of the archers and the sniper team led by Zhang Qiong and Shi Shouxin, Zhou Jun boarded the Shuzhou city wall almost without damage.

"kill!"

Zhu Lingyun, who was overwhelmed with anger, found a vent, let out a loud drink, and waved his shield at the soldiers who had not yet jumped into the city with a shield.

Zhou Bing, who had nowhere to resist, flew upside down, fell heavily to the bottom of the city, and died on the spot.

Other Zhou soldiers were also attacked similarly, and fell down the city due to bad luck. Even if they did not die, they would have their hands and feet broken.

The luckier ones rolled down the stairs, and brought the people behind them with their backs, and pressed the people below until they couldn't take care of themselves. Instead, they were fine and continued to climb up.

The advantages of experienced veterans are reflected at this time.

He didn't stay on the battlements for a long time at all. Before he could stand still, he rushed over to the enemy on the opposite side, threw the opponent to the ground, and rolled together, forming a small vacuum.

The soldiers behind relied on a small vacuum to successfully board the city.

But they are still facing the situation of playing more with less.

At this time, the role of the earth mountain has been negligible. When one's own soldiers ascend the city, it is too easy to accidentally injure friendly troops when the arrow rain is suppressed.

Only soldiers who have certain confidence in their own archery dare to choose to shoot the enemy on the tower.

Although Luo Youdu eliminated [-]% of the disadvantages of siege by relying on the earth mountain, the competition for the size of the tower can only be fought by soldiers bit by bit.

Every step forward, a few more people climbed the city, but every step required a tragic price.

Just as every second counts against the Shuzhou city tower, the transport ship stationed by Zhang Xiong was attacked.

The person who attacked him was Zhu Yuan, the newly appointed superintendent of the Northwest Camp in Huainan by Li Jing.

Li Jing received Zhu Lingyun's request for help and arranged for Zhu Yuan to go north to rescue Shuzhou.

But after Zhu Yuan crossed the river, he investigated the situation in Shuzhou and did not choose to attack Shuzhou.

Instead, he said bluntly to his lieutenant Li Ping: "Shuzhou can't be defended, so don't even try to save it. Once we enter Shuzhou City, we will be trapped in the city, meaningless. This little Zhuge , He really has some demeanor of a prime minister, it seems that it is not easy to win him and become famous all over the world."

When Zhu Yuan was crossing the river, he had already begun to plan how to rescue Shuzhou, repelled the famous Luo Youdu, and became famous in the first battle.

What he wants to see the most is that Luo Youdu divides his forces and attacks.

The best way to fight a small city like Shuzhou City is to surround it on three sides and four sides, so that the guards in the city can't take care of both the head and the tail, so that Zhu Lingyun can't do his best, so as to find a loophole and defeat the city in one fell swoop.

Zhu Yuan was thinking, if Luo Youdu really hit like this, it would be great.

Dividing the troops means that the central army is weak, and he can cooperate with the soldiers in the city to attack the central army.

As long as the central army is defeated before the siege soldiers rescue from all sides, there will be a situation of more attacks and fewer.

It depends on the war.

It turned out that Luo Youdu seemed to be guarding against this move, and focused on attacking, not giving a chance at all.

In particular, the use of the Chaohu water system to transfer people and incite the people in counties and towns around Shuzhou to work hard made Zhu Yuan understand a little bit.

Even if he enters Shuzhou City to rescue Zhu Lingyun, what awaits him is that Luo Youdu will grind to death bit by bit.

Zhu Yuan came to make contributions, not to spend time with Luo Youdu in Shuzhou with Zhu Lingyun.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuan gave up going to Shuzhou City to share the joys and sorrows with Zhu Lingyun, but came to the vicinity of Taoxi Town.

He spread out the map and said, "Brother, do you know where Luo Youdu's current weakness is?" He pointed to a point on the map and said, "Luzhou, he plans to use the Chaohu water system to integrate Luzhou, Hezhou and his Shuzhou was fought together. This Luzhou is the hub... As long as we win this hub, even if he captures Shuzhou, we can recover Hezhou and Shuzhou one by one."

Li Ping said, "Then let's fight Luzhou?"

"No!" Zhu Yuan shook his head and said, "It's too late. They currently control the waterway of Chaohu Lake, where cavalry can't outrun a boat. What's more, we only have two legs? The only feasible way is to snatch their boat and go directly down the river. Then go straight to Luzhou."

"Wait I will personally lead the assault, look at my news, if I withdraw, you run straight away, don't worry about me. If I set off the smoke, you rush out again, and we will seize the ship together!!!"

(End of this chapter)