Water Margin people

Chapter 1353 Siege

"What do you mean, forget it! Can't we conquer the city?"

Some people quit immediately. If it weren't for luring the enemy, they would have captured Xianzhou a few days ago.

"Don't be so excited, His Majesty doesn't take Xianzhou seriously, and we don't need to pay too much attention. The key is Wanyan Wu begging for money tomorrow!"

Zhang Shuye said that since the last battle, they have selected 10,000 elites from the Western Army and the Forbidden Army. In terms of combat ability, these people are definitely no worse than anyone else.

"These soldiers were originally preparing to attack the city tonight. How about replacing them?"

Yang Keshi said, tonight's battle is also the final test for those elites, but with Wanyan Wu Qingmai coming, some changes will have to be made to this plan.

"Well, they can't go up tonight!"

Han Shizhong also agreed. Tomorrow will be a big battle, and it is not certain how long it will last. Elites cannot excessively consume their physical strength.

"I think I can fight for a while!"

Master Zhong opened his mouth and said.

Everyone looked at Master Zhong in surprise and didn't understand what he meant.

"It is important to preserve physical strength, but it is not enough to preserve physical strength. Proper consumption and rest are enough."

"Judging from the distance, Wanyan Wu's begging army will arrive before noon tomorrow at the earliest. Let the elite fight until midnight today, and another four hours of rest will be enough!"

Master Zhong opened his mouth and said.

"This is indeed a good idea. Proper fighting can help soldiers maintain their combat effectiveness!"

Zongze agreed.

The rest of the people nodded after hearing this, and felt that what Master Zhong said was reasonable.

After dark, the army outside the city was already ready.

It started with artillery bombardment.

The city of Xianzhou was blown into pieces, with dust and gravel flying everywhere.

However, there was no response from the defenders on Xianzhou City. The bombing during this period had already made the defenders familiar with artillery bombardment. They hid in bunkers and waited quietly. The enemy's attack on the city would be followed by artillery fire.

The artillery fired for a long time and finally stopped. The defenders on the city got out of their bunkers one after another, holding crossbows and staring at the city.

A burst of neat footsteps sounded, and the Qi army came towards Xianzhou City under the cover of siege vehicles and shield soldiers.

The defenders were not in a hurry to attack. They knew that crossbows from such a long distance could not cause any damage at all, and they wanted to put the enemy under the city wall.

"Rush to the car, get in!"

Yang Keshi gave an order, and the soldiers hid under the wings of the ram and pushed the ram to the city gate.

"Throw the torch!"

Wanyan Zongwang from the city shouted loudly, and the soldiers threw down their torches and tried to light the chariot.

Unfortunately, the flames of the torches couldn't hurt the rushers at all, as they had run out of kerosene a few days ago.

"when!"

The ten-foot-long impact hammer swayed and hit the city gate hard.

With the impact, the entire city wall gate tower seemed to shake, and dust rustled down.

"continue!"

Yang Keshi was overjoyed when he saw this. After strengthening the car, it finally had an effect. If he crashed like this, he would definitely be able to break the city.

"kill!"

The shield soldiers stepped forward and waited for the soldiers to push the huge columbist to the outside of Xianzhou. The platform of the columbist was already level with Xianzhou City.

The crossbowmen on the carriages fired directly at Xianzhou City with their crossbows.

The Jin army on the city wall also hid behind the female wall and fought back.

The first climbers under the city only carried the ladder to the city wall and put the ladder on the city wall. The upper end of the ladder was reinforced and had iron hooks, which could tightly hook the city wall, even if it was cut, it could not be cut.

"Throw stones!"

Wanyan Zongwang yelled, because of the carriage, they couldn't shoot the enemies with crossbows. This was the biggest headache for him, but he also came up with a way to deal with it, which was to hit them with rocks. This didn't require showing the head. In this way, they almost demolished all the houses in the city. Stones rained down from the city like raindrops. The troops who first ascended did not dare to approach and could only watch from a distance.

"It's like this again. Let's see how long this turtle shell can resist! Let the artillery blast it for a while!"

Zhongshizhong opened his mouth and said that the enemy's strategy of defending the city had delayed them for a long time.

The sound of artillery soon sounded, and another burst of explosions sounded on Xianzhou City. The Jin army who came out of the bunker was so bombed that they squatted on the city and did not dare to move.

At this time, Xiandeng had climbed up the ladder.

"Fight back!"

Wanyan Zongwang roared, and as soon as the artillery stopped, he knew that the enemy began to climb the ladder.

A large number of stones were thrown down again, and the soldiers who arrived first were smashed and retreated again.

"hateful!"

The cultivator gnashed his teeth and said that if it were him before, he should now climb all the troops and bring down the city wall with his own life.

But now he is not in the Song Dynasty. The Qi Emperor Sun Lei doesn't like to use human lives to win, which makes him feel a little unable to exert his strength.

Yang Keshi also encountered trouble there. The car was hit dozens of times, dust fell all over the ground, and a hole was broken into the wooden planks of the city gate.

"General, it's stones. They blocked the city gate!"

The soldier at the front broke up the sawdust and saw a piece of blue stone. He didn't know what the enemy had done.

"You really have to defend to the death!"

Yang Keshi looked at the blue stone and knew that rushing the car was useless, so he could order the car to retreat.

"I'll let you defend!"

Yang Keshi took a shovel and started digging in the city gate cave.

After a while, several holes were dug, several explosive packets were buried in the holes, and even one was buried in the hole in the city gate door panel.

"withdraw!"

Yang Keshi immediately ordered a retreat, and the soldiers pushed the carts away.

"Boom boom boom!"

A violent explosion sounded near the city gate, and the huge explosion shook the city walls.

However, Xianzhou is a big city, not comparable to a small city like Haozhou, and the city walls are extremely strong.

But after a long period of siege and artillery bombardment, the city wall could no longer withstand it. After this explosion, an obvious crack appeared on the wall, but it was still early for it to collapse.

The defenders on the city were a little stunned by the explosion. They staggered around as the city wall shook.

"kill!"

The siege was still going on, and the Qi army could not miss this opportunity and rushed directly to the city wall to start the siege.

The defenders on the city reacted quickly and threw the stones down without even looking at them.

This siege lasted for half the night, and after midnight, the army rotated.

After the elite were replaced, the pressure on the Jin Kingdom defenders on the city was greatly reduced.

"Is this the end?"

Wanyan Zongwang, who had a dark face, gasped for air and murmured.

This also made Wanyan Zongwang confused. The city wall could no longer be defended tonight. According to the offensive in the first half of the night, the city would be breached before dawn.

But the enemy suddenly changed people, and the attack power was greatly reduced.

"General, the cracks in the city wall are too deep to be repaired!"

An officer came over and said that the cracks in the city wall were very long and deep and could not be repaired in a short time.

"Don't worry about it, His Majesty will arrive after dawn, and by then this city wall will be useless!"

Wanyan Zongwang waved his hand and said, as soon as the reinforcements arrived, they should leave the city for a decisive battle. The city wall was meaningless.