My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 377 The brutal siege of the city (14 updates for the [-] monthly votes)

His armor was mottled with knife and gun marks. Xu Mao had fought several battles as a guard general of Qi State's border army, but it had never been as fierce as these days. The army was constantly defeated, and its morale and morale were even worse. When we reach the bottom, we retreat, reorganize, fight back up, collapse again, and regroup again.

Just like the blanks of weapons in a forging furnace, they were repeatedly ravaged and beaten. Even he didn't notice that before, a group of defeated troops who only fought against the wind and fought against the power of others were gradually beaten out of the outline of the weapons.

"Prepare--"

He rushed forward, raised the blood-stained long knife, opened his dry lips and shouted. Xu Jinwu, Zhao Ji'an, and Han Jinsu beside him raised their weapons and returned to the reorganized military formation.

Woo! !

The siege bugle sounded again. In the [-]-strong army formation, the four battalions in the front line, nearly [-] people, stepped forward and moved slowly. The faces of the remaining soldiers showed the madness of being in desperate situation, and they held up their shields to protect them. The comrades carrying the ladder began to advance towards the city wall.

The archer crouched with arrows on his strings and followed behind the shield. However, the soldiers who were about to climb the city wall had no cover and followed them at a distance of five or six feet.

Under the banner of the Chinese army with the word "Xu", Xu Mao slashed the blade in his hand: "——Attack the city!"

The trumpet carrying the order was blown in the military formation.

The team that was originally advancing slowly with shields and ladders suddenly accelerated. Their steps were extremely fast. After all, those who were slower had already died in the previous pursuits of Liang Guo cavalry. Those who could survive until now were all A highly skilled person in the military.

Stepping into the distance where arrows can be shot on the city, Tuoba Zongjue on the top of the city raised his hand with a solemn expression. The archers who had been ready stood up one after another on the wall stacks or behind their shields, and charged towards the waves of enemies below. The figure launched a volley.

Arrows were like locusts, covering the city in darkness.

Thousands of feather arrows soaked in gold juice fell down, stretching for miles at the foot of the city wall. The remnants of the attacking soldiers held up their shields to protect their comrades beside them.

The next second there was a crackling sound like heavy rain, and dense arrows hit the shields above each other, and then were bounced off or inserted into them.

There were also arrows that penetrated the gaps in the shields and nailed people's shoulders and necks. People's screams of pain suddenly sounded from under the shields. However, the remaining soldiers advanced at an extremely fast speed and did not pay attention to their comrades who fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. Those who were close to the city wall In an instant, the leading captain shouted: "Hang the ladder!"

Breathe!

At the foot of the stretching city wall, dozens or hundreds of ladders were pushed towards the city wall from the hands of these soldiers. While the iron hook at the top was firmly hooked on the wall bricks, the first soldier took the back of his knife in his mouth, jumped up, and stepped on the ladder. Rushing up, the archer of the Liang Kingdom above shot an arrow downwards. The arrow was inserted into the shoulder and neck of the remnant soldier who was climbing the city. When the blood overflowed, the remnant soldier still rushed forward quickly. It was not until he was hit by a few more arrows that he climbed out of the ladder. It fell straight down.

The second remnant soldier followed closely. When he climbed up the cold wall, he dragged his body that had been hit by several arrows and jumped up to the top of the city. He brandished his blade and charged at the nearby Liang soldiers. The swords and guns intersected, blood and flesh spattered, and people screamed. , the ignited rockets shot at the people, dragging the flaming figure running across the city, and then were stabbed to death by Liang Bing with a spear, and pushed the body down the city wall with the flames.

In the fields outside the city, Xu Mao sent out five hundred light cavalry who could barely scrape together. They cruised under the city with their bows drawn and fired towards the city head, trying to provide as little cover as possible to the soldiers who climbed onto the city.

Four days later, a brutal siege occurred again on the city wall.

"Section B of the right-wing city wall, send two small teams to force those Xia soldiers back to the ladder!"

The order issued by Tuoba Zongjue seemed insignificant on the hysterical city wall. After hearing the order, the nearby messengers ran quickly and kept waving the order flag on the top of the city.

After several more messengers left with Zong Jue's orders, he personally led the team to kill several enemies on the left side of the city gate who rushed up the city wall, and pushed them down the city wall.

All kinds of screams, shouts, and the sounds of clashing swords were mixed together, making his ears buzz. Tuoba Zong said "Ah!" and waved his long sword to kill all the people who had just popped up. The remnant soldier of the country hacked him to death, and the blade continued to exert its internal force, splitting the wood at the front of the ladder connected to the grappling hook and flying sawdust.

"Uncle! Uncle! I will lead the cavalry out of the city once and attack their rear formation!" From a distance, Tuoba Congwu, covered in blood, rushed over with his soldiers, shouting while dodging the arrows flying up from the city.

Tuoba Zong retreated, and several soldiers quickly raised their shields to block a few flying arrows in front of him. Behind the shield wall, he turned around and shouted loudly: "You are not allowed to leave the city..."

After roaring, he pulled Congwu over and said in a gentle tone: "It's not time yet!" But the high-spirited Tuoba Congwu broke away from his uncle's hand, squeezed away the shield in front, and rushed to the female wall. , stuck his head out and took a look outside. The city wall stretched for several miles. The surrendered troops of the Qi State, which he had slaughtered like cattle and sheep before, were climbing the city wall desperately. This kind of strong offensive had never been seen before.

This made Tuoba Congwu completely feel the naked provocation. He stretched out his hand to grab the arrow flying towards his face, broke it with a 'snap' in his hand, retreated behind the shield wall, and roared at Tuoba Congwu. said:

"These troops from Qi have surrendered without thinking of fighting. We cannot let them continue to attack the city like this. They will not be able to defend it——"

"We can hold it! Who says we can't!"

Tuoba Zongjue cherished this emerging young general. His own group was already old, and Liang would need young generals like Tuoba Congwu to support him in the future.

"You are not allowed to lead the troops out of the city. First guard the city wall. Once the morale of these remaining soldiers is over, they will not be able to hold on for long!"

Outside the stretching city wall, the soldiers and horses under Xu Mao and other generals attacked like a sea wave, while inside the city wall, the people in Taikang City were like a colony of ants frantically carrying the wood and stone that defended the city.

"Throw it!" The generals behind the wall shouted loudly as they received new equipment.

The newly-carried logs and stones were thrown from the hands of the soldiers, and the boiling kerosene was ignited during the pouring, turning into a sea of ​​fire pouring down, pouring on the ladder and the remaining soldiers of Qi under the ladder. .

Ten thousand Tuoba soldiers, including Taikang's original [-] defenders and soldiers from the three counties, there are more than [-] defenders. There are also [-] stationed in the other three gates. There are still [-] here. It is enough for people to face fifty thousand enemies attacking the city.

But this group of remnants of the Qi State who were constantly defeated and provoked were completely different from before. They were almost in a fanatical state and launched a violent attack on the entire southern city wall. This desperate offensive made the battle-hardened soldiers Tuoba Zongjue felt his heart and liver trembling.

Moreover, he was keenly aware that the difference this time might be related to the elite cavalry of Xia State stationed behind Qi State's surrender. The other party should be here to supervise the battle. This is why he did not let Tuoba fight out of the city. Once If Qi's surrendered army is defeated again, Xia's cavalry over there will inevitably launch an attack.

In other words, this surrendered army is actually a bait, waiting for Tuoba Congwu's Fushan Army to leave the city!

"We must not let Congwu be fooled!"

When he retreated to rest under the city tower, the fierce siege battle had been going on for two full hours. It was almost noon, and there was still no sign of troops withdrawing from Qi's surrender.

The opponent's [-] light cavalry were still galloping under the city, suppressing Liang Jun's archers on top of the city.

……

On a hill eight miles away from Taikang City and four miles away from Xu Mao and other surrendered troops, there was a cavalry team of [-] people, with flags with the words "Xiang" and "Lv" written on them flying.

In front of the Wuyangyang cavalry, there were two people at the head. One of them had an animal face, a head-swallowing armor, and a golden crown on top of his head. A pair of long feathers stood high, and they bent back to the back. Under him was a flying smoke red cloud horse with a scarlet battle horse. The robe is also fluttering in the wind.

The other man was riding a big black horse, wearing a black cloak on the outside and a silver armor engraved with war patterns on the inside. He did not wear an iron helmet, but had his hair neatly combed.

The two of them, one on the left and the other on the right, looked at the scene of the siege in the distance. They used light words to give some simple comments on the siege in front of them.

"Barely enough." Xiang Yu looked at the city wall over there and said lightly.

"Compared with Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, it is still far behind."

Lu Bu also looked over there and snorted coldly.

(End of this chapter)