Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 32

Ji Ling looked at the soldiers who kept falling from the ladder.
His face darkened.

The small city of Huaiyin actually has such an elite garrison.
We have been sieging the city continuously for an hour. The siege ladder fell down and was put up again, and it fell down again.
The rolling stones and wood on the city wall have never stopped,
These soldiers seemed to be tirelessly picking up rocks and throwing them down.

Our own soldiers have suffered over a thousand casualties.

There are not many intact ladders left.

Ji Ling called a general next to him over.
"Wei Quan, you are the most familiar with siege warfare in our army. There are not many ladders left. You can bring your elite team up and be sure to get the first one."

Wei Quan took the command arrow, cupped his fists and said,

"The opponent's defenders are nothing more than this. General, let's see me attack the city."

There are less than 30 people in Wei Quan's team, but they all look very tough.

Each man carries a shield and a sword with a hook at the front.

As Ji Ling's most experienced general in sieges, Wei Quan had his own abilities.

I saw a team of 30 people walking up to the most intact ladder.

The six people set up their shields on the ground and took out the longbows behind them.
Aiming at the top of the city, he kept shooting bows and arrows, suppressing the defenders on the top of the city and throwing rolling stones.
The 12 people stood on both sides, wrapped the chains that fixed the ladder around their waists, and hugged the lower end of the ladder with their bodies.

It is like twelve wooden stakes that firmly fix the ladder,
The remaining people, working in pairs, stuck their shields together to form a herringbone shield array.
The two of them worked together to carry the shield array above their heads and slowly climbed up.

Naturally, the defenders on the city saw this set of ladders and raised rolling stones to hit them hard.

However, what surprised the defenders was that the stone thrown this time did not knock down the enemy on the ladder.
The stone hit the shield, and the force was removed by the slanting shield formation, and it flew to the side.

The shields of Wei Quan's team are all of a special structure, with cotton padding inside.

In addition, the cone-shaped structure did not have a good force-bearing point, so five or six stones fell down, but they were all blocked.

The Wei Quan soldiers at the top had endured five or six rounds of rolling stone attacks, and their physical strength was almost exhausted.

He turned his body to the inside of the ladder and moved the two people below to the top.
Continue to move upward slowly.

Wei Quan was worthy of being an expert in siege among Ji Ling's army. With this move, the soldiers at the top really climbed to less than two meters from the top of the city.
As long as we advance a few steps further, we can come into contact with the defenders on the wall.

Wei Quan was paired with the most powerful person in the team and ranked in the third echelon.

As long as the group of people above can withstand another wave of rolling rocks,
Next, they only need to jump up to the top of the city.

Suddenly the ladder shook, and the hook at the top came loose from the outer edge of the city wall.
Like all previous ladders, it has lost its reliance.

Only this time, Wei Quan seemed to have expected it and did not panic.
Although the ladder no longer has the city wall to rely on,

But a dozen people below locked the lower end of the ladder like wooden stakes.
This ladder can stand completely out of thin air.

The defenders on the city wall also realized that something was wrong and quickly took out their forks to push out the ladder.

However, the archers below cooperated tacitly, and with a burst of intensive shooting, the defender holding the fork was shot back.

"It's now, get on!"

Wei Quan gave an order, lifted the shield above his head, used his feet to push, and his body jumped upwards for more than one meter.

The sword in his right hand slashed towards the city wall, and the hook-shaped part at the front of the blade accurately hit the gap in the city wall.
Wei Quan used his strength to swing his body and turned over like a kite in the air. His body was already higher than the top of the city.

"We're attacking!" Ji Ling saw clearly from below the city.

As long as Wei Quan goes to the top of the city, he will have no problem holding on for a while with his martial arts skills.
Once everyone on the ladder has climbed onto the city wall, things will be simple after that.

"Military advisor, we can arrange a celebration banquet. Wei Quan will be credited with the first victory in this battle."

Ji Ling smiled proudly.

However, Ji Ling's laughter stopped abruptly before he could leave his mouth.

Because Wei Quan, who had already stepped on the city wall with one foot, suddenly flew down the city.
Following Wei Quanyi in the flight, there was also a stone as big as a water tank.
The stone pressed against Wei Quan's chest and smashed him toward the ground.
"Bang" sound,
Wei Quan fell to the ground with the stone, and half of his body was smashed into the soil.

Instant death.

Ji Ling seemed to have been strangled by the neck, a clicking sound came from his throat, and his eyes widened as he looked at the handsome figure on the top of the city.

On top of the city, Liu Xuan waved his hand.

Taking another stone the size of a millstone with one hand,

He casually threw them at the soldiers on the ladder,

The rocks hit the shield array above the soldiers' heads accurately with a roaring sound.

This time, the cone-shaped shield array failed to absorb the impact of the stones.

The arms of the two soldiers holding up their shields were instantly bent out of shape, and they flew out of the ladder like cannonballs.
He flew a full seven or eight meters away before falling to the ground, vomiting blood and already dead.

"Gorgeous."

Liu Xuan spat out a few words lightly and took a huge stone again.

With the blessing of huge strength, he flicked his arm,
The rocks flew out, and several more soldiers flew out with their shields.

No matter how cunning your defense is, it will be in vain in the face of absolute power.

Ji Ling watched as the ladder was broken by Liu Xuan's stone.

Four words came out of his mouth unwillingly,
"Ming Jin withdraws troops!"

During this wave of siege, Ji Ling lost nearly 2000 people, all of whom were killed by rolling rocks and trees.

On Liu Xuan's side, only dozens of people were slightly injured due to the increased defensive properties of the city wall.

The only losses were a lot of stones and some arrows.

"Rest in place and step up the construction of wells and rush vehicles."

Ji Ling returned to the rear army with a dark face.

At night, there is a joyful atmosphere in Huaiyin City.

In today's battle, Yuan Shu's army suffered nearly 2000 casualties, but the cost to the defenders was almost negligible.

If we continue like this and defend for ten or eight days, all the enemies will be dead.

Liu Xuan was not stingy, and asked the soldiers to bring food and wine to celebrate, and rice to keep them full.

After everyone dispersed, Cheng Hu stepped forward.

"Lord, the enemy is already building a well. Tomorrow's battle will not be so easy."

Liu Xuan looked at the wooden towers being built in the darkness in the distance, which were the wells.

I also feel a little worried,
In addition to attacking the city, the main threat to Jinglan is its lethality to the defenders.

Unlike the archers under the city who can only projectile attacks,
This is a movable tower. The shooters of the siege team hide at the top of the tower to shoot flatly.
Accuracy and lethality are not the same thing.

As long as the archers suppress the defenders,

The siege soldiers could rush directly to the city head by setting up planks from the well.

"Cheng Hu, you know best about siege warfare. Just tell us how to deal with Jinglan and what weapons and equipment we need."

"To deal with Jinglan, in addition to leaving the city to attack Jinglan itself, another way is to suppress it with bows and arrows."

"The Well is moving slowly and cannot be avoided. As long as our army relies on the convenience of the city wall to kill the archers on the Well, there will be no threat to the Well."

Cheng Hu analyzed it experiencedly, and then frowned.
"But there is a serious shortage of arrows in the city. If we run out of arrows, our army will have no choice but to be beaten by the well."

"How many arrows do you need?" Liu Xuan asked.

"At least thirty thousand."

"Okay, I'll take care of it." Liu Xuan thought for a moment and agreed decisively.

(End of this chapter)