The journey of giving birth to a son

Chapter 224 The second round of Tatar attack

Lu Zhan stood on the city wall and looked ahead silently. In the past two days, he kept shooting arrows and killed countless Tatars.

At that moment, Lu Zhan thought of his father. His father taught him the art of archery, horse riding, and archery since he was a child. Lu Zhan couldn't help but feel a sore nose when he thought of his father's absence.

"Father, I have not embarrassed you! Did you see it in Tianzhiling? Your son will defend his family and country, kill the enemy bravely, and protect his mother. Sister-in-law and others, don't worry!"

"Lu Zhan, what are those?" Song Zimo asked, pointing to the cars wrapped in animal skins. .

"That's the carriage."

"What is a carriage?" Song Zimo asked again and saw Lu Zhan's brows furrowed.

The carriage body is mainly made of century-old wood, which is strong and durable. The wood surface is then wrapped with specially treated cowhide and iron sheets to enhance defense.

Ordinary bows and arrows are ineffective against it.

Song Zimo was speechless after hearing this, and was stunned for a while. When he came back to his senses, he suddenly found that the Tatars had begun to move. Nearly a hundred carriages were lined up in a row, and they were slowly advancing towards the city gate. Behind the carriages , a large number of Tatar cavalry.

"Look...look...they're coming..." Seeing this, Song Zimo broke into a cold sweat!
"They are about to attack the city. Don't hide here and there today. If you are a man, fight to the end!" Lu Zhan tightened his grip on the bow in his hand.

At this moment, the sun has risen into the sky, shining on the armors and swords of thousands of Tatar cavalry, reflecting a dazzling cold light!

"The Tatars are attacking the city...The Tatars are attacking the city!"

The soldiers guarding the city shouted loudly, and for a while, horns and gongs and drums sounded everywhere.

With the experience of the previous battle, this time, officers and soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, officials, servants, and military households all mobilized one after another, ran towards the city wall, rushed to their respective positions, and prepared for the Tatar attack.

Lu Zhan and Wei Hu quickly squatted behind the crenels, picked up their bows and arrows, and stared closely at the approaching Tatar army.

Xiao Shao climbed to the top of the city, and through the crenellations, the dark Tatar soldiers were pouring in like ants.

Their siege two days ago was just to test the details of Mighty Fort, and now is the real large-scale invasion.

The Tatar team was neat and large-scale. At the front of the team were hundreds of ragged Yan people, who were driven to pull the carriage.

Nearly a hundred carriages were filled with Tatar soldiers. They were peeking at the guards on the city wall through the gaps in the carriages. The bows and arrows in their hands were ready and ready to shoot at the city wall at any time.

In the middle of the cart, there are also huge battering rams and trebuchets.

At the end of the team are the elite Tatar cavalry, wearing thick armor, holding huge bows and arrows, riding on tall horses, marching in neat steps, stirring up billowing smoke and dust...

Like a mountain torrent and a tsunami, the Tatar troops were pressing towards the city gate...

Xiao Shao could clearly see the frightened and miserable expressions on the faces of the people walking at the front of the team, and the ferocious faces of the Tatar soldiers. Hear their cries and pleas, and the grim laughter of the Tartars.

Xiao Shao was filled with anger and clenched the sword in his hand.

He told himself over and over again that he must hold on, he must hold on. If the Tatars were to capture the Mighty Fort, everyone in the fort would lose their lives!

Xiao Shao stabilized his mind and prepared to concentrate on directing and dealing with the Tatar attack.

Wang Qingshan, Wu Liang and others next to them all turned pale when they saw the scene in front of them, and the knives in their hands were trembling!

"Don't think about escaping! There's no point in escaping. Mr. Wu, you still have two daughters. If this city is destroyed! What kind of situation will your daughters fall into? I don't need to tell you?" Xiao Shao looked at the other officials again, "The same goes for you! You also have wives and children, so at this moment! I hope you can cheer up. Even for the sake of your own children, you cannot let the Tatars break through our defense line! "

After Xiao Shao said these words, he didn't look at the faces of each of them, and turned his face to look ahead!

"Sir, the Tatars' carriage is about to enter the range of the artillery. Are they going to fire?"

Chen Wei came to ask Xiao Shao for instructions.

"What are you waiting for if you don't fire off the cannons?"

Chen Wei pointed at the people pulling the carts below, feeling a little unbearable!
Xiao Shao looked at the ragged people, his hands hanging in the air for a moment, feeling a little unbearable, but there was nothing he could do.

Xiao Shao closed his eyes, waved his hand suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Set off the cannon!"

"Boom...boom..." There were two loud noises, and two Tatar carriages were hit by artillery shells and overturned. After a burst of ghosts crying and howling, all they could see was a bloody mess filled with gunpowder smoke.

After the cannon was fired, the Tatar army accelerated. After the previous battle, they already understood the weaknesses of the artillery. They knew that after the first cannon was fired, it would take a long time to reload the ammunition before firing again, so they took advantage of this gap to speed up the pace.

At the same time, the Tatar cavalry saw the opportunity and crossed the carriage, and galloped towards the city gate. They rode on the horse, whistling at the same time, raising huge bows and arrows and shooting at the city wall.

Lu Zhan, Wei Hu and other archers had been waiting for a long time. Seeing that the Tatars had entered the shooting range, they all opened their bows and nocked arrows and shot at the Tatars...

For a moment, bows and arrows rained down from the top of the city. Many Tatar soldiers were shot and screamed and fell off their horses. There was a slight pause in the team, but they still rushed forward without flinching.

Although the soldiers resisted tenaciously, the Tatars were fierce, tough, and outnumbered, and they still approached the city wall step by step.

The Tatars at the back set up trebuchets at suitable locations and threw huge rocks and burning fire bombs towards the city wall.

Several fire bombs crossed the city wall and fell directly on the roofs of the houses in the city wall. In a blink of an eye, several houses collapsed and fires broke out.

The inside of the fort was in chaos. Some people's houses collapsed, and they were crying. They might have hit someone. Some people's houses were on fire. People nearby saw it and hurriedly took buckets to help put out the fire.

The defensive mansion is in the middle of the fort. From all directions, fire bombs will not fall here!

But it also made the people inside the house break out in a cold sweat!
Xie Zhaoyu hugged Panpan tightly, Zhang hugged Lu Xiang, Jiang Shiyi looked at Huang Yuehua, Huang Yuehua's face was pale, and she couldn't help but put her arms around Huang Yuehua's shoulders.

On the side of the city wall, a huge boulder hit Lu Zhan's side, creating a large crater in the ground of the solid city wall.

This big pit was so close that Song Zimo was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. He rolled his eyes, his legs went weak, and he fainted.

Lu Zhan was still crouching there motionless, mechanically shooting arrows at the Tatar cavalry under the city. He had no time to think about his own life, death and safety. All his energy was focused on the Tatars under the city.

The Tatars very cunningly placed the trebuchets outside the range of the artillery, and the trebuchets dropped deadly shells on the city walls.

Under the powerful offensive of trebuchets, the defense of Fort Welfare was temporarily chaotic. Some of the defenders were afraid of being hit by boulders and fire bombs. They panicked and retreated one after another, temporarily giving up the defense.

The Tatars naturally seized this short gap. They accelerated the pace of their attack and surrounded them like a tide.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of carriages and Tatar cavalry had approached the city wall.

"Come back here and guard the city wall!" Xiao Shao roared while waving his knife! "No retreat!"