Shu Han of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

"Puchi, puchi."

"Touch, touch, touch."

"Dong dong dong."

The sound of arrows piercing the flesh, the sound of stones hitting the city wall, and the sound of drums beating powerful enough to shake the sky.Coupled with the shrill screams from the guards.

The entire siege battle entered a bloody stage in the first moment.

"Order the battalion responsible for filling up the moat to rush up first." The misery of the defenders did not make Huang Zhong hesitant or confused, but ordered decisively.

There are many water systems in the south, and most big cities have moats.This is the first hurdle in the siege of the city. In the past, when Zhou Yu and Liu Bei besieged Jiangling City, they just filled up the moat.It took a lot of their energy.

Because Xu Huang, who was guarding the city, would not just wait for Zhou Yu and Liu Bei to fill the moat.But this Xiangyang battle was different, extremely different.

Not only did Kou Feng's power at a high place not be suppressed, but he had a slight advantage.Especially the huge destructive power caused by those catapults.

It actually didn't hurt many people, but the effect it brought was extremely elite.The guards on the city either ran away with their heads in their hands, or lay under the female wall, not daring to move rashly.

Hundreds of catapults, every one or two minutes, can throw a fast flying stone, which scared them.Plus, from the well cart, condescending archers shooting arrows.

In the end, it wasn't considered a slight advantage, because he was almost crushed and beaten.

Following Huang Zhong's order, the battalion, which was in charge of filling up the moat, was already ready. Under the leadership of its own army Sima, it rushed over with sacks in its arms.

This is a laborious job.Xiangyang City is a big city, facing the Xiangjiang River, there is enough water to be imported.So the moat is big and deep.

It is a huge job to fill in several roads that can lead directly to Xiangyang so that Kou Feng's army can be deployed.

The military commander in charge of this work was full of excitement. "Quick, quick, quick. Throw the sack in quickly, just like in normal practice."

It's no wonder that Jun Sima is so excited. During normal practice, they have to face various tests.Not only the arrows flying down from the city wall, but also the rolling stones and trees thrown from the city wall.

Anyway, the soldiers responsible for filling up the moat almost all escaped death.Risking their lives, filling the way forward.

But what about today?There were only sporadic arrows flying down from the sky, but they were not accurate enough.Apart from a few unlucky shots being shot, there were hardly any problems.

Originally, a major problem in besieging cities, especially southern cities, was solved so easily.It's that simple.

As the general said, there are people suppressing this city.You just need to fill up the moat.

"Pu Chi, Pu Chi." The 2000 people under the command of the army commander, each with a huge sack filled with soil, quickly slanted down towards the moat.

With every sound, the width of the moat decreased rapidly.

"It can't go on like this. On the first day of defending the city, there is no moat. What should we do next?" Although Man Chong hid behind, the sound of filling up the moat was too loud, and he could still hear it clearly arrived.

Therefore, he said anxiously.

"But this flying stone is too powerful. Coupled with the suppression of the well cart, the soldiers are all afraid." Gao Lan said helplessly, even the old soldiers were afraid of dying with their brains juxtaposed.

Fighting people can rely on bravery and technology, let the enemy die, and let yourself survive.But if you touch a person's head against a stone, there will be no return.

No matter how powerful the military law is, there is no way for the soldiers to go out and shoot the soldiers who are responsible for filling the moat under the city with the stones on their heads and arrows.

"By the way. Why did I forget? Find a shield. A huge shield. Let the soldiers defending the city hold up the shield, so that when stones fall, they can only hit the shield. Let the archers feel at ease under the shield and shoot. Kill the soldiers of the city." Yu Jin suddenly regretted.

Yuan Shaojun suffered a lot when thunderbolt cars were rampant, but they also came up with some ways to defend the city.

Although it took a lot of manpower and material resources, it was always a solution.

"I'll go." Gao Lan nodded with a dazed look on his face.At this moment, they were still hiding in the gate tower, and stones hit the gate tower from time to time.

The tiles shattered and fell to the ground.Also in an endless stream.But fortunately, the city gate tower is also divided into three floors, and the wooden planks in the middle relieve most of the impact force.

No stones hit them.

After Gao Lan said, he looked at the boulders and arrows flying all over the sky.His heart trembled for a while, but he thought that if he failed in the battle of defending the city, he would have nothing to eat when he went back.

He gritted his teeth immediately, and rushed out under the threat of stones and arrows.And shouted: "Come on, take out your shield and put it on your head."

At this moment, the city gate guards only know to hide on the side, trying not to let the stone hit themselves.Watching Kou Feng's army filling up their moat, at a loss.

Gao Lan's words are like a shot in the arm.Immediately, a messenger went to the city and ordered the soldiers who were on standby in the city to get their shields.

Do you still need a shield in a city defense battle?It's a weird thing, very, very weird.Therefore, Yu Jin prepared only tools for defending the city.

The boulder, the wood.And hot oil and water.Now these things are useless, but shields are needed.

After Gao Lan went out to give the order, he immediately hid back.Yu Jin and the others waited anxiously.Waiting for the shield in the city to be transported to the top of the city.

While waiting, the battalion under the city responsible for filling up the moat has already made more than half of the progress.As long as you work hard for a period of time, ten roads through the moat will appear.

At this moment, the shield in the city also arrived.

Numerous soldiers braved the threat of huge rocks on their heads and walked up to the city holding their shields.The shield is huge, taller than a person, and two or three people wide.

Five or six soldiers held it above their heads to protect the archers from taking their heads smoothly.

When they achieved this step, the soldiers under the city had pushed the moat to three quarters.It only takes a little time to fill in.

"Swish swish swish." But at this time, because of the protection of shields, the soldiers on the city had a little resistance to the boulders and arrows flying from their heads, and suddenly popped their heads.

Arrows shot towards the city.

At this moment, the soldiers responsible for filling the moat under the city have changed several batches.After all, a person's physical strength is limited, and this huge moat cannot be filled in an instant.

Take turns.

"Puchi. Puff." The arrows poured down on the city, causing huge casualties to these soldiers.

"Ah. ah. ah."

Dozens of soldiers held their wounds to the end, and the whole team froze for a moment.

"At the warlord's camp, those who don't stay in front will be cut, and those who retreat will be cut." Huang Zhong shouted with a cold face.

"promise."

Always stand on Huang Zhong's side, the most prestigious battalion in the army.After the general of the Warlord's Battalion promised loudly, he immediately led hundreds of soldiers and rushed up.

"Those who do not stay ahead, beheaded. Those who retreat, beheaded." Under the leadership of the general, the soldiers drew out their Chu sabers in unison, and let out a deafening cry.

The prestige of the Overseer Battalion is more useful than anything else at this time.Following the continuous shouting, the soldiers who were stagnant or timidly retreated were suddenly injected with great courage.

Carrying the sack, rushed over.After paying hundreds of casualties, the moat was quickly filled.

"Order, the Shanyue soldiers rush up." Huang Zhong ordered again at the moment when the moat was filled and the soldiers retreated like a tide.

"Promise." As soon as he promised, another general beside Huang Zhong immediately got on his horse and urged the Shanyue soldiers to charge over with the ladder on their shoulders.

"Kill." The sound of shouting to kill immediately soared into the sky.

Although the moat was filled this time, hundreds of casualties were paid.But it's actually an exciting thing.If it was an ordinary siege, which time would it take tens of thousands of people to fill up the moat?

But because of the suppression in the sky, they only paid the price of hundreds of people.Most of them are wounded, and the death toll may be less than a hundred.

It's a big win that boosts morale again.From then on, the only thing blocking them is this city wall, as long as they break through this city wall.

The huge Xiangyang City was placed in front of them.

And the city wall?

Many generals showed disdainful smiles, and looked up at their well trucks, which were not as tall as ours.

"Kill." Under Huang Zhong's personal supervision, thousands of soldiers rushed towards Xiangyang City brazenly on the filled road.At this moment, Huang Zhong did not order the catapult to stop.

Instead, continue.

Huang Zhong was under the city, but he could see clearly.

Although it is forbidden to use shields to resist boulders, after all, those who are wearing shields are soldiers.How many soldiers can Yu Jin use as shields?

This is a disguised number of soldiers that consumed Yu Jin.

And if they held up their shields, it meant they had given up three other important tools for defending the city.Rolling stones, lumber, and rolling oil.

There is no place, how can these things be thrown from the city?

Huang Zhong is a person who advocates offense from the bottom of his heart, in order to achieve the most perfect effect.He can also sacrifice the lives of his own soldiers.

In addition, Huang Zhong's goal was to capture Xiangyang in three days or even less.

At the beginning, Kou Feng decided to capture Xiangyang in ten days and a half months, which was made by Kou Feng for conservative purposes.But after Huang Zhong really saw the power of the well truck and the catapult today, the world was shortened to three days.

"Kill. Kill the head of the city and take it from the head of the ban." Under the city, holding the rein of the horse in one hand and the Chu knife in the other, Huang Zhong shouted.

"Kill." At this moment, the soldiers had already approached the city wall, and a ladder had been erected. Countless soldiers climbed up the city wall with Chu knives in their mouths.

The city wall of more than ten feet is very high. Under normal circumstances, before the soldiers finish climbing, they will be carried down by the guards on the city with ladders. The result is naturally a tragedy.

But at this moment, most of the guards on the city are wearing huge shields.Only narrow places are left for the archers to shoot arrows.

There was simply no room to spare.

At this time, Yu Jin and Gao Lan were also hiding under the shield.They had to face a choice, whether to watch the soldiers under the city attack.Or give up the shield and face the flying stones and arrows on the head directly.

And resist this wave of attack.

Soon, Yu Jin made a decision. "Abandon the shield and go up the rolling stone, the wood. Push down the ladder."

Following Yu Jin's order, the soldiers threw away their shields and began to do what a guard should do.But the moment the shield was thrown down, dozens of soldiers died side by side with their brains either from being hit by flying stones.It was the arrows shot down from the well cart, and he was shot to death.

Yu Jin, Gao Lan, and Zhou Yu are so aggrieved by the three people hiding under the shield.Press and beat, press and beat.It is possible that the side that attacked the city had fewer casualties than the side that defended the city.

This is not a traditional siege battle, this is obviously a traditional field battle.

Yu Jin hid them under the shields, while the guards were threatened by the above, and at the same time they had to deal with the people below.

Both morale and mobility have been greatly affected.Even, soldiers climbed up the city wall from time to time.It's just humiliating.

A city wall that is more than ten feet high, and a city guarded by [-] to [-] soldiers.The moat was filled up on the first day, and the city wall was attacked on the first day.

How many advantages are lost on the first day.

This feeling is really bad.

"Let them climb up." Zhou Yu raised his head and said to Yu Jin with a determined look on his face.

"Wouldn't it be over to let them climb up?" Yu Jin was startled and asked.

"Now they can go up the city wall, and at the same time, they can throw stones and shoot arrows unscrupulously, causing huge casualties to the guards. But after their soldiers climb up together, they dare not do that. If the stone hits them Our own soldiers will greatly lower their morale. So, let them come up. We will organize a line of defense on the city wall and fight them in the field." Zhou Yu said bitterly.

When the defending side has the city walls, the attacking side always racks their brains to trick the army in the city into fighting in the field.But they want to give up the advantage of the city wall and fight Kou Feng in the wild.Really, really aggrieved.

Yu Jin had a hard time making a choice.This is really different.

"We also have an advantage. They climb up from the bottom up, which is relatively slow. But we are waiting for work. There is a steady stream of troops. Isn't our plan to collect them for a month? It's all about 3 to [-] people dragging the bandits Feng Yituo." Seeing Yu Jin's hesitation, Zhou Yu couldn't help persuading him.

Yu Jin heard the words and suddenly made a decision.He nodded and said: "Okay, let's do it this way. However, there are no generals guarding the east and west sides of the city. I am afraid that Xu Shu and Pang Tong will take advantage of it if I do this. I also invite Gong Jin and General Gao to sit in the town. I will command here. "

"Okay." Zhou Yu and Gao Lan next to him nodded and said.

"Come on, pull out half of the city wall. Don't they have flying stones? If you have the guts, even your own people will be smashed." After Zhou Yu and Pang Tong left, Yu Jin yelled.

Unspeakable resentment.

(To be continued)