Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 60 Defense of Fortified City
Taking advantage of the fact that it was difficult for the soldiers on the city to come out and shoot arrows vertically, the thieves who attacked the city raised their shields high, erected many ladders quickly and methodically, and began to climb up; The rushing car also came under the city gate under the cover of several layers of thick cowhide, and the huge impact sound crushed the horn and the snare drum.

The defenders on the city panicked for a while, and it seemed that many people fell to the ground.Seeing this, Ma Chao had doubts about Ma Teng's ability: I am so useless as an old man?Why did I see the city gate was about to be breached the moment I arrived?

Although Ma Chao has never had the experience of defending a city and fighting.But he had also seen it on TV. In such a situation, the defenders should immediately put down the rolling logs and falling rocks, and at the same time use the poles to push down the ladder. If they hesitated a little, and allowed the attacking army to climb the city wall, the situation would be over.

Sure enough, Ma Chao saw that a dozen or so thieves Kou Xiandeng had come up quickly!
Seeing that the situation was so critical, Ma Dai drew out his waist knife, as if he was about to fight, but Ma Chao calmly frowned, and said to Ma Dai, "Calm down, it's not time for you to fight yet."

"Brother, you didn't see that the city is about to collapse!" Ma Dai said anxiously, if he hadn't always regarded Ma Chao as an idol, he might have quarreled with Ma Chao.

"Impossible, even if my father prepared hastily, it is impossible to do so. Come to think of it, my father should have some backup..." Ma Chao never dared to underestimate any character in history, especially the one who was able to get into the world with a poor farmer. The cheap old man of Xiliang warlords.

However, in the current situation, it seems that there is really nothing to watch: the city wall is an important fortification of the city, and it is also a psychological barrier that the defenders rely on to defend against the enemy.Now that they are quickly broken through after only one blow, this is a great blow to the fighting spirit of the defenders, and the troops with a slightly lower quality will collapse directly in all likelihood.

"Brother, look!" Ma Dai's sudden exclamation made Ma Chao look up.

From Ma Chao's perspective at this time, he happened to see two thieves, Kou Xiandeng, dragging their bloody tails, dancing and falling from the top of the city.Then came the third, fourth... After a little effort, all the bandit soldiers who had just gone up were turned into corpses and were thrown down the city wall.

Ma Chao opened his eyes wide, feeling a little surprised: after the cannon fodder is over, the vanguard of the siege is the most important thing, so the person who takes up this position is either a warrior with outstanding martial arts skills in the army who treats death like home; death row.The soldiers of Fufeng County were obviously successfully raided, and it seemed that the morale of the army was in chaos, so why are they killing those dead soldiers like melons and vegetables now?
"Hey, brother, look quickly, it's Uncle Pang and Uncle Huang." Ma Dai's eyes were bright, and he pointed to the distance.

Ma Chao turned his head and looked, just in time to see a bandit soldier jumping onto the top of the wall, before he stood still, his head flew into the air amidst the blood splattering, and the headless body was kicked backwards, throwing the ladder Several soldiers who followed behind took them down.And the brave burly man poked his head behind the wall, and then quickly retracted. It seemed that the burly man wanted to see if the bandit's falling trajectory was beautiful or not...

The ugly brother farther away seemed to be better, but Ma Chao took a closer look and found that this ugly brother was actually even more insane, because he never killed the enemy, but always relied on brute force to kill those who climbed the city wall. Enemy, throw it down alive...

"This ugly brother, he's still as badass as ever..." Ma Chao covered his head helplessly, feeling that none of the generals he picked out took their lives seriously.

But with Pang De and Brother Chou showing their power, at this time, the situation on the city wall has reversed.

Breathing for a moment, the county guards had calmed down from their panic and started to fight back.

More than 20 ladders were overturned by the long poles, one by one.Hundreds of thieves fell down, and some fell to the ground, unable to get up for a while; some fell on others, and several people collided; some were falling on other people's weapons, and their thighs were pierced. Sitting on the ground and screaming.

At this time, hot oil was poured from the top of the city, followed by lit torches and hay, and the city immediately became a sea of ​​flames.Some nimble soldiers scrambled and scrambled to escape, but there were still many people wrapped in it, and the screams were endless. More than 200 soldiers with remaining energy rushed out of the sea of ​​fire, their bodies were on fire, and they struggled to escape. Some of them were shot down by bows and arrows from the city, and some of them fell to the ground from exhaustion in the middle of running, and let the flames wrap their bodies; Some were not seriously injured, so they took off their oiled armor and battle robes, rolled to the ground to extinguish the flames, and ran back in disgrace.

And in the end, those guards aimed at the carts under the thick cowhide at the city gate, and poured down a large pot of molten tin or lead.The cowhide on the top was several layers thick and soaked in water, so it was impossible to be scalded through.But the liquid that fell to the ground splashed up and was sticking to one person's legs and feet. The person couldn't stand upright, fell down miserably, and bumped into other soldiers, causing several gaps in the tight shield defense—— The bright liquid poured down, and the twenty or so people were all rotten and rotten. They fell to the ground and cried out, and finally remained motionless.

Seeing this, Ma Chao somewhat understood that the county guards on the city wall, except for those veterans who manipulated ballistas, should be newly recruited.After all, although there are [-] guards in Fufeng County, the siege battle has lasted at least three or four days. Those veterans should be organized into a temporary mobile team or candidate team by Ma Teng even if there were not many casualties. Supplements and desperate fights at critical moments.

Of course, Ma Teng still has more than 2 Xiliang cavalry.However, those 2 people are all cavalry, and it is impossible to use them to defend the city.Perhaps, these [-] people are Ma Teng's last trump card, which he intends to use to fight to the death with the thieves in the city.Before the moment of life and death, Ma Teng should be able to beat him to death.

Therefore, during this period of time, Ma Teng should have temporarily recruited some recruits to defend the city.In this siege battle, Ma Teng may have used the lives of those recruits to train his troops.

Kindness does not hold the army!

In this regard, Ma Chao does not think that Ma Teng, who is a general, did anything wrong.But as the commander-in-chief of a county, it is a bit unwise to fight the enemy army like this.

While Ma Chao was still thinking, he suddenly heard joy and encouragement on the city wall, and his morale was boosted.

At this time, the enemy's siege equipment was completely destroyed, and it was difficult for the remaining thousands of thieves to approach the city. Arrows and stones rained down on their heads—it was difficult to aim because the siege army was rushing too fast. But now it is very different.The siege soldiers who had no way forward and did not hear Mingjin were caught in a dilemma and turned into living targets—there were probably many excellent shooters in the defenders. They were in groups of three or five, hiding among the soldiers rushing to the top of the city. , in the light of the fire, he specially selected Shi Chang, Du Bo and other low-level generals to shoot arrows and kill them.And those veterans who manipulated the ballista were even more awe-inspiring. For a moment, whenever the arrow was off the string, the target would fall to the ground spattered with blood.

At this time, the siege army was dismantled, and the deaths of these lower-level generals left the soldiers without command.At a loss and in a panic, they began to turn around and flee, at first one or two, then more and more, and finally thousands of people all turned into a scattered team and retreated.

It seems that this siege battle should be considered over today.As for Ma Chao, his brows became more and more wrinkled...

(End of this chapter)