The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 497 496 Jingzhou Storm (8)

Outside Yangdi City, Zhang Xiu set up more than 30 catapults, lined up on the edge of the moat, and the soldiers filled the stones very skillfully, and then threw the huge stones in the catapults towards the sun. Zhai city.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The boulder flew across the wide moat and ruthlessly flew towards Yangdi City, or leaped over the city wall and fell into the city, or directly hit the city wall, making muffled noises.

After all, the accuracy of the catapult was a bit poor, and it couldn't hit the target Zhang Xiu wanted to attack, otherwise, Yang Xiu on the tower would suffer disaster.

For a moment, stone chips flew randomly on the city wall of Yangdi City. Facing Zhang Xiu's attack, the defenders in the city seemed powerless and could only hide under the city wall, allowing Zhang Xiu's army to attack.

The catapult attacked several times in a row. Seeing that the defenders in the city did not resist at all, and were suppressed by his attack, Zhang Xiu immediately ordered the infantry to charge forward carrying the ladder.

The infantry carrying the ladders came to the edge of the moat and directly put the ladders on the moat, one by one, lined up side by side. On the ladder, after only a moment of effort, a simple bridge was erected for the army to pass through.

Yang Xiu on the Yangzhai City, after seeing the scene below the city, thought to himself in the letter: "Okay! If all the enemy troops come under the city wall and launch a fierce attack, our army may not be able to resist..."

However, Yang Xiu has nothing to do. Although Yangzhai City is the county seat of Yingchuan County, the defensive power in the city is limited, and there are weapons and armor in the arsenal, and the supporting facilities are not very complete. No, it is impossible to effectively counterattack the enemy, and it can only rely on manpower.

The soldiers and civilians in Yangdi City are united as one, vowing to defend their homeland to the death. Yang Xiu also hopes to use this powerful manpower to defend Yangdi City.

Outside the city, Zhang Xiu's army was passing quickly on the bridge that had just been erected. Groups of infantrymen with shields crossed the moat first, and lined up neatly within the distance from the moat to the gate of the city, holding their shields high. In an instant, a wall made of shields was formed.

At the same time, a group of people in Zhang Xiujun pushing the siege vehicles passed the bridge slowly, and then approached the gate of the city step by step under the cover of the group of shield soldiers.Behind this group of people, thousands of soldiers carrying ladders swarmed in like a tide, and soon filled the distance from the moat to the city wall.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The catapult stopped attacking, replaced by the archers who had just crossed the moat. They leaned behind the shield soldiers and kept shooting arrows towards the city wall, trying to suppress them with a strong rain of arrows. Guards on the wall.

In the face of the enemy's massive attack, the defenders in the city seemed a little powerless. The soldiers and civilians were mixed together. It seemed that there were a lot of people, but there were very few people who were really used to fighting.

Yang Xiu knew very well in his heart that the defenders in the city were just a group of mobs, and they were totally vulnerable. If they couldn't even defend the city walls, they would be defeated.

However, in the face of such a powerful army, Yang Xiu is powerless. If he resists tenaciously, more people may die.

If you fight recklessly, the defense force in the city is not enough to fight against Zhang Xiu's army, so you have to outwit it.

Yang Xiu turned around, glanced at the Wengcheng behind him, and suddenly had an idea, and came up with a plan, planning to give Zhang Xiu another hard blow, so that Zhang Xiu would retreat in spite of the difficulties.

So, Yang Xiu called his men and asked them to carry water first, and sprinkle all the water on the ground in the urn city, and then asked people to take out all the fire oil in the arsenal and concentrate them on the wall of the urn city. .

But Yang Xiu organized people to defend here, and when the time was right, he adopted the strategy of retreating and leading Zhang Xiu's army into the city.

Although Zhang Xiu's siege troops had crossed the moat, it was very difficult to move forward, because the ground was frozen over the distance from the moat to the city wall, and it was too slippery for people to walk on it. They are all staggering, and if they don't rely on their weapons to support their bodies, they will fall down.

Everyone is like this, let alone a siege engine. The heavy siege engine kept slipping on the ice. The group of soldiers exhausted their efforts to push the siege engine half a meter away. The soldiers carrying the ladders were even more cautious. The originally cheerful soldiers were made to lose their temper here.

I have to say that Yang Xiu's method is still very effective, at least it can buy some time for the defenders in the city, and according to Yang Xiu's calculation, reinforcements should arrive today, as long as he can defend today's attack If Yangdi City is not allowed to be breached by the enemy, he may fight back and drive Zhang Xiu out of Yingchuan.

"Master Taishou, the enemy army is very close to us, do you want to shoot arrows?" An officer next to Yang Xiu asked when he saw the enemy stumbling around outside the city.

Yang Xiu said: "Wait a little longer, wait for the enemy to get closer!"

Due to the ice surface, the army was advancing very slowly. Zhang Xiu on the other side of the moat was very anxious when he saw it.

Curse to curse, but the advance speed of the army has been very slow. In desperation, Zhang Xiu had no choice but to continue to order the archers to continue shooting, and temporarily provide help for the siege troops, so as to prevent the siege troops from being violently attacked by the enemy. .

However, in the following time, the reaction of the defenders was beyond Zhang Xiu's expectations. The defenders did not take the slightest counterattack, but just huddled behind the city wall, and no one knew what they were doing.

The continuous shooting of the archers also slowed down their shooting speed.

Archery is not only a technical job, but also a physical job. Without strong physical strength, it is impossible to shoot continuously. After all, people's physical strength is limited. Most people can shoot three to five times in a row, but their arms will not be able to bear it. However, in Zhang Xiu's army, there are mostly ordinary people. They have shot seven to nine times in a row. Every time they shoot, their arm strength will weaken once, so that until now, the arrows are scattered and very The weak, has lost the original edge.At this moment, the siege troops were only a few dozen steps away from the city gate.

Yang Xiu has been observing the situation of the enemy army. After seeing such a situation, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Yang Xiu's mouth, and he immediately ordered: "Now, let's shoot the arrow!"

Following Yang Xiu's order, the soldiers waiting in full force in the city shot arrows at the enemy troops outside the city one after another, and some strong men with extraordinary arms even hugged huge boulders and used their amazing physical strength to shoot arrows at the enemy. Boulders fell on the shields guarding the siege troops.

The huge boulder fell from the sky with a heavy force. Even if the shield soldier raised his shield to defend, his arm would be broken by the heavy force.

Arrows and boulders fell one after another, and the enemy army outside the city was crying and howling, with endless screams.Even if those archers wanted to fight back, they didn't have much strength anymore. The arrows they shot were like the end of a crossbow. They didn't have much strength anymore, and they were easily blocked. Some soldiers even pulled their arms. Do not open the bowstring.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The arrows were still flying in disorder, but it was completely different from the previous situation. This time, the defenders occupied the main offensive position, while Zhang Xiujun, who was in charge of attacking the city, was very passive.

Zhang Xiu, who was far away on the other side of the moat, saw Yang Xiu and immediately realized Yang Xiu's plot. He immediately ordered the withdrawal of those archers and replaced them with a new batch of archers.

The archers quickly switched positions. The new archers who rushed up were a fresh force. They easily pulled the bowstring and shot the arrows on the bowstring one after another, forming a dense rain of arrows again. , The defenders were so suppressed that they couldn't lift their heads.

And Zhang Xiu even urged the siege troops to advance faster, and issued heavy rewards, one thousand gold for the first climber, and two thousand gold for the one who took Yang Xiu's head.

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, this saying is not false at all.With such a heavy reward, the courage of the soldiers also increased sharply, and the siege troops moved forward one after another. Although they were struggling, they worked very hard.

Finally, the siege troops arrived at the gate of the city. A group of soldiers pushed the heavy siege vehicles to the gate of the city, and began to hit the gate violently with the rams from the siege vehicles.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of violent impact was louder than louder, like huge stones falling on the psychological side of the defenders in the city. Even though the defenders kept throwing huge boulders to smash the siege vehicles, these soldiers were seriously injured. The temptation of reward, fearless of death, no one retreats, no one takes a step back in the face of the arrows constantly shooting from the tower and the falling boulders.When one person dies, another person immediately fills it up, and there is a steady stream of soldiers.

Faced with such a situation, Yang Xiu was also very anxious, because he didn't want to give up. After all, the strategy of retreating into advance was a last resort. Once this strategy was adopted, it would be tantamount to giving up the first line of defense, and even the second line of defense. A line of defense was surrendered to the enemy.

Yang Xiu frowned, and ordered to his subordinates: "Go get the fire oil!"

After a while, the fierce oil was sent to the city wall, and pottery jars filled with fierce oil were placed beside the soldiers on the city wall. Following Yang Xiu's order, the fierce oil was thrown down, pop The crackling sound continued to resound under the city wall, and the fierce fire oil was also continuously flowing on the ice surface. The pungent smell surprised the defenders below the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, a lighted torch was thrown from the city wall, and the sparks directly touched the fierce fire oil that had been sprinkled all over the ground before, and a mass of fire burned rapidly, and spread to the surroundings with lightning speed. In an instant, there was a sea of ​​flames under the city wall, and the soldiers who attacked the city were engulfed in the sea of ​​flames by raging fire dragons, uttering miserable cries.

(End of this chapter)