The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 84 084 Behemoth
(PS: The second update is here, although it is a bit late.)
The battle is imminent!
The bows and crossbows in Zhuyi City are ready, and the swords are at war. Zhang Yan personally directs the battle. Niu Jin and others have drawn their bowstrings, watching closely the movement of Yuan Jun outside the city, waiting for Yuan Jun's soldiers to come within range.

Yuan Jun's two army formations approached slowly, and after less than ten steps, they stopped suddenly, but saw two rows of soldiers holding huge shields walking out of the formation, standing at the front of the formation, ready to fight.

"Boom...Boom...Boom..."

Strange voices came from behind Yuan Shu's army, and not long after, huge monsters were pushed over from behind Yuan Jun, and all Yuan Jun soldiers made way for the huge monsters to pass through.

The huge monster is 13 meters high, and there is a platform at the top, about four or five meters wide, on which Yuan Jun's archers are standing. In the corner of the platform, a long ladder extends to the bottom in a spiral shape, and around the huge monster, They are all sealed with wooden boards to ensure the safety of soldiers who climbed onto the platform from the bottom.

On the outside of this huge monster, a group of Yuan Bing pushed it forward slowly with great difficulty, and there were round giant logs at the bottom. Every time Yuan Bing pushed forward, someone would rush to the road ahead carrying the giant logs from behind. On the top, lay the round giant wood on the bottom of the behemoth.

One, two, three...

Huge monsters gradually appeared, and more and more, even as many as ten.

Three quarters of an hour later, the ten behemoths were all pushed to the foot of Zhuyi City by Yuan Bing, lined up, and parked behind the two previous army formations, staring at Zhuyi City.

Zhang Yan was very surprised when he saw such a scene. The height of this behemoth was higher than the city wall of Zhuyi City. Yuan Jun's archers on the platform happened to be condescending, and the soldiers on the wall were immediately exposed in front of these behemoths.If these behemoths approach again, it will pose a huge threat to the defenders.

"These are..." Zhang Yan frowned tightly. Before the war started, Yuan Shujun had already overwhelmed his side in momentum.

Niu Jin also had a sad face, and when Zhang Yan lost his voice, he said, "These are Jinglan. It's just that this is the first time I've seen such a big Jinglan."

Jinglan is a kind of siege tool. It is said that it was invented by Mozi during the Warring States Period. Its main purpose is to attack the defenders on the city wall and protect the soldiers who are climbing over the city wall.

It can be said that Jinglan is a mobile archery tower. Since it is higher than the city wall, archers can generally commandeer and use arrows to shoot the guards on the city wall and assist the ground troops to attack the city.

However, the well rail moves very slowly, and because it is made of wood, it is relatively fragile and has extremely low defense. Once the enemy approaches, it is easy to be destroyed.

On the city wall, Zhang Yan, Niu Jin and others were very sad. The appearance of Jing Lan directly shocked them. Once the siege started, Jing Lan approached and would pose an absolute threat to the guards on the city wall.

"Master, at this point, we must go out of the city to fight. Please give me 1000 people, and I will take them to destroy all those wells!" Niu Jin volunteered.

Zhang Yandao: "The plan can't keep up with the changes, and this is the only way now. Don't worry, I will give you cover. Those well rails are made of wood, so they must be afraid of fire. You just need to use fire to attack."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan ordered his subordinates to go to the city to bring over the flammable materials, pile them on the tower, set up a bonfire, wrap the arrows with flammable materials, and be ready at all times.

Niu Jin went down from the city tower, selected a thousand men who dared to die, and waited in full force at the gate of the city.

"Dong dong dong dong..."

Yuan Jun's war drum was beating again, but he saw groups of Yuan soldiers rushing out of Yuan Jun's army formation carrying ladders.

At the same time, Yuan Jun's Jinglan was also pushed, and the soldiers guarding in front of the Jinglan also began to move.

In an instant, tens of thousands of Yuan soldiers rushed towards Zhuyi City like a torrent.

Zhang Yan was holding a bow and arrow, and the bowstring was fully drawn, and he shot the arrow in his hand with a "swish", and at the same time shouted: "Let the arrow!"

Hundreds of arrows shot out from the city wall, densely packed like locusts, and landed in Yuan Jun's charging team, shooting down a large number of Yuan soldiers.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Arrows rained down on the city tower, and the soldiers of the Yuan army who attacked the city had nothing to hide. Some died and some were injured, but no one retreated.

Zhuyi City is small, although it is close to Sui River, but there is no moat, only five clusters of arrows were shot from the tower, and Yuan Jun's soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and set up the ladders they carried.

The guards on the city tower immediately divided into two groups, one group continued to shoot Yuan Bing outside the city with bows and arrows, and the other group stood close to the city wall, lifted up the boulders that had been prepared, and began to throw them below the city wall, smashing those Yuan Bing is climbing.

Under the city wall, there were screams, and the ladder Yuan Bing set up was pushed down again, and Yuan Bing standing on it fell directly from the height, fell into the crowd of Yuan Jun, and knocked down a large group of Yuan Bing.

Arrows, boulders, and lumber were all resisting the attacking Yuan soldiers, and within a moment, the walls were already covered with blood.

Yuan Bing tried to climb the city wall many times, but ended in failure, but the number of corpses gradually increased.

At this moment, Yuan Jun's Jing Lane, under the protection of giant shield soldiers, finally reached the range. The archers standing on the Jing Lane, condescending, had a clear view of the situation in Zhuyi City. They opened their bows and arrows one after another. Unanimously, they shot towards the guards on the city wall.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The arrows were as dense as locusts, and the guards on the city wall were killed and injured immediately, screaming again and again.

"Target Jinglan, counterattack!" Zhang Yan was almost shot by an arrow just now, seeing that Jinglan started to play a role, he immediately ordered.

The archers on the city wall lit their arrows one after another, drew their bowstrings fully, and let them go towards the well.

It's a pity that the flame on the arrow was too small, and when it was flying rapidly in the air, the flame went out directly. The arrow shot on the well fence, not only did not have fire, but wasted a chance to fight back!

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The arrows on the well fence shot over again, densely like rain, and most of the archers on the city wall were shot, either injured or killed by the arrows.

The sharp drop in guards on the city wall is definitely not a good thing for Zhang Yan.But fortunately Zhang Yan was prepared, and another group of archers came up from under the city wall to fill in the vacancy, and continued to rely on arrows to resist Yuan Bing.

Arrows flew back and forth in the air, and the defenders on the city wall were completely exposed to Yuan Bing's attack, and Yuan Bing was condescending, so they suffered heavy casualties.

Zhang Yan counterattacked with a bow while dodging the arrows. In just a moment, the city wall was covered with corpses, and even the arrows were all over the ground.

Under the powerful attack of the archers on Jinglan, the defenders on the city wall dropped sharply, which also brought opportunities to Yuan Bing who attacked the city.With only one breath, a Yuan soldier climbed onto the city wall, swung a long knife in his hand and chopped down a guard.

Coincidentally, immediately afterwards, Yuan Bing climbed onto the city wall one after another, and immediately started hand-to-hand combat with the guards at the top of the city.

There was a serious shortage of guards, but those guards who had just run up from under the tower were shot to death by the archers on the well as soon as they reached the ground. Yuan Jun's powerful arrow rain completely suppressed the guards, and the tower almost fell.

Zhang Yan had already discarded his bow and arrow, put on an iron spear, and fought with the soldiers of Yuan Jun who climbed up on the top of the city. From time to time, he had to avoid the hidden arrows shot by the archers on the well.

In Yuan Jun's army formation in the distance, Yuan Shu saw such a scene with a smile on his face. He pointed to Zhuyi City and said, "How can such a small city be able to resist my army? Send the order and speed up the attack. The leader of Zhang Yan will be promoted to three ranks and rewarded with a thousand gold."

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

Once Yuan Shu's order was conveyed, the crowd was excited, and Sun Ce was even more energetic and eager to try.

After a while, Sun Ce couldn't bear the temptation of the reward, let out a loud shout, rode out, and rushed directly to Zhuyi City.

Seeing this, Zhang Xun, Le Jiu, and Liang Gang were not far behind, and rode out one after another, heading straight for Zhuyi City.

Ji Ling originally wanted to go, but unfortunately he was still in the injury stage, and if he exerted too much force, he might be injured even more.Looking at Sun Ce, Zhang Xun, Le Jiu, Liang Gang and the others, he sighed softly, and his eyes showed incomparable envy.

On the tower of Zhuyi City, half of the guards and half of the Yuan soldiers. The archers on the well fence stopped scattering for fear of hurting their own people, and started aiming at individuals, shooting precisely, and killing the guards.

Under Yuan Bing's double attack, the defenders basically had no chance of winning. One by one died, and the tower was about to fall.

At this moment, Xu Sheng suddenly ran up the tower with a group of people, each holding a jar of kerosene in their hands, and threw it down to Yuan Bing at the bottom of the city wall.

Under the city wall, Yuan's soldiers were densely packed and congested. Thousands of soldiers were blocking the city. The fierce fuel oil fell from a high altitude, and it landed on the top of a person's head with a "pop", and it was smashed to pieces. Also killed a Yuan Bing.

"Whoosh!"

A bit of starlight shot out from the city wall and directly hit the place where the kerosene was shattered. As soon as the spark hit the kerosene, it burst into flames with a "boom", and the fire quickly ran along the kerosene. The people who were hit were also shrouded in fire, making everyone around them terrified.

"Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap..."

There was a crisp sound of cracking fire oil, followed by a little bit of starlight. When the two met, a raging fire was ignited immediately.

All of a sudden, among Yuan Jun, many places were on fire, and people were too crowded, and the fierce fire oil splashed everywhere, many people were on fire, and they let out hysterical screams.

In an instant, Yuan Bing became terrified and uneasy. Those who were not on fire wanted to hide, but the crowd was so crowded that they were definitely unable to move. They could only watch helplessly as they were on fire.

"Open the city gate!"

Seeing this, Zhang Yan immediately yelled at the gate of the city.

With a sound of "squeak", the gate of Zhuyi City opened wide, and a thousand daredevils led by Niu Jin rushed out of the gate. Beheaded by Niu Jin and others.

Niu Jin and the others were all daredevils. In addition, Yuan Shu killed Cao Ren again. They wanted to avenge Cao Ren.

With a bang, the gate of Zhuyi City was tightly closed, and Niu Jin and others leaned against the gate, forming horns with each other, and fought fiercely with Yuan Bing at the gate.

Niu Jin and the others were unstoppable, and soon made a bloody path in Yuan Bing's camp, and they were getting closer and closer to Jinglan.

First, many fires broke out in Yuan Jun's camp, and then Niu Jin led people out of the city. Those Yuan soldiers who killed him were caught off guard, and the Yuan soldiers gathered under the city wall suddenly fell into chaos.

(End of this chapter)