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Chapter 1429 Defending the City (4)

The next day, it was just dawn, and due to the noise from the Shanyue camp, the soldiers stationed at the tower were also getting ready early.With the appearance of the winter sun, the snow was illuminated with light, and in such a charming golden color, the mountain vietnamese soldiers began to attack.

Looking at the densely packed crowd, Zhao Hu asked, "Do you know how much they have increased?"

"My lord, according to our speculation, there are at least 2 of them now." The officer on duty replied immediately.

"Well, it hasn't reached the point where we can attack the two city walls at the same time. Order the soldiers to prepare for battle." Zhao Hu said.

"Yes!" The officer immediately conveyed the order.

The soldiers were also busy. The soldiers on the gate tower were adjusting and cleaning their weapons, checking the stock of arrows and weapons, and finally they were moving their bodies while spanking the recruits.

Among the 3000 people in the tower, [-] had participated in the battle last time, and only [-] were recruits.The uneasy recruits couldn't help but feel relaxed when they saw other people's indifferent and relaxed expressions, especially after hearing them brag about how they could easily kill the enemy.

Seeing that the recruits stabilized so quickly this time, the officers all nodded in satisfaction. It seems that the veterans leading the recruits are the best way to train the recruits.

The soldiers who were waiting to be replaced in the hiding cave under the city tower were not in that good mood, and they all cheered themselves up nervously.Many of them think that war is wonderful, but because of the atmosphere, they still can't help being nervous.

Because everyone in the army knew that after a round of attack, the soldiers on the tower went down, and the soldiers in the cave cave went up. They who hadn't gone through the bloody battle were now very uneasy.

The Shan Yuebing was getting closer and closer, and it looked like a black sea wave was surging.Zhao Hu took a quick glance and estimated that there were hundreds of ladders and dozens of rams inside.

Seeing those thick wooden cylinders being dragged by a crude cart, Zhao Hu couldn't help laughing. Did he really think that he could break open the city gate with a big wooden cylinder?

Zhao Hu did not compete with the officers for the limelight, and retreated to the top of the city tower, with one hand on the sword and the other on his hip, quietly waiting for the outbreak of war.

As usual, it was suppressed by bows and arrows, but this time it was much more violent than last time. At least five thousand archers shot arrows at the tower.

However, the shield soldiers on Zhao Hu's side were also more stable than last time, and they all shouted: "Brothers behind, be careful to hide yourself!"

The archers also began to counterattack at the order of the officer.They have all experienced a battle, first two volleys, and then came forward to volley.

At this moment, those one thousand recruits who had never fought were in charge of holding the stone. They all had stiff expressions, and their ears were pricked up, waiting for the officer's order.

Seeing the erection of hundreds of ladders, the officer hurriedly distributed the manpower, and then gave an order and began to smash down.

Although the beginning of the battle was the same as last time, the Shanyue soldiers' offensive was blocked for a while, but this time I don't know if it was a cost or something. On soldiers who threw stones.

Faced with bandits who are getting closer, with red eyes and scary expressions, who can't be smashed down, coupled with the threat of being killed by arrows from time to time, the soldiers who participated in the battle for the first time were a little flustered, and their movements were not very neat. .

Time is very precious during the war, and this failure gave the mountain jumper soldiers who climbed the ladder a chance.

Several brave Shanyue soldiers took the opportunity to climb up the tower. Although they were immediately shot down by the officer, such success immediately aroused the cheers of the Shanyue soldiers. Zhao Hubing was taken aback, and several timid recruits took a step back subconsciously.

But at this step, he shouted: "The one who retreats dies!" The supervising team immediately cut off their heads.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers immediately remembered the bloody military law, and everyone was stunned for a while. The officer took the opportunity to shout: "What are you doing in a daze? Get rid of these damn bandits!" Take the lead in rushing towards the Shanyue soldiers who took the opportunity to climb up.

These Shanyue soldiers who climbed up the tower were too lazy to give the recruits a chance. As soon as their upper body climbed up the tower, they immediately swung their knives and chopped down the nearby Zhao Hu soldiers. Absolutely appear.

But they did not succeed, the officers were not vegetarians, they did not kill the dozens of lucky ones, but blocked the entrance to the city, blocked the entrance to the city, and ordered the soldiers to kill the dozens of mountain soldiers.

Although these dozens of Shanyue soldiers were fierce, they had an absolute superiority in numbers. At the same time, the soldiers who were frightened by the military law immediately gritted their teeth and stabbed their weapons into the bodies of these dozens of Shanyue soldiers.

"Damn it! Pour me golden water!" Seeing the Shanyue soldiers below climbing the ladder, the officer immediately shouted angrily.

The hot excrement water was immediately poured down by the soldiers holding their breath.This thing is definitely highly poisonous to people with wounds on their bodies, and there is no way to heal it.

After a miserable howl below, the offensive of climbing the ladder slowed down.The officer who breathed a sigh of relief immediately arranged manpower, and the defense that was broken just now was restored again.

During the battle where you were coming and going, when you suddenly heard the sound of banging, the officer looked over his head and couldn't help laughing and cursing: "These savages are attacking the city with wooden barrels in their arms. Numb you to death! Hey, watch me lubricate you*lubricate." As he spoke, he picked up a bucket of oil and poured it down towards the city gate.

A clever soldier immediately lit a torch and sent it up. The officer laughed and said, "Okay!" He took the torch and threw it down, and the flames immediately below, screams and the smell of meat scattered away.

This move was so powerful that the startled Shanyue soldiers immediately turned around and left without taking the ladder with them when they received the order to retreat.This is the end of the second round of offensive and defensive battles.

"Quick! Quick! The 1000th team, go down and clean up the battlefield!" The officers shouted immediately, and the weak soldiers had to line up and leave the tower under the leadership of several officers.

And a thousand-man team hiding in the cave of soldiers came up with trembling legs.They will replace the 1000th to fight on the tower.

After the first battle, Zhao Hu felt that 3000 men went up and 3000 men went down. It should be a matter after the soldiers have experience. At this stage, it is better to bring the old with the new.So he divided the troops into 27 thousand-man teams, each round ensured that one thousand-man team went down to rest, and a new thousand-man team went on the field to fight. At the same time, he began to pay attention to training grassroots officers. Those selected from among the soldiers, their personal guards do not take up positions.

Although it was very hard at the beginning to be in charge of the personal guard officers of the two thousand-man teams, after a few downs, they can only serve as the captain and above, instead of being the captain of the squad like they are now.

Seeing that the wooden cylinder dragged out of the forest was burned like this, Lei Ming jumped angrily and said: "Uncle, I will burn this city with ice oil!"

Tang Feng smiled and looked at his nephew.

"Burn this city? Then what's the use of getting a ruin? And there's not much ice oil, so at most we can only burn the city tower."

"Then burn the tower!" Lei Ming said angrily.

"Don't worry, let them relax for a while. What we urgently need now is to gain siege experience. What do you think needs to be improved in the battle just now?" Tang Feng asked.

Lei Ming frowned and thought for a while and said, "Improved? Well, we archers stand on the ground, and the effect of upward shooting is not good. The wooden barrel that hit the city gate seems to have little effect and is easy to be burned. As for The ladder, my nephew can't think of anything that needs to be changed, at most let the person who climbs the ladder wear a shield."

Tang Feng patted Lei Ming on the shoulder with satisfaction and said: "Not bad, it seems that the saying that war makes people progress is indeed true. Take a look, after a while, you will immediately realize our shortcomings. Tell me How can it be improved?"

Lei Ming was a little proud, but also a little embarrassed smiled and said: "It's very simple, the archers are not tall enough, so let's build a tower higher than the tower, install wheels and ladders on it, push it to the front of the tower, let Archers climb up to shoot arrows, so it becomes us to suppress shooting."

"Well, a good way is to prevent the enemy from being burned by rockets. Continue." Tang Feng nodded encouragingly.

Lei Ming immediately showed off his own ideas: "Yes, I thought the impactor was suspended like a swing, so that the impact should be easier, and a triangular slope was built on the outside of the support wood, so that it would not be afraid of falling rocks. Put on mud and snow water, and after freezing into ice, you will not be afraid of rockets.

"The arrow tower should also be soaked in snow water, so that it can at least block rockets for a while."

"Okay, our tribe has a successor, no wonder the leader chose you as the heir! Not bad, not bad!" Tang Feng slapped Lei Ming on the shoulder and boasted.

"hey-hey."

Being praised by the leader of the mountain, Lei Ming felt a little overwhelmed with pride, and finally found a question to divert his uneasiness: "Uncle, there is so little ice oil, how can we use it? Or should we store these cans of ice oil?"

"Hehe, didn't you think of burning down the city gate with ice oil?" Tang Feng laughed.

"Ah! That's right, as long as the city gate is burned down, I don't believe that the recruits in the city are our opponents!"

Lei Ming jumped up and shouted, ready to act as he spoke, but was stopped by Tang Feng and said: "No hurry, ice oil is always available, and siege experience still needs to be obtained, and..." Tang Feng lowered his voice Voice: "The manpower of those tribes has only been consumed a little."

"Hey, uncle is wise." Lei Ming immediately laughed.

(End of this chapter)