The last three kingdoms

Chapter 425 Siege Battle

Along this passage, the Shu army began to attack the walls of Chang'an City violently.The bed crossbows were still firing endlessly, one after another giant arrows whizzed past the heads of the Shu army, and shot towards the Wei army at the top of the city, providing a strong cover for the attacking Shu army.

The catapult stopped attacking. After all, many stone bullets would bounce back when they hit the city wall, which might cause damage to their own personnel.However, a large number of archers advanced to the edge of the moat, and the arrows shot from this position could just hit the top of the city.

Siege warfare is not a military operation of a single arm. If it is just infantry carrying ladders to attack the city, it is no different from death. In fact, siege is a joint operation of many arms. Only with the support and cover of archers and crossbowmen can they gain more living space.

"Swish, swish", countless arrows flew towards the top of the city like shooting stars. Although their attack power is much weaker than that of bed crossbows, they are more expensive because of their large numbers. Thousands of archers lined up on the other side of the moat Open, a row of volleys can shoot thousands of arrows to the city, which plays a vital role in suppressing the defenders on the city.

Under the rain of arrows, many Wei soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and more Wei soldiers retreated, trying to use the crenels of the city wall to avoid the arrows of the Shu army.

But in this way, there were naturally not many soldiers to defend the first line of defense on the edge of the city wall. Now that the Shu army had already set up a crowd, the Wei army retreated, and they could not see the situation below the city at all.Such a situation is actually very dangerous. The Shu army can use the blind spots of the Wei army to launch an attack, thereby breaking through the city defense.

Sima Wang frowned, and he immediately ordered the archers defending the city to give priority to counterattacking the archers of the Wei army below the city.The Wei army is condescending, and it is far stronger than the Shu army in terms of range and strength. Although the Shu army is equipped with shield soldiers in front of the bow and arrow phalanx for protection, due to the angle, the effect is still relatively limited.The crazy counterattack of the archers of the Wei Army still brought a lot of losses to the crossbowmen of the Shu Army.

While the two sides were constantly shooting at each other, the siege troops of the Shu army had already launched an attack, and a series of ladders were erected. Zhang Le was wearing a heavy armor and personally supervised the battle under the city. Shouted sharply: "Attack!"

The soldiers of the Yang'an camp shouted, holding shields in their left hands and knives in their right, and climbed up the ladder.

The city walls of Chang'an City are far higher than those of some prefectures and prefectures. They are not only taller but also thicker, and their strength is two to three times that of ordinary city walls. The longest ladder of the Shu army can only be erected barely. to the bottom of the crenel.However, this obviously did not make the Shu army fearful. All the soldiers of Yang'an camp took the lead bravely, stepping on the ladder and rushing towards the city.

To deal with the infantry attacking the city, besides bows and arrows, the most effective weapons are rolling wood and rocks, boiling water and boiling oil. These things are simple in materials, easy to build, and have almost no technical content. They can be prepared in large quantities in a short period of time. In terms of power, it is quite astonishing. Rolling logs can sweep across a large area, rocks can easily break ladders, boiling water and boiling oil are deadly weapons, and these things cannot be resisted by shields.

Sima Wang made a careful deployment of Chang'an's city defense, and all kinds of defensive equipment were piled up like a mountain. After the Shu soldiers began to attack the city, all these defensive weapons came in handy.The rolling log cut into five feet long and about the thickness of the mouth of a bowl was lifted up and rolled down the ladder. If the position was right, none of the Shu soldiers on the ladder would be spared, and all of them would be swept down. After the log fell to the ground, it could almost be soaked in blood.

The ring stones are stones of different sizes. Small stones can be picked up by a single soldier and thrown out, while large stones need two or three joint efforts to throw out of the city wall. Due to the relationship between gravity, these ring stones can be thrown out easily The more you go down, the more amazing the power is. Once you are hit by the stone, you will either die or be injured. If it happens to hit the ladder, there will be a "click", and the ladder will be broken in two instantly.

Ordinary things such as boiling water and lime are also used as weapons to defend the city. The boiling water that has just boiled is poured down, and it is almost pervasive. Although there are armor and shields, it is painful to be splashed by boiling water on the bare skin. It's hard to put it into words, every pot of boiling water is poured, there will be a burst of screams like lung-piercing.Lime is a sharp weapon to confuse the enemy's eyes. A large piece of white lime falls down. Once hit, the eyes are so painful that they can no longer be opened, and the blind soldiers completely lose their combat effectiveness.

The most powerful defensive weapon is boiling oil. The boiling point of poured oil is higher than that of water. Once such high temperature splashes on a person's body, it will immediately burn off a layer of skin, which is simply a disfiguring weapon.Of course, the role of boiling oil is not limited to this. When the Wei army used the boiling oil, there was a ladder from the Shu army, and it would be poured there. After a while, every ladder was covered with oil stains. When a few torches came, the entire ladder was ignited, and soon even the ladder and the people were engulfed in flames.

Amidst the screams, all the ladders were burned. In the first wave of attack, the Shu army suffered hundreds of casualties and lost dozens of ladders, which was a heavy loss.

Zhang Le was furious outside the moat, urging the soldiers of the Yang'an camp to lift up the ladder and attack again.

At this time, the sound of Mingjin came from the Chinese army formation.

"Retreat!" Zhang Le glanced at the arrogant Wei soldiers in the city, and gave the order to retreat resentfully.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Sima Wang's mouth, today's battle is enough to teach Liu Yin a lesson, don't look at him sweeping the entire Guanlong in less than half a year, but Chang'an City will definitely be the end of his good luck To take over Chang'an is simply a daydream.

When Zhang Le returned to the formation and saw Liu Yin, he couldn't help complaining: "Brother, it's only been two hours since the fight, why did you call Jin to withdraw the troops, and I still want to attack the city of Chang'an in one go."

Liu Yin said calmly: "Today's attack is tentative. I want to see how the defense capability of Chang'an City is. The defense of Chang'an City is indeed very strict. It seems that Sima Wang has put in some effort. , our army will definitely suffer great casualties, this method is not advisable."

Zhang Leqi said: "If you don't attack and take it by force, is there another way? Brother, didn't you say that you want to take Chang'an City within three days? Could it be that you have another method?"

Liu Yin smiled slightly and said, "Of course, within three days, I will conquer Chang'an!"

(End of this chapter)