The last three kingdoms

Chapter 797 Breaking Through Nie County
In fact, the Shu army's siege operations were very difficult. When they were in Jinzhong, the Shu army had already thrown away most of the bulky equipment, such as siege vehicles, rush cars, catapults, etc., and they needed to travel lightly when they moved to Shangdang. These heavy equipment were too slow for the army, and the Shu army had to choose to give up.

But without these large-scale siege equipment, we can only use simple tools such as ladders, ropes and hooks, and use the method of ants to attack the city. Even a small county is more difficult for the Shu army. Moreover, Jie's defense is relatively tenacious, and the Shu army has paid a lot of casualties since the beginning of the storm.

At this time, A Jian rushed up with the troops with firearms. Seeing that the siege troops were struggling, A Jian immediately arranged a plan for attacking the city with firearms.

It takes a lot of gunpowder to blow down the city wall. Even if the city wall of Nie County is far from that of Chang'an City, what is needed is an astonishing amount. It takes so much gunpowder to destroy a county, and it is completely worth the candle.What's more, if you want to blow down the city wall, you must at least prepare in advance. It will take a day or two to dig the tunnel, which is simply too late.

The method Ah Jian decided to use was to use Yuanrong crossbows to carry out suppressive attacks on the defenders on the city, arrange for commandos to climb the ladders, use bamboo grenades to blast a path, and rush to attack the city.As long as the assault team can completely break through any point on the city wall, the follow-up Shu army can continue to attack the city through this gap. The Shu army has an absolute advantage in strength. The battle is no longer difficult to fight.

A Jian chose the western section of the city wall attacked by the Gaoyuan Hubu Battalion as the target of the attack. In order to cooperate with the commando's actions, Gao Yuan ordered the Hubu Battalion to launch a full-scale offensive to contain the forces of the Jie people who defended the city.

The commando team has prepared dozens of bamboo tube grenades, and the Yuan Rong crossbow team is also in place to carry out a suppressive attack on the enemy. When the commando team rushed to the top of the city with a ladder, the Yuan Rong crossbow team first fired intensively .

The Yuan Rong crossbow team of hundreds of people lined up in three rows, with 33 people in each row, and fired ten arrows at a time. At the same time, 330 crossbow arrows were fired at the top of the city. Such dense crossbow arrows completely covered the top of the city in an instant. The Jie soldiers who showed their heads a little were shot through the denominations, and the Jie soldiers on this section of the city wall were so crushed that they couldn't even lift their heads.

The Yuanrong crossbow team lined up in three rows, in order not to create a space for changing bows, and to give the eunuchs any chance to breathe. After the first row finished shooting, the second row immediately went up to form a seamless connection. After the third row finished shooting , The first row of crossbows have been changed again, and they are shooting again.

In a very short period of time, the Shu army has already thrown thousands of crossbow arrows from the city of Nie County. Such a high density of arrows is concentrated in an area with a width of only about three feet, which is almost a devastating blow. Maybe it was hiding behind the battlements, not even daring to show its head for a moment.

At this time, the assault had already launched an attack on the city wall. Due to the suppressive attack of the Yuanrong crossbow team, their climbing action encountered the least resistance. Almost no Jie soldiers dared to put an arrow or smash a stone. The Jie soldiers are suffering from continuous strong attacks by the Shu army, and they can't take care of themselves, so they have time to support this section.

The assault team successfully climbed to a place only three or five feet away from the top of the city. They were not in a hurry to climb the city. If they climbed the city at this moment, the Yuan Rong crossbow team as a cover had to stop shooting, otherwise they would hurt their own people. Once the cover is lost, the commando will be attacked by the Jie soldiers frantically.

At a distance of more than three feet, the commando set up a total of six or seven ladders. The commandos marched together and climbed to a position three to five feet away from the city. Then they took out the bamboo tube grenade in a tacit understanding, After igniting, there was a hook throw at the same time, and six or seven bamboo tube grenades drew arcs in the air and flew towards the top of the city.

The Jie soldiers had never seen a grenade before, and they were very curious to see the half bamboo tube suddenly thrown by the Shu army, and there was still a wisp of smoke at the end, and the bamboo tube grenade rolled down to their feet, all of them were With a dazed face, someone was still trying to pick up those bamboo tubes.

But violent explosions resounded from the top of the city, where the gunpowder smoke filled the air, stumps flew, blood was mutilated, and screams came and went.

No matter how dense the arrow rain is, it can be parried with the protection of the city wall and shields, but the grenade is different. Once it explodes, it is almost defenseless within its effective killing radius. The Jie soldiers were blown up. Su, heavy casualties.

After two or three rounds of continuous throwing, there was almost nothing to breathe on this section of the city wall, and the commando took advantage of the situation to launch a final assault on the top of the city. The distance of three to five feet was achieved overnight. On the wall.

And the Yuanrong crossbow team, which was covering with arrows underneath, did not stop shooting, but spread the target to both ends, intercepting the Jie soldiers who were trying to reinforce here.

That round of bombing really knocked the Jie people out. By the time they reacted, the Shu army had already broken through the city defenses of Nie County and attacked the top of the city.

As soon as he saw that this section was lost, Hu Chao immediately organized Jie soldiers to counterattack, trying to fight back the Shu army.

The first batch of commandos to attack the top of the city were all the elites of Liu Yin's personal army, all of them had extraordinary skills. Although they were at a disadvantage in numbers, they could all fight against the Jie soldiers on the top of the city with one against ten. In one place, killing is inextricably linked.

In fact, this is what the Shu army wants. As long as the commandos can hold the Jie soldiers for a while, a large number of Shu troops can rush to the top of the city through the gap opened.

The Shu army rushed to the city like a tide. After ascending the city, the Shu soldiers immediately joined the battle group, and the whole battle situation was quickly reversed. rushed, but the Jie people just retreated steadily, and Nirvana quickly fell.

Because Liu Yin issued the order to kill, the soldiers of the Shu army hated the brutal behavior of the Jie people even more, so the soldiers of Shu attacked very fiercely, no matter whether the Jie soldiers were still stubborn or had given up resistance and prepared to surrender, they would be merciless Killing them all over the place does not give the Jie people any chance at all.

The gate of the city was also breached, and the brigade of cavalry from the Shu army marched into the city, and carried out a final sweep of the Jie people who were in the city. The streets of Nie County were full of corpses of Jie people. .

And from Liu Yin's combat order to the capture of Nirvana City, the time was not too long or short, exactly one hour.

(End of this chapter)