Chapter 346 Devastated

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 346 Devastated

He watched each of the soldiers he had trained fall to the ground in pain.

Shama's eyes were red, and he wanted to give the order to retreat.

But his reason told him that he must attack at this time.

"attack!"

Shama roared angrily and ordered the soldiers to continue the attack.

"Royal!"

Mahan also issued new orders at this time.

The Han army's spearmen quickly stepped forward under his order.

The Han army's crossbowmen also switched to projectile fire and continued to attack the Yu Cheng infantry who followed up.

At this time, Yu Cheng's infantry had also reached the Han army, and the most brutal hand-to-hand combat began.

"prick!"

"Light soldiers dancing!"

The Han army had various governors, hundreds of generals, and commanders, constantly issuing different orders.

The Han military officer was like a killing machine, constantly reaping the lives of Yu Ren.

These Yucheng soldiers are actually well trained and their combat effectiveness is not bad.

Unfortunately, there is a huge gap between them and the Han army in terms of equipment.

Their weapons were still mainly bronze spears and short swords, and their armor was still Greek-style leather armor and bronze armor.

Their opponents, the Han army, were mainly equipped with new cotton-iron composite armor.

The weapons in his hands are also made of steel.

Yu Cheng's bronze spears and daggers could hardly penetrate the armor of the Han army.

However, the steel weapons of the Han army could pierce the armor of Yu Cheng's infantry relatively easily.

As the battle continued, more and more soldiers fell in front of the Han army's formation, and Yu Cheng's soldiers gradually became desperate.

When Shama saw this, he was extremely anxious and had to dispatch the reserve team in advance.

"attack!"

Although the reserve force's attack temporarily stabilized the morale of the army, it was still unable to break through the Han army's defense line.

At the top of Yucheng City, Prime Minister Yucheng saw the situation on the battlefield and couldn't help but feel anxious.

He loudly said to King Yu Cheng, "Your Highness, please increase your troops!"

At this time, there are still 20,000 soldiers and horses in Yucheng City. If we attack with all our strength, we should be able to defeat the Han infantry under the city and destroy the Han army's catapults.

But at this time, King Yu Cheng hesitated again. By the time he made up his mind, it was already a bit late.

"Order Jirubentu to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to reinforce Shama!"

King Yu Cheng finally issued an order to increase troops.

But at this time, the soldiers of the Han Army Engineering Battalion were almost ready to install the catapult.

Zhang Yue also had a smile on his face at this time. He looked at the city head and ordered, "Yi Congcai Guan attacks!"

"promise!"

Soon Sanquyi Congcaiguan quickly moved forward.

At this time, Yu Cheng's right general Jiru Bentu also led five thousand soldiers out of the city.

Unlike General Zuo, Jiru Bentu was born as a bodyguard of King Yu Cheng and has never commanded a real battle.

It was his first time on the battlefield. Although his courage was commendable, his command of the army and grasp of timing were a bit poor.

If he ignored it at this time and launched an attack directly, it should be possible to break through the defense line of the Han military officers.

However, after he left the city, he chose to form the team first. If this was the right thing to do in normal times, it was a waste of time at this time.

When he completed the formation, the Han army's catapults had been installed.

"For your information, sir, the siege camp has come to report that it is ready to attack!"

Zhang Yue nodded and ordered, "Order the siege camp to attack!"

"promise!"

As the red flag in the hands of the messenger waved, the Han army's catapults had already launched their attack.

The target of the catapult attack this time was not Yucheng City Wall, but Jiru Bentu's troops who had just left the city.

With a short shout, the front weight box of the catapult suddenly sank, and the long pole at the back quickly bounced up. The heavy stone bullet was pushed out violently, drawing an arc in the air, and flew forward.

go.

The stone bullets made a deadly scream and suddenly hit the middle of a Yucheng infantry phalanx. Accompanied by screams, they plowed a bloody path through the Yucheng infantry phalanx.

Before the rest of Yu Cheng's soldiers could react, stone bullets were falling one after another.

Screams of fear rang out, and the soldiers looked for places to hide one by one. In just an instant, they lost their combat effectiveness.

King Yu Cheng and others at the top of the city were also stunned.

Although they had long heard of the Han army's trebuchets.

However, it has always been assumed that Chan Feng made it up to cover up his own incompetence.

Now that I have truly seen the power of the catapult, I realize that this catapult is even more frightening than the rumors.

Zhang Yue looked at the battlefield ahead with satisfaction at this time.

"Send a certain order to change the fuel bombs!"

"promise!"

Under Zhang Yue's order, the siege camp immediately replaced ordinary stone bullets with expensive kerosene bullets.

"put!"

Following Pang Yi's order, fireballs flew into the city in beautiful arcs.

"boom!"

Every time a kerosene bomb hits the ground, there will be a huge roar.

Along with the roar came flying flames.

Soon the houses in the city were set on fire by kerosene bombs.

"Hurry up and put out the fire!"

Yu Chenggong Prime Minister, looking at the fire burning in the city, jumped anxiously.

Although he gave the order to put out the fire, the soldiers around him did not act.

"Your Highness!"

Prime Minister Yu Chenggong let out a miserable cry.

"Is the Han army about to launch a full-scale attack?" King Yu Cheng seemed quite calm at this time.

He said to the palace minister, "Don't worry about the fire anymore, it can't be saved!"

The palace minister looked at the city and nodded silently.

"Your Highness, what should we do?"

After retreating to a relatively safe place, everyone on the left and right asked King Yu Cheng.

"What do you think?"

King Yu Cheng asked rhetorically.

What followed was a heated debate. Some people thought that the entire army should go out of the city to counterattack, while others thought that the defense should continue.

The officers around King Yu Cheng became more and more excited as they talked. After some debate, the result was finally reached. Most people believed that the whole army should fight back.

Yu Cheng is not stupid either. Everyone knows that the Han army's catapult must be destroyed, otherwise Yu Cheng will not be able to defend it at all.

"Your Highness, no matter what the Han people want to do, we must destroy the Han catapults..."

While King Yucheng was still hesitating, the Han army's catapults had been replaced with stone bullets and began to attack Yucheng's city wall.

In just a few attacks, a large chunk of Yucheng's city wall was destroyed.

"Your Highness, please quickly order the attack!"

People on the left and right urged again
To be continued...