Yuan Feng has not gone to the city for three days. During these three days, the Turks' bombardment has not stopped for a moment. Hundreds of giant return artillery have continuously thrown boulders and pottery pots filled with flammable materials towards Liangzhou.
The solid city wall was riddled with holes, hundreds of houses near the city wall were destroyed, and there were countless fires.
But the Turks did not attack. They just bombarded tirelessly. They seemed to want to use stone bullets to destroy Liangzhou. Stones transported from the Gobi Desert were continuously thrown into Liangzhou City. The arrow shelters on the city wall
It was smashed to pieces, and the enemy towers were also riddled with holes. The soldiers hiding in the hidden cave were made nervous by the bombardment coming from above.
It rings once every second. If this continues, Liangzhou will be flooded with rocks.
Three days later, the attack finally began. Dozens of hundreds of foot-high carriages slowly approached the Liangzhou city wall. The height of the carriages was even higher than the city wall. They were like simple pagodas with wide bases and were manned by more than a hundred strong men.
Soldiers pushed it, and there was a rope ladder hanging in the carriage. There were more than ten soldiers hidden in the top carriage. When the carriage approached the city wall, the suspension bridge could be released and set up on the city wall. The siege soldiers climbed up from the carriage to attack the city wall.
This method of siege is much more advanced than climbing the city with ladders.
Yuan Feng stood on the city wall and used a telescope to observe the distance between the carriages. Eight hundred steps, five hundred steps, three hundred steps, and finally he was within the shooting distance of the returning artillery in the city. He waved his right hand down fiercely, and placed a wave on the open ground behind the city wall.
The Huihui cannon was fired and the counterattack began. The Liangzhou people's Huihui cannon was one size smaller than that of the Turks, so it could only be used defensively. However, being small also had small advantages. It shot relatively quickly, and a stone projectile weighing 300 kilograms could pass by.
The city wall shot out of the city in a parabola, and most of them fell into the dense group of siege infantry, causing bloody sprays. A small number of them hit the carriages squarely, but the effect was not ideal. The carriages wrapped in rawhide were just
It shook a bit and continued moving forward.
"Change the shells!" The returning artillery in the city immediately changed their tactics and replaced them with clay pots filled with butter and asphalt. The linen cloth at the mouth of the pot was lit with fire, and then placed in the shell nest. The half-man-high clay pots were placed along the long
The long wooden guide rail slid, drawing a brilliant trajectory in the sky with sparks and falling into the Turkic army formation. The pottery pot shattered, flammable materials flew, and the Turkic soldiers who were on fire screamed and rolled all over the ground, but
He was quickly killed by the people next to him. The entire attacking force was not affected and continued to move forward unhurriedly.
In the end, it still failed to prevent the truck from approaching the city wall. The moat had long been filled with rubble shot by the Turks, and it could no longer provide additional protection for Liangzhou. This was an extremely bloody offensive and defensive battle. Countless Turks soldiers held
Small bucklers and scimitars rushed out from the carriage at the top of the building. Since the height of the building was higher than the city wall, they actually had a slight advantage. However, as soon as they showed up, they were shot back by the crossbow. The Zhuge Liangzhou soldiers used
Repeating crossbows are the most powerful in close combat. The crossbow arrows have no tail fins and the arrows are coated with poison. As long as the mechanism is triggered, the twenty crossbow arrows in the quiver can be semi-automatically shot. Seven or eight people can shoot at the same time. This kind of shooting can be said to be fatal.
The space was limited and there were not many soldiers to accommodate. A dozen people were shot into a honeycomb in an instant. Then the defenders picked up kerosene cans and smashed them over. The kerosene flowed everywhere. A torch was thrown in and it immediately ignited.
The fire was raging, and the Turkic soldiers who were still climbing up the building's carriage were burned and screamed.
Under the city wall, siege vehicles equipped with ramming horns were also hitting the city gate with all their strength. The suspension bridge had been collapsed by their catapults before, and the west gate of Liangzhou was directly exposed. The sharp iron ramming horns were pushed by the strong soldiers.
They hit the city gate downwards, but this had no effect, because the inside of the city gate was blocked by huge rocks, and the cracks were filled with plaster. Even if they smashed the city gate into pieces, they could not get in.
Vats of black kerosene poured down from the city wall. This is an unrefined underground mineral deposit dug from Yumen. Although it is not easy to light, it is quite powerful when burned, especially when it can stick to people.
It can't be extinguished no matter how hard it fights.
The city walls of Liangzhou are of different heights, and the firepower crosses and covers each other. The city tower is equipped with a large bed crossbow, just to deal with such equipment as a cart. Sixteen people stirred the roulette wheel to pull up the bowstring. It was made of a whole birch tree.
The arrow was placed on the slot. The arrow had a barb, and a long rope was tied to the tail. It shot out with a swish, directly piercing the protective layer of the building car. An iron cage was tied to the back end of the rope, and a thousand-jin weight was placed in the iron cage.
The huge boulder was hanging on the edge of the city wall. When the hook was removed, the iron cage fell downwards. The rope was stretched into a straight line under the force. The carriage hanging on the barb gradually tilted and finally collapsed. Because the distance was too large,
Nearly, it directly knocked down the building truck next to it. Dozens of building trucks collapsed like building blocks, killing countless soldiers. The smoke and dust on the ground rose hundreds of feet high. The Turkic ordnance was exhausted, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
It receded like a tide.
The Turkic Central Army, with large banners hunting, flags like forests, soldiers wearing golden chainmail standing upright like javelins, eyes fixed, expressionless, dozens of tall-nosed and deep-eyed Turkic generals surrounding them like stars holding the moon.
An old man sitting on a tiger-skin throne. The old man gently put down his telescope, and a smile appeared on his thin face: "It's a bit interesting."
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Seeing the enemy's defeat, there was cheering at the top of Liangzhou City. Every soldier's face was covered with blood and gunpowder smoke. This battle lasted for a whole day, and finally ended in the defeat of the Turks. Looking at the cheering brothers
, Yuan Feng let out a long sigh, knowing in his heart that this was just the beginning.
Counting the casualties and consumption, 312 people were killed and 870 were injured. The ordnance consumption was acceptable, but if we continue to fight like this, it will be used up sooner or later. However, looking at the corpses outside the city, the enemy lost at least 2,000.
Even if two thousand people die in one battle, the enemy will not suffer easily.
As soon as the fighting stopped, civilians rushed up to transport the wounded to repair the city wall. Hot meals were also served. The exhausted soldiers ate dinner under the sunset. The smell of burnt human flesh filled the city.
It was passed on, but no one paid attention to it. They were all crawling out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Who could care about that.
Before the meal was finished, the Turks started bombarding again. Countless fireballs flew from far to near, like falling from the sky, falling into the city and exploding with sparks everywhere. The soldiers and civilians dropped their work and threw themselves into the city again.
Lost in the fight to put out the fire.
The shelling was followed by the siege. Dozens of trucks were lost during the day, and dozens more were launched at night. The strength of the Turks was really staggering. This time they learned their lesson and kept the distance between them.
It was very big, with tens of thousands of infantrymen carrying ladders mixed in with it. Countless torches were dotted, reflecting the night sky. There were so many Turkic soldiers, as if they were endless. The defenders killed and killed, and the corpses under the city wall were almost there.
It has piled up into a mountain, and looking over it, the torches still stretch to the sky...
In the early morning, the battle finally ended. The Turks left thousands of corpses and retreated. The defenders on the city wall were also exhausted. They lay swaying on the city wall and fell asleep regardless of the morning frost. Yuan Feng wore a black coat.
He came out of his cloak to inspect the city wall. He carefully stepped past the sleeping soldiers and looked at the messy battlefield. The blood had long penetrated into the soil. The collapsed buildings and trucks were still emitting black smoke. The Turkic army in the distance was
camp, a sound of war drums came, and they were gathering soldiers again to prepare for a new round of attack.
Yuan Feng had not slept for four days. As the coach of Liangzhou, he had to fight on the front line. Zhao Ding'an and other brothers also accompanied him to fight side by side. As luck would have it, no one could have imagined that a group of rural people from Shibalibao
The children turned out to be the defenders of Liangzhou today. For themselves, for their loved ones, and for the disappeared homeland behind Liangzhou, they must fight on.
"Commander, wake up the soldiers and prepare to fight." Zhao Ding'an said.
"Don't panic, let them sleep a little longer." Yuan Feng held his sword and looked at his soldiers, with an expression not similar to his age on his thin face. Although he is still less than twenty years old this year, in these years
In the minds of the soldiers, he is the backbone, the backbone, and the commander-in-chief of the three armies in Liangzhou.
It was another day of fierce fighting. Everyone was used to the Turks' tactics and became more comfortable in fighting. However, casualties were inevitable. More than 2,000 soldiers had been killed and injured in the past few days. Although the surgeons and medicines in the city were all exhausted.
They were used intensively, but it was still a drop in the bucket for a big battle. Many seriously injured soldiers died without good treatment. There was a wailing in the barracks under the city wall, and the doctors used saws and axes to cut infected wounds of the wounded soldiers.
Broken limbs, blood all over the floor, broken hands and legs were scattered everywhere.
Until this time, the people in Liangzhou had truly experienced the cruelty of the war. There were shellings day and night. Walking on the street, you could be hit by stones falling from the sky at any time. It was not safe even to hide in the house.
He was hit by a big rock while eating, leaving only one baby in the family. Fortunately, a strong team was formed in the city to transport equipment and transport the wounded during the war. When the war stopped, he helped the people repair their houses and stored food in the city.
It is sufficient and there will be no famine for the time being, so the people's morale is basically stable.
Yuan Feng was guarding the city wall. The sergeant informed Zhou Ze'an that he had important matters to see him. Ever since Cai Yong's rebellion, Zhou Ze'an had followed Yuan Feng wholeheartedly. He was originally Cao Yanhui's staff and was quite competent in handling various chores in the city. Yuan Feng
Entrusting him with great power, he can make decisions without asking for instructions. If he came to see him this time, something big must have happened.
As expected, the first thing Zhou Ze'an said when he met Yuan Feng was: "Something is going wrong. The food reserves will soon be exhausted."
Yuan Feng was shocked. The granary was full. Even if it could supply 300,000 people, it could last for half a year. How could it be gone?