Chapter six hundred and twenty-three head-on collision
The Song Army formation in the distance let out deafening cheers. The Thunderbolt Chariot was indeed a first-class morale-boosting tool. Regardless of the actual effect, the sight of stone bullets flying all over the sky was enough to instantly raise the morale of the entire army to the highest level.
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Just like the cannons in the era of hot weapons, the roar of cannons can bring confidence to soldiers.
What's more, the Thunderbolt Vehicle with a lethality of 10 was also very powerful today. It destroyed the city gate tower in such a short time, which completely embodied the 'power' of the scene of live ammunition filling the sky. This is what can best give the soldiers
Inspiring motivation.
In the system bar, the morale value is as high as 89, and it is just a little short of reaching 90.
The huge "power" of the Thunderbolt Chariot inspired all the soldiers and made them full of confidence. The original thoughts in the minds of the soldiers that the attack on Donglang Pass would be bound to suffer heavy losses dissipated a lot without realizing it, and the military morale was stable.
Even some soldiers, seeing how powerful the catapults they had made were so powerful, came up with the idea that they might not be able to directly defeat the garrison at the gate just by relying on them, as long as they knocked down the prince guarding the gate.
If the army has the confidence to resist, this battle can be fought at any time.
On the Donglangguan city wall, all the defenders were horrified because of this. The collapse of the city gate tower was like a 'mountain' weighing on their hearts.
They are not unfamiliar with things like thunder carts. Pei Lun's army carried a lot of them when they entered Dong'an, and there were hundreds of them at Cangsong Pass. But the Prince's Army has never 'experienced' this kind of thing.
Many of them had seen and heard about the blows of siege weapons, but that was because the Thunderbolt Chariot had always been on their side. But they never thought that one day such a powerful blow would fall on their heads.
Today, they saw it, and they felt that the power was even more terrifying than the legend. The stone bullets fell from the sky, and the terrifying force was not something that flesh and blood could resist.
Some low-level and middle-level officers in the city were trying their best to comfort the soldiers under their command, but in the face of this feeling that the sky was falling and the earth was falling, the effect of just speaking with one mouth was so pale.
This kind of psychological blow and suppression seems to be faced by an invincible existence, which really makes people feel a sense of powerlessness and irresistibility in their hearts.
At the moment when the stone bullets flew up, most of the defenders who were densely stationed on Guancheng hurriedly got into the Tibetan Army Cave under the leadership of their respective team leaders, dubo, military marquis, and military commanders. Of course, there were also some.
Some of them were left behind at the top of the city or lay down directly under the battlements out of fear. This group of soldiers was quite unlucky. The collapse of the city gate tower killed at least a hundred of them. After that, no matter whether they were officials or
As soldiers, their performance was even more unbearable. Some of them were so frightened that they lay down under the battlements and did not dare to move.
Facing the powerful Thunderbolt Chariot, the city battlements could also block the attack, and shields, oars, and the like were of no use. Although the garrison on top of the city only had one or two thousand troops, scattered over a mile.
The long Guancheng did not appear crowded at all. However, in addition to the collapse of the gate tower, the stones that hit the Guancheng still dealt a heavy blow to the soldiers left behind. The flying gravel hit them mercilessly.
, the pain caused them to twitch, and the unlucky ones would even suffer head injuries. But they themselves did not dare to move even though they were being beaten. The rocks in the sky made them feel endless fear. All fools know that as long as they stand,
After getting up and leaving the protection of the parapets of the city battlements, if you accidentally hit a stone bullet weighing dozens of kilograms, your whole body would instantly turn into a bloody puddle of minced meat.
Although it is not a good idea to just lie down under the battlements like this, it is not necessarily safe. Among the loud bangs, there are always a few who happen to hit the battlements.
There are mountains all around Donglangguan, and all the stones used to build the city are made of high-quality bluestone. The texture is much stronger than the brick walls of ordinary cities. However, they rarely survive the bombardment of stone bullets.
If a battlement is overwhelmed and breaks apart, the defenders hiding under it will be smashed into a piece of flesh by the cracked battlements and broken stones.
The entire city was groaning under the ruthless hammering of countless stones. At this moment, every defending soldier felt like he was riding a small boat in the sea, trembling forward amid the rough waves.
While walking, there is a fatal crisis at every moment.
Zhu Biao couldn't help but nodded outside the pass. Every battlement on the pass was broken, and he felt happy. Although the solid city wall of Donglang Pass still stood proudly amid the stone bullets, Zhu Biao looked at the people on the wall.
The battle flag of the Prince's Army was smashed, and no one came to help it up. It can be seen that the guards in Guancheng were really frightened and scared.
The defenders were suppressed and could not move. The faces of the Song Army were even more inspired. Looking left and right at the soldiers of the Chinese Guards Battalion who had been preparing for a long time, Zhu Biao felt very excited about the eagerness of the soldiers.
To be satisfied, you need to have this eagerness. He gestured slightly to the messenger behind him and said: "Attack the city."
After receiving the order, the messenger immediately rushed out at the head of the horse. He stood in front of the Chinese army formation and tightened the reins with both hands. The horse neighed in pain and stood up. Along with the long neigh of the war horse, the messenger held a red red flag in one arm and headed eastward.
Langguan waved his hand heavily and shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order and attacks the city!"
Large shields guarded the front of the battle formation. Behind the dense forest of spears, there were not crossbowmen, swordsmen, and axemen, but siege equipment, making the four thousand-man phalanxes of the Chinese army look majestic.
Incomparable and full of deterrence.
The thunderbolt chariots were still throwing stones towards Donglang Pass. This suppression did not stop until the soldiers from the pro-barracks approached the city about thirty steps away. The crossbowmen stood behind their shields, and the dense rain of arrows began to attack the city.
The head was shot down, and the defenders were still firmly suppressed and unable to move even after the stone bullets stopped. The slowly advancing Song Army siege troops would cause a burst of creaking sounds of metal and wood instruments clashing every time they advanced.
It was as if it foreshadowed the coming wrath of thunder for the defenders.
After the stone bullets stopped, General Zhonglang of the Prince's Army who was guarding Donglang Pass had climbed back to the top of the city along the Tibetan Soldier Cave. He clung to the female wall and looked down from the arrow holes to see layers upon layers of Song troops.
They are gradually advancing towards Guancheng, slowly approaching their first goal - the moat.
"Get ready to fight!" Zhonglang Jiang's heart trembled and he shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him.
The soldiers didn't dare to slack off, so they immediately banged the gong in their hands vigorously. "Clang, clang, clang..." The clear sound was heard far away in the rain of arrows, reaching every inch of Guancheng. It reached the bows of the Song Army below the city.
In the ears of the crossbowman. The next moment, arrows like raindrops under the city roared up into the sky, and fell towards the soldiers standing. In just a blink of an eye, the sharp arrows penetrated the body of the soldiers,
The blood instantly soaked his whole body, and all the strength in the sturdy soldier's body was instantly drained out like the flowing blood. The gong fell at his feet, and his body filled with sharp arrows suddenly fell to the ground.
The trumpets sounded loudly on the top of the city. There were originally war drums, but with the collapse of the city tower, all the war drums were buried in the ruins.
The forwards of the Song Army advanced to the edge of the first defensive trench. With the waving of the command flag, the army came to an abrupt halt. The heavy shield soldiers at the front of the battle array stood the heavy shields on the ground with force, supporting an intermittent line.
, but an absolutely tight shield formation. The spears of the pikemen were still there, and their positions with the heavy shield soldiers were consolidated here, only twenty steps away from Guancheng.
Drums sounded one after another, and the middle section and the tail end of the square array were constantly changing. Under the control of the flags and drums, the soldiers moved and organized based on "du", and quickly adjusted their formations under the leadership of the uncles of each capital.
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The battle formation began to change. In just an instant, the originally tight and seamless phalanx suddenly split apart. The phalanx was like Kuncang spreading its wings. The people in the middle and tail sections began to expand to the two wings, and groups in front of them
The soldiers pushed the trench bridge through the gap left by the forest of guns in the front row of shield walls, and rushed towards the city moat with all their strength. There were wheels on both sides of the trench bridge, and there were protective plates on the sides, and it was also covered with a thick layer of mud.
It was used to prevent rockets fired by the defenders who closed the gate. The soldiers of the assault troops followed closely behind carrying a large number of strong wooden boards, preparing to fill the trench bridge and reinforce the passage to a greater extent.
On Donglangguan City, Zhonglang will watch from the arrow holes as the Song army outside the city continues to advance. At this speed, the three defensive trenches under the city will soon be filled, and he can't help but feel anxious. At Donglangguan
In the city defense design, moats and moats were both important measures for defense. General Zhonglang never expected that the Song Army would not only build a thunderbolt chariot overnight, but also build so many important trench bridges.
siege weapons. The equipment they used in Cangsongguan in various ways before was now used on themselves tit for tat.
Under the threat of thunderous chariots and rocks all over the sky, he was unable to prevent the Song Army from establishing a foothold under the city, so that the two square formations of the Song Army became a new threat to Guancheng after the thunderous chariots. And in this way,
Under the cover of thunderous chariots and rain of arrows, the two Song armies that had established a foothold on the moat quickly bulldozed all three moats in front of the moat, and the Song army's siege phalanx also successfully approached the moat.
All this actually took just over an hour!
There are springs in the mountains on both sides of Donglangguan. It can be said that the water source is sufficient. The moat directly draws the running water from the mountains. It is three feet wide and more than two feet deep.
As long as this moat can be filled up, conquering Donglang Pass will no longer be just a matter of words.
Zhu Biao stood on horseback to watch the battle, and was very satisfied when he saw the siege troops of the Guards Battalion quickly advancing to the moat. "Ordered the two troops to stop the attack and rest on the spot. The follow-up troops were equipped with sand and gravel to fill the moat. The remaining six infantry archers took over
Go forward and continue to suppress the city."
Donglang Pass is strong, but its one-mile-long horizontal surface and narrow city limit its ability to carry military forces at one time. At most, it can only arrange a thousand crossbowmen, which is enough to fill it up.
Zhu Biao's personal camp of tens of thousands of people, not counting crossbowmen but infantry archers, numbered at least two thousand.
There are two lower divisions and six upper divisions, and there are at least 1,500 archers.
"Yes, Commander!" Several nearby messengers immediately flew away. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
