Chapter 2 Betrayal (Part 7) The storming of Wulu City began on the morning of the fifth day. The two Sui armies had become accustomed to each other's fighting styles during more than a month of fighting side by side, so they cooperated quite well.
The first to show off their power were the small siege crossbows carried by the soldiers. These murderous weapons made of wood and tendon weighed only more than two hundred kilograms and could be carried by just one pack horse. Yang Yichen didn't have many cavalry under his command, but they were used for transportation.
There were more than 4,000 packhorses for various siege equipment. The soldiers removed the parts of the siege crossbow from the horse and reassembled it completely in the blink of an eye. With Yang Yichen's order, hundreds of eight
The foot-long crossbow arrow immediately threw up a plume of yellow smoke at the top of Wulu City.
"Ah--" "Ah--" Following the shrill screams, the minions guarding the city were carried by crossbow poles like paper kites and flew up from behind the crenels, scattering water under the dawn sky.
There are some blood drops. Because it has rained recently, the sky has been washed very blue. The red blood drops are more clear against the blue sky, and they are almost visible.
The wilderness was very quiet in the morning. The early morning breeze sent the screams down the city, and there were still vague sighs in the middle. Then, there was the long and shrill horn, the sound was like singing. The archers of the brigade were singing in the brigade.
Under the protection of the shield hand, he quickly stepped forward, taking advantage of the opportunity when the defenders were suppressed by the powerful crossbows and raised their heads to enter the attack position. The next moment, the sound of the trumpet suddenly stopped, and the sound of the wind became the main theme on the battlefield. The sky suddenly darkened, and then
There was another sudden light, and tens of thousands of feather arrows slid through tens of thousands of beautiful arcs, whistling and flying up to the top of the city.
The defenders fought back hard, dodging the eagle feathers falling from the sky while looking for opportunities to shoot cold arrows from behind the crenellations. But their resistance seemed so insignificant in front of the attackers. Very few Sui troops were hit by stray arrows, and occasionally there were one or two feather arrows.
The sneak attack was successful, but it was blocked by thick armor. Yang Yichen was known to cherish his soldiers, so the elites under his command who were the main attackers usually wore heavy armor. As his enemies, the treatment was not so good. The old general always paid attention to wartime.
No way to survive, no prisoners after the war
The resistance of the rogue bandits was very tenacious. They took advantage of the gaps between the Sui army's attacks and rushed to the top of the city along the horse paths in the city, pushing away the corpses and filling the gaps left by the war dead. The gaps were quickly filled with crossbows and arrows.
It was smashed open again, and more minions pounced on it again regardless of their own safety, and the cycle continued endlessly.
The blood of the dead quickly accumulated on the city wall, trickling down along the cracks in the adobe. Looking from a distance, the entire city wall seemed to be bleeding. The blood was absorbed by the dry adobe halfway, and the color slowly darkened.
, before it turns black, the old blood has completely dried up, and the new plasma flows down quickly. On top of the thick black, another stroke of bright red is added, which is ferocious and dazzling.
"Boom, boom, boom" The shooting sound of the crossbow is short and powerful, like the beat struck by a heavy hand on a drum. "Zheng, Zheng, Zheng" The trembling sound of the bowstring is clear and thin, like the song of birds in spring or the sound of newlyweds.
In the whispers of birds, whispers and drums, the sun slowly rises, rises, rises, shining thousands of autumn lights on everyone's black hair and yellow skin, no matter this moment
They are officers and soldiers or bandits, no matter whether they are dead or alive at this moment
Black hair and yellow skin, full of wrinkles, faces engraved with the hardships and sorrows of life. This kind of face is very common in the land of Hebei, and people in the city can't escape it. But today, the yellow faces in the city are hard to escape.
They are trying every possible means to take away each other's lives, as if there is really a blood feud between them, as if they are really incompatible with each other.
"Blast the drum!" Seeing that the sun behind him was high enough, Yang Yichen loudly ordered. After consulting with Li Xu last night, he chose the east side of Wulu City as the first breakthrough point, while Li Xu was responsible for leading the Boling Army to surround the other three sides.
city wall, and seize another opportunity to break the city when the pirates' attention is drawn to the east wall
For the besiegers, selective attacks can concentrate all their strength in one place. For the defenders, they not only have to deal with threats from below the city, but they also have to avoid the sunlight that is shining into their eyes.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The drums sounded like thunder, shaking the thin walls of Wulu City to the ground. Accompanied by the overwhelming sound of war drums, more than ten siege ladders equipped with wooden wheels slowly rolled out from the Sui army's main formation.
Under the protection of the shield bearers, more than 2,000 ragged civilians shouted slogans and slowly moved the siege ladder closer to the city wall.
The defenders' attention was instantly attracted by the tall siege ladder. There was a huge disparity in the number of enemies and ourselves. If these behemoths were allowed to get close to the city wall, the consequences would be disastrous. Without Gao Shida's order, they immediately pointed their bows and arrows at the cart pusher and tore them apart with sharp arrows.
The single clothes tore the muscles, sticking to the gaps in the bones and piercing the internal organs. The civilian Zhuang who pushed the siege ladder fell one after another. Yang Yichen waved his big hand again, and more Min Zhuang rushed to the back of the siege ladder to replace the fallen.
position, use your shoulders and arms to push the wheel forward slowly
Seeing that the interception of bows and arrows was ineffective, the minions on the city came up with new killing moves. Braving the rain of arrows above their heads, a group of more than a dozen people dragged straw ropes and used the crossbows used to defend the city.
The huge crossbow, which was tens of feet long, was stretched out on the shoulders and roared down from the top of the city. It smashed away the shield bearer escorting the siege vehicle, smashed into the crowd, and penetrated the minzhuang who could not escape one by one, nailing them firmly.
on the ground
"Ah!" The injured did not die immediately, struggling in vain on the hardwood arrow shaft, and the screams were horrifying. The surviving civilians were stunned for a moment, turned around and wanted to escape, but were escorted by the siege vehicle.
The soldiers used the back of their swords to pull them back, "beat the drums to urge the battle!" Yang Yichen ignored Min Zhuang's life and death and ordered with a sneer. These Min Zhuangs who were pushing the siege vehicles were all captured by him during the march. It is hard to tell whether they were hidden inside.
The rogue bandits sacrifice some, so as not to collude with other bandits in the future (17k buyout work, please do not reprint) "Boom, boom, boom!" The monotonous drum sound sounded again, like the sound of a steel knife crashing on the shore of a stormy sea.
Under the pressure of the enemy, the civilians who were lucky enough not to be hit by the crossbows cried and gathered in front of and behind the siege ladder. Carrying their shoulders and holding hands, they continued to move towards the death zone. The small siege crossbows under the city wall were filled with blood every step of the way.
Adjust the direction and concentrate on shooting towards the position on the city wall where the crossbow flew.
The gap between the two sides' usual training immediately became apparent. The range and power of the bed crossbows on the city head were much higher than those of the siege crossbows used by the soldiers, but after several rounds of firing, none of them could directly hit the siege ladder. But Yang Yichen
The crossbowmen under their command only used two rounds of shooting to turn several bed crossbows on the top of the city into mute and panicked minions. Taking advantage of the interval of shooting below the city, they rushed to the bed crossbows that had turned into hedgehogs. Seven
They carried away the corpses of their companions with hands and feet, pulled out the crossbow arrows that had been pierced into the city wall, and restored the crossbow to its original state as much as possible. However, the last weapon they relied on for survival could no longer shoot the crossbow arrows, and it completely turned into a
Useless wooden shelf
"It's over!" Gao Shida, who witnessed the crossbow being shot with random arrows by the opponent, let out a cry of despair in his heart, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead. It was not until noon yesterday that he finally recovered from the collapse of several people who risked their lives to report the news.
The soldiers learned from the soldiers that the soldiers and horses heading to Sui Chang to plunder had been defeated. According to the messenger, Wang Bo's life and death were unknown. Liu Chunsheng was blocked by Yang Yichen by the Hutuo River and beheaded in front of the battle. Sun Xuanya saw that the situation was not good.
, led the remaining troops to surrender. If he finally fell into the hands of Li Xu, he might still have a chance to survive. If it was Yang Yichen who accepted his surrender, the outcome can be imagined.
After hearing the news that all the troops on the east route were exhausted, Gao Shida should have withdrawn immediately, but his counselor Shi Defang suggested that he and Liu Badao divide their forces to guard Wulu and Raoyang. "The two cities are close at hand, like the moon accompanying the enemy."
If the army attacks Wulu, Raoyang will send troops to attack it; if the enemy attacks Raoyang, Wulu will send troops to attack it, so that the head and tail cannot look at each other for a long time, and the enemy army will be exhausted. Our army will seize the opportunity to seize the road and run away, and it will be unable to pursue it.
If we abandon the two cities without firing a single shot, the enemy's arrogance will rise and our army's morale will decline. Once he follows Duke Donghai into the plains, how can the Duke protect himself?"
Shi Defang's words sounded very reasonable. Donghai Gong Gao Shida and Pingyuan Gong Liu Badao also felt that they ran away without even hearing the sound of the enemy's horns and drums. It was too much for their own prestige. The two hesitated and discussed over and over again.
, finally divided the troops in the evening. Unexpectedly, Liu Badao just left Wulu, and was blocked by the galloping Boling Jingqi.
According to reports from brothers who were lucky enough to escape, Liu Ba Dao and his more than 20,000 brothers could not hold on for half an hour before being completely defeated by Boling Jingqi. Liu Ba Dao himself was killed by Li Xu with an arrow in his throat and shot dead on the spot.
More than half of the other subordinates, big and small, were also killed in the battle, and less than 3,000 people fled the battlefield.
The Boling Jingqi that defeated Liu Ba Dao only had 5,000 men, and they were a tired army that had been traveling for several days. Is this guy still a human being with such terrifying combat power? Gao Shida didn't dare to think about it, but he was killed in battle more than Liu Ba Dao.
What frightened him even more was another news that came through the mouth of the defeated soldiers. The Boling Army no longer tolerated the prisoners. The soldiers captured outside Suichang City were all killed. They belonged to Liu Badao's captured soldiers and one of them.
failed to preserve
Unable to fight again and again, Gao Shida was about to be killed even if he surrendered. In desperation, Gao Shida felt a surge of anger in his heart: "Get down from the city wall and let them come over!" He wiped off the cold sweat on his head and ordered loudly, as if he had seen through life and death in an instant.
"Master, the officers and soldiers will not let us go!" Several petty bosses wiped the blood from their faces and shouted angrily that it was only a matter of time that Wulu City would fall. They knew it from last night when the officers and soldiers began to siege the city.
It's the same death. It's much happier to die on the city wall than to kneel on the ground and wait for someone to behead you. At least you have the appearance of a person while alive.
"Let them go up the city wall, let's fight hard and smartly!" Gao Shida smiled miserably and said loudly, "When they come up, they can no longer shoot arrows and we face each other with knives. Life or death depends on our ability!"
"No!" The minions clasped their fists at Gao Shida imitating the officers and soldiers, and then laughed.
"Go down, go down!" Gao Shida smiled with tears on his face, like a drunken madman. The desperate minions followed him and laughed wildly as they left the city wall and stood on the horse road waiting for the last moment to come.
They are not grass. They are not willing to be trampled on or slaughtered by others. They live a humble life, but they can die as noble as meat-eaters.
The shadow of the sun moved little by little, above and below the city, everyone was waiting anxiously. Suddenly, there was a loud bang from the top of the city, and the base of the siege ladder stopped five feet away from the city wall.
The top of the ladder hit the city wall made of mud bricks heavily.
"Kill!" Yang Yichen neatly pointed his long sword forward and ordered loudly.
"Kill them all, kill them all!" Dingyuan General Deng Youjian led more than 300 infantry and quickly rushed to a siege ladder. Several warriors held their daggers in their mouths, stepped on the crossbar, and swarmed up to these people.
The base of the behemoth was carried with the army, but the two arms and middle pedals of the ladder were made by cutting down wild trees around the turnips last night. They were very smooth, so the speed of everyone climbing was not too fast, and some people slipped from time to time. Fortunately, in the city
The minions above them had lost the courage to resist and did not dare to stick their heads out to fight back.
"Kill, only kill, don't take prisoners!" Hou Qiao, the guerrilla general, saw that Deng Youjian's troops were not obstructed in any way, and he was not willing to succumb to others. He climbed up another siege ladder and several other siege vehicles were very close.
The city was soon filled with soldiers, "Kill, kill, kill!" the Sui soldiers cheered and watched as several of the strongest warriors jumped into the battlements.
Suddenly, the shouts of the crowd stopped for a moment. They saw a sudden flash of cold light on the city wall. Two long swords swept towards Deng Youjian's waist. General Dingyuan Ding Youjian realized that the situation was not good and shouted:
Jumping more than three feet high, Kankan put the blade of the knife against the sole of his boot to avoid it. Another spear whizzed from mid-air and hit him in the shoulder.
"Ah!" General Dingyuan Deng Youjian let out a scream and fell directly from the mid-air to the top of the city. Several soldiers holding pieces of linen under the ladder rushed over to rescue Deng Youjian. His body was blocked by the linen, and he fell completely.
He rolled halfway on the cloth, covered his shoulder with the spear, and collapsed softly under the wall.
Other officers and soldiers who stormed the city also realized that they had been fooled, and were shocked when hundreds of minions suddenly appeared on the wall that had been silent before. They either held long knives or brandished sticks, and they were acting in a chaotic manner.
The soldiers who attacked the city were outnumbered and were killed in a panic. However, the archers responsible for covering the city were unable to aim because the enemy and ourselves were mixed together. They held their bows for a long time and could not fire an arrow.
