At noon, the bandit army that had been renovated outside Wuhu City began to gather. Wang Zamao stood on a high platform and shouted in a hoarse voice: "You have just eaten up all the food left. If you can't break the city, everyone will die."
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"Come into the city and grab food!" nearly ten thousand people shouted loudly. Wang Zamao on the high platform looked at the city in the distance and his smile became increasingly ferocious. The sky was cloudy and the rain was falling more and more heavily. The bandit army and refugees outside the city were attacking.
In the final preparations for the city, more than ten trebuchets were all towed outside the two southwest cities to wait. Archers were lined up and ready to go. Twenty refugees carried a ladder to climb the city. A total of more than fifty were just waiting.
Fire cover can be rushed to the base of the city wall at any time, and there are two siege engines used to ram the city gate.
It can be said that Wang Zamao has made full preparations to attack the city. In order to disperse the troops defending the city, he even sent a band of 500 thieves with five climbing ladders from the two northeastern cities to assist. It is expected that this move will inevitably destroy the city defenders.
The officers and soldiers were in a hurry, regardless of their position.
The rebel troops below the city were sharpening their knives, and Kuang Ren and Jin Shenghuan on top of the city were also urgently discussing countermeasures. Once the rebel horn was blown, they would use long-range firepower from bows and arrows and trebuchets to suppress and cover the refugees who boarded the city. However, what was frustrating was that the officers and soldiers
However, there is no long-range fire suppression. The small county town does not have artillery and does not have enough bows and arrows and other armaments.
"At the beginning of the siege, the morale of the army is at its highest. Although our bows and arrows are limited, we must give them a heavy blow at this time to destroy the morale and morale of the rebel army!" Kuang Ren said in a solemn voice, while Jin Shenghuan nodded slightly: "Okay.
Steel is used on the blade, and the bows and arrows we have are only enough to support one wave of strikes, so we should choose when they attack, and then we have to fight hand-to-hand."
"We are defending the city, and we have the advantage from being high up. When the rebels attack the city, their firepower is the strongest. We try to use defense as an offense. Once the rebels get on the city, their fire cover will be withdrawn. That's when we
The best time to counterattack, but it is also the most dangerous time. One mistake may lead to the loss of the city. At this time, the saying goes, the brave will win when we meet on a narrow road!"
"It's just a few refugees, how can they compare with the bravery of Lord Kuang's soldiers?" Jin Shenghuan flattered him, and Kuang Ren shook his head and chuckled: "At this time, dozens of soldiers can only keep the army calm and defend against the enemy."
Defending the city depends on the bravery of those brave men who risk their lives to protect their homes."
The two discussed for a long time and quickly formulated a plan to deal with the enemy. They avoided the more important and took the lighter. They endured when the rebels were suppressed by fire. They exploited their strengths and avoided weaknesses and showed their strengths. When the rebels attacked the city and removed the firepower, the guards were good at long-range strikes. Jin Shenghuan's soldiers
The horses guarded the crenels and killed the thieves who climbed into the city, while the country warriors threw stones to defend themselves against the enemies.
I also saw that the rebel army under the city was sending a force to the northeastern wings. I knew that they wanted to contain the scattered defenders, so they had no choice but to divide their troops to defend. At this time, there should be no carelessness.
Boom, boom, boom! The storm is rising and the drums are beating.
Wang Zamao beat the drum himself, and then the sound of killing broke out. Thousands of rebels and refugees rushed towards the city wall. More than ten stone catapults were launched, and stones of different sizes were thrown towards the city. Hundreds of rebel archers drew their bows wildly.
Shooting, arrows rained down on the top of the city. Under the cover of fire, hundreds of refugees rushed toward the city wall carrying ladders, followed by thousands of knife-wielding thieves.
"Get down and stick to the crenels!" Kuang Ren yelled from the top of the city. When the rebels were beating drums to launch the attack, he had already transferred nearly a thousand main battle troops and rural warriors to the southwest sides of the city. There were three to five people at each crenel.
Everyone performs their duties.
Stones were dropped from the sky and saltpeter flew everywhere when they hit the ground. When they hit people, they turned into meat before they could even scream. Arrows rained down like locusts. From time to time, someone snorted and was hit by an arrow. The long-range firepower of the bandit army was extremely ferocious. , in just half a cup of tea, the officers and soldiers' positions on the city were smashed beyond recognition, and the injured people wailed in agony for a while.
Kuang Ren poked his head out of the crenel with his shield on his head and took a look. Seeing that the rebel siege troops were within shooting range, he shouted with all his strength: "Fuck you!"
The officers and soldiers hiding under the crenels immediately stood up, drew their bows and fired fiercely. The rebel soldiers below were killed and wounded in a chaotic formation. However, driven by the rebel soldiers behind, they still rushed forward desperately. In fact, they had to rush forward without the supervision of the rebel soldiers behind. After all, There is no way out. If the city is not destroyed, they will have nothing to eat and will die!
Wang Zamao watched the battle with a sneer on the high platform, panting heavily. Seeing that the dense army of thieves had rushed to the city wall, his smile became even stronger. The courage of the refugees to move forward without fear of life and death was beyond his expectation. He really couldn't do it without being forced. .
"The thieves have arrived at the city, smash these sons of bitches to death!" Jin Shenghuan, who was guarding the south city, shouted and cursed when he saw the thieves below rushing to the city wall and starting to build ladders. The country warriors hiding under the battlements immediately picked up stones and threw them down. There was a pitiful howl from the city, and countless cannon fodders were smashed to pieces with bloody flesh, ranging from broken bones to pulp.
Wang Zamao's expression changed. He originally expected that there would be no more than a thousand officers and soldiers, and even when he fired arrows to fight back, there would be only a few. Unexpectedly, suddenly the city was crowded with people and they were frantically throwing stones. He was shocked, but he immediately realized that these were not officers and soldiers, but People in the city!
Damn it, if I had known I would have killed all of you at that time, Wang Zamao hated the people in the city for actually helping the officers and soldiers to resist the rebels! Damn it, damn it, damn it!
"Go down with the order, rush into the city and rob three people of their chickens and dogs, leaving no one behind. Whoever robs them will not be handed over to his father!" Wang Zamao roared hysterically.
The long-range firepower of the rebels became increasingly fierce to cover the siege troops. The defenders on the city were originally hiding under the wall and suffered few casualties. But when they got up and counterattacked, they immediately paid a heavy price. Many soldiers and country warriors were either killed or beaten to death. After being shot, looking at the corpses on the ground, hearing the endless screams, the crazy shouts of killing outside the city, and the dense influx of rebels, many people began to feel fear, their legs became weak, and they even wanted to run down the city.
At this time, dozens of guards supervising the battle played a decisive role: "Those who retreat in fear of war will die. You are not fighting for others, but for your own family and children. Think about it, if these traitorous troops come in, your wives, children and children will still be alive." What!"
Yes, either he dies or I die! Blood makes people fearful and can make people crazy! There is still a way to survive if you fight back, but you can only die if you retreat! The defenders on the city began to use their strength and force. The officers and soldiers opened their bows and fired at the rebels. This stone was thrown at the thieves who boarded the city.
The sound of killing became louder and louder, the fighting became more and more intense, and the rain gradually became heavier.
Wang Zamao's eyes were red, because there were already thieves who were about to board the city: "Charge up, charge up, kill them all..." He waved his hands and roared, imagining that he was like a god coming to the top of the city and wielding a knife to kill those people. The officers and soldiers had to cut them into two pieces to relieve their hatred.
"General, general." A bandit soldier covered in blood came panting and said, "The city gate can't be opened. It may be blocked from the inside..." Wang Zamao squinted and saw the body under the west city gate. Nearly a hundred cannon fodder was piled into the mountain and pushed the siege vehicles to slam the city gate. Rolling stones and trees rained down from the city. The rebels suffered heavy casualties but continued to move forward bravely.
However, no matter how hard the siege engines pounded the city gate, it remained motionless. It was obvious that the officers and soldiers had sealed the city gate with stones from the inside. In this case, attacking the gate was meaningless and only increased casualties. Wang Zamao was about to mobilize his troops when he suddenly saw someone elsewhere.
When the rebels reached the top of the city, they immediately shouted excitedly: "Come up, come up, kill them all quickly..." Suddenly, they saw another rebel soldier being shot by a friendly army and rolled over and fell to the wall. He couldn't help but cursed: "Are you blind..."
"The thieves have boarded the city, take the hook, take the hook!" Kuang Ren shouted from the city. He raised his knife and chopped down one of the thieves. He turned sideways and let a village hero pass by him. He was holding a wooden stick with a sickle on top.
Like a hook, he leaned forward to hold the top of the ladder to the city, and several village warriors behind him pushed the entire ladder down with a loud bang. The rebel soldiers hanging on top screamed and either fell to death or were seriously injured, but at the same time several
Xiang Yong was also shot by the rebels below the city and fell to the side screaming...
The height of the city ladder is never higher than the city wall, because if you get close to the city, you will be pushed down by the people on the city. Therefore, it is usually shorter than the city wall. If you want to push it, you can't reach it even if you lean over, so you can only use a hook to push it out.
, but even this is not easy to push down. First of all, there are dozens of people hanging on the ladders to weigh them down. Secondly, some ladders have grappling hooks on them that can be hung on battlements or wall gaps. Moreover, there are bows and arrows below for cover.
Therefore, even if the city had prepared hooks to push up the city ladder, it was still difficult to stop the rebels from attacking the city. In the blink of an eye, the rebels were on top of the city one after another. The defenders and village warriors swarmed up and slashed down with all their might, even hugging them directly.
Jump down to the city.
The situation when the rebels entered the city was critical, but there was an advantage, that is, their long-range suppressive firepower was much smaller. After all, it was not easy to get to the top of the city and then be overrun by friendly fire. Who was there to talk to?
"Brothers, fight with the dog thieves!" There were thieves on the city from both sides of the southwest. Kuang Ren opened his bow and fired quickly while shouting. The city guarding officer and soldier Yong from the same town threw stones and wood at the bottom of the city while wielding knives and fire to fight with the thieves.
For a moment, murderous screams echoed across the city.
Wang Zamao below the city watched more and more rebels ascending to the top of the city, and couldn't help laughing!