The soldier also shook his head after hearing Chao Huang's question. You, the leader, don't know, and I, a soldier, naturally don't know either.
"Secret weapon?
All soldiers are standing ready, don’t panic, don’t panic, do you understand?”
Although I don't know what secret weapons the enemy has, as long as they guard the city wall, it will be useless no matter how strong the enemy is.
"promise."
For a time, the city wall was in full formation, with all the soldiers holding their swords and guns tightly, bows and arrows bent, ready to attack the enemy attacking the city at any time.
"General, the trebuchets are ready and can start attacking at any time."
After a period of assembling, the trebuchet has been completely assembled, and the building cart has also been raised, standing outside Linhe.
"Zilong, let my armored cavalry climb the wall first."
Ma Chao glanced at Zhao Yun and asked him directly for orders to let Xuanwei Army's armored cavalry serve as the vanguard to attack the city.
"The Xuanwei Army is the cavalry directly under the lord. It might be a bit awkward if we let you attack. It's better to let the Yingyang Army take the front line."
Hearing Ma Chao's words, Zhao Yun was slightly startled. He knew the status of the Xuanwei Army. The Guards were the heavy infantry directly under Yuan Shu, and the Xuanwei Army was Yuan Shu's cavalry guard. Naturally, he did not dare to use them easily.
"Zilong, the armored cavalry of the Xuanwei Army are definitely the first choice to attack the city. If they can climb the city wall through the carriage, I believe it will be impossible for the enemy to resist."
Ma Chao disagreed with Zhao Yun's view. Although the position of Xuanwei Army was there, since Xuanwei Army came out this time, it was no different from ordinary cavalry.
Moreover, the armored cavalrymen, who were fully armored, now happened to be the main vanguard of the siege. Once they attacked the city wall, Linhe City would not be able to hold on.
"Well, in that case, let Xuanwei's army prepare. The ladder is not suitable. Let all the armored cavalry climb up the stairs to prepare for the battle on the city."
Zhao Yun couldn't refute Ma Chao's words. Since you said so, let Xuanwei's army kill him.
"Ma Chao takes the order."
Ma Chao directly clasped his fists at Zhao Yun, then dismounted his war horse with 3,000 pieces of armor, followed the cart and began to attack forward. At the same time, the trebuchet was instantly deployed, preparing to launch stone bullets to attack the city wall.
"Order the trebuchet not to start for the time being, and the truck and ladder to move forward simultaneously. Wait until they advance to the moat before launching."
Zhao Yun held down the trebuchet troops that were preparing to attack. It was not the time to launch the trebuchets now. He had to wait for the army to reach the most critical moment and then launch the stone projectiles to cause maximum damage to the enemy.
As the carriages and ladders advanced slowly, we finally arrived at the edge of the moat.
"Fill the moat."
Following the captain's order, the unknown soldiers directly tilted the sandbags into the moat and began filling them.
"Listen to my command and shoot the arrow."
Seeing that the enemy began to fill the moat, Zhang Hu knew that it was time for him to take action. Without hesitation, he directly ordered the arrows to be released.
"Shield bearer, prepare to defend."
Seeing the rain of arrows coming, shields were erected directly to protect the soldiers from the arrows shot from the city wall.
"Trebuchet, release."
At the same time, Zhao Yun also issued an order, and the trebuchet, which had been prepared for a long time, directly launched the shotguns towards the Linhe City Wall.
"What it is?"
A soldier pointed at the rain of bullets in the sky, his eyes full of doubts.
"Shield, raise your shield quickly, it's a trebuchet stone."
Compared with the confusion of the soldiers, Chao Huang, as a county captain, still knew a little about military strategy. Although he didn't understand why Yuan Shu could hit the stone bullet so far,
But he had seen a man-made trebuchet before, so he immediately roared loudly and asked the soldiers around him to defend themselves with shields.
Upon hearing Chao Huang's order, the soldiers on the field also raised their shields directly, preparing to welcome the rain of bullets.
"Peng."
"Peng."
"Peng."
The rain of bullets fell, hitting the city wall like a violent storm. Even if they had shields for defense, it was useless. There were broken limbs and broken arms everywhere, and blood flowed all over the city wall. At least several hundred people were caught off guard.
He fell down on the city wall.
"kill."
Seeing the panic on the city wall, the captain glanced at the filled moat and directly ordered his troops to attack.
Suddenly, shouts of killing were heard everywhere, and the dismounted cavalry carried ladders and began to attack the enemy's city wall. At the same time, the Xuanwei army behind the cart accelerated the cart and accelerated towards the city wall.
"County Lieutenant, the enemy is coming, what should we do?"
Now the cavalry launched an attack, but the trebuchets continued to fire shotguns at the city wall, making the soldiers on the wall unable to lift their heads.
"Hold on, everyone, don't get up for now. Wait until the enemy attacks the city wall. Just protect yourself now."
Chao Huang was also extremely helpless. It would be unimaginable without personal experience of the enemy's trebuchet. Such pressure was huge for the soldiers defending the city.
If he really wants his soldiers to fight back under such great pressure now, maybe the soldiers will collapse directly.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to let the soldiers lie down on the city wall, and wait until the enemy climbs the wall and fights to the death, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope.
"promise."
Hearing Chao Huang's order, the people on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief. Now they are asked to attack under a hail of bullets. That's not just talk.
It's very likely that if you just show up now, you will be directly hit by the trebuchet's shot. Regardless of whether you can block the enemy's troops in hand-to-hand combat, at least they don't have to face death at this moment.
"Crush the wall."
The ladders arrived, and each of the cavalrymen began to climb the city wall at high speed with steel knives in their teeth.
"Defense, defense."
Seeing that the enemy had begun to attack the city, Chao Huang directly pushed away the soldiers blocking his head, grabbed a spear and headed towards the ladder to kill.
Chao Huang's bravery directly inspired the soldiers around him. Seeing how reckless he was, these people also began to attack the enemies attacking the city.
Blood splattered everywhere for a while, and the cavalry attacking the city fell directly onto the city wall and died tragically on the spot. However, these people were the best in the Jizhou army, the most elite cavalry unit.
Needless to say, the Yingyang Army is the trump card of the Jizhou Army. They are first-rate in terms of fighting will and combat skills.
It’s not like the Dang bandit army has experienced the brutal Battle of Liangzhou. They have also proven their eliteness in battle after battle.
"I can't stop it."
Facing Yuan Shu's army who was not afraid of death, the defenders on the city wall simply couldn't resist it.
In the final analysis, they are just county soldiers plus government officials. Even with the convenience of a city wall, they cannot stop the enemies that are coming in waves like a tsunami.
"If you can't block it, you must block it for me. Behind us is Linhe City, the place where we were born and raised. If the enemy really breaks the city, everything we protect will be destroyed."
Chao Huang looked at the many broken city walls and directly chose a place to kill.
"I fought hard for my family."
"Yes, I will fight hard for my wife, children, and children."
