Jiang Qin gave the order, and the five Shesheng troops who had already been prepared did not hesitate at all. They walked out of the military ranks, carried the ladders and charged towards the Hamatri city wall.
"General, the enemy is attacking. The enemy is attacking. There are about 50,000 soldiers and horses coming towards the city wall."
After the trebuchets were suspended and the Five Armies launched their attack, Cantrazzi arranged for people to go directly down to the city wall to report the situation.
"General, tell the soldiers to go up the city wall. The enemy is coming."
Hearing that the Chinese had launched an attack on the city wall, a captain spoke to Cantrachi extremely anxiously.
"We can't do it now. It's not yet time. China's trebuchets are very powerful. If they send troops to the city wall, they will definitely attack us with siege weapons. Wait until they get close to the city wall."
Cantrazzi shook his head. The enemy had just started attacking. Wouldn't he be a fool to send people on the city wall now, waiting for the trebuchet's stone bullets?
"yes."
Cantraqi did not give the order, so the soldiers could only continue to wait outside the city. They were all soldiers of the Kushan Empire. They had their own honor. As long as Cantraqi gave the order, they would definitely attack the city wall without hesitation.
Use your own life to protect your homeland.
The five Shesheng armies were not marching very fast, but their pace was neat and their force was extraordinary. As they got closer and closer to the city wall, the soldiers waiting under the city became more and more anxious and irritable.
"General, the enemy is only 200 steps away from the city wall and has reached our attack range."
The fifth army of Shesheng continued to advance, and they were already within the absolute shooting range of 200 steps. It was time for them to board the city.
"It's not enough, we're waiting, waiting."
Cantrazzi felt his adrenaline surge, but he knew he couldn't be impulsive now. He had to be calm. The range of two hundred steps was still a bit far, and he couldn't gamble with the lives of his soldiers.
"One hundred and fifty steps."
The soldier came again to report the news. There were only one hundred and fifty steps left.
"General, we can't wait any longer. Let the soldiers go up the city wall."
Captain Entehalle was extremely anxious. He had already made one hundred and fifty steps, but Cantraci still didn't give the order.
"Waiting, waiting."
Cantrazzi did not order an attack, but once again asked the soldiers to wait. The distance of one hundred and fifty steps was not enough.
"A hundred steps, only a hundred steps, General."
The soldiers came over again to report the news, saying that the Fifth Army was only a hundred steps away from here, only a hundred steps away.
"General, we can't hesitate any longer, otherwise we will be too late."
Captain Bratra felt that his heart was going to explode. He would be exploded by the tense atmosphere if he didn't send troops.
"Charge, hurry up the city wall, archers first, sword and shield men second, spearmen again, be sure to block the enemy."
Cantrazzi also knew that the time had come. If he did not climb the city wall and allowed the opponent to kill him at a distance of fifty steps, it would be too difficult for him to stop the enemy.
"General, the enemy has begun to climb the city wall."
Captain Yu Sheng saw the soldiers and horses marching quickly on the city wall and reported directly to Jiang Qin.
"I still can't calm down. I thought they could hold out for fifty steps, so I ordered the soldiers to move slowly, hold up their shields, and wait until all their men were on the city wall."
Jiang Qin smiled slightly. He saw that he had reached a hundred steps away from the city wall, but the opponent had not responded yet. Originally, he thought that the enemy could persist until he was fifty steps away from the city wall.
At that time, if the opponent sends troops to the city wall, he will retreat immediately. If he does not send troops, after passing the super critical value of fifty steps, he will fake it and attack the city directly.
"promise."
Upon Jiang Qin's order, the soldiers in the fifth army immediately raised their shields and covered their heads to block the arrows that might appear.
"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow quickly, push them down."
The first group of archers on the city wall did not hesitate and directly ordered the soldiers to fire arrows to suppress the Chinese soldiers who were close at hand.
"Delay the attack and defend on the spot."
Without Jiang Qin's order, the captains in the front row immediately began to direct their soldiers to defend on the spot with shields.
The phalanx composed of shields blocked all the arrows flying from the city, and the actual losses of the five armies were minimal.
"The archers fired back."
Jiang Qin saw a wave of arrows from the enemy and directly ordered his own archers to fight back with bows and arrows.
For a moment, a screen of arrows appeared and flew directly towards the enemies on the city wall.
"Half-crouch to dodge. Where is the shield bearer? Is he coming up?"
Lieutenant Bratra was in charge of commanding the archers. When they saw the opponent's arrows flying towards them, they had no swords and shields to defend themselves. They could only hope to half-crouch and use the edge of the city wall to block the enemy's attacks.
Feather arrows.
For a moment, the archers who came up to the city squatted down to avoid the arrows flying from under the city wall, but the edge of the city wall was so high after all. The archers of the fifth army fired again, and the top of the city wall instantly turned blood red.
"Fire back with arrows and shoot them to death. Also, the shield bearer, can you run faster? If it's too late, all my people will be dead."
Seeing his soldiers being shot to death, Bratra's eyes were filled with anger.
After hearing Bulatla's order, although the Kushan soldiers suffered heavy casualties, no one hesitated and stood up one after another to attack the Shesheng Five Army below the city.
"Sword and Shield Hand, defense."
The captain in charge of the sword and shield bearers, Enthale, rushed to the city wall and did not hesitate to order the shield bearers to protect the archers.
"Suppress them for me, protected by the shield bearer. I want to see who is more powerful,"
Now with the protection of the shield bearer, Bratra's confidence was instantly sufficient, and he directly ordered the archers to suppress the opponent's archers.
"Instruct the soldiers to retreat slowly, and then send a signal to Yuan Wei, telling him not to worry, now is the time to launch."
Seeing more and more enemies on the city wall, Jiang Qin directly ordered the soldiers to retreat. Now the battlefield should be handed over to Yuan Wei's trebuchets.
"Captain Yuan Wei, General Jiang Qin has an order, so you don't have to worry about firing."
Soon Jiang Qin's people came to the school captain Yuan Wei and conveyed his wishes.
"Each department will be released according to the scheduled settings."
Jiang Qin was still a hundred steps away from the city wall. For the trebuchet, even scattered bullets were out of the attack range. Yuan Wei had nothing to worry about and directly ordered the trebuchet to attack.
"put,"
"put."
"put."
Following the trebuchet captains' orders one by one, fifty trebuchets were launched together, and the dark cloud-like barrage appeared again, drifting towards the city wall.
"Hurry down the city wall, this is bait."
Seeing the scattered shells appearing in the air and the slowly retreating fifth army, Enthale immediately understood that they had been fooled. This was a feint attack by the opponent, and their real purpose was to kill and injure their own soldiers.
For a time, there was great chaos on the city wall. The soldiers were fighting for the passage down the city wall, and some people were even pushed directly from the city wall.
However, no matter how fast they ran, they could not fly as fast as the bullets from the trebuchets. The chaotic Kushan army faced a torrential attack. Rivers of blood flowed directly, and the city wall instantly became much emptyer.
Fortunately, the attack of the trebuchet is still indirect, and there will be a short pause after a wave of stone bullets.
"Reporting the news to Your Majesty, I want to turn the feint attack into a main attack. Now the enemy's wall is in chaos. It's time to attack the wall."
Jiang Qin looked at the heavily damaged city wall, and a gleam flashed in his eyes. If he took the initiative now, turned the feint attack into a main attack, and took down the chaotic city wall in one fell swoop, he thought he still had a good chance.
"General Dian Wei and General Jiang Qin believe that the current chaos on the city wall is an opportunity to turn the feint attack into a main attack and capture the city wall in one fell swoop, so he requested to attack now."
Jiang Qin's people came directly outside the commander's platform, but were stopped by the guards. Not everyone was qualified to approach the commander's platform where Yuan Shu was.
"I see,"
Dian Wei nodded and went directly to report Jiang Qin's thoughts to Yuan Shu.
"Dian Wei, go in person and tell Jiang Qin that it is not the time yet. He can continue to move forward and pretend to attack the city wall, but he can only get closer to the city wall fifty steps at most. If the other party does not take the bait, he will withdraw immediately. Do you understand?"
Hearing Jiang Qin's suggestion, Yuan Shu couldn't help but frowned. What he wanted was to capture the military fortress in front of him neatly and neatly, not a bloody battle. Otherwise, he wouldn't have ordered the assembly of the nightmare trebuchet from the beginning.
Now is the time to turn your feint attack into a real attack, but if you don't have a chariot to follow, then you're risking your own soldiers' lives, aren't you?
"promise."
Soon Dian Wei came to Jiang Qin in the front row with Yuan Shu's decree.
"His Majesty's decree is to order General Jiang Qin to continue to move forward and pretend to attack the city wall, but no more than fifty steps closer to the city wall. If the opponent does not take the bait, he must withdraw immediately."
"Jiang Qin accepted the order."
Jiang Qin heard Yuan Shu's decree and nodded directly to accept it, but his eyes were still full of loneliness.
"General Jiang Qin, don't be discouraged. Your Majesty must have a reason for not allowing the city wall to be attacked now. As subordinate generals, we only need to carry out your Majesty's will. Moreover, your Majesty has never made a wrong decision since he raised the army. As long as we obey, we will definitely be able to
Achieve victory."
Dian Wei, who came to deliver the message, saw the loneliness in Jiang Qin's eyes and couldn't help but comfort him.
"Jiang Qin understands and thanks General Dianwei."
Jiang Qin cupped his fists and saluted Dian Wei. This was Yuan Shu's most trusted minister, and he did not dare to offend him.
"Remember, you must not be reckless. His Majesty said fifty steps, but you can't go beyond even one step. I'm leaving."
Dian Wei returned the favor to Jiang Qin, then rode away, leaving the place in charge of Jiang Qin.
"The whole army is here, keep moving forward and pretend to attack the city wall."
Jiang Qin glanced at Yuan Shu on the commander's platform and directly ordered the soldiers to continue to launch a feint attack on the city wall.
The Kushan garrison on the city wall fled down the city wall in panic. Seeing the Chinese army attacking again, they immediately rushed to Kantraqi in a panic to report the situation.
"The Chinese people are really insidious. They clearly want to fish for us and hit our weak spots. What should we do now?"
Bratla couldn't help but frown when he heard the news. They had already been caught by fish just once, and it was so annoying to come here again this time.
"what to do?
Wait, at worst, we will engage in hand-to-hand combat with them on the city wall. Anyway, without the carriages, it will be difficult for them to attack the city wall with ladders alone. I still don’t believe it. During hand-to-hand combat, they dare to launch siege weapons."
After hearing Bratra's words, Cantraqi gritted his teeth directly, don't you want to fish?
If I don't bite the hook, the worst I can do is let you attack the city with a ladder, and then fight you hand-to-hand on the city wall.
"yes."
Cantraqi's current function is to stabilize the sea. With him in the city, the soldiers and horses cannot be in chaos.
Sure enough, after hearing Cantraci's order, the previously impetuous soldiers calmed down instantly, and everyone geared up, ready to wait for the enemy to enter the city and engage in hand-to-hand combat with them.
"General, the enemy has reached fifty steps from the city wall."
Although Kantraqi's order was to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent on the city wall, the soldiers above still told the situation of the Chinese army on the city wall at any time.
"Wait until they are ten steps away and then report."
Cantraqi glanced at the other party. He was counting the numbers like this now. Apart from making the soldiers more impatient, it would have no effect at all.
"General, it's fifty steps."
Over there, he was already determined to be a coward, but here, Jiang Qin was also in a dilemma. On one side, he had the undefended city wall, and on the other side, he had the emperor Yuan Shu's order.
