The Chinese army also pressed the pause button at the same time, and all units were preparing for battle. Only the craftsmen responsible for assembling the carts were speeding up, striving to assemble these carts as quickly as possible.
Time passed by minute by second, and the carriages stood up at a speed visible to the naked eye. Finally, the construction was completed, and twenty trebuchets stood on the opposite side of the city wall like twenty giants.
"Military advisor, twenty trucks are ready and can launch an attack at any time."
Xu Huang came to Jia Xu again. This time, twenty trucks were ready. Is it time to attack?
"Okay, let's take the Hengye Army as the vanguard, the Xuzhou Army as the auxiliary, and the rest of the troops and horses to accompany them and attack the city wall. In addition, there will be flying troops, trapped troops, and the Tiger Army ready to participate in the attack at any time."
Now that everything is ready, Jia Xu has nothing to say and must attack.
"The military advisor has ordered us to attack."
"Beat the drum."
"Dong dong dong."
With the continuous sound of war drums, the already prepared army began to push the carts towards the city wall of Heldvar.
"The enemy has launched an attack. The enemy has launched an attack."
The Chinese army launched an attack, and the soldiers on the city wall immediately reported the news to the Kushan general Hariwan who was under the city.
"General, go up to the city wall, the Chinese are coming to kill you."
Upon hearing that China was launching an attack, Politra immediately asked Harrivan for a fight.
"It's not possible now. Please tell the army not to take action and stay calm for a while."
Hariwan shook his head. He knew very well that China was powerful. The opponent's trebuchets must be ready now. As long as he dared to climb the city wall now, he would definitely usher in a hail of death bullets.
"but."
Glancing at Harrivan, Politra was also a little anxious.
"No buts, tell the soldiers on the city wall to wait until the Chinese are within fifty steps, no, thirty steps, before reporting back."
Harrivan didn't have any unnecessary nonsense and directly gave his order.
"yes."
The Kushan army did not respond, and the Chinese side was not surprised, because no one could resist their own trebuchet.
The Chinese army marched unhurriedly. On the one hand, it maintained its own physical strength, and on the other hand, it was able to continuously put pressure on the enemy, keeping their soldiers under their own pressure.
"Have the enemies arrived yet?"
After a while, Hariwan became a little impatient. According to common sense, the enemy should have arrived at such a short distance, but there is no news yet.
"I'll send someone over immediately to check."
Politra also frowned, and immediately sent people to climb the city wall to explore the situation.
"General, the Chinese army is still more than a hundred steps away from the city wall."
The scouts from the upper city came back immediately and reported China's intelligence to the two of them.
"wait."
After hearing the news, Hariwan also put down his worries. Now all they can do is wait.
Time passed little by little, and the Chinese army was getting closer and closer to the city wall of Heldvar, one hundred steps, eighty steps, fifty steps, and thirty steps.
"Beat the drum and notify the general to come to the city."
Seeing that the enemy was already thirty steps away, the soldiers on the city wall immediately beat the war drums beside them.
"Dong dong dong."
As the war drums beat, the Kushan troops under the city were instantly shaken, and they all looked in the direction of Hariwan.
"The whole army went up to the city wall and fought to the death."
Hariwan directly drew the long sword from his waist and ordered the entire army to go to the city wall and fight to the death with the Chinese army.
"Fight to the death."
"Fight to the death."
"Fight to the death."
Politra also drew out the steel knife from his waist, held up his shield and was the first to rush towards the city wall.
Countless Kushan troops gritted their teeth, held up their shields, and rushed towards the city wall with the opponent.
"The enemy is coming. The archers on the carriages fired arrows to suppress the enemies on the wall, and the remaining soldiers accelerated their advance."
Seeing that the enemy began to support the city wall, Xu Huang immediately issued corresponding orders.
There were twenty carriages, each with fifty archers on them. Upon hearing Xu Huang's order, a thousand archers began to bend their bows and set arrows to suppress the Kushan soldiers on the city wall.
"The archers counterattack, and the remaining soldiers take up positions, preparing for hand-to-hand combat."
Politra also felt the threat from the Chinese archers and immediately ordered his archers to launch a counterattack against the enemy.
Immediately, the archers from both sides began the first round of confrontation. On one side, there were protective fences to protect the Chinese archers, and on the other side, the Kushan army whose numbers far exceeded the Chinese army.
The two sides fought back and forth, but the Chinese army was too close to the city wall, and in a short time the truck had reached the edge of the city wall.
"Place the tie-board."
Xu Huang gave an order, and twenty carts opened their planks one after another and put them on the city wall.
"charge."
Now that the planks were put down, the soldiers who had already been prepared did not hesitate, passed the carriages with their shields on their shoulders, and jumped to the top of the city wall of Heldvar.
"kill."
The Chinese soldiers climbed onto the city wall, and the Kushan army's accumulated anger had a place to vent. They rushed over with roars and fought with the Chinese soldiers.
The Hengye Army and the Xuzhou Army were both the top elites in China where powerful troops were rampant. Facing the Kushan soldiers and horses, they had an absolute advantage in both combat skills and psychology.
The two elite armies faced the Kushan army that was coming like a tide. They faced it calmly and beat the opponent to the point of doubt. However, the Kushan army took advantage of their absolute advantage in numbers and suppressed Lou without fear of death.
Chinese soldiers beside the car.
The battle has reached a climax from the beginning, and both sides are fighting with their lives. At this point, there is nothing more to say. Either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. There will be no third result.
"Gongming, the troops are somewhat unable to deploy. The enemy's numerical advantage is too great."
Looking at the battle on the city wall, Zang Ba also frowned. He originally thought that after such a long attack, the enemy's morale should have been greatly affected. Who knows that now they are looking at everything as before, and their morale is also high.
Scary.
"Order the trebuchets to straf the city walls with shotguns."
The fight is like this, and Xu Huang has no choice. If he wants to open up the situation, he can only fight with the opponent desperately.
"Trebuchets strafing the city walls?"
Hearing Xu Huang's words, Zang Ba couldn't help but be shocked. In his opinion, the failure to open the situation may be because his soldiers are not strong enough, but now you have to use trebuchets to carry out indiscriminate attacks, which is a bit difficult for him to accept.
"Do you have any other good ideas now?
Only by defeating the enemy and making them fearful can we open a bloody path and take down the wall of Heldvar in one fell swoop."
Compared to Zang Ba's hesitation, Xu Huang's eyes were extremely firm. In his opinion, if he wanted to capture Heldvar in one fell swoop, he must make sacrifices. As for how much he would sacrifice, it would depend on how much loss the enemy could bear.
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"I don't agree. I can accept soldiers dying on the battlefield, but I can't accept them dying in the hands of my own people. If you insist on this, I will ask Mr. Zhou Mu to make a decision."
Zang Ba glanced at Xu Huang. He didn't know other people's soldiers, but most of the Xuzhou army under his command were sons of Xuzhou. They were all selected and trained by him. If they were killed by his own trebuchet, he would have no choice.
Say this to the elders in Xuzhou.
"If you don't agree, ask the Xuzhou Army to withdraw immediately. Hengye Army will bear these losses."
Since Zang Ba has said so, Xu Huang directly asked him to let the Xuzhou Army withdraw. Since you can't bear to see the loss of your own soldiers, let our Hengye Army take all the responsibility.
"No, no one can trample on the lives of our soldiers wantonly. I'm going to ask Mr. Zhou Mu to make a decision."
Zang Ba didn't say much. No matter whether it was the Xuzhou Army or the Hengye Army who died, these were good men of China and they couldn't just die in his own hands.
Seeing Zang Ba leave, Xu Huang also sighed. Since the other party insisted on it, everything depends on Jia Xu's decision.
"Military advisor, General Zang Ba is here."
Taishi Ci stood beside Jia Xu. His Tiger Army had suffered heavy losses and could only be used as a reserve army.
"military adviser."
Zang Ba knelt down on one knee and saluted Jia Xu.
"Get up, what happened?
Want you to come over now?"
To be honest, Jia Xu was not happy about Zang Ba abandoning the front line and coming here.
"Military advisor, the enemy's resistance on the city wall is fierce now, and it is difficult for the troops to open up the situation. Therefore, General Xu Huang proposed to use trebuchets to shoot at the city wall, regardless of the enemy's attack or our own, in order to cause huge casualties to the enemy. I do not agree with this.
So I came here to ask the military advisor for instructions."
Zang Ba recounted everything that happened on the front line in one breath, and at the same time stared into Jia Xu's eyes. He did not want the other party to say anything in support of Xu Huang.
"It's not yet the time for a life-and-death battle. We will use trebuchets to attack the enemy regardless of ourselves. Although it will cause huge damage to the enemy, it will also cause a lot of trouble to our own soldiers. If the situation cannot be opened,
, just retreat first and then look for opportunities."
Taishi Ci glanced at Zang Ba. Although he did not object to launching a trebuchet at him, and the Chinese army had done something similar, it was at the most critical time. If the trebuchet was not launched, it would probably cause a collapse.
Now it seems that they still have the advantage, but they just can't open up the situation, so they have to open fire on their own people, which will be somewhat disadvantageous.
"Well, what you said makes sense. It's not good to attack one's own people no matter what the reason is, so try not to do this if you can. General Zang Ba, take my order and ask General Xu Huang to come back to me.
