Seeing the enemy crossing the moat easily, the captain's eyes were extremely anxious.
"Reinforcements are on their way up."
A team leader glanced at the bottom of the city. Soldiers were running towards the city through the stairs.
After two waves of stone bullets, the soldiers on the city wall gradually regained their composure, and began to use bows and arrows to attack Xu Rong's army who rushed under the city wall.
"Shield defense, ladder truck, lift it up for me."
Without Xu Rong's command, the Xiliang Army's excellent tactical skills also allowed them to immediately raise their shields above their heads to defend against arrows falling from the sky. At the same time, ladder trucks accelerated to the top of the city wall.
"Climb the ladder, go up the city wall, where's the trebuchet, don't stop hitting me."
The ladder has been set up, and now it’s time to storm the city. This is the biggest test for the siege troops, because even if they can climb the city wall along the ladder, they will face shields, spears, and spears, so
Now even if one's side has reached the bottom of the city wall, it still needs trebuchets to fire stone projectiles to suppress the city wall.
"Heavy bomb, free fire, suppress the city wall, release."
As if hearing Xu Rong's voice, the trebuchet captain directly ordered the trebuchet that had just stopped to load heavy bombs again and launch an attack on the east city wall.
"Don't be afraid of them. Shoot arrows for me and knock them down."
Seeing the stone bullets falling from the sky, and Yuan Shu's army climbing up with steel knives in their teeth, the captain went crazy and issued military orders to the soldiers around him while holding the stone bullets.
"Peng."
"Peng."
"Peng."
Continuous stone bullets hit the city wall heavily, sending the Yangzhou Army soldiers around them flying backwards. But now the Yangzhou Army soldiers were also fighting crazy. Regardless of the stone bullets above their heads, they focused on Yuan Shu on the ladder.
Army attack.
The battle reached a climax from the beginning. One by one, Yangzhou soldiers were killed. One by one, Yuan Shu's soldiers were killed from the ladders and smashed down the city. At the same time, countless Yangzhou soldiers climbed up the city through the stairs.
Head support the battlefield.
"Where's the truck? Where's the truck?
Why haven't you come up yet? Raise the flag and let the trebuchets suppress their reinforcements with shotguns."
Xu Rong watched his soldiers die miserably one by one, but he didn't even frown. The Xiliang army under his command was dominated by Dong Zhuo's army. These men had experienced hundreds of battles, and siege the city was no problem. Now this
Sacrifice all the time, death is just a common occurrence for them.
"Colonel, Xu Rongjun raised the flag. He wants us to give up suppressing the city wall and instead suppress the Yangzhou Army reinforcements on both sides."
The commander saw the battle flag appearing in Xu Rong's army and immediately conveyed the flag message to the captain.
"The trebuchets scattered shells to suppress the reinforcements on both sides."
After hearing the commander's words, the captain did not hesitate and directly ordered the trebuchet to change the target and shoot the shotguns to both sides to suppress the Yangzhou army rushing up from there.
The Xiliang army fought very resolutely and bravely, but the Yangzhou army also fought hard. Even if the Xiliang army jumped on the top of the city, there would be soldiers from the Yangzhou army holding them and falling from the city top.
"Fire the arrow."
Finally, the slow-moving truck arrived near the city wall, and the archers above also bent their bows and fired arrows to suppress the Yangzhou army on the wall.
"Use kerosene, quickly, use kerosene."
Seeing the enemy's truck approaching, the captain gritted his teeth and ordered to use kerosene.
Upon hearing the captain's order, the soldiers picked up the hidden pots and threw them under the city wall one by one.
"withdraw."
Seeing the kerosene falling from the sky, Xu Rong couldn't help but frown. He knew the threat kerosene posed to the siege soldiers, so even though they were about to rush to the city, he had to order the army to retreat.
After hearing Xu Rong's order, the troops under his command did not hesitate and began to retreat backwards with long strides. The soldiers who climbed up the ladder even jumped from a place of two or three meters, even if they were lame, they rolled and crawled backwards.
retreat.
"set fire."
Although Xu Rong had already begun to retreat, the captain still ordered the fire without hesitation.
Countless torches fell from the sky and hit the kerosene below the city. They exploded instantly like sparks hitting the earth. The blazing flames appeared instantly, like a fire dragon directly surrounding the entire east city wall.
Countless figures are rolling and wailing in the flames, but this is of no use. No matter you are an elite or a militia, all living beings are equal under the flames and can only gradually perish in the flames.
But the best news is that the building carriage is still some distance away from the city wall. Even if the flames are blazing, they have to retreat.
"How about it?"
Xu Rong led the army back to the military formation. Yan Liang looked at him and asked directly.
"Something's wrong. It feels like they have a lot of soldiers and horses, and the soldiers guarding the city are high in fighting spirit. This East City is not easy to fight."
Xu Rong glanced at Yan Liang and directly expressed his feelings. Dongcheng was difficult to fight because he had too many soldiers and horses. No matter how much damage was done, they would be replenished from below the city. Even if the trebuchets suppressed the stairs on both sides, their soldiers and horses
It didn't collapse. It was obvious that this was due to absolute confidence in one's own side.
"Then let's postpone the siege and set up camp."
Now that the other side is on guard, Yan Liang is not a fool. It is not easy to storm a prepared Dongcheng, so let’s put down the original idea and wait and see first.
"Well, let's set up camp."
Seeing that Yan Liang did not choose to attack by force, Zhang Zhao also nodded. Fortunately, he did not choose to continue to attack the city.
"Then I'll wait and explore the surrounding areas."
After hearing the two people's decision, Zhang He also nodded and waited to explore the surrounding situation.
"You guys stay here while I go report the news to Mr. Zhou Wei."
Seeing Yuan Shu's army withdrawing, the captain left the city wall and ran toward the city.
"Lord Zhou Wei, the enemy has retreated."
The captain came to Zhou Ping and reported the battle situation to him.
"Well, thank you for your hard work Mingfang, what are our losses?"
Zhou Ping glanced at the captain Li Yun, his eyes also full of relaxation.
"Our losses are not small. A rough estimate shows that the losses are at least five to six thousand people, and the injured are countless."
When Zhou Ping asked about the losses, Li Yun also frowned and gave his rough estimate.
“How long did it take for the casualties to be so heavy?
Where is Yuan Shujun?
How many casualties are there?”
Li Yun's figures really surprised Zhou Ping. You must know that this offensive and defensive battle lasted only an hour, but there were five to six thousand people lost. It was so fierce.
"Roughly around two to three thousand people."
Li Yun frowned even more, and then said a number that made him feel ashamed.
"Two or three thousand people?
Haha, the elite of the Jizhou army is indeed unmatched in the world."
After hearing that Yuan Shu's army only suffered casualties of about two to three thousand people, Zhou Ping showed a rare open-mindedness.
Yuan Shu's Jizhou Army is a rare and powerful force in the world. It can break the laws of siege warfare. It is acceptable to suffer far fewer casualties than his own. After all, the city wall is defended. That's fine. He has an army of 70,000 and can afford it.
