Eight hundred and seventieth chapters fierce battle
Chapter 874 Fierce Battle
A series of earth-shaking crashes resounded throughout the sky. Although these twenty heavy bullets only hit twelve or thirteen, and the damage to the city wall was not great, at this moment, the hearts of all the Hechi defenders were directly shaken.
The defense was broken.
They can accept that the enemy uses ladders and carts to climb the city, and they can understand that the enemy uses city rams to breach the city gate, but they cannot accept and understand that a huge stone directly hits the city wall from such a long distance.
"Adjust the angles each, reload five rounds in a row, then switch to five rounds in a scattershot round, and release."
The captain took a look at the effect of the heavy bombs. Although it was not ideal, it was not a problem. He directly ordered the trebuchet to adjust its angle. Five consecutive rounds of heavy bombs disrupted the enemy's formation, and then he switched to using shotguns to kill the enemy in a large area.
Soon the trebuchets adjusted their angles, and then heavy bullets soared into the sky and hit the city wall of Hechi again.
"Your Majesty, be careful."
Seeing the stone bullets coming, the guards around Dou Mao immediately pulled him away. Dou Mao was shocked and started to escape with the guards.
Dou Mao even started to dodge, not to mention the other soldiers and horses on the city wall. They all scattered on the city wall like headless flies to avoid the stone bullets falling from the sky.
As stone bullets flew one after another, smashed corpses and broken limbs were scattered everywhere on the city wall.
After five more bullets, more terrifying shotguns followed, like a blizzard directly shrouding the city wall in shadow.
Dou Maojun was dumbfounded when he saw the rain of stone bullets. After the heavy bullets, there were still scattered bullets. What was going on?
"Shield, defense."
Dou Mao roared loudly, and the guards around him suddenly woke up from a dream, and each of them carried a shield and surrounded Dou Mao.
"boom."
"Peng."
"Peng."
Like the sound of rain hitting banana trees, the sound resounded throughout the city. Compared with heavy bullets, shotguns were more lethal. Even with shield protection, they could not withstand hard kills. Everyone's head was hit by shotguns and blood flowed, and they fell to the ground.
In a pool of blood.
There was a wailing on the city wall, and there were countless casualties. Seeing this situation, Xun You did not hesitate and directly ordered the army to attack the city.
"kill."
"kill."
"kill."
As the main force in the siege, the Zhenxi Army carried ladders and pushed three simple building carts and began to attack Hechi City.
"The enemy is coming and the archers are firing their arrows."
Dou Mao was safe and sound under the protection of his personal guards. When he saw the enemy starting to attack the city, he directly ordered the archers to defend with bows and arrows.
The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The soldiers on the city wall suffered heavy casualties and were in chaos. They could not organize effective defense measures at all. Therefore, the Zhenxi Army filled the moat with soldiers and horses without too many casualties.
aisle.
When the passage appeared, the Zhenxi Army did not hesitate, carrying the ladder and directly attacking the city wall.
"Quick, quick, defend, defend."
After a while, the Zhenxi Army filled up the moat. Dou Mao stamped his feet angrily on the city wall. After the panic, the soldiers and horses began to become calmer, and organized an attack on the Zhenxi Army under the city with bows and arrows.
"Continue shooting, don't stop, support the Zhenxi Army in attacking the city."
Seeing that Dou Mao's army had begun to fight back, Xun You couldn't help but frown, and then ordered the trebuchet to continue firing shotguns to suppress the city wall.
Originally, we thought that the enemy had already reached the city and the trebuchets should have stopped. However, following Xun You's military order, shotguns hit the top of the city like a heavy rain again.
"Dodge, duck."
Seeing the rainstorm of scattered bullets coming again, Dou Mao immediately ordered his soldiers to take cover, otherwise his troops would probably be dead if they were hit by two more waves.
The blood lessons quickly made Hua Dou Maojun grow up. One by one, he got behind the wall and put a shield on his head to guard against the rain of bullets falling from the sky.
Compared with Dou Mao's army on the city wall, the Zhenxi army was more orderly, because they had already cooperated with the trebuchets. Although there were occasional shotguns that knocked down their own people in a pool of blood, compared with the losses of the enemy on the city wall,
To put it bluntly, it's trivial.
"clatter."
"clatter."
"clatter."
With a crisp sound, the hook of the ladder reached the city wall, and then the Zhenxi Army began to climb the ladder and attack Hechi City.
"Kick them off."
Dou Mao saw that in such a short period of time the enemy had already begun to climb the city wall through the ladder. He was also stupid and could only yell at the soldiers to drive the enemy down.
As the Zhenxi Army climbed up the city wall, the trebuchet's shotguns could no longer be fired, because all living beings are equal with this thing. No matter whether we are the enemy or not, they would all be killed equally. Shooting shotguns would cause too much damage to one's own soldiers and horses.
Already.
One by one, the Zhenxi Army climbed the city wall with steel knives in their teeth. Facing the enemy's attack on the wall, they could only use their flesh and blood to rush and touch them, and there was no other way to risk their lives.
Although Dou Mao's army occupies the advantage of the city wall, they were seriously injured by the wave of trebuchets just now. There are only less than 20,000 soldiers and thousands of cavalry in the city. There are only more than 10,000 people on the actual city wall.
At this time, three thousand people were killed, and the remaining people scattered. Some places had more soldiers, and some places had fewer soldiers. It was impossible to defend the city wall in every aspect.
Places with many soldiers could resist the Zhenxi Army's attack, while places with few soldiers were directly attacked by them on the city wall.
"Your Majesty, they are coming to kill you."
When a general saw that the Zhenxi Army had attacked the city wall in a wave, he rushed to Dou Mao in a panic.
"Coming to kill?
Drive them down, tell the cavalry to dismount, and go up to the city."
Hearing that the enemy was actually charging up the city wall, Dou Mao was a little confused. He still had reserve troops, but they were all cavalry. Now he had to let these cavalry dismount and mount the city wall to support the battlefield.
"promise."
Thousands of cavalrymen who had been arrayed in the city under Dou Mao's order dismounted and began to climb the city wall through the stairs of the city wall to support the battle.
With the support of the cavalry on the city wall, the offensive of the Zhenxi Army was directly suppressed. Although it was suppressed by the new cavalry on the city wall, the bridgehead of the Zhenxi Army had become indestructible. As more and more Zhenxi Army went up the city wall,
Their range began to expand again, and they began to counterattack towards the surroundings.
"Throw kerosene."
Seeing the critical situation, Dou Mao directly brought out the ultimate weapon of the defenders, the ancient killer weapon, kerosene.
One by one, the soldiers held clay pots filled with kerosene and ran towards the city wall, but now the city wall was in chaos. Only a few people could really rush to the city wall, and these were only those who were guarding the city wall.
They simply couldn't kill the place occupied by the Zhenxi Army.
Cans of kerosene fell from the sky and hit the city wall. The unpleasant smell of kerosene instantly filled the sky.
"The soldiers on the east side retreated, turned to the west side of the city wall, and continued to climb the city wall."
Yang Qiu is now serving as a captain in the Zhenxi Army. When he saw the kerosene thrown down, he knew that he could no longer hold on here, otherwise the kerosene together would cause huge casualties to the soldiers, and the city wall on the west side had now been breached by them.
Multiple bridgeheads, where there is no threat of kerosene, make it easier to scale the city walls.
After receiving Yang Qiu's order, the Zhenxi Army on the east side of the city wall abandoned the city wall without any hesitation and began to move toward the west side of the city wall.
"set fire."
The Zhenxi Army began to retreat, and the torches on the city wall were thrown down.
"boom."
A spark lit up thousands of miles of fertile fields, and a fire dragon instantly appeared under the city wall, sweeping across the entire east wall with surging firepower.
Although the flames were burning, the Zhenxi Army had already moved ahead. Except for some unlucky ones who ran slowly, most of them were only burned to pieces. With their support, there were more soldiers and horses on the west wall.
"Everyone supports the west wall."
Dou Mao could now see that the city wall on the east side was intact. Now as long as they drove off Yuan Shu's army on the west wall, they would be able to hold on. Otherwise, if the west wall deteriorated, Hechi City would be doomed.
"Order the trebuchet to intercept the enemies on the east wall."
Xun You had a clear view from behind and knew that the west wall was the key and that the enemy's troops were also moving from east to west. He directly ordered the trebuchets to suppress them and block their support.
"We have them all, suppress Dongcheng."
After receiving the order, the captain directly commanded the trebuchet to suppress it.
Scattered bullets like dark clouds soared into the sky again, suppressing Dou Mao's army who was maneuvering towards the west wall.
"Rush, rush, rush."
Seeing the rain of bullets coming, Dou Mao's mood fell to the bottom. If they were suppressed and couldn't rush through, as more and more enemies climbed onto the city wall, he would be defeated and killed in the end.
Although Dou Mao gave the order to charge, the soldiers and horses on the city wall were not fools. If they charged against the sky full of stone bullets, they would not be warriors but corpses.
One by one, they leaned against the wall stacks, holding their shields and began to move towards the west wall at a very fast speed.
After such a long battle, the three simple trucks were finally slowly pushed to the west side of the city wall.
"Place the tie-board."
Three planks were instantly put on the city wall.
"rush."
"Kill."
"kill."
The plank was opened, and the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army who had been prepared for a long time roared and jumped over the plank directly onto the city wall, supporting the soldiers on the wall and starting to fight.
With three towers, there were three more steps to climb the city wall. One by one, the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army passed through the towers and began to climb the city wall as quickly as possible.
"It's over."
More and more soldiers of the Zhenxi Army came to the city, and their original area was directly enlarged, and Dou Mao's army began to counterattack on both sides.