Ten thousand soldiers looked solemnly at the approaching enemy troops.
"Hoo!"
Someone exhaled heavily.
My body has not yet recovered to its peak, so I can only rely on breathing to adjust my condition.
On the city wall, another wave of arrows and falling rocks have been added.
Most of these supplies were left behind by Yang Bai.
At the beginning, Yang Bai originally thought that he would defend Yangping Pass. In this pass, there were a lot of arrows, rocks, rolling trees, and a lot of them.
After a day and night of fighting, only about 30% of it was consumed.
At Wang Ding's feet, there are now more than ten clay pots, all filled with kerosene.
Zhang Lu's army stopped a mile away.
After a while, more than a thousand believers approached holding wooden shields.
They did not attack, but began to clean up the corpses under the city.
Corpses piled up outside the city blocked ladders and siege engines.
Wang Ding didn't want to let them clean up the corpse easily.
Order the soldiers on the wall to shoot with bows and arrows.
But each opponent held a wooden shield in their hands. The wooden shield was only half a person's height, but it was bent enough to hide the entire body behind the wooden shield. At most, only a calf was exposed.
It is difficult for arrows to hit these believers. Ninety-nine percent of the arrows are blocked by wooden shields.
I can only watch them and drag away the bodies on the ground.
Although the effect was not great, the rain of arrows on the city wall did not stop.
No matter what, let them drag the body away easily.
If you delay a little longer, the duration of the next battle will be shorter.
Ten thousand soldiers, taking turns shooting.
Arrows continued to fall and stuck in the opponent's wooden shield.
They held up wooden shields, bent over, and slowly dragged the corpse away, like hedgehogs.
It took the opponent more than an hour to barely clear a road that could allow the ladder siege vehicle to pass.
From the rear, the 50,000-strong army finally began to advance.
Not fast.
Ladders and siege engines were pushed forward.
Walking at the front was a row of shield bearers, not the ones holding wooden shields before.
It is an iron shield that is as tall as a person and requires both hands to move.
They walked at the front, blocking most of the arrow rain.
The person at the back holds a small shield in his hand and puts it directly on his head.
The threat of arrow rain from the Han army was reduced to a minimum.
Wang Ding picked up a stone as big as a person's head and threw it towards the distance.
The stone drew a beautiful parabola in the air, landed heavily on the enemy, and hit a small shield.
The huge force broke the arm of the person under the small shield, and then smashed his head.
Wang Ding's strength is not great, but the power of a stone thrown from a city wall more than two feet high has nothing to do with his strength.
The stronger the force, the farther the stone will be thrown.
Zhang Lu was well prepared.
The ladder has been pushed to the edge of the city wall, and each believer is grabbing the ladder and climbing up.
The siege engines hit the city gate hard.
Above the siege vehicle, there is a wooden board with a foot of iron wrapped behind it. Not only can arrows not be able to penetrate it, but even if rocks are thrown down, the people hiding under the siege vehicle cannot be hurt.
Wang Ding smashed three clay pots at the siege vehicle, then lit a torch and threw it down.
The roof of the siege vehicle instantly burst into flames.
But because it is covered with iron sheets, the flames only burn on the top of the siege vehicle, which only makes them feel uncomfortable for those hiding below.
If you want to burn through this layer of iron, you will probably smash a dozen clay pots, but it may not be effective.
When Wang Ding set fire to the siege truck, Gao Shun also threw a clay pot at a ladder.
But when the pottery pot was thrown over, the believer above hit him with a shield.
Gao Shun immediately directed several other soldiers to throw clay pots towards the ladder.
It is not that easy for the siege vehicle below to break open the city gate.
On the contrary, these tall ladders make it easy for enemies to climb onto the city wall with the help of ladders.
That is to say, there are no strong generals in Zhang Lu’s army.
Although Yang Bai and Yang Ang have some strength, they do not dare to take risks easily and brave the rain of arrows to climb the ladder themselves.
The two of them are still hiding in the military formation behind Zhang Lu.
Yang Ren is dead, Yang Bai has been defeated once before, and Yang Ang no longer dares to face Wang Ding's army directly.
Zhang Lu did not expect these two people to charge into battle.
The two of them really had to go up hard and be killed by the Han army later, which would only affect their morale.
Relying on Yang Bai and Yang Ang, Zhang Lu might as well rely on his followers.
These believers have faith, are not afraid of death, and are obedient.
If he didn't give the order to retreat, no one would retreat.
Fifty thousand believers, one after another.
Because they are well prepared and after yesterday's battle, they all have experience.
Facing a denser rain of arrows today, the casualties were smaller than yesterday.
Everyone has a small wooden shield in his hand to ward off flying arrows.
At the rear, Zhang Lu also mobilized a group of archers.
They were his original retained soldiers, more than five thousand in number. These people were in the rear, shooting at the city wall with bows and arrows.
They are not afraid of accidentally injuring their own people, just to suppress the Han army on the city wall.
More than five thousand arrows flew up from the city, like locusts.
Wang Ding also didn't expect that Zhang Lu had this method.
This is also the first city defense battle that Wang Ding has participated in.
The Qiang people, the Huns, Ma Chao of Liangzhou, and Han Sui who had surrendered.
Most of them were surrounded by cavalry. When attacking the city, these methods were not displayed at all.
Gao Shun was outside Wudu City, logging wood and making ladder siege engines, but he did not use them later. Those equipment are still left in Wudu City.
When the arrows rained down, the Han troops on the city wall had to lie down and hide behind the wall stacks.
Even so, some people were still hit by arrows.
They did not have shields, and there were very few bunkers on the city wall. That is, they had to be close to the wall stacks to avoid being shot.
Some arrows were shot directly on the city wall and then fell down, while some arrows were shot directly into the city.
Obviously, the archer in Zhang Lu's hands has good control over arrows. It not only suppressed the Han army on the city wall, but also did not affect the teammates who were attacking the city.
Wang Ding escaped the rain of arrows and immediately commanded his own archers to counterattack.
The enemy troops attacking the city in front have shields to resist them, and arrows are not a high threat to them.
But the archers in the rear were completely exposed to their sight at this moment.
The opponent can shoot arrows from the bottom of the city to the top of the city.
It is easier for the Han army standing on the city wall to fight back.
A dense rain of arrows was fired at the opponent's archers.
It’s as if the previous scene is being replayed in reverse.
However, Zhang Lu was obviously prepared, and a group of shield soldiers stood in front of the group of archers.
Blocked most of the arrows for them.
It’s just Zhang Lu, but he’s so difficult to deal with.
On the city wall, Wang Ding watched as most of the arrow rain was blocked by the opponent, and the opponent's archers suffered very few casualties.
He could only let some of his soldiers continue shooting at the opponent.
The group of archers under the city were too much of a threat, and he had to deal with them first.
The two sides exchanged fire, but the Han army was on the city wall and had an advantageous location.