With the impact of the heavy crossbows, the Khitan warriors guarding the siege ram suffered heavy losses. After advancing more than a hundred meters, nearly a hundred Khitan warriors died. For every meter advanced, one soldier would die. If this is the case
If the losses were already heavy, then when the siege ram entered the shooting range of the archers on the city, the death rate of the Khitan people immediately accelerated several times and became several times more tragic!
If the city is broken, people will die. If the battering ram is allowed to approach the city, the already fragile city gate will not be able to withstand several impacts. Now that the Khitan people's bottom line is known, whether it is feather arrows or heavy crossbows, it seems to be free of charge.
The Khitan's battering ram was destroyed in one fell swoop last night because the Khitan didn't look in the right direction in the dark. When they got to the city not far away, they changed direction and exposed their flanks. The Han man operating the heavy crossbow
The soldiers seized the opportunity and fired five consecutive hits, finally knocking down the siege ram.
This time, the Khitans have obviously strengthened their protection of the siege ram. There is a thick giant shield in front of the siege ram, and the heavy crossbow fired from a long distance cannot knock down the siege ram very accurately. So, although
A large number of soldiers were consumed, but the battering ram still slowly rushed towards the city gate.
The Han archers on the city gate tower fired arrows like a rainstorm. The dense arrows even collided with each other in mid-air and many fell off. The Khitan warriors pushing the siege ram died one after another.
Within a distance of 200 meters after entering the shooting range, at least six to seven hundred Khitan warriors were shot to death as the battering ram pushed forward.
Liu Mao looked at the approaching battering ram and shouted angrily: "Turn the heavy crossbow and shoot at those ladders. The battering ram has already reached the front of the city. When it gets closer, hit it with rocks and logs!"
The soldiers immediately carried out the order. Due to the angle problem, the heavy crossbows no longer posed a threat to the siege ram. The Khitan people, who were carrying the ladders like ants carrying leaves, became the next targets of the heavy crossbows, one by one.
The heavy crossbow fired out, smashing the ladders to pieces. However, there were only a few heavy crossbows left on the city wall, but there were countless Khitan people carrying the ladders to kill them.
After reaching the shooting range, the Khitan archers still fired back. Although the Han army had a certain advantage by being condescending, they were more easily targeted by leaning out and standing on high ground. The Khitan people's shooting skills were very strong, even if they were
They could still hit the target on galloping horses. Now they formed a formation and fired their bows to suppress the Han archers on the city wall. With the huge gap in numbers, the Khitans began to gain the upper hand.
The Han archers on the city wall were so pressed that they could not lift their heads, and dense spikes of wolf-fang arrows flew over their heads. Some gritted their teeth and stood up to shoot an arrow outside, but they were almost there.
At the same time, his body was immediately hit by four or five wolf fang arrows. The soldier's body was hit by the wolf fang arrows and took a few steps back, then slowly fell down. His position was immediately filled by robes.
, hiding in the crenel and shooting at the same time.
The corpses outside the city had piled up very high. The Khitan people wiped the corpses of their companions and set up the ladder. The defenders on the city wall used their hooks to push the ladder away. The exposed defenders were hit by the Khitan's bows and arrows.
Shooting to death. Many people died every second. The most worthless thing at this moment was human life. Seeing that the Khitan people had rushed to the city, the Han soldiers began to throw stones and rolling logs at the city. They also attacked the Khitan last time.
Bodies of people left on the city wall.
A Han soldier raised a stone and wanted to smash it down. Then he raised the stone above his head. A wolf-fang arrow accurately shot his left chest. The feather arrow shot into the atrium, killing the still beating heart.
A hole was shot out. The Han soldier holding the stone gritted his teeth and smashed the stone down hard. The stone hit a Khitan soldier's head hard, instantly smashing the soldier's head to pieces. He lost it.
The Han soldier who lost strength fell from the city. He fell on the pile of Khitan corpses and rolled down. Immediately, a dozen Khitan warriors surrounded him and slashed with scimitars like crazy. For just a moment, the Han soldiers
The soldiers had turned into a puddle of flesh with no human form.
A Khitan soldier had just climbed up the ladder. When he looked up, he saw two Han soldiers carrying a pot of boiling oil and pouring it down. The hot oil poured directly on his body and immediately burned his eyes. He was blinded.
He screamed and fell from the ladder. His familiar companion tried to pull him up, but he pulled his arm hard and pulled off a layer of flesh. The bright red flesh made people think.
He wanted to vomit. He whined and rolled on the ground. Almost all his hair fell off while rolling, and the scalp with hair was also burned and rolled up.
He subconsciously rubbed his face, trying to wipe away the oil on his face. His fingers rubbed his face, and a layer of fleshy skin was immediately rubbed up, including his eyelids. A Centurion
Unable to bear to see him suffer anymore, he chopped off his head with a knife. The body without the head was still rolling, which was weird and scary.
Someone finally climbed onto the city wall, but he was soon cut into two pieces and fell off. When the first ladder was placed against the city wall, the Khitan's battering ram finally reached the outside of the city gate with difficulty.
The Han soldiers on the city gate began to smash rocks down crazily. Two people carried a heavy rolling log and smashed it down, killing a row of Khitan people standing at the front. The bodies hit by the rolling log were seen.
It was very flat and bloody. When the huge pressure suddenly came, the body that could not bear the pressure began to burst. The intestines were squeezed out from the anus, and the internal organs were spit out from the mouth.
Most of the soldiers pushing the battering ram were killed or injured immediately, and more soldiers were immediately added. Braving the suppression of the Khitan arrows, the Han army's archers desperately shot arrows at the Khitan soldiers pushing the cart.
Just under the city gate, the corpses of Khitan people and the corpses of Han soldiers that fell from the city almost blocked the city gate.
Liu Mao kept walking back and forth on the city wall, directing the soldiers to fight. He had just ordered two soldiers to pour down a pot of dung juice, and a stray arrow hit him in the heart with a pop.
Liu Mao had not thought that he might die in battle today, but he had not thought that death would come so easily and suddenly. He slowly lowered his head and looked at the arrow stuck in his chest, feeling the pain of the arrow piercing his heart.
He Bingliang turned around with difficulty, and Liu Mao looked at where the King of Han was. Although the King of Han did not see him, Liu Mao still used his last strength to perform a standard military salute.
Leaning back, the Han Hutinghou Liu Mao was so easily shot in the heart by a stray arrow and died.
The moment he fell, the last thing his eyes saw was the incomplete fiery red Han battle flag floating in the air above his head. Looking at the battle flag, Liu Mao slowly closed his eyes.
Almost no one discovered that Liu Mao died in the battle. All his soldiers had died in the battle last night. He died so heroically but silently. I wonder if he died with regret or a sense of relief?
At the moment when the battering ram hit the city gate, Liu Ling finally ordered to throw down more than a dozen of the few gunpowder packets. Gunpowder packets mainly used to kill people are not as capable of blasting away boulders as modern explosive packets.
But its power should not be underestimated. The iron chain hanging the siege ram was broken, and the heavy giant tree crashed to the ground, killing more than a dozen Khitan soldiers. Hundreds of Khitan soldiers near the siege ram were either
He was killed by bombs, or nailed to death by flying iron nails.
The dilapidated city gate was shaken by the bombing, but it stubbornly persisted and did not fall down. The Han soldiers who were pushing the gate inside the city gate were shocked to the point where their ears and noses bleed.
Finally, the huge numerical advantage gave the Khitans the upper hand, and more and more Khitan soldiers climbed onto the city wall. There were no more reserves, and the defenders on the city wall began to engage in bloody and brutal hand-to-hand combat with the Khitans. A group of Khitan soldiers
After occupying a small area of the city wall, they formed a defensive formation to protect the ladder behind them from being pushed up and killed by more companions. Seven or eight Han army archers looked at each other and nodded together, and they threw away their hands.
Using their hard bows, they rushed towards the group of Khitans hand in hand. When the Khitans' scimitars struck their shoulders and heads, they gritted their teeth and endured it, and then fought hard to push the Khitans towards them.
They squeezed under the city wall. Finally, a dozen Khitan warriors who had climbed onto the city wall were forcefully pushed off the city wall by them, and they could not stop their steps and fell from the top of the city with the enemy.
Li Yao Nayan looked at the battle situation coldly, then raised his hand and pressed it down suddenly. Two more ten thousand troops broke away from the team and rushed towards the city wall. Li Yao Nayan knew what he was going to do.
So even if he wiped out all the soldiers under his command, he would not hesitate! The infantry had already died, and the cavalry who were attacking the city were all cavalry who had abandoned their horses. Ownerless horses were running everywhere, but there was not a single Khitan.
I am in the mood to pull the war horse back.
The fierce battle lasted from early morning to noon, and there were fewer and fewer Han soldiers still fighting on the city wall. From the time the Khitans began to climb the city, the Han soldiers gradually lost the opportunity to shoot arrows outside the city. They had to
All the energy was used to deal with the Khitans who had already entered the city, but as a result, more and more Khitans climbed up the city wall.
The arrow pot next to Liu Ling was half empty, and he was mechanically doing the shooting action like a robot that didn't know how tired it was. His fingers were bloody, but he still didn't stop. The soldiers guarding him
There were only a dozen people left, and Zhao Da had been stabbed four times.
Shengtu Yehu went to the city three times, but Liu Ling refused his request to go to the city. He was waiting for an opportunity.
When he saw Li Yao's handsome flag starting to move forward in the distance, Liu Ling's eyes suddenly became sharp!
"Shura Camp! Get out of the city!"
Because the Han troops on the city wall were no longer able to shoot arrows, Li Yao Nayan gradually became anxious and saw that there was no danger. He led his generals and began to approach the city wall. It had been a day and a night. If they could not attack before evening,
Zhaozhou City, he had to bear the end of losing tens of thousands of horses and fleeing in embarrassment without any credit. Therefore, Li Yao Nayan, who seemed to be relatively calm, was already very anxious.
Liu Ling is waiting, waiting for Li Yao Nayan to get closer!
"Better than killing the wild fox! Kill Li Yao Nayan for me!"
Liu Ling turned around and yelled at the city.
The Shura camp cavalry who had held back their full strength shouted loudly. The moment the city gate was opened, like a group of crazy tigers, led by the tiger king Shengtu Yehu, they rushed towards Li Yao's face!
