The battle seemed to be one-sided from the beginning. When the Tatar soldiers and horses attacked the bottom of the city wall, the defenders at the top of the city used all their means to fight back. Arrows, stones, wood, and boiling water. But these
None of the methods could deal a huge blow to the Tatar soldiers and horses. The wooden platoon blocked most of the attacks and caused only a few casualties.
The Tatar attack on the city wall also began. Five copycat version of the roller coaster stood side by side on the edge of the city wall. The thick roof covering the top was quickly lifted and half lifted. Dozens of two-foot-long cranes were tied with huge scythes.
The long pole protruded from the gap and attacked the defenders above the city wall.
The long pole swept across the city battlements, and the sharp saw-toothed scythe at the top quickly hooked dozens of defenders on the city wall. Amidst the screams, blood dripped, and more than 20 defenders were beaten hard by them.
The city wall was ripped down alive. The Tatars below were chopped into pieces with knives.
Several soldiers were hooked by the arms and tried to break free. Their arms were cut off by extremely sharp scythes. Although they avoided being torn off the city wall, they screamed in pain and blood flowed out.
No one would have thought that the purpose of this kind of aerial vehicle built by the Tatars was to use it as a platform to attack the defenders at the top of the city. Although it is convenient to build a herringbone ladder, it will inevitably be counterattacked by the defenders at the top of the city.
The losses were heavy. This kind of aerial vehicle not only protected one's own fortress, but also allowed the Tatar hookers to attack the city defenders more easily.
With tall wooden rafts all around, and the top raft only opening to reveal a diagonal opening two feet high, it would be difficult for the stone bows and arrows at the top of the city to cause any effective damage to the Tatar hooks and sickles on the top of the roller coaster.
Killing. For example, the Tatar on the top of the Sky Car is like standing in a half-open wooden box. There is enough cover up, down, left and right, so the possibility of being hurt has been reduced to the minimum.
At this moment, the mystery of why the Tatars' Yunxiao Chariot only needs to be built more than two feet high is also revealed. There is still about two feet away from the top of the city wall. From this distance, the defenders at the top of the city can only see the top of the Yunxiao Chariot.
cover and tiny gaps, very
It is difficult to attack the Tatars hiding inside. However, this distance is just enough for the Tatars' scythe to reach out and hook the defenders on the city wall. The height of the two-foot-high roller coaster is just enough for the scythe to be hidden in it.
rather than being exposed.
Everything is the result of careful calculation. Who said that the Tatars have no calculations and can only ride and attack fiercely? The little Tatar prince Batu Meng not only innovated in the offensive strategy, but also in the means of attack and the equipment.
He has his unique understanding of everything.
The scythes continued to rise and fall across the city, and the defenders on the city wall gave way one after another, not daring to get close to the edge of the city wall. This was exactly the effect the Tatars wanted to achieve.
Below the aerial vehicle, several aerial ladders were passed up, and the iron hooks at the top hooked the edge of the city wall. The Tatar soldiers came up from the stairs inside the aerial vehicle and began to climb up the ladder along the ladder to the top of the city. The overall idea of the Tatars was exactly
Through the deterrence of the long scythe in the aerial vehicle, the defense above a city wall was cleared, and the aerial vehicle was used as a springboard to send the soldiers to the top of the city through the aerial ladder.
So far, this strategy seems to have worked. Five ladders connect the city wall and the roller coaster diagonally. Dozens of Tatar soldiers are already climbing quickly to the top of the city. These people only need to climb the tower and occupy this space.
A section of the city wall can continuously protect subsequent Tatar soldiers from attacking the city wall, and ultimately achieve the goal of seizing the city wall.
However, the defenders at the top of the city finally found an opportunity to shoot the Tatars at this moment. The Tatar soldiers had no protection when climbing. The archers on the walls on both sides began to shoot them fiercely. Perhaps
It was because he had been depressed for too long and could not shoot the Tatars happily. When a round of arrows rained down, almost none of the dozens of Tatars who climbed up survived, and they were all shot like hedgehogs.
But the passage has been established, and the Tatars will naturally not give up. The inner passage of the Skycar is crowded with people, and the Tatars above have no way to retreat, so they can only rush up. At the same time, the Tatars are descending from the wooden rafts below the city wall.
The soldiers also began to put up ladders on the walls and attack upwards. The defenders' attention had to be distracted from dealing with the soldiers attacking the city in other places and could not focus entirely on the direction of the aerial vehicles.
The battlefield was now in chaos. On the 200-step siege surface, the Tatar soldiers erected fifty or sixty ladders and began to attack upwards. The defenders at the head of the city fought back hard, using spears and guns.
Bows and arrows were thrown down with rocks and wood.
The location of the aerial vehicle is the key point of the Tatar attack. In less than thirty steps, there are as many as thirteen aerial ladders set up on the city wall. The densely packed Tatar soldiers are climbing towards the top of the city like ants.
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The defenders used a large number of archers to shoot at this area. Zhang Yin had organized a group of soldiers to prepare for hand-to-hand combat. Because according to this situation, it was already a matter of time before the Tatars attacked the city wall.
After burning the incense, the first Tatar soldier climbed over the crenellations of the city wall and stood on the wall of the Monolithic City. Although he was quickly shot into a hornet's nest by more than a dozen feather arrows fired from the side, his climb to the city was successful.
It also heralds the success of the Tatar strategy.
Soon, seven or eight Tatars successfully climbed onto the city wall. After blocking random arrows with wooden shields, dozens of others successfully scaled the city wall.
The morale of the Tatar soldiers was greatly boosted, and they shouted and clamored loudly. They climbed up the ladder one by one as if they had been given blood. Two places on the east side of the city wall were quickly breached. On the south side, where the aerial vehicle was located, the Tatar soldiers climbed up the city.
The number of people soon reached seventy or eighty, and they were rushing to both sides along the city wall to open up a larger space.
"Kill! Drive them down." Zhang Yin roared loudly and led dozens of captains to rush over and strangled the Tatars who had ascended the city.
At this moment, the two sides were strangled together. The Tatars' scythe hands were useless, and the archers on both sides no longer dared to shoot randomly. Everyone had to enter the mode of hand-to-hand combat.
On the east side of the city wall, after a breach was formed, hundreds of Tatars climbed onto the city wall one after another. More than 200 captains led by Zhang Yanling and Chen Shiyi also quickly began to act as firefighters on the city wall. Zhang Yanling rushed to the front with double tubes.
The fire blunderbuss finally came into use, exerting its huge close combat power. Dozens of Tatars came to kill them. Zhang Yanling knocked down a dozen of them with two shots. Zhang Yanling had just finished loading, and the rest had been killed by Chen Shi and others.
People were slaughtered cleanly.
With the cooperation of firearms, several broken walls on the east city wall were quickly recaptured, and the defenders at the head of the city temporarily stabilized their position. Zhang Yanling asked Chen Shiyi to lead more than a hundred people to strengthen the defense, and he led dozens of people
Rush to the west side of the tower in the direction of the main attack of the Yunxiao chariot.
When I just arrived, I happened to see Zhang Yin slashing the last Tatar to the ground with a knife.
"Beautiful! This chopping move is so chic." Zhang Yanling praised loudly.
Zhang Yin saw Zhang Yanling and others coming, and rushed to greet him. He wiped the blood on his face and shouted: "Master Hou, something is wrong. The Tatars are attacking very fiercely. This is not the way to go. Let's
Do we have to use some means?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Don't panic, it's not the time yet. If we don't let them attack, how can they think there is hope for breaking the city? We have to give them hope first."
Zhang Yin smiled bitterly and said: "But brothers, I'm afraid we can't stand it anymore. We have killed and injured a lot of people. If the Tatars come in a few more waves and consume our lives, we can't afford it. Look, the Tatars are densely packed."
Climbing up, our people obviously can't stop it."
Zhang Yanling frowned and looked at the Tatar soldiers climbing up the outside of the city wall, and said solemnly: "Have you put down the wolf tooth wood? It can alleviate their attack."
Zhang Yin slapped his head and said, "Oh, I forgot about the wolf tooth wood."
Zhang Yin gave orders repeatedly, and the defenders at the top of the city cut off the crossbars tied to the crenellations of the city wall, allowing the crossbars to sweep down using gravity. This was a temporary defensive measure and could only be used once during the battle. It had a very good effect yesterday.
Zhang Yanling suggested that many sharp nails be nailed to one end of the crossbar to achieve a better striking effect, and it was called wolf tooth wood.
Sure enough, dozens of wolf-tooth trees swept down, and the Tatars who climbed on the outside of the city wall were smashed and fell down, causing many casualties. However, the wolf-tooth trees could only be relieved once, and soon the Tatars climbed up the ladder again.
, start climbing.
And at the same time that the wolf tooth wood swept across the outer wall of the city wall, the horns sounded in the Tatar formation, and the second echelon of more than 2,000 Tatars finally shouted and sent out for reinforcements.
Batu Monk has never made the second echelon eager to launch an attack. He just wants to use the first echelon to consume. When he sees that the first echelon has the ability to attack the city wall, but cannot stand, it is the second echelon.
It's time for reinforcements.
There is no doubt that the addition of fresh troops will storm the city wall like a tornado.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Zhang Yin shouted. Not only was he not surprised, but he looked happy.
A smile appeared on Zhang Yanling's lips, and she said in a deep voice: "It's time, get ready. Just wait for the Tatars to stew in a pot."
Zhang Yin shouted an order. Hundreds of people were already waiting on the streets inside the city wall. After hearing the order, hundreds of carts quickly approached the inner side of the city wall. The carts were not loaded with rolling wood, stones or any powerful weapons.
It's just a mountain of firewood.
These are dry firewood that the people in the city usually cut down on the mountain for firewood and hay for cooking. They were all collected last night just for this moment.
Bundles of dry firewood and grass were carried to the top of the city. The second echelon of Tatars rushed to the bottom of the city wall. When the wooden rafts under the city wall were once again crowded with Tatar soldiers, a shrill bamboo whistle sounded from the top of the city. Everyone
The soldier carried a bundle of firewood, and someone lit the firewood with a torch.
Hurrah, the firewood will burn instantly.
"Throw it!" Zhang Yanling shouted loudly. He raised his hand and threw the firewood in his hand down the city wall. Countless flaming firewood bundles fell from the sky. Almost in an instant, the city wall turned into a sea of fire.