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"Quick, quick, get up, get up, get up."
Under the east wall of Daliang City, a 500-man Chu army general wearing ordinary soldier leather armor was urging his soldiers anxiously.
At his urging, several Chu soldiers scrambled to climb up the long siege ladder. However, before they climbed halfway, they saw the Wei soldiers on the wall using long swords, pushers and other objects to attack the city.
The long ladder was pushed away from the city wall.
Amidst the horrified shouts, the siege ladder and the Chu soldiers on the ladder tilted outwards, and then fell with a bang into the tide of Chu soldiers outside the city.
"Damn it!"
The 500-man general cursed secretly, pointed in the direction of the city wall, and shouted repeatedly: "Crossbowmen, release arrows to suppress the Wei soldiers on the city!"
After shouting several times, the nearby Chu army crossbowmen raised their crossbows and fired at the city. However, what they received in return was a counterattack from the Wei soldiers on the city wall.
"Suppress the city! Suppress the city!" This 500-man general shouted at the top of his lungs.
Suddenly, a flash of vigilance flashed through his heart. He suddenly looked up and saw a bright Wei Liannu, which had been pointed at him at some point.
"No……"
Before the 500-man man could make any evasive move, there was a pop, and an iron arrow as thick as two fingers pierced through his body, killing the two men behind him.
Soldiers of Chu Army.
"Okay! Kill another one!"
On the city wall, Wei Zu, who was operating a mechanical repeating crossbow, cheered excitedly and then squinted his eyes to look for the next target.
Since the power of the machine's crossbows was unleashed in the past two days, and twenty or thirty frontline generals of the coalition forces of various countries were shot to death in one day, the generals and generals of the coalition forces of various countries not only immediately put away their flags,
They also did not dare to wear armor that was different from ordinary soldiers, which made it more difficult for Wei soldiers who wanted to snipe these generals.
Suddenly, a Wei soldier on the city wall shouted loudly: "Jinglan! The enemy's Jinglan chariot is approaching the city wall!"
Outside the city, there were dozens of Jinglan vehicles, which were visually estimated to be about six or seven feet high. Pushed by many coalition soldiers, they were slowly approaching the city wall.
"Ballista ready!"
There was a Wei army general with a thousand men on the city wall shouting loudly.
Immediately, some Wei soldiers operated the ballistae and aimed it at the Jinglan chariot in the distance.
The ballistae used for city defense is different from the ballistae used by the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau in front of representatives of various countries: a huge ballistae machine that looks like a trebuchet, which is specially used to destroy city walls, and has greater power than trebuchets.
The machine has more powerful city wall destruction capabilities; and the ballista cart placed on Daliang City seems to be a smaller version of the ballista machine, specially used to destroy the enemy's siege weapons outside the city.
The most important thing is the jinglan car.
It's no wonder, after all, siege weapons like the jinglan chariot are too threatening to the city. It can simultaneously "allow the crossbowmen to stand on high places to suppress the enemy troops in the enemy city" and "can be more powerful than the siege ladder."
These two advantages are "convenient way to forcibly land on the city wall". Therefore, it has always been the priority target of destruction for the defenders.
"Bang!"
A ballista cart was launched first, and a stone bullet that seemed to be as big as an adult's head was ejected and hit the pillar of a well-mounted cart in the distance with a bang. The powerful power immediately struck the ballista.
The pillar was broken, so that the upper half of the Jinglan cart collapsed with a crash, and dozens of coalition crossbowmen screamed and fell down.
"Bang bang bang——"
In fact, dozens of ballista carts followed closely behind, firing one after another, and three more catapult carts were destroyed.
Seeing this scene, the Wei generals and Juancheng Hou Weiyun secretly cursed in their hearts, secretly cursing the Wei army for their endless war weapons.
Seeing the heavy casualties of his own soldiers, Wei Yun couldn't help but clenched his fists.
To be fair, neither Wei Guo nor Wei Yun, the Marquis of Juancheng, wanted to go through this muddy water at all - the Four Kingdoms Alliance wanted to fight with Wei State, and they could just kill each other, so why bother to affect Wei Guo?
However, Wei Yun also understood that under the current general situation of "either Wei or Chu", he Wei Guo had no right to choose at all. Even if they did not assist Wei Guo in confronting the alliance, the alliance of other countries would still force him to defend his country. Turning sides against Wei - this is the tragedy of a weak country.
Unconsciously, Juancheng Hou Weiyun thought of the long-dead young master Wei Yu. Although he still did not think that Wei Yu would bring about earth-shaking changes in his country, at least he would not be as useless as he is now - being defeated by Chu Shuijun. He was forced to attack the city of Wei, and the soldiers of Wei mercilessly killed the soldiers of Wei.
"Well, what's happened now, what's the use of thinking about it anymore?"
Juancheng Hou Weiyun sighed, and could only cheer up again, and commanded his soldiers to step up the attack on Daliang. After all, Lord Chu Shui was watching from behind - if he could not satisfy the Lord of Chu, he might have to defend his country. Only to usher in destruction.
By the time the sun rose above our heads, the battle had lasted for three full hours.
"What an incredible tenacity..."
In the Chu army's main formation, Chu Shuijun watched the battle and secretly thought to himself.
He could see that the Wei army that was attacking Daliang City at the moment actually showed no mercy because Wei and Wei were allies - and neither did the Wei army, which had nearly 60,000 troops and was attacking non-stop. The east city wall, which was only defended by about 3,000 Wei soldiers, had not yet been able to attack the city wall. This was simply unbelievable in the eyes of Lord Chu Shui.
Could it be that the statement "The King of Wei is going to conquer personally" actually supported the Wei soldiers on the city wall to persist to this point?
After frowning and thinking for a moment, Chu Shuijun ordered: "Order Wei Shao, Wei Yun, Wei Zhen and others to lead the army to retreat five miles to repair and reorganize; then order "Ximen Ji", "Cai Hou" and others to lead the grain army Recruit troops to replace the guards and continue the siege!"
"yes!"
After a while, a messenger came to the guard general Wei Shao and said: "General Wei Shao, Lord Chu Shui orders you to immediately lead the army to retreat five miles and reorganize the army."
"grateful……"
Wei Shao forced out a smile and said feebly. It was unclear whether he was thanking the messenger who came to deliver the order, or whether he was thanking Lord Chu Shui for his noble hand.
His smile was very forced, with a bit of bitterness in it.
You must know that during this three-hour siege battle, he organized a total of seven waves of offensives. Almost everyone in the 60,000 guardsmen experienced at least two sieges, but even so, his guardsmen still failed to attack the city. There were only about 3,000 Wei soldiers guarding the city wall, but we lost nearly 10,000 troops.
To be honest, Wei Shao couldn't understand this siege battle, because in his eyes, the Wei soldiers on the wall of Daliang City in the distance were clearly only garrisoned in Luoyang and Daliang. It is more brave and more terrifying than the elite armies of Wei such as the Shang Shui Army, the Yanling Army, and the Anti-Rebel Army.
"The whole army retreats five miles!"
After taking a deep look at Daliang City, Wei Shao ordered the withdrawal of the troops. Whether it was the guards who were still attacking the city under the city or the guards who were taking a short rest in the rear, only a few Chu troops were left outside the east gate of Daliang City.
The country’s food supplies recruit troops.
Seeing this, the Wei soldiers on the city wall cheered greatly. At this moment, they still thought that the retreat of the main Wei army meant that the coalition forces of various countries would stop today's siege battle.
Even the guard at the East City Gate, Zhou Ji, thought so. He leaned on the city wall with a sharp sword and sat on a rolling log. He was covered in blood and sweating, gasping for air. He was secretly happy that he had finally survived another day.
day.
Unexpectedly, just a moment later, a Wei soldier shouted in a slightly trembling voice: "General, general, the enemy is attacking again! There are tens of thousands of troops!"
"What?"
Wei general Zhou Ji's expression suddenly changed. He walked to the wall in a few steps and stared at the outside of the city with wide eyes.
In the suburbs outside the city, although the Wei army was slowly retreating, an army with the banner of the Chu army immediately took over the siege task of the Wei army and came towards the city.
"How could it be...could it be that the coalition forces..."
Zhou Ji frowned and stared at the guards in the distance. Only then did he realize that after withdrawing from the war zone, the guards did not retreat to the camps of the coalition forces as he had guessed. Instead, they retreated about five miles away from the city wall.
He stopped and rested where he was.
You can still vaguely see that many guardsmen seem to have taken out some food such as dry food, and are sitting there eating and resting.
Looking at the grain-recruiting troops who were about to attack the city, and then looking at the Weiguo army resting in the distance, Wei General Zhou Ji's heart skipped a beat.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had thought of today's siege battle too simply. The coalition forces outside the city had no intention of withdrawing their troops. The guards were temporarily retreating just to restore their physical strength and rebuild their morale.
What is hateful is that Lord Chu Shui did not give his Wei soldiers in Daliang City a chance to breathe. When the guards temporarily retreated, he immediately sent more food and soldiers. He did not seek to kill the enemy and seize the city, but simply continued to waste it.
The Wei army was exhausted until the guards regrouped and attacked the city again.
After guessing this, Zhou Ji immediately turned to look at the Wei soldiers around him. Although these Wei soldiers were still in high morale, it was obvious that they were very tired and would collapse at some point.
"It's not good... we must find a way to let the soldiers take turns to rest."
Zhou Ji thought to himself.
At this moment, a general walked up to Zhou Ji and whispered: "General, the crossbow bolts on the city wall have run out..."
"What?"
Zhou Ji was shocked when he heard this and asked in a low voice: "Didn't we just bring a dozen large boxes of crossbow arrows from the city this morning? You actually said that the crossbow arrows were sold out?"
The general smiled bitterly and said: "General, in such a fierce fighting today, even a hundred thousand crossbow bolts are useless. What's more, there are only forty thousand crossbow bolts. Each of the crossbowmen on the city shoots ten
The remaining time is almost exhausted..."
Zhou Ji opened his mouth and remained silent.
Seeing this, the general urged: "General, you should quickly send someone to ask for crossbow bolts from the armory in the city."
After hearing this, Zhou Ji let out a long sigh, shook his head and said: "When the crossbow bolts were delivered this morning, the quartermaster of the armory made it clear to Zhou that this was already the last inventory in the city..."
"Then..." The general's expression changed upon hearing this.
You must know that so far, they have relied entirely on crossbows to suppress the attacks of the coalition forces outside the city. Now that they have run out of crossbows, how will they resist the hundreds of thousands of enemy troops outside the city?
"It's really raining all night when the house is leaking..."
Zhou Ji sighed melancholy and turned to look at the exhausted Wei soldiers nearby.
Now that the crossbow bolts have been exhausted, the defense of the city wall can only rely on hand-to-hand combat. However, how can the nearly two thousand exhausted Wei soldiers under his command withstand an enemy force that is several times or even dozens of times larger outside the city?
?
Thinking of this, he summoned two soldiers and ordered them: "You two immediately go to the city to find Chu Fuzheng and inform Master Chu that the east gate needs support and a large number of manpower is needed here. Ask him to send those people quickly.
New recruits!”
"Yes!" The two soldiers clasped their fists and left.
Watching the two soldiers leave, Zhou Ji let out a long breath.
Since the crossbow arrows are exhausted, we must use human lives to block the Chu army and fill up the imperial guards to fill up the people in the city.
Unless there are no more men in Daliang City, this city will never be captured by the coalition forces of various countries!