The crossbow bolts in Daliang City were exhausted as early as yesterday afternoon. What is regrettable is that around dusk yesterday, the coalition forces of various countries took away the bodies of many of their own soldiers when they evacuated, even though they failed to capture the city in the end.
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It wasn't that they couldn't bear to abandon Pao Ze's body. The coalition forces from all the countries just wanted to prevent the Wei soldiers in Daliang City from leaving the city at night to recover the fired crossbow bolts and strip the armor off the dead body.
Think about it, the generals of the coalition forces of various countries are neither fools nor blind, how could they not notice the number of Wei soldiers on the wall of Daliang City? - Although there were only 15,000 Wei Imperial Guards stationed in Daliang City originally.
, but the number of Wei soldiers who climbed to the top of the city in the past two days exceeded tens of thousands?
If there were only those 15,000 Imperial Guards, without the rangers, former soldiers of the Imperial Guard, and ordinary people in the city to help defend the city, even though Daliang was the old capital of Wei, it would have fallen long ago.
On the other hand, it was precisely because of the unity of the army and the people in Daliang City that the coalition forces of various countries were cut off in this city.
Although the craftsmen in the city and the people who volunteered to help worked non-stop to make crossbow arrows, they still could not keep up with the consumption on the city wall. After just a few rounds of shooting, the Wei soldiers on the south wall of Daliang City had already exhausted their energy.
I only have some crossbow bolts in my hand.
"Damn it, why haven't the workshops in the city sent crossbow bolts yet?"
On the south city wall, Zhang Dai, a thousand-strong Imperial Guard general, roared.
When some soldiers ran to the inside of the city wall, they shouted at the new soldiers who were preparing to climb the city wall to fight, asking them to rush the workshops in the city.
But it was obvious that the crossbow arrows were not delivered in time. In just a blink of an eye, the grain soldiers outside the city came up again along the long siege ladder.
"White blade!"
Zhang Dai, a general of thousands of Wei troops, roared with wide eyes. Immediately, the crossbowmen on the city wall dropped their crossbows, pulled out their swords, or directly picked up the spears on the ground, and blocked the wall with their bodies.
, stabbing or hacking at the enemy troops swarming towards the city.
Suddenly, a ranger who was assisting in the battle shouted loudly: "Arrow attack! Arrow attack from the wells ahead!"
Wei general Zhang Dai turned around and looked, and sure enough he saw a dozen Jinglan chariots approaching not far from the city, and the Chu army's crossbowmen on the Jinglan chariots fired arrows at the city wall.
"Lean over!"
Zhang Dai roared and squatted down quickly, leaning against the wall. He escaped from the wave of arrows, but there were still many Wei soldiers, assisting militiamen, and rangers who could not escape and died under the wave of arrows.
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"Are there any ballistas available?!"
Amidst the noise, Zhang Dai shouted at the top of his lungs.
But it is a pity that the ballista cart on the south city wall was destroyed long ago when the Chu army attacked the city wall yesterday - because it was such a threat to the Chu army's Jinlan chariot that it was difficult to attack the city wall.
The soldiers of the Chu army specially selected this kind of war weapon to destroy.
After receiving a negative answer, Wei general Zhang Dai felt very depressed.
The crossbow bolts were exhausted and the ballista cart was destroyed. How to resist the Chu army's Jinglan cart outside the city?
To be honest, even he himself had no way to deal with it.
"The Chu army is attacking again!"
An allied militiaman shouted loudly.
"Damn it!"
Zhang Dai cursed secretly, stood up, twisted around and swung his sword, hitting a Chu soldier who was trying to climb up the long ladder, but by chance he was hit in the arm by an arrow.
But at this moment, he did not bother to draw his sword. The Wei soldiers and the militiamen and rangers who were standing beside him had no time to help Zhang Dai pull out the arrow, because everyone on the city wall was blocking the city wall.
Go up and stop the waves of enemies trying to climb up.
"General Zhang, the kerosene has been delivered."
There was a call from behind.
Zhang Dai turned around and saw several civilians climbing up the stone steps on the inside of the city wall. They were carrying earthen jars up one by one using the passing method.
"When did I become a general?"
Zhang Dai shook his head mockingly.
The fact is that since the 2,000-man guard general "Yan An" who was originally responsible for defending this city wall was killed in battle, Zhang Dai took over the defense of this city wall as a 1,000-man general and commanded the Wei soldiers and militia here.
Ranger——According to the additional military regulations during the Wei War, he had automatically obtained the position of general with two thousand men at this time.
But to be honest, he was not happy about this at all, because Yan An, the original two thousand people who died in the battle, had always taken great care of him.
"Pour the oil!"
Zhang Dai roared, took the lead in raising an earthen jar, and smashed it down on the face of a grain recruiter who was trying to climb up the siege ladder. He only heard a scream, and the oil jar smashed into the grain recruiter.
Fire oil was splashing on his head and flowing down the long ladder.
Seeing this, even if one of the Wei soldiers dropped his torch, in the blink of an eye, the food recruiter and the siege ladder quickly burned and emitted a lot of black smoke.
If it were authentic kerosene, there wouldn't be such a big black smoke. In fact, this is not real kerosene, but cooking oil and lamp oil donated free of charge by the families and people in the city - the ones in the armory in the city.
The oil tanks used for city defense had been exhausted as early as yesterday morning.
The long siege ladders were burning brightly, with clouds of black smoke rising out. However, there were too many long siege ladders that could not hold up the Chu army. Even if part of them was destroyed, it could not completely prevent the Chu army from climbing up the city wall along the long ladders.
"Bang——"
A soldier of the Imperial Guard who was in a trance due to continuous fighting was pushed to the ground by a soldier of Chu Army.
In an instant, three or four Chu soldiers rushed up the city wall.
"Kill them!"
Zhang Dai took the lead and rushed forward, killing a Chu soldier with a sword. The other Wei soldiers and rangers on the city wall also came to support in time and killed all the Chu soldiers who were attacking the city wall.
But just after this moment of delay, more than a dozen Chu soldiers attacked the city wall. These people did not seek to kill the enemy, but used their weapons to force the Wei soldiers to retreat, so that the Chu soldiers behind them could continue to attack.
Swarming up the city wall.
It has to be said that the imperial guards on the city wall were too tired. Although they tried their best to wield their weapons, they were still not as good as the usual navy. Even Zhang Dai, a thousand-man general, was killing an ordinary Chu
When the sergeant died, he also spent a lot of effort - he couldn't believe it.
On one side were the energetic Chu army, and on the other were the Wei soldiers who were extremely tired from fighting for days. It is not difficult to guess what a hand-to-hand combat between the two would look like - not to mention that the Chu soldiers who were the first to attack the city wall did not take any measures at first.
Instead of going on the offensive, they took a defensive position, trying to establish a 'point' on the city wall to facilitate the subsequent Chu troops that would come up in a steady stream.
But after a while, when there were about dozens of Chu troops on the wall, they immediately turned from defensive to offensive, further forcing the Wei soldiers on the wall.
The tired Wei soldiers retreated steadily and were killed by Chu soldiers one after another. However, what is incredible is that when every Wei soldier knew that he was about to face death, he did not hesitate to choose to die with the enemy soldiers.
There was even a Wei soldier who impressed Zhang Dai because of his strength. After being pierced through the chest and abdomen by two spears, he roared and rushed to the opponent, hugged the opponent's two Chu soldiers alive, and fell with them.
Under the city.
And more Wei soldiers, knowing that they were bound to die, chose to use all their strength to control an enemy soldier, and let the friendly forces - mainly the rangers and militiamen behind them - ask them to take him with them to pierce the enemy.
The body of Chu Jun.
The heroism of the Imperial Guard soldiers greatly stimulated the Wei militia and rangers on the city wall, making the latter two even more brave and fearless of death.
"Take it back!"
The thousand-man general Zhang Dai roared and led a dozen Wei soldiers, rangers, and militiamen to kill the area controlled by the Chu army.
I saw him holding two sharp swords, slashing left and right, and he was unstoppable.
However, Zhang Dai's bravery also attracted the attention of the Chu army's crossbowmen on the carriage in Jinglan outside the city. There were only a few cracks in the air, and Zhang Dai's body shook and he involuntarily took two steps back.
Looking at his chest now, three arrows were clearly stuck in his chest.
"General?"
The surrounding Wei soldiers and knights were shocked.
I saw Zhang Dai wiping the blood on the corner of his mouth with his wrist. Not only did his eyes become more fierce, but his face also became more ferocious and terrifying.
"kill!!"
He roared and continued to kill the Chu troops on the city with the soldiers behind him. In the end, he took back the area by force.
However, after killing the last Chu soldier who stormed the city wall, Zhang Daiyi, a general with thousands of soldiers, could no longer hold on and fell to the ground with a thud.
The Wei soldiers on the left and right hurriedly stepped forward and turned him over so that he could lie on the wall.
I saw Zhang Dai angrily ordering: "Call the new troops under the city to join the battle, and then call... thousands of generals Shi, Shi Meng, to take over the... defense... of this place."
After saying that, his head tilted and he was no longer alive.
A moment later, "Shi Meng", a thousand-man general of the imperial guards, received the summons and came here from other defensive areas on the south city wall. With red eyes, he looked at Zhang Dai, a thousand-man general who was lying on the ground lifeless, and took a deep breath.
In one breath, he shouted loudly: "I am Shi Meng, a thousand-man general of the Imperial Guard. From now on, I will take over this section of the city defense."
"yes!"
The nearby Wei soldiers, militiamen, and rangers shouted in response, and immediately under the command of the new general Shi Meng, they continued to guard against the Chu soldiers who were trying to attack the city wall.
From the beginning to the end, there was no change in the morale of Wei Fang's soldiers, and they were still fearless of death.
An hour later, Shi Meng, a general of a thousand men, was killed in battle, and "Gaocheng", a general of five hundred men, took over the command.
However, only three quarters later, Gaocheng also died in battle, and "Cao Tang", who was also a general of 500 men, took over the command.
After that, after Cao Tang died in battle, hundreds of generals Gan Kuo, Su Xi, Lin Jun and others took over the command of this section of the city wall. By the afternoon of that day, the highest-ranking military officer on this section of the city wall was shocked.
Only Shichang (ten generals) are left.
During this period, the new soldiers waiting to join the battle in the city gradually climbed onto the city wall to assist in the defense, and most of them died before they could hold a stick of incense.
But even though countless Wei soldiers died in battle, and even though high-ranking imperial guards and mid-level generals died one after another, the Chu army ultimately failed to break through this area of the southern city wall.
In fact, not only on the south city wall, but also on the east city wall, the west city wall, and the north city wall, the Imperial Guard soldiers suffered heavy casualties. They were no longer the main force guarding the city, and were replaced by recruits and militiamen who grew up rapidly in the war.
, as well as those local or rangers from the Wei Kingdom.
Waiting for the southern city wall, when the Chu army was once again forced to retreat to regroup, Chu State General Xiang Mo's face was full of shock.
Having spent half his life in the military, he didn't know how to describe this siege.
It was obvious that the coalition forces of various countries still had an absolute advantage in military strength, but his intuition told Xiang Mo that they were destined to be unable to capture the opposite city.