Kill, kill, kill!" A large group of soldiers ran across the trench bridge with their shields, muskets and antlers on their backs.
The crossbowmen stood far away, relying on their superior crossbows and bows to carry out the final suppression on the city. Except for the eight ox crossbows on the city, even if ordinary bows and arrows could hit them, it would be difficult for them to do so.
The killing effect was achieved, so they had no scruples at all and carried out suppressive attacks wantonly.
The soldiers of the Far Eastern Army quickly deployed anti-horse rifles and antler formations near the city gate, because during the siege, it would be difficult for the attackers to get close to the city even if they had cavalry, but light cavalry could be sent out at any time in the city and in the urns outside the city gate.
The siege soldiers should set up obstacles near the city gate to prevent them from being attacked.
Due to the suppressive cover of rear crossbows, the defenders on the city did not dare to stand up and shoot arrows at will. The sporadic arrows only injured a few soldiers. These soldiers arranged obstacles and a large number of ladders were pushed across the trench.
bridge.
Under Li Jing's command, when an ordinary ladder was erected on the city wall, countless hitting poles with a length of several feet were immediately protruded from the city. Before the ladder could gain a stable footing, many were pushed down by the hitting poles, and many others with ants attached to them were pushed down.
The soldier crashed to the ground.
However, the advanced weapons of the Far Eastern Army made their attack more effective. The cleverly designed hook on the top of the ladder hit the wall and firmly clenched the city wall. The hitting rod could not break it open at all, and the siege
The Far Eastern Army did not need to take care of the ladder at all and could climb at full speed. Many soldiers also used the stilt arrows shot on the city wall to climb up with long knives in their mouths.
However, Li Jing was Li Jing after all. He was the only person in Chinese history who could be called the God of War. He had been prepared. Once he found that the opponent's ladder could not be knocked away, he gave an order, the city's flag flashed, and suddenly many people were launched.
Long barrel with black mouth.
Wang Junlin stood on the chariot outside the city and watched from a distance. He saw long tongues of fire suddenly spit out from the front of the long black barrel. The tongues of fire fell on the ladder and immediately attached themselves to it, burning violently. He couldn't help but be speechless.
, I didn’t expect that Boling County... even had a flamethrower? Could this also be a method brought by Li Jing?
Wang Junlin has the scientific experience of later generations, and he can see at a glance that this weapon is really like a clumsy flamethrower, and is indeed a weapon for defending the city. Moreover, he can also think of the so-called fierce weapon.
Fire is actually the burning of oil in later generations, but in this era it was still called fierce fire oil. Those black barrels were made of hard iron, with spouts on them that could continuously inject oil, and a blower at the back that could compress air and hit people.
They are all rotten, water cannot destroy them, and they are extremely lethal.
After confirming the efficacy of this item, Wang Junlin ordered the soldiers beside him: "Write this item down. After breaking the city, find the actual item and take it back to Fanyang County and hand it over to Yancheng for research."
The soldiers respectfully said yes, and quickly took out a booklet and charcoal pen to quickly write down Wang Junlin's instructions. Every entourage and soldiers around Wang Junlin would carry a charcoal pen with them. This is their habit.
It is also a requirement.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Junlin immediately ordered more than ten watchtowers to move towards the enemy's formation. This watchtower was much higher than the city wall. Its main function was for the general to stand in the distance and look down on the movement in the city. However, he could also set up crossbowmen on it for purpose.
to shoot specific groups of people.
The dozen or so watchtowers came closer, commanding from a high position, flying arrows like locusts, specifically shooting at the defenders who manipulated the fire barrels. There were also Hercules pitchers who threw grenades, which exploded on the top of the city together with the fire oil barrels, killing them.
Thousands of defenders and soldiers were set on fire, and they let out shrill screams. After Li Jing gave an indifferent order, they were all pushed off the top of the city.
At this time, the defenders no longer dared to smash the fire oil barrels at will, but Li Jing's methods were more than that. Following his order, the defenders in the city immediately opened the flip-top baffles on both sides and top of the fire oil barrels.
, and at the same time organized specialized archers to shoot against the soldiers on the watchtower.
Of course, a siege battle is not just a display of strange weapons, nor is it guaranteed to win based on the advancedness of these weapons. The final outcome still has to be controlled by people. Otherwise, Wang Junlin will directly throw explosive packets to blow up the city wall.
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Besides, at least in terms of geographical location, the defenders in the city had the upper hand. The defenders and the siege soldiers fought bloody battles around the three walls. The highest casualty rate in a siege was during this siege.
Yaksha rolled down the city wall, and the countless sharp spikes on it stabbed the siege soldiers' heads and blood flowed. When a Yaksha was thrown down, many soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, and the ground was firmly inserted into the wall.
There were many sharp wooden stakes stabbed into their intestines.
A wooden donkey cart attacking the city gate was struck by iron.
The top was pierced, and then fire oil poured down from the top, followed by a torch. Many soldiers were on fire and ran out screaming from the wooden donkey cart's open wings that could block rolling stones, rocks and arrows.
, and was shot to death by random arrows.
The flags were waving, the beacon smoke was like clouds, the golden drums were beating, and the sound of killing was like a tide.
Dozens of huge explosive packs roared and hit the city head. In the explosion, although the defenders retreated quickly enough, there were still many casualties, and the specially thickened and reinforced city head was also shattered into pieces.
Immediately afterwards, a series of ladders were put up on the city wall. People gathered like ants, and arrows rained down. There were swords and swords all over the city, rolling wood and rocks, boiling soup and boiling oil. They poured it down without hesitation, pouring out pieces of miserable scenes.
The screams and arrows were also rapidly taking away the lives of the soldiers on the city wall.
From time to time, someone rushed up to the city wall, only to be suppressed back by the defenders desperately. The people behind stepped on the corpses of their comrades and rushed forward without hesitation; the wolf fangs slapped down, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere; huge rolling logs and stones smashed countless soldiers.
They were smashed to a bloody pulp; sometimes someone was covered in fire, waving his hands and falling down from the city in despair; sometimes someone was penetrated by a crossbow into his leather armor, and before the spear in his hand could hit the soldiers who climbed up the city wall, they screamed and flew backwards.
More than four feet.
Everyone is playing the role of the God of Death, who takes life and death, and plays the role of life being harvested. But they do not hesitate for a moment. As warriors, their lives are meant for the glory of this moment.
The battle continued non-stop. It was almost noon, and Wang Junlin still stood motionless in the middle of the army and watched the enemy formation. His face remained expressionless. Naturally, he understood the principle of Ci not to command troops, and he did not care if he was needed.
When it comes to sacrifice, he can only force himself to be cold-blooded, even though the sacrifices in front of him may not be necessary or completely avoidable.
In fact, Wang Junlin still had a clever way to capture the city, and the loss would not be too great, but that would make the army dependent on the city during the siege. Just like this siege, the gunpowder they relied on in the past failed, and the Far East Army
The morale of the army was suddenly affected, so Wang Junlin decided to use gunpowder weapons as much as possible this time to capture the city garrisoned by the military god Li Jing.
ps: I’m really, really sorry. I’ve been busy with work recently and have been interrupted for more than a week. Now that the work has finally been settled, updates will resume————