Under the full cover of the Forbidden Army archers, the Forbidden Army's vanguard, thousands of swordsmen and shield soldiers, rushed under the city wall.
"Do it!" Hai Dongqing gave the order loudly. In an instant, rocks and logs rolled down from the top of the city, and boiling oil and boiling water were poured down the city in large pots. There was a heart-rending tragedy below the city.
Screams rang out, and countless officers and soldiers were hit by rocks and wood, and boiling oil and boiling water were poured on them.
It doesn't matter if you are hit by a heavy object, at least it won't cause too much pain. The most painful thing is having boiling oil and boiling water poured on your body. The skin and flesh will be ripped open all over your body, but you won't die immediately, and the skin and flesh on your body will be broken in pieces.
Falling off is really a matter of survival and death.
The defenders on the city had completely ignored the threat of the crossbow shooters on the Yunxiao Cart. They just threw things at the city. They had no choice but to do anything to the crossbowmen hiding in the iron shell fortifications on the Yunxiao Cart.
Take them into consideration.
The officers and generals below roared loudly, asking all the shield soldiers to hold their shields above their heads, hoping to get some protection. This method indeed alleviated a large number of casualties. Rows of shields were held up above their heads to form one, which was indeed
It played a protective role, but it was unrealistic to rely on manpower to resist the heavy objects thrown from the city wall several feet high. Large areas of the shield formation composed of officers and soldiers were smashed, and after the boulders fell, the shields were directly thrown away.
The formation smashed a big hole. The heavy logs smashed down, and the soldiers and their shields were smashed to the ground. The shields were shattered and people were killed. Moreover, the shields could not withstand the boiling oil. It spilled from the gaps.
The boiling oil will cause the soldiers below to have their skin and flesh torn apart, making it impossible to support the shield. As long as there is a slight slack, the shield formation will be immediately disintegrated.
All the soldiers of the Forbidden Army could only grit their teeth and hold on, because they were cooperating with the siege of the city by the cloud car, and they themselves did not have any siege ability. They could only be passively beaten when they rushed to the city wall. The only hope was for the cloud car to arrive at the city wall to attack the city.
All this can be improved by the distance. And the thirty roller coasters are still moving slowly twenty steps away. They are passing through the passages built on the moat. Although more than a dozen wide passages have been built, they can only
There is a roller coaster passing through. Otherwise, the passage filled with sandbags and mud and rocks is in danger of being crushed, and it is more likely that the roller coaster will be stuck in the mud and unable to get out, which will instead become an irremovable obstacle blocking progress.
The time seemed extremely long and torturous, and a large number of officers and soldiers were killed and injured every moment. But they had no choice but to sit there and wait for the arrival of the roller coaster.
Finally, more than a dozen roller coasters staggered across the moat and headed straight for the city wall. Although countless arrows from the top of the city were shot at the roller coaster, leaving its outer skin full of holes. But the iron shell
In addition, the frame composed of thick logs inside is extremely strong. The front and sides have been filled with arrows, turning it into a giant feather duster. But it still slowly arrived at the foot of the city wall with the push of more than a hundred people from behind.
at.
"Rumble, kababa." The sound of the huge wooden wheel being stuck by the logs and the sound of the entire roller coaster shaking under the inertia sounded. The roller coaster that seemed to be about to fall apart at any time finally stopped steadily where it should be.
Parking position.
The soldiers hiding inside the Skycar swung their axes and cut off the two thick cables inside. The one-foot-five-foot-long suspension bridge suddenly fell down on the side facing the city wall, and the side facing the city wall suddenly opened. The suspension bridge clanged and tilted.
Climbing to the edge of the city wall, a sloping ramp leading to the city wall was instantly formed.
The next moment, the officers and soldiers hiding in the car swarmed out with shields and shouts, rushed up the slope towards the city head, and went straight to the city head.
The miserable days of the Imperial Army soldiers who were crowded and suffering below finally came to an end. They swarmed towards the rear entrance of the roller coaster, lifted the partition that was one person high at the rear, and exposed the entrance to the spiral staircase. Everyone desperately got into the roller coaster.
, charging up the inner stairs. At this moment, what everyone is thinking is that instead of being smashed to death and scalded to death under the city, it is better to rush to the top of the city and fight to the death, or have a chance of survival.
These dozen or so roller coasters instantly transformed into a staircase leading to the city head and became a breakthrough point for attacking the city.
The moment the sky chariot hole opened and the officers and soldiers swarmed out, many churchgoers at the top of the city were shocked. This scene had happened many times in the battles in the past few days, but this time it was different from the previous times. The opponent obviously did not do anything in the previous times.
They were ready, so they rushed towards the city, but they failed to prevent the defenders from throwing kerosene bottles and rockets into the aerial vehicle. The opponent's aerial vehicle was solid on the outside, but once it caught fire inside, it would be a barrier.
The soldiers below could not get up the passage to the city, and the officers and soldiers who rushed up to the city were all killed because they could not get support.
But this time, it was obvious that the other side was on guard. Dozens of believers who were holding bottles of kerosene and waiting for the roller coaster to arrive before throwing the bottles were all shot dead by the crossbowmen above before the roller coaster arrived.
The crossbowmen seemed to specialize in shooting at this type of people, killing all the bottle throwers on the dozens of steps on the city wall. Therefore, they were able to successfully open the suspension bridge and charge towards the city wall. The first batch of
The officers and soldiers quickly jumped onto the city wall and stood together with the nearby believers. Behind, the exit of the huge roller coaster was like a monster's mouth, constantly spitting out soldiers and horses, and the number of officers and soldiers on the city wall was increasing.
The more there are, the more critical the situation becomes.
As subsequent roller coasters arrived one after another, suspension bridges were built on the wall one after another, and passages leading to the city head were connected one after another. The situation seemed to have become out of control, and it seemed that Yingtianfu City was already in danger.
In the city tower, Hai Dongqing looked at the situation in front of him with a livid face, and he was also anxious in his heart. The current situation is not collapsed yet, although the opponent has already used the special advantages of the roller coaster to attack the city wall, but it is only twenty or thirty.
The section of the city wall at the entrance has only been broken through, and the number of officers and soldiers who came up is not very large. We have tens of thousands of defenders and will quickly kill them all. Therefore, the top priority is to destroy the cloud carriage immediately and block the officers and soldiers from going up to the city.
Channel. This is the most important thing.
This matter cannot be delayed. The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the second echelon of the opponent have already begun the second wave of charge. When they rush to the city, the ladders and the aerial vehicles go up together, and the city wall is breached everywhere, then the world will really change.
No more power.
"Song Mian, Yang An. I order you to destroy the Skycar at all costs. Do you understand at all costs?" Hai Dongqing roared in a low voice.
Song Mian and Yang An hurriedly accepted the promise, and rushed out of the city tower in the north and south directions. Song Mian rushed to the north wall of the city tower for dozens of steps, and saw the sound of fighting on a section of the wall in front of him. Turning to the side, dozens of steps away, a tall man
The roller coaster opened its big mouth, and like a monster, it was spitting out a steady stream of siege forbidden troops. These forbidden troops roared and rushed up the city wall, constantly widening the distance occupied by the city wall, and squeezing towards both sides.
On the city wall dozens of paces wide, officers and soldiers and the bandits were entangled, fighting each other hand-to-hand, with blood and flesh and broken limbs flying everywhere. It was extremely brutal. It was obvious that the officers and soldiers had the upper hand. They were well-equipped and well-trained, and the defenders were the guardians of the city.
How could the motley army composed of religious troops, religious members, and ordinary people be their opponents? They only relied on the advantage of numbers, and they constantly added numbers to maintain the power of confrontation. Even so, the officers and soldiers continued to press against the walls on both sides.
Come.
Seeing this situation, Song Xian turned around and shouted sternly: "Who is responsible for burning the SkyTrain?"
A protector said hurriedly: "Song Protector is the villain who is responsible."
Song Mian turned to look at him and shouted: "Why don't you send someone to burn down the roller coaster?"
"We couldn't rush through. The repeater on top was watching us and shooting arrows. After charging several times, we were shot dead on the way. As soon as they saw someone holding a lit bottle of kerosene in their hand, they all started shooting.
It's impossible to get through at all." The protector shouted.
"Idiot, you are so stupid. Don't you know how to use your shield to block the charge?" Song Xian scolded.
"Where is the shield? Where do we have that thing?" the protector shouted aggrievedly.
Song Mian raised his hand and slapped him in the mouth, pointed at the door panels under the collapsed fortifications beside the city battlements and cursed: "Do you have to have a real shield? These things can't be used? As long as they can block arrows, even if it's a pot lid,
It’s enough to withstand those crossbow arrows, you idiot.”
The protector covered his face and did not dare to speak. In fact, he had tried it before, and the powerful crossbow on the Yunxiao Car could not be blocked by door panels or the like. Several of his subordinates tried to block the arrows with door panels, but they became bigger targets.
The door panel was directly shot by crossbow arrows and exploded. Several people died miserably, and their bodies were pierced by dozens of crossbow arrows. But at this moment, he did not dare to argue because he was worried that Song Mian would chop him with a knife.
"It's useless to say anything now. The front has been completely occupied, and even with an iron shield to protect you, you can't get through. Protector Song, you have to think of other ways." A Protector next to Song Mian said solemnly.
Song Mian sneered and shouted: "Where is the kerosene barrel?"
"Here, the three big barrels are here." The guardian hurriedly pointed to the wooden barrels under the corner of the city wall.
"Bring all three barrels and rush forward with me." Song Mian shouted loudly.
Everyone quickly brought in three large barrels of kerosene. Under Song Xian's organization, fifty or sixty skitarii rushed forward to the fighting place. There, four to five hundred people from both sides were glued together on the city wall, fighting for their lives.
The scene was extremely tragic.
Song Mian raised his foot and kicked over a bucket of kerosene, and cut open a corner with a knife. The thick and pungent kerosene inside immediately flowed out. Song Mian kicked it fiercely, and the kerosene barrel rolled forward, and rolled into the melee in front.
Among the crowd, black, pungent and unpleasant kerosene was sprinkled all over the place.
"Light the fire!" Song Mian shouted coldly.
"Hujiao Song, there are our people there." The people around him said in shock.
"I told you to light a fire. If you keep nagging me, I will chop you down." Song Mian shouted sternly with angry eyes.
No one dared to say anything, and one of the religious bandits lit the fire. A line of fire quickly followed the path of the barrel and rushed into the crowd. In the blink of an eye, the fire oil barrel in the crowd exploded.
There was an explosion. Flames shot out in all directions among the crowd, and there was a rain of flames. All the soldiers and horses of both sides in the melee had no way to escape, and many people were on fire. The kerosene was originally underground.
Petroleum, just slightly refined, is not strictly kerosene. It is extremely viscous, and the flames that explode will stick to the body and burn. In this case, it is more terrifying than real kerosene. The intense flames
The pungent smoke filled the city wall with smoke and dust for more than ten steps, making it feel like hell. The Forbidden soldiers and religious bandits shouted in panic and slapped the flames on their bodies, but it ignited more places. Very quickly.
Soon, many people's whole bodies were on fire and burned into burning figures.
Everyone looked at all this with trembling fear, standing still in fear. However, Song Mian showed no expression, raised his foot, kicked over another bucket of kerosene, and rolled it into the sea of fire in front of him in the same way.
The explosive fire became more violent and affected more people. The fire on the city wall rained down on the walls on both sides, like gorgeous fireworks at a festival.
"My brothers from the Qing Sect have magical powers to protect their bodies. They are invulnerable to water, fire, and swords and guns. If you are sincerely loyal to the Holy Duke and serve the Qing Sect, you will not suffer the pain of burning in the fire. Of course, maybe not everyone can do it wholeheartedly, but the Holy Duke said
, after the fire cleanses them, their souls will be purified, and even if they die, they will be taken into the Yunxiao Temple to enjoy eternal bliss. So even if they die for our religion, what is there to fear?" Song Mian shouted coldly.
"Yes, yes, what Song Hujiao said is true. The Holy Gong is the greatest and the Holy Gong is wise." Everyone could only nod in agreement, but most people knew in their hearts that all this was nonsense. After so many days
Everyone who participated in the battle witnessed the death of a large number of believers, and even several guardians died on the city walls. The believers may have distracting thoughts, but are they not loyal as the guardians? Are thousands of guardians also dead?
None of the dead people were loyal? None of them had invulnerable body-protecting magical powers? This can only mean one thing, the so-called magical body-protecting powers do not exist. The Holy Duke himself suffered some minor injuries, could it be said that he
Are you not loyal to yourself?
Naturally, I can only think about these words in my heart. At this moment, everything is already too late, and there is no point in saying anything. I can only bite the bullet and obey this method regardless of my conscience.
After the third barrel of kerosene rolled into the sea of fire, the more rapid fire and thick smoke turned the originally overcrowded place where the two sides were fighting into a hell-like place. The city wall within twenty or thirty steps could no longer be approached at all, and then
Hundreds of people were burned to death in the flames, and the crisis on this section of the city wall was resolved in this brutal suicide-like manner. The suspension bridge of the roller coaster is located in this blazing land, and the Forbidden Army soldiers in the roller coaster are
There was no way to rush up from the suspension bridge. Because the fire blocked their way to the city, they could only crowd at the exit and watch in wonder.
Although Song Xian's method was simple, crude, and inhumane. Although it did not destroy the Sky Car, it objectively blocked the opponent's access to the city, achieving the same effect as destroying the Sky Car. As the fire spread, the people on the Sky Car were destroyed.
The springboard of the roller coaster at the top of the city also started to catch fire. If the springboard was burned, the entire roller coaster would almost be scrapped.
Song Mian's method was quickly promoted, and fires soon broke out in the 20 or 30 city wall areas at the top of the city that were breached by the roller coaster. Some of the bandits' behavior was even more extreme. Some of them poured water all over their bodies.
Holding more than a dozen kerosene bottles, he lit a fire and rushed into the fighting crowd shouting the slogan "The Greatest Holy Gong". Then as the kerosene exploded, everyone was dragged into the sea of fire.
Some of the congregants even rushed into the Yunxiao Car from the suspension bridge pedals with their bodies full of fire. Although they were quickly killed, the fire and thick smoke forced the Forbidden Army soldiers who were crowded inside the Yunxiao Car to evacuate quickly.
This is often the case on the battlefield. The cowardly may become more cowardly, and the extreme may become more extreme. Stimulated by the lifeless atmosphere on the battlefield, many incredible actions will occur. In fact, from some kind of
From a perspective, a coward is not a coward, but a sober person on the battlefield. A brave person is not brave, but a person who has lost everything and given up hope. In short, all the weird behaviors on the battlefield are reasonable, especially those of young people.
With this kind of cult organization, it is not surprising that the members would do anything.
With this crazy suicidal attack, the urgent crisis caused by the siege of the city by the Sky Crane was resolved. More than a dozen Sky Crane were forced to pull up the suspension bridge and shrink into an arrow tower. Some of the Sky Crane began to shift their positions, preparing to bypass the burning tower.
The siege channel was rebuilt at the location. Several other roller coasters were attacked by suicide attackers because they did not anticipate the opponent's madness. The bandits rushed into the roller coaster from the slope of the suspension bridge, and the kerosene bottles they carried exploded and burned inside. Very quickly.
It quickly burned into several huge torches, and the flames rose. The repeating crossbowmen at the top were unable to escape, and they were all burned to death in the iron fence.
The originally good situation of the Forbidden Army was instantly eliminated. The nearly one thousand Forbidden Army who attacked the city had no way to retreat. Some were burned to death, some were killed, and some had no way to go, so they chose to jump off the city wall and throw themselves to death. When
When the second wave of tens of thousands of Forbidden troops attacked the city, all the passages for the Skycar to go up had been closed, and more than half of the first wave of Forbidden troops had been killed or injured. They had to use the most primitive siege method to continue the attack, which was to use the most common
Use ladders to attack the city.
The failure of the first wave of siege obviously had a huge impact on the second wave of siege. Without the diversionary effect of the aerial vehicles and the soldiers rushing to the top of the city to fight with the enemy, the second wave of siege troops could only use ladders.
Siege the city. But this primitive siege method will be as difficult to achieve as the siege of the previous few days. Guo Xu and the generals watching the battle from behind all understand this, but they have no way out.
"Third echelon, attack for me!" Guo Xu gritted his teeth and issued the order. He had already made a desperate move. He could not retreat, and he could not retreat. Often when sieges encounter such a situation, one should make a wise choice to retreat and rest. But he
If he failed to do so, he would speed up the siege and increase the intensity. Although he also understood that doing so would most likely speed up the failure, but he had no choice.
