The battle in Hui Le City was not as smooth as Yu Xi imagined.
After all, this is just a small earthen city, but what it has to face is the successive attacks of the Turks' elite. Although there is still wind and snow, it is no longer as fierce as when the battle just started, and there are even a few days in between.
The sun came out.
The rise in temperature made the water splashing method invented by Hou Mi not so effective, and the Turks also took out iron picks and used people to chip away at the ice bit by bit, not to mention that this city was built with tampers after all.
It is made of earth, not stone, so if you water it every day, the wall will be washed away again and again, which will naturally cause great damage to the wall itself.
In addition, there are more and more corpses of Turks under the city, so now when the Turks attack the city, they even step on the corpses of their own people. They wait until they are almost halfway up the city before starting to build ladders. At this time
The effect of the ice layer is naturally smaller.
When the battle has reached this point, those at the forefront are already Turkic Yehu's tribe. Apparently Turkic Yehu has also realized that if he could not make a breakthrough years ago, so many people would be blocked in the river valley.
People will probably end up with a miserable end in the end.
And now what is blocking the Turks at the front is actually no longer the city wall of Huile City, but the flesh-and-blood defense line of the Han soldiers. After all, gaps have appeared in many places in the low city wall, and the Turks are attacking day and night.
What's more, there is no way to repair these gaps, and we can only watch the city wall, which is not long in the first place, collapse bit by bit.
The Chinese army's tent has been moved from the original location close to the city wall to the south of the city, under the protection of the two wings of the army, which also means that the battle has extended from outside the city to the city.
Huile City was not big to begin with, and there were only some ruins left in the city, so the defenders directly used these materials to build three more low walls in the city in order to block the Turks who rushed into the city.
After all, there are fewer and fewer places to stand on the city wall, and there are more and more gaps, so the Turks have not rushed into the city once or twice.
Not to mention the city wall, even the first low wall has gaps in many places. Fortunately, this is not a place where the Turks are directly facing the Turks, so it can be repaired in time.
"It is estimated that the next batch of attacks will begin within half an hour." Yu Yi leaned against the low wall and whispered.
There was a lot of blood on the old general's body, but judging from the fact that he still had the energy to read the map, the blood should belong to the enemy. In fact, it was because the Turkic attack just now broke through the first low wall, and Yu Yi, who was sitting behind him, only
Being able to bring his personal guards up to the top, he was able to support the troops until reinforcements arrived and drove the Turks back.
On this battlefield with narrow terrain, Yu Yi was already prepared to attack at any time. After all, this low wall was not a real city wall, but only half a man high. Some Turks with excellent equestrian skills could even ride horses directly.
Crossing over, of course, the debris outside the city wall is now piled up in a mess, so no Turkic cavalry will rush in for a while.
This may be the last advantage that the Han side has, otherwise the Turks will directly attack the defense line with cavalry, let alone three lines of defense, even if there are a fourth and fifth line, it will be of no use.
"It's slower than before." Xu Deyan didn't know when he came over.
Yu Yi didn't know much about this young man who arrived just a few days ago, but he also knew that he was Xu Ling's grandson, and of course he didn't dare to look down upon him.
"But each attack is far more violent than the previous one." Xu Deyan said calmly.
The biggest feeling this young man gave Yu Yi was that he was calm. Cao Zhong was a well-known stable man, but he was still a little panicked when faced with the battle situation in front of him. However, such an expression seemed to have never appeared on Xu Deyan's face.
Of course, if Yu Yi knew what Xu Deyan had gone through, he would probably be able to understand his expression. After all, when he attacked Luofengpo, Xu Deyan once jumped from the top of the mountain, and Cangxi later
In the Battle of the Valley, he was always at the forefront as the forward under Pei Zilie.
It can even be said that his experience is more than that of Cao Zhong, so it is reasonable to be calm. He has fought under Li Xingchen, and this is not a big storm.
"Now the people who are rushing up are the Turks Ye Hu's men. Obviously this Ye Hu is really planning to fight." Yu Yi frowned and said. Although the old general has been on the battlefield for many years, the situation in front of him is really confusing.
First time seeing it.
"Not good!" Suddenly Xu Deyan stretched out his hands to support the wall and stood up.
Yu Yi's ears also perked up, and he also heard the sound coming from far away.
Little by little, the earth was shaking.
cavalry!
"It's the Turkic cavalry!" Xu Deyan clenched his fists, "The Turks are preparing to use cavalry!"
"We're finally here." Yu Yi took a deep breath.
Now the entire city wall is riddled with holes. Those collapsed walls are actually not much different from the open city gates. What the cavalry needs to overcome is no longer the high wall, but the messy wood, rolling stones and corpses outside the high wall.
And if the goal is to break through the fragile defense lines behind the high walls, then paying a certain price to get over those obstacles is not a loss-making business. After all, these low walls, which are only half a man high, can best be attacked with cavalry.
convenient.
"Drumming!" Xu Deyan shouted loudly.
The soldiers who were resting inside and outside the low wall got up almost at the same time. A famous general stood on the wall and shouted loudly. The soldiers quickly ran to the upper city walk not far away, and the crossbowmen on the city wall were already ready.
In preparation, a large number of arrows and rolling stones were also transferred to the city.
It is reasonable for the enemy to use cavalry to attack, so it is not unprepared. However, the only ones that can really play a role are the few crossbows and crossbowmen left on the city, and the trebuchets because
They were too close to the battle line, so they were all pushed behind the three low walls, and they no longer had that much vision and range.
"Set up the crossbow!" the generals on the top of the city ordered decisively.
From their position, they could clearly see the black tide sweeping in from the distance. This tide stepped over the rocks, passed over their destroyed siege equipment, and even directly crushed the siege ladder that was still burning with residual fire.
!
As for the corpses of his family members, they looked like ordinary stones under their horses' hooves.
The black flag of the Turks fluttered in the wind, and it was painted with deep red, symbolizing killing and conquest, which seemed to be the color of blood. Guarding the flag was a saber like a forest.
Under the sun, all the sabers shone with the light of killing.
Seeing this scene, even Yu Yi was startled and said subconsciously: "How long will it take these two boys Yu Xi and Hou Mi?" (To be continued)