In fact, before Xiao Maha's order was conveyed, Pei Zilie had already hurried to Xiao Maha's army with several personal guards.
Although Pei Zilie has followed Wu Mingche on the battlefield for many years, he has not seen such a spectacular siege scene often.
The Nanchen army, as black as a tide, roared forward. A ladder truck and a siege truck moved against the roaring arrows amidst the sound of neat chants. From time to time, a ladder truck or siege truck came under fire from the city.
The fire gathered and turned into a huge burning torch, lighting up the gloomy sky.
The wide moat outside Jiangling City has completely turned into the color of blood, and the river channel has been cut off in many places. Bridge erecting trucks and large and small wooden planks have blocked the river channel.
There were a large number of sandbags and stones. Of course, there were more corpses of Nanchen soldiers on and under the bridge. The layers of corpses were wrapped in sandbags and stones, completely cutting off the moat.
The advancing soldiers threw the sandbags and stones they carried into the river from time to time, and soon most of them fell down after being hit by arrows. Like the things they carried so hard to the bottom of the city, they became part of the river blockage.
Following closely behind them, the crossbowmen tried their best to suppress the city head under the cover of the shield men, while ladder trucks and simple ladders continued to pass through the gaps between the crossbowmen and moved forward with difficulty.
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Because it had rained before, the ground was quite muddy. From time to time, a heavy ladder truck would get stuck in the mud, and it would instantly become a living target for the fire arrows at the top of the city. The soldiers on and off the ladder truck were on fire, and they jumped down screaming, full of anger.
Rolling on the ground.
However, more ladder trucks still crossed the bridge made of corpses and continued to approach the city wall of Jiangling. The soldiers at the top of the ladder trucks were facing arrows and shooting at the city head. Countless stones were falling on their heads.
Cross over and smash into the city.
At the same time, several bridges that were originally erected on the moat in front of the city gate were also used with their guardrails removed. The previously burned rams were pushed off the bridges by the soldiers despite the rain of arrows and used as another bridge.
The car blocked half of the river, while the rush car following closely behind slowly climbed onto the bridge. This time Nan Chen obviously tried his best, and the two rush cars aimed at the two city gates at the same time.
After all, Jiangling is an important town in the north of the Yangtze River and the capital of the Western Liang Dynasty. In order to facilitate entry and exit, a city gate actually has three door openings, one large and two small. As long as you can break through any one of them, you will naturally be able to rush into the city. If it weren't for the stone on the river
Although the bridge is spacious, it can barely accommodate two rushing cars. I am afraid Xiao Maha will add another rushing car without hesitation.
Stones and torches were smashed down from the city gate, while Nanchen's trebuchets, crossbows and crossbows in the hands of the crossbowmen were also aimed at the city gate, suppressing the opponent.
"General?" one of the guards whispered.
"Let's go!" Pei Zilie nodded and galloped straight towards the direction of Xiao Maha's banner.
When he saw the tragic scene of the siege, Pei Zilie understood how right he had made by following Li Xingchen's advice. The three thousand men under his command had devoted themselves to the siege. I'm afraid that after two days,
All that's left is the bones.
Perhaps only Li Xingchen could maximize the role of these three thousand people. Recalling that starting from Baling, he held Fan Yi hostage, smuggled across the river, and outflanked Ji Nan. Every move Li Xingchen made seemed like a military move.
It was a dangerous move, but it hit the key point every time, and it was the key point of Fan Yi, Lu Teng and Xiao Kui, three famous generals and even emperors in the world.
This guy is really not simple...
In Pei Zilie's original opinion, Li Xinchen deserves respect more because of Li Cheng. After all, Pei Zilie admired the reputation of Shixing Spear King very much. After getting along with Li Xinchen for a long time, he discovered that this person seemed to have never been
Nothing crucial was really obtained from Li Cheng, and all decisions he made relied on his own judgment.
Shaking her head, Pei Zilie refused to let herself think about this anymore. After all, she had more urgent things to do. More than two thousand brothers led by Li Xingchen and Xiao Shilian were still waiting for his support.
"The last general Pei Zilie meets General Zuowei!" Pei Zilie got off his horse and climbed onto the drum stand.
Xiao Mohe was also slightly startled. Pei Zilie came so quickly that even the personal guards did not have time to inform him: "Master, you... the drums are loud here. Let's talk somewhere else."
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"Found the Northern Zhou sentry cavalry, one mile west of the city!"
"Our army outpost is three miles away from Zhangshan County!" Meteor scouts arrived one after another.
Li Xingchen stood on the side of the road with his sleeves rolled up. While looking at the map Li Ping spread out, he raised his arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Then he turned to look at Chen Zhishen beside him: "Where is Brother Boqing?"
Xiao Shilian obviously has the same obsession as his father when it comes to playing forward, and Li Xingchen has no intention of competing with him for this position. After all, the Xiao family is "professional" and Xiao Shilian is indeed more suitable than him.
"Here!" Before Chen Zhishen could answer, Xiao Shilian's voice sounded.
"Did you find the barbarian sentries?" Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows.
Xiao Shilian's face was solemn and he nodded slightly: "And there are quite a few people, both in the west and east of the city, and probably even more in the north. Some people even suspect that the barbarians have already rushed into the city. And we are still more than two miles away from Zhangshan County.
"
Li Xingchen looked at the sky. It was already evening, but thick clouds covered the sun. Obviously, the heavy rain before was threatening to come back:
"The rain is probably coming soon. We can't wait in the wilderness. The scouts are not scary. As long as their scouts are still there, it means that their main force is still some distance away. The most we encounter are forwards.
"
Xiao Shilian looked over in surprise: "Shizhong, what do you mean?"
Li Xingchen pouted towards the distant horizon: "March quickly and rush in. Before the barbarians have a firm foothold in the city, let's capture the city!"
"This..." Li Xingchen's boldness made Xiao Shilian shudder.
"Why, you dare not?" Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes, "We are now in the plains and wilderness, with a fortified city in front and wasteland behind, mountains on the left and water on the right. There is no way to retreat or turn around. There is only one way to go.
What you can do is move forward!"
As soon as Li Xingchen finished speaking, Chen Zhishen and the several commanders and generals who followed Xiao Shilian around him all took a deep breath. At this time, they also realized the danger of their situation.
This Zhangshan County is located on an important road, guarding the throat of Jingshan Mianshui and controlling the road. Due to the rain in the past few days, the road in the south is quite muddy. It took a lot of effort for everyone to get here. At this time, we want to
If you turn around and return south, you will easily be intercepted by the Northern Zhou army, which is even more dangerous in the wild.
Obviously, the Northern Zhou army would not miss the opportunity to practice with this small Nanchen army.