Suddenly Li Xingchen remembered that during the Mangshan battle between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty had the upper hand. It was Yuchi Jiong who led his army into the Northern Qi army and ran rampant, which blocked the momentum of the Northern Qi pursuit and allowed the Northern Zhou army to retreat safely.
At that time, Yuchi Jiong's decisive action, decisive use of troops, and ferocious attack made all the generals of the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou Dynasties admire him. In the end, although Yuchijiong paid a high price, he preserved a meager family fortune for the Northern Zhou Dynasty, thus setting a good foundation for Yu Wen later.
Yong's ability to defeat Northern Qi in one fell swoop laid a solid foundation.
It is precisely for this reason that after Yuchijiong returned to the court, he was granted the title of Taibao, and soon after he was granted the title of Zhuguo, becoming an out-and-out mainstay of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Looking back on Yuchi Jiong's brutal fighting in that battle, today's situation seems to be nothing.
Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes. This old general seemed to be good at solving difficulties. It's no wonder that Yu Wenyong sent Yuchi Jiong to Xiangyang. Once there was a change in Jiangling, the army was weak and the situation in the north was unclear.
Well, Yu Chijiong is really the best candidate.
Judging from this battle alone, this old general is not really too old to fight on the battlefield.
Since Li Xingchen was determined not to get out of the way, Yuchi Jiong obviously chose the most straightforward method and used his life to fill a path.
Looking at the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who came one after another, Li Xingchen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This is not the truth.
"Throw down the wooden rolling stones!" Chen Zhishen's voice echoed from his ears, pulling Li Xingchen back from his illusory imagination and emotion. A series of ladders had been set up on the top of the city without knowing when, and the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were standing on top of the city.
Climbing up desperately.
In the absence of large siege equipment such as rams and ladder trucks, they could only use this simplest method to launch an attack. And almost every battlement was erected with ladders. If you look at it from the perspective of the Northern Zhou people,
, will be shocked by the number of ladders and the density of soldiers on the ladders.
When the number of attackers reaches a certain level, no matter how strong the city is, it will not hinder their progress, even if they end up using corpses to pile up a road leading to the city.
Obviously, Yuchi Jiang's order was to do whatever it takes.
In addition to using this simple ladder, many soldiers also carried sandbags on their shoulders and threw them together. Apparently they also wanted to build a slope that could lead to the top of the city by carrying earth.
After all, Zhangshan County City is far from high compared to Jiangling and other cities. As long as there is sufficient time and manpower, this is completely feasible.
Most of the soldiers who rushed up carrying sandbags were shot by arrows, or hit by logs and rolling stones thrown from the city. Soon, like their sandbags, they became part of the slope. And the entire slope
But it is growing and expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"The crossbowmen suppressed the enemy's two wings." Li Xingchen frowned. He knew very well where the biggest threat to the city was. After all, there were only a few soldiers rushing up through the ladder, even if it really caused more than ten people to rush up like last time.
In such a dangerous situation, Li Xingchen could at least use his reserve team to force them down.
However, once the enemy builds a slope that extends to the top of the city, the two thousand soldiers under Li Xingchen's command will not be able to stop the steady stream of soldiers coming up.
Li Xinchen didn't want to try what would happen if he acted like a mantis.
The arrows on the top of the city were dense again, and the whistling arrow feathers penetrated into the chests of the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Those soldiers who tried to approach the earth slope that had unknowingly built one third of the height of the city wall were all shot by arrows.
fall.
Soon the people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty also discovered the intention of the defenders on the city, and the arrows they fired seemed to have a target. The crossbowmen on both sides kept falling after being hit by arrows, but no one retreated. Instead, most of them were biting.
He gritted his teeth and moved forward, hoping to send the arrow in his hand into the chest of the enemy farther away.
Shields moved up and down the city wall, and the soldiers holding the shields tried their best to block more arrows for their companions. When the crossbowmen's eyes were red, why didn't they grit their teeth?
"Kill!" A loud shout came from a battlement, and the figure shook. A burly Northern Zhou soldier jumped onto the female wall, and the sword in his hand directly chopped open a Nanchen soldier who stepped forward to block him, but before he could wait for him
Then he swung his second sword, and three or four spears came towards him at the same time, piercing his chest.
The Northern Zhou soldier's eyes widened and he looked at the gun barrel that was buried in his chest with some disbelief. General Nan Chenzhuang on the opposite side smiled ferociously, pulled out the gun barrel, then stepped forward and kicked the Northern Zhou soldier directly off the city wall.
"Get out of the way!" the general roared, and the spearmen who had rushed forward hurriedly backed away, but despite this, one person was still shot in the arm by the arrow that followed, but the soldier gritted his teeth and said
Without saying a word, he just pushed his companion away and retreated to the back, where someone would bandage him.
"Rumu, rolling stones!" Zhuangjiang yelled ferociously, not caring how many of his men were injured or killed. At this time, someone would always rush forward to execute his order. Every Nanchen soldier went forward to follow his orders, and never
Back up until they're all down.
Several shield bearers were the first to push up to block the arrows, while the soldiers who followed the shield bearers lifted up the wood and threw it down the ladder. A moment later, screams were heard from the ladder, and they were obviously climbing up.
The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who climbed were smashed to the ground.
"Dang!" The sound of gold and iron clashing came one after another. It turned out that another soldier from the Northern Zhou Dynasty climbed up while the Nanchen defenders were avoiding the arrows. The sword in his hand was waving with great force, and the surrounding shield bearers could only parry.
.
"Go up!" the general roared, and the spearmen who had been waiting for a long time roared and followed closely behind their general, rows of spears reflecting the dazzling light in the firelight.
And Zhuang Jiang subconsciously looked sideways. In front of the city tower not far away, in the jumping firelight, the general flag embroidered with the word "Li" was flying all the time. Although compared with the beginning, it was still flying.
There are many holes left by arrows on the flag, and even the outline of the words on it can only be vaguely discerned, but it is still flying there!
"Kill!" Several spearmen in front had already fought with the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who were rushing towards the city. General Zhuang followed up with a roar and jumped forward.
Just when he saw the soldiers from the Northern Zhou Dynasty were about to climb up again, a Nanchen shield wielder made a quick decision, threw the shield in his hand, blocked the incoming blade with his short sword, and then rushed forward and hugged the soldier.
The waist of the Northern Zhou people, two people just fell off the battlements!