However, even with the assistance of the navy, the two previous tentative attacks were repelled. However, at least during the second attack, the first team had already climbed onto the city wall. Unfortunately, they did not expect that the enemy would use the crossbowmen.
Arranged at a later location, the first dozen soldiers who came to the city were shot to death by random arrows.
Suddenly losing their foothold, the soldiers behind them had no choice but to retreat. Fortunately, the defenders also wanted to preserve their strength, so the losses from the two attacks were not great.
Even so, Chen Zhishen and Xiao Shilian still feel a little heartbroken.
If we say that the most serious problem they face now is probably the lack of troops and horses, of course this problem is also plaguing the Northern Zhou defenders. The loss of hundreds of people is just a drop in the bucket for an army of more than 100,000, but for an army
For an army of several thousand people, this is quite a number.
I'm afraid Li Xingchen can only give them more than 3,000 soldiers and horses. Even if the troops organized by the resettled refugees and Tang descendants are sent to the battlefield later, there will only be no more than a few hundred people. What's more important is that there are
Before, Xiao Shilian's troops may have lost almost half of their troops, and the morale of the army was certainly not comparable to what it is now.
Standing on the general stage and looking at the army launching the third attack, Chen Zhishen frowned.
A powerful crossbow cannot penetrate Lu's silk. Chen Zhishen knows this very well.
He was not a general, but a child of a commoner family. If Xiao Mohe had not come from a poor family and did not despise his identity, and put him in charge of training because of his physique and fighting experience, if it had not been for Li Xinchen's important use of him.
Besides, I am afraid that Chen Zhishen is charging forward with the other soldiers with their swords raised.
Chen Zhishen was grateful to Xiao Mohe and even more grateful to Li Xingchen, but he also admitted that he had little education and did not have much experience in leadership. However, Chen Zhishen knew very well where his own strengths lay. As a general who had been responsible for training troops for many years, he
The morale of the soldiers was very clear when he looked at it. When it was high and when it was low, I am afraid that even Li Xingchen and Xiao Shilian were not as accurate as him.
Therefore, Chen Zhishen knew very clearly just by looking at the expressions on the faces of the soldiers who were preparing to go out that if there was no breakthrough this time, today's attack should be stopped, otherwise it would just be a useless sacrifice.
Although Chen Zhishen did not expect to easily capture the city by attacking the city three times in two days, after all, the Luzhou City in front of him could be considered a powerful city. However, he was still looking forward to a miracle. Otherwise, he would capture Luzhou.
I'm afraid the city will have to spend some time.
"Bang!" The trebuchet at the top of Luzhou City was still fighting back desperately, but in front of Nanchen's many siege equipment, the stone bullets thrown by this small trebuchet were like tickling. But even so, the person responsible for commanding the equipment
Xie Chang still felt that he was very embarrassed.
He was the most important assistant to the master craftsman Ouyang Mo. While Ouyang Mo was running around Nanfang County and Ba County, working hard for the construction of the workshop, Xie Chang naturally took on the task of commanding these large equipment.
According to legend, his ancestors were the famous Xie family, but the former "Wang Xie" had long since declined. Such an origin could not bring any benefit to Xie Chang, so he needed to struggle to find a way out with his own hands.
The current battle to enter Shu is undoubtedly a good opportunity for him that cannot be missed. Of course, he does not want to leave a bad impression on Ouyang Mo or even Li Xingchen because of his poor performance as a jungler.
"Aim at the direction in which the trebuchet throws the projectile. The trebuchet on the left moves forward four steps, and the trebuchet on the right moves back six steps. Listen to a certain order!" The muscles on Xie Chang's face were tense, and he stared helplessly.
Seeing the stone bullets hitting his siege ladder heavily, the ladder shook violently and broke at the waist.
Teams of strong men pushed the trebuchets forward step by step. Xie Chang exhaled softly, and all eyes focused on him. Xie Chang's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened and he waved his hand violently.
:"put!"
Three stone bullets shot out of the air at the same time and crossed the city wall. After a moment, no more stone bullets were fired from behind the city wall.
The strong men controlling the trebuchets looked at each other and burst into cheers.
"Kill!" A general who was leading the charge at the front suddenly waved the knife in his hand and shouted. Countless Nanchen soldiers shouted and rushed towards the city wall.
Xiao Shilian held a knife and walked quickly to Xie Chang, surrounded by several soldiers. He reached out and patted his shoulder: "Well done."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Shilian directly called to the guards around him: "My sons, it's not a big deal in Luzhou City. Now they don't even have trebuchets and crossbows. Do we have anything to be afraid of?!"
"No!" The guards surrounded Xiao Shilian tightly and shouted loudly.
The shouts soon spread throughout the attack position. As the command flag in Chen Zhishen's hand on the platform not far away fell appropriately, the soldiers in the group waiting for the attack order began to run at the same time, with red flags symbolizing Nanchen rising.
Dancing wildly in the cold wind.
The knife in Xiao Shilian's hand was pointed straight at the city head. On the general stage, Chen Zhishen's hand holding the flag tightly was also full of sweat, and his eyes were fixed on the city wall in front of him.
This is already the strongest force they can bring out. Whether they can successfully attack depends on this time.
If Luzhou City cannot be opened in this way, then Chen Zhishen and Xiao Shilian will have to consider whether to change the storm to a long-term siege.
It is winter now. If the siege continues for a long time, it means that Xiao Shilian and the others must consider the issues of food, heating, and even whether the river will be frozen. Once the river freezes, it means that the naval warships will have to dock and retreat.
, and the waterway, the main channel for transporting grain, will be interrupted. The effort consumed by transporting food by land is definitely not comparable to that of water transport.
Fortunately, freezing of rivers is common in areas south of the Yangtze River and Jingzhou. However, in Bashu, the high mountains block a lot of cold airflow from the north, so the frequency of freezing is not that high. However, when marching and fighting, any mistake may cause
The disaster will come, so these issues have to be considered even if they are unlikely to happen.
Just when Chen Zhishen was still worried about the future, Xiao Shilian's voice came faintly in the wind ahead: "Brothers, we will never retreat!"
When they saw the general flag with the word "Xiao" appearing at the front of the new charge team, both the soldiers who were running wildly and the generals who were shouting with their swords were in a daze, but then they used their loudest voices
, Xiao Shilian responded hoarsely:
"We will never retreat!"
A moment later, the same shouts broke out from the shirtless craftsmen and strong men operating the trebuchets, and from the naval fleet on the water.
This is their answer to Xiao Shilian and also their roar to the enemy!
For a time, the sound was like a roaring tsunami from all directions in Luzhou City!