Nine hundred and ninetieth chapters fierce battle in Xiangzhou City
It has to be said that Xiangzhou City still prepared enough offensive and defensive equipment, which can be seen from Xiao Shilian's ability to easily seize more than a dozen trebuchets outside the city. As Nanchen built construction projects in Liangjun and other places in Huainan,
After the workshop was able to meet the needs of the Huaihe-Huaihe War, the equipment from Jiangnan and other places should have been piled up on the Xiangzhou front line.
Obviously, the Nanchen court still had doubts about Xiao Mohe, who was in Jiangling and was obviously already self-respecting.
At least he definitely did not believe in Xiao Mohe like Chen Xu believed in Wu Mingche. Therefore, what Nan Chen had been painstakingly managing from beginning to end was the defense line from the Public Security Bureau to Xiangzhou. In this regard, Gu Jue handed over various offensive and defensive functions in the Public Security City to Li Xingchen.
The equipment can be used as evidence.
Now, although the supplies outside the city have been destroyed and are even attacking Xiangzhou City in turn, at least the trebuchets and other equipment inside Xiangzhou City are still sufficient. Countless stone bullets are whizzing towards them, which is not very serious at all.
Waves of water jets were raised on the wide water surface, and the turbulent waves made it almost difficult for Jiang Xian and others' ships to move forward. Moreover, three or four boats had been destroyed by stone projectiles thrown by trebuchets.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Jiang Xian's eyes turned red with anxiety. Almost everyone on the boat was rowing desperately. Even Jiang Xian himself wanted to put his hand into the water, which was at least better than nothing.
"Bang!" A small stone hit a soldier. The soldier screamed and fainted on the spot. Even with the protection of a helmet, he probably would not survive. But the rest of the people on the ship
People simply ignored these. For them, this was a road of no return. They had to hurry up and rush to the city gate to have the possibility of saving their lives.
The water waves caused by the stone bullets hit the boat heavily. The boat swayed and almost rushed towards the embankment next to it. Fortunately, both the captain on the boat and Jiang Xian himself were experienced naval generals.
He quickly commanded the oarsmen to regain control of the boat by changing the force. At the same time, this boat was the first to rush into the doorway when the two companion boats in front of it sank or ran aground.
The wooden fence in the doorway had been completely burned by the fire, and the wood had long turned into as black as ashes. The ship hit it, forcefully knocking the wooden fence open, and countless flying ash fell on the soldiers.
face, but everyone looked forward with wide eyes.
After entering the city, the river naturally tightened, and the defenders had already covered the river with iron ropes. Even the first iron rope had barbs. If it collided directly, the boat would be destroyed and people would be killed.
Jiang Xian had already obtained the defense map of Xiangzhou City through Jingzhou Navy before this, so Chen Shujian was unable to make many changes in just one day.
Jiang Xian had no intention of rushing forward directly along the river from the beginning. The river in the city was narrow. This was an indisputable fact. If he had followed the river directly, it would definitely be the job of the crossbowmen in the houses on both sides of the river.
As for the target, just one random arrow can cause Jiang Xian and others to suffer heavy losses, and it is not impossible to even annihilate the whole army.
Therefore, Jiang Xian's plan was to abandon the boat and go ashore directly at the pier inside the city gate.
"Fire the arrows, fire the arrows!" The generals of both sides gave the order almost immediately, and the arrows roared towards each other.
Most of the arrows pierced the shields, but some soldiers were still struck by arrows and fell.
The ropes that had been prepared long ago were accurately connected to the piles on the pier. The boat almost leaned heavily on the pier at the speed of washing the beach. The whole ship shook violently. If the soldiers on the ship had not been prepared, they all
If you grasp a strong place, you may have to fall off your back.
Jiang Xian drew out his knife and was the first to jump out of the warship. The ship had not actually completely landed on the pier. The move made the ship naturally move backwards, and Jiang Xian stepped on the steps that were submerged in the water.
Go up, take three steps and make two steps to rush to the shore.
The Nanchen crossbowmen on the pier were still busy retreating, but they did not expect that the opponent would be so fierce. They rushed in front of them in an instant, and there was a chaos on the pier. Fortunately, several Nanchen battle leaders decisively ordered the sword and shield players to go first.
Retreat, at the expense of the dozen or so crossbowmen in front, so that the soldiers behind can push up the prepared gate knife cart.
"Ballast wood, hurry up!" Jiang Xian's pupils suddenly shrank. It was obvious that Chen Shujian, who had quite a lot of battlefield experience, had expected that he would do this. The gate-carrying tools that should have appeared at the city gate on land did not expect to be here.
There are also preparations.
The gate-blocking knife cart is the simplest and most effective defense method when the city gate is breached. It may cause the enemy's large influx of infantry to suffer a violent blow at the first time, but correspondingly, as a method of defense, it has already
As an increasingly common device, door jammers are not without solutions.
Whether you push it directly with a large shield or hit it with a giant log, you can effectively push open the door jammers. However, these siege equipment are generally equipped by engineering teams on land. The navy's walking boats are so small.
Naturally, there is no way to hold these things. If the enemy's Semen Cart is allowed to advance, then Jiang Xian and the others will be forced directly back to the ship. And if the enemy's crossbowmen rush up, then Jiang Xian and the others will completely become
Living target.
So Jiang Xian simply did not stop and lifted out the ballast wood.
The walking boat is just a light troop transport vessel. If it is used directly to attack the city gate and brave the enemy's arrows and stone bullets, it will be easy to be affected by the waves and difficult to control because the boat is too light. Therefore, all the walking boats before this
A piece of ballast wood is placed on the bilge of the boat to increase the weight and lower the center of gravity of the ship.
It's just that Jiang Xian didn't expect that the ballast wood would actually play a role at this time. The arrows whizzed past him. Jiang Xian gritted his teeth tightly and looked at the Semen Cart that was getting closer and closer.
The two generals carried the ballast logs together. Jiang Xian roared and joined the procession. Several people held the ballast logs and rammed directly towards the door jammer.
"Bang!" There was a loud noise, and the Semen sword cart was hit hard and retreated. Jiang Xian and the others strode forward without hesitation, and forcefully knocked the Semen sword cart away, while the rest of the soldiers
Then they rushed in along the gap as if they were flying.
"Kill!" Jiang Xian casually threw away the ballast wood, drew out his knife and pounced directly at the Nanchen battle leader next to him. The Nanchen battle master looked at the Shu Han soldiers surrounding him from all directions, and for a moment he was confused.
Run backward first.
Originally, there were quite a few Nanchen troops on the pier, but who would have thought that as soon as the leader ran away, the rest of the soldiers would start to retreat, while the people behind didn't know why and were still moving forward. Suddenly, the pier became more and more chaotic.
This actually made Jiang Xian surprised and happy, and he hurriedly led the people towards the uptown trail that was just around the corner. (To be continued)