623. Chapter 623 Westward Twenty-one(1/2)
"Put it up! Set it up! Set up our catapult and fight back! Let the Liangzhou bastards see how powerful we are!" Xia Houyuan's cold eyes almost turned into ice. He looked ruthlessly at the fresh men rushing forward.
His life was smashed into flesh, showing no emotion at all, and his calm words sent chills down the spine! Anyone who knew him well knew that he was truly angry.
Cao Hong retreated from the front of the formation in embarrassment. Without giving any face, the huge stone struck his head and face, and gave the general who wanted to regain his position with the Liangzhou people a hard slap in the face.
"Brother Miaocai! This **** Liangzhou is really rich! Even the county seat can be repaired so well! There are so many complete defense measures!" Cao Hong's resentful and jealous eyes floated at the top of the city.
Above. Such a wealthy Liangzhou has already made him deeply unhappy!
Money is the source of national development, and it is also the basis for their armed soldiers! If a city is lost, it can be reoccupied, but if the life of a veteran is dead, it must be re-cultivated. A soldier of ten thousand battles is the precious seed of their Cao army! In the soldiers, Cao Jun
Most of the financial and material resources were spent! And apart from the state city, there was no money left to build any strong city! Liangzhou actually spent a lot of money on the city wall of the county seat, which shows how extravagant it is!
The most hateful thing is that many Thousand Battles Tiger and Leopard Knights were beaten to death by the Liangzhou people by surprise. These were knights who were beaten with money! In the previous battle, they captured the walled city without even a single damage.
This time, even before they even had a fight, they were smashed to pieces!
Absolutely unforgivable! A small county town dared to block the way of the heavenly army! The massacre must be used to warn other cities! Cao Hong gritted his teeth and thought.
Catapults were put into position under the personal supervision of Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong...
"Aim all firepower at the front wall and shoot!" Cao Hong personally supervised the general and gave the order to shoot.
There was a dense sound of machine springs bouncing, and countless boulders the size of millstones shot out of the air. The catapult, which did not look too tall, exerted amazing power. Each catapult it launched could soar into the sky above the city wall.
Above, it shows the profit-making of the king in the cold weapon era!
"Is there reciprocity?" Lin Jingshang, who was urging the people to carry the stones, came to the top of the city. When he saw this scene, his brows suddenly furrowed. Lin Jingshang, the leader of a large family in Lian County and a member of the Jia Xu family, has now become Lian by virtue of his qualifications.
The county leader Bo is in charge of civil affairs.
Before I had time to think about it, the whistling boulders were already roaring towards me! The soldiers who had just drawn their bows on the top of the city and nocked their arrows immediately hid themselves under the battlements. No one dared to use their flesh and blood to resist the cold.
The strongest in the age of weapons
A powerful long-range weapon. The design on the edge of the city is extremely user-friendly. There are fixed railings in the middle of the battlements on both sides, which are usually used to place crossbows and other objects. At this time, shrinking inside is the best place to avoid the falling rocks.
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The tower iron pillar pulled Lin Jingshang to squat in the corner of the city, and Fang curled up on the edge of the battlements, "It must be Cao's thieves attacking the city! The equipment is too profitable! This is the first time I have seen such a small weapon with no lethality at all.
A catapult that’s not inferior! How many people can your Lin family mobilize to come here? This is a critical moment! Don’t be reluctant to give up your manpower.”
Listening to the whistling stones passing by my ears, it brought a terrifying scene, as if the city was broken right in front of me! You can imagine the extent of destruction caused by Cao's army, which is a sworn enemy of Liangzhou, after breaking the city! I glanced aside and kept pressing.
Lin Jingshang gritted his teeth and said, "Five thousand men! This is all the men of our Lin family who have withdrawn to the city!"
Ta Tiezhu muttered: "Cao Jun has taken a fancy to our Lian County this time! He will fight to the death! What a great luck! Five thousand men, although not many, can still quench his thirst!"
Lin Jingshang glanced sideways and snorted coldly: "My county magistrate! You are the county magistrate who is highly valued by the Lord of Liangzhou! Aren't you afraid of Cao Jun? At worst, you will die in repayment to Lord Zhou Mu!"
"Haha!" Ta Tiezhu winked and laughed loudly: "Well done! This is worthy of being a relative of the military advisor! How can a certain family lose to you? Watch out!" After saying this, Ta Tiezhu said
Tiezhu's face was full of ferocity, and murderous intent suddenly filled his face. Only this generation among the eighteen generations of ancestors can be called Shangguan.
He, who belongs to the Huan family, will never allow anyone to deprive him of his glorious skin! He is different from Jiao Lang, who died in the battle yesterday! Jiao Lang is just a newcomer who has never been on the battlefield! But he grew up in Xianbei
, the barbarian wandering among the Huns! In terms of wildness! In terms of courage! He is not afraid of anyone!
The violence coming from the tower iron pillar's voice made Lin Jingshang couldn't help but squint his eyes. This was the barbarity of their Qiang people, with a taste of death. He was already looking forward to the next counterattack. This was what Lin Jingshang himself said.
What's embarrassing is that although the Lin family is also a wealthy family in Lian County, they just lack the drive to fight to the death, so Ta Tiezhu keeps suppressing him! He believes that Ta Tiezhu will definitely give Cao Jun a big show this time!
Stones were still flying in the air, and the catapults with full firepower kept playing their music. The equipment on the city wall, including the catapults that had just fired several rounds, were all smashed to pieces by Cao Jun.
Many mud bunkers could not withstand the repeated bombardment of huge rocks. They were shattered into pieces, and the soldiers crowded underneath were blown into bloody pieces and wailed! However, this was only a small part, and more of them were blocked by the bunkers.
The splashing of small stones allowed more soldiers to survive the bombing storm.
Cao's army had a geographical advantage and had prepared a large amount of stone materials from the beginning. Lian County was just a small county in Liangzhou. Although the defenses seemed quite complete, including catapults, crossbows and other long-range attack equipment, the city was
However, Cao's army at the top was not as prepared as Cao's army at the bottom of the city, which had enough stone bullets... so this scene was inevitable... If Li Tianchang hadn't considered the factors of defending the city and extended it to every county, this kind of loss would have been inevitable.
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However, there is a grassland environment near Lian County, and the stones brought by Cao Jun from afar will always be exhausted. When the city wall is smashed into holes on the top of the city, Cao Jun below the city will also use the stones on hand.
Almost thrown away.
The scattered stones were still roaring. Xia Houyuan narrowed his cold eyes, stared at the motionless city top, and sneered: "Okay! It seems that there is no fighting power anymore! We can attack the city by force!"
Cao Hong, who was frustrated at the beginning, could no longer hold back. He took the steel knife handed over by his subordinate, pursed his lips filled with murderous intent, and muttered: "Kill!" After saying this word, he bit the knife in his mouth.
, climbed the siege ladder together with the soldiers around him, and rushed towards the city wall!
Just like the previous attack on the city, the general's lead immediately aroused the enthusiasm of Cao Jun. Cao Jun's shouts came one after another, setting off the climax of Cao Jun's siege! Because of the suppression at the top of the city, these tiger and leopard-like Cao Jun
The soldiers quickly jumped over the moat area and arrived at the foot of the city wall.
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
Thinking that the Liangzhou army on the top of the city had no counterattack, Cao Jun unscrupulously put the city ladder on the top of the city and was about to attack. The sound of killing had covered up all the sounds in the sky! Every Cao soldier's eyes were filled with red eyes.
With a stern expression on their faces, they were ready to launch their first siege battle in Liangzhou! In their eyes, the cities they had conquered were not worth mentioning, and only the county town could barely be considered a city!
"Brothers! Are you dead?" Tower Iron Pillar roared, beating its chest wildly, standing proudly on the top of the city!
He was arrogant and roared, while holding a sharp claw hook and hooking it hard on the head of a city ladder in front of him, and pulled it diagonally. The city ladder that was attached to the city wall with the hook suddenly made a sizzling sound and turned to the left.
The iron pillars of the side tower fell over, and the soldiers of Cao Cao who were climbing on the city ladder were unable to hold on to the escalator. A large number of people fell down with a sudden crash, and they all wailed.
"Cao Jun! That's all!" Ta Tiezhu's example aroused the enthusiasm of everyone. The soldiers hiding under the battlement bunkers rushed out one after another and began to use the power of bows and arrows to slow down the march of the following enemies under the city, and
Most of the people were divided and smashed down with large rocks readily available on the tower. For a moment, Cao Jun's situation was completely reversed.
"Impossible!" Cao Hong is considered a lucky person. The big stone on the city has not yet landed on his head, but this feeling is more uncomfortable than the light falling on his head! Originally, he thought that the catharsis of the stone would make the city
Most of the Liangzhou people above them lost, but they didn’t expect that
However, the city can still maintain such a strong combat effectiveness! It is really unbelievable to him! As a general, he understands that in conquering such a basic giant city, if the defense on the city is not suppressed, then for their attackers
This is the beginning of a nightmare!
Xia Houyuan, who is holding the battle not far away, also understands this truth, but what can he do? The primary giant city is no better than a small walled city, with high walls and thick walls. It is not possible for cavalry with only strong bows to shoot up the tower! His reserves are not at all
Of no use!
Until now, he still can't understand what method the Liangzhou people used! He was angry, frightened, irritable, and worried to no avail! The big rocks just blasted up became ready-made props for the Liangzhou people, and they used catapults to
It doesn't take much effort to blast it up and throw it down again.
The large rocks sliding down the city did not make a huge roar like hitting the city head, but they had astonishing lethality. Not only did they knock down the soldiers of Cao Cao on the city ladder, they even knocked down the sturdy city ladder.
It couldn't stop the stone from being smashed, it just broke in two with a click...
"Withdraw your troops!" Xia Houyuan understood that the meaning of lightning tactics is to be fast, accurate, and ruthless. If he continues to use it in Lian County, he may not know how much time it will take him! He wants to turn Liangzhou upside down in a short period of time, and he will definitely not do it here.
Too much energy and time were spent on planting the county! The most important point is that the number of people he brought was not many and could not withstand the loss...
"Crack!" When the sound of the soldiers' shouting came, the city ladder where Cao Hong was located was finally invaded by stones. With a crisp sound, the city ladder broke into two parts, and the two soldiers at the top of the ladder were killed on the spot.
The people behind were not much better, they were knocked down one after another, and they were in a very embarrassed state.
Once the city ladder was broken, it was not something that human power could stop. Cao Hong was no exception. He was still knocked down and rolled to the ground. The back of the knife held in the corner of his mouth was pressed against the ground, almost knocking off his teeth!
An unprecedented embarrassment! Cao Hong's eyes were filled with red murderous intent, but what he responded to was countless arrows shot down.
“Swish swish swish!”
The condescending arrow rain did not give Cao Hong any face. Wave after wave of arrows shot down, not even giving him a chance to breathe. Fortunately, he was a legendary general who could avoid the arrow rain with his own strength, and around him
The soldiers were not so lucky. The blood from the pile of corpses nailed to the spot instantly dyed the ground red... The people of Liangzhou realistically staged a silken counterattack for Cao Jun.
The tower iron pillars danced on the tower in a disgusting dance, and kept shouting: "Shoot me! Shoot these outsiders to death! They all must die!"
The Qiang soldiers on the city tower seemed to have been suppressed by the Xianbei and Huns for many years. The spirit of the Huns suddenly burst out. One by one, they regarded Cao Jun below the city tower as life and death enemies, and kept pouring arrows. Even if their arms were sore from stretching their bows, they would
Let this scene continue! Give the foreign invaders no way to survive! This is the thought of all Qiang people! The huge power that burst out made Cao Jun suffer enough.
At this time, the strong men in the city were also driven by Lin Jingshang and other Lian County wealthy people to run wildly on the top of the city, constantly lifting stones and throwing them at the bottom of the city tower.
"Bang!" A living life was standing in front of Cao Hong. Suddenly a strong wind struck. Cao Hong quickly fell to the ground and rolled to escape the fatal blow, but the young soldier Cao did not escape and was hit by the huge blow.
The rocks were smashed into a lump of meat... followed by another wave
The arrival of the arrow rain immediately turned the land into a hornet's nest. In a moment, except for Cao Hong who escaped, everyone else in this land became a hornet's nest. The bodies, rocks, and land were all shaking and trembling.
The arrow feathers...bloody minced meat sauce were all over the ground.
Shocking scene! Bloody scene! Cruel scene! Touching the blood splashed on his face, cold sweat soaked Cao Hong's whole body in an instant. His whole body twitched. He didn't have time to get angry and roar, and he turned his head immediately.
He ran back crazily without turning back... At this moment, he was really scared! He is a famous general, but he is not an invulnerable King Kong! Facing an enemy that he can't hit or see, his only way to deal with it is to choose
Run! Run as far away as possible!
The generals were running away like crazy. How could the others have any reason to continue the attack? The great escape appeared on the battlefield. Countless people were swarming in order to escape from the Liangzhou people's sniping! It only took half an hour to change.
The battlefield has undergone extremely astonishing changes! This is now the brand-new Liangzhou! Liangzhou already has its own heritage! Even such a small county town cannot be captured by Cao Jun in a hurry!
Xia Houyuan also took this scene into his eyes. He closed his eyelids in despair and thought bitterly: This is still a small county. What if we encounter the big city of Liangzhou? Haha, blitzkrieg, now that I think about it
What a joke! If the people of Liangzhou build the city wall according to this standard and greet foreign enemies with this kind of morale! Then the fate of their Cao army can only be to withdraw from Liangzhou! That is the only choice!
To be continued...