Chapter 72 Attack on Sishui Pass
"Let go!" A junior high school officer from Yuan Shujun shouted as he waved the command flag forward.
The two trebuchets behind him recalled the rumbling sound of their engines. Twenty shirtless men in front of one of the trebuchets shouted and roared, pulling four ropes as thick as a grown man's thighs to throw up the huge boulder.
At the same time, there were thirty such trebuchets operating on the battlefield. Thirty boulders flew into the sky at once, with an astonishing momentum. The soldiers of Dong Zuojun and the Allied Forces in Sishui Pass were horrified.
Some recruits simply can't stand up.
"Quick! Everyone retreat!" Upon seeing this, Hua Xiong quickly commanded the soldiers in front to retreat. The soldiers who had been deployed at the crenel quickly retreated, but it did not appear chaotic. The trebuchet only had four of the thirty boulders.
It hit the city wall, but the city wall remained motionless. Only a few unlucky ones were smashed into pulp by the boulders.
After all, this is just a trebuchet, not a trebuchet. It does not have very good accuracy and strength. Most of the stones died during the flight, and some were thrown directly in the wrong direction.
Yuan Shu's army still seemed unwilling to admit defeat. The soldiers pulling the trebuchet changed batch after batch, and they smashed the trebuchet for more than twenty rounds. The wall on the opposite side still did not waver at all. The soldiers here were tired.
There were hundreds of people.
Zhang Xun is riding on a war horse, wearing silver armor, which Yuan Shu personally gave to him, and he is grateful for it.
He was surrounded by cavalry on a filled-in earth bag behind the battle line, and his face looked very ugly.
"Cao Hua, you command the five thousand troops to start the attack." Zhang Xun turned his head and said to Qiao Rui beside him.
"Okay, coach, it's up to me!" This veteran general who is nearly fifty years old is a veteran of the Yuan family, but he is still bright and energetic.
"Come here, give me the order to stop throwing rocks and let Sun Teng's troops set out to support General Qiao's troops."
"Yes!" A deputy general next to him took the order and left.
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"The general has an order! The stone-throwing troops retreat!" A knight quickly ran towards the battle line and shouted, and the exhausted soldiers finally took a breather.
"The general has an order! Sun Teng's troops set out to support the attack!"
"Young Master, what should we do?" Zu Mao asked Sun Teng after seeing off the messenger.
"Yubiao, you should first take three thousand soldiers and horses to provide cover. Remember, you must not use all your strength."
"Okay! Brother, don't worry!" Xu Kun took the order and left.
"Uncle, please send someone to ask my father what decision he plans to make. I can't make a decision here."
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
Sun Teng stood on another slope, quietly admiring the majesty of this ancient battlefield with a calm heart.
On the battlefield, Qiao Rui led the first formation of 5,000 troops out of the 40,000 allied forces. The siege weapons left by Yuan Shu also came into use at this time.
The six well rails were filled with archers and death squads, shooting arrows constantly to relieve the pressure on the main attacking force below.
The three assault vehicles were surrounded by 600 armored troops. Although it was only April, the soldiers of the armored troops were already sweating profusely and felt very uncomfortable.
Sishui Pass has been a great pass since ancient times and is the gateway between the two capitals, so the city wall is thick and has three gates.
"These damn grandsons! Li Meng! You will command the counterattack, and I will lead the cavalry to destroy the charger!" Hua Xiong had a very hot temper. As he spoke, he walked towards the city, while Li Meng was still stunned.
Chapter completed!