Thousands of tattooed soldiers who crossed the trench held shields, gathered under the high wall, and began to climb upward relying on two to three hundred ropes. Soon all the ropes were covered with tattooed soldiers who were working hard to climb.
The Qi army fired arrows downwards with all their strength, threw down burning straw, sprinkled kerosene, smashed down large rocks, and cut the rope with their swords.
The ropes of the Qi army were very thick, and the uppermost section was wrapped in thick bronze chain armor, which was difficult to cut. Instead, the Qi army's swords were chipped and curled.
A strong tattooed soldier held a small shield with one hand, gritted his teeth and withstood the "bang bang" of many large rocks and many sharp arrows, and climbed up to a height of two and a half feet along the rope. He was away from the top of the wall.
There were only a few feet left, when a Qi soldier smashed down another big stone. The arm of the tattooed soldier was already sore and weak, and his shield was immediately tilted by the big stone, exposing his head and shoulders.
Immediately afterwards, several sharp arrows were shot down, three of which were bounced off the tattooed soldier's sturdy bronze helmet, but four sharp arrows were inserted into his shoulders and chest. He finally couldn't hold on any longer.
, his hands softened, and he fell down, hitting the black-armored soldier below.
The tattoo soldiers who climbed on the rope were constantly hit by big rocks, shot by sharp arrows, or burned into flaming figures by kerosene. They fell to the ground screaming, but the other tattoo soldiers still risked their lives along the way.
Climbing up with the rope. The fierce battle made them forget the fear of injury and death, as well as the fatigue of not sleeping for several days!
The corpses of the tattooed soldiers gradually piled up under the wooden wall. Later, the tattooed soldiers had to climb onto the pile of bodies of seriously injured or dead comrades in order to get close to the rope.
Some of the ropes were ignited by the Qi army's kerosene and could no longer be used, but the newly arrived tattoo troops continued to throw long ropes with bronze hooks upwards and hooked them on the top of the high wall, so the number of long ropes that could be climbed continued to increase.
The tattooed archers on the other side of the trench kept shooting arrows at the high wall. Although their casualties were much greater than those of the Qi archers shooting against them on the high wall, the tattooed archers did not retreat and used their own
Sacrificing yourself gives your companions a chance to kill the enemy and survive.
Many tattoo soldiers under the high wall tried to kick hard or hit the wooden doors on the high wall with their shoulders, but those solid wooden doors did not move. Many tattoo soldiers used their swords to chop off the wet mud on the wooden walls, and then used fire to attack them.
I went to burn the wooden wall, but the wooden wall was made of fresh, moist tree trunks that had just been cut down, and was specially soaked with water, so it was impossible to light a fire for a while.
The man commanding the defense on the western section of the wall was none other than Wei Wushuang, the tall and powerful commander of the new army with thick eyebrows and big eyes. The generals of the Qi army had already learned from Lu Jing's investigation that the main attack direction of the Tattoo Army was to the west.
Therefore, Jiang Yuan transferred all 9,000 new infantry infantry suitable for defensive warfare to the western section of the defense line.
At this time, Wei Wushuang saw that nearly 2,000 tattooed soldiers had gathered under the wooden wall. There were also hundreds of tattooed soldiers in the trench building ladders for their comrades. They had just jumped off or were climbing. There were still tattooed soldiers on the other side of the trench.
The army rushed in... So Wei Wushuang ordered: Light the dead grass and branches in the trench!
More than a thousand rockets from the New Army fired into the thick dead branches and dry grass in the trench, and soon a raging fire broke out! The tattooed soldiers in the trench were immediately engulfed by the fire, and hundreds of burning human bodies were buried in the trench.
Running, rolling, and struggling desperately! Their simultaneous violent screams resounded throughout the entire western section of the battlefield.
Although the officers and soldiers of the Qi Army and the Tui Army in the fierce battle had already become red-eyed, this purgatory-like horrific scene still made them feel frightened!
The burning trench separated the Tattoo Army on both sides. After the Tattoo Army infantry on the outside of the trench stayed for a while, they began to use their weapons and hands to dig dirt and throw it into the trench to extinguish the fire. However, this move was obviously in vain.
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When the tattooed soldiers on the inside of the trench saw the fire behind them, cutting off their escape route, they felt sad, angry and desperate, and climbed up even more desperately! The new soldiers on the top of the wall shouted in the tattooed Mandarin: "Surrender without killing! Surrender without killing."
!" But no tattooed soldier was willing to surrender, which only aroused their murderous intent!
Stones, sharp arrows, and kerosene continued to be rained down, and the tattoo army under the high wall suffered heavy casualties. The seriously injured and dead bodies were piled higher and higher. After a while, almost all the ropes were ignited by kerosene, or were burned by new soldiers.
Military swords cut them off. More than a thousand tattooed soldiers under the wooden wall could no longer climb, so everyone held one or two shields in their hands, squatting or sitting, and some stood close to the wooden wall to resist attacks from above.
attack.
They were all waiting for the fire in the trench to be extinguished and for reinforcements to arrive.
Wei Wushuang saw that the tattooed soldiers holding shields under the wooden wall were difficult to be injured by attacks from above, and that the fire in the trench was a little smaller, so he ordered: Open the gate and attack!
Eight ten-foot-wide gates opened at the same time, and more than 4,000 infantrymen of the new army rushed out with shouts, waving their swords to kill the more than 1,000 tattooed soldiers. The tattooed soldiers also stared with eyes covered with red threads,
Roaring and rushing towards the new army.
The New Army archers on the wall immediately shot at the tattooed soldiers who had no time to raise their shields. The Tattooed Army archers on the outside of the trench also began to shoot at the New Army infantry on the other side of the trench. Unfortunately, they were blocked by the soldiers in the trench.
The fire blocked the line of sight, so their shooting was far less accurate than the Qi army on the wall, and some arrows even hit their black-armored comrades.
Amidst the shouts of killing and the clash of weapons from both sides, rain of blood continued to spurt out, and stumps and heads flew up. Soldiers who were originally alive and kicking often turned into treacherous creatures in the blink of an eye after a few fierce fights.
One after another, mutilated corpses spurting blood.
The winner of this fierce hand-to-hand battle was quickly determined: due to the superiority of the New Army, more than a thousand tattooed soldiers were all lying dead between the wooden walls and trenches, while only more than 200 of the New Army were killed.
More than 300 people were seriously injured. As soon as the battle ended, the soldiers of the New Army took advantage of the fire in the trench to bring their wounded comrades back to the fortifications, and then closed the gate.
Mo Li and several tattoo commanders on the other side of the trench saw the bloody battle just now, and couldn't help but feel frightened: the number of Qi troops defending this section of fortifications had exceeded 6,000, and there were no more troops behind the fortifications.
Knowing how many more there are, plus the Qi army in the three directions of southeast, north and south... From this point of view: the number of Qi army far exceeds our own!
Moreover, although the Qi army's defenses were very simple and could not be called solid and complete, they were really a huge obstacle that was difficult to overcome for the Tui army, which had no large siege weapons at all.
In desperation, Mo Li finally gave the order to stop the attack and retreated half a mile. This brutal attack lasted less than half an hour. The Tattoo Army left nearly 4,000 corpses behind, and the result was only
Four to five hundred new troops were killed and six to seven hundred were seriously injured. Feint attacks in other directions resulted in a total loss of a thousand tattooed troops, and the results were even pitiful.
Taking advantage of the retreat of the Tattoo Army, the New Army threw nearly 3,000 corpses of the Tattoo Army on this side of the trench into the trench to speed up the extinguishing of the fire. Then after all the fire in the trench was extinguished, the New Army soldiers again
Thick layers of dead branches and dry grass were thrown into the trench, waiting to be ignited during the next attack by the Tattoo Army.