In the night, shadows of people swayed on the moat. Thousands of soldiers were building a pontoon bridge. Arrows rained down from the top of the city. People kept screaming and falling down the moat after being hit by arrows.
This was the first time for six thousand recruits to engage in actual combat. The screams outside the city stimulated everyone's nerves and made the soldiers extremely excited. They kept looking for feelings and adjusting their postures, trying to make themselves capable of shooting an enemy soldier.
But after all, it was night and the vision was not clear. The soldiers shot arrows at the swaying figures, and most of the arrows missed.
Chen Qing watched the busy work below the city from the top of the city. The commander Wang Lun whispered: "It is better to attack with kerosene balls and burn their pontoon bridge!"
Chen Qing shook his head, "We need to use war to sharpen our soldiers. An elite army is killed from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, not trained."
"I understand the humble position!"
Chen Qing added: "The construction of the pontoon bridge has come to an end. Inform the soldiers to stop shooting and rest where they are!"
As the order was passed on, the arrows on the city stopped shooting, and the construction of pontoon bridges under the city also accelerated. At two o'clock, the construction of three pontoon bridges was completed. Thousands of soldiers left hundreds of corpses and receded like the tide.
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Just after dawn, the rumble of war drums sounded in the wilderness. From the puppet Qi army camp three miles away, teams came out one after another. Ten thousand troops quickly formed a large formation in the wilderness. There was one person in the team.
There are more than a hundred siege ladders, but no large siege weapons.
"Du Tong, that's the White Armored Army!" Zhao Ping pointed to an army in the northwest corner and said.
Chen Qing also saw it. There were about a thousand people, wearing white helmets and white armor. They were all tall and murderous, and they stood out among the 10,000 troops.
But compared to the White Armor Army, Chen Qing paid more attention to the equipment of other soldiers, which were all typical Song Army equipment, including leather armor, iron helmets, round shields and spears, and many soldiers held military crossbows.
Niu Gao sighed softly, "More than a month ago they were the Song Army. How could they have the heart to attack their own country?"
Chen Qing said coldly: "In their eyes, Jiangling is just a fat piece of fat. Apart from wealth and women, where else do they have family and country in their hearts?"
Chen Qing ordered sternly: "Prepare the bed crossbow! General Niu, prepare the city defense bow!"
"I humbly obey the order!" Niu Gao turned around and went down to the city.
‘Woo——’
A low horn sounded, and two thousand crossbow troops rushed up. They held large shields and carried crossbows on their backs, and quickly ran to about 150 steps. At this time, five hundred crossbows were launched, and two thousand crossbowmen were fired.
Five hundred jackdaw arrows shot at the enemy's crossbow soldiers with the power of piercing gold and cracking rocks.
The soldiers raised their shields to greet them, but the shields could not block the penetrating power of the iron arrows. The shields and leather armor were shot through, and the crossbow soldiers fell to the ground screaming.
Kong Yanzhou turned a deaf ear and waved his sword, "Attack!"
'Boom! Boom! Boom!'
The war drums beat fiercely, earth-shaking, and eight thousand soldiers carrying siege ladders surged toward the city head like a tide.
Kong Yanzhou had a sneer on his face. He knew very well that the Song army only had 6,000 soldiers, and half of the army was needed to control the bed crossbow. The key point was that the bed crossbow was slow to string. They could only fire two rounds at most, and there were no casualties.
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The crossbow soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army were already in place. They inserted the tip and bottom of the shield into the soil and supported the shield with small wooden sticks. They hid behind the shield and fired arrows at the top of the city. More than 1,600 crossbow arrows were fired at the top of the city. The new soldiers
Inexperienced and slow to dodge, more than a hundred soldiers were hit by this round of arrows.
Chen Qing calmly ordered: "Ignore the enemy and shoot at the crossbowmen!"
These crossbowmen not only threaten the soldiers at the top of the city, but also pose a huge threat to the militia soldiers inside the city.
Five hundred crossbows were launched in the second round, targeting the 150-step crossbow army array. The crossbow army became a stationary target, and the damage was even greater. More than five hundred crossbowmen were killed by jackdaw arrows, and blood splattered everywhere.
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Kong Yanzhou's face suddenly became very ugly. He did not expect that the lethality of the bed crossbow in the city was so amazing. Two rounds of the bed crossbow killed a thousand people. Seeing that the opponent had another chance to fire the bed crossbow, he immediately ordered:
"Crossbowmen withdraw!"
The remaining more than a thousand crossbow troops were frightened. When they heard the order to retreat, they turned around and ran for their lives. However, they only ran fifty steps when the third round of crossbows was fired. More than three hundred crossbow soldiers were hit by arrows in the back and were killed.
Crucified to the ground.
Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Withdraw the bed crossbow and fire the city defense bow!"
The crossbows were quickly withdrawn, and the six thousand soldiers tightened their spears, waiting for the enemy to come forward. At this time, Niu Gao gave the order to shoot.
‘Bang! Bang! Bang!’ the rapid bang sound was loud.
Ten thousand civilians lined up in the open space inside the city opened their city defense bows and fired arrows outside the city. The civilians had only received half a day of bow and arrow training, but this kind of city defense bow did not need to be aimed accurately. It only needed to maintain a sixty-degree angle.
, just shoot the arrow outside the city.
Ten thousand soldiers' arrows rose into the sky at the same time, like an overwhelming locust, forming a cloud of arrows and flying rapidly towards the outside of the city.
At this time, eight thousand soldiers formed three long dragons and rushed on the pontoon bridge. Two thousand people had already rushed across the pontoon bridge, holding up the siege ladder and rushing towards the city wall.
At this moment, an overwhelming cloud of arrows appeared in the sky, then turned around and shot densely at the Puppet Qi Army soldiers outside the city. The arrows fell in a whoosh, most of them fell into the water, but thousands of them also landed on the pontoon.
On the beach and on the shore, the puppet Qi army was caught off guard. Suddenly, their horses fell over and hundreds of soldiers fell into the water.
But the result was not ideal. Ten thousand arrows only killed more than 300 enemy soldiers. This was also because the water surface of the moat was too wide. The enemy troops could not form a cluster effect, and the enemy troops that formed a cluster were close to the city wall.
Bows and arrows cannot shoot at this angle.
More than a hundred siege aircraft were hung up on the city wall. Chen Qing glanced at a siege ladder in front of him. The top rungs were made of wood, which made him feel a little relieved. It was obvious that Wan Yanchang had mastered his ladder-breaking skills.
forgotten.
There was no need for Chen Qing to give orders. The commanders and deputy commanders were all veterans who had fought in the sea of blood from the corpse mountain. Following their arrangements, the axemen raised their axes to strike at the rungs.
More than 6,000 puppet Qi troops rushed across the pontoon bridge and gathered densely under the city wall. The vanguard was indeed the White Armored Army. They were distributed on dozens of siege ladders. They were all sturdy, with knives in their mouths and shields in one hand.
They climbed up with murderous intent, followed by a large number of puppet Qi troops behind them.
The Song army's counterattack began. Huge wooden rollers carrying thousands of barrels of kerosene were smashed over the heads of the puppet Qi army. Dark kerosene flowed everywhere. Some people reacted and suddenly shouted in panic, and dozens of torches were thrown down.
, with a bang, flames rose into the sky under the city, and countless people were ignited by the flames.
There was a huge chaos under the city wall, and many burning soldiers fell into the moat like headless flies.
Chen Qing calmly ordered: "Throw the powder keg!"
Only three small trebuchets were prepared on the top of the city, corresponding to the three pontoon bridges, which were ignited and controlled by three experienced deputy commanders.
The trebuchet was aimed at the pontoon, and three smoking gunpowder barrels were thrown out one after another...
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
There were three violent explosions in succession, and tens of thousands of poisonous nails were shot out on the three pontoon bridges. Thousands of soldiers on the shore and on the bridge were hit by the poisonous nails. There were wailing and screams all around, and two pontoon bridges were exploded.
The shock wave exploded, while the shock wave of the other pontoon bridge was a little weaker because the explosion point was slightly higher.
The second round of throwing was about to begin, but at this time, hundreds of White Armor soldiers had rushed to the top of the city, but they were shocked to find that the top three rungs had been cut off, and they could not climb up to the top of the city.
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But they were not given a chance to regret. Several spears were thrust down together, and the sharp tips pierced the armor and body. The soldiers at the top screamed and fell down the city, and were engulfed in fire.
In the distance, Kong Yanzhou was stunned. He never expected that the siege battle would become so brutal. This was a situation he had never encountered in his 20 years in the army. Was that violent explosion a firearm?
"Commander, withdraw your troops first! If this continues, all our brothers will be burned to death."
The troops were about to withdraw just at the beginning. Kong Yanzhou was very angry, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth and order: "Withdraw the troops!"
‘Dang! Dang! Dang!’ the retreat bell rang.
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[Lao Gao has a bit of a cold today. He has muscle pain all over his body and feels dizzy. I would like to ask for an update. There will be no chapter at noon. I will update it normally in the afternoon. 】
