At dawn the next day, dull drum beats came from the coalition camp, the camp door opened, and armies of troops ran out of the camp like black streams. Five thousand troops quickly gathered in formation two miles away.
Under the sun, Li Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the enemy troops gathering in the distance. The soldiers were not very tall, but they were very strong. They wore leather armor, round helmets with brims on their heads, and held spears, swords and square shields in their hands.
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"This is the army of the Stone Kingdom!"
Prince Arolie whispered to Li Ye: "You can tell from their helmets. The helmets of the Shiguo soldiers have eaves and domes, and the helmets of the Dashi army cover their heads."
Li Ye nodded and said: "We still follow the previous division of labor. The prince is responsible for the overall coordination, I am responsible for the southern half of the city, and General Solan is responsible for the northern half of the city."
Arolie nodded helplessly. He originally asked Li Ye to take overall command, but his generals complained about it, so he had no choice but to take on this responsibility himself.
"If there is a crisis in the northern half of the city, I urge General Li to come to the rescue!"
Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry! Now is not the time to act on impulse."
Li Ye was not angry with Solan and other generals like Bukhan. Others had been military generals for more than 20 years, and he had deprived others of their command rights just a few days after arriving. Who would be willing to compare their feelings?
What's more, the other party doesn't know his true age yet. If they knew it, everyone would have jumped to their feet. He is only sixteen years old and wants to take charge of the overall situation?
In fact, Li Ye's age has always been a mystery. Only Feng Changqing knew about it in Anxi. Li Yu, the prince of Hanzhong County, told Feng Changqing that even Black Spear always thought that Li Ye was eighteen years old, let alone others.
Gao Xianzhi was also vague.
Of course, it is now the tenth year of Tianbao, and Li Ye is sixteen years old, which is considered a semi-adult. However, it requires experience but not experience, and qualifications but not qualifications. At this age, he is still a little too young to command the overall situation.
According to the defense arrangements discussed yesterday, everyone agreed that the enemy would attack Xicheng. Regarding the specific division of labor, Li Ye led the new army to defend the southern section of Xicheng, and Solan led 4,000 troops to defend the northern section of Xicheng.
Another thousand soldiers and 3,600 civilians were distributed on the other three city walls, with 1,500 people on each city wall. All civilians, like regular soldiers, wore armor and held spears, standing densely at the top of the city.
It looks quite intimidating.
At this time, Kundu Shi, the king of Shi Kingdom, raised his sword to encourage the five thousand soldiers. "The first one to kill on the city will be rewarded with 10,000 dinars of gold coins. The first one to enter the city will be rewarded with Princess Bahanna."
He will reward another 100,000 sheep!"
Five thousand soldiers were so excited that they raised their spears and shouted, their morale was high.
"Blast the drums and attack!" Kundushi gave the order, and the war began.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Fierce drum beats sounded, and five thousand soldiers rushed to the west wall like a tide. The soldiers carried dozens of siege ladders. This siege ladder was also learned from the treasure book. It was light and strong, with two large irons at the front.
The hook can be used to hook the city head, making it difficult to overturn the ladder.
In fact, there is a ladder in the treasure book, but the technical content of the ladder is too high, and the craftsmen of the Stone Kingdom could not build it even if they got the blueprints.
The army of the Five Thousand Stone Kingdom mainly concentrated on attacking the southern half of the West City. The land in the southern half was flatter and easier to run and attack.
Twenty of the thirty ladders are placed in the southern section, and the other ten ladders are used to attack the northern section.
"Fire the arrow!"
Li Ye gave an order, and three thousand soldiers fired arrows at the city. The arrows fell like raindrops. The running soldiers were constantly hit by arrows and fell down. However, the soldiers of the Shi Kingdom were equipped with shields. They ran with their shields high.
It can withstand arrows shot from the city top.
After several rounds of arrow shooting, more than 300 people were shot down. This result was not very satisfactory. Of course, this was also related to the fact that the opponent did not invest many troops. The first attack must have been tentative.
Thousands of soldiers rushed to the city, put up huge wooden boards, and nailed both ends to the ground. This was a small country with few people, and it could not carry out major projects. Li Ye's idea was to dig a three-foot-wide moat, so that
A floating bridge must be built, and ordinary wooden boards are not that long.
But the time was too short and the manpower was not enough. In the end, only one foot and five feet were dug. This was still the West City, and the moats on the other three walls were less than one foot.
Since it is only one foot and five feet, there is no need to build a pontoon bridge. You can just find some long and wide wooden boards to build a wooden bridge. Shi Guo has the information and is prepared in advance.
After crossing the moat, a siege ladder was erected, and the iron hook at the front hooked the city head. The soldiers swarmed up and scrambled to climb to the city head. They held their swords in their mouths, held up their shields in one hand, and climbed up with the other.
At this time, the rolling logs and rocks on the top of the city rained down like raindrops. A huge boulder weighing fifty or sixty kilograms fell head-on. Even with a shield, it could not withstand it. Three or four soldiers screamed and rolled down the city, but the stone country behind them
The soldiers continued to climb up desperately.
The city wall was not very high, only two feet, that is, six meters, about two stories high. The throwing of rolling logs and stones slowed down a little, and then the soldiers of the Shi Kingdom rushed to the top of the siege ladder, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.
Although the soldiers trained by Li Ye all practice swordsmanship underwater, on the actual battlefield, an army cannot all use long knives. It must use a variety of weapons together to achieve maximum effect in different situations.
After the enemy troops attack the city, they can line up with long knives and have a very strong killing effect. However, if there is a fierce battle with the enemy troops on the siege ladder, the effect of the long knives will be reduced due to the obstruction of the siege ladder and shields.
It was a big discount. At this time, spears were the best weapon. They poked in through every gap. With more than a dozen spears poking through at the same time, the soldiers on the siege ladder had no way of resisting.
Constantly, the siege soldiers were pierced by spears and fell down the city screaming. Li Ye was patrolling the top of the city with an armor-breaking gun in his hand, and the fierce battle was fierce. The opponent was attacking tentatively, and Li Ye also asked to retain his strength, such as trebuchets.
Neither kerosene nor kerosene is used.
On the other hand, he also hopes to hone the recruits through actual combat. No matter how well the recruits are trained, they will always be recruits without experiencing the test of actual combat. Death and blood are the best catalysts, which can make the recruits mature quickly.
Twenty battalions, each battalion dealt with a siege ladder. The soldiers took turns to step forward to fight fiercely. The spearmen assassinated in the front, and the long knife team waited in the back. Soldiers from the Kingdom of Shi continued to break through the obstruction of the spears and jumped.
He went to the top of the city, but what greeted him was ruthless hacking by dozens of long knives.
Although this set of tactics is quite sophisticated, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly and it will never be so precise. The two-foot-high city wall is enough for the siege soldiers to think of other ways to enter the city.
"The enemy is coming!" the soldiers shouted.
Li Ye was also surprised when he saw countless soldiers from the Stone Kingdom pouring up from the battlements.
Li Ye immediately realized that he had underestimated the enemy. The enemy would never climb up the siege ladder honestly, so they also began to build human ladders to climb up.
"The Long Knife Team kills!"
Li Ye roared, rushed forward, and swung his armor-piercing spear to strike out continuously. More than a dozen heads were chopped off. He slashed all the way, killing dozens of people, and the entire city became bloody.
One thousand and five hundred soldiers with long swords fought fiercely with the enemy troops that rushed up. Although they were all new soldiers, they were very fast with their swords and succeeded repeatedly. The original strong momentum of countless Shiguo soldiers rushing to the top of the city was lost to the defenders.
He pressed it down forcefully.
After taking a breath, the enemy's offensive also slowed down, but the other side was also brewing a bigger offensive. If this opportunity was not seized, the fighting opportunity would be fleeting. Li Ye did not dare to underestimate the enemy anymore. He turned back
Shout loudly: "Carry hay to the city!"
Hundreds of stacks of hay were prepared under the city head. Each pile had fifty bundles, which had been soaked in kerosene. They were placed on a cart. Two thousand people pushed the cart up to the city head. The soldiers used iron forks to lift the hay.
The hay was pushed directly down the city. Soldiers had prepared torches and threw them down together. The hay was ignited and burned rapidly. The raging fire under the city spread and thick smoke billowed.
The soldiers on the top of the city were so smoked that they couldn't open their eyes and squatted down one after another, but the soldiers below the city screamed in agony. Many soldiers were covered in fire and jumped into the moat in panic. Dozens of ladders also collapsed.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
Kundushi ordered the withdrawal, and more than 3,000 soldiers retreated like an ebbing tide.