Under General Wang's scolding, the officers and soldiers defending the city plucked up their courage and fearfully fired arrows, threw stones and rolled logs, poured boiling water on the city, and fired at the city with their crossbows whining.
However, after being separated from each other for a long time, they were now frightened and their hands and feet were trembling. Their archery skills were similar to those of a blind man, with no accuracy.
Especially the city defense crossbow, which is very powerful and has a long range. However, because of its great power and long range, it also misses the target so much that it went to my grandma's house, flew high over the heads of the Japanese pirates, and shot into the moat.
However, despite this, the officers and soldiers defending the city also achieved some results as soon as they fought.
The arrow was so small that it had a big miss, but the stones and rolling logs thrown at the city were much larger. They hit the city with a bang and rolled out under the influence of inertia, killing many unlucky people.
Japanese pirates.
The officers and soldiers on the city couldn't help but get excited when they saw the Japanese pirates doing great work. It seemed that the Japanese pirates were nothing special. They were all made of meat. They would die if they were hit by rocks and rolls of wood, and they would scream in pain just as if they were splashed with boiling water.
Since archery is not accurate, we can throw rocks and rolling logs. Even those big ones can achieve great results by throwing them at the city with their eyes closed.
As a result, the officers and soldiers on the city realized what they were doing and used their strengths to avoid their weaknesses. They threw rocks and rolled logs down the city.
For a time, rocks and logs rained down like rain. So many rocks and logs hit many Japanese pirates.
"Hahaha, Japanese pirates are nothing special..."
The officers and soldiers on the city became excited for a while, and the fear of facing Japanese pirates began to slowly dissipate in their hearts.
At this moment, I heard a loud "bang, bang!" and saw the Japanese pirates braving rocks and rolling logs to put ladders up the city wall.
Although these ladders were simply made in a hurry by the Japanese pirates in one night, the Japanese pirates obviously put a lot of thought into installing iron claw barbs on the top of the ladders.
After the ladder was put up on the city wall, the Japanese pirates below the city pulled the ladder back. The iron claws on the ladder were firmly hooked on the city wall stacks, preventing the defenders on the city from overturning the ladder.
Then, the Japanese pirates began to climb up the ladder like ants.
The officers and soldiers on the city began to focus on taking care of the ladder. Each one held the stone and rolled the wooden logs to hit it down the ladder. The stone knocked the Japanese pirate off the ladder and smashed him to pieces. The wooden log rolled down the ladder and smashed a large number of them.
A brave officer and soldier wanted to overthrow the Japanese pirate's ladder and let the Japanese pirates on it be buried with the ladder. As a result, the ladder had iron claws gripping the city wall and could not be pushed no matter how hard it was. So he had to pull out his saber and cut the joint between the ladder and the iron claws.
I thought of destroying the iron claws of the ladder that hooked the city wall first, and then knocking the ladder down.
However, the Japanese pirates' feather arrows and fire blunderbuss soon taught them how to behave.
As the Japanese pirate's ladder was erected on the city wall, the Japanese longbowmen and firecrackers were mobilized to protect the ladder, focusing on paying attention to the officers and soldiers who leaned down to smash rocks and roll logs.
The officers and soldiers on the city were unable to shoot accurately, but the Japanese pirates were good shooters. Not to mention that their arrows were all fired, they hit six or seven out of ten shots.
The officers and soldiers who rushed to throw stones and roll logs down the city were hit by arrows or fired, resulting in heavy casualties.
The brave officer and soldier who chopped off the iron claws of the ladder suffered the worst. He was focused on by the Japanese archers and died from several arrows in his body.
He was almost shot into a hedgehog by the Japanese pirates.
For a time, the officers and soldiers in the city were dominated by the fear of Japanese pirates. No officers and soldiers dared to throw stones or logs down.
"A bunch of trash! We are condescending and protected by the city wall, but we were suppressed by the Japanese pirates' bows and arrows. This general is really angry. Archers and crossbowmen, please listen to me and focus on shooting at the Japanese pirates' archers.
The Japanese pirates don’t have many archers, so why not just shoot them to death?”
General Wang couldn't help but cursed when he saw that the officers and soldiers in the city were suppressed by hundreds of Japanese pirate archers.
Under General Wang's angry scolding, the archers on the city wall fearfully pointed their heads at the Japanese pirate archers below the city and fired arrows.
Although their accuracy was not very good, they were located high up and protected by city walls, so they were able to shoot at the Japanese pirate archers without losing.
The officer and soldier archers on the city wall and the Japanese pirate archers below the city suffered casualties each other, and the battle situation was about 50-50.
In a short period of time, dozens of people from both sides fell.
"The city defense crossbows and the general's cannons should all be aimed at the Japanese archers. I'll defeat them first!"
General Wang cursed in dissatisfaction and ordered again to mobilize the city's crossbows and general cannons to deal with the Japanese archers.
The city defense crossbow was just a throwaway, it was inaccurate, hitting the target once out of ten, but the general's cannon should not be underestimated. Although it was also inaccurate, it was very powerful, and even a slight miss could affect the surrounding Japanese pirates.
As the city's crossbows and general's cannons joined in the shooting, the Japanese archers soon couldn't hold on any longer and scattered one after another.
The pressure on the defenders on the city was immediately reduced.
"Hahaha, fight me, you are a bit young, I come from a family of military generals that has been passed down for five generations!"
When General Wang saw the Japanese archers fleeing in all directions, he couldn't help but burst into laughter and raised his arms, "The Japanese archers were crippled, so I threw stones and rolling logs at the bottom of the city to kill these turtles."
At the same time, the Japanese pirates below the city also took advantage of the city's focus on taking care of the Japanese archers, ignored their gaps, and climbed up on the city wall on the ladder.
"Don't let the Japanese pirates come up, poke them with spears, chop them with knives, pour boiling water on them, don't let them come up!"
General Wang roared.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city trembled with their hands, and hurriedly used swords and spears to greet the Japanese pirates who appeared. Due to the large number of people and their condescending position, and the Japanese pirate archers under the city were scattered again, the officers and soldiers guarding the city were completely in control.
solved the situation.
"ah!"
There were screams one after another, and the Japanese pirates who emerged screamed and fell off the city wall, knocking down several Japanese pirates who were climbing ladders.
For a time, the officers and soldiers guarding the city had the upper hand. Stones and logs rolled down, and the Japanese pirates screamed. Whenever a Japanese pirate climbed up the ladder, he was stabbed down by the soldiers guarding the city with weapons.
"Haha, I killed several Japanese pirates! Let's see who dares to call me a coward again!"
"Japanese pirates are not that powerful. Did you see that there was a Japanese pirate who attacked me just now? When I slashed down with my sword, he was knocked off the ladder and fell to the bottom of the city into a lake of flesh and blood. He was so dead that he couldn't die anymore."
"No wonder the Zhejiang Army achieved a great victory yesterday. These Japanese pirates are so weak and thin that they are not powerful at all."
"I saw several Japanese pirates, and I wanted to be a deserter. I was so cowardly that I was beheaded by the Japanese pirates who were supervising the army behind me."
The officers and soldiers guarding the city became more and more obedient, and at least hundreds of Japanese pirates died in their hands, and they couldn't help but float up.
"Run away. Look, the Japanese pirates under the city started to run back. Hahahaha, we won. We beat away the Japanese pirates who were attacking the city."
"Long live! Long live! The Japanese pirates have escaped! We won!"
A burst of cheers sounded.
In an instant, the city wall turned into a sea of cheers. In sharp contrast, the Japanese pirates below the city fled in confusion...