At night, although the rogue bandits sent scouts to keep an eye on the movements on the city walls, they were wary of sneak attacks in the city and did not care about the movements on the city walls. The weather was cold and dark, and they could not clearly see what was happening on the city walls.
Things. Taking advantage of the darkness, the city's defenders turned on their power. Orger mobilized the soldiers and civilians in the city, sent buckets of water, and poured it all on the city wall. In order to surprise the rogues, Orger and his men worked for most of the night.
The next day, just after dawn, Gao Yingxiang was woken up by his personal guards. All of them had pale faces, as if they had just been pulled out of the room. It was so early in the morning that he was in a bad mood. If
If I hadn't heard that it was quiet outside, I would have thought it was the Xi'an garrison coming over. "Look at how panicked you all are. How well behaved are you? Tell me, what happened?"
"Your Majesty, this... you should go and see for yourself." The soldier swallowed his saliva and wrapped the prepared fur around Gao Yingxiang. Gao Yingxiang was very puzzled and curious, he washed his face hastily, and followed
The soldiers came outside the camp. At this time, there were more than a dozen people standing on the high slope outside the camp. Zheng Guosong, Wang Yan and others were standing in line. Seeing Gao Yingxiang's arrival, everyone had a wry smile on their faces, took the telescope and headed to Xi'an.
Cheng glanced at it and Gao Yingxiang was furious.
At this time, the warm sun was rising, and the sunlight shone on the city wall of Xi'an, emitting a faint light. Overnight, the city wall seemed to be covered with a layer of glazed ice crystals. It was a thick layer of ice that wrapped the city wall, which was originally neat.
The city wall clearly protruded, and in a short period of time, a wall of ice suddenly appeared in front of him. Gao Yingxiang's lips were trembling, how could he forget about this? In this kind of horrible weather, even peeing at night would freeze him into a stick.
, the Xi'an garrison froze the city wall into this ghostly state, and the difficulty of attacking the city suddenly increased. "Damn you, it must be Hong Chengchou's bad idea."
If Hong Chengchou could hear it, he would definitely cry out that he was wronged. This idea was really thought up by Chen Qiyu himself. Besides, when the two armies faced each other, the goal was to win. Who cares whether the intention was to lose or not? Wang Yan gritted his teeth and frowned.
He frowned and spat viciously, "King Chuang, no matter what, we have to attack the city. Why don't we wait and launch a fierce attack when the ice and snow melt in the afternoon. If it takes too long, it will do us no good."
Gao Yingxiang could only nod in agreement, but even so, a lot of time had been lost. From Chen hour to noon, there was nothing to do for two hours. Climbing by force was not impossible, but the cost would be very high, even if the rebel warriors were not afraid
Although he died, he could not make a fearless sacrifice. Gao Yingxiang was tricked and his mood naturally couldn't be better. He had all the prepared trebuchets brought up and fired at the top of the city. The officers and soldiers guarding the city were already prepared.
, as soon as I saw the trebuchets all behind the battlements, the trebuchets had not stopped since then. Behind the battlements, I saw a lot of messy things flying overhead, such as dirt, stinky cow dung, broken stones, in short
All usable things near Xi'an were dumped.
Gao Yingxiang didn't know whose bad idea he listened to, so he boiled the cow dung in hot water, packed it in clay pots, and sent it all to the top of the city. This time, the defenders finally couldn't stand it anymore. Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou hid in a makeshift building.
In the command post, people chatted with each other, "Master Hong, when do you think the trebuchet outside will be finished? The rogue bandits are so stimulated that they don't care about the cost."
Hong Chengchou looked relaxed and smiled nonchalantly, "No matter what they do, the more the bandits do, the more it proves that they can't do anything to us. This is a sign of desperation. But generally after noon, the ice will melt
, it is estimated that the rogue bandits will take the opportunity to attack."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a burst of crackling sounds, and at the same time, there was a continuous sound of curses on the top of the city. The trebuchet has been on fire for so long, and he had never heard the soldiers curse. Chen Qiyu raised his eyebrows, curious in his heart, and thought.
I went out to see what was going on. Before I could stand up, something fell on the roof of the command post. Soon, some black liquid flowed down the gap. Hong Chengchou was standing under the gap, and the liquid splashed.
It all fell on top of his head, and suddenly a smelly smell filled the entire command post. His throat twitched, and he lay on the barrel next to him and vomited violently. It turned out to be cow dung soup. I thought that Hong Chengchou had fought for so many years, and now
He was actually poured cow dung soup on his head.
Chen Qiyu's face didn't look good either. Although he was not as unlucky as Hong Chengchou, he still had a lot of excrement on his body. He finally understood why the brothers outside were yelling at each other. It was all because of the excrement. Holding back his nausea, Chen Qiyu squeezed
When I walked out of the command post, I originally wanted to breathe in the fresh air, but the smell outside was more pungent than the smell of the command post. The city was completely black and white, like a giant cesspool. Many soldiers had already been stung.
The smell was so irritating that they brought tears to their eyes. Some people couldn't bear the blow. They stuck out their heads and yelled at the city, "You son of a bitch, you are a coward. If you have the ability to attack the city, grandpa will be naked and waiting for you."
While scolding, the strong man actually took off his coat and hit his chest with his big fist, making a thumping sound. Three black lines hung on Chen Qiyu's forehead. If he continued to be tortured like this, the soldiers would go crazy.
?At this time, Hong Chengchou also vomited his stomach and crawled out of the command post with a sallow face. As soon as he got out of the room, he lay on the ground and said viciously, "Director Chen, we must fight back and pull up the prepared crossbows.
Destroy those trebuchets. The bandits are at their worst alert right now, so we must teach them a lesson."
Those crossbows were used to deal with ramming trees. Now they are used to deal with trebuchets, which is really a waste. But other than this method, Chen Qiyu couldn't think of any good countermeasures in a short time, so he had to make people look sad.
Go to pull the crossbow. The crossbow has been prepared under the city. Five people can move a crossbow over. Everyone gathers firewood and the flames are high. Soon a dozen crossbows are assembled. Hong Chengchou pulls out his saber and roars with a cold face.
He said, "Aim at the trebuchets under the city and destroy these evil-doing things."
The trebuchet is powerful at throwing heavy objects, but its range has always been inferior to that of the crossbow. What's more, the crossbow is located higher up and has a longer range, which can completely cover the trebuchet. A crossbow arrow suddenly ejected, and only a cold thorn was seen in the sun.
Breaking through the sky, the crossbow arrow was tied with gunpowder and the fuse was burning. It accurately hit a trebuchet. The arrow pierced into the trebuchet. With a bang, the two evil trebuchets were blown apart.
The busy bandits around were shocked by this scene, and it took them a long time to react. Another crossbow arrow was fired. This time, it missed the trebuchet, but nailed a bandit soldier to the ground. The crossbow arrow was very fast,
It was so powerful that it directly pierced the neck of the rogue soldier. The crossbow arrow penetrated the neck without stopping and sank into the ground. The surrounding rogue soldiers were stunned. This crossbow arrow was too overbearing. It could be shot at such a long distance.
Impaling people and then nailing them to the ground. If three people stand in a row, are they still not allowed to become candied haws on a stick?
Crossbow arrows flew over one by one, explosions continued, and trebuchets were destroyed. It was important to save their lives at this time. None of the rogue soldiers could care about the heavy trebuchets. They ran away one after another. Within a quarter of an hour, the people outside the city
The trebuchet was half destroyed. Just when the bandits were worried, the crossbow arrows finally stopped. Such giant crossbow arrows were not easy to make, so Chen Qiyu and others had to use them sparingly. Seeing that the trebuchet was almost destroyed, they stopped wasting crossbow arrows. Crossbow arrows
It stopped, but looking at so many trebuchet wreckage, Gao Yingxiang's heart was bleeding, hateful officers and soldiers, "I will make you pay the price...pay the price..."
Gao Yingxiang's unwilling voice made people's hearts tremble. These trebuchets were built with great effort. Most of them borrowed Zhang Bei's craftsmanship. It was not easy. Unexpectedly, they were destroyed by the Xi'an garrison in an instant.
Half of them wanted to use these trebuchets to destroy the city of Kiev, but they didn't expect that so many of them were destroyed in Xi'an. Wang Yan saw that Gao Yingxiang looked a little uncomfortable, so he quickly asked someone to pull the remaining trebuchets behind him, just in case.
If the opponent fires another round of crossbows, how many of the remaining trebuchets can be saved? Waiting for Gao Yingxiang to calm down, Wang Yan quickly persuaded, "King Chuang, please calm down, at least for one thing, we saw that there are still cars in Xi'an City
Crossbows, such a defensive weapon, must be guarded against."
"When we attack the city later, let the brothers spread out their formations and don't concentrate too much. Even if the officers and soldiers have chariots and crossbows, it doesn't matter. This kind of crossbows is not easy to make, and they won't save too many." Gao Yingxiang glanced coldly.
Xi'an City, he can say that he is bound to win this city. Even chariots and crossbows can't stop the steps of the rebel warriors. Remember, they are cooking pots at noon. As soon as the smoke dissipates, the smoke of war begins to fill the surrounding area.
Early on, more than 3,000 rogue soldiers began to attack Xi'an City. This time they were different from the usual sieges. They were far apart from the front and back, dislocated left and right, and the formation was very scattered. Everyone held round wooden shields, and the arrows from the city head were attacking them.
It didn't have much impact.
In addition to glancing at their waists, there is also a strange axe. The axe is divided into two sides. One side is a commonly used axe, and the other side is similar to an iron hook. This axe is also called an ice-breaking axe, which is used by hunters to climb ice rocks.
The rogue bandits were fully prepared for this attack on the city. The rain of arrows could not stop the rogue bandits from attacking. They set up ladders and began to climb up, shouting, and smashing them with ice-breaking axes while climbing.
The ice on the city wall was smashed down with sharp iron hooks, and with a click, the ice began to break. As more and more people smashed it with the ice-breaking hair in their hands, the ice wrapped around the city wall peeled off little by little. The ice
After all, the wall is artificially made and is not as hard and deep as a natural ice wall.
The rogue soldier held a round shield in his left hand and climbed up little by little. Seeing how brave the rogue bandits were, the commanders in charge at the top of the city immediately ordered, "Bring up the rolling logs and smash these rogue bandits down. Don't let them touch the battlements."
The rolling log that had been prepared was placed on the cloud ladder, and when the hand was released, the rolling log rolled down the ladder. The wooden shield could block the arrows, but it could not withstand the weight of the rolling log. Suddenly, there were wailing sounds, and the rogue soldiers started to cry.
Like a kite with its string broken, it fell from the ladder with a bang. Seeing this, a leader called his deputy general over, "Order the archers behind to come up and suppress the enemy at the top of the city."
In order to capture the city of Xi'an, the rogue bandits made preparations for a long time. Leaders at all levels gave systematic instructions on when to suppress and when to attack by force. Gao Yingxiang personally gave instructions. After the longbowmen came, they followed the instructions.
The soldiers at the top of the city launched a rain of arrows to suppress them. Although the soldiers guarding the city did not suffer many casualties under the rain of arrows, the heavy rain of arrows made them unable to stick their heads out, so they continued to throw logs.
In desperation, they could only throw them out randomly, but the effect was much worse. The defense at the top of the city was suppressed, and the pressure on the rogue soldiers responsible for attacking the city was greatly reduced. They broke out with thunderous roars and continued to charge upward.
, step after step, foot after foot. Finally, some rogue soldiers climbed up the battlements, hooked the ice-breaking axes on the battlements with their arms, and jumped into the city wall with force. As soon as they landed, countless spears poked out from all around.
, directly stabbed the rogue soldier with several bloody holes. But this was a good sign, proving that the rogue warriors had begun to reach the top of the city. Gao Yingxiang had been observing the progress of the siege, and he was excited when he saw someone climbing up to the top of the city.
He clenched his fists and said, "Wang Yan, send the second echelon up, and you must seize the opportunity. If this momentum is suppressed, it will be difficult to rush up later."
When you see an opportunity, you should rush forward. You must not hesitate at this time. Wang Yan nodded. Not long after leaving, more than 4,000 bandit soldiers from the second echelon also began to press forward. This time they did not disperse their formation, but
Concentrating the charge, the city head was busy dealing with the siege soldiers, and there was no energy to operate the heavy crossbows. There were more and more people attacking the city, and the pressure on the soldiers guarding the city head became more and more intense. The main attack on the southern city wall
In this direction, the bandits have opened a gap, and nearly a hundred bandit soldiers have rushed forward. They have occupied a position, intending to expand the gap and occupy the entire southern city wall.
The situation is precarious, but Chen Qiyu and others did not call for reinforcements, which has to be said to be a strange thing. Is it possible that the Xi'an garrison only has such a small number of people? Of course it is impossible. Chen Qiyu cannot do something stupid like throwing out all his chips at once.
The fierce battle on the south city wall was going on, and the number of casualties was gradually rising. However, Chen Qiyu remained calm and waited patiently. At the last moment, a scout ran over and said, "Supervisor, the second echelon of rogue bandits has rushed forward.
It is expected that we will be able to climb the city wall within half an hour. Mr. Hong is under great pressure and hopes to send reinforcements as soon as possible."
"Very good, after waiting for so long, that old fox Gao Yingxiang is finally moved." Chen Qiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He waved his hand and looked into the distance, "Send a signal to inform Orger and Liu Guoneng that the time is ripe. If they don't move again,