Chapter two hundred and eighty fifth stick to the disadvantage
Si Hu on the top of the city raised his hand and slapped the two goshawks flying over, breaking their wings and twisting their bodies and falling to the ground.
"Protect your eyes——" Lian Yong shouted urgently.
Even though it was done in time, many people still had their eyes pecked out, covering their entire faces and screaming in pain.
"These Di dogs like to raise eagles to peck their eyes." Lian Yong said in a flurry of words. He slashed forward with his long knife and chopped into pieces an incoming goshawk.
Xu Mu also frowned. The last time Baiqi entered the border, he had also seen these methods of Di Gou, but fortunately, he was determined to die at that time and was not afraid of these things at all.
With great difficulty, the crowded defenders on top of the city killed thousands of goshawks, leaving only less than a hundred, who screamed in terror and returned to the camp.
After taking a breath, Xu Mu looked around and found that there were already hundreds of defenders, completely blinded by pecks.
"Chang Wei, help these brothers down first."
It has to be said that Di Gou's methods are really all-purpose. He doesn't just use the goshawk for no reason, but also uses the goshawk's confusion to cover the oncoming army.
"My little boss, we are coming." Lian Yong showed no fear and took off his iron bow again. Following his same action, there were many old soldiers nearby.
"Take off the bow!" Xu Mu did not dare to delay. As he spoke, he raised his eyes and coldly observed the situation in front of him.
The war was too intense, and he did not have much time to lay out a better defensive front.
"Beng Gong!"
"call."
On the top of the city, thousands of flying arrows intertwined together until they formed an airtight arrow net, whistling down to the Di people charging below.
The screams came one after another.
Lian Yong clenched his fists in surprise.
"My dear boss, I've been observing for a long time. Originally, the Di people were not good at using shields, but this time, they clearly used a small leather shield. But after all, they couldn't block too many arrows."
The Di people are good at charging and killing on horseback, but they don't have much advantage in things like attacking a city.
"It's a pity that the trenches and traps dug previously have been used up."
It can be seen how difficult it is for 20,000 old soldiers to camp and guard Wangzhou.
"Chang Wei, ask someone to pour kerosene under the city gate."
After a while, the fire oil was fired, and the fire arrows were fired. Suddenly, flames were burning in many places a hundred steps away from the city gate.
The enemy troops who were originally charging suddenly stopped in their tracks. They could only use their bows and arrows to shoot hard at the top of the city.
Xu Mu narrowed his eyes and continued to think about ways to defeat the enemy. Unexpectedly, Lian Yong next to him hurriedly pulled him and ran to the Wengcheng location.
Xu Mugang wanted to ask——
Suddenly, bursts of whistling sounds could be heard in the ears, accompanied by the roar of huge rocks falling on the city head.
"Catapult." Xu Mu was shocked.
At this time, the catapult is undoubtedly the most lethal weapon on the battlefield.
Cannons are the most powerful weapons in the army and are used by both offensive and defensive divisions.
"Wangzhou was equipped with several catapults before, but Zhao Qingyun took them to Hezhou in the name of assisting defense." A sad look appeared on the face of veteran Lian Yong.
Xu Mu also looked solemn. If he was given time, he could have done it, but this situation was clearly impossible.
"General Lian, how many catapults are there at Di Gou?"
"There are about five of them. There are at least a thousand people in my old soldier's camp. They all died in the fire and rocks of the catapult."
Fire and rocks are roughly equivalent to weakened cannonballs.
While the two were talking, a huge rockfall happened to explode not far away, causing a corner of the city wall to immediately shatter. A wave of burning flames also spread quickly.
Woo, woo.
In the sky, black shadows continued to pass overhead.
There is not much protection on the city top, and these old soldiers actually stayed here with a determination to die.
Xu Mu raised his eyes in shock and looked forward cautiously.
I found that many old soldiers and soldiers of the Northern Expedition were bent down tightly and buried under the parapet. With the only protection of the parapet, they were able to avoid the falling rocks and flying arrows in the sky.
In fact, many city walls clearly could not withstand repeated artillery fire, and they collapsed one after another under the bombardment of fire and rocks.
"Wei Xiaowu, don't fucking raise your head!" Chen Baishan squatted down holding the camp flag, kept tilting his head, and shouted angrily at Wei Xiaowu next to him.
Sixteen-year-old Wei Xiaowu, no matter how hesitant he was, this was the first time he saw such a battle. At least he had a lot of courage to keep himself from losing his composure.
"Don't move, don't move!"
Wei Xiaowu gritted his teeth, carefully tilted his head, and looked at the arrow pierced into his abdomen, trying not to make a sound in pain.
He did not hide behind the parapet. He could only lie down on the ground in the smoke.
"Don't move!"
Chen Baishan put down the camp flag, held the knife in his mouth, ran forward quickly, helped Wei Xiaowu up, and ran a few more steps before pushing Wei Xiaowu into the cover of the female wall.
"Next time there's a big fight, you'll be hanging on to your eggs." Chen Baishan said as he squatted back against the parapet.
"Master Chen, be careful!"
A large number of flying arrows were thrown, and before Chen Baishan could make a move, they were densely pierced all over his body.
Chen Baishan looked at the camp flag and climbed down the city wall without saying a word.
Wei Xiaowu was stunned, his eyes turned red, and he burst into tears. He picked up the bow and stood up to shoot back.
"I call you a dog daddy, I call you a dog daddy!"
Fortunately, there was an old pawn next to him who held him down firmly.
"Don't move, don't move! Di Gou's fire collapse is about to be finished!"
Behind the female wall, Wei Xiaowu let out a series of sad and angry roars.
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"rise--"
Lian Yong spit out two mouthfuls of dust, his face full of expressions of anger.
All around him, there were soldiers who did not die. Even though some had injured their legs and some had horse arrows in their shoulders, they all gritted their teeth and followed Lian Yong's movements, roaring and raising their bows.
"Here I go, shoot these dogs to death!"
The flying arrows all over the sky covered the sky and blocked out the sun, roaring and falling towards the city gate.
The Beidi people who had just put out the fire had no time to take a few more steps when thousands more people fell down.
Xu Mu squinted his eyes, forced himself to calm down, and observed the surrounding situation.
Throughout Wangzhou City, many walls have been cracked during the long-term attack. It is estimated that with a few more waves of fire and rocks, even if the city gate is not broken, the city wall will be broken.
Under this situation, it is obviously impossible to repair. Furthermore, there is also a very important point. There are no common people in Wangzhou City.
"Retreat from Wangzhou?" Veteran general Lian Yong bulged his eyes and looked at Xu Mu in front of him.
"Little boss, the country cannot be abandoned!"
"I would like to ask General Lian, given the situation in Wangzhou City, can it be defended even if 30,000 more people are added?"
Lian Yong's eyes darkened.
"The whole Wangzhou has become an isolated city."
To put it bluntly, Wangzhou's strategic significance has become very weak. It is nothing more than an outpost of Hezhou. But a crumbling city clearly cannot play a big role.
"My little boss, there are still people outside the city."
"Send fast horses to inform the people that we will evacuate Wangzhou immediately in two hours."
"Zhao Qingyun from Hezhou may not let me enter the city."
"Zhao Qingyun defected to Di, I have captured Hezhou." After hesitating for a moment, Xu Mu finally said it.
Lian Yong was stunned for a moment, his expression turned angry for a moment, and then sighed for a moment.
"Hezhou City has high walls and thick walls, making it easier to defend than Wangzhou. Moreover, Hezhou City has a lot of equipment to defend the city, at least hundreds of fire and rocks."
Unlike Wangzhou, the front of Hezhou City is more suitable for setting up defenses and ambushes. Moreover, the supply line will not be too long. When he came to Wangzhou before, he had never thought that the situation in Wangzhou City would be so miserable.
However, before leaving Wangzhou, Xu Mu had already figured out a way to make these Beidi dogs who thought they had conquered Wangzhou suffer a big loss.
"Okay, I believe in my little master!" Lian Yong replied calmly, took a few more steps, commanded the soldiers, and dropped waves of flying arrows.