A company formed two square formations, blocking both ends of the city wall, and blocking the Eastern Barbarians who jumped down from the wooden ladder in the middle of the city wall.
This is a place of life and death. No one on either side is soft-hearted, nor do they dare to be soft-hearted.
From the first moment of the fight, both the bodyguards and the Dongman soldiers tried their best.
The battle formation used by the bodyguards is still the classic structure, with the heavy-armored bodyguards at the front, the light-armored bodyguards following behind, and the female soldiers who are good at shooting at the back.
Although the soldiers of the Eastern Barbarians were brave and not afraid of death, the iron smelting technology of the Eastern Barbarians was even more backward than that of Dakang before. The first batch of soldiers who attacked the city were cannon fodder. Many of them used wooden spears to stab the bodyguards.
There is not even a white mark on the black armor.
The escort's spears are all made of fine steel, and the spearheads still have a triangular structure with small barbs.
Once an Eastern Barbarian soldier was stabbed by such a spear, there was almost no need to rescue him.
Therefore, even if the Eastern Barbarian soldiers tried their best, they still could not break through the escort's formation.
The five-foot-long city wall was soon filled with corpses of Eastern Barbarian soldiers.
It was at this moment that the Eastern Barbarian commander on the ground dispatched an elite force to rush onto the siege vehicle!
When they rushed up the wooden ladder to the top of the city wall, they did not jump down immediately. Instead, they stood on the wooden ladder and threw a wave of kerosene jars down.
This tactic was the first used by the bodyguards. The Eastern Barbarians had hardly used it before. The bodyguards were caught off guard.
The jar of kerosene hit the escort's armor and exploded, igniting a raging fire!
The heavy armor of the bodyguards can block the slashes of swords, but it cannot block the flames!
The heavy-armored escort who stood in the front was the first to suffer disaster and became a burning man!
Many Eastern Barbarian soldiers also suffered disaster and were drowned in the sea of fire together with their bodyguards!
"Quickly retreat! Crossbowmen, kill them for me!"
Liu Tie roared and commanded the light-armored escort to drag the heavy-armored escort back, while at the same time commanding the female soldiers at the rear to shoot at this group of elite soldiers who suddenly appeared.
The female soldiers also reacted quickly. Before Liu Tie finished his shouting, they all turned their crossbows and pointed them at the top of the wooden ladder.
The elite Eastern Barbarians did not have armor, so they all ducked down to avoid the arrows.
The Eastern Barbarians' offensive was temporarily suppressed, giving the escort a chance to rescue his companions.
After the light-armored escort dragged the heavy-armored escort behind him, he immediately took out a spare wet rag to put out the fire.
But at this time, the flames had been burning for nearly half a minute, and many heavily armored escorts were severely burned even if they were not burned to death on the spot.
Even with the medical technology of Jin Feng's previous life, large-scale burns are very dangerous and the mortality rate is extremely high.
Even if these heavy-armored bodyguards are rescued now, probably not many of them will survive in the end.
The cruelty of war is vividly displayed at this moment.
There were screams everywhere on the city wall, from those who burned the bodyguards and from the enemies.
But the battle did not stop just because they heard their miserable howls, but instead became more intense!
The Eastern Barbarian commander on the ground discovered that several elites were suppressed by the arrows of the female soldiers, and immediately sent a batch of shields up.
The kerosene burned fiercely, but it burned quickly, and it was almost burned out by now.
Taking advantage of the cover of thick smoke, the elite Eastern Barbarians jumped down from the wooden ladder with shields in hand, trying to tear apart the escort's defense line.
At this time, most of the heavy-armored escorts of the company were burned by the fire, and the light-armored escorts had to rescue the wounded. There was an extremely obvious flaw in the defense line.
After Liu Tie discovered this situation, he immediately ordered his personal guards to attack.
But there are only a dozen of his personal guards, how can they defend a city wall several feet wide?
Fortunately, the Second Company, which was ordered to fetch kerosene, returned in time and was able to hold on to the city wall.
"General, where do you pour the kerosene?"
asked the second company commander, carrying a wooden box.
The wooden box contained rows of jars of kerosene.
"Throw it to the top first, don't let them rush up again!"
Liu Tie pointed at the wooden ladder and roared.
Although the escorts are well-equipped and have a strong will to fight, they cannot stand against the large number of people on the other side!
When he first formed the Northern Expeditionary Army, Jin Feng expected that the Eastern Barbarians would not be able to stop the combination of hot air balloons and grenades, so the entire Northern Expeditionary Army only had more than 5,000 people in total.
More than a thousand of them are non-combatants responsible for logistics.
There were only four thousand real combatants.
And among these four thousand people, there are also three thousand Zhenyuan Army.
The Zhenyuan Army had just been established at that time, and its members were mainly girls from the refugee camps who survived the Damangpo War.
Among the 3,000 Zhenyuan troops who participated in the Northern Expedition, the number of female soldiers exceeded 2,000.
Jin Feng sent them here with the intention of training soldiers.
After more than half a year of baptism of fire, the female soldiers have transformed a lot, and their cooperation with the male soldiers in daily operations has become more and more tacit.
But in this kind of face-to-face hand-to-hand combat, female soldiers are ultimately inferior to male soldiers.
Therefore, Liu Tie knew very well that he must destroy the siege vehicles as soon as possible, otherwise the enemy would rush up and he would not be able to defend Yuguan City!
It was already bright now and we could see very far.
The grassland under the city wall was densely packed with Eastern Barbarian soldiers. Even if Liu Tie took out his telescope, he could not see the edge.
Even if all the bodyguards are equal to ten, they will still be drowned by the Eastern Barbarians!
The second company commander received Liu Tie's order, organized two squads of escorts, and threw the jars of kerosene onto the wooden ladder as if they were free of charge.
The front half of the wooden ladder suddenly became a sea of fire, and the Eastern Barbarian soldiers who were rushing up the wooden ladder had to retreat temporarily.
The elite Eastern Barbarians who had already rushed onto the city wall became rootless water and were surrounded and suppressed by the Second Company.
But before Liu Tie and the others could relax, the Eastern Barbarian commander ordered his men to rush up again wearing soaked quilts.
Cover the kerosene with a wet quilt and the kerosene will go out.
"Damn it!"
The second company commander cursed: "It would be great if the catapult could cover this place!"
Catapults are bulky, and their bases are not as flexible as heavy crossbows. Moreover, when they are set up, they are aimed at enemies hundreds of feet away, and siege vehicles are not considered at all.
The current location of the siege vehicle is the shooting blind spot of all catapults!
The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.
When Liu Tie heard what the Second Company Commander said, an idea flashed in his mind and he observed the catapult on the city wall.
After a while, Liu Tie grabbed a guard and shouted: "Go and notify Catapult No. 32 and No. 33, and ask them to dismantle the base, adjust the angle, and attack here!"
The guards quickly rushed towards catapults No. 32 and 33, which were dozens of meters away.
Ten minutes later, the two catapults were reassembled one after another, and the attack direction was adjusted from the original north to the northwest.
After several attempts and adjustments, the catapult's attack finally covered the siege vehicle.
The catapults smashed into a large area. With the addition of two catapults, the pressure on the bodyguards was finally relieved.
The second company's jars of kerosene did not stop, and they kept throwing them at the siege vehicles.
Especially the support pillars on both sides were taken care of by the Second Company, and jars of kerosene were thrown up one by one!
This state lasted for more than half an hour. The column on the left side of the siege vehicle was finally burned by the fire and collapsed!