Watching the actions of the Jieyi soldiers outside the city on the city wall, Meng Shan and others were puzzled at first. Unexpectedly, the Jieyi soldiers who arrived here at this moment, instead of setting up camp and resting and preparing to attack, started to build defenses outside the city.
The fortifications were built. However, when the other party completed the fortifications, Meng Shan's face suddenly became extremely ugly.
Although Meng Shan came from a powerful background, he was also a lieutenant in the regular army of the Qi army. He had also experienced the test of warships, so he naturally understood the role of the opponent's fortifications here.
"Damn it! Who is the leader of this rebel army? He's just a turtle!" Meng Shan couldn't help but cursed secretly. Once the opponent's fortifications were launched, the crossbows and catapults on his city wall would have a counterattack effect.
It will be a big discount.
"Immediately send an order to get all the city defenders ready to fight!" Mengshan certainly understood that the opponent had completed the defensive fortifications, but this was not just for viewing. This meant that the opponent was preparing to attack at dusk or even overnight.
"Sir, are they going to attack now?" Several powerful disciples around him asked in confusion.[
"Nonsense, are they working so hard to build fortifications just for viewing? Hurry up and prepare..."
"Woooooooooooo..." Before Meng Shan could finish his words, the deep sound of horns began to sound among the rebels outside the city. Immediately, the sound of war drums followed closely behind, resounding throughout the fields in the dusk.
The defenders on the city wall immediately understood that the Jieyi Army was about to attack.
Hu Le looked up at the sky. The setting sun had already set in the west, and the sky seemed gray and began to darken. The city wall opposite to the southeast still looked particularly eye-catching. Hu Le took a deep breath. This was his first time commanding a large-scale
During the battle, I felt a little confused in my heart, but I still waved the long sword in my hand fiercely and said without hesitation: "Order the entire army to attack!"
After giving the order, the early Jieyi army outside the city began to make various preparations. Crossbows were raised, catapults were placed, and the soldiers around them were also waiting for new military orders. The eyes of these soldiers were cold and sharp.
, holding the weapon casually, but quietly exuding a compelling murderous intent.
Looking at the movements of the rebels outside the city, the defenders on the city wall were also in a tight formation, holding the weapons in their hands tightly. Although they occupied a favorable location, their troops were far less than their opponents, and after all, they were members of a family
Being a private soldier, they had not yet experienced a real war, so many of the defenders were a little nervous and their bodies began to tremble slightly.
"Alas... they are not soldiers after all. It is not easy to hold on!" Looking at the performance of his soldiers, Meng Shan suddenly felt a sense of strength. He was a military commander of the Qi Army, so he naturally understood the performance of his soldiers.
The gap between him and the soldiers. However, this cannot be solved in a short time. The Qi army outside the city is not only a regular army of the Jieyi Army, but also has a strength that far exceeds his own. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for him.
big.
"Cheer up! Don't be afraid. Most of them are just water bandits, not as good as you." On the city wall, Meng Shan and some of his officers began to constantly encourage their men. Some of these officers were themselves
The old subordinates were regular soldiers of the Qi army, and some of them were children of their own families and veterans who had experienced battles. For them, it was not that they had not been exposed to such battles.
"Catapult, release!" Hu Le ordered coldly.
Bang bang bang... Following Hu Le's order, the trebuchets of the Jieyi Army continued to roar, throwing stones one after another without hesitation. The people in the navy of the Jieyi Army who were responsible for operating the trebuchets were all veterans.
, they are quite proficient in the use of catapults. The stones they throw seem to be in a straight line, and the distance between them is basically the same. If you look at it from the side, you will definitely feel it is very beautiful, with a kind of
The beauty of a strong smell of death.
The rotating stones flew rapidly in the sky, and then fell hard on the city wall, making a loud rumbling sound. Immediately, a series of screams and officers' orders came from the city wall.
There was a sound of dodging. On the city wall, the defenders were suddenly shaken by dozens of catapults from the Jieyi Army, causing a commotion.
Bang! Not far from Mengshan, a stone fell straight down, and it happened to land among the assembled defenders. The soldiers who had just dodged the previous stone were hit by the stone, and their flesh and blood were all blurred.
, the team that was originally gathered together completely collapsed at this time, as if it had been swept by a storm. Strict training cannot completely eliminate
In addition to people's fear instinct, once this fear exceeds the limit of one's control, panic will naturally arise. Don't look at the fact that this stone only weighs a few dozen kilograms and is only the size of a head. However, it swoops down from a high position and destroys
One can imagine the force. Cracks were created in the solid city walls, not to mention the fragile human body?
What's even more disgusting is that after one stone falls, it often means that there are still more stones falling, because the trebuchet generally rarely adjusts its position. In the same direction, it always has to throw at least several stones.
Slightly adjusted. People near the landing point, if they still
If we don't avoid it quickly, disaster will strike again. Sure enough, soon after, another stone fell, also falling near the original position, and brought several defenders into hell. Seeing this,
Even Mengshan could not suppress the panic of the soldiers.
Bang bang bang! Meng Shan didn't have time to encourage the morale of his men. Suddenly, the city wall under his feet trembled, and then, a series of screams and exclamations came from his right side. He hurriedly turned around and saw that
feel
His face turned ugly for a moment. In his sight, several dozen meters away to the right, several powerful family heads and several Meng family disciples in the city were hit by a series of stones from the Jieyi army. Even the female wall of the city wall was hit by a series of stones.
A large piece of it collapsed.
What makes Mengshan feel distressed is that among the people who were beaten to death, there were also several elites from his Meng family. They were brought here this time to train them, and at the same time, it was also to set an example for other powerful children.
He went to the city to defend the city together. Unexpectedly, at first this
Several of these elite disciples died. Although he had already understood that on the battlefield, life and death were beyond human control, and he had already expected that some of these people would die. However, now he saw them die beside him with his own eyes.
Not far away, this makes it difficult for Monsanto to accept.
"Where are our catapults? Send the order and let them fight back, immediately!"
Mengshan, who was suppressed by the Jieyi Army, saw the death of several elite members of his family, and immediately ordered angrily to have his own catapults start to fight back.
Bang bang bang! The catapults on the city wall began to fire. The stones flew out from the city wall and kept falling behind the protective wall piled up by the soldiers of the Jieyi Army with sandbags. At this moment, the soldiers of the Jieyi Army all shrank to the protective wall.
Behind the wall, wait for the opponent's catapult to counterattack.
At the same time, the catapults of the Jieyi Army were also looking for the direction of the defenders' catapults on the city wall, and they also began to counterattack. One from top to bottom, the other from bottom up. The catapults of the Jieyi Army should be more than those of the opponent. In addition, the catapults of the Jieyi Army should be more than those of the opponent.
The rebel soldiers operating catapults were much more powerful than the defenders on the city wall.
The square stones are staggered and facing each other, and the two are like flying shuttles, shuttling each other in the sky. Inadvertently, there will be stones colliding directly in the air, and then shattering, like blooming fireworks, beautiful and cruel
.In addition, the bed crossbows of both sides also began to take advantage of the opportunity to show off their power, and continued to fire at each other.
Crash! Suddenly, a crossbow of the Jieyi Army placed on a sandbag was hit by a stone. The entire crossbow was shattered on the spot, and the parts of the crossbow flew up. The Jieyi soldiers next to it were beaten to a bloody pulp.
They screamed in agony. The remaining people hurriedly pulled the injured soldiers and hid behind the protective wall, barely avoiding the rocks that continued to hit them.[
Bang! Almost at the same time, the two catapults on the city wall were also destroyed by the catapults of the Jieyi Army. The flying sawdust directly injured several surrounding defenders, which also caused tragedy.
Call it a piece.
Catapults and catapults from both sides were going back and forth, firing at each other non-stop. A catapult and a catapult, each side's equipment suffered casualties. Although the defenders occupied a favorable location, the Jieyi Army had its own
In addition, the Jieyi army had more catapults and crossbows than the defenders, and the soldiers who operated the catapults and crossbows were older than the defenders.
Practice. In addition, because of the temporary protective wall built by the Jieyi Army, the casualties of the Jieyi Army soldiers were very small. On the contrary, on the city wall, the defenders suffered a lot of casualties. In addition, the defenders were almost all powerful men.
The family's private soldiers did not cooperate well and did not experience real bloody battles. Therefore, gradually, the defenders began to fall into the trap.
The sky was gradually getting darker, and torches on and off the city wall had illuminated the entire battlefield red. Meng Shan's face was so gloomy that he was about to shed tears. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, there were traces of dilapidation everywhere on the city wall. His own catapults and
The crossbows were now out of ten, and their lethality against the rebels outside the city was negligible.
Of course, the rebels' catapults and catapults outside the city were also damaged a lot, but the number of catapults and catapults they could not withstand was too large. The loss of ten catapults and catapults was already a serious injury to them.
However, for the Jieyi army outside the city, it was not enough to affect the entire battle situation.
In addition, the losses of soldiers on the city wall were also great. There were originally only three or four thousand soldiers in the city. With the forcibly recruited young men, there were only five or six thousand soldiers. On average, there were four gates, and there were only about a thousand people on each side.
.Although Mengshan later learned that except for the East Gate and South Gate, the Jieyi Army in the other two gates was just a bluff outside the city, and he promptly transferred some manpower from the West Gate and North Gate to supplement the East Gate and South Gate. But now,
The loss of soldiers has exceeded half.
"The sword and shield soldiers are ready, carry up the ladder, and prepare to enter the city. The archers and crossbowmen are ready, cover the sword and shield soldiers to attack the city! Up!" Hu Le knew when he saw that the enemy's catapults and crossbows on the city wall were getting fewer and fewer.
, the opponent's equipment had been almost destroyed by our own. He immediately gave the order calmly.
In the rear, the sword and shield soldiers who had been prepared carried the ladder and began to rush forward quickly along the passage left in the middle of the protective wall. The crossbowmen of the Jieyi Army also began to follow closely, and followed towards
Run under the city wall.
"The Jieyi Army is coming, brothers, prepare to counterattack!" On the city wall, when they saw the Jieyi Army starting to attack the city outside the city, some soldiers immediately began to exclaim.
Speaking of crossbowmen, this is the shortcoming of the defenders. Although these powerful men have crossbows and catapults, this is all because of the existence of water bandits, and they also want to raise water bandits as their hidden strength.
, so they have a lot of catapults and crossbows. However, they lack strong bows and crossbows.
As a result, now facing the attack of the Jieyi Army, they could only grab their swords and guns and prepare to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy's soldiers on the city when the Jieyi Army attacked the city.
"Damn it, why did I neglect this point!" Seeing that his soldiers could only hold swords, guns, swords and halberds, waiting for the rebels to approach outside the city, Meng Shan suddenly punched the female wall in front of him hard.
There are no archers in the city, which is indeed the biggest oversight. But Mengshan also knows that this is also related to the fact that he has used water bandits as a means of training private soldiers over the years.
Because of the example. Of course, even if he had considered it before, there was nothing he could do. He could not get this strong bow and crossbow. And he became the captain of the garrison here, but because this place was not valued by the Qi army
, Therefore, among the thousands of soldiers under his command, there are no archers at all. Therefore, he cannot get strong bows and crossbows now.
However, although the defenders did not have strong bows and crossbows, the Jieyi soldiers were equipped with crossbowmen.
"Shoot!" After the Jieyi Army's siege team, in the archer formation, the officer's cold voice suddenly reached the ears of every archer clearly.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." In an instant, a rain of arrows rose into the sky and hit the soldiers on the city wall. Because it was night, although there were torches on the city wall, the appearance of strong bows and crossbows, although
They could hear the sound, but their observation was not as clear as during the day. Therefore, by the time they saw the arrows and crossbows of the Jieyi Army, the dense arrows and crossbows had already pounced on them.
On the city wall, there was a burst of screams, and a large number of soldiers fell immediately. Seeing that a large number of his soldiers fell again, Meng Shan suddenly felt despair. He knew that with the force he now had in hand,
It was impossible to stop the attack of the Jieyi soldiers.
"Boom boom boom..." With a series of crisp sounds, the ladders of the Jieyi Army were set up on the city wall one after another. Immediately, the soldiers of the Jieyi Army who looked at them began to climb rapidly along the ladders.
"Send the order, let the soldiers start shouting slogans to persuade the enemy troops on the city wall to surrender!" Hu Le ordered again in a cold voice.
"Listen to the enemy troops on the city wall. Our rebel army will go after the culprit without involving others."
"After the city is broken, the Jieyi army will divide the fields equally. All the people in the city, regardless of their status and whether they are free or not, will be assigned a share of the fields. Therefore, surrender early to save your life and share the fields."
"Those who commit crimes and resist will be killed! Those who surrender will be spared death...Those who kill enemy generals will be rewarded heavily!"
Under the city wall, the Jieyi soldiers began to shout these various slogans loudly and began to persuade the defenders above the city wall to surrender.
On the city wall, the faces of those powerful men suddenly turned pale. They knew that what Jie Yijun said was a huge temptation for the defenders on the city wall. In addition, the situation at this moment was not good for the defenders. After hearing that Jie Yijun
With such a cry, it is not unusual for them to have new choices. And what Jie Yijun said also made them understand that it is almost impossible for them to save their lives under Jie Yijun.[
"Not good!" Meng Shan suddenly felt bad. These slogans of the Jieyi Army may not have an immediate effect on the private soldiers of all ethnic groups on the city wall. However, on the city wall, there are not only
There are private soldiers of various clans, as well as many young men in the city. They are on the city wall, mostly assisting the private soldiers of various families in defense. Therefore, up to now, the remaining defenders on the city wall have not participated.
The young men who fought directly accounted for less than half.
The slogan of the Rebel Army has great appeal to these young men. Especially these young men were forcibly recruited by the defenders, and their recognition is not high. In addition, the powerful people in this city
, they have nothing to do with these ordinary people. Now the Jie Yijun's shouting like this has the greatest and most direct impact on them.
Sure enough, what Mengshan was worried about finally appeared. As the soldiers of the Jieyi Army waited for the city along the ladder, some people began to surrender on the city wall, and just as Mengshan expected, these surrendering defenders were exactly those
The young men in the city were forcibly recruited by them.
"You dare to surrender? Kill these bastards for me!" The garrison officer of the Jieyi Army shouted loudly when he saw the young men around him beginning to surrender.
In an instant, several young men who were about to surrender were killed by the defenders on the city wall. However, what happened now has exceeded their expectations. These young men who usually behaved very docilely actually picked up the ground at this moment.
weapons, starting with keeping
The army was desperate. But at this moment, no one paid attention to the Jieyi soldiers who were still on the city. Of course, the Jieyi soldiers would not sit idly by and just waved their weapons. Together with the young men on the city wall, they began to fight against each other.
The defenders launched a counterattack.
"Sigh... If I had known this, I should have cooperated with Yan Ming to bring in the surrounding water bandits and integrate them. If that were the case, it would be more than..." Meng Shan kept shaking his head and crying. However, before he could finish speaking,
, an arrow came from nowhere and shot into Mengshan's chest while he was in a daze.
"The general is dead..." I don't know who screamed, and the morale of the defenders on the city wall suddenly dropped to the lowest point. Immediately, the Jieyi soldiers who continued to climb the city took over the east city. Thousands of Jieyi soldiers,
Immediately, they rushed in and drove close to Xishan Town.