Chapter 123: Hold on
Dingbian City is a rectangle, long from east to west, which also makes the defense of the eastern city wall more difficult, Shi Ping sent all the 5,000 people under his command to go up, and even the logistics troops were not missed, which was able to block the enemy army, but it could not be completely suppressed, and from time to time a small group of enemy troops rushed up the city wall. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Chen Xin frowned, if this continues, Dongcheng will be in danger.
In the city, a large number of reinforcements arrived, and they were all reinforcements transferred from the west and north cities, with about 4,000 people, and went straight to the east city to support Shiping.
Shi Ping did not favor one over the other, and after a while, a force of about 2,000 female soldiers came to Nancheng to support Chen Xin, Chen Xin hesitated slightly, and saw that the battle situation was now under control, so he ordered the female soldiers to stand by.
In terms of combat effectiveness alone, these female soldiers are actually stronger, they are all veterans who have been in the army for many years, with first-class military quality and well-equipped, compared to those recruits, they are more than a step stronger, at this time, they have become Chen Xin's strongest hole cards at the end.
At this time, the archers lost almost 300 men, leaving only about 200 people on the city wall to rain arrows between the various ladders, and the remaining 500 people withdrew to the city, making more space, guarding under the city wall to shoot from the back, using the parabolic principle to shoot the enemy through the city wall at any cost.
In the shouting and killing, everyone fell into madness, Yuan Fang, Yang Xing, Da Gu and Fang Mazi stood side by side, holding a huge shield in front of the team, resisting the crossbow arrows below and the enemies on the ladder, behind them, Qiao Dazhuang led the others to continue to poke and stab with the spears in their hands, driving the enemies down the ladder one by one.
Yang Xing was no longer as nervous as before, and his whole body hid behind the giant shield and said loudly: "Boss, it doesn't seem to be as dangerous as you imagined." ”
Yuan Fang glared at Yang Xing: "This is just the beginning, you kid be careful for me, don't look up." There was a muffled thud, and a crossbow bolt was nailed to the giant shield, and the quality of the shield was indeed not good, and most of the arrows were exposed.
Yang Xing exaggeratedly patted his heart, and secretly called it a fluke, if the shield was a little thinner, it would be a tragedy.
The sound of the trumpet reminded me of the regular intermittent rhythm of the enemy, who had just been fearless of death, receding like a tide, leaving corpses all over the ground and wails all over the field.
Everyone was stunned, and they watched the fleeing enemy army at a loss for a long time, and they didn't know who let out a long howl, and then everyone on the city wall raised their weapons and cheered loudly to celebrate their first victory in their lives.
Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and issued a series of orders with a faint smile on his face, and the soldiers on the city wall began to act in an orderly manner, cleaning the battlefield and transporting materials for defending the city.
Qiao Dazhuang poked his head out and looked under the city wall, and couldn't help but gasp, at the foot of the city wall, the land was no longer visible, and it was covered by a large number of corpses, among them, there were some enemy soldiers who were not dead screaming and screaming, and they were shot by feather arrows like venting, and soon, the chaotic battlefield returned to calm.
Yuan Fang and his team gathered together, and Qiao Dazhuang led a few people to lift the huge hook of the ladder with great difficulty, detaching it from the city wall, and then pushed the ladder to prevent it from being used by the enemy again. Yuan Fang and Yang Xing sat under the battlements, using the hilt of the crossbow arrow to repair the wound on the giant shield, in the battle just now, their giant shield was poked out of several holes, if they were not repaired in time, it would be difficult to support until the end of the battle.
As a doctor, Yuan Fang was supposed to help treat the wounded, but Yuan Fang didn't do that, in the battle just now, most of the injuries were arrow wounds, and he was limited in what he could do on the battlefield, so he couldn't help much, so it was better to send them to the medical center and hand them over to those military doctors to take care of.
The battle in Nancheng has come to an end for the time being, and the battle in Dongcheng is still going on, the battle is scorching, and the blood is flowing like a river, which is much more tragic than Nancheng.
Chen Xin didn't care too much about the battle in Dongcheng, but only glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze, looking at the enemy troops who had gathered again outside the city and was silent.
After the city wall was cleaned and all the ladders were cleared, the forward battalion and half of the men ordered to remove the city wall and repair it, and the logistics troops continued to transport the materials to defend the city, and cooperated with the remaining soldiers to place rolling logs to replenish fire oil, waiting for the next attack of the enemy.
Leaving the battlefield and recovering from that state of desperate fighting, many people went limp and sat on the ground in a daze, some crying, some laughing, relieving the pressure and tension in their hearts.
Yuan Fang found the military doctor Su Ming and took some bandages to bandage Yang Xing's bruised arm, Yang Xing grinned: "I didn't pay attention just now, when did you get hurt." ”
Yuan Fang glared and said, "Didn't you tell you to follow me, when you went up just now, your kid almost ran to another team." ”
Yang Xing scratched his head embarrassedly: "It's too messy, I'm blindsided." ”
Qiao Dazhuang came back with a burden and threw it on the ground: "Let's eat something, we have to continue to fight later." ”
Yang Xing's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "Damn, jerky, captain, where did you get it?" ”
Qiao Dazhuang pointed not far away: "The logistics side sent it, it can be regarded as a reward for us, hurry up, eat more to have strength." ”
Yang Xing didn't say a word, grabbed two large pieces of jerky and handed it to Yuan Fang, took a bite hard, and then covered his mouth and said, "Damn, this is too hard." ”
Yuan Fang tore off a piece of shredded meat, and said with a smile: "It's your mouth that is too anxious." ”
Yang Xing tore off a piece of shredded meat and put it in his mouth to chew it, nodding again and again and saying, "It's much better now, but it tastes a little weird." ”
After eating something, the tiredness after the nervousness hit, everyone rested back to back, Yang Xing couldn't sleep, looked at the female soldiers on call not far away and asked, "Boss, did you say General Xia and they came?" ”
Yuan Fang, who was half-asleep, said impatiently: "I don't know, it should be there." ”
Yang Xing then asked: "What about Ma Lan, do you think she will come?" ”
Yuan Fang was angry and said: "Ma Lan is a cavalry, do you see that these female soldiers are riding horses?" ”
Yang Xing retorted: "What's wrong with the cavalry, getting off the horse is not the same as cutting people." Yuan Fang didn't want to talk nonsense, so he turned his head and didn't care about this second goods.
There was a loud bang, and Yuan Fang, who had just fallen asleep, was startled, and opened his eyes to look in the direction where the voice came from.
Qiao shouted loudly: "Get up and line up, the enemy has come up, check their weapons, and prepare to enter the city." ”
Much like the last time, first the trebuchet bombarded, then the archers fired, and then the battle for the walls, only this time the enemy had an additional unit of engineers, whose task was simple and dangerous, to clean up the corpses and the wreckage of the damaged ladders along the way, and to keep the roads clear so that the intact ladders could reach the walls.
The ladder approached, Yuan Fang and they climbed the city wall again, with the experience of the last time, everyone united and cooperated, guarding the ladders one by one, blocking the enemy's climb again and again. Soon, the enemy army retreated again after a long attack, and this time Yuan Fang and they were left on the city wall to garrison, and other troops were replaced to go down to rest.
In two consecutive battles, everyone was exhausted, resting on this wall battlement, this battle, they lost more than 300 people, most of them were archers, the entire few archers had lost more than half, the arrows were exhausted, and everyone's hearts began to worry, I don't know if without the suppression of bows and arrows, can still be the enemy's crazy attack.
Yang Xing stabbed Yuan Fang and pointed to the dozen or so tall towers in the enemy camp that had not been used: "Boss, what if those things come over?" ”
Yuan Fang frowned and said, "What else can I do?" Slapp. "It's the first time Yuan Fang has seen this kind of movable siege tower, he didn't know how powerful it was, and thought it was similar to a cloud ladder, but in the next attack of the enemy, Yuan Fang finally understood the horror of this behemoth.
The war drums of the attack sounded again, and the soldiers in the city got up one after another, setting up their shields to protect their bodies, in fact, everyone knew very well that in the face of trebuchets, shields had no effect, but out of instinct, they still felt that it was safer to hide behind.
Huge stones fell, the walls shook, stone chips flew, from time to time people were hit by stones, or directly turned into meatloaf, or fell off the city wall, and the worst of all those who were injured could only lie on the ground and wail, at this time, no one could take care of them.
This time, the enemy army moved in earnest, not only were there more people than on the previous two times, but the dozen or so towers were also pushed up, and a few rushing cars like houses were killed together, and their goal was the city gate.
The few archers, under the command of the officers, did not suppress the onrushing enemy forces as before, but concentrated their fire on the slave soldiers who pushed the towers, and the trebuchets in the city opened fire with all their might, destroying as many terrible siege weapons as possible.
A boulder pierced the slowly advancing tower, splashing sawdust, and the people inside fell like dumplings, slamming to the ground and lifeless.
Yuan Fang could see clearly that those enemy troops were no longer like those who climbed from the ladder, they were not only equipped with spears, but also many people were holding shields and archers' crossbows, Yuan Fang's heart sank, if they faced such a group of enemies, their previous tactics might be difficult to resist.
Qiao Dazhuang also saw this scene, and shouted loudly for the archers around him to block the tower in front of him, but the number of archers was limited, and those slave soldiers were not afraid of death, some people fell, and someone immediately stepped forward to take over, and the tower was unstoppably approaching slowly.
Suddenly, the wooden plank on the top floor of the tower slipped down, revealing a small space where a dozen archers stretched out their bows and arrows, aiming at Yuan Fang's location.
Yuan Fang was shocked, raised his hand and held Yang Xing's head to hide behind the giant shield, and then, a banging sound sounded, the giant shield shook, and at the same time that more than a dozen feather arrows were nailed to it, there were a few muffled snorts behind him.
Looking back, Captain Qiao Dazhuang had a feather arrow on his shoulder, his face was pale, and the spear in his hand fell.
Qiao Dazhuang's side, Cauliflower was lying on the ground, and two feather arrows were deeply inserted into his chest, one of which was exactly where his heart was.
Yuan Fang waved his hand and shouted, "Come here, come behind the shield." ”
The large intestine pulled Qiao Dazhuang to hide behind Yuan Fang and Yang Xing's shields, turned around and grabbed Cauliflower's body legs and dragged him to his side, Yuan Fang handed the shield to the large intestine to support, touched Cauliflower's pulse, shook his head, he was no longer breathing.