Chapter 767: Wild Boar Skin
Looking at the so-called siege equipment that was created after a day of tossing, Tuli had a toothache. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info these messy things, even when it is firewood, it is a little too wet.
But looking at those warriors of various tribes who were very excited, Tuli couldn't pour any cold water.
"Khan, we're ready, give the order to attack!"
A tribal leader who was as thick as a bear shouted, this is a warrior from the Murowe tribe, they live in the far northeast, half nomadic and half fishing and hunting, because the north is extremely cold, so they are all dressed quite thickly. The leader wore a horned helmet, a boar skin armor, a large string of tiger teeth around his neck, and a large axe in his hand, which looked quite scary.
The ladder that could be used as a battering ram was also built by their tribal warriors.
Look at the eagerness of everyone to try.
Tuli hesitated again and again, but he still planned to try, and it was good to let these fools try Li Jing's city defense.
"Okay, blow the horn."
The drums beat, and Tuli sent several tribal warriors to besiege the mayi on all sides. The Turkic cavalry began to gallop to the bottom of the city, attacking the defenders at the head of the city with cavalry and providing cover for these Murowei warriors.
Carrying his large axe in one hand and a huge shield made of half-cut and half-dead wood in the other, the leader of the Murwei roared in front of his warrior array, and then rushed towards the city.
Behind them, a group of Murowei boarskin warriors also followed, carrying ladders and shields in front of them. These warriors, all of them were very tall, and most of them had long braids on the back of their heads, unlike the Turks who had many small braids on their heads, and they had a large braid.
Tuli looked at these northern barbarians, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
A group of brainless barbarians, do they really not know the defense capabilities of the city of Mayi?
It's okay, let them go to the city and hit their heads and bleed, these guys in the province are too empty-eyed and don't know how thick the sky is. By the way, he also wanted to see how powerful the city defense of Mayi City was.
The horn whined, and the cowhide drum beat like a mountain.
The barbarians rushed quickly.
The Turkic cavalry, who gave them bow and arrow support, was not even able to keep up.
Under the banner of the wolf's head, Tuli stared at the head of the city.
There was no movement in the city, and it seemed that he was frightened by the brave momentum of the city. However, it was too quiet, and the silence made Tuli understand that the Tang army seemed to have been prepared.
It's getting closer.
Already close to the moat under the city, the charge of the warriors of the Murowei tribe, wearing horned helmets and pigskin armor and big braids, couldn't help but stop.
The lines of troops, which had been scattered in the past, were also densely packed and gathered in front of the trenches.
Wielding a plate axe, the leader of the horned helmets commanded his men to set up ladders on the trench and prepare to pave several paths.
At this moment, a sharp noise suddenly erupted from the top of the city.
Tuli's heart tightened, and he immediately realized that the Tang army was about to fight back.
In the next moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and countless screams converged to form a piercing sound.
"Rain of arrows!"
The Tang army's arrow rain, the Tang army did not release the arrows early, they have been waiting, waiting for the Turkic army to focus on the moment in front of the trench. At this time, the Turkic soldiers focused in front of the trench were densely packed, forming an excellent target for arrows.
Countless eight-ox crossbows, catapults, and various long-range weapons such as single-bow crossbows, infantry bows, and some volcanic crossbows are fired together.
Although there were only 10,000 defenders in the city of Mayi, they were divided into several groups of guards, and they had to defend each side.
Even so, when the Tang Army's full force blows, it is still earth-shattering.
On the head of the city several feet high, there is no hindrance in the slightest effort, and it is condescending.
The leader of the horned helmet looked up, and his face changed drastically. In the northern jungle steppe, fighting with other tribes is very tragic, but I have never seen such a scene.
I didn't even see a single hair of the enemy, and then there was such an overwhelming rain of arrows.
In this rain of arrows, there seemed to be a lot of huge egg-thick iron crossbow guns, mixed with stone bullets larger than fists.
"Raise your shield!"
"Shield!"
The leader of the horned helmet shouted, and the warriors of Murowei quickly threw down the ladder in their hands very obediently, and at the same time loudly passed on the leader's orders, and kept shouting to raise their shields and form a formation.
One by one, the boarskin warriors leaned in the middle, raising their shields in their hands, trying to form a shield array to resist the rain of arrows.
Arrows rained down.
In an instant, thousands of arrows fell from the sky.
Although the leader of the Horned Helmet has asked the boarskin warriors to raise their shields as much as possible, the shield array is not without gaps. Under the dense rain of arrows, any small gap will become a hole of death.
Arrows are fired through any gap.
And the larger crossbow spear is not afraid of the shield array at all, and when it flies, the shield breaks and kills, and even a crossbow pierces several bodies.
What's even more terrifying is the stone bullet flying from the city, the small stone bullet is the size of a fist, the big one is the size of a head, a stone falls from the sky, and the shield can't prevent it at all.
In particular, the stone bullet with a large human head fell with a roar, and it directly smashed a blood pit in the shield array, sometimes falling and killing a few people, the stone bullet would bounce again, fall, and kill people again, even if it rolled at the end, it was still full of power, and it hurt wherever it hit, broke its feet and feet, and injured its legs and legs.
Horned helmets and boar skins have never seen such a formation.
Their previous experience in warfare was at most to rush and kill each other on horseback, or fight desperately with swords and axes. This kind of battle, which has already killed them in a river of blood without even seeing the enemy's face, they really have never fought.
The horned helmet was furious, and his face was hideous.
Eyes are bleeding fast.
The rain of arrows in the sky finally thinned.
The horned helmet took away the big shield full of arrows in his hand and roared, "Charge! ”
The wild boar-skinned warriors were furious, roaring, shouting, and laying the ladder harder, stepping on the ladder and rushing through the trench, and continuing to rush towards the city.
It was as if the city was a man who had just shot an arrow, and they rushed through it and could have killed him.
The second round of arrow rain is coming.
Another large number of tribal warriors fell.
There was a terrible sound.
But the horned helmets and boar skins were very determined, and still rushed forward.
Finally, the Horned Helm leader rushed to the city.
Then he found himself helpless against the wall.
Under the city wall, he was in a hurry, and angrily swung his axe at the city wall, but it was useless.
More and more warriors rushed over and rushed under the walls. When he got to the bottom of the wall, he had far fewer arrows on his head. The defenders of the city seemed to be staring at the soldiers in the distance, and they didn't care much about the people who rushed to the city.
But even so, the horned helmets and boar skins were still helpless.
I rushed too fast just now, and many of the ladders fell behind.
Finally, a ladder was lifted.
"Quick, put up the ladder!"
Oxhorn Helmet helped his subordinate Boar Skin to finally erect the first ladder, and then Oxhorn Helmet thrust the axe behind his back, carrying a shield in one hand and climbing the ladder with the other, and was the first to climb the ladder.
From time to time, arrows were shot, and the horn helmet was blocked left and right, and an arrow was still hit in the shoulder, and it was not easy to touch the battlements.
He also finally saw his enemies.
A slightly immature face was facing himself with a crossbow.
The crossbow was so close that when the horned helmet tried to raise his shield to block, the man had already detached it.
It's a little cold.
The bolts had already arrived before his shield, and the Horned Helm screamed, and the bolt pierced into one of his eyes.
Another spear stabbed him in the chest, and the horned helmet could no longer stand, and he fell down the ladder.