Chapter 1145: Breaking the City
The fire on the city wall was burning violently, and the siege vehicles of the Western Qin army under the city wall were working hard to drill the roots of the city walls, and piles of slag were pulled out, and the roots of the city walls were drilled out of holes one by one, and these holes were getting bigger and bigger under the continuous drilling of the siege vehicles. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Vahid and Schneider, the generals of the servant army who received the order, rushed towards the city wall with their men and horses carrying weapons and roaring, and for a time countless servant armies were densely packed like ants and locusts all over the open space outside the city wall.
Hearing the loud roar outside the city, some soldiers of the Great Food Army risked being burned to the city wall to observe again, and found that the Western Qin servant army had begun a full-scale siege of the city, and those huge monsters under the city wall were constantly destroying the roots of the city wall, and immediately someone ran down the city wall to report to Zilz: "General, the big thing is not good, the Western Qin army has many huge siege vehicles that are constantly destroying the city wall roots, and they use sharp drills to dig the city wall roots, and the wall roots will soon be chiseled through, Once the root of the wall is chiseled through, the surrender army outside will rush in! β
The generals of the Great Food Army who heard the report around changed color, and one of the generals anxiously asked Zilz: "General, now that the city wall is full of fires, we can't go up, and the Western Qin people are digging the roots of the city wall outside, they will soon kill in, should we consider retreating?" Once we are killed by the Western Qin army into the city, it will be difficult for us to resist it! β
Zilz didn't expect that the tall and thick city wall he was going to use to resist the attack of the Western Qin army would be so vulnerable in front of the siege equipment of the Western Qin army, if he broke through now, he was really unwilling, and this battle would be a fiasco-defeat before it started? Never!
Zilz gritted his teeth and grimaced, he forced himself to calm down and said to the generals around him: "Everyone, we still have 30,000 horses under our hands, even if the Western Qin army cuts through the city wall and kills in, can we flee without fighting?" Besides, now that the Western Qin army is besieging the city, we want to break out, even if we succeed, we will suffer heavy losses, as long as we can stabilize the morale of the army, even if the Western Qin army enters the city, we can still fight them to the end! Let's resist for a while, and if we can't stop it, we'll find a way to break out, and now I must do everything in my power to stop them from attacking the city! Adjutant General, you immediately send someone to the city wall to observe the location of the siege vehicles of the Western Qin army, we will immediately deploy defenses under the city wall, once they chisel through the city wall, we will immediately pounce and kill them back, and then find stones to block the hole! β
The generals didn't have much confidence, but Zilz had already said that even if he was afraid, he had to bear his head for a while, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to the caliph in the future, so the deputy general immediately sent someone to climb the city wall wearing wet cloaks and risk being engulfed in fire to observe the location of the siege vehicles of the Western Qin army.
The big cannibal still has a ruthlessness, and many people who have been sent to the city wall have unfortunately been burned to death by the fire one after another, and the deputy general has to send several waves of soldiers up in a row, and finally someone has found a few safe positions on the city wall, and after observation, he quickly reported the location of all the siege vehicles of the Western Qin army to the generals in the city.
Zilz immediately ordered the generals to take some soldiers to prepare for defense under the opposite wall of the siege vehicle drilling hole, some soldiers went to find stones, and some soldiers went to prepare defensive tools such as tables, door panels and horses, under the organization and command of each general, the soldiers of the Great Food were deployed at the foot of the city wall to form a phalanx, as long as the wall was chiseled through and the Western Qin army rushed out of the hole in the wall, their big food army array would immediately press up and beat the Western Qin army out.
As the phalanx was arranged, the generals of the Great Food Army at the foot of the inner wall gradually quieted down, and the shouts of the Western Qin servants outside the city wall gradually disappeared, and the inside and outside of the city wall were extremely rare and extremely quiet, and the soldiers could even hear each other's gasps.
I don't know when, the soldiers of the Great Food Army at the foot of the inner wall faintly heard a creaking sound, and gradually, this creaking sound became louder and louder, more and more.
"What sound?" An ordinary soldier in the Great Food Army formation asked.
A soldier next to him stammered, "It seems, it seems to be the sound of a wall being cut!" β
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding soldiers suddenly became nervous, and their hands holding weapons began to sweat.
Suddenly, the wall near the left side of the city gate was suddenly broken, and a flashing metal tip appeared, this metal tip continued to rotate rapidly, and the surrounding soil debris fell one after another, as the metal tip drilled out of the wall more and more, bigger and bigger, the hole in the wall of the city wall became bigger and bigger, and the soldiers of the Great Food Army all made progress to watch this metal tip continue to drill out, they were frightened and at the same time full of puzzlement, what could be so fast to drill holes in the wall of the city wall?
The internal structure and parts of the siege vehicle built by the craftsmen of the Western Qin Army are extremely sophisticated, with a large number of gears, belts and chains, as well as pedals and crank handles used as power, which can not only make the siege vehicle move forward but also backward, and the soldiers inside can not only sit on the seats and step on the pedals, shake the handlebars to move forward, but also get off the car and push away, and can also make the drill bit hit the angle rotate at a very fast speed, playing the role of drilling holes in the walls of the city wall.
The siege vehicle has a large drill bit ramming angle at the front end, and there are many sharp steel spikes of varying lengths around it, these sharp spikes are also geared to the rotating rod, they rotate as quickly as the drill ramming angle, and once the charge is launched, these siege vehicles can rampage through the flat ground battlefield.
Therefore, this thing is not only a sharp siege weapon, but also a powerful battlefield killer, as long as the ground is not too potholed or too rugged, its impact and lethal effect on the battlefield will make the enemy fearful.
As the largest drill bit hit the angle and completely drilled out of the wall, a hole with a thick bowl mouth appeared, and then many small drill bits also drilled out of the surrounding walls, these metal drill bits were also rotating, and extremely sharp, after many large and small drill bits spikes drilled out of the wall, they gradually retracted, leaving dozens of holes of different sizes on the wall, and from these holes came a cry: "One, two, three, hey; One, two, three, heyγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
Immediately afterwards, drill bits appeared on the walls of the city wall again, and these drill bits were drilled out of the intact walls, and a large amount of earth slag fell, and the originally intact wall was drilled several times, and dense holes and holes appeared on the wall.
After five times, the wall was already covered with holes like a sieve, and the drill bit retracted again, and just as the nearby soldiers of the Great Food Army were in fear, the wall that was already densely covered with holes suddenly collapsed, and a steel monster with a large number of spiked drill bits on its head rushed out of the huge hole.
"Ahh
Before the soldiers of the Great Food Army could react, the steel monster with spikes on its head rushed over, and the spear and spear poked into it and made a clanging sound, but the monster did not take any damage, but instead stabbed it with spears and spears, and the soldiers of the Great Food Army were stabbed to death and wounded by the spikes on its body.
The siege caravans rushed into the Great Food Army's formation, but anyone who stood in front of them was either spiked by its head or crushed to death by it.
"Monster, monster, run, run, run, γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" The soldiers of the Great Food Army saw that it was not afraid of the damage of swords and guns, but instead rampage and killed many of their own people, and immediately screamed in horror and dropped their weapons and ran, although the generals of the Great Food Army tried their best to restrain their subordinate soldiers, they could not stop these people who had broken down their hearts from escaping.
A siege vehicle continued to rush out of the hole in the wall of the city wall, and quickly dispersed the big food army array in front of it, in the face of this kind of big killing weapon, even Zilz, who was the commander of the army, was frightened, he was hit by a siege vehicle and kept retreating, if it wasn't for the spear of a soldier next to him against the head of the siege vehicle, he was only afraid that he would also be stabbed to death by the spikes in the head of the siege vehicle or run over after being knocked down.
The soldiers of the Great Food Army, who were fleeing, looked back and found that these steel monsters could turn left and right and retreat at will, so they were even more frightened, and did not dare to turn back, and desperately fled to the west of the city.
Zilz, who escaped by luck, escaped from the siege of the Western Qin army under the protection of the guards, and he was now unable to control the fleeing army, so he could only take the guards and escape to the West City Gate on horseback, and at this time, a large number of fleeing soldiers had gathered near the West City Gate.
Zilz immediately said in a loud voice: "Everyone listen to me, the Western Qin army has entered the city, with our current morale and strength, we can't stop them, now the only chance to survive is to break through, open the city gate later, all of you rush out with us, no matter what is in front, you must rush forward desperately, but don't crowd when you go out of the city, the generals take care of their own people, don't be chaotic, and go out of the city in an orderly manner!" Well, open the gates! ββ
With the opening of the city gate, Zilz was the first to rush out with the guards, and the Western Qin army had already besieged the city for many days, although the main attack was the south gate, but the other gates were also besieged.
As the West City Gate was opened, the Western Qin Army outside immediately reacted, and the soldiers in the infantry phalanx of the Western Qin Army who were originally blocked outside the city gate were immediately shocked, and the commander immediately shouted: "All pay attention, the infantry raise their shields and hold swords in front of the formation, and the cavalry is riding and shooting in the rear!" β
"Roar!" All the soldiers of the Western Qin army immediately roared, the infantry stood their shields heavily on the ground, and the cavalry all took out their bows and arrows and aimed at the rushing Dashi army.
The commander of the army pulled out his command knife and pointed forward: "Cavalry arrows!" Infantry steady! β