As the enemy army continued to approach and enter the range of the trebuchet, the surviving trebuchets in the city finally started, and the boulders were thrown into the sky and smashed into the enemy's army, taking away countless lives while venting the anger of the defenders. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Xin's face became ugly, the enemy army did not stop, continued to advance, and the same was true outside the eastern wall, they planned to attack the southeast two city walls at the same time.

At the same time, two groups of 1,000 troops were detoured from the rear of the enemy array to the northwest to contain the defending forces in those two directions, so that they could not divide their forces to support. As the enemy forces approached, their longer-range and more advanced trebuchets stopped attacking and handed over the stage of killing to the trebuchet forces defending the city.

There are only a few trebuchets in the city, and their power is too limited to stop the enemy from approaching, and they target the ladders to destroy as many siege engines as possible before the enemy approaches.

Glancing at the ruined city wall, Chen Xin was expressionless, and calmly ordered: "Let Lei Hua and them prepare to go to the city to support, and let the logistics troops transport more rolling wood and stones." The herald did not repeat the general's order with great interest, and turned and galloped away.

Chen Xin continued: "Order the archers to prepare. The flag officer gave the order, waved the corresponding flag, the archery unit raised the flag of the headquarters, and all the archers who had been hiding behind the shield got up and prepared.

Chen Xin stared at the enemy troops who kept the formation closer, and when the siege ladders in the first row entered the firing range, he decisively ordered the giant crossbow to fire.

The giant crossbow is one of the sharp weapons to defend the city, the crossbow body is huge, the bowstring is made of thick ox tendon mixed with some braid, and the crossbow arrow is forged from fine iron, which is very powerful.

The Giant Crossbow can not only attack dense groups of soldiers, dealing penetrating damage, but more importantly, it can fire iron spears with hooks and ropes to nail into the enemy's large siege equipment, and then the soldiers or winches pull the ropes to pull it down, destroying the enemy's siege equipment.

The scale of Dingbian City is not large, the city walls are not wide, and the few giant crossbows that survived were ordered to aim at their respective targets and fire iron spears, and a scream with a sound of breaking the air and ropes shot out, but the result was a big disappointment, most of them did not hit the target, or fell in the clearing, or shot into the enemy army behind them, nailing a few unlucky guys to the ground like sugar gourds, only a few iron spears hit the opponent's ladder, but there was only one rope, it was difficult to pull such a heavy big guy.

Chen Xin sighed lightly, there was no anger on his face, there was just helplessness, he knew very well the combat effectiveness of the recruits under his command, he had never been exposed to these things before, it was just a few days of familiarity, and it was not surprising that he could play at such a level.

At this time, the enemy's war drums sounded again, the drums were dense, and the enemy troops who had been in a decent formation scattered in a hurry, attacking in a straggler formation, and those siege ladders seemed to be pushed by giants, suddenly accelerated, and followed.

On the city wall, the soldiers defending the city were jumped by this sudden change, and immediately panicked, and several archers released the bowstring meaningfully, and the feather arrows came out of their hands, and fell in an arc that was not rounded, and luckily hit the enemy.

This is not to say that the archers are accurate, but that there are too many enemies and too dense, and even if you throw a random stone out, you can hit one or two.

Chen Xin finally gave the order to shoot, and a thousand archers shot the feathered arrows that had been prepared for a long time with relief, and suddenly, there was a muffled snort and screams from the enemy troops, and the wounded one fell down, trampled by the comrades who followed closely, and it was not so easy to stand up again.

The enemy at the front charged with their shields, and the latter charged back with a sparse array of crossbow arrows, and their archers arrived, gave way to the passage, and gathered in one place to return fire on the city.

Whizzing and feathered arrows coming and going, and people falling to the ground with arrows, no one had the energy to care about their wounded companions, or to hide behind the giant shield and shiver, or to throw what they could to fight back.

A volley of enemy troops, dozens of people fell on the city, those archers were frightened to dodge, but they forgot to fight back, and the officer's loud scolding had no effect, this kind of life and death situation, they instinctively avoided danger.

Chen Xin had expected this, and with a slight wave of his hand, a group of guards rushed up to the city, wielding their swords and killing several soldiers who were afraid of battle, and the archers came to their senses and braved the rain of arrows to launch a counterattack on the opponent's bow and arrow position.

At the same time, the remaining rack trebuchets were ordered to adjust their direction to cooperate with the counterattack, but there was no way, if they did not suppress the opponent's bow and arrow as soon as possible, and let them shoot unscrupulously, with the endurance of these recruits, it was estimated that the will would collapse before the enemy army climbed the city wall.

As the boulders fired by the trebuchets continued to hit, the enemy archers had to retreat, and their presence was no longer of much significance, because their vanguard had already rushed to the city, and if they continued to shoot, it would be easy to cause accidental injuries, which would be a serious consequence of their own morale.

The withdrawal of enemy archers from the battlefield does not mean that the defenders of the city can shoot the enemy unscrupulously, don't forget, people are equipped with a lot of hand crossbows, such a short distance, hand crossbows are more suitable than bows and arrows.

When the enemy troops at the front rushed to the bottom of the city, the soldiers defending the city became so nervous that some of them even released the ropes of the rolling logs without being ordered, with the result that the rolling logs did not perform as lethal as they should be.

Chen Xin took a deep breath and ordered the officers at all levels to calm down and reassure the soldiers under him, although he was well aware that such orders had little effect at this time.

Chen Xin's face was not shocked, and he couldn't see the slightest nervousness, but in fact, he was anxious, if he waited for the other party's ladder to arrive, and the enemy army began to fight in the city, and these recruits on his side could not adapt to the battlefield, then their fate would only be failure.

What made Chen Xin feel a little relieved was that the archers, after the initial nervousness, had gradually begun to adapt, and continued to pour feather arrows to shoot the enemy troops under the city, temporarily controlling the situation.

On the city walls, groups of soldiers shuttled back and forth, constantly sending bundles of feathered arrows up the city walls, carrying down wounded comrades and lifeless corpses, clearing the passages and keeping them open.

In the city, Lei Hua clenched the wide-backed machete in his hand and stared at the direction of the city tower, both nervous and expectant, quietly waiting for Chen Xin's order.

Watching the corpses and arrowed soldiers being carried off the city walls, taken to the medical clinic or thrown directly into the carriage transporting the corpses, the recruits who had not yet participated showed fear on their faces, and the death was so close that they were overwhelmed.

When the first ladder was set up on the city wall, Lei Hua, who had been waiting for a long time, finally got the order and ordered the flag officer to answer the flag, and then, with a loud roar, rushed to the city wall first, and the forward battalion was sent to the city wall, which represented that hand-to-hand combat was about to begin, which was also the most tragic part of the siege war, and it was also the last chance for the defender.

Chen Xin knew the quality of the recruits under his command, he did not have any reservations, and sent all the reserve troops in one go, although this was only the first wave of the enemy's tentative attack, but he had to go all out.

Lei Hua's lead inspired the morale of his subordinates, and everyone brandished spears and short knives and rushed up the city wall with a wild scream.

At this time, the enemy had just begun to climb, and there was no enemy on the city wall, but the atmosphere was extremely tense.

The soldiers defending the city kept throwing down the long-prepared rolling logs, killing and wounding countless people, and even boiling boiling oil was poured down, bringing a miserable howl, and the officers organized their men to use hooks to resist the ladders, and pushed hard, pushing away the wooden ladders together with the fierce enemies on them, and smashed them into the continuous influx of enemies.

Of course, not all ladders can be knocked down, there are also hooks on the ladders, they fall like machetes, and the hooks at the front end bite the city wall, at this time, it is obviously impossible to push away, so the defenders switched to fire oil, ignited the ladders, and prevented the enemy from landing the city.

The state army of Nanping County originally had more than 5,000 people, but the female soldiers were transferred and reorganized, and then the logistics miscellaneous soldiers were removed, and only more than 3,000 people could really fight, at this time, they had all boarded the city wall to participate in the defense, and the enemy, although it was only a tentative attack, but there were quite a few people, rough estimates, not 8,000 but also 5,000, and, in their rear, the second echelon was ready and could be put into the battlefield at any time. It is a little advantage of defending the city and being condescending.

Soon, the rolling wood and stones, fire oil, etc. were exhausted, and the speed of the logistics soldiers could not keep up with the consumption of the city wall, and gradually, there were enemies who climbed the city wall, waving the weapons in their hands to harvest the lives of the soldiers defending the city.

This is a battlefield that never ends, there is no sympathy, there is no right or wrong, there is only killing, only by killing the enemy himself can he live, they, fight for survival.

The enemy landed in the city, causing a burst of chaos, fortunately, the recruits did not disappoint Chen Xin, after a short panic, the officers organized their soldiers to counterattack, the front shield defense, the spear behind pierced the enemy's body through the gap, taking away the fresh life, blood stained the ground, and soon, the enemy who rushed to the city wall was cleaned up.

There was no cheering, for the battle was not over, and in this narrow wall, this simple method of combat was very effective, and the officers led their men to guard the ladders, shouting to vent their horror, and piercing with their spears at every enemy who dared to climb.

The besieging enemies barely had long soldiers, and in order to make it easier to climb, they were equipped with some short weapons, of course, there were occasional crossbows for long-range attacks, but in the face of so many giant shields, the crossbow arrows did little to no avail.

Chen Xin, who was in the city tower, stood behind a row of giant shields and breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the battle on the city wall, if he continued to fight like this, he was confident that he would defend this city wall.

Turning his head to look at the eastern city, where the battle was even more intense, Shi Ping himself took command, and his soldiers also all climbed the city wall and engaged the enemy in a white-knuckle battle.