084 behemoth
(PS: The second is served, although it is a little late.) )
The battle is on the verge of breaking out!
The bows and crossbows on the city of Zhuyi were complete, the swords were tense, Zhang Yan personally commanded the battle, Niu Jin and others were full of bowstrings, closely watching the movements of the Yuan army outside the city, waiting for the soldiers of the Yuan army to enter the firing range.
The two formations of Yuan's army slowly approached, and after walking less than ten steps, they suddenly stopped again, but saw two rows of soldiers with huge shields standing at the front of the line from the ranks, waiting for the formation.
"Boom...... Thundered...... Rumble ......"
A strange sound came from the back of Yuan Shu's army, and in a short time, one by one behemoths were pushed from behind Yuan Shu's army, and all the Yuan soldiers made way for the passage of this behemoth.
The behemoth was thirteen meters high, and there was a platform at the top, about four or five meters wide, which was full of Yuan Jun's archers, and in the corner of the platform, a long ladder extended in a spiral to the bottom, and the behemoth was sealed with wooden planks to ensure the safety of the soldiers who climbed up the platform from the bottom.
Outside this behemoth, a group of Yuan soldiers pushed it forward slowly, with round giant trees at the bottom, and every time Yuan Bing pushed forward, someone hurriedly came to the road ahead with the giant trees from behind, and laid the round giant trees at the bottom of the behemoth.
One, two, three......
Behemoths gradually appeared, more and more, and there were as many as ten units.
Three quarters of an hour later, these ten behemoths were all pushed under Zhuyi City by Yuan Bing, lined up, and docked behind the two previous military formations, eyeing Zhuyi City.
Zhang Yan was very surprised when he saw such a scene, the height of this behemoth was higher than the city wall of Zhuyi City, and the archers of the Yuan army on the platform happened to be condescending, and the soldiers on the city wall were suddenly exposed in front of these behemoths. If these behemoths were to move any closer, they would pose a huge threat to the defenders.
"These are ......" Zhang Yan frowned, before the war began, Yuan Shujun had already overwhelmed his own side in momentum.
Niu Jin was also full of sadness, and when he heard Zhang Yan's voice, he said, "These are wells." It's just that it's the first time I've seen such a big well. ”
Legend has it that it was invented by Mozi during the Warring States Period, and its main purpose was to attack the defenders on the city wall and protect their own soldiers who were climbing over the city wall.
It can be said that the well is a moving arrow tower, and because it has a height that exceeds the city wall, the archers can generally use arrows to shoot the defenders on the city wall and assist the ground troops in attacking the city.
However, the shaft moves very slowly, and because it is composed of wooden structures, it is relatively fragile and has very low defense, and can be easily damaged if it is approached by the enemy.
On the city wall, Zhang Yan, Niu Jin and others were very sad, the appearance of Jing Yan directly shocked them, once the siege began, Jing Yan approached, it would pose an absolute threat to the defenders on the city wall.
"Lord, now that the matter has come to this, I must go out of the city to fight, please give me a thousand people, and I will take them to destroy all those wells!" Niu Jin volunteered.
Zhang Yan said: "Jihua can't catch up with the changes, and now it's the only way." Don't worry, I'll give you cover, those wells are all wooden, they must be afraid of fire, just attack with fire. ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan instructed his subordinates to go to the city to bring the flammable materials over, pile them on the city tower, raise a bonfire, and wrap the flammable materials on the arrows, ready at all times.
Niu Jin went down to the city tower, selected a thousand people who dared to die, and waited at the gate of the city.
"Knock knock ......"
Yuan Jun's war drums sounded again, but seeing Yuan Jun's military array, groups of Yuan soldiers rushed out directly carrying cloud ladders.
At the same time, Yuan's army's well was also pushed, and the soldiers guarding in front of the well also began to move forward.
In an instant, tens of thousands of Yuan soldiers rushed towards Zhuyi City like a torrent.
Zhang Yan held the bow and arrow, which was already full of bowstrings, and shot the arrows in his hand with a "whoosh", and shouted loudly: "Release the arrows!" ”
Hundreds of arrows shot out from the city wall, densely packed, like flying locusts, and landed in the charging ranks of Yuan's army, knocking down a large number of Yuan's soldiers.
"Whoosh ......"
The arrows on the city tower rained down, and the soldiers of the Yuan army who were besieging the city were uncovered, dead and wounded, but no one retreated.
The city of Zhuyi is small, although it is close to Suishui, but there is no moat, only five clusters of arrows were shot on the city tower, and the soldiers of the Yuan army have already rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and they have set up the ladders they carried.
The guards on the city tower immediately divided into two groups, one group continued to shoot Yuan soldiers outside the city with bows and arrows, and the other group clinged to the city wall station, picked up the boulders that had been prepared for a long time, and began to throw them under the city wall, smashing those Yuan soldiers who were climbing.
Under the city wall, there were screams again and again, and the ladder that Yuan Bing had erected was pushed down again, and the Yuan soldiers standing on it fell directly from the height, fell into the sea of people of Yuan Jun, and knocked down a large number of Yuan soldiers.
Arrows, boulders, and timber were all resisting the Yuan soldiers who were besieging the city, and in just a moment, the city walls were already stained with blood.
Yuan Bing tried to climb the city wall several times, but all failed, but the number of corpses gradually increased.
At this moment, under the escort of the giant shield soldiers, the well of the Yuan army finally reached the shooting range, and the archers standing on the well were condescending, and they had an unobstructed view of the situation in Zhuyi City.
"Whoosh Whoosh ......"
The arrows were as dense as locusts, and the defenders on the city wall were immediately killed and wounded, and screamed again and again.
"Target, counterattack!" Zhang Yan was almost shot by an arrow just now, and when he saw that Jing Yan was starting to play a role, he immediately ordered.
The archers on the walls lit their arrows, filled their bowstrings, and fired them towards the well.
It's a pity that the flame on the arrow is too small, and when it flies quickly in the air, the flame is directly extinguished, and the arrow that hits the well is not only not fire, but wastes a chance to fight back!
"Whoosh ......"
The arrows from the well were shot again, and they rained down, and most of the archers on the walls were shot, either wounded or killed.
The sharp reduction of the guards on the city wall is definitely not a good thing for Zhang Yan. But fortunately, Zhang Yan had already prepared, and another group of archers came up from under the city wall, filled the gap, and continued to rely on arrows to resist Yuan's soldiers.
Arrows flew in the air, and the defenders on the city wall were completely exposed to the attack of Yuan Bing, and Yuan Bing was condescending, suffering heavy casualties.
Zhang Yan fought back with a bow while dodging arrows, and in just a moment, the city wall was crawling with corpses, and even arrows were all over the ground.
Under the strong blows of the archers on the well, the defenders on the city wall were sharply reduced, which also brought opportunities to the Yuan soldiers who were besieging the city. In just one of the moments to catch his breath, a Yuan soldier climbed the city wall and slashed down a defender with a wave of his long knife.
Coincidentally, immediately afterwards, Yuan soldiers climbed the city wall one after another, and immediately started a white-knives battle with the defenders at the head of the city.
The defenders were seriously insufficient, but those who had just run up from under the city tower were shot dead by the archers on the well as soon as they got on the road, and the powerful arrow rain of Yuan's army completely suppressed the defenders, and the city tower was almost lost.
Zhang Yan had already discarded his bow and arrows, put on an iron spear, and fought with the Yuan soldiers who climbed up at the head of the city, and from time to time had to dodge the hidden arrows fired by the archers on the well.
In the military array of Yuan Jun in the distance, Yuan Shu saw such a scene, his face was already full of smiles, and he pointed to Zhuyi City and said, "How can you resist my army?" Pass the order down, speed up the attack, and whoever captures Zhang Yan's head will be promoted to three levels and rewarded with a thousand gold. ”
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men.
As soon as Yuan Shu's order was conveyed, the crowd was excited, and Sun Ce was even more energetic and eager to try.
After a while, Sun Ce couldn't resist the temptation of a heavy reward, shouted loudly, rode out of the horse, and rushed directly to Zhuyi City.
Seeing this, Zhang Xun, Le Zuo, and Liang Gang were not far behind, and rode out one after another, heading straight to Zhuyi City.
Ji Ling originally wanted to go, but unfortunately he was still in the injury stage, and if he exerted too much force, he was afraid that he would be injured and injured. He looked at Sun Ce, Zhang Xun, Le Zhuo, Liang Gang and others, sighed lightly, and his eyes showed incomparable envy.
On the tower of Zhuyi City, half of the guards, half of the Yuan soldiers, and the archers on the well were afraid of hurting their own people, so they had stopped scattering and began to aim at individuals, shoot accurately, and shoot the defenders.
Under the double attack of Yuan Bing, the defenders basically had no chance of winning, and one died when they came up, and they saw that the city tower was about to be lost.
At this moment, Xu Sheng suddenly ran up to the city tower with a group of people, each holding a jar of fierce fire oil in his hand, and threw it directly at the Yuan soldiers under the city wall.
Under the city wall, the Yuan soldiers were densely packed, congested, thousands of soldiers were blocked under the city, the fierce fire oil fell from the sky, and the "snap" fell on the top of a person's head, smashed to pieces, and also killed a Yuan soldier.
"Whoosh!"
A little starlight shot out from the city wall, directly hitting the place where the fire oil was broken, and as soon as the spark met the fire oil, it burned with a "boom", and the fire quickly spread along the fire oil, and the person who was hit was also shrouded in fire, which made everyone around him extremely frightened.
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Smack......"
There was a crisp sound of the fire oil shattering, followed by a little starlight, and when the two met, a raging fire was immediately ignited.
For a time, among Yuan Jun, there were fires in many places, and people were too congested, and the fierce fire oil was splashed everywhere, and many people were on fire, and there were hysterical screams.
In just an instant, Yuan Bing became frightened, and those who were not on fire wanted to hide, but it was congested here, and it had reached the point where it was crowded, and he would definitely not be able to move, so he could only watch his body catch fire.
"Open the gates!"
Seeing this, Zhang Yan immediately shouted at the city gate.
"Squeak", the gate of Zhuyi City was opened, and a thousand people who dared to die led by Niu Jin rushed out of the city gate directly, and those Yuan soldiers at the city gate were all panicked, and before they could react, they were killed by Niu Jin and others.
Niu Jin and others were all people who dared to die, plus Yuan Shu killed Cao Ren again, and they were even more bent on avenging Cao Ren.
With a bang, the gate of Zhuyi City was tightly closed, and Niu Jin and the others had their backs against the city gate, turning each other into horns, and launched a fierce battle with Yuan Bing at the city gate.
Niu Jin and the others were unstoppable, and soon fought their way out of Yuan Bing's camp, and they were getting closer and closer to Jingqi.
First, there were fires in many places in the Yuan army's camp, and then Niu Jin rushed out of the city with people, and the Yuan soldiers who were killed were caught off guard, and the Yuan soldiers gathered under the city wall suddenly fell into chaos.