When? In times of war! 708 Attack and defense of the city gate
The defenders at the head of the city didn't react at all, but they saw that there was chaos for a while, and then a big man who was covered in blood and a demon was holding a giant axe, laughing wildly and killing him. The surrounding defenders are now either struggling to throw stones down, or they are holding their forks to kill the intruders on the ladder. Those who were busy throwing stones had no weapons in their hands, their bows and arrows had been thrown aside, and their swords were still hanging from their waists. The fork rod that is nearly a foot long is no problem for killing enemies in certain situations, but it is not for melee combat.
In the midst of wild laughter, the big man chopped off the head of an officer and soldier with an axe, and the blood gushed out of the cavity, and a big head flew out, fell to the ground, and rolled out with a grunt. kicked the headless corpse away, and the giant axe in the big man's hand swung diagonally, and another defender was disemboweled, and all the internal organs flowed out, and he didn't die for a while, but he definitely couldn't live. And at this time, an officer and soldier behind him stabbed with a fork pole, although this big man was brave, he was not invulnerable, and his upper body was naked, not to mention armor, and he didn't even wear a piece of clothing, as long as he was hit, he would be seriously injured.
A smug smile already appeared on the face of the officer and soldier holding the fork pole.
Unexpectedly, the big man's huge body flashed to the side flexibly, dodging the fork rod, he reached out and grabbed the wooden pole under the crescent-shaped blade, and then dragged it forward. The officer didn't have time to let go, and immediately staggered forward two steps. The shirtless man didn't look back, and the big axe in his hand slammed back, and the back of the axe smashed on the soldier's head, almost blowing up his head!
In an instant, three people were killed in a row. But the big man didn't stop at all, and stabbed the fork in his hand forward, and it was precisely the waist of an officer and soldier that stabbed him in the waist, cutting him open an extremely terrible wound in the waist, almost cutting him in half.
The big axe in the hand of this big man is suitable for close combat, plus he is tall and long-legged, extremely powerful, and flexible, like a tiger entering a flock, wantonly killing, everywhere he goes, people turn over on their backs, and blood is everywhere. The defenders at the head of the city suddenly fell into a commotion, and the battle situation was stirred up by him alone.
And immediately behind this big man, there were also many intruders who rushed up.
Seven or eight people leaned against the city wall, forming a semicircle. However, the defenders at the head of the city had come to their senses, and the soldiers drew their swords one after another, and slashed and slaughtered around them, and these people immediately felt a little unsupportable. And at this moment, the big man fought his way out again, retreated, and came to this semicircle. As soon as he came back, these invading troops immediately had a backbone, and their morale soared. And this big man is really able to fight, one top ten, with a big axe in his hand waving the wind, and he took them to hold the position of this small piece of the city.
The surrounding defenders attacked desperately, and the intruding army was desperately defending, and for a while it fell into a stalemate.
But this change had a considerable impact on the battle situation, because the shirtless man fought and stirred, and led a few troops to hold this small position on the head of the city, attracting a considerable part of the Ming army. Invisibly, it weakens the pressure at other ladders.
Many intruders took advantage of this opportunity to climb up and fight with the defenders.
The low-level officers of the Ming army shouted one after another, beckoning the soldiers to surround and kill these intruders, and the intruding troops who climbed to the top of the city were basically killed instantly, but behind them were a steady stream of climbing. The Ming army didn't have time to throw stones and bricks, they all pulled out their knives and fought with the breaking army, and the situation was quite unfavorable to the Ming army for a while.
And the casualties of the invading army under the city also weakened suddenly.
The most passive thing about the Ming army at this time is that they have no way to cut off the back road of the invading army, and the continuous attacking army naturally regards the protection of the ladder as the first priority. It is impossible for the Ming army to destroy the ladder with a fork pole now, because there are too many intruders, and there are too many intruders climbing on the ladder, as long as the fork pole is stretched over, it will be cut off immediately. In a short period of time, quite a few forks were destroyed.
At the same time, there was also a battle around the city gates.
The ladder serves the city wall, so the one who hits the wood is naturally the city gate. After Zhu Dongfang gave the order to the soldiers with fork poles, he came to the section of the city wall directly above the city gate and commanded the battle here. Obviously, compared to the city wall that cannot be conquered for a while, and even if it is overcome, it will start a tug of war and fight repeatedly, the city gate is much more fragile.
Once the gates were breached, and a flood of troops from outside the city poured in, it would be disastrous.
It is Zhu Dong who attaches more importance to this place.
The strategy formulated by the invading army was to attack the city wall through the ladder with a large number of troops, so as to attract most of the defenders and create opportunities for the intruding army to attack the city gate.
Compared with those invading troops who set up ladders to storm the city wall, the invading troops attacking the city gate were much less, only about two or three hundred people, but people like Zhu Dong, who led troops all the year round, could be distinguished at a glance, and these invading troops were obviously more elite. It can be seen from the degree of tacit understanding, from the mental state, and even from every movement they bend over and get up, and stop walking.
Three or four hundred troops, three huge crashing logs, rushed towards the south city gate.
Each piece of striking wood is about two feet in diameter, but I am afraid that a big man in the shape of a man can not hold it, the length of about two zhang, straight and thick, I don't know which big family of the main beam of the hall was unloaded. Although it is not small, in fact the striking wood is still a little rough, and it is obvious that it is not made by the government - if it is made by the government, then the top must be wrapped with a fairly thick iron sheet, forming a huge iron banging head. And more elaborately, it is to make a wooden thing that looks like a square frame, which is a rectangular shape, and two thick iron chains are hung on the left and right sides of the huge wooden frame, and the end of the iron chain is the hanging hitting wood. Underneath the wooden frame is a huge wooden board, under which there are huge wheels on the left and right, which can be pushed forward.
The equipment built in this way is more convenient to push, can save some manpower, and will also save a lot of effort when used to hit the city wall. Since the striking wood is suspended in the air, it is only necessary to move back and forth like a swing.
But what the Chuang army built was not this kind of equipment, and their striking wood was relatively simple, but it was also effective enough, especially for the south gate of Chengcheng County, which was not very strong.
There are many thick ropes tied to the hitting wood, and people can carry or carry them by grabbing the ropes, which is convenient for force. This striking wood is really huge and heavy, although there are dozens of people carrying it, but it is also tired enough for them to choke, this way over, all of them are suffocated and red. They were not people, but selected soldiers, with knives or other weapons hanging from their waists.
Seeing that they were close to the city gate, they were all excited and a little relieved.
Damn! But it's almost there! If you don't get any more people, you will be tired to death!
Around them, there were also a number of soldiers holding signs to cover them above.
The defenders at the head of the city were about 100 people, and the soldiers on this side were shooting arrows all the time, and because there were no ladders for the troops they were facing, they did not change their forks. Round after round of arrows that seemed to never break, they were still suffering a considerable number of casualties despite the cover of the cards, and by the time they reached the city, they were about 300 men. In the past, this level of casualties would directly make the intruding army retreat, but today, it can only arouse their ferocity and make them roar forward to kill. It was already at the cave of the city gate, and arrows and bricks were thrown down like raindrops, but the threat to the intruding army was not great. After the invading army suffered a lot of casualties, there was also an advantage - the remaining invading army was few, and the cards could be evenly combined, and a considerable part of the invading troops were covered by the cards, hiding under the heavy shields, and they were not very afraid of the attack of the city.
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