Chapter 239: The Battle of Fucheng (5)

When the morning sun rises, the battle array of the Wei army has been assembled, the guns and halberds are like a forest, the flag covers the sun, looking north from the head of Fucheng, dense, layer upon layer, overwhelming, vast.

Zhong Hui rode a yellow horse, his golden armor shining in the morning sun, and the breeze stirred his red cloak made Zhong Hui look like he was plump and elegant.

At this moment, Zhong Hui is full of energy, full of ambition, stepping on Hanzhong, breaking through the Sword Pavilion, Chengdu is already far away, from the Zhong Hui achievement of the great cause is just a stone's throw away, Zhong Hui is full of spirit, full of pride, the battle of Shu, Zhong Hui can be completely comparable to the Qin Wang Qian, Han Xin, in the history of the writing of a strong stroke.

As for Lu Kang who was in the way in front of him, Zhong Hui sneered contemptuously, the mayfly shook the tree, the mantis arm was used as a car, a small Fucheng, how could it stop his ambition.

"Drums! Siege - " Zhong Hui drew his sword, pointed at the head of Fucheng from afar, his eyes were deep, his face was solemn, and he gave an order calmly.

The rumbling drums rang out deafeningly, and Hu Lie took the lead, rushing to the forefront of the battle formation, holding a gun in his right hand and a shield in his right arm, raising his arms and shouting: "Kill-"

The soldiers who first arrived in the camp also held high their guns, spears, halberds, and swords, and shouted in unison: "Kill-kill-kill-" with a momentum that shook the sky and was high.

In the midst of the powerful drumbeat and shouting and killing that soared into the sky, the huge battle formation of the Wei army slowly moved forward, and the rumbling pace stirred up thousands of dust, the momentum was huge and majestic, and the scene was shocking.

Lu Kang came to the front line of Fucheng City, and his expression was very solemn. He knows it. This will be the most difficult battle to the death. The Wei army of more than 100,000 roared over, aiming to crush everything, but Lu Kang had no way to retreat, since he had made his choice, he would not have the slightest regret, whether it was Shu or Wei, no one could stop Lu Kang's ambition.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!" Lu Kang also gave an order in a deep voice.

Wu Jun has made all preparations. Lu Kang's order was only a string for the Wu army in battle preparations, and the Wu army, who was standing behind the battlement, subconsciously clenched the swords, guns, bows and crossbows in his hands, and stared intently at the Wei soldiers who were surging like a lake.

Every battle is a kind of experience, many soldiers in the Eastern Wu army have not really fought for a long time, this time into Sichuan, after experiencing a battle, the mood of cowardice is gone, although the size and momentum of the Wei army is much larger than the Shu army in the battle of Qingyangpu, but the Wu soldiers are not afraid to retreat, under the encouragement of the generals. On the contrary, the blood is surging and the morale is high. There is a strong desire for the upcoming battle.

"Whoosh-"

"Bang!"

The first to attack was the Wei army's longest-range three-bow bed crossbow, with the iron feather like a spear-like crossbow arrow made a piercing whistling sound, shooting out, the huge arrow firmly nailed into the rammed earth wall, due to the strength of the strange, more than a few feet long crossbow arrows most of the submerged into the city wall, only the tail of the arrow with iron feathers was exposed, the huge impact force made the strong city wall shake.

These crossbow arrows were not missed, their target was not the Wu soldiers in the city, but the thick city walls. These crossbow arrows have a special term, called treadmill arrows, in the siege battle, the thick three-bow crossbow arrows are shot at the enemy city wall, so that the front end of the crossbow arrow is deeply inserted into the wall, leaving only half of the thick arrow shaft and tail feathers exposed outside the wall, the siege soldiers can climb these huge arrow shafts shot in the wall under their own cover to climb the city wall and capture the city. As a result, this huge crossbow bolt became a pedal for siegers to climb, so these arrows also got the name "pedal arrow".

The purpose of the Wei army was very clear, that is, they wanted to use these stilts to attack the city. Of course, this is only a means for the Wei army, and the ladders, siege vehicles, rushing vehicles, and catapults are all indispensable. Naturally, the powerful giant catapult could not be transported to Shu, and now the Wei army uses the same kind of bed crossbow, which is the kind of detachable small catapult.

Although it is the smallest type of catapult, its power is just as amazing, the size of a human head of stones are thrown out, smashing into the rammed earth wall, the earth chips fly, the city wall shaking, if it is replaced by a giant catapult, the city wall of Fucheng really has to collapse after not many blows.

Bed crossbows and catapults were not only available to the Wei army, but also to the Wu army defending the city, which were standard weapons during the Three Kingdoms period. Shu has a genius like Zhuge Liang, and Wei has a genius like Ma Jun, each with its own merits and excels in the field of weapon manufacturing.

Although Wu was a short board in technology research and development, when the relationship between Wu and Shu was harmonious, Wu still imported a large number of repeater vehicles and individual crossbows from Shu. Of course, the kind of crossbow and Yuan Rong crossbow that are ten arrows at a time cannot be purchased, but the five-arrow repeater and individual crossbow that are slightly one level behind can still be widely equipped in the Wu army.

The catapult Wu can also be manufactured by itself, but the process is relatively rough, fortunately, the Wu army can use waterway transportation to enter Sichuan this time, and the medium-sized catapult can still be transported to Fucheng, at least the medium-sized catapult of the Wu army is powerful enough to compete with the small catapult of the Wei army.

Before the two soldiers made contact, the bed crossbow and catapult were already engaged in the battle, the goal of Wei was to destroy the city wall, and the goal of Wu was to destroy these bed crossbows and catapults of Wei.

Of course, the battle of these instruments is only a prelude, the war of cold weapons, or people-oriented, a moment of time, the siege troops of the Wei army have entered the range of bows and arrows, the archers on both sides immediately put into the fire, more dense arrow rain almost covered most of the sky, making the clear sky look much gloomy.

Hu Lie commanded the first camp to climb the camp with a shield on his head, a ladder on his shoulder, and a rain of arrows, trying to approach the walls of Fucheng.

The closer you get to the city, the greater the density of arrows, and despite the armor and shields, the advancing Wei soldiers are constantly falling, and every step forward must be paved with corpses and blood.

However, the death of Pao Ze could not stop the courage of the Wei soldiers to advance, but even more to stimulate their morale, the Wei soldiers all had red eyes, with a hideous murderous aura, and marched bravely, and finally broke through the defense line built by the outer periphery of Fucheng to resist horses and antlers, and attacked the city of Fucheng.

Ladders were erected, and the battle became even more fierce. (To be continued......)