Chapter 1059: The Heart of Man (1)
The soldiers of the Jin Army, who were looking at the front, stretched out their heads and found the Wei army rushing quickly, and couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly went to summon the general of the Jin army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
As soon as he took two steps, a large piece of rubble fell beside him and exploded, and the whole Jin soldier was bombarded and flew out, fell from the city wall, and smashed heavily on the ground. However, the Jin army general still learned the information that the Wei infantry was pouring in.
The Wei siege troops quickly advanced to a place only a hundred steps away from the opponent's city wall, and at this time, the Wei catapult stopped firing, and if they continued to shoot, they might injure their own people.
When the Wei army was only fifty steps away from the opponent's city wall, the city wall was crowded, and the Wei army immediately slowed down: the tower shield men at the forefront formed a dense defensive formation.
The rain of arrows whistling down from the city wall hit the Wei army's shield array, making a loud clanging sound, and the movement was like a banana forest being hit by a torrential rain; Occasionally, arrows passed through the gaps in the middle of the shields, and the Wei soldiers were knocked to the ground.
The Wei army was only twenty steps away from the city wall, and suddenly countless rolling stones and timbers poured down from the city wall.
Rolling stones, rolling wood with the help of the slope surging down, unstoppable, was violently hit by the Wei army tower shield line collapsed, some soldiers were smashed out by the huge power of the rolling stone, the wood was smashed out, the scene was amazing, rushed through the Wei army front of the rolling stone, the wood castration continued to rumble downward, like a mountain torrent rushing.
The Wei army immediately dispersed and continued to charge upwards in a skirmish line, and some soldiers showed nervous expressions.
The Wei army charged towards the rolling stones and logs that kept rushing down from above, and the Wei catapults in the rear began to bombard again, and the Wei army finally reached the city wall after paying a considerable price.
At this time, the catapults of the Jin army suddenly appeared on the city wall, and the catapults of the Jin army were all hiding in the anti-artillery bunkers, and the catapults of the Jin army were thrown together at a considerable distance, and the huge stone bullets whistled over, like an iron plough scraping the ground, and the Wei soldiers were lifted into the sky.
The Wei army's ladders hooked the wall one after another, and the Wei soldiers climbed up along the ladders, and at this time, the rolling stones and trees overhead were denser than just now, and the artillery fire of the Jin army seemed to be more fierce.
The Wei army's catapults were in full swing, but in order to avoid casualties among their own men as much as possible, the catapults bombarded the fortress, which saw smoke and dust billowing and debris flying all over the sky without causing much real damage to the Jin army.
The battle lasted for about half an hour, and Zhao Yun ordered the troops to be withdrawn.
Inside the big tent of the Wei army.
Zhao Yun pointed to the model on the high ground in front of him and said: "Today's tentative attack has basically figured out the key points of the Jin people's defense, and the configuration of the catapult has been exposed!" The enemy's defenses were very strong, the number of catapults should be no less than two hundred, the fire was extremely strong, and the steep hill slope was the biggest obstacle to our attack! If our army attacks from the front, even if it is captured, it is bound to suffer heavy casualties! ā
The generals couldn't help but nod their heads, their faces worried.
Zhao Yun pointed to the cliff on the north side of the highland, and said: "This is the most precipitous place in the highland, the steepness is abnormal, and it is impossible to climb it by ordinary means, so the Jin people only have the most basic amount of vigilance here!" ā
The general's eyes lit up, and Cao Hong asked, "Could it be that the general plans to raid from here?" ā
Zhao Yun nodded, "This is the only feasible way at the moment. ā
"But General, you also said that this place is too scorched to be climbed by ordinary methods?"
Zhao Yun smiled and said: "I have already ordered the craftsmen in the army to make a hundred zhang long ropes!" ā
"It turns out that the general has been prepared for a long time! Do you want to act tonight?" Cao Hong was a little impatient.
Zhao Yun smiled slightly.
That night, just when the Jin army was drowsy, the drums of war suddenly sounded at the foot of the hillside, and the shouts of thousands of troops and horses were amazing.
The Jin people woke up and hurriedly prepared for battle, and the Jin army guards hurried up to the watchtower.
The guard looked down the hillside and saw a sea of stars composed of torches, which was magnificent.
"Is the Wei army preparing for a night attack!?" The guard muttered, and at that moment, there was a sharp whistling sound in the air, and the guard couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.
There were loud rumbling noises, fireballs flying in the night sky, extremely dazzling, and the artillery fire was more fierce and terrifying than during the day.
The defender realized that the Wei army might take advantage of the darkness of night to launch a strong attack with the main force, and immediately ordered all the main forces in the city to move into the bunker near the city wall.
The fierce artillery fire continued, and it lasted for nearly half an hour without stopping, and the whole Jin army was quietly and nervously waiting for the moment when the Wei army's artillery fire stopped, and everyone thought that the Wei army was about to launch a full-scale attack on the high ground.
Their thinking was correct, but it was a little different, and at the same time, an elite force of 3,000 Wei troops was using ropes and other equipment to climb up the cliff on the north side of the highland.
The cliff is not steep, the straight cliff is just the most ordinary terrain, like the kind of tiger mouth that is picked out can be seen everywhere, the climbing soldiers are in danger from time to time, a soldier in the flip over a tiger's mouth, the hand slipped and failed to grasp the rope, the whole person fell down, the soldier who saw this scene could only watch the soldier who fell off the cliff disappeared into the night under the cliff in a blink of an eye, and then there was a slight sound, it was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground
A sentry of the Jin Army on the cliff ran to the edge of the cliff, pulled the belt of his trousers, and splashed rain and dew on the cliff, the sentry shivered, exhaled very refreshingly, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the cliff, and when he was startled, the sentry turned around and ran towards the sentry tower with a frightened face, shouting as he ran: "Enemy ć»ć»ć»ć»ć»ć»"
The sentry fell to the ground suddenly, an arrow stuck in his neck.
"What's the ghost called!?" Another Jin soldier walked out of the sentry tower with a curse, only to see a group of black shadows surging up in front of him, startled, and subconsciously pulled out his blade, but was immediately cut to the ground.
The Wei soldiers quickly cleared the Jin sentries on the edge of the cliff.
All the Wei troops climbed the cliff, and the leading general, Zhao Tuo, immediately checked the topographic map of the highlands and ordered: "Send a signal rocket immediately!" ā
"No!"
Zhao Yun was waiting anxiously at the foot of the hillside, and a subordinate general suddenly pointed to the high ground and said loudly: "General, look! ā
Zhao Yun hurriedly looked towards the high ground, and sure enough, he saw two signal rockets holding a long flame into the sky, and then two dazzling sparks burst out.
"Cavalry, prepare for the assault!" Zhao Yun shouted.
Zhao Tuo led 3,000 elites wearing the armor of the Jin Army into the fortress silently, and no one even noticed them in the background of this artillery fire
Three thousand elites rushed straight in the direction of the city gate
However, when they were only a dozen paces away from the city gate, they were stopped by a Jin officer, and by this time, the Wei catapults had stopped firing (to be continued). )