Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 176 Siege Battle ([-])

As the wooden ladder that the attacking party climbed was overthrown by the defenders on the city wall, the soldiers who were originally on the wooden ladder naturally fell with the wooden ladder.

Many people fell to their deaths after falling, and some broke their legs and shouted on the ground. Of course, some fell directly into the moat, but they also failed to land well.

Many people fell to the bottom of the water with gravity, but were stabbed by the bamboo thorns under the water. They shouted and shouted a few times in the moat, and then lost their vitality, and finally their bodies rushed aside with the water of the moat.

Only a few agile ones who jumped off the ladder by themselves and hid under the big shields of their companions below could be safe and sound.

But this time he escaped, but next time he might not be so lucky.

After these siege ladders were overthrown, as long as they were not broken or damaged, they would soon be lifted up by other Ruo Rong Dharma Protectors, set up on the city wall again, and launch a climbing attack on the city wall again.

More than 5000 Ruorong Dharma Protectors who attacked Yuzhang City densely piled up in several blocks under the city wall, continuously launching attacks of climbing, falling, continuing to climb, and continuing to fall.

In addition to the attacking Dharma guards under the city wall and the Mountain Yue soldiers defending the city wall, the archers of the other two sides also kept shooting feather arrows and rockets at each other.

The archers on the Ruorong army formation could only throw dense rain of arrows on the city wall round after round, while the Shanyue archers on the city wall each chose their target or shot feather arrows or rockets.

Thick smoke also filled the air in front of Yuzhang City, as if there were demons harvesting the souls on the battlefield.

The wooden bridge, large shield, and wooden ladders ignited by the rockets were burned and extinguished, and were burned again, and were extinguished again, and a thick smoke with the smell of barbecue was diffused in front of the city wall, making the siege siege melt. The situation of the Dharma Protectors is even more difficult.

Of course, the ground under the city wall of Yuzhang was already full of blood, and the strong smell of blood rushed straight to the city wall, but no one would care about it at this time.

The siege battle was brutal, that is to say, in just half an hour, more than 5000 of the first batch of more than 3000 Ruorong Dharma Guardians who attacked the city had died, and the remaining 2000 people were a little weak and weak. .

Some people were even frightened by the brutal battle, shouting and screaming under the city, some ran outside the protective shield, and were shot and killed by the Yamakoshi archers on the city wall, and some were directly supervised by the army. The Buddhist soldiers were hacked and killed in the name of disturbing the morale of the army.

Seeing this, Ruo Rong did not call for gold to withdraw his troops. As his army beat the drums again and waved the flag, another 5000-strong Dharma guard army rushed towards the city wall carrying wooden ladders.

With the wooden bridge built on the moat by the Dharma protectors in front, it is much more convenient for these Dharma protectors to charge up now, and soon under Yuzhang City, it was covered by a shield wall made of thick wooden shields. It's like making the ground as thick as a person's height out of thin air.

And under the shield wall is naturally more than 7000 Dharma protectors before and after Ruo Rong, and then the siege began again. This time, the Dharma protectors brought more than 20 wooden ladders, so the siege was strengthened again .

Of course, the defensive battle on the city wall continued, and rockets shot down one after another, igniting a flame on the shield wall below.

But soon Zhu Wei stopped this kind of archery. In fact, the arrow battle between the two sides consumes a lot of feather arrows, especially the rockets will directly destroy the arrows.

The rockets shot down the city wall are basically blocked by those thick wooden shields, and they have not played much role.

With the blood flowing under the city wall, in many cases, it is only necessary to scoop up a handful of bloody mud on the shield surface to put out the fire.

So this kind of archery is meaningless, so Zhu Wei asked the archers not to waste their feather arrows, and asked people to bring oil and water made of pig, sheep, and tallow fat, pour it under the city wall, and then ignite the hot oil with fire.

At this moment, a sea of ​​flames burned under the city wall, and the oil and fire flowed down the shield, quickly igniting the clothes of the Dharma Guardians below, causing confusion among the people hiding below.

Some oil and water even burned on the blood-stained mud, making it impossible for people to stand under the city wall.

Seeing this change under the city wall, Ruo Rong had no choice but to withdraw his troops at the back, and let the Dharma protectors in front withdraw first, and wait for the fire to weaken.

And Zhu Wei sitting in the city gate tower could not help ordering various matters, preparing for the next siege battle.

Zhu Wei knew that Ruo Rong would never give up so easily, maybe he would find a way to prevent fire before launching an attack, so he didn't have much time to recuperate.

Although Zhu Wei made a lot of preparations for this city defense battle based on the novels, TV, and movies he had read, after the current actual battle, Zhu Wei still found some omissions.

For example, letting some Mountain Yue soldiers hold tower shields to protect other troops on the city wall is actually an unnecessary waste of manpower, and scaffolding and snares can be used instead.

During the fierce offensive and defensive battle just now, Zhu Wei remembered that he seemed to have read the chapters of defending the city against the Jin soldiers in the Northern Song Dynasty. The siege battle recorded in it was much more intense, and it was not such a simple way of ants attaching to the wall.

However, in this chapter of defending the city, the Song army's methods of defending the city also have a lot to learn from.

Just like the anti-arrow method just now, you can build a scaffold on the city wall, and then weave a net, which is like adding a roof, which can prevent the bows and arrows under the city wall from being thrown on the city wall, and even Like a straw boat borrowing arrows, the arrows stuck on it are used by one's own side.

At least when the enemy does not have siege weapons such as stone chariots, this method can definitely restrain the ordinary feather arrows thrown by the enemy on the city wall. Even if the enemy uses rockets, it can also slow down the enemy's attack for a period of time. Bow threat.

Moreover, this kind of scaffolding is easy to build, you only need to use wood blocks or bamboo poles to make some frames, and you only need to add a few layers of thick cloth, and then fill it with some wet mud, and it can even defend against rockets.

In fact, if this kind of scaffolding is done ingeniously, even if the enemy has siege equipment such as a stone cart and smashes the stones up, the stones can be ejected out of the city with the help of elasticity, or the gravity of the falling rocks can be relieved.

Therefore, Zhu Wei had just thought of this, and he had already ordered people to find civilian husbands to build this kind of scaffolding. At that time, he basically didn't have to worry about the arrows thrown by Ruo Rong's archers, and only needed to concentrate on facing the battle of Ruo Rong's soldiers climbing the city. .

In addition, Zhu Wei thought that he used falling rocks, fallen wood and other things directly, which was actually a waste of supplies for defending the city.

Now it is impossible for Ruo Rong to besiege Yuzhang City for a long time. There is no problem for the time being, but if a strong enemy is to besiege the city, it would be more appropriate to use the reusable spiked wooden pillars. It can be used repeatedly, and the material loss of the defenders can be reduced.

Finally, Zhu Wei also had an idea in his mind about the method of fighting against Ruo Rong's soldiers and horses climbing the city. It is entirely possible to build an outer frame on the city wall.

In this way, the wooden ladders of Ruo Rong's soldiers and horses cannot be directly erected on the city wall. Even if they climb up the wooden ladder, they cannot jump directly into the city wall. invalid……

(End of this chapter)