Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 393 The New Line of Defense in Xiangyang City

Although the soldiers of Tai Shici's Shenjian Battalion broke through and rushed all the way to the north city area of ​​Fenglin Pass, they were finally blocked by the second temporary defense line and the north city wall organized by Liu Biao's defenders.

The various siege equipment on the Shenjian Camp side were blocked by the houses and obstacles in Fenglin Pass, and could not be transported for a while. Therefore, they faced the three-dimensional defense structure on the north wall of Fenglin Pass, plus kerosene, The flames' blockade and strong attack by relying only on the shield array constructed by the sword and shield hand were indeed somewhat insurmountable.

Not long after, the sky also became dark. Tai Shici heard the battle situation ahead, so he simply sent an order to stop the troops, and asked people to guard the Fenglin Pass area they occupied now, and stopped today's offensive.

In this way, the day's offensive ended when the Divine Arrow Battalion invaded most of Fenglin Pass.

Previously, Bao Long's troops on the Guanyin Pavilion pretended to rush to the north slope for a while, but they failed to achieve any results under the arrows shot by Liu Biao's defenders who built a defense line at the foot of the mountain.

That night, Tai Shici sent [-] troops to the captured area of ​​Fenglin Pass, and then moved the temporary camp behind to the south gate of Fenglin Pass.

Then Tai Shici arranged for auxiliary troops to clear the blocked streets and buildings at Fenglin Pass overnight, and prepared to transport various siege equipment to the front battlefield the next day, and once again launched a suppressive offensive against Liu Biao's defenders.

Of course, the soldiers on the Guanyin Pavilion also monitored the movements of Liu Biao's defenders, and could know in time whether Liu Biao's defenders were retreating or attacking.

As for Xianshou Mountain, Tai Shici still focused on blocking it at the foot of the mountain. It was enough to prevent Liu Biao's defenders from attacking his barracks through Xianshou Mountain, but he didn't waste more troops to do anything inside Xianshou Mountain.

Then Tai Shici arranged for the soldiers in the main battle tomorrow to have a good rest, and after preparing for a night of recuperation, tomorrow they will strive to completely capture Fenglin Pass and open a direct passage to the south of Xiangyang City.

While Taishi Ci was making steady arrangements, Liu Biao, who was in charge of guarding Fenglin Pass, kept reporting the situation of Fenglin Pass to Xiangyang City. He was really not sure that he would be able to stop Taishi Cishen tomorrow. Attack of the Arrow Battalion.

Through today's battle, Liu Biao, who was in charge of guarding Fenglin Pass, also saw that without the protection of the city wall, the defenders under him would not be the opponents of the soldiers of Taishi Mercy God's Arrow Battalion at all.

So he sent a letter to Xiangyang City overnight, hoping to ask Liu Biao for an answer, whether he could return to Xiangyang City when he couldn't stop it, otherwise the soldiers and young men he brought would probably be killed by Tai Shici. The Shenjian Battalion collapsed.

Fortunately, Liu Biao could understand the general's worries, so he replied to him that night, and if he couldn't stop it, he returned to Xiangyang City. Now Liu Biao is not willing to waste his troops easily outside.

So the night passed like this, and a new day, a new battle began again.

With the help of the auxiliary soldiers who worked overnight, the Shenjian Battalion finally dug a passage between the south gate and the north gate of Fenglin Pass, allowing subsequent siege equipment to be sent to the front line little by little.

In this way, with the high-rise Chongche arrow stand as the forerunner, and the swords and shields of the surrounding Shenjian Battalion as the screen wings, they slowly approached the direction of the north city wall of Fenglin Pass.

And the defense line on the north wall of Fenglin Pass naturally lost its original geographical advantage. Archers on the rushing chariot can directly shoot Liu Biao defenders behind the simple defense line in front and have nowhere to hide, so they can only retreat to the back on the north city wall.

But Liu Biao's defenders on the north wall of Fenglin Pass also didn't have much of a condescending advantage. The height of the city wall was not as high as this kind of high-rise building.

Therefore, even Liu Biao's defenders on the city wall were evasively shot by the archers of the Divine Arrow Battalion on the high-rise arrow stand, unable to exert their defensive power at all.

In this way, the sword and shield players of the Shenjian Battalion took the opportunity to charge towards the first simple line of defense, and the Liu Biao soldiers defending here could no longer safely throw oil tanks like before, using flames to block the progress of the Shenjian Battalion sword and shield soldiers Well, the fire things they prepared here were ignited a lot by the bows and arrows from the Shenjian Camp.

So the sword and shield fighters from the Shenjian Battalion quickly broke through this line of defense, and then rushed up to the north city wall leading to Fenglin Pass, step by step along the steps of the upper city wall, beating Liu Biao's defenders repeatedly step back.

The archers of the Shenjian Battalion on the high-rise car-rushing platform in front continued to help their companions who were charging ahead to suppress Liu Biao's defenders on the city wall. Under the cover of bows and arrows, the sword and shield men of the Shenjian Battalion charged in not long after. The north wall of Fenglin Pass.

Liu Biao's defenders on the city wall had nowhere to escape at this moment. Many people either jumped directly from the city wall, or put down their weapons and surrendered, so Fenglin Pass was completely captured.

In the end, six to seven hundred Liu Biao soldiers and more than 1000 young and strong civilians were blocked on the city wall and surrendered. However, Liu Biao's defenders who were originally stationed outside the north gate of Fenglin Pass lost the advantage of the city wall of Fenglin Pass and did not dare to continue. After staying here, they soon retreated to Xiangyang City together with the soldiers on Xianshou Mountain.

Tai Shici sent people to chase and kill them for a while before withdrawing his troops. After that, the army rectified at Fenglin Pass, and sent scouts to go around Xiangyang City to check the protection situation of Xiangyang City.

Soon, Tai Shici learned that Liu Biao had built another rammed-earth defense line in front of the moat outside the south gate of Xiangyang City through the scouts he sent out to investigate, and it seemed that some fishing net-like barriers had been set up above these defense lines. It is specifically aimed at Zhu Wei's mobile high-rise rush car arrow rest.

Liu Biao had obviously found a way to deal with this kind of siege equipment, but it was similar to the way Zhu Wei used when he was in Yuzhang City, and it was a way to defend the city against arrows.

It seems that the difficulty of attacking Xiangyang City has increased a bit. Tai Shici also frowned when he heard the news.

Now he is taking [-] troops from his Shenjian Battalion to attack Xiangyang City alone. Although Zhu Wei also left him [-] auxiliary soldiers and a lot of siege equipment, Taishi Ci does not have Zhu Wei's after all. Later generations realized that facing Xiangyang City with tall walls, especially Xiangyang City that now has new defensive strength, he really didn't have much to do.

Facing the defense line of Xiangyang City, the first thing Taishi Ci had to break through was the rammed earth outer fortress that had just been built outside Xiangyang City. It was about three meters high, and then the moat inside the outer fortress was more than a hundred steps wide, and finally It is the tall Xiangyang City Wall.

In other words, even if Tai Shici captured the rammed earth outer fortress, the cave carts that filled the moat would not be able to rush to the moat immediately.

Even if the moat can be filled by digging out the rammed earth outer fortress, the soldiers rushing out of Xiangyang City may destroy these cave carts and other siege equipment.

Because the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City can use the rammed earth outer fortress to prevent Zhu Wei's soldiers from directly approaching the Xiangyang city wall area, so that they dare to rush out to destroy these siege equipment.

Especially those cave-house carts that passed through the rammed-earth outer ramparts to fill the moat may also be difficult for Zhu Wei's soldiers to come up in time to protect these cave-house carts that filled the moat because of the existence of the rammed-earth outer ramparts.

Obviously, after Liu Biao returned to Xiangyang City this time, he really brainstormed and found some ways to defend the city, which greatly enhanced the defensive strength of Xiangyang City...

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