Zhi Xuan

Five thousand armored soldiers surged like black clouds, guarding the chariot ahead.

After the soldiers are tens of thousands of infantry, the steps are uniform, and ten thousand people are like one person.

Behind the pawns came servants and slaves pushing carts.

The covering cloth on the car was lifted, and the huge siege equipment showed its true appearance.Like an ancient ferocious beast, showing sharp fangs and roaring towards the prey, it is thrilling and frightening.

Hundreds of meters away from the city, you can clearly see the figure standing on the wall.

The Sen Leng halberd glowed coldly, and rows of arrows protruded from behind the parapet.The sharp arrows point to the incoming team, the atmosphere is chilling, and the battle is about to start.

The chariot started to slow down. Zhi Xuan stood on the chariot, looked at the city ahead, pulled out the arrow bestowed by the king, and swung it forward suddenly.The long sleeves were blown up by the wind, and they flew along with the battle flag, making a sound of hunting.

"attack!"

The order was issued, and the messenger rode his horse and galloped.

The sound of horns and war drums sounded one after another, the frequency of footsteps changed, and the black long dragon parted like a tide, revealing a straight passage.

The servants and slaves yelled in unison, bent over to push the cart, their muscles stretched, and big drops of sweat rolled out.Both feet stepped on the ground, leaving deep footprints due to the force, and were quickly flattened by the wheels.

The crisp sound of whips continued one after another, driving the strong cattle pulling the carts to approach the city.

500 meters away from the city wall, the first batch of carts stopped and lined up along the north-south direction.

The slaves took down the wooden awl and long hammer from the cart, one of them held the wooden awl while the other swung the hammer.Accompanied by the whistling sound, a wooden cone as thick as an adult's thigh was smashed into the ground, leaving half of it against the wheels to stabilize the cart loaded with catapults.

When the car body is stable, a soldier rushes forward immediately to control the stone thrower according to the regulations during training.Not long after, the wooden pockets were filled with boulders and broken logs. Just waiting for an order, the soldiers would smash the mechanism and let a rain of stones fall in the city.

"not good!"

Seeing the situation under the city, the defenders at the top of the city immediately realized that the situation was not good.

When the two countries are at war, they should have lined up face to face, and the generals will salute in front of the army.

However, Xiyuan Kingdom came here for revenge, and the first battle was dedicated to regaining the lost land, so the above rules must not apply.

What's more terrible is that Zhi Xuan leads the army himself, the highest status in the city is no more than a doctor, how can he salute the monarch, let alone lead troops out of the city to form an array.Based on the comparison of the military strength of the two sides, there is still room for delay in defending the city, and leaving the city is doomed to death.

The stone catapults under the city have been arranged, and there are as many as two hundred of them.

Faced with this situation, even though they have experienced hundreds of battles, the senior doctor and armor chief who guarded the city couldn't help feeling chills.

"Rocket!"

At a distance of several hundred meters, the catapult can play a great role, but it is also dangerous, and it is exposed to the range of the bow and arrow.Fire attack is the most effective way.

The messengers ran around the city, desperately waving the flags in their hands.

The archers at the head of the city quickly took their positions. Each of them wore a pot of special bows and arrows beside them, and there were soldiers holding torches.

woohoo-

The desolate horn sounded again, Zhi Xuan issued an order, and the strong soldiers smashed the heavy hammers one after another, the mechanism was levered, and the huge lever creaked, causing the wooden pocket to suddenly tilt up.

Amidst the whistling sound, stones and wooden stakes as big as millstones flew out of the sky, covering the sky with shadows.

Stones and wooden piles crossed the city wall built of rammed earth and fell into the city pool behind the wall.The rumbling sound continued one after another, and it was the sound of buildings in the city being smashed and collapsed.

The loud noise was mixed with screams, and the smell of blood quickly permeated.Just one round of attack made everyone in the city frightened.

Two boulders hit the city wall, the rammed earth wall vibrated, and a large amount of broken earth wall skin fell down.In an instant, the dust filled the air, setting off a large gray-black fog.

The defenders on the wall remained calm, but they couldn't control their body reactions, staggering from side to side in the shock.

Zu Wu failed to hold the quiver firmly, and a large number of arrows scattered.Fortunately, the torch was firmly held, otherwise the defenders would be overwhelmed before the second round of attack.

Having seen the power of the catapult, while the soldiers were filling the gaps in the stone pockets, the city chief yelled loudly: "Shoot arrows! Rockets!"

Dongliang is a big country after all, with a strong military.Even if they are deterred by catapults, the combat qualities of the soldiers will not disappear, and the defenders will not immediately become vulnerable.

Amid the roar of the armor chief, the archers organized their own teams, and every ten people fired one shot, each aiming at the catapults under the city.

"arrow!"

Zu Wu got up from the ground, ignoring the bruises on his knees and face, grabbed the arrow and ignited it quickly, and handed it to the archer.

On the rammed earth wall, the sand and dust have not yet cleared away, and the dust is filled with small fires.

The orange-red jumps among the gray-yellow and quickly connects together.

The sound of string control shook the eardrums, and the arrows were like rain, drawing a long arc in midair.The flames were intertwined, like ribbons flying down in the air, accelerating suddenly in the middle, covering the repositioned stone catapult.

"avoid!"

Dongliang Kingdom's longbow is world-famous, and it has achieved the result of slaughtering a thousand chariots with bow soldiers.

Now facing the new army led by Shang Zhixuan, they are doing their best under the obvious disadvantage, and shooting arrows with the will to fight for their lives, not to mention every shot with a hundred hits, the hit rate is as high as more than [-]%.

The flames flew in, and the wooden carts and catapults shrouded them. They should have been burned, and the soldiers beside the carts were not spared.

With this kind of thought in mind, the archers at the top of the city did not hesitate to break the bowstring, draw blood on their fingers, and fired five arrows in a very short period of time at an almost impossible speed.A few people even shot the quiver empty, and the thumb and index finger were cut and bloody.

When the rain of arrows fell, Zhixuan's chariot did not retreat and stood in front of the army.

Surrounded by strong soldiers from all sides, they raised their large iron-clad shields horizontally to form an iron wall to defend the monarch.

A shield wall appeared around the catapult, which was different from the large shield next to Zhixuan's chariot, but round shields, which formed a birdcage shape with the cooperation of the soldiers to resist the flying arrows.

The catapult was the focus of the attack. More than half of the arrows fell on it, and some of them hit the cart, and the flames brightened instantly.

Seeing this scene, the defenders at the top of the city were boosted in confidence and were about to cheer.

What happened in the next moment made their cheers choked in their throats, and they never came out again.

The rockets that landed on the catapult went out one by one, and the huge lever that should have been caught in the flames flipped again. The soldiers operating the equipment ignored the rain of arrows, smashed the mechanism and pulled the rope with a grim face, and the huge stones and wooden stakes Fly out again.

The boulders not only fell into the city, but several pieces smashed through the female wall and rolled along the top of the wall.The soldiers who couldn't escape were crushed under the stone and screamed, and several others fell from the wall, waving their limbs and falling to the bottom of the city, where they were smashed to pieces on the spot.

When the boulder stopped, a bloody road appeared at the top of the city.

Broken armor and weapons were mixed together, and the ground was covered with crushed flesh and bones.

Rao was a soldier who had seen so many tragic scenes on the battlefield, his face was pale at this moment, and he couldn't help retching.Not to mention the soldiers and servants who were forcibly recruited were shrouded in fear, as if they were in a world of ice and snow, and they couldn't even shout out.

Without giving the defenders time to react, the whistling sounded again.

What is horrifying is that the thrown wooden stake was also blazing with fire.Whether it was intentional or accidentally ignited by the rocket, huge fireballs fell from the sky and flew into the city, setting off a sea of ​​flames.

The sea of ​​flames spread like hell opening its gates, devouring the creatures surrounded by flames.

"Keep shooting arrows, logs, boiling water! They're coming up!"

There was a roar from the top of the city, and the upper doctor covered his arm that had been brushed by the boulder, and continued to roar.

The defenders suddenly came back to their senses, and found that under the cover of catapults, soldiers from the Xiyuan Kingdom were heading straight to the bottom of the city carrying a long ladder.

Despite the fear in their hearts, the defenders did not forget their duties. They drew their longbows tremblingly, and released three waves of arrows when the soldiers rushed towards the rolling logs and boiling water.

The flying arrows fell, and the attacking army did not stop, but the speed was even faster.

There is a monarch who is good at krypton gold, the new army is not short of money, and all soldiers are armed to the teeth.Especially the armored soldiers, the last time they were wearing bronze armor, and the corporal commanders all wore iron armor.

The Dongliang Kingdom's longbow, which can easily break through leather armor, is greatly weakened in front of iron armor and bronze armor.Unless it can hit the face and neck, it is difficult to cause fatal damage to the new army.

However, Zhi Xuan was so frantic that he equipped the army with face shields. Even if there were sharpshooters among the defenders, the damage to the new army would be minimal.

After three rounds of arrow rain, soldiers carrying siege ladders rushed to the city one after another.

The hard-resistant arrow rain at the front was pierced like a hedgehog.I don't feel anything, most of them are painless, and I can still run and jump.In the eyes of outsiders, it is extremely terrifying, especially in the eyes of the defenders, they are simply a group of undead monsters!

Even if the wooden catapult is not lit, it may be a unique method.A soldier is a body of flesh and blood, and it is too unreasonable to be alive and kicking when an arrow is pierced into his body!

Hearing that the Marquis of Xiyuan has so many miracles, is it possible that the army under his command is also extraordinary?

The defenders fell into panic, resisting and attacking without stopping, but following their instincts.In fact, their hearts are gradually collapsing, and only the last straw is needed to completely crush their beliefs and fighting spirit.

The attacking soldiers were completely opposite, all of them were full of fighting spirit, and their eyes were shining brightly as they stared at the head of the city.

In their view, the enemy ahead is even more military exploits.This time I go out with the monarch, whoever can be the first to climb to the top of the city and get the first victory is worth half a lifetime of pride.

For the first siege, Zhixuan didn't use building carts and battering rams.In order to train the army, adopting the doctor's suggestion, the first round of attacking the city was in a conventional way, and if the attack was not enough, the building car was used again.

Yang Qi, Su You and others volunteered to join the first batch of siege teams.

After getting permission, the children of each family took the lead in carrying the siege ladder and charged forward.

The reason why they dared to do this was firstly because of their family education, not to shrink back before a battle, and to strive for the first merit; secondly, because Zhixuan specially gave them a batch of iron armor, which has amazing protection capabilities, not only are they not afraid of arrows, but even bronze weapons can't penetrate.

The retainers have experimented, and solemnly told the young masters that wearing this iron armor, they can rush forward without worry under the Eastern Capital City!

Hence, Yang Qi, Su You and the others rushed forward.

They got off the chariot, took up the siege ladder according to the combat mode of the new army, and led the elite family to charge forward.

The sound of breaking wind continued to hit, Yang Qi rushed to the front of the team, and was hit by three arrows in succession, but he didn't even scratch the skin.He pulled out the arrow, let out a roar, and led the crowd to accelerate.

Su You has a strong body and a bigger goal.Probably because he was impatient with being stabbed, he waved his arm during the running process, blocking the flying arrows and making a piercing sound.

Luan Fang and Fan You were also charging, each leading the elite of their families to run wildly, vowing to be the first to rush to the top of the wall.

The four chased after each other, and the elites of the four families also exerted all their strength and refused to give in to each other. The speed was astonishing.

It's a pity that it is still not as good as a well-trained new army.

For an army accustomed to long-distance running with logs on its shoulders, the distance between a mere siege ladder and a few hundred meters is nothing more than trivial.

The four teams ran halfway, only to feel the wind blowing beside them.Taking a closer look, the soldier of the new army suddenly ran in front of him, the distance was getting longer and longer, and only his back was left in the blink of an eye.

Yang Qi and the others were shocked after seeing the new army training, not to mention the defenders at the top of the city.

The siege ladder approached the city wall and climbed up the city wall one after another.The sharp metal hooks are firmly wedged into the wall and cannot be pushed away.

Seeing the soldiers climbing upwards, the defenders were terrified and despaired.

The rockets can't be fired, the longbow can't kill them, and they can run at inhuman speed. What kind of army are they facing?