Northern Dynasties

Chapter 479
Two simple arrow towers stood up outside the city. Dozens of soldiers with strong arms and good archery skills climbed up, and suppressed the firepower of the defenders at the top of the city through rounds of shots, disrupting them. counterattack rhythm.

At the same time, the advancement on the ground continued, and the sacks filled with earth and rocks were transported to the front line through the gap time gained by the offensive on the arrow tower, and they were piled into the inner ditch that was already close to the city wall.

On the top of the city, Xu Wei, the township, saw that the walls of the ditches and fences outside the city were being filled and knocked down layer by layer, and he was also very anxious.

As a veteran of Beizhen, he is better at galloping in field battles, but he lacks unique insights and experience in defending fortresses. In the current battle, he can only respond in a standard manner, and there is nothing out of the norm. Effective gambit.

The defenders on the top of the city saw that although the enemy outside the city was hindered by the defense and could not directly attack the defense of the city wall, they were also advancing rapidly and steadily, but their own side had no means of stopping them at all, and they were all very emotional. tension.

In addition, the cavalry team that rushed out from the east of the city was defeated and retreated by the enemy, which intensified the fear of the guards and made the atmosphere in the city even more dignified.

Compared with fierce and arduous battles, this tense and dignified atmosphere is actually a particularly serious damage to morale.What is more torturous than being in suffering is knowing that suffering is coming soon but being unable to reverse it all, which will make people lose their goals and lose their fighting spirit.

Therefore, a famous general who is good at city defense must not only be proficient in various offensive and defensive tactics, but also know how to grasp and motivate the emotions of the soldiers under his command.Not everyone has the kind of calmness that is not changed when Mount Tai collapses in front of them. When facing the siege of several times or even ten times the enemy, it is courageous not to be frightened so that the waist and knees are weak, but also Being able to hold the knife and gun tightly and persist in fighting can be called bravery.

Morale suppression is a very mysterious thing, and it is difficult to explain it clearly in words. It is often necessary for the generals who command the battle to feel and judge.But when the naked eye can judge through some signs, it means that the situation is very serious.

Li Tai saw that whenever a round of shots from the arrow tower was fired, the defenders on the top of the city, no matter whether they were covered or not, would all shrink behind the bunker of the battlements for a few breaths in a tacit understanding, just like the kind of people who are wandering around. The frequent urination fisherman between the work station and the toilet.

So he ordered people to form a well-defined front and rear formations, advancing in batches, and the newly built siege equipment such as rushing car ladders were also sent to the front one after another.

The overlapping of this kind of pressure is very effective, and it can continuously attack and lower people's expectations of their own situation and destiny.The defenders on the top of the city were showing signs of agitation, either drawing bows and throwing out of rhythm, or shouting and throwing down objects such as wood and stones to resist the enemy.

This is a sign that the psychological pressure has reached a limit and has to be vented through some meaningless actions.

In fact, the best way to deal with fear is not to face the fear directly. Gather all the defenders on the city wall and watch the enemy advance gradually. They arrange various tasks to keep them busy, which seems to be maintaining their physical strength, but is actually overdrawing their morale.

Xu Wei, the governor on the top of the city, also noticed the passivity of the soldiers, so he shouted again: "The cavalry went out of the city before, and several soldiers have successfully broken through the blockade of the bandit army and asked for reinforcements from the pass. Hold on for a while, Guancheng reinforcements will arrive soon!"

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the defenders on the top of the city improved slightly, and another guard looked down and saw the enemy advance into another trench. In this way, the reinforcements will arrive before the bandits approach the city!"

This is also meaningless nonsense. If they can dig this ditch all the way to the bottom of Tongguan, the western thieves will be able to make it one step at a time as long as they get out of the pass.

After nearly two hours of fighting between the two sides, the layers of fortifications set up by the defenders were finally flattened, and the attackers could reach directly below the city.

Li Tai immediately ordered Gao Le to lead the 2000 men who had been recharging their energy from the back to rush forward. The soldiers rushed forward with their big shields on their backs, covering the rear and throwing the siege equipment forward. At the same time, the crossbowmen also formed a battle formation and fired fiercely at the top of the city.

Soon the flow arrows of space under the city wall were like snowflakes flying all over the sky. From a distance, there seemed to be swarms of flying mosquitoes. Most of the flow arrows would miss, but the atmosphere created was enough to make people Heartbroken.

Some large shields looked like hedgehogs standing upright when they rushed under the enemy's city wall, and the soldiers supporting the shields were even shaken so that their mouths and noses were bloody due to the continuous impact of arrows.But at this moment it is still extremely dangerous, and they need to launch a new offensive as soon as possible, trying to reverse this situation of being passively beaten but unable to fight back.

With the joint efforts of everyone, the ladders transformed from two grain trucks rushed to the city wall. At the same time, many simple ladders were also placed on the outside of the city wall.

At this time, the two arrow towers were struggling to shoot at the enemy's city wall. At the same time, the two teams of rangers who had already been on standby on the side of the battlefield also galloped around the city wall, and continuously drew their bows and threw them towards the city.

Under the suppression of these two rounds of long-range firepower, the counterattack of the defenders at the top of the city stagnated immediately, which gave the siege soldiers a chance to climb up the ladder to the city wall with steel knives and short spears in hand.

The defenders on the top of the city could detect the climbing of the enemy soldiers through the trembling of the city wall, but because the enemy's flow arrows were too heavy, they were completely unable to stand up on the top of the city.Under the reminder from the soldier commander, it suddenly occurred to them that they also had large cowhide shields to deal with this situation, and stood up one after another with the large shields on their backs, stabbing down with spears in their hands to repel the incoming enemy.

At this stage in the battle, any tricks are useless, and the competition is the willpower of the fighters on both sides.

As the defenders at the top of the city resumed their organized counterattack, a large amount of sand and gravel fell from the top of the city. Even with the protection of armor shields, those huge forces could not be counteracted, so many siege soldiers on the ladder The soldiers fell down one after another, and the hooks thrown on the top of the city were constantly cut off. Few soldiers were able to rush to the top of the city.

But this round of attack was not all fruitless. Under the cover of this, two rushing vehicles successfully rushed to the enemy's city gate and slammed into the city gate.

Accompanied by a muffled thunder-like crash, the entire city tower trembled, and the weathered soil layer outside the rammed city wall continued to peel off.The defenders on the top of the city were also panicked by the trembling from under their feet, and they lived up to their previous bravery.

"Continue to attack, the first climber will be rewarded!"

Liang Shiyan, who was supervising the battle before the battle, took this opportunity to shout loudly, this time, he selected dozens of strong soldiers holding lances to rush to the cloud chariot, and while stabbing the defenders at the top of the city, they climbed up like flying, and soon followed The gap made by the big lance jumped onto the top of the city, and the big lance in his hand blocked the slashing and stabbing, and killed the enemy troops who swarmed in from the left and near, and fought for a foothold for the climbers behind him.

"Beat the drum, attack!"

Li Tai was overjoyed when he saw that the front had already attacked the city, he quickly waved his hands and ordered, and asked the reserve soldiers to join in the attack one after another, wanting to capture the city in one go.

The city was seized by the enemy, Xu Wei, the guarding general, was also complaining in his heart. While waving his saber to stop the retreating soldiers, he organized an elite team to lead his troops back and kill the rushing enemy troops down the city. However, morale is low, the situation is more erosive, and various efforts have had little effect.

However, at this moment, the sound of galloping horseshoes suddenly came from the direction of the river valley in the east of the city. When Zhencheng Xu Wei heard the sound, his brows froze for a moment, and he burst into laughter after a while, shouting to his subordinates: " It's reinforcements, reinforcements are coming! The bandits in the east of the city don't have any horses, so they must be reinforcements! Boys, hold the city wall and kill these bandits!"

The defenders, who were already in a state of defeat, heard the shout. Although it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity for a while, they were still subconsciously willing to believe that it was beneficial to them, so they cheered up their spirits and shouted for the organization fight back.

At this time, the gap captured on the top of the city has expanded to more than several feet, and nearly a hundred soldiers rushed to the top of the city. However, as the enemy counterattack became fiercer, this space was suddenly compressed by nearly one foot, and even a few soldiers rushed to the top of the city. The armored pawn was directly pushed off the top of the wall.

"No retreat, no retreat! There is a way forward, and death if you retreat!"

Gao Le, the fierce general who rushed to the top of the city with the army, was squeezed inside the battlement by several soldiers at the moment, and he had a little room to move with his arms.

But in this narrow space, it was impossible to use a long spear at all. Gao Le simply held his saber against the wall and walked away. He kept chopping and charging, and rushed into the enemy's formation for more than a few feet. There were fierce enemies in front and behind, but Gao Le He was also completely fearless, with a steel knife in one hand and a short spear snatched from nowhere in the other hand, the knife and spear crossed and stabbed, and soon killed a bloody clearing around him.

The soldiers who were squeezed in the back road immediately seized this opportunity, hacked and killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers who had been separated, quickly joined Gao Le, and continued to kill the enemy.

Xu Wei in Zhencheng was wrong. He Ruodun and others in Dongcheng actually had horses, and they were funded by the defenders. They seized more than [-] wounded but still usable war horses from the [-] Qingqi before.But the other point is not wrong, the reinforcements have really arrived.

More than 1000 soldiers from the Eastern Wei Dynasty galloped along the river valley to Yanhan City. They encountered the scouts sent by He Ruodun several miles away. As the warning came back, more than 500 soldiers were also quickly preparing their equipment for battle. .

"Our armor is simple and there are not many soldiers. I'm afraid it's not enough to fight against the bandits. Why don't we retreat on the slope..."

When Han Xiong learned that there were thousands of thieves, his face changed slightly. Even if he wanted to avoid the edge for a while, after all, the strength of each other is very different. If they really fight, it may be very dangerous.

After He Ruodun heard the words, he glared and said angrily: "No! I have already promised the lord that I will destroy the city of thieves. Now if even the thieves can't stop the reinforcements, what face will I have to see the lord!"

While speaking, he ordered the staff to take out the thirty sets of armor knives, took out one of them and threw it to Han Xiong, and said in a deep voice: "You western Henan man performed well in the previous battle, and you are worthy of the one made by my master." Armor sword, put on your upper body quickly. If you go away timidly later, you will live up to the gift of my lord, if you don’t die in today’s battle, you will surely die by my sword tomorrow!”

After Han Xiong heard the words, he was very ashamed and annoyed. He has guarded the border for many years, and he is also a famous general of Megatron in the west of Henan.

However, when his eyes fell on the unusually shaped and well-crafted armor knife, he was immediately attracted to it and couldn't move it away at all. When he came back to his senses, he saw that He Ruo Dun had already put on his armor and mounted his horse, holding a bow and pointing at them. : "The river here is narrow, and thieves may be fierce, but it is not difficult to block. I will frustrate the enemy first, and you should quickly put on an array and wait for battle!"

While speaking, He Ruodun and a dozen of his subordinates rode horses to meet the bandit army who came to help, and the elite soldiers who stayed here also put on their clothes one after another.Seeing that Han Xiong was still a little dazed, there were soldiers next to him to help him put on the heavy armor, and quickly explained the usage of the array and the saber.

If it was an ordinary soldier, it would be difficult for this kind of professor to accept too much, but Han Xiong was originally a brave warrior, and he quickly understood if he raised a few points.

He has also fought in heavy armor, but the fine armor on his body is slightly different from the cavalry armor, which is more in line with the needs of infantry combat.This is really uncommon at a time when the cost and value of infantry are lower than that of cavalry by default. Even Han Xiong feels that mere infantry is not worthy of specially developed and refined armor.

Before he had time to savor it carefully, the sound of horseshoes on the opposite side was approaching. He Ruo Dun waited to go and return. How grandiose he was when he left before, but how embarrassed he is now. , just galloped all the way, twisting his expression to indicate that he should quickly form up here.

However, the enemy formation behind him also seemed quite messy, and the speed was not fast, especially because he had to beware of Ho Ruodun and others turning around and shooting at any time, and did not dare to draw the distance too close, deliberately controlling the speed of the galloping horse, so that the rear Lu Yi's entire cavalry battle was affected.But this is not a big problem. After all, the number of enemies in front is too small, and their backs are against Yan Hancheng. They are simply lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Thirty heavy-armored elite soldiers lined up horizontally in two tiers. Han Xiong, who was not familiar with such combat, was placed in the back row.Seeing the enemy army approaching in front, a gust of wind rose behind Han Xiong, and more than 200 crossbowmen shot down in one round, immediately causing a violent blow to the enemy's front line.

The enemy also shot from rangers, but those arrows fell outside the hard armor without causing any damage.Affected by the casualties and fright of the people in front, the rear troops were not as violent as before. When they collided with the heavy armored infantry, their speed had been lost and there was no time for a second round of speeding up.

"drink!"

The pawns in the front line stopped shouting, took a step forward with their left legs, and at the same time swung down the saber in their hands. Han Xiong in the back line only saw a flash of cold light, and his eyes were already blurred. When I looked around, the enemy rushed to the front, seven or eight horsemen and horses were all killed on the spot, the corpses were split on the ground, and the blood of the internal organs of the troops and horses was also spilled!
"hiss……"

Rao is Han Xiong who has been in battle for a long time and is used to seeing life and death, but when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but gasp, but soon a strange excitement came to his heart, seeing the heavy armor on the left and right The pawns crossed in front, and I also stepped forward between the two pawns in front, swinging my knife and slashing down.

At first, it felt a little stagnant, but as the blade cut through this layer of diaphragm, the subsequent fall can be described as smooth.Seeing the enemy's soldiers and horses splitting in front of him, Han Xiong felt a heat in his head, and couldn't help shouting: "Good knife!"

Not only is it a good knife, it is simply a treasure weapon for killing people.Not only Han Xiong, who was new to Zhan Saber, couldn't help but marvel, the enemy soldiers were even more shocked. They didn't even react at all. Why did the comrades who rushed to the front suddenly lay dead on the ground?
After all, a war horse is not a human being, and even if a human being runs with all his strength, he still needs a certain amount of buffering time if he wants to stop the momentum.

Therefore, although the heads of the robes in the front are already in different places, the knights in the back are still unable to change direction or stop. It's like queuing up to die, the scene is bloody and weird.

These soldiers also tried to attack the enemy on the opposite side with bows, knives, spears and other equipment in their hands, hoping to kill the enemy before the indestructible blade fell, but when any of their attacks fell on the heavy armor, it was nothing more than There were a few loud collision sounds, but they couldn't cause effective damage to the enemy. In the end, the blade still fell down unstoppably.

It was not until more than 200 enemy soldiers had died that the entire formation was finally settled. At this time, the two rows of heavy armored infantry had already stepped several feet away, and there was scarlet blood under their feet, which made people dare not take a closer look.And those heavy armored infantrymen and the sabers in their hands were also covered with a thick layer of plasma, looking more like demons who kill people like mowing grass.

"Forgive me, forgive me!"

As a soldier on the opposite side trembled and exclaimed, and turned his horse's head and ran to the rear, more and more enemy soldiers who were terrified of being killed turned around and fled, not daring to stay on this breathtaking battlefield. , and this bloody and cruel river valley battlefield will probably be a lingering nightmare in their respective hearts for a long time to come!

(End of this chapter)