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Chapter 93: Bloody Battle at the Great Wall

"cheer!"

The centurions in charge of defending the various stages of the Great Wall began to motivate their men to go all out.

It was three days ago that his archery skills became famous. Although the power was still there, the excitement had long gone.

This is also the reason why the barbarians finally attacked the city.

In the city gate fortress.

Xiang Tingchun ordered: "Shoot!"

A herald immediately relayed the message.

Each beacon tower was deliberately equipped with archers and crossbowmen. When the barbarian soldiers approached the road about 200 steps, all of them aimed their arrows at the upper front and fired them in a parabolic shape, like a heavy rain.

Siege warfare.

It's different from what's shown on TV.

It is definitely not the case that you just rush forward with a shield and a knife, shouting and killing. If that were the case, no matter how many come, everyone will die.

Attacking a city requires many tools.

Take the front few rows of the barbarians in front of us, for example, they are all wooden curtained carts and carts with wheels.

Wooden curtained carriage.

It is a siege vehicle with wooden boards placed for cover.

There were thick wooden boards in front of the car to block the rain of arrows. The soldiers hid behind and pushed the carts closer without showing their faces at all.

A cart.

It is also a similar device, all made of iron sheets. It is equivalent to a group of soldiers carrying an iron shed on their backs and rushing forward.

In addition, the barbarians also set up an arrow formation and shot indiscriminately at the city walls.

It is impossible to stop them just by relying on rain of arrows. At most, you can only shoot and kill a small number of soldiers. In the end, you have to wait until the enemy tries to climb up the city wall before you can significantly reduce the enemy's numbers.

Chen Sanshi's fifteen-stone bow could easily penetrate ordinary rattan armor shields, cowhide shields, and thinner iron shields. Basically, he could take a life with just a snap of his fingers.

[Skill: Archery (Minor Achievement)]

[Progress: (508/1000)]

If you keep practicing like this, it won’t be long before you can master the archery skills.

But he is just one person after all, how can he resist thousands of troops?

soon.

The barbarian soldiers came to the bottom of the city wall and successfully set up the ladder.

Ladder.

It is not just a ladder, but a ladder truck, a heavy equipment weighing thousands or even tens of thousands of pounds. It can flexibly adjust the angle and has iron hooks to fix on the wall. The bottom can form a triangle with the city wall, which is extremely strong.

One after another, the barbarians began to climb up the ladder.

Beating wood and huge rocks were used to smash down on the ground like a landslide. When some brave men climbed halfway, a bucket of boiling golden juice was poured on their heads.

"I've saved it for you for several days. Try it. Let me have a taste!"

Zhu Tong shouted and poured bucket after bucket of water down.

Once the scalding temperature hurts the skin, bacteria and viruses will invade and without effective treatment, it is basically a death sentence.

Chen Sanshi stood guard nearby. If anyone dared to show his head, he would stab them with his three-meter-long spear.

As for the defenders of the city, they can be said to be a one-man defense against ten thousand.

In a short while, he stabbed more than twenty people to death and did not allow a single enemy soldier to climb onto the city wall.

Gradually, the area he was responsible for became quiet.

The Great Wall is more than 200 miles long.

It is impossible for the barbarians to attack on all fronts, so they mainly choose to attack weak points.

Even so, the first round of siege did not last long.

Two hours later, the barbarians called off their troops.

Attacking a city is a long process.

I'm afraid today's wave is just a test.

The soldiers began to clean up the battlefield and summarize the battle situation.

In this round, the barbarians lost more than 400 people, while the Poyang Qianhu Suo lost more than 50 people. Most of them were shot to death by arrows while defending the city. The casualty ratio looked very good.

But what the barbarians sent over today were all the “old, weak, sick and disabled”.

This can be seen from the tattered leather armor on them, and up to now, not even a single bone-training warrior has appeared. It is obvious that they want to use four hundred old, weak and sick people to find out the real combat effectiveness of the Great Wall.

[Skill: Commanding Troops (Beginner)]

【Progress: 388/500】

In actual combat.

The skill of commanding troops grew rapidly.

Under the role of the backbone.

Even though the soldiers under Chen Sanshi were nervous, they did not panic and always cooperated well. In addition, with him leading the way, only two people were killed and three were injured.

"Lazy man!"

Zhu Tong, who was smelling stinky smell, pulled Xu Wencai out from the corner and said, "Didn't you say you were going to die? I think all the barbarians are good-for-nothings!"

"This hasn't even started yet!"

Xu Wencai reported: "They haven't even started to train their bones yet, and they haven't used methods like digging the ground and sacked the soil yet!"

"..."

Chen Sanshi let the old scholar give his men a scientific lecture, while he practiced martial arts without stopping for a moment. He also asked Xiang Tingchun for leave to go up the mountain, saying that he wanted to hunt to reward his brothers.

He has made great contributions, so he cannot be rewarded, so he must be given some privileges.

Riding on a white swan horse, he went up the mountain to take a medicinal bath, practice martial arts, and improve his medical skills at the same time.

When they came back, they caught two prey and brought them to the Great Wall to share with everyone. They spent ten days like this. The barbarians were no longer in a hurry to attack the city. Instead, they beat drums in the middle of the night and sent small groups of troops to harass them by shooting arrows during the day.

"The fatigue tactic..."

Chen Sanshi knew it very well.

In the absence of a shortage of food and fodder, the barbarians have an advantage by wasting time like this. On the one hand, they have a large number of people, and the psychological pressure on the soldiers on the Great Wall will become greater and greater. In addition, the weather is cold, and it is absolutely painful to stay on the ground every day.

It's almost December and there's still no snow in the North. If there's a blizzard, it can still keep the barbarians at bay.

[Kung Fu: Immortal Golden Snake Spear. Part 1 (Minor Success)]

【Progress: 899/2000】

The speed of cultivation slowed down.

The effect of the body-building soup is not as good as before.

If I continue like this, it will take at least twenty days to complete my bone training.

However, medical technology is close to a breakthrough.

Medical Officer Jiang also came to the Great Wall with the army. Chen Sanshi used the excuse of helping out, but in fact he wanted to improve his proficiency. After learning how to use the medicine grinder, he began to practice acupuncture on a wooden man with acupuncture points painted on it.

Medical skills include more than just medicinal materials, acupuncture is also one of them.

He had a photographic memory for all the acupuncture points and key points, and had memorized them early on. All that was left was to get familiar with the feel of the technique. He had basically learned it all in just one afternoon.

Finally, the panel floats.

[Skills: Medical Skills. General (Proficient)]

【Progress: 0/1000】

[Effect: Know the prescription by seeing the medicine, and break all kinds of poisons]

[Breaking the Poisons: The medical skills are extraordinary, and he knows everything, so he can break any poison in the world upon seeing it. ]

Detoxification?

Chen Sanshi has the ability to identify medicines and prescriptions, which allows him to prevent others from poisoning his food, but he does not have the ability to detoxify. Whether in the martial arts world or on the battlefield, there will always be old villains who like to use poison.

With this skill, you are basically immune to poison.

"Boom boom boom!"

After many days, the familiar sound of war drums rang in my ears again.

"Doctor Jiang, I'm leaving first."

Chen Sanshi's heart tightened, he threw down the silver needle and left. When he reached the city wall, he saw the barbarians surging towards him like a tide. Judging from the number, this time it was no longer the old, weak, sick and disabled, but the entire army was attacking!

The siege weapons, which were far superior in both quantity and quality to the previous ones, were placed in the front row, followed closely by shield spearmen and archers, and at the end were two thousand uniformly armed cavalrymen.

In addition, there are 500 heavy cavalry as the finale.

These heavy cavalrymen are not only covered in heavy armor, but even the vital parts of their horses are also armored. They are definitely the elite among the elite.

Last time on the grassland.

If you encounter this group of people.

I’m afraid none of Zhu Tong and his gang will be able to come back alive!

The cavalry stopped two miles away to hold the line, and the remaining 4,000 infantry scattered, some launching feint attacks and some launching main attacks. It was difficult to distinguish the real from the fake, so the Great Wall defense line could not be adjusted in time.

"We are just making a feint here!"

At the beginning, some people rushed over to set up the ladder at the position that Chen Sanshi was in charge of, but there were only a few people who rushed up, and soon everyone withdrew, leaving only the empty ladder.

"Captain Chen! Quickly lead thirty people to the A-shaped beacon tower on the east side of the city gate to provide support. Captain Zhao can't hold on any longer!"

The herald's order was delivered with a delay.

When Chen Sanshi and his men arrived at the designated location, they saw four ladders hung on the wall. Zhao Kang was fighting with a barbarian centurion, and his men were guarding around the ladders, apparently not paying attention to other situations.

Not far behind the ladder, there were several giant chariots that took the opportunity to advance.

Chariot of the Chong!

This chariot is the largest type of chariot in the world. The one in front is not the largest, but it is also two meters high and several meters wide. The interior of the chariot is divided into three floors. Not only can it accommodate nearly a hundred soldiers, it is also equipped with heavy crossbows, poisonous arrows and heavy hammers.

The soldiers at the top of the chariot could jump directly into the city wall, while the soldiers at the bottom would dig through the walls and the ground to destroy the city.

Once they are allowed to successfully reach the front and a group of barbarians pour in, the Great Wall will be in complete chaos, and it is not impossible that it will be lost!
"set fire!"

Chen Sanshi gave the order calmly.

The torch basin was ready long ago.

Archers, including Chen Sanshi himself, began to use rockets with iron cages. They first ignited the oil cloth with torches, then drew their bows and shot arrows to attack the Linchong chariot.

But since the enemy dared to drive the chariot over, how could they be unprepared? The water dragon truck followed behind the chariot, and the arrows shot at it would be extinguished by a large amount of water before they could burn.

Fortunately, the water truck has limited capacity.

Under the rain of rockets that was like a sea of ​​fire, the two tanks were finally successfully ignited.

at the same time.

Catapults in the distance began to hurl large quantities of stones, and huge rocks fell like meteorites from outer space, smashing into the city wall with a bang. Within a few rounds, a huge gap was smashed into the century-old city wall.

Unless the warrior is at the minor level of blood training, anyone who cannot dodge will be smashed into meat paste on the spot.

Despite all the interference, one car finally managed to stop in front of the city wall.

The barbarian soldiers swarmed out one after another, but most of them were killed by a spear before they could jump out.

"Come on, rush them all!"

"He's alone!"

"The first one to reach the summit will receive the first reward!"

On the top of the city wall, those who came with Chen Sanshi to support were forced to put down their bows and arrows to help defend the ladders that were about to be lost. He was the only one in front of the chariot!
The barbarians burst out with amazing motivation, wanting to be the first to achieve great success, and rushed forward like beasts out of a cage.

Chen Sanshi showed no fear at all. He stood alone in front of the chariot. The spear in his hand was like flying snakes in the sky, so dense that there was no gap. Any barbarian who dared to stick his head out would have transparent holes on his body. After charging for five minutes, the exit of the chariot was filled with corpses, and no one could stand on the wall for more than two seconds!
"Get out of my way!"

A deafening roar was heard from the chariot. A burly man used his own soldiers as human shields. He took the opportunity to rush out of the chariot and approached the enemy, swinging the mace in his hand and hitting him on the head.

"Keng——"

The Zhenyue sword at Chen Sanshi's waist suddenly came out of its sheath.

Everyone saw a cold light flash, and the burly man who had reached the minor success stage of bone training had his head dropped to the ground. He was no match for him in one round!
"what……"

The barbarians in the chariot seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water. The idea of ​​making meritorious service was completely extinguished. The desire to survive surged in their hearts. More than a hundred pairs of eyes just stared at each other, marking where they were. No one dared to rush forward.

Instead, Chen Sanshi took the initiative to rush into the crowd, sweeping in all directions with the reed-leaf spear in his right hand, and reaping the fish that escaped the net with the Zhenyue sword in his left hand, killing people in a hurry.

I don't know who took the lead and shouted "retreat", but everyone rushed to jump under the chariot. If they jumped a little slower, there would be a bloody hole on their body. People in the chariot trampled on each other, causing countless casualties, and blood splattered everywhere, dyeing the chariot red.

It was at this time.

A horn sounded outside the Great Wall, and the barbarians called back their troops.

(End of this chapter)