Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 628: As Solid as a Rock 2
A new day has begun, and the officers and soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army who closed the Yanmen Gate went to their posts in good spirits. The battle of the first two days can only be regarded as a warm-up. Now that the main force of the Xianbei Army is basically complete, the next moment is the decisive battle. .

At this time, everyone standing on the tower was expressionless. Facing the powerful enemy army, it would be a lie to say that they were not afraid. However, no matter whether they were veterans or new recruits, none of them would back down.

The military discipline of the Northern Xinjiang Army is strict. These veterans knew that they had only two endings since they went to their posts, either to die in battle, or to persevere until victory.As for the recruits, these concepts have not yet formed in their minds, but most of them have relatives who died at the hands of the Xianbei army, and their hatred drives them forward and never backs down. Furthermore, they are all children of the frontier , Which one is not a hot-blooded man, in front of the invaders, it is impossible for them to retreat.

"The Northern Xinjiang Army has enough equipment to defend the city. Now our army can only use the tactics of crowds to drag it down." Outside Yanmen Pass, in the Xianbei Army's position, the man in black explained to Ke Bi Neng: "Now we can only use our own tactics to defeat them." The method of attacking the enemy's weaknesses, although this will lose some sergeants, is beneficial to the overall situation."

"The wall of Yanmen Pass is so high that it is difficult for my warriors to climb up with ropes." Ke Bineng replied, "You have seen the battle some time ago. My warriors are very brave, but they often die halfway through the climb." It was hit, and now the wall of Yanmen Pass is so smooth, there are so many corpses of our warriors on it.

My warriors are not afraid of sacrifice, but I don't want them to die in vain. Sir, there should be a better way. If it is really necessary to take human life, I hope that my warrior's death will be more valuable. "

"Hehe, that's because you weren't prepared enough a while ago, and you didn't want to build siege equipment." The man in black sneered and said, "I ordered people to build some siege equipment in the past two days, and you will see them later. arrive.

These days we have finally filled the moat again, and then we don’t have to worry about it. Let the warriors attack the city with shields and scimitars. In addition, we have to send archers to cover. Only in this way can the enemy’s bows and arrows be suppressed. "

"The warriors of our army were already attacked by the enemy's archers when they attacked the city. Under such circumstances, how can our archers shoot? It will hurt their own people." Ke Bineng shook his head and said, "It will hurt you to do so." Chill the hearts of the warriors."

"Hmph, pedantic opinion." The man in black snorted coldly: "If our archers don't suppress the enemy's archers, then the enemy will shoot recklessly, which will cause even greater losses to our siege troops. .

Besides, as long as you make it clear to your subordinates and let them know that you are doing it for their own good, even if you accidentally injure some lives, it is better than dying at the hands of the enemy. Still have to be cruel. "

Not long after, the siege troops were ready, and the siege equipment mentioned by the man in black gradually appeared in the sight of the Northern Frontier Army.This time, the Xianbei army really came prepared. Not only was the number larger than any previous attack, but even the equipment was much stronger than before.

"Flying ladders, cloud ladders, rushing cars, flying hooks,,,,,," on the tower, Hao Zhao looked at the siege equipment of the Xianbei army below and snorted coldly: "There are quite a lot of preparations, it seems that the enemy is It's time to attack with three thousand knives and shields, pass the order, prepare spears, bows and arrows, and wait for the enemy to approach before attacking."

Hao Zhao kept staring at the Xianbei army in the distance. After he finished the arrangement, a group of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the formation of the Xianbei army. These cavalry were all holding bows and arrows. It seemed that they were also going to participate in the siege.

"Hmph, why did you change your strategy? Are you going to cover it with bows and arrows?" Hao Zhao stared at the thousands of cavalry and sneered, "I even killed your cavalry. The swords and shields that attack the city have shields, I think What do you archers have?"

After finishing speaking, Hao Zhao immediately ordered to deploy another five hundred shield soldiers and one thousand crossbowmen to deploy defenses. Since the enemy army wanted to use bows and arrows to cover, he had to take some protective measures on his side. Moreover, the enemy army was obviously going to attack today. Seriously, it's not enough to just place spearmen on the tower.

When the siege order was issued, thousands of cavalry whipped their horses and charged first. They bent their bows and set arrows one by one, throwing arrows at the city tower on the galloping horses. , or charge forward with siege equipment such as flying hooks.

Siege is not the specialty of nomadic tribes. Their current experience is based on the practice some time ago. At the beginning, they could only ride horses and charge towards the city wall with flying hooks. Although they can quickly approach The city wall, but the effect is not great, especially in the face of a tall city wall like Yanmen Pass. Even if they throw the flying hook up, when they climb halfway, the Northern Xinjiang army above can cut the rope with just a few swings of knives. Their previous efforts were in vain, and many sergeants of the Xianbei Army fell to their deaths in this way.

Now, these Xianbei troops already have some appearance, at least they still know how to carry shields to resist the enemy's bows and arrows.The cavalry who arrived first had already started shooting at the archers on the tower. The prairie cavalry was indeed powerful, but the quality of the bows and arrows in their hands was obviously inferior to that of their opponents.

"Why don't you ride your horse and continue to run, and shoot at the Northern Xinjiang Army during the movement." The man in black looked at the soldiers who stopped at Chenglou and shot arrows upwards and said, "Isn't this becoming a job for the Northern Xinjiang Army?" Target, how can we suppress the enemy army like this.”

"Sir, you don't know how difficult it is to ride and shoot." Ke Bineng asked coldly: "In this weather, it is not easy for my warriors to shoot forward while running. What do you think? Is it as simple as saying it with your mouth?

Running around the city not only has high requirements for the rider, but also for the horse. You don’t look at the potholed terrain under the city wall. The horse can’t run at all. If it runs too fast, it is very likely to fall. fall.

Cavalry shooting can only be projected at the speed of sprinting. I have prepared three teams of cavalry archers. Their task is to shoot, then shoot at each other, then retreat, and then the second team steps forward to take over and suppress the enemy. military.

If Benshe really thinks it's as simple as what Mr. said, wouldn't all the Han soldiers learn it quickly? My subordinates are working hard in the front. It's not easy for them. I don't want to hear any more words to ridicule them, sir. Be careful with your words. "

"So that's the case, well, I didn't think about it so much." The man in black nodded, apparently admitting his mistake, but after a while he said to himself: "It is rumored that Gongsun Xu once directed The cavalry under his command ran around the city when they were attacking the city. How did he do it.

Moreover, in the battle that took place in Jizhou some time ago, Zhao Zilong of Northern Xinjiang also commanded his white-robed army to do such a thing. Could it be that the riding skills of their subordinates are far superior to those of the grassland cavalry?This is not right, this is really strange. "

Most of the time, people like this man in black use their brains and then play tricks. They will never know how much effort those ordinary sergeants have to make when they say a word.

Without practice, where is the right to speak, and how will you know the difficulties if you don't experience it yourself.Ke Bineng's attitude just now was already very unfriendly, there was no way, he really couldn't tolerate such humiliating words.His subordinates are already working hard, and he cannot tolerate others mocking them behind their backs.

The siege troops have already approached the city wall, and the siege battle has begun.The sergeants of the Xianbei Army set up ladders, flying ladders and other equipment on the city wall, and a dozen or dozens of people below carried shields to support them, while the rest of them climbed up with scimitars biting on their shields.

The archers of the Xianbei army did not retreat, they continued to shoot. Although there were occasional arrows that accidentally injured their own people, there was no way, at least they had suppressed the enemy's archers to a certain extent.

"Throw rolling stones and thunder wood." Hao Zhao ordered: "Smash them to death, don't let them climb up."

The sergeants on the tower threw down the stones or logs that had been prepared long ago. At this time, there were dense crowds under the tower. As long as these rolling stones were thrown down, several people would definitely be hit.

"General, there are too many ladders in the enemy army, and there are too many flying ladders." A captain ran over and said, "We can't push them away, and we can't cut them off in time..."

Hao Zhao stared at the densely packed ladders on the city wall, and then ordered: "Tie the stone mill with a rope, swing it back and forth, break the ladder, prepare gold juice, prepare a big meal for the enemy, in short, don't let them climb up. "

Almost without a pause, Hao Zhao gave several orders one after another, all of which were measures to deal with the current situation. The stone mill hit the ladder while swinging. , Many ladders have already been stepped on and broken, and now with such a smashing, many ladders have been broken.

After the golden juice was boiled, it was poured down immediately. Those Xianbei soldiers would inevitably have to free up one hand to grab the ladder during the climbing process, which would easily be burned by the golden juice. Impossible to climb up.

Hao Zhao indeed seized all the weaknesses of the siege troops to attack, and many of the sergeants carrying shields were smashed to death.They may still be able to carry a stone weighing more than ten catties, but when a stone weighing tens or hundreds of catties falls, their shields are smashed open. How can they resist it?

The first wave of siege troops did not climb the city wall in the end, and the cavalry archers had limited cover. Moreover, doing so also consumed arrows. After more than an hour, the Xianbei army's rear finally blew the horn to retreat.

If the current Xianbei army is like a huge wind and waves, then Yanmen Pass can only be said to be a rock in the wind and anger of wolves. No matter how these huge waves hit, Yanmen Guan will never waver in the slightest.

Hao Zhao looked at the enemy army resting in the distance, and the second wave of siege troops who were about to advance, and he ordered coldly: "Hurry up and replenish the rolling stone thunder wood, the enemy army will rush up soon, hurry up, Lift the dead and wounded down, everyone cheers me up, the Xianbei army is nothing powerful, you see, they can't climb the tower, in front of you, they will only be losers, don't forget your promise, Blood debts are paid in blood, and you will never die."

(End of this chapter)