When it comes to war, the most dangerous thing is a siege!
And it’s different from what many people imagine.
In ancient times, siege warfare in the true sense was actually rare.
When facing the defenders who stood firm in the city and vowed not to surrender.
The attacking side will often use methods such as siege, deprivation of food, sewage, spreading rumors, and even creating plagues to create chaos for the defending side, waiting for them to collapse without attack.
Only in rare circumstances will a city be stormed despite huge casualties!
Just like those epic city defense battles in history!
It is precisely because it is too rare or too tragic that it can be recorded by historians and known to most people.
Of course, most Chinese historians have some romanticism in their temperaments.
Rather than describing the bloody reality truthfully, they prefer to find some touching highlights buried after the war to narrate according to their own wishes!
For example: the iron-blooded general who fought until he lost every soldier, but was finally captured and committed suicide with a sword.
Another example: a hero who was defeated and left. After experiencing many hardships, he finally led his troops to take revenge and take back everything.
However, no matter how historians try to embellish and whitewash it.
War is war! History is history!
The weight of history lies in the fact that it is not just a sentence recorded in a book!
But it is a real thing that really happened in this world!
In one sentence, those who attack the city will be killed four or five times out of ten!
Later readers may read it indifferently, but at most those who are sentimental may sigh: Ah, it turns out that the losses during the siege were so great!
However, how many people have thought that the fallen four and five were actually living lives, and they also existed in this world!
Ten years of ignorance, ten years of growth, and finally a bright future, but he has fallen under the city, helplessly turned into a wisp of wronged soul!
Perhaps until the last moment of their lives, they did not understand the purpose of doing this and what it was for!
"Charge! Anyone who retreats! Supervise the team to kill! Anyone who lags behind! Supervise the team to kill! Anyone who hesitates! Anyone who is in the same team will be killed! Both are regarded as military merits!"
Li Zhen's army's attack on Ningcheng started suddenly at dusk, and as soon as it started, the attack reached fever pitch!
The densely packed advance team carried the simplest ladders and a few improvised siege equipment, and rushed towards the city wall of Ningcheng crazily!
Behind the vanguard is a long row of supervisors armed with ghost-eyed swords!
The vanguard team, as the name suggests, is the first to attack!
In many armies, the vanguard is made up of death row prisoners, prisoners, and even strong men!
In order to let these people die obediently...ahem, that's not right! In order for them to work hard to attack the city, in addition to promising huge profits, there must also be a supervising team behind the advance team!
If there is someone in the team who is afraid and wants to escape, then he will be greeted by a sharp blade!
"The first person to climb the mountain will be rewarded with a thousand acres of fertile land! He will be promoted to the sixth level!"
Li Shitou wore a red cloth and stood in the vanguard and roared at the top of his lungs!
At this time, anything about everyone being equal and equal distribution of land, get the hell out of here! No one would want to make a wedding dress for someone else! If you want these people to work hard, you must give them the motivation to work hard!
"Capture Ningzhou City! There is enough food in the city! Otherwise, no one will have food to eat tomorrow!"
Li Shi was still shouting fiercely, but unexpectedly, a thunderbolt above his head knocked back all the words in his throat!
Less than a hundred steps away from him, a familiar fireball appeared again! The only two siege vehicles left were immediately engulfed by the fireball, and a powerful shock wave swept over them, shaking countless people unsteadily and almost falling to the ground.
Gradually, when the fireball dissipated, there was no trace of the siege vehicle in the open space. Along with it, there were dozens or hundreds of vanguard members nearby.
There was only a huge, charred, deep pit left on the spot, with traces of green smoke coming out of the pit, as if to accuse the tragedy that had happened here!
"This is just a cover-up used by the enemy! It's a lie! You are all blessed by the King of Heaven! You are not afraid of demons! Keep charging! After the city is broken, you are allowed to search for three days, and everything you get does not need to be confiscated!"
His ears were ringing, and the whole world in front of him became blurry, but Li Shi still held up his body with the knife and roared at the surroundings!
"boom……"
On the city wall, five barrels were spitting flames one after another.
With every loud noise it makes, the dense crowd in front of the city will definitely make room for the boss!
However, there are too many enemies attacking Ningcheng!
There are so many that the dog feels a little desperate!
Even though he can kill fifty or even a hundred people with one shot, the enemy has eight hundred or one hundred people!
Moreover, people are not lining up, waiting for you to blast them. As the crowd disperses, the damage that can be caused by this shot is also rapidly reduced.
"Kill!"
Accompanied by the shouts of killing, soon the first wave of people rushed to the city!
They frantically used their weapons to attack the closed city gates, and tried to climb up the city wall through simple ladders. Some even took shovels to dig a big hole under the city wall and drill into the city from the ground.
Seeing this, the soldiers and common people on the city wall also became furious. They picked up the stones and wood that had been prepared and smashed them down from the top of the city without their lives.
And with every stone falling and every log rolling down, a long series of screams would be heard from below the city wall!
"Quick! Push the ladder away with the push rod!"
On the top of the city, a fat county magistrate wearing an ordinary armor, like a jacket one size smaller, was sweating profusely, pointing at a ladder set up on the top of the city, jumping and cursing!
But don't think that these siege ladders are like ordinary ladders. They will fall down instantly with just a slight push.
In fact, the tops of the siege ladders will be tied with strong iron hooks. Once they are set up on the city wall, it will be difficult to push them even if a few strong men hold wooden poles, let alone push them with their hands. !
And this is the simplest ladder! Like a specially made siege ladder, not only is there an iron hook on the top, but there is also a counterweight tied with a rope in the middle, and the root is supported by a beam made of giant wood. You don't even have to think about overturning it with human power alone!
Fortunately, after Li Shi's attempt to commit suicide, all the siege ladders in Li Zhen's army were destroyed, leaving only these simple wooden ladders.
A few men at the top of the city were holding the putter, and after hissing and exerting force, the long wooden ladder broke into two pieces and fell backwards with a click.
On the wooden ladder, a dozen rebels who had just climbed halfway were thrown into the air, like old hens, swinging their arms in fear, trying to fly, but in the end, they were still like pieces of lead falling, desperately heading towards The ground fell heavily.
