The arrows flew down in dense numbers, like a heavy rain in the sky.
These rebels were slightly stronger than Lin Ye expected.
Lin Ye thought that if they were shown the cruelty of war, these people would be afraid.
In addition to the reason that they are not afraid yet, another reason is that there are too many rebels. Once they get close to the city and accumulate there, they will not be able to retreat.
A ladder was raised high and moved towards the city wall, and the defenders' arrows were immediately aimed at it.
As if being hit by a ball of arrows, those holding the ladder turned into porcupines.
A rebel soldier looked up with a pale face and saw only a black dot coming towards him.
In the next breath, his face was pierced by two feathered arrows. One arrow penetrated into his cheek, cut a slit on his tongue, and then stuck it into his throat.
Another arrow shot him through the cheek.
Before he could even shout, his voice was stuck in his throat.
Immediately afterwards, another arrow penetrated his eye socket, and another arrow penetrated his forehead bone.
The ladder fell down, and the people behind it were too dense to hide. After being smashed down, they were trampled by countless pairs of feet.
If it hadn't been for this scene, no one would have seen what it looked like for people to be trampled to pulp.
Someone was wearing rattan armor, and the rattan had been trampled to pieces. Under the rattan, blood and flesh were like mud, squeezed out when stepped on.
As more and more rebel soldiers gathered under the city, the defenders on the city wall began to pour boiling water down.
Wu Lingwei's soldiers made a simple small riprap cart and put the water basin on a stand to boil. After it was boiled, the people in front pressed it hard and the stand poured out the water.
The howl of a person who was splashed head-on with boiling water would be so miserable.
Lin Ye reached out and grabbed a piece of cloth to cover his mouth and nose. There was a dung basin next to him.
He took out an arrow, dipped it in the dung basin, and then shot it out.
Almost all the defenders on the city wall did this, even if some of them didn't understand why they did it, and some thought they did it just to disgust the rebels outside.
People were dying with every breath, and definitely not just one person.
In this case, the person's face was distorted and even more terrifying than that of a hungry ghost.
Those who were scalded by boiling water and rolling were trampled to death, and others were squeezed up.
After Lin Ye shot out an arrow, he drew his knife and put down the wolf fang hanging in front of him.
The heavy board, which was more than seven feet long and three feet wide and covered with spikes, fell heavily.
Several people in the city were immediately overturned. When the defenders struggled to pull up the wolf fang, there was a piece of skull hanging on the adjacent nails, and there was also a sticky piece of The hair fell off the skull.
A ladder was set up on the city wall, and the rebel soldiers climbed up using their hands and feet.
When they were only halfway up, the ladder was pushed away by the scratching hook, and the rebel soldier at the top jumped down while shouting.
He hoped that someone could catch him, but his wish was just a wish.
After landing, his leg was broken and he screamed. Someone reached out and gave him a hand. Before he could pull him up, both of them were pushed over by the crowd behind him.
These people don't know anything about formations or how to attack a city.
There is a supervising team behind them, and they must either die forward or die behind.
From early morning to sunset, there were so many corpses on the ground that they were piled half as high as a person.
Under Lin Ye's command, pots of oil were poured down in the setting sun, followed closely by torches.
The piles of corpses were set on fire, and in an instant, the burning smell spread out.
The smell of burnt meat, the smell of feces, the smell of blood, the smell of sweat, and the smell that comes from someone who is frightened. All kinds of smells are mixed together to make this smell outside the city. The smell is so bad that if even a trace enters your nostrils, you can't help but want to vomit.
When the sun was about to go down, the rebels finally retreated. Several battalions of troops died outside the city, but those who survived seemed to have won. When they ran back, someone behind them shouted: Voice.
Lin Ye slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
There is a moat outside the city, and many people swim back and mix with the corpses floating on the water.
The moat couldn't stop the rebels. There were so many of them that they could swim across the moat and even build wooden bridges regardless of casualties.
The area from the moat to the bottom of the city wall is where the largest number of corpses are piled up. It is still burning and black smoke is billowing.
It was tragic, but this was just the first wave of the rebel offensive.
A general like Tuoba Lie who has experienced hundreds of battles will quickly adjust his siege tactics.
The reason why he used human lives to fill it up at first was just to test how Yangzicheng's defense was.
He doesn't care how many people die, how many people can die in this battle?
Ten thousand? Twenty thousand?
"child."
Tuoba Lie looked at the battlefield in the distance and said with a heavy tone: "Did you see it? That is the battlefield."
Tuoba Ningxiu nodded: "Father, the child has seen it."
Tuoba Lie said: "It's my fault that I haven't taught you personally for so many years. This time, I'm here to teach you how to fight."
He turned around and ordered: "Ask Gu Wansheng to come over."
The soldier responded immediately, turned around and ran out to deliver the order.
Half an hour later, General Gu Wansheng hurried from his camp and saluted immediately as he approached.
Tuoba Lie bowed his hands to show that he did not need to salute, and then asked: "What do you think of the battle to attack the city today?"
Gu Wansheng said: "Come back to the general, the city defense is strong, the weapons are ready, and the troops are sufficient, so if we attack like this, it will be difficult to be effective."
Tuoba Lie asked: "If I leave the siege to you, what will you do?"
Gu Wansheng said: "Soil work."
He pointed in the direction of Yangzicheng and said: "Now that the weather is getting warmer and the ground has thawed, earthwork is completely feasible. Tonight, my subordinates will stop the troops from digging trenches and approaching Yangzicheng."
He said loudly: "Although Yangzicheng has a moat, the river is not too wide. We can divide our troops to go upstream and use earth bags to cut off the moat so that the water cannot pass through."
"Then dig more trenches here and release the water from the moat in the main attack direction. This will be more conducive to the deployment of troops."
"If building carts and battering rams are to be used in the future, draining this section of the river will also help the equipment get closer to the city wall."
"The only disadvantage of doing this is that it takes time. It may take many days to complete. Moreover, when the two wings of troops block the river, the loss of troops will be huge."
When Tuoba Lie heard this, he looked at Tuoba Ningxiu: "Have you learned it?"
Tuoba Ningxiu leaned over and said, "I remember it, kid."
Tuoba Lie said: "To attack such a strong city, there is nothing wrong with using human lives to pile it up, but it depends on how to pile it up. Starting tonight, you will follow General Gu to learn soil engineering tactics."
"yes!"
Tuoba Ningxiu bowed down.
At night, Gu Wansheng gathered a team and asked the Dongbo and Guzhu people to dig ditches.
All ditches cannot lead to the other side of the city wall, but must be dug in a winding way like a snake crawling.
Moreover, the depth of the trench should allow people to bend down and run, and should not be too shallow.
Outside the city, dust suddenly flew up.
On the city wall, Lin Ye raised his clairvoyance and looked outside. Outside the range of the heavy crossbow, there was a fire burning into the sky.
Under the light of torches, dense crowds of people were working, and the smoke was like thick fog.
Feng Xiu put down his clairvoyance, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
"General, it seems that Tuoba Lie wants to dig the trench all the way down to the city. They have a large number of people. If they keep digging like this, it will only take a few days to dig through the trench."
He said: "If I were Tuoba Lie, I would first go upstream to block the incoming waterway, then divide my forces to cut off the river water in the south of the city, dig more trenches, and drain the river water on this side of the main attack."
Having said this, he raised his clairvoyance and looked again: "If they get close to the city and cover the trench with a big shield, and they continue to dig deeper in the trench, they may even dig in from under the city wall. Although it may not be big, but We also have to guard against it.”
Lin Ye asked: "Now that you have seen through it, how do you think you should deal with it?"
Feng Xiu said: "They dug, and we dug too... and dug an isolation ditch inside the city wall. In this way, if they really planned to dig a tunnel into the city, they would be blocked in the ditch when they came out."
Lin Ye nodded.
The water in the moat was diverted from a large river in the north of the city.
Now that Yangzi City was besieged from all sides, there were no troops stationed on the upper reaches of the moat, and even if there were, it would be meaningless.
Tuoba Lie didn't care about the life or death of those rebels. He could have sent troops to fill the moat with human lives.
"General."
Feng Xiu said: "Once they can really release the river water, and then deploy their troops, there is a high possibility that they will be attacked on the city wall."
Lin Ye nodded.
Feng Xiu added: "My subordinates think that it is better to use sandbags to separate the city wall at a distance of three feet. After the separation, even if the enemy attacks some places, they will not be able to move quickly if there is a wall between them." Expand the scope of the occupation, and we can also mobilize our troops to push them back."
Lin Ye hummed.
Feng Xiu is an elite member of the Dayu Geling Martial Arts Academy. When it comes to strategies for winning by surprise, he must not have as many clever ideas as Lin Ye.
But in this open-face offensive and defensive battle, what he learned was enough for him to make correct judgments.
Feng Xiu said: "We still need to prepare fire attacks. It is best to be farther away."
He pointed to the bottom of the city: "If the rebels dig a trench to the bottom of the city regardless of the cost, and their ladders are stuck in the trench, it will not be so easy for us to push it down again."
He suddenly remembered that before the archer fired the arrow, Lin Ye asked the archer to dip into the dung basin.
"General, I'm wondering if we should collect the feces in the city and throw them all into the moat?"
He said: "Although it may not be 100% effective, as long as it is effective, it may turn the tide of the war."
Lin Ye laughed.
He asked: "Has Geling Martial Academy ever taught such a fighting style?"
Feng Xiu smiled and shook his head: "That's not true, but a leader must spend a lifetime fighting and learning a lifetime. I have been following the general for several years. Even if I am a serious person, I still..."
Having said this, he looked at Lin Ye, and then scratched his head in embarrassment.
Lin Ye said: "I'm not as good as you when it comes to things like this on the battlefield, so don't hesitate next time if you have any ideas, just tell me directly."
He turned around and ordered: "Pang Panghai, take Wu Lingwei's battle flag and hand it over to General Feng's soldiers. From now on, the troops in Nancheng will be commanded by General Feng."
Lin Ye said: "I will cheer you up."
Feng Xiu: "General..."
Lin Ye waved his hand: "There is no need to refuse. You are blocking the main attack direction of Tuoba Lie's personal army. This matter can be boasted for many years."
He said: "I can't boast about this bullshit, but I can help you boast bigger."
