As a result, there are more than 200 active personnel left in the city, serving as a backup fire brigade to support various defense lines at any time.
In the evening, the enemy army completed the encirclement and launched an attack.
Facing the densely packed enemy troops, the defenders on the city wall were calm and calm, without too much nervousness, simply because the defenders' equipment was so sophisticated.
Not only did they wear armor, they also prepared a large and small shield each, and the small leather shields were always tied to their arms to deal with the enemy's arrows at any time.
The garrison in the south of the city only had 200 people, but these 200 people were divided into two parts.
Half of the defenders, relying on large shields for defense, stood ready at the edge of the city wall and near the arrow stacks, ready to meet the enemy individually at any time. The remaining half formed teams of five to form twenty squads.
Each team consists of a shield bearer, a main attacker, and three defenders.
The only task of the shield bearer is to hold up the shield to protect the safety of his comrades and block arrows fired from dense directions as much as possible.
The main attacker is well-equipped with all weapons and is responsible for dealing with the enemy troops who climb the city wall.
The remaining three defenders, holding a long-handled wooden fork together, could overturn the enemy's ladder at any time.
As for the chains and other equipment for climbing the city wall, the other half of the defenders are responsible.
Ning Hu led six Tianjiying guards and twenty Beixi soldiers to guard the city gate.
Because of the number of people, changing arrows will never replace the opponent. Therefore, Ning Hu still focuses on defense. Once the enemy archers start shooting intensively, they will directly give up the counterattack and stick to the city. Once the enemy stops shooting, Ning Hu's officers and men will Will launch a counterattack and shoot the enemy troops attacking the city.
In order to learn the plot as soon as possible, Qin Feng did not hide in a safe zone like other generals. Instead, he wore heavy armor and stayed on the front line under the protection of a large shield.
When the enemy army was less than 200 steps away from the city wall, Qin Feng immediately ordered: "Catapult, attack!"
The messenger next to him immediately hit the big drum hard, twice, and then stopped. This was the signal for the catapult attack.
The two catapults located under the city wall cut the ropes at the same time, and waved their huge swing arms. The boulders weighing thousands of gold were thrown out, drawing an arc in the air, and smashed heavily outside the city. The position of left and right steps.
These carefully prepared stones were too heavy, and the hastily made catapults were not strong enough at all. Therefore, the effective attack range was very short, and could not last more than 250 to 300 steps. It was not even as far as some walking bows.
But even so, the catapult still showed a terrifying suppressive effect.
boom! boom!
Accompanied by two loud noises, a boulder weighing a thousand kilograms slammed into the soft soil. Although it had huge kinetic energy, it did not roll out.
The enemy troops rushing in front were all frightened and screamed when they saw the huge boulder smashed in front of them.
They had long known that there was a siege equipment called a "catapult", but this was the first time they faced it. Seeing huge rocks falling in front of their eyes, one can imagine the psychological shock.
The soldiers in the vanguard were scared out of their wits, but the soldiers in the rear were ignorant and continued to advance.
When the army advanced to less than 150 steps from the city, two more boulders flew out of the city.
All the vanguard soldiers located directly in front of the boulder's flight path and within a hundred steps were in chaos. They rolled and crawled to escape in both directions.
"Run!"
"Damn it, why is there a catapult in Changshui County?!"
"Damn it, you're running too slow, or you'll get smashed into pieces."
The leading soldiers dispersed in a swarm, and even the supervisors in the second row were unable to restrain them. The soldiers in the rear had no idea at all.
boom! boom!
After two loud noises, the boulder smashed heavily into the enemy's line. The result was as you can imagine. More than a dozen soldiers were smashed into a pulp on the spot, and a deafening howl immediately sounded from the scene.
"Throw... a catapult?!"
"Why didn't the general tell us that there was a catapult in the city?"
"Spread out!"
Just as the enemy infantry were crying for their fathers and mothers, the supervisors scattered in the front line had already revealed their butcher knives, beheaded more than ten people in a row, and roared: "Those who are timid will die!"
"Attack quickly!"
Under the supervision of the supervisors, the enemy infantry who were in a mess had no choice but to run towards the city wall.
They knew very well that those boulders would draw an arc in the air, so the closer they were to the city wall, the safer they would be.
The infantry stopped conserving their strength and ran towards the city wall. As a result, they only focused on avoiding the catapults but ignored the defenders on the wall.
Almost as soon as they approached within a hundred steps, the two bed crossbows on the city wall made a terrifying "stretching" sound.
When an ordinary crossbow shoots an arrow, it will make a slight "whoosh" sound as the bow string vibrates.
But the sound made by the bed crossbow was a low "buzz".
The four-foot-long arrow had no intention of stopping after hitting the enemy, and directly pierced the three enemy soldiers in the rear into candied haws.
The bed crossbow made by Qin Feng is called "Three Gong Crossbow". As the name suggests, it is composed of three specially made bows.
Two large bows are placed forward, and one large bow is reversed, further increasing the power of the bed crossbow. The entire bed crossbow has the power of "twelve stones". It rotates on the axis, opens the bow arms, and has a range of more than 700 steps.
Because it uses a rotating shaft to fire the bow, only five people can control the bed crossbow, and the reloading speed is greatly increased, but accordingly, the range power is also reduced.
After all, there are fewer soldiers controlling the bed crossbow. Even with the combined strength of three people, they cannot pull the shaft to the end and cannot exert the full power of the bed crossbow.
According to the normal number of people operating the twelve-stone bed crossbow, at least twenty people are needed to fully unleash the power of the bed crossbow.
But even so, the damage caused by the bed crossbow is still astonishing.
Giant arrows kept flying into the enemy camp.
The dense formation is convenient for advancement, but it becomes the best target for crossbows, which are often shot out with one arrow. You can kill several people in a row without having to aim at all.
Catapults and crossbows launched counterattacks at the same time, and the enemy's formation was in chaos.
When the enemy rushed within fifty steps, the defenders on the city wall immediately fired with their rifles. Without the need to aim, the archers' lethality was greatly improved.
The enemy troops fell one after another. When the first enemy soldier rushed under the city wall, the entire army was in chaos.
The captains and supervisors of the military governors ran back and forth, trying to maintain their morale. Unfortunately, under the shocking offensive of catapults and crossbows, the morale of these elite soldiers in the capital was close to collapse.
The frontline generals knew very well that this first wave of main attack had failed.
Even if the soldiers rushed forward, they would be unable to launch a decent offensive...
