Looking down at the city.
The same tense atmosphere filled everyone's hearts.
No matter the defenders.
Or the Huns.
When trying to attack the city for the first time, Yi Zhi Xie and Yu Shan were not completely sure, so they could only rely on the moves they had learned from the Han people they had absorbed.
The siege has been going on for seven or eight days.
In these days, the plundered Han people were working hard to fill the sand and soil, and if they slackened, they would fight with weapons.
There were almost over 10,000 Han people taken captive. The Huns robbed basically all the villages that could be robbed nearby. If they wanted to rob, they would go to the back of Wangping City.
That's not far from Xiangping.
The Huns did not dare to go deep before they captured Wangping. Otherwise, under attack from both inside and outside, even if they could run, they would suffer huge losses.
"Zuo Tuqi, I think we should try something today. Those Han people are also consuming food, so why not let them consume the Han army's arrows!"
Inside the battalion commander, King Zuo Guli Yizhi said to Yu Dan in a deep voice.
As Zuo Tuqi, the prince of the Huns, and the candidate for the next Shanyu, Yi Zhixie obviously wanted to obey him, so he did not dare to make any suggestions.
Yu Shan listened and couldn't help but nodded. There were more than ten thousand Han people, and they were consuming their food every day. Although the plundered villages provided a lot of food, those were used to feed the prairie warriors.
Yu Shan slapped the table: "Okay! Come here, order the Han people to carry their soil and approach the city. Anyone who dares to resist! Kill!"
"Hahaha, yes!"
Yi Zhi walked out of the battalion commander with a slanted smile, selected more than a thousand prairie warriors, escorted and forced more than 10,000 Han people to carry the soil and move forward.
He personally led more than a thousand prairie warriors behind him, but if there were any escapees, he would directly kill them with the force of thunder.
Ordinary people had no room to resist. If they stepped forward, they would die, and if they stepped back, they would die. Heavy despair weighed on all the captive Han people.
"The thieves are moving!"
"Clang clang clang!"
A series of announcements and warning sounds sounded on the Wangping city wall. The defenders stood up from the city wall where they were resting, holding crossbows and looking down warily.
"To the west of the city wall, the bandits will gather on the west side of the city wall!"
"Each department must abide by its position and do not move lightly. County captain, go to the west gate to add more troops!"
"Ah, No!"
The Wangping County Lieutenant was so nervous that he could hardly speak out his nervous words. Fortunately, the soldiers around him still knew how powerful they were. After whispering a few words, they snatched the military talisman from the County Lieutenant's hand and began to mobilize the garrison in the city.
Looking to the west of Pingcheng.
More than ten thousand Han people rushed towards the city with red eyes. They might survive if they moved forward, but they would definitely die if they retreated.
On the city wall, the garrison generals also discovered that those who attacked the city wall were a group of ordinary people, but no one let go of the crossbows in their hands. In a life-and-death situation, there was no mercy!
"A man with a hundred paces near the city shoots an arrow! There must be no mistake!"
"promise!"
"promise!"
"promise!"
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The messengers kept running back and forth on the city wall, each group, each team, each team, one after another, promised.
They didn't care that the people under the city might be their relatives or friends. The military order had been issued and they were all enemies in front of them.
"Ah!! Grandpa, grandma! I don't want to die!"
Among the Han people below the city, a young man burst into tears. He rushed forward with a bag of sand on his back, hoping that the arrows that could take his life would be shot at others.
Whoosh——
"Well--!"
Unfortunately, the gods did not favor him. Almost a hundred meters before he hit the city wall, dozens of arrows headed towards where he was. Six of these dozens of arrows hit him accurately.
Blood flowed down, and the young man's clenched fists slowly opened up unwillingly. Behind him, countless feet stepped on his body. He felt nothing, and his eyes were pitch black.
Yi Zhixie led more than a thousand grassland warriors and hung them a hundred meters away from the Han people. The nearest city wall was six or seven hundred meters away. This was a place where the city wall defenders could never shoot. He watched with satisfaction as the city wall continued to move downwards. Downpour of arrows.
He also listened to the miserable howl that sounded like celestial music to his ears.
If any Han people were frightened and ran away, he would shoot arrows with a grin on his face and kill them as if they were killing chickens to scare the monkeys.
There were not many people, more than a thousand, but it was more than enough to stop the Han people at the back.
Under the towering city wall, bags of sand and soil were thrown over and piled up to form a slope. Although the height of the slope is not yet a threat to the soldiers on the wall, if the slope continues to be piled high, there will always be danger. When we can reach the city wall.
The city wall defenders were shooting more and more frequently, because there was no need to aim at all, and the city was densely packed with people.
"Captain! What should we do? We can't deal with so many people with just bows and crossbows. Why don't we let the rocks roll?"
A general asked, wiping the sweat from his head.
The man called the captain waved his hand decisively: "Fire oil! Rolling wood! Rolling stone!"
"put!"
"Where's the crossbow? I'm aiming at the prairie man over there. Fire a few arrows!!"
"Put the hammer down!"
"Let the rock roll!"
"Get ready for fire oil!!"
"Bed crossbow ready!! Target Hun cavalry!"
The messenger broke his leg while running on the city wall, gasping for air.
Rumble.
The city is already a hell on earth, yellow, white and red.
As the rolling stones and wood fell, the Han people were heartbroken, but what was waiting for them was far from that. Pots of heated and melted animal fats were heated and melted from the city wall to the bottom. The high-temperature fats were already burning without being ignited. lethality,
The wails and screams were all immediately drowned by the flames.
Buzz——
A hum that resounded across the battlefield.
An ox crossbow operated by dozens of people worked together and fired an arrow fiercely at Yizhi Xie. Immediately, the second arrow of the second one, and a total of two ox crossbows on the west wall, were fired one after another at this moment.
Unfortunately, the oxen crossbow had already lost its accuracy at a distance of six to seven hundred meters. One arrow was nailed dozens of meters away from the Hun cavalry, while the other arrow passed several meters above the head of the Hun cavalry.
The sudden ox crossbow startled Yi Zhixie. Although the crossbow arrows did not hit them, such a long range still made him feel dangerous.
"withdraw!"
With a shout, Yi Zhixie led more than a thousand prairie cavalry back. As soon as he retreated, the frightened Han people also cried and moved away from the city wall.
The people under the city wall dispersed little by little, leaving only corpses on the ground and a few piles of sandbags piled several meters high. It was extremely dangerous. You must know that the wall of Wangping City is only seven meters high. The height, if the Huns came here again, their horses would be able to step on the city wall. (p1)
Fortunately, the Huns retreated, and the trapped Han people also retreated. The defenders on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief. After the battle, their bow and crossbow hands were trembling, and the arrows were consumed. There are countless arrows.
After running away, the first thing Yi Zhixie did was to gather the fleeing Han people. They were so useful. Before he left, he had already seen the height of the piles under the city wall. As long as he did it again, it would not be difficult to attack the city wall. !
After referring to a lot of literature, if ancient city walls are not considered fantasy, they are generally seven or eight meters high. Even the tallest Chenghai Tower in Shanhaiguan Laolongtou, the first pass in the world, is only 14 meters.
The existing Xi'an Ming City Wall is only 12 meters high. Note that it is a Ming City Wall.
Therefore, with the manpower of the Western Han Dynasty, the height of the city wall was already at the limit of eight meters, and this was still the height of the city wall at the border. The Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty was even lower in the information I checked, only six meters. I thought I had checked it wrong.
(End of chapter)
