More than a hundred ladders were knocked down in an instant, and seventy or eighty of them were knocked down in an instant. There were still twenty or thirty ladders, which were held tightly by the soldiers at the bottom. They were not pushed away from the city wall for the time being. The soldiers at the top of the queue hurriedly climbed up. In two steps, more than a hundred brave soldiers simply jumped onto the battlements, threw away the wooden shields in their hands, picked up their swords, and were about to chop down the Jin army below.
Seven, eight, or more than ten spears were concentrated on stabbing the leading warriors of the Qin army standing on the battlements. After all, they were not dead soldiers wearing heavy armor. Those leather armors were good at protecting against arrows, but they could not stop such attacks. Most of the people were stabbed with bloody holes before they had time to cut off the swords. They screamed and fell down the city. However, more than twenty people still jumped off the battlements, waving their swords and going crazy. They started to kill the nearby Jin army, and a melee broke out on top of the city.
Liang Cheng's brows were furrowed. At this moment, the archers were shooting at the Jin archers behind the city wall and did not directly support the city. He watched the enemy troops at the city head keep swarming up and their numbers gradually increased. However, it is difficult to secure our ladders at the top of the city. As soon as we get on top of them, they will be pushed down by the steel forks specially designed to prevent ladders from climbing a few feet.
After some brave men of the Qin army landed, they patted their butts and climbed up again. They did this four or five times without touching the edge of the city wall. However, the dozens or more than a hundred people who finally rushed to the top of the city wall, And because the number of people was too small and they couldn't hold on for long at the top of the city, they were hacked to death with knives and stabbed to death with random spears. Their corpses became weapons for the soldiers who were guarding the city. If they were thrown into the city, they would always knock down many people lying below. people.
Liang Yun gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Why do these idiots keep getting beaten more and more? Grandma, a lot of them were stoned to death in the front."
Liang Fei shook his head and said: "After all, there are thousands of people in the city. With the militia and strong men, the number is close to ten thousand. I'm afraid Liu Jinu has noticed that Beicheng is nervous now and has begun to send troops to support. Brother, do we want to do it too?" Are there more people to attack the city?"
Liang Cheng pondered for a moment and said: "Well, it seems that the five or six thousand infantry alone cannot attack the North City. As long as more than a thousand people defend the city, we will not be able to break through. Send an order to mobilize another five thousand heavy soldiers." The armored infantry come forward, the light-armored soldiers retreat and serve as support, and the heavy-armored soldiers go up to the city!"
Inside the sandwich wall, Xu Yuanlang watched coldly the changes in the enemy formation in the distance. They were now in the center of the city gate. A few words blocked the half-drawn small brick. From the outside, it looked like , no different from usual, even a few steps away, a ladder was set up here to attack the city.
At the city gate directly below, hundreds of Qin army infantry were slashing at the wooden gate with knives, but they were helpless against the entire doorway behind the city gate, which was filled with sandbags. Xu Yuanlang smiled slightly and pointed at the formation. More than 5,000 Qin infantrymen wearing iron armor slowly marched toward the city wall and said, "Yanzhi, it looks like the enemy is going to send out heavy-armored soldiers."
Yanzhi nodded and said: "Yes, it is difficult for them to climb the city like this with light infantry. The equipment is not good and they cannot stand at the top of the city. So now they have sent out heavy infantry, and we can no longer use militia." Deal with it, otherwise it will be troublesome if the city is lost, and we need to mobilize another 1,500 Shouchun elites to the city."
Xu Yuanlang frowned slightly: "Do you want to use a catapult to hit it now?"
Yanzhi shook his head: "It's not the right time yet. If five thousand people come to press us, there will only be more than ten thousand rebels under the city. There are not twenty thousand people. It's better not to expose this catapult."
Xu Yuanlang nodded and said with a smile: "It's up to you."
Liu Yu was sitting on the commander's platform. He heard the uniform sound of military boots hitting the ground and the sound of armor leaves clashing in his ears. He said slowly: "It looks like the thieves have dispatched heavy infantry."
Zhu Lingshi's eyes widened: "Qin thieves also have heavy infantry?"
Liu Yu nodded: "As long as there are equipment, you can have heavy infantry. The cavalry can dismount and fight on foot. They can also wear armor and heavy armor. Murong Nan said that among the rebels, Fu Rong's headquarters and Liang Cheng's The army has ten or twenty thousand heavy infantry, which can be used as the backbone during war and can destroy the city during the siege. They are the elite force of thieves. Now that they can be dispatched to attack the city, it shows that Liang Cheng feels that there is hope to capture Beicheng. ”
Zhu Lingshi nodded: "Commander, it seems that we fought well. We forced the thieves to use elite troops. However, how many people do you think the thieves came up? Can they withstand it? Do you want more people in the city? Send troops to support?”
Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand: "Why panic? Xu Yuanlang and Dao Yanzhi can't even use their catapults. Their strength is more than enough to deal with these thousands of heavy infantry. Just watch it. I want to see it too." What kind of tactics can Murong Nan, a genius like this, be able to come up with?"
With the dull sound of drums and horns, the light infantry of the Qin army under the city wall began to rub the sore parts of their bodies, supported each other, and began to retreat from the city wall with curses. The Jin troops at the top of the city cheered one by one. , threw the corpses of Qin soldiers directly from the city wall, and threw them all over the ground. At the base of the city wall more than two miles wide, there were almost half a foot high corpses piled up, and more than a hundred racks The ladders were swaying all over the place, and the five thousand archers were still firing arrows at the top of the city, but it was almost useless against the defenders at the top of the city who were holding wooden boards and shields.
There was another dull sound of drums and horns, and the archers stopped shooting and began to separate to both sides. A huge iron armored square was taking firm and powerful steps, with shields like mountains and long branches like forests, walking towards the city wall.
Bursts of arrows flew out of the city. Without the suppression of the archers outside the city, the archers in the city began to shoot at maximum speed. The black cloud-like rain of arrows washed away the advancing armored phalanx, but almost It cannot cause any harm to the Qin heavy armored infantry in the square formation.
These tall, burly, brave and strong warriors of the Qin Army, all with a few to more than a dozen arrows stuck in their bodies, shouted slogans, walked slowly towards the city wall with firm steps, and the eyes in their eyes were Flashing with murderous intent and with an unstoppable momentum, it looked like it was almost going to flatten the entire city wall.
There was a drumbeat at the top of the city. They had been shouting and cursing just now. The cheering militiamen leaned over and started to pick up stones on the ground. Those watermelon-sized stones were scattered all over the ground. They were the first wave of flying stones. The missiles left over from the stone attack now became a ready-made weapon for the city defenders. The militiamen shouted slogans, threw the stones with maximum force, and threw them into the iron armored phalanx under the city.
