On the morning of the fifth day, the horn sounded again from the city wall, this time the horn sounded particularly urgent.
Nie Chen did not dare to delay, and immediately led Weng Qiuchan and Nie's army towards the top of the city wall.
The entire city's army has also gathered and is ready.
After arriving at the city wall, Wang Hao said to everyone,
"The enemy is about to attack the city again. This time there are still only two to three thousand people on the other side."
Looking at the sparse enemy troops below, Ma Niubi said dissatisfied,
"What a big deal, just these few people are not enough to crack my teeth, let's go, let's go back to sleep."
Ma Niubao turned around to leave, but was grabbed by Nie Chen.
"Wang Hao will not summon an army for no reason. There must be something unexpected."
Wang Hao nodded and said,
"Second Master, according to the scout report, the enemy's cooking smoke this morning was three times higher than usual. Although I didn't see any large troops entering the camp, I suspect that the enemy's reinforcements had quietly arrived last night. Today, the smoke below The feint attack is to make us take it lightly, and the enemy will soon attack with all his strength."
"What you said makes sense. We have to prepare in advance. There is nothing to lose anyway."
Nie Chen immediately shouted,
"Come here, bring up all the arrows, rolling wood, and trebuchets. Get ready. The other defenders are ready to support the north wall and other walls at any time."
"As you command!"
As the order was issued, the whole city started to move, and soldiers carrying supplies could be seen running quickly everywhere on the road.
Soon, all the barbarian troops under the city launched a charge. Just like the previous times, two to three thousand people rushed forward sparsely, trying to avoid the arrow rain and the attack of broken crossbows as much as possible.
After the defenders moved around for a while, they hurriedly withdrew. The defenders on the top of the city laughed and cursed the barbarians for being cowards.
"Second Chief, how happy it is to hear them scold. Later, they will cry."
In front of the barbarian camp, the leader of a small tribe said to the beggar next to him.
Qiyan Song sneered and said,
"Today, we must break through Qingshui County, capture Wu Yanzu alive, and massacre the entire city!"
"The army leaves the camp and attacks the city directly!"
Qi Yansong led the tribal leaders to ride towards Qingshui County. All the 16,000 troops behind him were dispatched to kill them in a mighty manner.
After arriving outside the shooting range in the northern part of the county, Qi Yansong looked at the sparse and swaying defenders above and laughed loudly,
"Hmph, our strategy worked. The arrogant Feng Army did not take precautions. The whole army obeyed the order and kept pace. The front army took the lead in charging, and the middle army and the rear army prepared!"
"As you command!"
More than 5,000 former troops carried ladders and marched toward Qingshui County in a mighty manner.
The sparse defenders on the top of the city shouted in horror,
"No, the enemy is attacking the city again. Come quickly!"
"Come quickly, people, the enemy is here again, come quickly!"
Along with their shouts, sparse arrows were shot down from the top of the city.
Seeing this scene, Qi Yansong laughed proudly.
On the city wall, he squatted with his back against the female wall, rubbed his ears, and said with a smile,
"This brother's acting skills need to be improved. His shouting is too exaggerated."
Wang Hao squatted on the city wall, looked out, and silently calculated the distance.
Two hundred steps...
One hundred and fifty steps...
One hundred steps...
"beat!!!"
Wang Hao roared, and the archers on the city wall immediately released arrows, and the overwhelming rain of arrows was thrown towards the bottom of the city.
"not good!"
Seeing this scene, Qi Yansong was stunned. He stared dumbfoundedly as the arrows rained down like locusts, covering the sky and the sun.
Then he saw a dense crowd of people suddenly appear on the city wall, each holding a repeating crossbow, and they continuously pulled the triggers towards the barbarians who were rushing towards the city wall.
This was not over yet. Many huge stones suddenly appeared above the city wall, drawing graceful arcs in the sky and falling heavily on the people outside.
This is the position Wang Hao calculated.
There were more than 5,000 enemy troops, rushing over in a dense swarm. After the front ones rushed within a hundred steps, they gave the order to start fighting.
The trebuchets attack the target at 200 steps, the bows and arrows attack the enemy at about 150 steps, and the repeating crossbows on the edge of the city wall directly aim at the nearest enemy and start attacking.
In addition, there are broken military crossbows mixed in. One arrow can make a string of people, directly skewering people into candied haws and nailing them to the ground.
In this wave of attacks alone, at least two thousand of the five thousand people outside the city died, and the remaining formations were also beaten to pieces.
They didn't even touch the city wall, but they lost so many men and horses.
The remaining barbarians, after experiencing a brief period of shock, shouted again and launched an attack.
The barbarians are brave and will not become timid just because they have killed and injured too many of their companions. This will in turn arouse their desire to win.
The defenders on the top of the city stood ready and kept firing arrows outside, turning the enemies into a hornet's nest.
The barbarians braved the rain of arrows and rushed to the bottom of the city wall carrying the ladder. They set up the ladder, held the knife in their mouths, and climbed up with their hands and feet.
The crossbowmen on the top of the city, holding repeating crossbows, stretched out their heads, aimed at the barbarians on the ladder, and shot several arrows in succession, directly killing the barbarians above.
The barbarian fell down and smashed the barbarians below him alive.
For a time, screams could be heard outside the city. The barbarians trampled on the corpses of their companions, set their bows and arrows, and immediately fired arrows at the defenders on the top of the city.
They suppressed the defenders and created opportunities for friendly forces to scale the walls.
However, the defenders on the top of the city have the city wall as cover, but they are exposed in the wilderness. Unless they aim very accurately and are lucky, they can shoot to death a defender who sticks his head out, but the defender can easily shoot Kill them.
Seeing the tragic scene in front of her, Qi Yansong was furious and cursed loudly,
"The dog-eating Feng army is too cunning and insidious. They have already deployed heavy guards and are just waiting for us to rush forward!
charge! The Chinese army comes forward quickly, press forward, don't let the brothers in front become alone! "
"Pass my order. The first person to climb the city wall will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, a hundred sheep, and a jar of good man wine!"
"rush!"
Following Qi Yansong's crazy orders, nine thousand men from the Chinese army pressed forward. A few of them held wooden shields, but most of them rushed forward wielding machetes or holding bows and arrows.
But the nine thousand people did not rush forward all at once, but rushed forward in batches.
Some people rushed to the city wall, while others went to chop down the city gate.
The defenders' defense was so airtight that few people could rush into the city gate, and even if there were, there were very few. There were soldiers holding the city gate tightly, and the few people outside could not push it open.
The enemy does not have large-scale siege equipment and can only rely on human lives to fill it.
