Guiling Pass.
The east wall was filled with densely packed troops, as well as various weapons for defending the city such as crossbows, rolling logs, and stone hammers.
Beside the city wall, there are dozens of trebuchets, ready to attack the enemy attacking the city!
Nie Chen, Ouyang Ming, Liang Peng, Ma Niubai and others all stood on the city wall, looking at the enemy troops gathered below.
This time Anton's army came with 150,000 people, densely packed and spread out outside. At first glance, it looked like a sea of people, and it felt very oppressive.
However, there are also troops with the same number as them in the city. When the defenders of the city occupy natural dangers and have a large number of people, it is basically impossible for the siege army to defeat them.
Nie Chen knew this, and so did Ning Wushuang.
Therefore, Nie Chen is very relaxed and Ning Wushuang is very heavy.
He attributed the mistake in this matter entirely to the inaction of King Anton's intelligence department, because when he came, King Anton's people told him that there were only twenty or thirty thousand people in Weihu County.
But now it seems that there are at least 200,000 troops in the county opposite!
But it was hard to disobey the king's order. No matter how difficult it was to fight, Ning Wushuang had to fight hard.
Ning Wushuang stood on horseback in front of the army formation, looking at the towering city wall in front of her and the steep peaks on both sides.
I sighed in my heart.
Next to him, Qian Dafu came over on horseback and asked with a smile,
"Ning Shuai, why haven't you ordered an attack on the city yet?"
Ning Wushuang sighed leisurely, pointed at the city wall in front of her and said,
"Qian Jianjun, please look at the city wall in front of you. It is tall and straight, and the road is uphill. The enemy troops on the top of the city are densely packed. We don't know how many enemy troops are hidden in the pass. This battle will not be easy to fight."
Hearing this, Qian Dafu said leisurely,
"Ning Shuai is too timid to fight? Don't forget, the prince's order is to take back Weihu County.
Although the enemy troops are numerous, they are just grass bandits. Can An be able to withstand Master Wang? Ning Shuai, don’t be timid, our supervisory army is willing to beat the drum and cheer for you! "
Ning Wushuang sighed inwardly. This supervisor didn't know anything about military affairs. He just knew how to open his mouth and talk like a river. He had no idea how much advantage the defending side had in the siege.
But he was a supervisor and a relative of King Andong, with a very high status, so he had to attack the city.
Ning Wushuang shouted,
"The first corps, charge in formation, the trebuchets are ready to launch, the second corps, be ready to take over!"
Upon hearing this, the generals immediately took action and prepared to attack the city.
Seeing this, Qian Jianjun smiled and walked back on his horse.
As early as six days ago, he received a flying pigeon message from King Anton.
King Anton told him that Ning Wushuang had rebelled and surrendered to Nie Chen. Even Ning Wushuang's parents had been rescued by Nie Chen's people. He asked him to take over the military power immediately, capture Ning Wushuang alive, and send people to escort him back to the county. , and then continued to attack Weihu County.
But this news was suppressed by Qian Dafu.
He pretended not to know and continued to supervise the army.
Because he felt that Ning Wushuang might not have rebelled yet, so he endured it until today.
Sure enough, as he guessed, if Ning Wushuang rebelled, Nie Chen would have opened the city gate and let Ning Wushuang enter the city.
But that didn't happen.
Of course, this could also be a double act between Ning Wushuang and Nie Chen. He would have to continue to observe the specific situation.
At least, he is self-aware. Ning Wushuang's ability to lead troops is far superior to his. If he were to lead troops to attack Weihu County, he would probably be defeated 90% of the time.
Another 0.1% hope was that Nie Chen would die suddenly and suddenly, and that all the top brass in the army would die.
The first regiment of the Anton Army came out of the queue in a mighty manner, arranged neatly, and formed a square formation. The shield soldiers were in the front, the siege soldiers were in the middle, and the archers were in the back. They walked towards the city wall in an orderly manner.
When they entered the range of the bow and arrow, they began to charge.
Behind them, their own trebuchets also began to drop bombs, throwing stone bombs towards the distant city wall.
Because this is uphill, the trebuchet has to be pushed closer than usual.
After seeing that the trebuchet below was fixed and started dropping bombs, Liang Peng decisively ordered that his own trebuchet also started dropping bombs, and the target was not the enemy's siege army, but the trebuchet on the opposite side!
This tactic was learned by Liang Peng when he saw the trebuchets in Qingshui County accurately hitting their trebuchets when he was still under Liu Hu.
Later he learned that Nie Chen's trebuchets were designed and improved by him personally. Their range was far beyond that of ordinary trebuchets, and they were easy to aim and could achieve precise strikes.
This is simply a weapon to restrain enemy trebuchets!
Of course, this is a city defense battle. If it is a legion battle, the city-breaking crossbow is better to use.
Can be more precise.
There are twenty trebuchets outside the city and fifty in the city. On average, two or three are aimed at one trebuchet, which greatly increases the chance of hitting.
Some of the twenty stone bullets outside the city landed on the city walls, and some landed on the top of the city, killing a group of people.
However, the fifty stone bullets inside the city flew higher and further, drawing graceful arcs in the sky and hitting the trebuchet outside the city heavily.
With a crackling sound and the wail of broken bones and tendons, eighteen of the twenty trebuchets outside the city fell apart.
Along with the surrounding trebuchet operators, many were killed or injured.
The trebuchet operators never dreamed that they, who were responsible for long-range strikes at the rear, would one day be attacked by the enemy from a distance.
Seeing this scene, Ning Wushuang's eyes immediately widened, and the hand holding the reins turned white.
What kind of trebuchet is this? How could he still hit this far? !
The sound of war drums was still echoing, and the siege army in front roared and rushed towards the city wall.
Ning Wushuang immediately ordered to pull back the remaining two trebuchets.
The siege army rushed towards the city wall. At this moment, a dense rain of arrows shot down from the top of the city, falling mercilessly on the heads of the siege army like raindrops.
The troops in the middle suffered heavy casualties, but the troops in the front were lucky enough to escape the arrows, set up ladders, erected them on the city wall, and began to climb.
However, at this moment, dense crowds of heads suddenly popped out from the top of the city. Each of them was holding a repeating crossbow and shot them down.
For a time, there was an endless stream of screams.
"Where are the archers! Where are our archers? Hurry and suppress the enemy!"
When a squad leader saw that his brothers suffered heavy casualties, he immediately turned around and roared, only to find that a large number of the archers had died. There was a gap between them and the army behind them!
Once the follow-up troops are cut off, those in front will have no chance of rushing forward.
It’s over!
As soon as this idea appeared in the squad leader's mind, an arrow appeared in his mind, entering from the back of his head and emerging from his forehead.
