Qi Rusong smiled and said with some pride: "It's just some defensive measures."
"It's caltrops!" Su Xun seemed to see the clue at a glance and said directly.
Seeing that he had been exposed, Qi Rusong simply stopped hiding it: "Yes, it's an iron caltrop. I ordered people to plant it near there two days ago. The purpose was to catch the Khitan people off guard."
Obviously, Qi Rusong's plan was successful. The caltrops, which were as big as eggs and covered with sharp thorns, almost instantly disabled the ability of more than two hundred Khitan soldiers to charge.
When the Khitan soldiers who followed did not understand the situation clearly, they were so frightened that they hesitated to move forward.
Almost at the same time, hundreds of crossbowmen on the Kunyang city wall also raised their bows and arrows. Following the order of a captain, hundreds of sharp arrows suddenly made bursts of sound, heading towards the paused The Khitan military formation that was in place flew away.
Soon, someone in the Khitan military formation reacted and quickly shouted: Raise your shield.
But it was obviously too late. Almost as soon as he shouted those two words, sharp arrows fell like raindrops, instantly killing dozens of Khitan soldiers who had no time to evade.
The other Khitan soldiers hurriedly raised their shields, but just as someone was about to raise their shields, the second wave of arrows from the Wei army came again.
Dang, dang, like chopsticks poking tofu, the arrows easily penetrated the leather armor on the chests of dozens of Khitan soldiers and penetrated their bodies. One arrow even directly nailed a Khitan soldier to the ground.
In panic, the Khitan army formation began to become a little chaotic, and many people even turned around and ran away to the rear.
However, as soon as these people retreated, a group of more than a hundred cavalrymen from the Khitan army at the rear immediately rushed towards the dozens of people who were fleeing, and without saying a word, they slashed with their swords.
The leader of these more than a hundred cavalry was none other than Mr. Yelu Zhe. At this time, he had a face like Yama, waved his scimitar and pointed at the chaotic army formation in front of him and said: "Keep charging at me, it's just a trick used by the Wei people. Just use your toes to walk, and anyone who escapes will be killed without mercy!"
After hearing Yelu Zhe's words and his scimitar that was still bleeding, the chaotic Khitan army seemed to have calmed down again.
Soon, the Khitan army gathered again and slowly advanced towards the city wall.
Only this time, Yeluzhe simply sent out four or five groups of covering cavalry and started firing arrows at the city wall in turn, making it impossible for the defenders to raise their heads.
Soon, the siege troops safely passed through the iron caltrops position set up by Qi Rusong, and due to the slowdown in their marching speed, they quickly saw through the traps set by Qi Rusong's men and began to approach the city wall infinitely.
Looking through the gap in the shield, looking at the Khitan soldiers who were already close at hand, Qi Rusong clenched his fists tightly.
He originally imagined that the two trap systems he deployed could kill at least five to six hundred Khitan soldiers.
But now, they have only killed more than a hundred Khitan soldiers and injured more than 200 others.
Looking at the soldiers who were still like locusts, swarming towards the city wall, Qi Rusong couldn't help but feel his throat rising.
The disparity in strength in this battle was so great that he even felt in his heart that there was no possibility of winning this battle.
Soon, the Khitan soldiers had rushed to the foot of the city wall. Yeluzhe, who was in the distance, saw this first and couldn't help being overjoyed. He laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, you see, those Wei people only have so much ability."
Immediately, he waved his hand and said loudly to the thousands of Khitan soldiers who had mounted their horses behind him: "Look at it all. The Wei people's city wall is at best a thin layer of mud. When the siege troops cut down the wall again, After opening the gap, you can follow me and rush into Kunyang City. When the time comes, whoever grabs it, whether it’s gold, silver, jewelry or women, will be the one to grab it!”
As soon as Yelu Zhe finished speaking, the thousands of Khitan cavalry behind him instantly boiled with roars, shouts of killing, and the sound of swords hitting shields.
Thousands of pairs of eyes were staring at the direction of the city wall like hungry wolves, seemingly ready to charge forward with their horses and whips at any time.
However, just when these thousands of pairs of eyes were fully ready to charge, a scene that caught people off guard occurred.
Everyone was shocked to see that the siege soldiers who rushed to the city wall waved their scimitars and slashed at the newly built city wall by the Wei people. However, no matter how hard they tried, not only were they unable to cut the gap in the city wall, Not even a tiny bit of debris could be chopped off.
The more than a thousand Khitan soldiers who were attacking the city were dumbfounded. Some seemed unwilling to give in and continued to chop with all their strength, but there was still no result except for their scimitars to curl and their arms to feel numb.
The newly built city wall by the Wei people actually looked like it was made of iron.
A few miles away, Yelu Zhexian, who was ready to lead his troops to charge, was equally astonished.
Obviously this result was something he didn't expect.
"What's going on? How is this possible? How did these Wei people do it? They only had two days, how could they build such a strong city wall?"
However, no matter how much Yelu Zhe didn't believe it, it was the fact. He saw with his own eyes that the scimitars in the hands of his soldiers even chopped down the scrolls, and the newly built city wall by the Wei people was still as stable as Mount Tai.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Yeluzhe had an inexplicable feeling of being played, which made him furious. Then he roared loudly, "This must be just a cover-up trick by the Wei people. This wall must be able to be broken open. All Listen to my orders and charge with me!"
After that, Yeluzhe waved his scimitar and took the lead, rushing towards Kunyang City. Almost at the same time, thousands of Khitan cavalry behind him also heard the sound and quickly followed.
Thousands of war horses stepped on the ground, making the ground rumble with overwhelming momentum.
Soon Yelu Zhe rushed to the city wall, kicked away a soldier without saying a word, and then slashed wildly at the city wall with his sword.
A series of crisp impact sounds came from Canglanglang. Yeluzhe's arm was sore and numb from the shock, but he was surprised to find that the scimitar left nothing behind except a string of sparks on the city wall.
At this time, because Yelu Zhe came to the city wall in person, the Khitan rangers had stopped shooting arrows.
This immediately allowed the defenders on the city wall to get up and launch a counterattack.
Soon, the first wave of dozens of arrows shot down from the city wall, directly killing more than twenty Khitan soldiers.
Immediately, the Khitan soldiers below the city wall raised their shields to block, but their positions seemed a little panicked. Many Kunyang defenders saw the opportunity and fired another wave of arrows, and dozens of Khitan soldiers died on the spot.
Seeing this situation, Yeluzhe seemed to realize that the situation was not good, and immediately shouted loudly: "If the city wall can't be penetrated, everyone get on the ladder!"
Following an order, hundreds of Khitan soldiers in the rear immediately set up dozens of ladders that had been assembled overnight.
Seeing this, Qi Rusong's pupils immediately shrank to the minimum.
