Not long after, round stones two feet long were thrown out by the trebuchet on the siege vehicle, flying high into the sky towards the city.
"Dong, dong, dong," as for the Star Army, seeing the enemy formally attacking, two heralds immediately shouted to the crossbow gunners on both sides of the city: "All defenders."
"Speed up," Yijun took advantage of the chaos to attack the city. This was within Lan Xu's expectation, but also beyond Lan Xu's expectation. Originally, he didn't expect those ferocious beasts to be so effective, causing chaos in the city for a time. , but he thought that Yi Jun would probably take advantage of the chaos to attack. Now Yi Jun's behavior was in line with his guess. What surprised him was that Yi Jun's siege methods were very effective.
Seeing that the Yi Army's siege vehicles were already being used, there was no time to think too much. Lan Xu knew that the trouble in the city must be solved as soon as possible and redeployed.
But because of the trouble caused by those ferocious beasts, the situation on the city was already very unfavorable to them. With their mobility limited, it was difficult for the Star Army, who had just returned to their respective positions, to react in time in the face of the attack from the enemy siege vehicles.
After Lan Xu gave the order, the crossbowmen quickly returned to their original positions one by one, then pulled the crossbow to aim at the direction of the siege vehicle and shoot. It was easier to hit the huge siege vehicle when it stopped in place, but the crossbow had to be fired. The power will be reduced when it is more than 100 meters away. Sometimes a crossbow arrow cannot destroy a siege vehicle.
"Bang, bang, bang," then, those stones fell from the sky and hit the city wall. The stones themselves fell into pieces. Not only did they destroy the city wall, but the scattered stones were also extremely lethal to the Star Army on the city. , the huge impact sound was mixed with the screams of many star troops.
They had just returned to their original position from the chaos caused by the ferocious beasts, and now they were hit hard by the siege engines. It was completely unable to resist the Star Army. Because of the fear of being hit by rocks, the morale of the Star Army on the city weakened again.
At the same time, the Star Army who had been guarding the city knew that the enemy had begun to attack the city in a large scale, but they did not know the specific situation on the city below. Only the flying rocks in the sky kept impacting their will.
In particular, wounded soldiers continued to be sent down from the city, which affected the mood of many Star troops. However, before receiving orders from above, they could do nothing but continue to wait.
The news of the battle between the two armies at the city gate has already attracted the attention of many city residents. The Yi Army came to conquer the Star Army saying that it was to help them regain their homeland. However, these civilians were very afraid of the Star Army. With conflicting emotions, they did not dare to openly help the Yi Army. The army can only adopt a wait-and-see attitude.
A quarter of an hour later, the several hundred meters long city wall was smashed into tatters by flying stones. Some of the crenellations were completely smashed, injuring many star troops and further dampening their vigor.
When the Yi army used siege vehicles to attack, many star troops were unable to do anything and were still on tenterhooks. Morale would naturally be weakened. Fortunately, after the ballistae crews resettled, they used the remaining ballistae to destroy nearly half of the siege vehicles. Many Yijun were also injured.
Now there are not many forts left above, and there are not many siege vehicles below that can be used. The time to attack the city comes in an instant. Ruan Qiling gives another order, and the infantry in front of the Yijun formation hold round shields and carry ladders. Rushing towards the city.
Hundreds of columns rushed forward, like a black cloud moving rapidly, overwhelming the sky. At the same time, the Star Army archers who had just experienced a stone rain attack and were hiding behind the city were under the instructions of the general above. They all stood up and after confirming that the Yi Army no longer used siege vehicles, they quickly found the bows and arrows they had put aside or carried on their backs and shot at the Yi Army.
After the Wing Army entered the shooting range, arrows flew straight towards the Wing Army below, but compared with the beginning, the Star Army's arrow attack was no longer intensive.
On the other hand, there were too many people in the Wing Army, and the momentum seemed to give people a strong sense of impact. Time was tight, and the greatly reduced number of Star Army archers kept releasing arrows without the need to aim at all.
"Ah," one by one Yijun fell to the ground, wounded or dead, and more arrows hit the shield held by Yijun.
The sound of "ding, dong, dong, dong, dong, clang" suddenly became one, and the star army kept shooting, but it seemed that the wing army never decreased, so that the archers were a little nervous after several rounds of shooting, standing beside them The infantry were also very nervous, and the massive wing army made them feel unstoppable.
In addition, due to the two attacks in front of the Yi Army, many opponents in the city were in chaos. Stones, rolling logs, corpses of the Star Army, and corpses of ferocious beasts that had not been dealt with in time were scattered randomly. There was no complete passage for people to move around. Even the entrance to Nadeng City is blocked by objects.
Now, while guarding against the coming of the wing troops below, we are sorting out things on the city and rushing around. The morale of the Star Army on the city continues to decrease, and the psychological impact caused by the Yi Army on the Star Army in the past few days has not completely disappeared. Under the influence of various factors , the star troops in the city have no morale at all.
Compared with ordinary soldiers, the generals on the city are not much better. They all have serious faces. The attack of the Yi Army is far more fierce than they imagined. It is really a question whether the number of star troops on the city can stop the Yi Army. problem, so Lan Xu has sent an order to mobilize troops for support.
But before the reinforcements arrived, some Yijun had already run to the bottom of the city, and a ladder was set up on the city wall. Together with the Yijun who had been waiting at the bottom of the city, the Yijun officially ascended the city.
Due to the obstruction of the passage on the city, it is difficult for the follow-up personnel of the Star Army to arrive in time. No matter how frequently the Star Army originally threw stones and rolled logs down on the city, there are still many wing troops climbing from the weak defense areas of the Star Army. Come up.
After those wing troops came up, they directly caused great interference to the nearby star troops. Whether they were archers or ordinary infantry, after the wing troops came towards them, they could only stop their original movements and turn to fight with the wing troops who had already boarded the city. The army fights.
Under the influence of each other, more and more Yi troops came to the city. As a last resort, the archers threw away their bows and arrows, and instead drew their swords and fought head-on with the Yi troops who came up.
Those Yijun who climbed onto the city were not all low-level martial arts cultivators, but also included Yijun officers. Naturally, they came up to cause a greater blow to the Star Army in order to create convenience for the Yijun below.
However, there are also many officers in the Star Army on the city, and their targets are those officers of the Wing Army. If the momentum of the Wing Army cannot be prevented, more places on the city will be lost.
Relatively speaking, there are currently more Star Troopers on the city. After the officers of the Wing Army come up, they can freely kill the Star Troops, causing widespread chaos and causing many Star Troopers to be unable to continue to prevent the enemy troops from climbing the city. Therefore, the number of wing troops coming up is increasing.
Because the Star Army's support was not timely enough, even though there were so many objects on the city that could be used to block the Wing Army from climbing the city, more and more Wing Army troops climbed onto the city.
Not long after, many places in the city were lost, and the Yi Army and the Star Army officially started fighting.
As a last resort, Lan Xu had already retreated to the city with some generals, waiting for personnel to report the situation at any time.
After receiving the news that the Yi army was attacking the city in large numbers, Lan Xu calculated the time and felt that the Yi army had attacked the city too fast. It is not difficult to imagine that during the charge, the Yi army suffered few casualties. Less than they expected.
After frowning and asking the herald to stand by, Lan Xu quickly considered how to deal with the current situation.
There were some generals waiting around Lan Xu. They didn't think there was any problem with the Yi Army rushing too fast, because they all thought that after the reinforcements came up, the Star Army would be able to block the Yi Army's momentum, but they didn't. The thought of reinforcements was hard to come by.
Therefore, Lan Xu's reaction after receiving the military information made them suspicious. They didn't know what Lan Xu was thinking, but they just felt that Lan Xu was not as calm as before.
Without considering the attitude of the general below, after analyzing the current situation, Lan Xu discovered that the Yi army first used ferocious beasts to attack the city, and then used siege vehicles. In fact, the purpose was not to kill many star troops, but to attack the city. Chaosing their arrangement will make it difficult for them to exert their true strength, so that the Yi army can naturally climb the city wall faster.
To put it simply, the enemy attacked with ferocious beasts first, which can be said to be a surprise, and then used siege engines to make them irresistible. Both attacks were very effective in destroying the morale of the Star Army, and even disrupted their original efforts on the city. The layout and their poor defense were the main reason why the enemy army was able to attack so quickly. It is not that the Yi army is really brave.
There are many omissions in the city now. Even if support is sent there, it will not be able to work quickly. The key now is to clear the channels in time.
After all, the number of Yijun on the city is always limited, but they can guarantee sufficient strength. As long as the support is timely, they may still be able to block the charge of Yijun, but that can only delay the attack. Now that the city wall has been damaged in many places, Yijun It is not difficult to reach the city.
Just fighting with the Yi army on the city does not give them hope of victory. He must also try to control the number of casualties on his side. However, he has no clue in this regard. After thinking about it, Lan Xu only feels that he has never tricky.
