The addition of two thousand fresh troops made the battlefield situation more complicated and difficult. The city gate was sealed by fire, and Annan's army would not be able to break in for a while. However, the city walls on both sides did not have so many constraints. The ladders in the front row were burned, and the following troops passed through. After crossing the blockade without conscience cannons, the ladder was set up again.
Densely packed Annan army ants attacked the city. Bows, arrows and fire guns were fired from above and below the city. From time to time, soldiers from the Survival Brigade screamed and fell from the top of the city. They fell into the Annan army formation and were trampled to death by countless big feet. Got minced meat.
An archer from the Survival Brigade used up the arrows on his back and raised the explosive bag to throw it down. An Annan gunman discovered him. With the sound of the gun, the soldier's chest burst with blood and he staggered. , the figure disappeared from the crenel.
"I don't want to die! I don't want to die! Wuwuwu." A young soldier held his head in his hands and huddled in the corner crying. His own firepower was suppressed by the enemy. Although the heartless cannon was powerful, the enemy had already mastered the trick. As long as they pass through that area quickly, casualties can be minimized, and Zheng Zuo ordered the soldiers not to crowd together and spread out as much as possible to reduce the lethality of the explosives.
This move worked really well. The two battalions behind them only suffered one round of bombings when they broke in, losing only 200 people. Most of the soldiers successfully passed through the thunder cannon area.
"Stand up for me! What the hell are you crying for? If you don't fight, the Annan people will attack. Everyone will die, and your family will die too! Do you all want to be like me, and your whole family will die? Stand up and fight with them!" Wang Qi grabbed the young soldier and shouted loudly into his ear.
The young soldier didn't know whether he really realized the seriousness of the problem or was frightened by Wang Qi's fierce look. He suddenly picked up the stone beside him and threw it at the Annan Army who had just emerged from the crenel.
A long scream was heard, and the Annan soldier fell directly from the ladder.
"Pour the gold juice! Roll logs and stones and smash them down to kill them. Don't let them climb the city!" Gao Heng ran back and forth at the top of the city, shouting to the soldiers.
With a crash, a bucket of freshly boiled golden juice was poured down from the top of the city, hitting the Annan soldiers on a ladder. Although the name of golden juice sounds nice, it is very disgusting. In fact, it is to collect the excrement of people and animals, add some other poisons to it, boil it, and pour it directly onto the city.
This thing can't kill people directly, but it can seriously burn people, and because there are a lot of bacteria and toxins in the excrement, in ancient times without antibiotics, this was a deadly poison. The wounds of those who were infected would not heal at all, and would fester in less than a day. Eventually, the wounds would rot, become infected, and die. The wounds would be extremely painful before death, and it could be said that they were painful to death.
"Ah!" A long series of wailing sounds sounded. The Annan soldiers on the ladder were like candied haws, their skin and flesh were torn in a short time, and they fell off the ladder in series. They covered the burned area and rolled over. Some people thought He took off his armor and clothes, but the gold juice flowed in through the gaps in the armor, scalding the skin that was not exposed.
Rolling logs and stones fell like raindrops. The defenders were not short of these. They demolished many houses, so there was no shortage of wood and stones for the time being. They dropped them from the top of the city and relied on their own gravity to hit the Annan soldiers. Vomited blood and died.
"Spike! Release!" Lu Tao commanded the soldiers around him. Several soldiers from the Survival Brigade released the hemp ropes in their hands, and the wolf-tooth bat connected to the other end suddenly fell. The so-called wolf-tooth bat is a piece of heavier wood topped with iron nails, iron caltrops and other spiked objects. The object, using its own gravity to fall from the top of the city, can pierce bleeding holes all over the body of an entire team of people on the siege ladder and knock them off the ladder.
I saw a siege ladder being directly hit by a wolf-fang shot. The wood rolled around the Annan soldiers. Seven or eight enemy soldiers were bleeding all over and fell down with screams. They happened to land in the crowd of follow-up troops. Teammates The spear in his hand became a murder weapon to kill his own people.
The Annan soldiers were pierced by the spears of their own people, and they were directly skewered like meat skewers. They howled miserably, with large blood clots protruding from their mouths, and they could not survive.
"smoke bomb!"
Dozens of sword players picked up clay pots and bottles from the ground and threw them down the city. These special smoke bombs were mixed with various pungent powders. As the yellow smoke rose, quicklime was also exerting its effect.
"Cough cough cough cough." A violent cough sounded, "Eyes! My eyes can't see!" Quicklime fell into the eyes. The more you rub it with your hands, the more painful it will be. If you use clean water to clean it, the quicklime will fall into the eyes. It will boil directly and cause permanent blindness. The unaware Annan army was instantly surrounded by gray bottles. The rising yellow smoke obscured the sight of the archers and gunmen behind them, and they began to shoot aimlessly and randomly.
"Damn it! Why are these ants so tenacious?" Zheng Zuo, who was at the rear, was a little irritated. He thought this was going to be a quick and easy battle, but he didn't expect that it turned out like this. His side had suffered more than a thousand casualties. The casualties on the other side were definitely not small, but they refused to retreat and used endless methods to defend the city. How could a group of civilians have such fighting power.
A commander of the Four Town Soldiers couldn't stand it anymore. His team was on the front line of the siege, and more than half of it had been killed or wounded. If the attack continued, he would be alone. Originally, he was considered a brave general in the Annan Army. , when he heard that there was a reward of ten taels of gold, he didn't care much. He fastened his helmet tightly, held the steel knife in his mouth, used his hands and feet together, and rushed up the ladder in a few steps.
Several close men behind him knew what he was capable of and immediately came over to hold the ladder. A Ming soldier appeared on top and was about to throw down the stones. The soldiers below immediately turned the ladder over. Qi Chang used the ladder as a shield and climbed up the other side. The highest point.
The ladder flipped to the front again, and Qi Chang was suddenly brave. He jumped up to the top of the city and encountered a sword and shield soldier. Qi Chang didn't care much and kicked the big shield. This man was short in stature and had explosive power. But it was enough. The sword and shield soldier took a few steps back and fell to the ground. Before he could get up, Qi Chang followed up and struck with his sword.
The sword penetrated through the mouth and passed through the back of the head. The sword and shield soldier didn't even hum, and just collapsed like mud. He drew the knife with a long, sharp stroke, and blood spurted all over him. "Hahaha, the ten taels of gold are mine!" Qi Chang laughed wildly, as if he had already seen the ten taels of gold waving to him.
Stimulated by the gold, he had a strong fighting spirit and knocked down several archers one after another. In the battle to defend the city, the most terrifying thing is that the enemy opens a breakthrough. Once the enemy troops swarm the city, the enemy may use this breakthrough to continuously increase their troops and eventually defeat the defenders' defense line.
Now, the Survival Brigade was facing such a situation. Qi Chang killed several people and gained a firm foothold. The soldiers that followed continued to climb up the city from the ladder. In an instant, there were more than a dozen of his own soldiers behind Qi Chang. The Annan soldiers fought fiercely with the sword and shield men at the top of the city, and the left wall was immediately in chaos.
"Damn it, the enemy is coming to the city!" There were loud shouts of killing at the top of the city. Gao Heng looked over and broke out in a cold sweat. He was directing the battle directly above the city gate. The city was crowded with people, so he couldn't Leaving the command position, he watched helplessly as something went wrong on the left wing. At the critical moment, Lu Tao wielded his two swords and rushed into the Annan team like a whirlwind, killing three or four people in succession before he stabilized his position. The sword and shield soldiers behind him worked together to form a shield wall with their shields, trying to capture Annan. People push back.
The Annan people below were not fools. Of course, they also saw the changes here. The army began to move to the left wing. Everyone wanted to use this breakthrough to open up the situation. The Annan soldiers continued to climb up the city, and the Survival Brigade Sword players formed a formation to resist, and the two sides were in a stalemate for a while.
The Annan archers and fire musket soldiers below didn't care much anymore. They approached the city and fired arrows and muskets as hard as they could to suppress the defenders at the top of the city. They saw that the thin defense line of the sword players was about to be unable to withstand Annan. In the face of the attack of soldiers, Lu Tao was also ready for a decisive battle with the enemy.
Suddenly, an angry shout came from my ears: "I call you grandma! Damn it, I'll fight for it!" A tall and thick man, who was also a veteran brought by Gao Heng from Zhennanguan, lit a door with a torch next to him. The fuse of the Crouching Tiger Cannon, then roared, and actually picked up the Crouching Tiger Cannon with his bare hands.
Wu Rong shouted: "Sledgehammer! What are you going to do!"
The big man separated the crowd, rushed to the front, and pointed the muzzle of the Tiger Crouching Cannon at the Annan people who rushed to the city. With a bang, the Tiger Crouching Cannon loaded with loose cannons suddenly fired. The big man was shocked by the huge recoil. He had to fly backwards, his ribs were broken, blood spurted from his mouth, and he looked like he was going to die.
The Annan people were in dire straits. The Tiger Crouching Cannon firing at such a close range was equivalent to dozens of shotguns firing at the same time in later generations. They were directly blasted from the top of the city by the artillery, and dozens of them flew upside down and fell out of the city. The thumb-thick cannon shot penetrated the human body one by one, and one lead shot could penetrate five or six people.
The strange man at the front turned directly into minced meat, and the red and white bits and pieces stuck to the sword player's shield.
Taking advantage of this moment, Gao Heng pulled Wang Qi to his side and said, "You are in charge for now!"
"General, what are you going to do?" Wang Qi asked.
"Counterattack! Continuing the fight like this is not an option. There are hundreds of spearmen under the city. I want to take them out of the city to counterattack! You can call in another 300 people from the other three gates. Quick!" Gao Heng said.
"General, this is too dangerous." Wang Qi said.
"Execute the order! Remember, there is only one leader on the battlefield!" Gao Heng stared at Wang Qi and said, then turned and walked down the city.
"Iron caltrops! Bring all the iron caltrops!" Gao Heng ran down the city wall and gathered the five hundred spearmen below the city. On that day, he found nearly a thousand iron caltrops in the military camp of Tuo County defenders. This thing was cast and It's not difficult, but they have a small number of craftsmen on hand and no time to develop molds, so they can only collect the caltrops first to prepare for emergencies.
Gao Heng rushed to the city and immediately ordered a few soldiers to take all the caltrops with their mobile phones. "I will lead you out of the city to fight back. We can't keep entangled like this. We have few people and cannot withstand the Annan people's wheel battle. Remember, you are at the back of the team and you must protect the iron caltrops. These iron caltrops are bigger than you. Your life is still important." Gao Heng told the soldiers.
These are soldiers from the reserve camp. They are older and not as impulsive as young people, but their tempers are calmer. Gao Heng said this. Although they don't know why, they also know that the general is not joking. Tens of thousands of Annan soldiers are there. Outside the city, if they can't survive this time, no one in the city will survive. It doesn't matter if they die, but they don't want their families to fall into the hands of the enemy.
One person nodded and said: "General, we understand. Don't worry, we will protect these bags of caltrops."
Gao Heng grabbed the spear beside him, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers! The enemy's offensive is too fierce. If we can't open up the situation, we will all die. You must die or live!"
"Live! Live!" the spearmen roared.
"Well, as the art of war goes, you must risk your life and survive. Charge with me and rush out of the city. While the enemy is in confusion, we can counterattack and push the enemy back. Remember, he who advances can never retreat. He must fight to the death. Come on! Charge with me!" Gao Heng picked up his spear and rushed out with a single stride. Following him were civilian spearmen brought from Yuan County. In front of the new soldiers, they were considered veterans. Gao Heng took the lead, Everyone felt that their chests were going to explode. Even if a man lives for the rest of his life, he must die spectacularly.
"Kill!" Shouts kept coming. The Annan soldiers outside the city were confused. All their attention was focused on the siege battle. The fire in the city gate gradually extinguished. The Annan people were about to turn around and attack the city gate again. Who would have thought Hundreds of spearmen rushed out of the black smoke.
"This!" Zheng Zuo's pupils in this formation shrank suddenly. He couldn't believe his eyes. Why, why? How dare these civilians? Even though there is no advantage in numbers, how dare you go out of the city to fight back?
The Annan soldiers outside the city were caught off guard. A lion led by a sheep is a sheep, and a sheep led by a lion is still a lion. Gao Heng took the lead and stabbed with a step forward. An Annan archer in front of him who was blocking the way was directly pierced through the body. Gao Heng didn't even look at it and threw his body away.
With two snaps, the big gun in Gao Heng's hand swung left and right twice, deflecting the weapons in the hands of two Annan soldiers who were flanking him. After this period of practice, Gao Heng was completely familiar with the use of the long gun. The rifle with a bayonet still feels a little different. As a special forces soldier, Gao Heng's adaptability is his biggest advantage. In fact, among cold weapons, the long gun is a relatively basic entry-level weapon. When Gao Heng uses it now, it even feels better than You have to stab someone with a bayonet.
"Go to hell!" Gao Heng roared and sent out his spear, nailing the two enemy soldiers to the ground one after the other.
