Chapter 162 Shu Middle Gate

He Wuji is famous for his ability to command the army. Five thousand of the two thousand troops under his command are the elites personally brought by him in the Beifu army, and it is these 5,000 people who constitute the core force of He Wuji's army.

With the rumble of the drums, 3,000 troops slowly walked towards the wall of Badong County, and He Wuji personally led a large army to press the rear.

Although the stones in the first two days caused some damage to the city wall, they did not shoot deep for fear of accidentally injuring the people, so the damage of the defenders was not great, which also indicates that the war has just begun.

Badong County is close to the river, so Qihong cut a moat under the city, which was a good protection, but since the Jingzhou navy ruled the water surface, the moat has lost its function.

Under the protection of the land friendly army, the Jingzhou navy brazenly blocked the river, and then threw stones into the river on the boat, filling the moat in a short time.

Without the protection of the moat, Badong County became like a woman undressed, waiting for the Jingzhou army to be lucky. I hate my brother so much that his teeth are itchy, but there is nothing he can do.

The long-range weapons on the wall have almost been destroyed. In long-distance situations, the defenders can only rely on bows and arrows to defend.

Three thousand Jingzhou troops are marching like a huge turtle shell. Two soldiers protect each other, one holding a shield and the other carrying a ladder. Among them, there are also a thousand archers. Once they reach a suitable distance for backfire, the archers will cover other brothers to attack the city.

This is actually a tentative attack. Next time, He Wuji will send out heavy weapons.

With the shout of the general, the marching Jingzhou soldiers suddenly accelerated their pace and quickly rushed to the city wall. Once the army runs, it is bound to be unable to maintain its formation, which gives the defenders an opportunity to take advantage of it.

When Qi Hong, standing at the head of the city, saw the opportunity, he immediately ordered to shoot arrows.

There are far more archers in the city than in the city. With the dense arrows thrown into the sky, the sky is also dark.

In this case, although the Jingzhou army was well protected, many people were still exposed from under the shield and were immediately shot down by the rain of arrows in the city.

At this time, the archers of the Jingzhou army also reached a distance that could shoot upwards. Under the protection of the shield, they also began to arch and reflect on the city.

You should know that this kind of reflection is very disadvantageous, and if the cavalry shoots outside the city, the effect will be different.

For a while, under the city, arrows rained. Although both sides suffered casualties, the main attacking side still suffered more damage.

Under the counterattack of the archers in Jingzhou, the arrow rain on the city fell, and the Jingzhou soldiers carrying the ladder saw the opportunity, immediately rushed up, quickly raised the ladder, and climbed up like an ant attached to the city.

Without the stone attack in the first two days, the defenders' defense would obviously be much tighter than now, but after losing the protection of the city stacks, the defenders did not dare to explore at all, otherwise they would have to be shot by the arrows from the city.

However, it was not difficult for Jia Hong and Jia Mingzi. The two ordered the organized Minzhuang to throw the stones thrown in by the Jingzhou army in the first two days from the city. With the stones and rolling wood, they could be thrown away from the wall, so as to avoid many casualties, and even if they were injured, they were all the people in the city.

After all, 3,000 people and horses are too small to achieve the endless effect at all, and under the counterattack of the defenders, the casualties of soldiers are also increasing exponentially.

He Wuji, who was watching the battle far behind, looked blankly at the offensive and defensive battle in front of him. When he saw countless people who were driven away to help defending the city, he couldn't help sighing.

Since ancient times, our emperor is still a little too natural.

"Mingjin"

With He Wuji's order, the soldiers in charge of attacking the city retreated like a tide, and He Wuji grabbed 3,000 archers to cover his brother's troops.

In the first attack, the Jingzhou army lost nearly 1,000 soldiers.

He Wuji ordered the First Army to return to the camp to rest and treat the injured. At the same time, he wrote a contribution to the general of the First Army, which made the general panic. The city was not beaten down. Why did he make contributions?

Of course, He Wuji can't tell him that this is his own plan. With the casualties of more than 1,000 brothers, Lu Qiang will not blame him for hurting the innocent.

There is no doubt about He Wuji's loyalty to Lu Qiang, but this does not mean that he has no independent opinions or that he has no intention.

He has proved his ability with the Battle of Baidi City before, and as the vanguard of this battle, he will also take Badong County before the Lu strong army arrives, completely opening the channel for the Lu powerful army.

And the rest of the war will be commanded by Lu Qiang himself. It's not that he wants to shirk or fear the enemy. This is just a skill as a minister.

The emperor personally marched, but you finished the battle first. What will the emperor think of you? Even if I don't do anything to you now, I'm afraid this soldier will bring it to the end.

Ji Zhchi, who has been in Jiangling for a long time, has a good relationship with Xie Laoxi and others, and now he has more eyesight.

Looking at the defenders cheering because of the retreat of the Jingzhou army, He Wuji couldn't help showing a sneer at the corners of his mouth. With a wave of his hand, he led the army back to the camp.

Looking at the Jingzhou army gradually withdrawing from the camp, Jia Hong and Jia Mingzi are not as optimistic as the soldiers. They have seen that today He Wuji is just trying to test them, and this tentative attack almost failed. If the Jingzhou army attacks with all its strength, can they still defend it?

Because of the strong recruitment of the people, the city is now full of complaints. Once the Jingzhou army comes in, these young people will fight against the water.

You should know that today, under their pressure, although many young men were captured to help defend the city, they almost died under the bow and arrow of the Jingzhou army.

If the Jingzhou army attacks tomorrow, it will have to increase the youth strength defending the city, but the people in the city have almost been arrested, and still go there to arrest people?

In fact, I have to say that the policy at the beginning was still very popular. As Lu Qiang thought, it would not be so easy to let it develop in Shu and fight against him again.

The next day, shortly after dawn, the Jingzhou battalion sounded with a rumble of war drums, and then a team of Jingzhou Army ran out of the camp and quickly lined up in front of the camp.

Then another scene of panic appeared. After countless Jingzhou soldiers pushed out more than ten catapults from the battalion, they pulled out a huge city hammer with a mule horse, which was not finished yet. After the city hammer, Jingzhou soldiers assembled four high tower vehicles in front of the battle.

This kind of tower can hide soldiers. As the soldiers rise, its height soon reaches as high as the city wall. Imagine that once this thing is built on the wall, the soldiers inside will inevitably rush out. What's the point of this city?

This thing is not unbreakable. As long as the soldiers ignite it with fire bows and arrows, it can instantly become the grave of the Jingzhou army. But the question is, is the catapling machine of the Jingzhou army dry food? Will the archers of the Jingzhou army make the defenders shoot tower trucks unscrupulously?

There is no time for the defenders to think about this problem. In the vast sound of horns, 10,000 Jingzhou troops began to steadily advance towards the city wall.

Lu Qiang will arrive tomorrow, so He Wuji must take the county of Badong today and add another sum to his battle in Shu.

Feeling the panic of the soldiers, the brothers promised the soldiers a promise to repel the Jingzhou army, and at the same time, they had to secretly order their own soldiers to prepare their horses in case they could escape at any time.

The tall tower, more than a dozen catapults, and hammers driven by dozens of mules all bring great psychological pressure to the defenders and brothers.

As the Jingzhou army got closer and closer, more than a dozen cataping machines arrived at the designated position first. Under the protection of other arms, they were quickly set up, and then someone in the Jingzhou army shouted: "Let go"

In the command, more than ten large stones roared to the head of the city under the action of the catapult.

A few days ago, the defenders had already seen the power of the stone. When the stone fell, they began to hide one after another, but there was always the misfortune, so the scream sounded at the head of the city again.

And this was just the beginning. As the third round of stones flew out, the infantry began to rush to the wall under the cover of the archers.

The huge city hammer also leaned towards the gate pulled by the mule horse.

It's not that there are no soldiers shooting arrows to fight back, but under the deterrent of stones, the power of counterattack is small and pitiful. Sporadic arrows are shot on the shield of the mule horse, but it has no effect at all.

Seeing that dozens of ladders had been built on the wall, He Wuji suddenly found that the tower car seemed to be useless.

With the stop of the catapult, the garrison finally began to fight back fully under the supervision of the brothers, but at this time, such a counterattack obviously has nothing to do with the overall situation.

"Boom..."

The huge hammer hit the gate fiercely under the action of soldiers and mules, and the whole city wall seemed to be shaking. The dirt on the wall was rustling down, and the gate, which was originally blocked with boulders, was also hit by a crack.

"Lave the rocket and burn it for me..."

Qion Hong was originally knocked to the ground by the shaking of the city wall. At this time, when he got up, he could no longer care about the pain in his body and shouted angrily.

Qihong shouted very loudly, but someone had to listen to him. At this time, those Qing Zhuang who were forcibly captured, except for those who were not dead, had already fled one after another when the boulder flew up in the second round.

Although there are many defenders in the city, Jingzhou soldiers have climbed up from the ladder. In this way, they did not dare to approach the wall, let alone destroy the hammer.

The huge Chongcheng hammer weighs thousands of pounds and is wrapped in iron logs. Although it is extremely powerful, it will take a long time to exert its power once.

Forbid, the defenders were attracted by the soldiers climbing up, and the soldiers in charge of the hammer pulled the hammer again after slowing down.

"Boom..."

With this loud noise, the city gate with a large wall was finally knocked down.

"Let's go, kill..."

With cheers, the Jingzhou army in the rear burst into a shocking shout and rushed to the collapsed gate.

After four days, He Wuji entered the important town of Shuzhong and Badong County at the cost of less than a thousand people...