Chapter 813 Luoyang Attack and Defense War

The element of the offensive and defensive battle in the city lies in how to give full play to his own geographical advantage. At this point, Zhang Mingwu is obviously very knowledgeable. He did not arrange all the troops on the wall, but only put a thousand troops on the wall, but let 2,000 people go to the city to assist in defense, and two 500 shield knives stood next to each. The people with long wooden forks, and the rest of the people are in the back row. They are ready to throw wooden rolling stones at any time. When the long ladder of the Yue royal army is thrown to the head of the city, the first two people holding wooden forks struggled against the long ladder and twist it hard to easily push the long ladder down. As for the shield knife hand, he is specially responsible for killing the Yue Wang army who rushed to the top of the city. The dead men, and the other 500 East Palace guards who had originally set up a shield array put down their shields and killed the officers and soldiers of the King of Yue gathered in the city with a series of crossbows. After the bow and crossbows retreated, it was Min Zhuang who came forward to throw a wooden rolling stone. The cooperation between the various departments was quite tacit, which made the King of Yue army who rushed to the bottom of the city was seriously killed and injured, but even the head of the city was I can't get up.

"The ladder, go up, go up!"

As soon as he saw that the striker was dead and injured, he rushed to Gan Zhuangwudeng under the city, his eyes turned red and roared and urged the fast-moving siege ladder to move forward.

Li Zhen dares to delay the siege of the city under great pressure. She relies on sharp weapons such as the siege ladder. However, the ladder with a height of more than 20 feet has three floors. The top floor is surrounded by three-foot-high baffles. There are ten archers gathered on the top. Relying on the advantage of a large part of the wall, it can easily suppress the defenders at the head of the city. The second layer is basically level with the city wall. There are 15 shield knives standing on it. Once the ladder is leaning against the wall, it can rush up. As for the bottom floor, there is no one there when walking. Only after the ladder is leaning against the wall, the soldiers who follow the side of the ladder can rush into the bottom floor and rush up the first two floors along the channel of the bottom floor to keep The continuity of the attack, such equipment is undoubtedly a sharp weapon in the siege battle. Of course, the siege ladder is not without defects. First of all, the manufacturing process is quite complex, and it is also very bulky. It must be pushed to the city with a large number of people. However, once you lean on the wall, you can immediately exert great power, which is not comparable to idleness.

"The fire oil bomb is ready, throw it!"

As soon as he saw the ladder rumbling, Zhang Mingwu couldn't help laughing. For nothing else, just because he was covered with raw cowhide, the big guy who seemed to be able to set fire encountered a fire oil bomb that could not ignite anything. It was simply a dead target, purely a role of credit. In this, Zhang Mingwu had been prepared for a long time and waited for the ladder to sway along After the dam drove over the moat, Zhang Mingwu roared and gave the order without waiting for it to lean against the wall.

"Boom, boom..."

Under Zhang Mingwu's order, 30 strong men in the army tried their best to cast the fire oil bombs that ignited the lead to the huge thing-like siege ladder. Three people waited for one. Although several of them failed, several soldiers were shot on the spot by the bow and crossbowmen on the top of the ladder, but most of the fire oil bombs accurately hit the target. In a series of explosions, the fire broke out in an instant. Even if the officers and soldiers of the King of Yue on the ladder tried their best to fight, they could not suppress the fire. Instead, they started the fire. However, in a moment, the siege ladders that finally approached the city wall were all ignited into huge torches, and the soldiers on it. If it can't be burned, it will jump down like a dumpling. Not only did he die, but what's worse is that he led the fire to the officers and soldiers in the city, and the whole city suddenly became a mess.

"P out the oil!"

Although the department of Gan Zhuangwu in the city was already in a mess, Zhang Mingwu did not intend to give up, but when he saw his ferocious smile and waved his hand, he roared again. The soldiers who had already prepared rushed to the city plate with oil buckets, regardless of splashing the hot oil that had just started the pot. For a moment, the whole city has It was a sea of fire. The poor nearly 5,000 Yue royal army rushed to the city were burned to cry and howled. When they rushed out of the sea of fire, the ten pavilions had damaged more than seven pavilions, and only more than a thousand remnants were lucky enough to escape back to the battle.

"Attack, attack again, don't stop!"

Looking at the fierce fire under the city, Li Zhen's full complacency turned into a bubble in an instant. First, she was stunned and dumbfounded, and then her body suddenly shivered and roared with shame and anger. She was really angry.

Li Zhen lost her temper and Li Su, who was ordered to attack in the second wave, was afraid in her heart, but she did not dare to be stubborn. However, he was obedient this time. He did not dare to take the heavy siege ladder directly lean against the wall. Instead, he put all the ten ladders under his command by the moat and acted as an arrow tower. Yes, and the heavy responsibility of Chongcheng was handed over to the 3,000-step pawn who carried the long ladder Chongcheng. In this way, the pressure of the defenders suddenly increased a lot, and the casualties began to gradually increase. In particular, the people who did not have armor cover, were shot a lot by the bow and crossbow hands on the cloud ladder of Chongcheng. The war situation seemed to have been vaguely inclined to the side that was beneficial to the Yue royal army. Slanted.

"Change the replay, target: Chongcheng Cloud Ladder, release!"

As soon as he saw his side under the suppression of the chongcheng ladder, he gradually became passive. Fang Xiaoshan, who was responsible for commanding the catapult at the top of the city, was anxious. He rushed down the city quickly and roared and issued the order. Even when he saw a group of people who operated the trebuchets carrying huge stone bullets, he quickly adjusted the throwing of the catapult. At the shooting angle and the sound of slogans, each one was two times bigger than the original, and the stone bombs weighing more than 100 catties rushed up to the sky. They crossed the city wall with a parabola and hit the cloud ladder by the moat. Although it was really difficult to compliment, it was better than a large number. Thirty heavy catapults threw more than a dozen rounds in a row. Finally, most of the ladders of the Yue royal army arranged by the moat were destroyed. Although the remaining three cloud ladders were still intact, the archers on them were scared by the power of the garrison's trebuttering machine. No matter how the officers scolded, they refused to go up the ladder to death. The Yue army was originally a smooth attack momentum. After falling into a state of stagnation, he could only rely on the long ladder to fight for the ant attack. Under the heavy casualties, he gradually couldn't stand it.

By noon, Li Su's strength had lost more than half of his strength. Seeing that the hard city was difficult, his morale had been completely lost. He had to retreat to the array again in confusion. The second round of strong attack ended in failure, but the state and results were obviously much better than the first group, not to mention killing and injuring hundreds of people. Even the strong East Palace guards suffered more than 200 casualties. What encouraged the Yue army was that the Chongcheng troops had killed the head of the city several times. Although they could not stand firm, they were killed by the garrison, but at least the Yue army saw a glimmer of hope of victory.

"Father, please rush to the city. If you don't break through this city, you will not accept the army!"

Seeing that the two groups of Chongcheng troops were defeated and returned, Li Chong could no longer calm down. Ce immediately took a step forward, bowed, and asked for the battle in a loud voice.

"Okay, my son dares to fight, and personally beat the drum for my father and cheer for my son!"

Although the number of troops lost in the two battles has exceeded 7,000, Li Zhen was not soft-hearted. Just because in the previous battle, he had seen the hope of victory and was thinking about who to send to the third group. When he saw that the eldest son was so bold, he was overjoyed and gave a promise with a high-five and gratifying promise.

"Children obey!"

Li Chong has always regarded Li Xian as his imaginary enemy. He dreamed of defeating Li Xian on the battlefield, but now he finally has the opportunity to compete with Li Xian. He was very excited and answered his promise in a loud voice. He rushed back to this array happily. After giving the order, the 15,000 elites he belonged to began to press forward.

"Dong Dong Dong..."

Li Chong's department just moved. Li Zhen, who was very excited, had taken off her helmet and held two drums, but she hit the drum vigorously. In the rumble of the drums, the horn sounded sadly, and the spirit of war soared to the sky for nine days.

"Go, ask Wang Fangming to send all the cloth bags I have entrusted to the top of the city!"

Seeing that it was Li Chong who led the troops out, Li Xian couldn't help frowning his eyebrows. Looking at his military appearance carefully, he immediately judged that this group of troops was definitely the most elite unit in the Xiangzhou army. He dared not ignore it. He waved his hand and shouted, and the personal guards waiting on the side rushed to answer the promise and hurriedly. After getting off the gate tower, he summoned Wang Fangming not to mention it.

Li Chong's troops rushed very quickly, and the tactics still follow the previous set of Li Suchong City. The difference is that Li Chong has as many as 20 ladders in Chongcheng, and his combat effectiveness is also significantly higher than that of Li Su's. Although Zhang Mingwu has transferred a reserve team of 1,000 people, and the catapist position It has also been launched with all its strength, but it is still difficult to completely contain the waves of strong attacks of Li Chong's troops. The city' defense has revealed flaws in several places. At the end of the battle, Li Chong's troops stood at the top of the city for the first time. Dozens of brave people desperately guard the two long ladders at the breakthrough to cover the follow-up troops along the breakthrough. The mouth rushed to the top of the city, and the situation was quite dangerous for the defenders.

"Okay, go up, keep up, kill Shangcheng, kill Li Xian, reward thousands of money, and seal Wanhuhou!"

Li Chong was originally commanding about a hundred steps away from the city. At this time, his generals and soldiers had already stood on the top of the city. He was very excited. He led the guard to the moat and shouted loudly and gave the order of heavy reward, as if the city had been completely conquered by him.

"Your Majesty, I have brought the cloth bag. Please make it clear!"

The fierce battle on the top of the city was in full bloom, but Li Xian was never moved. He stood at the gate like a mountain. In addition to occasionally dialing the arrow that had shot, he did not interfere with Zhang Mingwu's command at all. Even if the Yue army had occupied a small section of the wall, Li Xian still stood lightly, just like If nothing happened, it was not until Wang Fangming led several servants to arrive in a hurry, that a faint smile appeared above Li Xian's expressionless face...