Chapter 29 Attack and Defense
The Hu soldiers, full of confidence, arrived not far from Suiyang City like a whirlwind. This time they came out, they brought almost all the flying ladders and rushing cars from the barracks, thinking that with these things, the 18,000 people in Suiyang City were simply not worth mentioning.
The Feiyun Ladder is a good object in the siege battle. It has been improved on the basis of the earlier cloud ladder. There are four wheels under the ladder, which can move at a slow speed on the ground. Not only that, there are two wheels on the top that can move against the city wall. One ladder can carry about two hundred soldiers.
If this thing is used well, you can take a ladder to move back and forth on the city wall. After finding a place where there are few enemy troops, you can climb the city wall with lightning speed and stealing bells. In this era, it is definitely a powerful tool for siege.
"This Hu man actually brought the Feiyun Ladder. If they were allowed to climb to the top of the city, there would be a bloody battle!"
In order to show that he was a Tang official who was similar to them, Li Ju was also afraid that if hundreds of Hu people rushed to the city and became cannon fodder, he muttered behind Li Li.
"Hmph, the flying cloud ladder is placed in the enemy's barracks. I have seen it for a long time. How are you preparing?"
After Li Yan asked, Zhang Xun sneered and said, "I have been ready for a long time, just waiting for this Feiyun Ladder! Not to mention the Hu people, even if the rebels who can use the Feiyun Ladder skillfully come, we are not afraid!"
Seeing that both of them were so confident, Li Ju didn't worry anymore, but he still wanted to know how to crack such an advanced thing.
At this moment, the Hu people under the city seemed to have prepared their formation and suddenly rushed towards the city gate.
"The enemy has arrived at a place of arrow!"
The defenders looking out on the city walls and pavilions reminded loudly.
"Bowman ready!"
After Zhang Xun shouted these words, he looked at Li Qing steadily. It was obvious that Li Qing had the final say when he would shoot the arrow.
At this time, Li Yi was staring at the enemy under the city with bright eyes, but his mouth was tightly closed, and he was anxious when he saw the people next to him.
The archer and crossbowman on the city wall had already aimed at their respective targets, and just waited for a command to make thousands of arrows fired at the same time.
If a regular soldier comes to attack the city, he must use a shield to protect his head to prevent the rain of arrows from pouring down from the city wall, and then slowly approach the city wall. After all, when he reaches the base of the wall, the bow and arrow will not do anything to them.
But the Hu people are different. They completely want to rely on their unparalleled speed to make the arrow unable to find them. While running, they are a little timid and pressed their heads with a round shield that is a circle larger than their heads. The braver simply throws their arms away and just runs away. They are just trying to run to the bottom of the wall before the arrows.
Seeing that most of the people had arrived very close to the city wall, Li Qing's mouth finally moved!
"Shoot the arrow! Every arrow is going toward the enemy!"
This sentence directly detonated the archers on the city wall. They saw them pulling their bows in an orderly manner as the shouts of a general, and letting go of another shout.
Thousands of arrows drew a standard parabola in the air, and then poured down towards the dense enemy troops under the city with the sound of breaking through the air!
Of course, thousands of arrows cannot take thousands of lives, but the shock it brings is unparalleled.
Many Hu people who were charging forward suddenly saw that the friends who were still running with them just now disappeared.
Looking back, an arrow had already passed through his neck. The arrow that penetrated his body was nailed to the ground. The tail of the arrow was still swaying left and right, indicating that it had just fallen from the sky and the person nailed to the ground was not alive, but his legs were still struggling and pedaling.
The Hu people were originally happy to try to enjoy it after conquering Suiyang, but as soon as they arrived, a basin of cold water poured on their heads, and the flames in their hearts gradually became a little cold.
"Don't hesitate, charge! Their arrows will not be shot down when they get under the city!"
The Hu generals also understood the Central Plains War. Have you never eaten pork and seen pigs running? Of course, they knew that as long as they got closer, the first wave would be over.
After several waves of arrow rains, the Hu people finally put a few flying ladders under the city. This was their greatest hope. At that time, the Hu people began to climb up.
"Jingdust, what we had before..." Zhang Xun arrived in front of Li Qing, who was supervising the war, and whispered.
"Don't use it first, send an order, first greet them with traditional city guard objects, and wait until the flying cloud ladder is full!"
After Li Yan said this, Zhang Xun understood. He lowered his head and observed a moment of silence for the Hu people outside the city for a while, and then went to give an order.
The Hu people thought that the situation would be better when they arrived at the city, but it turned out that they were overthinking. What greeted them was the stones, wood, and even boiling water that were constantly thrown from the city. The only thing these things have in common is that they would be fatal if they landed in the right place.
Under such circumstances, the Hu people clumsyly climbed up the flying cloud ladder again and again, and failed again and again because of the things rolling down on the city wall.
When the Feiyun Ladder finally gathered about 200 people, nearly an hour had passed, and the casualties of the Hu people had already reached a certain scale.
But the leaders of the Hu people didn't care. They felt that if they could send these people on the flying ladder up, the city would be captured and the city would be captured, but it would have nothing to do with Yin Ziqi. Then they would be able to make provisions with An Qingxu.
There were five flying cloud ladders with more than a thousand elite Hu soldiers on them. Although the process was very difficult, they finally looked at some hope.
"Quickly put the ladder on the wall and start going to the city!"
The Hu general was commanding loudly below, his eyes full of excitement.
But he had no idea at all. Li Qing and Zhang Xun watched this scene on the top of the city and smiled slightly.
"Okay, let's start."
Li Qing's words sound more like the death knell of the Hu people under the city to Zhang Xun, but this is war. If anyone has a way, he wants to hug his concubine on the bed, right?
After Zhang Xun received the order, he directly stepped down from the city wall, which surprised many people. Obviously, only Li and Zhang Xun knew about this.
Chapter completed!