"The enemy is charging the city! The enemy is charging the city!"
The desperate roars echoed across the Sheep and Horse Wall. Although the decision had been made to abandon the Sheep and Horse Wall, it did not mean that the enemy would be allowed to easily advance on the wall. Although the fortifications on the horse path had been destroyed, the ranged weapons under the wall still existed.
Just then, Xiao Hu and Brother Zhang arrived at Yangma City, mingling among a group of crossbowmen who had retreated from Yangma Wall. Before them lay rows of war siege engines.
In fact, there were also war siege weapons and even ballistae on the sheep and horse walls, but the artillery bombardment from outside the city was too powerful, making it impossible for them to aim at the enemy camp from the horse trail. Of course, more importantly, the range was insufficient.
But now that the enemy has launched an attack, we must take advantage of the reduced distance to retaliate with siege weapons and inflict as many casualties as possible on them before they reach Yangma Wall.
Furthermore, the abandonment of the sheep and horse wall was not an accident, but rather a preparation made by the higher-ups from the very beginning.
The purpose of all the troop movements around Nanze City was not merely to defend Nanze and prevent any enemy troops from entering the city.
Instead, it was a tactic of luring the enemy, using the formidable defensive strength of this giant city to gradually annihilate the rebels.
After all, the rebels have only one goal: to invade Nanze. And Nanze is now a series of checkpoints, with each breakthrough requiring a huge price.
Although the rebels' artillery was fierce, the sheep and horse wall was enough to keep them out. Even if they broke through the sheep and horse wall and entered the city, they would face attacks from all directions.
But naturally, they wouldn't be allowed to rush into the sheep and horse wall easily. At this moment, the soldiers in front of the battlements had begun to pull the ropes, and the prepared stones had been placed in the slings.
"Quick! Follow me! We're going to the corner tower; leave this to them!"
The leader shouted, and the archers who had retreated from the Sheep and Horse Wall followed him, running quickly through the city. Torches had been lit inside, illuminating the city brightly.
Panting heavily, Xiao Hu glanced at Brother Zhang, who was not far behind him, then turned back to look ahead and ran into the outer barbican with the other crossbowmen.
The outer barbican was extremely spacious, enough to hold seven or eight thousand people, but it was empty at the moment. Xiao Hu knew that this place was meant for the enemy. If they risked heavy casualties to enter the outer barbican, they would become sitting ducks.
"Quick! Keep up! Keep up!"
Urged on by everyone, Xiao Hu passed through the gate behind the outer barbican. After everyone had passed through, there was a loud "boom".
The iron gate, forged from refined iron, crashed down with a deafening roar, shaking the ground and raising a cloud of dust.
On the way to the corner tower, in the dimly lit corridor, Xiao Hu slowed his pace. He felt much more at ease after arriving here, at least the sound of cannons outside had subsided considerably.
"Brother Zhang, are you alright? That shell from earlier looked pretty powerful." Xiao Hu asked as soon as Brother Zhang came over.
"It's nothing, the shells were blocked by the shields." Brother Zhang coughed lightly and waved his hand.
He continued, "Let's go, hurry up to the corner tower, and then we'll see when the rebels can storm into Yangma City."
"If they break into Yangma City tonight, we'll probably have to fight all night."
Xiao Hu frowned and nodded: "Well, we'll only have a chance to fight back once we're inside Yangma City."
"They killed so many of our people on the wall for nothing, only because they had cannons. Once they storm the city, we'll make them taste our power!"
Brother Zhang raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, saying casually, "If they don't have cannons, they probably have other weapons of mass destruction."
Don't take it so lightly.
Just then, a series of booming sounds came from outside. These sounds didn't sound like cannon fire, and Xiao Hu guessed that it must be a war machine launching stones.
Sure enough, when Xiao Hu climbed upstairs and arrived at the corner tower with the others, he saw that boulders were indeed being launched below.
In the darkness, stones roared up as they leaped over the sheep and horse wall, heading haphazardly towards the city's outskirts.
The war slings are difficult to aim when in use, let alone at night, but even so, we should try to throw as many slings as possible.
Outside the city, Qin Ze had previously seen that the city's defensive structures on the sheep and horse walls were almost destroyed, so he ordered the chariot battalion to begin advancing.
Of course, during this period, many cannons remained in place, and the gunners continued to fire them to suppress the counterattacks from the sheep and horse wall.
And so, while suppressing the sheep and horse wall, the tank battalion advanced.
But then, stones suddenly fell from the dark night sky, immediately hindering the advancing chariot battalion.
The chariot was sturdy enough to shelter soldiers from ranged attacks, but the falling rocks still overwhelmed it.
"Boom boom boom!"
Under this barrage of stones, several chariots were struck. The chariots that were struck by the stones were like dented iron boxes, and the soldiers inside suffered broken bones and injuries. Those with serious injuries died inside the chariots.
However, the accuracy of the war pike was far inferior to that of long-range weapons such as ballistae and cannons. In this dark and chaotic environment, the hit rate of the war pike depended entirely on luck.
Unless a large number of war grenades are used and fired together, which would unleash considerable destructive power, the war grenades' low accuracy and rapid consumption of grenades make them unusable in other situations.
On the Yan Army's side, from the moment they decided to charge, apart from the chariot battalion, small squads of lightly armed cavalry had already launched the first assault!
They weren't heavy cavalry, but cavalry with a faster movement speed!
On the battlefield, with cannons roaring behind them and stones raining down from the sky, the hundred or so cavalrymen rode their fast horses at breakneck speed toward the moat!
During this time, some people were hit by the boulders, but the rest ignored it and continued to advance fearlessly. After a while, the first few dozen riders finally reached the moat.
There was no time to gradually bring the warhorses to a stop; the cavalrymen abruptly pulled on the reins, and then leaped off their horses.
"Whoosh—"
Heavy breathing filled the air at that moment. Without the slightest hesitation, the cavalrymen, like ghosts in the night, jumped directly into the wide moat!
"Thump thump!"
Amid a series of splashes, their heads emerged from the dark, deep river. Looking at the seven- or eight-meter-high earthen wall, they began their next move.
Behind them, a battalion of chariots, consisting of chariots, began to advance in a zigzag pattern.
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