A chariot finally approached the city wall, with its front pressed tightly against the fortress.
Then there was a tremor on the solid city wall. The rebels hiding in the carriages were hitting the fortress with iron hoes.
This chariot was extremely sturdy, and the huge rocks thrown from the city wall were bounced away. Although the body of the chariot was scarred, it still remained intact.
The rebels in the car used mattocks to hit it, only to find that they had hit a hard object.
Generally, city walls are built with fired bricks. Although the brick joints are made of fine mud or even glutinous rice paste as adhesive, it is not difficult to chisel them with a mattock. Experienced people can even take out the entire brick.
But the Jingzhou City in front of them was indestructible, as if it was an integrated whole. Those with less strength would only leave a white mark on it with their hoes.
Even if you try your best to chisel it, you can only leave a dent about an inch deep, and there is not a single crack in the whole body.
Suddenly, there was a "whoosh" sound above his head, and a burning quilt was thrown down and covered the carriage.
The quilt had long been soaked in tung oil, and the fire was extremely intense.
Although the carriage was covered with mud and did not catch fire, the air inside the carriage was quickly filled with smoke and fire. After a while, the soldiers inside the carriage had to flee.
The destroyed chariots blocked the rebels' attack, and they were forced to retreat and wait for the chariots to be consumed by the flames.
Arrows flying from the city walls kept hitting the crowd, and even though the rebels tried their best to cover themselves with shields, people were still hit by arrows.
Fortunately, most people were injured in their arms and legs and their injuries were not fatal for the time being.
The rebels' offensive methods were frustrated one by one, and the soldiers in the front had to retreat in a panic. Only the archers covering the rear continued to shoot arrows, and the situation finally evolved into a shooting match between the two sides.
Some soldiers attacking the city got stuck too deep, and although they had chariots to protect them during the attack, hundreds of them were exposed to the enemy's arrows when they retreated, resulting in heavy casualties.
A captain was shot through the thigh by an arrow and was unable to walk. The surrounding soldiers came to rescue him, but the arrows from the city seemed to have eyes and shot directly at their thighs.
The rebels below could see clearly that the person who shot the arrow was a nobleman in white clothes and a golden crown.
Some sharp-eyed soldiers recognized him immediately.
He is the three-eyed general who has become famous these days - Chen Wujiu!
But he was not in the refugee camp outside the city, so how could he appear on the city wall?
He was extremely ruthless and shot down the centurion, but did not take his life. Instead, he used him as bait to lure the surrounding rebels to rescue him, and then shot them down one by one.
Soon, more than ten people around the centurion were injured.
The centurion saw this and shouted, "Be loyal and serve your country! Today is the day!" Then he drew his sword and slashed it across his neck with his backhand.
With a "ding" sound, a feather arrow shot out, hitting the hilt of the knife and piercing the back of his hand.
Chen Wujiu on the city wall drew his bow and said with a smile: "You are a man, so I will let you live today."
His voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly from a distance of dozens of steps.
The morale of the rebels on the front line could not help but stagnate.
As the gongs sounded, the rebels retreated like a tide, withdrawing in formation out of the range of the crossbows on the city walls.
The rebels only sent a team of soldiers wearing white felt hats to rescue their injured comrades on the battlefield.
The attack was just a test, and the result was as expected.
Jingzhou City was the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The rebels came lightly, without nest carts, watchtowers, or ladders. They lacked any means of attack and could not even reach the city walls.
Pharmacist Li felt very uneasy as he watched the rebels retreat.
The rebels only attacked briefly, thus avoiding greater damage. The next time they attack, they will definitely come in full force.
He quickly directed his soldiers to clean up the mess and prepare equipment for defending the city.
Suddenly, the busy soldiers on the city were stunned.
Yan Jiaoran came with civil and military officials!
She arrived just in time for the battle to end.
The appearance of the emperor and his ministers completely ignited the busy soldiers.
They were all stunned when they saw Yan Jiaoran appearing out of nowhere.
How could this be?
Your Majesty...is here?!
Boom!
Like a bolt from the blue!
The soldiers exploded!
Countless pairs of eyes were focused on Yan Jiaoran.
Involuntarily, my breathing stopped.
The atmosphere seemed to have reached a singularity!
Pharmacist Li and Chen Wujiu took two steps at a time and ran over, bowing and saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty!"
Yan Jiaoran said calmly, "No need to be polite."
"How is the battle going, my dear ministers?"
Pharmacist Li immediately understood Yan Jiaoran's hint and shouted, "Your Majesty, the rebels have been repelled!"
"In this battle, over fifty soldiers were injured, all of them minor, and over four hundred rebels were killed!"
"Very good!" Yan Jiaoran nodded with satisfaction.
Then he turned his head and looked at the civil and military officials behind him, and said arrogantly: "My dear ministers, what do you think?"
"I said, the rebels outside the city are nothing but clowns!"
Minister of War Lei Fenkai immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, please do not be careless!"
"The rebels simply suffered from insufficient preparation. Once they have their siege equipment ready, they will surely return. That's when a truly bloody battle will begin!"
Dali Temple Minister Fan Tong immediately echoed, "Your Majesty, what Lord Lei said is absolutely right!"
"There are 30,000 rebels. We've only lost 400, but we still have over 29,000. We can't delay any longer!"
"We can't let the people of Jingzhou suffer!"
"Let's quickly ask the princes to bring their troops!"
now.
The two groups of people, Kong Lingda and Yang Yingguang, seemed to have put aside their past grudges and united again, putting crazy pressure on Yan Jiaoran.
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