As night falls, moonlight shines on the city walls, creating a solemn atmosphere.
The defenders of Jingzhou held torches high and were ready for battle.
"Something's happening!"
The old soldier on the city wall suddenly jumped up, drew his bow and shot a rocket.
The firelight just happened to illuminate a few human figures.
"Enemy attack, the Huns!"
The words fell.
Suddenly, a low horn sounded.
Then shouts of killing rang out everywhere.
The pitch-black field was suddenly lit up with little flames. The Huns divided their troops into four groups and attacked the city gates at the same time.
"Beat the drums! The Huns are attacking the city!"
As a loud roar came down, a burst of rapid drumbeats quickly rang out, waking all the defenders of Jingzhou City from their sleep.
Just as Chen Wujiu ran out, a huge roar suddenly came from the night sky.
"Catapult!"
He looked up and saw dozens of fireballs being thrown from the Huns' position.
Chen Wujiu's heart sank.
How did the Huns even invent catapults?
If so, wouldn't the chariots, ladders and nest carts all be ready?
Where did Maodun find so many craftsmen?
Fortunately, the catapults made by the Huns were just imitations with a short range. None of the dozens of fireballs hit Jingzhou City, and they fell to the ground from a long distance.
"Fight back! Fight back!" Chen Wujiu roared, "Tell the soldiers of the Stone Throwing Battalion that after this battle, I'll treat them to meat!"
Under the cover of night, several chariots broke through the crossbow coverage of the Jingzhou defenders and approached the city wall.
The Huns in the cart shouted slogans and pushed the pointed wooden cart hard, approaching the city wall little by little.
A Hun centurion shouted, "Kill!"
"Conquer the city and you'll have plenty of beauties and treasures!"
The vehicle suddenly accelerated and quickly rushed to the foot of Jingzhou City.
Suddenly, there was a sharp sound from the city wall, and the city wall seemed to grow about a foot taller out of thin air. Then countless huge trees fell from the sky and hit the chariot below.
The Huns in the carriage could only hear the heavy sound of wind coming from above their heads, and then the vehicle suddenly shook.
One by one, wooden poles about ten feet long and several feet in diameter were thrown down from the city wall. They were inlaid with iron spikes about a foot long like maces. As soon as they touched the wooden carriage, they hooked onto the wooden body.
The huge impact force pushed some of the carriages to the side, while others completely ripped off the pointed ridges on the roofs. Then countless huge rocks fell like raindrops, completely smashing the carriages that had lost their protection.
Screams and cries of pain rang out one after another, stone and wood fragments flew everywhere, and blood flowed on the soil like a snake.
The few chariots that finally got close were all destroyed.
Seeing this, the Huns became even more crazy and completely gave up their defense. They ran for their lives without caring about their lives. After running to a sufficient distance, they immediately drew their bows and arrows and shot the defenders on the city wall following the firelight.
At the same time, siege ladders were also brought to the foot of the city.
Several strong men rushed forward, hammering wooden wedges to secure the ladder. Then the folding ladder rose section by section. More than ten Xiongnu warriors, naked from the waist up, crouched on the top of the ladder, gradually approaching the top of the city wall.
At this moment, some defenders on the city wall shot arrows from tricky angles. Although only a few hit the target, relying on the huge number of arrows, they still shot and killed the Huns who were unable to move on the ladders one by one.
Braving the rain of flying stones and sharp arrows, the Huns surged towards the walls of Jiangzhou in waves, raising ladders one after another, using numbers to wear down the defenders' defenses.
Two huge nest carts stopped less than fifty steps away from the city wall, and the archers hidden in the leather compartments raised their crossbows.
They tried to suppress the defenders on the city wall with firepower, but found that the height of the nest car was not enough. They could not see the situation clearly through the shooting holes and could only shoot some arrows randomly.
On the city wall of Jingzhou, a soldier stood up, swung his axe, and ignored the Huns on the ladder, but instead split several crossbeams at the top of the ladder.
Several Huns lost their footing and fell from the ladder, and the ladder, which had its top split, was immediately scrapped.
One after another, the Xiongnu centurions drew their swords and shouted, "For the honor of the Xiongnu, we must fight to the death! Kill!"
“Kill! Kill!”
Another centurion shouted from a distance, "Let the Zhou people see how powerful our Xiongnu warriors are!"
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
Farther away, Maodun personally commanded and gave orders continuously. The Huns roared into one, and ladders rose one after another.
He doesn't have much time left.
Even if we have to sacrifice all our men, we must take over Jingzhou City!
"Chanyu, be careful!"
Maodun was thinking when Guger suddenly pressed his shoulders and forced him to lower his head.
Maodun was caught off guard and fell on the platform, his mouth full of dust.
Before he could figure out what was going on, a black shadow came roaring in with a gust of wind, flew past the platform and hit his flag right in the middle.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, one side of the command desk was broken by the fireball.
Several fireballs hit his platform in succession.
The entire platform was crumbling.
Guger quickly grabbed him and jumped off the platform.
"Boom——"
The platform was broken into pieces.
"So far?" Maodun's face changed drastically.
He never imagined that the catapults of the Great Zhou defenders had such a long range.
And such a high hit rate.
This is completely different from the information he received!
It was obvious that the commander on the city wall was deliberately plotting against him.
The general's flag fell.
The morale of the Huns immediately collapsed.
The people on the front line abandoned the siege equipment they had built with great difficulty and fled in panic.
"No retreat, no retreat!"
Maodun stood up, drew the scimitar from his waist, and yelled hysterically:
“Attack the city!”
“Attack the city!”
"Don't stop!"
"Within one day, you must capture Jingzhou City for me!"
"Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!!!"
Under Jingzhou City.
Corpses were everywhere and blood flowed like a river.
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