Chapter 751 Young General vs. Rich Lady 54
Further ahead is the moat, which is within the range of bows and arrows.
The moat had dried up and was unable to stop the cavalry, but Huo Xiao had already set up an ambush and would hold out for as long as he could.
The Beirong soldiers rushed forward a few steps, and someone was tripped by a lasso and fell to the ground, and arrows rained down from the sky.
General Tuolu shouted, "Keep charging! Remove the tripwires! The weapons in Pingyang City have been used up long ago. Without supplies, the most they can do is use bamboo arrows to fool people. They won't kill anyone."
“Ah!” There were wailing sounds coming from the front, and someone shouted loudly: “It’s the iron arrow! Help!”
The Beirong soldiers wanted to retreat, out of the range of the bows and arrows, but Tuolu swooped down with his scimitar in hand and cut off the head of one of the soldiers.
He pulled the reins, and the tall black horse stepped on the corpses. Tuolu shouted: "If you retreat, you will die! You are all warriors on the grassland. Anyone who dares to retreat in battle will be killed without mercy!"
The soldiers did not dare to retreat and could only charge forward desperately.
Sharp arrows reaped lives one by one. Wave after wave of people fell, and more people came up to take their place.
The hands of the Beirong soldiers were covered in blood. Normally, the tripwires were made of hemp rope or leather, but this time, they were made of hard iron wire, which was arranged in several layers. There were hard thorns on the iron wire, and it was impossible to tear it apart.
Under the rain of arrows, the Beirong soldiers could only look for the stakes that fixed the tripwires. They dug and pulled them out, which took a lot of time and caused countless casualties. Finally, they removed the tripwires in this area.
Tuolu was holding a lasso covered with blood and iron spikes, his face looking very ugly. He had already known that there was food in Pingyang City, otherwise he would not have volunteered to charge forward.
As long as he rushed into Pingyang City first, he would naturally be the first wave of people to grab food. However, there were so many iron tools in Pingyang City. The arrowheads were all made of iron, and even the tripwires were made of iron wire!
There were corpses all over the ground. Tuolu rode his horse and stepped on them without paying any attention. He continued to give orders, "Charge!"
The warhorse galloped and leaped into the moat. As soon as it landed, it fell dizzy and the sharp iron spikes pierced into its body. The warhorse was frightened and struggled desperately, but was pierced by more spikes and went crazy.
The men were thrown off their horses and fell into a forest of ferocious thorns. Those who were lucky were pierced through and died on the spot, while those who were unlucky were stabbed half to death and then trampled by the mad warhorses until they breathed their last.
The moat was filled with wailing. The cold iron spikes were covered with layer upon layer of blood. The war horses that had not yet charged forward stopped moving forward, roaring anxiously.
The cavalry did not dare to charge down again, and soon came back to report, "There are large patches of sharp spikes under the moat, which were covered with sand. Now they are all exposed, densely packed, with no place to step."
"Neither men nor horses can get down. We have to clear them all out before we can continue the siege!"
After a bad start and two small losses in a row, Tuolu looked very unhappy. He had boasted that he would capture Pingyang City by surprise, but now he was at a standstill.
He flicked his whip and threw a seriously injured soldier into the moat, shouting: "If you can't get down, you'll have to sacrifice your lives! War horses are much more valuable than these people. Let the horses retreat and order these infantrymen to continue charging. I don't believe that we can't build a way out!"
"The general is wise!" No one thought there was anything wrong with this. The weak should die, and the only value of these people was to be able to build a path to attack the city.
More and more people were pushed into the moat, or stabbed to death by iron spikes or shot to death by sharp arrows. Corpses piled up one after another, and flesh and blood were pierced on the iron spikes, and the tips of the spikes were submerged in the flesh and blood.
Killing people is much faster than removing iron spikes. A bloody road was soon paved. Takuru used his shield to protect himself and shouted, "Warriors, charge!"
The cavalry rushed across the moat and headed straight for the city of Pingyang. These talents were the elite brought by Tuolu. Each of them was very strong and completely different from the cannon fodder.
Thousands of people had died by the time the tripwires were removed and the people crossed the moat, but most of them were skinny and pale losers. Takulu didn't care at all.
The rest are the main force for siege.
The siege ladder was put up, but it was still a lot short. The city wall had been raised at some point, and it was now three feet higher!
Tuolu was confident, "Why are you panicking? It's impossible to build such a high wall in such a short time. It must be fake, just made to fool people. Tear it down!"
The city wall was clearly divided into two layers, the upper layer was darker in color. The catapults were ready and were smashing at the city wall with a bang.
After rounds of bombing, the morning light appeared on the horizon, but the city wall remained standing. Not to mention collapsing, there wasn't even a small dent in the wall.
Arrows kept hitting the city wall, but the wall did not fall down. However, a large number of Beirong people were killed.
Tuolu was so angry that his teeth itched. "It's just a desperate resistance. Stack the siege ladders together, raise them higher and continue to attack the city! Launch an all-out attack and take Pingyang City in one fell swoop!"
The sun rises, a new day begins, and the Beirong people also begin their most fierce attack!
They are strong and can climb up the city wall along the siege ladder in a few steps. The stones thrown down can only hurt them. As long as they are not dead, they will crawl up like locusts, so densely packed that it makes people's scalp tingle just by looking at them.
Huo Xiao stood under the city wall, his face solemn, "Ready the crossbows, shoot again!"
Under the rain of arrows, nearly half of the people fell down, but most of them were only injured and not dead. They pulled out the iron arrows and continued to rush up.
The ferocity and bravery of the Beirong people can be seen from this.
Another round of charge began. Some people had already climbed onto the raised city wall and were about to reach the city wall.
The person guarding the city was a new soldier. When he saw the tall bodies and ferocious faces of the Beirong people, who were bleeding but still trying to climb up, they looked like evil spirits crawling out of hell to take their lives.
The teenage soldier was in a panic and was terrified. He threw the stone in his hand, but didn't hit anyone. He became even more panicked and poked downwards with his red tasseled spear, but the Beirong people grabbed the spear tip.
With a "puchi" sound, the tip of the spear pierced into the heart of the Beirong man, slightly rotating and bursting into a blood flower. The Beirong man, who was already at the end of his strength, screamed, fell down, and was smashed into a pool of meat paste.
The old soldier held the soldier's hand tightly as he stabbed him. He wanted to curse him but couldn't bear to do so. When he first went to the battlefield, he was not much better than this boy.
"Look carefully! They are also human beings, and humans will die! There is nothing to be afraid of!"
"Fighting is not just about brute force, it also requires coordination and strategy. The Huo family army rarely loses against the Northern Rong. If it weren't for the shortage of food and money, we would have driven the Northern Rong back home!"
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