The chieftain of Shishui Village watched as the defending troops fled down the city wall in a swarm. He wanted to stop them, but he was powerless to do so. He could only wait until the enemy stopped firing before ordering his men to climb the wall and defend themselves.
The catapult attack only stopped after all six hundred-plus polished boulders had been hurled.
Looking around, the walls of the southern city of Shishui Village were already in ruins, with several gaps more than ten meters wide.
"Attack!"
At Li Shi's command, the six thousand Han soldiers at the front of the army, led by Shejinlu, charged toward the gaps in the defenses.
Hearing the commotion, the city's garrison soldiers, driven by the chieftain of Shishui Village, reluctantly stepped forward.
Unfortunately, the soldiers guarding the city were shot dead by the Han soldiers on the ramparts as soon as they showed their faces, and then they retreated back inside.
Only when the Han soldiers rushed close did the defending soldiers begin to fight back, attempting to block the Han soldiers from entering the breach.
A fierce hand-to-hand battle ensued.
At this point, the defending soldiers not only lost their advantage of being on high ground, but also lost their numerical advantage due to the gap in the siege tower. In addition, the continuous arrows fired by the Han army from the siege towers caused the morale of the defenders to plummet to rock bottom.
Therefore, the defending troops were no match for the Han army, which was equipped with Han weapons. They were quickly driven back and those gaps fell into the hands of the Han army.
At the same time, the city gate collapsed under the attack of the battering ram, and the Han soldiers behind it rushed in through the gate.
Seeing the city fall, the chieftain of Shishui was the first to lead his men and guards to escape from the city.
Faced with attacks from the Han vassal army and the Han army, the defending troops, having lost their command, suffered a crushing defeat and chose to kneel and surrender.
In less than half a day, Shishui Village, which Himita had placed high hopes on and had deployed half of its troops to, fell easily into the hands of the Han army.
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