Chapter 826: Not Totally Destroyed
Back then, outside Huangsha City, Li Tie fought two rounds with Jie Liancheng. He still remembers the feeling of having strength but nowhere to use it.
He never expected that he would experience it again here.
However, what he was sure of was that the dark-faced man opposite was far less powerful than Jie Liancheng.
At the beginning, Jie Liancheng was fighting one against two, but he easily resolved his attack and directly counterattacked, leaving him with no room to fight back.
But although this dark-faced man was also able to deflect attacks, he was suppressed by him in their only fight and could only passively defend the whole time.
Not to mention that Xie Liancheng wasn't even serious at the time, while the dark-faced man was concentrating on parrying the entire time.
After a simple comparison, there is still a big gap between the two.
At this moment, deafening shouts and cries of killing continued to come from outside the military camp. Li Tie knew that the enemy must have begun to attack the city.
“Damn it!”
Li Tie tried to hold the weapon, feeling the tearing pain and uttering a curse.
In his current state, his hands are half disabled and he has basically lost his ability to fight.
Anyway, I have no combat effectiveness. Instead of going out and affecting morale and getting in the way, I might as well stay here. At least I don’t have to be a burden to my comrades.
As for this city defense battle...
His defeat and escape must have affected his team's morale, which made Li Tie feel somewhat uncomfortable.
But even so, he didn't think the other side could break through Anling City.
This is not only a trust in Shi Lei as the commander-in-chief, but also because of the military strength of both sides.
The enemy must have some misunderstanding about their garrison forces.
If they only had a thousand garrison troops and about four thousand siege troops at this moment, they could indeed fight a confident battle, but they now have nearly three thousand garrison troops!
Taking into account the advantage in weapons and equipment, even in a head-on battle, they would not necessarily be afraid of the 4,000 troops on the opposite side, not to mention that they also have the city defense advantage provided by Anling City.
Once the siege started, the Liang army immediately began to advance, and at the same time, siege towers and battering rams, as important siege equipment, also advanced along with the army.
Faced with such a situation, Shi Lei did not hide anything from them. He waved his hand and gave direct orders.
"Prepare the city defense crossbows!"
Following Shi Lei's order, a number of two-meter-long city defense crossbows quickly opened their tripods and were placed on the walls of Anling City.
"Team one, team two, and team three, attack the opponent's siege hammer. Team four to team eight, focus on attacking the opponent's siege tower. As long as the opponent enters the attack range, there is no need to wait, just aim and fire!"
At this moment, the siege troops of the Liang State were still far from the city wall of Anling City. In this situation, Shi Lei directly gave the space on the top of the wall to the crossbow troops responsible for operating the city defense crossbows.
The only goal is to defeat the opponent's siege equipment in the shortest time possible.
The crossbow troops, who had received the order in advance, locked onto the target the entire time, and opened fire as soon as the target entered their attack range without saying a word! At the same time, they were attacked by the concentrated fire of the first, second, and third teams. The crossbow arrows, like iron spears, burst out one after another. In the blink of an eye, the enemy soldiers who were pushing the battering rams forward were instantly blown up!
In comparison, the opponent's siege tower is much more resistant to attacks.
In order to improve the defense, the surface of the tower should be covered with a layer of iron sheet. According to the destructive power of the city defense crossbow, although it can directly penetrate the iron sheet, it is difficult to completely destroy it in a short time.
Of course, the crossbow troops are trained to deal with situations like this during their daily training.
The best way is naturally to directly blow up the wheels installed at the bottom of the siege tower!
But this is a difficult job.
On the one hand, it's an angle problem, which makes the attack difficult. On the other hand, compared to the main body of the siege tower, the wheels at the bottom are much smaller, which makes it difficult to aim.
Quickly adjusting the attack angle, multiple teams cooperated with each other to launch concentrated fire attacks on the bottom wheels of a siege tower from multiple angles at the same time.
Directly increase their success rate with the simplest and crudest quantity.
After a round of concentrated fire, one of the wheels of the siege tower that was hit was blown up on the spot.
In an instant, the center of gravity of the siege tower shifted. The side that lost its support could not bear its own huge weight, and related structures broke one after another and fell to the ground with a loud bang.
Amid the roar, many Liang soldiers who had no time to react were crushed to death on the spot.
"What happened? Why did the siege tower collapse?!"
The movement on the front line soon attracted the attention of the Liang army commander.
The transmission of information in this era is not that fast, and the same is true on the battlefield. He is now staying in the rear to command the battle, and is too far away from the front line. With just his naked eyes, he can't see what is deployed on the top of the Anling city wall. He has to rely on the messengers who shuttle through the battlefield to provide him with information.
During this process, the city defense forces led by Shi Lei will not stop their offensive.
After a quick reload, there was another round of concentrated fire attack, and the second siege tower of the Liang army fell down, which made the Liang army commander in the rear twitch his eyelids.
Although it was normal for the besieging party to pay special attention to siege equipment during a siege, this was the first time he had seen two siege towers collapse just halfway through the advance.
Compared to the huge and conspicuous siege tower, he didn't know at the moment that the battering ram had also been blown up.
Their siege force had only four siege towers in total, and half of them collapsed in the blink of an eye. This put the Liang army's commander under great pressure, and he even began to have some thoughts of retreating.
However, what he was worried about did not happen. During the time when the other two siege towers collapsed, the remaining two siege towers were successfully pushed to the opposite wall.
Seeing this scene, the commander of the Liang army couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately they were not completely wiped out.
If all four siege towers fell, there would be no need to fight the current siege.
However, what he didn't know was that the remaining two siege towers were deliberately left by Shi Lei.
Their city defense advantage can only be fully demonstrated when the enemy attacks the city.
At the same time, Shi Lei's goal was to use the city defense battle to train new recruits and quickly reduce the enemy's military strength.
Otherwise, when we go out of the city to meet the enemy later, the new recruits who lack practical experience will face the enemy directly, and the casualties will be huge.
With this as a premise, if the other side directly orders a retreat because all the siege equipment has been destroyed, he will be in trouble.
That's why they deliberately left two siege towers behind to allow the enemy to push up, creating an opportunity for them to train new recruits and reduce the enemy's forces.
(End of this chapter)
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