Chapter 641 Mature Tactics
The five hundred soldiers led by Bai Tu were basically all soldiers defending their country. Moreover, they were the soldiers who fought to the last moment and survived in that battle. There is no need to say more about the value of their skills.
Although he later became a hard labor slave due to the defeat of the Wei State, he was unable to train and suffered from malnutrition due to long-term lack of food.
But after more than two months of adjustments, it has still formed considerable combat power.
At the same time, and more importantly, when it comes to defending cities, their experience is far greater than that of the Great Zhou soldiers, especially when facing this opponent.
Looking at the ladders that were being put up, their minds suddenly flashed back to the last battle in which they defended the capital. Their eyes were red, and the flame of revenge burned in their chests! With his sword swinging down, Bai Tu attacked quickly and fiercely. While knocking down an enemy soldier who was trying to climb up the wall, he rushed to the next place without stopping.
In a battle to defend a city, once the wall is captured by the enemy, the city will most likely be lost.
The five hundred soldiers led by Bai Tu were all aware of this, and at this moment, they started a bloody battle directly on the wall.
During this process, Zhou Xu had already repelled the large-scale invasion of troops on the siege tower with his "flying stone attack".
After that, the enemy's siege soldiers could only climb up one by one, which was enough to greatly reduce the pressure on the wall.
The opposing siege forces were unable to attack all at once, and with the help of the garrison forces in Huangsha City, the situation on the wall was gradually stabilized.
During this process, Long Zhantian, the enemy general, was undoubtedly observing the situation here throughout.
Although I couldn't see clearly, I estimated the time. Seeing that the wall of Huangsha City could not be conquered for a long time, I knew that the offensive might have failed.
During the previous advance, he was afraid of the power of the three-bow crossbow and ordered the main force to avoid the direction of the city gate, but this did not mean that they gave up on capturing the city gate.
At this moment, the troops escorting the battering ram have successfully arrived at the bottom of the city wall, and ten meters to the side is the city gate.
After confirming this, Long Zhantian immediately ordered people to send a signal, instructing the siege troops to use battering rams to break through the door.
After receiving the order, the soldiers of the siege force were still afraid of the power of the three-bow crossbow, but the orders in their army were as heavy as a mountain. Disobeying orders would also mean death, so they might as well give it a try.
With this idea in mind, the siege troops made up their minds, pushed the battering ram, and slammed into the gate of Huangsha City with a "bang".
The city gate was not knocked open directly in such a blow, but it still put pressure on the defending troops inside the gate.
"What should we do? Open the city gate and use the three-bow crossbow to blow them up?!"
Outside, the battering ram was hitting the city gate, making muffled sounds one after another. That thing was not a vegetarian. The city gate could withstand one or two hits, but it couldn't withstand it forever.
"No! The gates cannot be opened!"
Noticing the commotion here, Silk, who had originally gone to act as an archer, hurried over to stabilize the situation.
"The city gate is heavy, and it can't be opened and closed that quickly. Right now, the other side's battering ram is blocking outside. In this case, once the city gate is opened, the other side's battering ram will seize the opportunity to crash in. By then, the city gate will be unable to be closed, not to mention that there must be a large number of enemy soldiers waiting outside."
The current situation is completely different from yesterday. Yesterday, they dared to open the city gate and let the three-bow crossbow fire because the enemy troops were still far away and they had enough time to close the city gate after the attack.
But now the enemy's troops and battering rams are outside. Opening the city gate at this time? Isn't that courting death? After Silk said this, the soldiers guarding the city gate passage below immediately realized the problem inside, and their faces were all ugly.
"Lieutenant Silk, what do we do now?"
To be honest, Silk couldn't think of a good solution right now. If it really didn't work, the worst that could happen was that after the city gate was breached, they would block the passage to the city gate and fight a tough battle with the opposite side.
If it were the old Silk, he would definitely have done the same thing.
But since he became the captain of their king's personal guard, he has mastered a new skill, which is to find the king when he is in doubt! "Inform the king of the situation here, go quickly!"
Hearing the urging, the soldiers reacted and ran towards the wall.
The battlefield was noisy and the movement was extremely loud. For Zhou Xu, who was on the top of the wall, the actions below were completely stuck in his blind spot. Unless he leaned over the wall to see, he would not be able to notice them at all.
But now there are a lot of enemy soldiers. When they are attacking the city with ladders and siege towers, what is the difference between lying on the wall and seeking death? At this moment, Zhou Xu frowned when he heard the news. After chopping down an enemy soldier in front of him with a knife, he quickly called a team of soldiers.
"Protect me, I want to check the situation below the city wall!"
"yes!"
The elven knights led by Silk have been transferred to serve as archers at this moment. If needed, they will have to be used as cavalry in the future. Now they are not on the wall, so Zhou Xu can only temporarily recruit a team of soldiers to serve as his guards.
In order to ensure the safety of their king, the soldiers in the team raised their shields to protect the surroundings. Zhou Xu saw the opportunity and quickly leaned out to check the situation below the city wall.
Sure enough, they saw a group of soldiers pushing battering rams and hitting their city gate again and again.
At the same time, on both sides of the city gate, those soldiers who did not have a chance to climb the ladders and siege towers had also gathered there.
As soon as the battering ram knocked open their gates, these soldiers would seize the opportunity, rush forward, and charge into the city! When the opposing soldiers had already begun to capture the wall, they also launched actions below, making it impossible for them to take care of it. In terms of siege warfare, the opponent had a fairly mature set of tactics, and the soldiers also had relatively rich experience, which made the opponent's tactics extremely smooth.
【It’s a pity that I met you. 】
The thought flashed through his mind. He aimed at the siege hammer that was ready to attack the city gate again. Out of caution, Zhou Xu fired two "flying stones" directly! With the inertia of the downward rush, the two flying stones were incredibly powerful. The car carrying the siege hammer could not withstand such a powerful impact. While being damaged by the "flying stone attack", the siege hammer installed on the car also became a burden at this moment. The heavy weight caused the entire car to fall apart on the spot and shattered into pieces.
At the same time, Zhou Xu certainly did not forget the enemy soldiers gathered below.
"Wooden beams, huge rocks! Hurry up and call them!"
If nothing unexpected happens, there will be more chapters after 10:30 (End of this chapter)
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