The first Thousand four hundred seventy-nine defend the city (4)
The next day, it was just dawn, and due to the noise from the Shanyue Camp, the soldiers on the garrison were also ready early. With the emergence of winter sunshine, the snow was shining with light. In such a charming golden color, the Shanyue soldiers began to attack.
Looking at the dense crowd, Zhao Hu asked, "Do you know how many troops they have increased?"
"Sir, according to our speculation, they now have at least more than 20,000 people." The officer on duty replied immediately.
"Well, it's not yet at the point where you can attack the two walls together. Order the soldiers to prepare for battle." Zhao Hu said.
"Yes!" The officer immediately conveyed the order.
The soldiers were also busy. The soldiers on the city tower just debugged and wiped their weapons, checked the inventory of arrow weapons, and finally fucked the recruits while moving their bodies.
Two thousand of the three thousand people in the city tower participated in the battle last time, and only one thousand recruits were recruited. These thousand uneasy recruits looked relaxed when they saw the others looking careless, especially after hearing their boasting about how to easily kill the enemy, they couldn't help but become relaxed.
Seeing that the recruits stabilized so quickly this time, the officers were satisfied. It seems that veterans are the best at training new recruits.
The soldiers waiting for replacement in the Tibetan soldiers cave under the city tower did not have the good mood and were all nervous to cheer themselves up. Many of them thought the war was wonderful, but because of the atmosphere, they still couldn't help but feel nervous.
Because everyone in the entire army knew that after the attack was over, the soldiers on the city tower and the soldiers in the Tibetan camp were now uneasy, who had not experienced a bloody battle.
The Shanyue soldiers were getting closer and closer, and it looked like a pitch-black wave surging. Zhao Hu glanced slightly and estimated that there were hundreds of cloud ladders and dozens of rammed doors.
Seeing the thick wooden tubes being dragged by a simple cart, Zhao Hu couldn't help laughing. Do you really think that holding a large wooden tube can break open the city gate?
Zhao Hu did not compete with the officers for the limelight, retreated to the height of the city tower, pressed his sword with one hand and put his hips with the other hand, quietly waiting for the outbreak of the war.
As usual, the bows and arrows were suppressed, but this time it was much more violent than last time, at least five thousand archers shot arrows at the city tower.
However, the shield soldiers on Zhao Hu's side were also more stable than last time, and they shouted: "Brothers behind, please be careful to hide yourself!"
The archers also began to fight back at the command of the officer. They all experienced a battle, first with two volleys, and then came forward to volley.
At this moment, the one thousand new recruits who had never fought were all responsible for carrying stones. They all had stiff expressions and pricked up their ears waiting for the officer's orders.
Seeing hundreds of cloud ladders building, the officers rushed to distribute their men, and then they started to smash them to death with a command.
Although the battle started like last time, the Shanyue soldiers' offensive was blocked, I don't know if it was a capital or something this time. The Shanyue soldiers climbed the cloud ladder quickly without his life, and the Shanyue archers' target was also placed on the stone-throwing soldiers.
Facing the bandits whose eyes were getting closer and closer, their eyes were red and their expressions were scary, and they could not be smashed no matter how hard they were hit. In addition, the threat of being killed by arrows from time to time, the soldiers who participated in the war for the first time were panicked and their movements were not very neat.
Time was very precious during the war, and this was not negligent, so the Shanyue soldiers who were climbing the ladder found an opportunity.
Several brave Shanyue soldiers took the opportunity to climb up the city tower. Although they immediately shot the officer, this success immediately triggered the shocking cheers of Shanyue soldiers. This cheer not only gave Shanyue soldiers sufficient courage, but also scared Zhao Hubing who threw the stone. Several courageous new recruits subconsciously took a step back.
But at this step, he shouted loudly: "Those who retreated will die!" The supervisory team immediately cut off their heads.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers immediately remembered the bloody military law, which made everyone tremble and stunned for a moment. The officer took the opportunity to shout: "What are you doing when you are standing there? Kill these damn bandits!" and took the lead in rushing towards the Shanyue soldiers who took the opportunity to climb up.
These Shanyue soldiers who climbed the city tower were too lazy to give new recruits a chance. As soon as their upper body rose to the city tower, they immediately waved their swords to cut off nearby Zhao Hubians. After jumping up, they even slashed and expanded the city space so that reinforcements behind them would appear continuously.
However, they did not succeed. The officers were not vegetarians. They did not kill the dozens of lucky people. Instead, they intercepted Dengchengkou and blocked Dengchengkou before ordering the soldiers to kill dozens of Shanyue soldiers.
Although these dozens of Shanyue soldiers were fierce, they had an absolute advantage in numbers. At the same time, the soldiers who were frightened by military rules immediately gritted their teeth and stabbed their weapons into the bodies of dozens of Shanyue soldiers.
"Damn it! Pour me gold and water!" Seeing the Shanyue soldiers climbing the cloud ladder below, the officer immediately shouted in anger.
The hot shit water was immediately poured down by the soldiers holding their breath. This thing is definitely extremely poisonous to those with wounds on their bodies and cannot be cured at all.
After a miserable howl below, the offensive of climbing the ladder slowed down. The officer who breathed a sigh of relief immediately arranged personnel, and the defense that had been broken in the moment recovered again.
During this battle, I suddenly heard a thumping sound. The officer looked at it and couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "These savages are just holding the wooden tube to attack the city. The recoil force alone can numb you! Hey, let's see if I lubricate you for you." Then, he picked up a bucket of oil and fell down at the city gate.
A clever soldier immediately raised a torch and sent it to him. The officer laughed and said, "Okay!" He took the torch and threw it down. The sea of fire immediately became scattered, and the screams scattered with the smell of meat.
This move was amazing. The Shanyue soldiers, who were shocked, immediately received the order to retreat. They didn't take the ladder and immediately turned around and left. The second round of offensive and defensive battle ended like this.
"Quick! Hurry! The first thousand men team will be in full swing, go down to clean the battlefield!" The officers shouted immediately, and the soldiers who were weak all over had to line up and leave the city tower under the leadership of several officers.
A thousand-man team hiding in the Hidden Bing Cave walked up with their legs trembling. They will replace the 1,000-man team to fight on the city tower.
After the first battle, Zhao Hu felt that the soldiers had experienced the experience. At this stage, it was better to lead the old and lead the new. So he divided the troops into 27 thousand-person teams, and each round of battles ensured that a thousand-person team would go down and rest, and a new thousand-person team would come on the field. At the same time, he began to pay attention to cultivating grassroots officers. All officers of the thousand-person team were selected from the soldiers, and his personal guards would not hold positions.
Although it was still very hard to be responsible for the two personal guards of the Thousand-Man team at the beginning, after a few times, they could only hold positions of captain or above, without having to hold positions of captain as they still need to hold positions of captain now.
Seeing that the wooden tube that was dragged out from the mountains and forests was burned, Lei Ming was so angry that he jumped and said, "Uncle, I want to burn this city with ice oil!"
Tang Feng looked at his nephew with a smile.
"Burn this city? Then what's the use of getting a ruin? And there is not much ice oil, so at most you can only burn the city tower."
"Then burn the city tower!" Lei Ming was angry.
"Don't hurry, let them be at ease for the time being. What we urgently need now is to gain experience in siege. Do you think there is anything you need to improve in the battle just now?" Tang Feng asked.
Lei Ming frowned and thought for a while, "Improved? Well, our archers stood on the ground and the upward shooting effect was not good. The wooden tube that hit the city gate was held by a person and bumped into it. It seemed that the effect was not great and was easily burned. As for the ladder, my nephew couldn't think of anything that needed to be changed. At most, the person who climbed the ladder brought a shield."
Tang Feng patted Lei Ming's shoulder with a look of relief and said, "Not bad, it seems that the saying that war makes people progress really makes sense. Look, how long will it take to realize our shortcomings immediately. How should you improve?"
Lei Ming smiled proudly and embarrassedly, "It's very simple. The archers are not tall enough, so we will build a tower that is taller than the city tower, install wheels and ladders below, push them to the city tower, and let the archers climb up to shoot arrows, so that we suppress the shooting."
"Well, a good way is to prevent the enemy from burning with rockets. Continue." Tang Fengtou encouraged.
Lei Ming immediately showed off his thoughts: "Yes, the city-striking weapon, I thought it would be like a swing to let the wooden tube hang up, so that it would be easier to hit. Use a wooden board to build a triangle incline on the outside to prevent rockfalls. The wooden boards were covered with soil and snow, so that they would not be afraid of rockets after they were frozen into ice.
"The arrow tower should also be soaked in snow water, so that it can at least block a rocket."
"Okay, our tribe has successors, no wonder the head man chose you as his heir! Not bad, not bad!" Tang Feng slapped Lei Ming on the shoulder and praised.
"hey-hey."
When praised by this mountain leader, Lei Ming was so proud that he was at a loss. Finally, he found a problem to divert his discomfort and said: "Uncle, how can we use it? Or hide these cans of ice oil?"
"Haha, didn't you expect to burn the city gate with ice oil?" Tang Feng said with a smile.
"Ah! Yes, as long as the city gate is burned, I don't believe that the new recruits in the city are our opponents!"
Lei Ming jumped up and shouted, and then prepared to take action, but was pulled by Tang Feng and said, "No hurry, ice oil is available at all times, and the experience of siege still needs to be obtained, and..." Tang Feng lowered his voice: "Those tribes have consumed one of their men."
Chapter completed!