Chapter 152 Offense and Defense
??Outside the east wall of Xiyang County Duke Mansion, the black Chen soldiers were taking the ladder. They just threw in many lit fireballs, but they failed to ignite the fire as expected. However, when they heard the shouts of killing from other places, they knew that their comrades had already taken action, so they climbed the wall and broke into the mansion with all their might.
These bamboo ladders have been prepared for a long time and are convenient to put them on the wall. As soldiers who "climb first", they were wearing heavy armor and took the lead in stepping up the ladder. They were experienced in many battles and experienced first, they first supported their pockets with sticks to lure the crossbowmen waiting inside to shoot arrows and then climbed over the wall.
However, there was no movement inside, maybe it was not discovered, or maybe it was because of the calmness. The soldiers who climbed the first to climb were also on the string and had to grit their teeth and rush upwards and climbed over the wall.
The sound of the bowstring sounded and blood splattered everywhere. The first ten soldiers who climbed over the wall were all shot by crossbow arrows. Seven people were killed on the spot and injured. The three people who jumped off the wall were also killed by the arrows that were shot later.
The mission of attracting crossbow arrows has been completed. Their death has opened a way for their successors. The second batch of ten soldiers then climbed up to the wall and was about to jump off. The archers in the mansion who were ambushing them also released a second wave of arrows to shoot them over.
With the first two batches of dead soldiers who opened the way, the third batch of ten Chen soldiers finally successfully climbed down the wall after paying for the casualties of five people being shot to death. Just as they were about to roll away from the arrows after landing, they felt something was wrong when they landed.
It was not an unexpected trap but a step on something. It was hard but slippery, so no matter what position it landed, it couldn't stand firm and fell to the ground. Because the wall was not low, this problem came.
Either you lose consciousness after ankle pain, or you sit on the ground with a butt of a random pain in the tailbone, and the entire waist bone is numb and unable to stand up. Or you may slip and then subconsciously support the ground and twist your wrist and throw the weapon in your hand off.
Some of them slid forward and knelt down, but their knees hit the ground with a heavy pain, so they rolled all over the ground, not to mention standing up. Some soldiers picked up the thing and saw that it was an ordinary pebbles. Then the fire light looked around and found that the walls were covered with pebbles of different sizes.
Somehow, the crossbowmen in the mansion seemed to pause for a moment, and more Chen soldiers climbed over the wall and then jumped off. Most of them fell down and couldn't stand up. They knew that they were not good enough and wanted to shout not to come in, but were shot down by the rain of arrows that poured in.
The inside and outside the wall were tossing like this. After a few rounds, the Chen army general outside the wall screamed and knew something was wrong. He stopped the soldiers and continued to climb the wall, but lit a fireball and threw it inside again.
The fireball was thrown into the mansion and fell to the ground. The roof was soon driven away by a long bamboo pole with an iron hook on its end. The poisonous smoke ball that emitted thick smoke fell to the ground. Not long after it fell to the ground, it was wrapped with a wet cloth with a long bamboo pole as a handle and then covered with a wooden barrel and could no longer smoke.
Outside the wall, Chen Jun saw that the arson was ineffective, and he thorned his teeth and attacked several times. He was still helpless. There was no house within about ten steps wide beside the mansion, so they wanted to send archers to the roof to suppress the archers in the mansion.
Their comrades on the west side of the mansion were progressing rapidly. Many soldiers had already rushed over the wall with arrows but were facing a second wall ten steps away. The wall and the exterior wall were generally high and needed to carry a ladder to continue climbing.
More than ten corpses were lying on the ground, all of which were Chen Jun soldiers who were shot by crossing the outer wall by crossing the crossbowmen on the mansion. If they climbed over the second wall, they would probably die because there would be people waiting inside.
"Quick. Get the ladder and climb over the wall!" The soldiers took the ladder handed over to the exterior wall and hit the second wall. Just as they were about to climb the ladder, they suddenly heard a low roar on both sides of the end of the passage between the wall. Someone looked closely and saw several pairs of scarlet eyes staring at them.
When they came to their senses, they heard the dog barking, Yingtian immediately rushed up. Unpredictable, the soldiers were bitten by these vicious dogs with red eyes.
These evil dogs are flexible and the soldiers are crowded and cannot use them to wield the sword in their hands, and are afraid of hurting their partners. In just a moment, they are bitten and mournful. The soldiers outside heard the movement inside and looked at each other.
They didn't bring meat bags and other things that could attract the attention of the watchdogs. Now they rashly climbed over the wall and then rushed in. One way, they had to risk arrows to land and then landed on the ground. Three way, they had to climb over the second wall and were shot by arrows. Finally, they had to deal with the ambush when they entered the yard. No one could withstand this series of difficulties.
"Take the fireball, throw the fireball in and burn these bitches to death!" the general shouted, but when the fireball was lit, the torch figure entered, the evil dogs heard the whistle and disappeared. It seemed that they were coming out of the dog hole to avoid the fire.
"Let's go, set the rocket!" the general shouted in anger. Anyway, it was just arson, so it would be harder for the opponent to extinguish it. Because the distance was not wide enough, they used the method of half-pull-out shot of the rocket.
Somehow, after several rounds of rockets were released, I found that there was no fire ignited as expected. I could vaguely hear the sound of bamboo poles slapping, it was the other party slapping the rocket that fell on the roof or flammable objects with a long bamboo pole.
"Shoot the arrows. Keep shooting the arrows, I want to see how many times they can save them!"
The archer pulled the bow and led the arrow to ignite the fire, and then raised it and was about to shoot the arrow, but something suddenly flew out from behind the wall. Specifically, piles of white powder fell on his body, and his face was very choking.
Before they could react, everyone felt that their eyes, nose, mouth and even necks began to heat up, and then it was unbearable and even had difficulty breathing. After the white mist, Chen Jun soldiers, shrouded in white powder, shouted and fell to the ground, and then the water poured from the wall on their bodies increased their pain.
The general rubbed his eyes desperately and stumbled around and shouted to come and save me, but no one could care about him. He was lucky enough to come forward to help the comrades who were lucky enough to help him. They thought that the people in the mansion had no means to deal with it, but they were inexplicably hit and caused the scene to be in chaos.
On the north side of the mansion, the Chen Jun soldiers who were climbing over the wall were first unable to afford the pebbles on the ground, and then they were stabbed by a spearmen who were waiting in front of him. These spearmen were holding outrageously long spears and waiting in a shed three steps away from the wall to specifically deal with the Chen Jun soldiers who jumped down.
Because there was a shed blocking it, Chen Jun archers who climbed the wall couldn't see the target even if they wanted to shoot arrows. The crossbowman waiting behind the shed in the courtyard also shot the soldiers who climbed the wall and suffered heavy casualties.
The Xiyang County Duke Mansion, which was originally thought to be able to be captured soon, stood firm under the siege of hundreds of Chen soldiers. The news was summarized at the King of Shixing near the main gate on the south side, which made him furious:
"Waste, all are a bunch of waste!"
Chen Shuling waved the knife in his hand and roared, and the generals around him were also frightened when they saw this.
According to the summary of several places, nearly 40% of the troops were lost shortly after attacking Yuwen Wen's mansion.
The most terrifying thing is not the arrows in the other three directions, dog bites, or inexplicable white powder, but the mechanism of dozens of people at the main entrance that time was solved. This mechanism that was unheard of is terrifying.
The main courtyard had turned into a Shura field full of blood and wreckage, which made the soldiers unable to stand even if they rushed in with courage: the scene was too bloody and the ground would slip if they accidentally slipped.
The crossbowmen who were waiting in the dark in the mansion could shoot people calmly. Because of this, and the soldiers were covered in blood and their feet were weak, the main gate had not attacked.
"Tian Yuansheng, do you think the Tian family will attack the city and help the battle now? Where are they now!" Chen Shuling asked with red eyes. Tian Yuansheng no longer had the confidence to win just now, but was sweating profusely explaining that the other party was feinting the attack on the west gate and north gate of Xiyang City to attract the attention of the defenders, so that he had no time to divide his troops to rescue the mansion.
"Feel attack, feint attack! I have set a large piece of land for him, Tian family in Jiangnan. Now that it is imminent, it is a bunch of waste!" Chen Shuling said angrily. At this point, Yuwen Wen's mansion has been surrounded by him. It must be a difficult bone to escape. According to the current situation, if there is no new force to be put into it, they will suffer heavy casualties.
This is just an attack on the periphery and a large number of troops are lost. If you rush in and fight, the opponent will definitely find it difficult to take down the beasts when they fight. What's more, the Yulizhou soldiers stationed in the military camps in the city will come to make trouble.
The soldiers of Yulizhou are incompetent, but coming to reinforce will cause a serious blow to their morale. The morale that was originally rising will decline even if they were unable to advance and retreat. It is not impossible to reverse the situation when they were rising and falling.
"Send a signal, send a signal to make the Tian family move faster. If you mislead the matter of this king, let Tian Zongguang stay in Jiangbei and wait for the tribe to be exterminated!"
The two local tyrants who helped fight tonight, Tian was the main force supporting Chen Shuling. The Lu family wanted to do their best to pester the soldiers in the suburbs of the east of the city, so they could not support each other. Chen Shuling's reason was that he could break through the Yuwen Wen mansion with nearly a thousand soldiers he brought. But now it seems that the winner is still between the two, so he especially needs the support of Tian's troops.
"Master, Yuwen Wen had been on guard against the city gate that was closed and could not be captured by Tian's family." Tian Yuansheng explained. Seeing Chen Shuling staring at him with fierce eyes, he added: "Master, the last general and Tian Zongguang have agreed to let them detour the south and enter the city from the south gate if they need help."
"Then you might as well send someone there!"
"Yes, yes, yes, then fire the arrow and let someone urge you!"
"Can others block the state soldiers?" Chen Shuling asked again. Tian Yuansheng nodded hurriedly and said that there was no problem. His accomplices who were involved in this incident also used their strength to bring private soldiers. The servants set up defenses at important roads to block the state soldiers who came to rescue Yuwen Wen.
"Those fish and fat people know the best. They are all wastes who can't walk when they see blood, let alone fight in close combat."
Chapter completed!