Chapter 608 Bloody Battle (1)
The next day, when it was dim, there was a horn outside Liangzhou City. Countless Tuyuhun soldiers resisted the ladder that had been lengthened, holding wooden shields covered with layers of cowhide, and rushed towards the city ahead.
"Stay steady, all of them are stable. Prepare the crossbow and prepare the archers." On the wall on the east side of Liangzhou City, Duan Zan stared at the Tuyuhun soldiers rushing towards him.
With a brief and funny contest yesterday, the tension of the battle formation has faded, replaced by the wildness of being a disciple of the general.
The guys who were having fun together, Yuchi Baolin has now gone to the Western Regions to be a horse thief. It is said that the news of the trouble now is that more than 15,000 subordinates are obeying his orders. Li Zhen is in the South China Sea and heard that he has many subordinates. After rough calculations, there are probably more than 10,000 people, but those seem to be called pirates.
As for the others, they all have their own plans. As a son of the general, he seems to be the only one who has been huddling in Chang'an City, hiding under his father's wings.
So this time he went on the expedition, he took the initiative to call on the vanguard, in order to prove himself, prove that he can also stand alone, and prove that he is no worse than other generals.
Just as Duan Zan was thinking about it, the personal guard sent by the old man beside him reminded: "Little General, the distance is almost the same."
"Are the bed crossbows ready?" Duan Zan came to his senses at the reminder of his personal guards, looked at dozens of bed crossbows not far away, and asked in a deep voice.
"Prepare." The person in charge of the crossbow was the Zuo Rao Guard soldiers brought by Duan Zan. Years of training allowed them to master some tactical sign language on the battlefield, and at the same time they could proficiently operate the current armies of the Tang Dynasty.
Duan Zan waved his hand suddenly and shouted loudly: "Let it go!"
At the same time, the same shout sounded above the city walls on the south and north sides.
"Bang..." The giant hammer was swung down, and the wooden pole as thick as a wrist was five feet long, with the whistling sound of the wind, pierced the Tuyuhun soldiers who were rushing forward under the city.
"Ah... no!" A black light flashed in front of him, and the Tuyuhun soldier wearing only simple leather armor or leather jacket was instantly stabbed and flew backwards.
The crossbow arrows shot from the bed crossbow, oh no, should be called crossbow guns. The crossbow guns of the bowl can even be shot into an ordinary city wall. The fragile body of human flesh cannot stop its powerful impact. No matter how thick or heavy the armor worn on the body is, the huge impact force is not something that people can bear.
The Tuyuhun soldiers carrying the siege ladder were standing on a line because of the ladder. Facing the huge crossbow gun flying straight to the sky, they didn't even dodge. They were instantly penetrated together and fell down screaming. The penetration wound of the bowl was so thick that they lost all the value of rescue. They could do nothing except wait for death.
"Roar, hurry up. As long as they can rush to the city, their crossbow guns will be useful. Hurry! Hurry!" Some guys who had experience in fighting with the Sui army at the end of the Sui Dynasty knew where the shortcomings of the various crossbows placed on the city were. They rushed forward while commanding the soldiers around them.
However, most Tuyuhun soldiers had never seen such powerful weapons. They were frightened. Some of them had already begun to slow down and gradually had the intention to turn around and escape.
"Let it..." In just seven or eight breaths, a loud shout sounded again on the top of the city, and the huge crossbow gun that led to people's fear came again.
Crazy, everyone went crazy, and those famous kings and Baihu who had experience fighting with the Sui army also began to be a little confused.
When can the bed crossbow have this kind of firing speed? This is no longer different from ordinary strong crossbows? How many bed crossbows did the Tang army on the opposite side have arranged on the top of the city? Are there hundreds or thousands?
These Tuyuhun generals did not know that the crossbows they faced were actually all modified crossbows.
The thick traction device in the past was replaced by pulley sets, and the base of the crossbow was also transformed into a chuck and hinge structure, so that the crossbow could no longer only shoot in one direction.
The light pulley set makes the string hanging work very easy, and one person is fully qualified, so that the modified crossbow can be operated at an extremely fast speed only two people.
From five hundred steps to three hundred steps, Tuyuhun's soldiers almost stepped on their own bodies. Within three hundred steps, they had to continue facing the crossbow arrows that were tilting down from the top of the city.
The entire battlefield was filled with screams of Tuyuhun people, calls for help and roars like beasts. The battle to this extent was no longer something that Tuyuhun could retreat if he wanted to. Now if they retreat, the people who just died would be in vain. When the next attack was launched, they would need to fill in these people again.
So although Fu Shun, who was commanding the battle, had to order the troops to continue attacking, and the momentum seemed to be trying to use his own death to scare the opponent to collapse.
"One hundred and fifty steps, archers are ready." Seeing that the Tuyuhun army had rushed to more than one hundred steps below the city, Duan Zan on the top of the city immediately ordered loudly.
"Be ready, everyone is ready, all hiding behind the pile of arrows. No one should show their heads without orders. Did you hear it?"
Such instructions were conveyed among all the soldiers. The lieutenant notified the chief of the fire, and the chief of the fire notified the soldiers under his command. The plan to deal with them was soon conveyed.
At this time, the Tuyuhun army had already rushed to nearly a hundred steps below the city.
"Shoot the arrow!" A loud shout sounded from the top of the city, and the rain of arrows also shot out from the top of the city, falling down like raindrops.
"Roar, hurry up, there are not many people on the city wall, we will win if we rush over!" Various commands sounded from the Tuyuhun army, but the general meaning was to move forward, lean under the city, and put the ladder in your hand on the top of the city.
The battle has entered a white heat by this time, and the bows and arrows in the hands of Tuyuhun soldiers can already be shot on the top of the city, which makes the defenders on the top of the city begin to show injuries.
"I've been hiding, have you heard that? Wait until they come up and fight with them. Don't show up now." Duan Zan is not a fool. When the Tuyuhun army rushed into a hundred steps, he had already hid behind the arrow pile, and at the same time he was commanding his troops loudly.
"Crack..." With the sound of wood colliding, everyone understood that the ladder of the Tuyuhun people had already been on the top of the city.
With a "swish", Duan Zan roared with a ferocious look on his face: "Change weapons, prepare for the spearmen, don't let them come up."
The Tuyuhun people are about to come up. The time is coming. Let’s just look at whether to die or live. I hope the old man can be faster, but don’t wait until he dies before coming! Duan Zan thought so!
Chapter completed!