Chapter 61 Asking for help
My legs are a little weak and I can't stand up until now. It feels really uncomfortable to pass by death.
Pang Xi was personally supported and hid down the city tower.
Ye Zhao had already begun to launch an offensive against Luo County. He rarely fought siege battles. Not only did he struggle, but he also suffered heavy losses. Look at the battle at Hulao Pass, the coalition forces directly took their lives to fill in the battle for Hulao Pass.
Of course, the level built specifically for war is conducive to defense, so the casualties are very large. But even if it is an ordinary city, if it is a strong attack, the siege troops can score four-to-one casualties, which is considered elite. If there is enough time, Ye Zhao would rather spend time luring Pang Xi out of the city and then annihilate it.
But now it is obvious that there is no time for him to slowly think of ways to lure Pang Xi out. It is too slow to cut off water and grain. It must be a lot of internal grain reserves in counties like Luo County. If you want to rely on this method, you have to be prepared for a protracted war.
Ye Zhao obviously couldn't fight a protracted battle. He wanted to fight quickly, so he chose to attack.
Simple catapult carts quickly spread out about fifty steps away from the city wall after the army pressed under the city.
It is difficult to travel through Shu Road. Large siege weapons like catapults are transported from Hanzhong to come here. Most of the Baishui, Zitong or Fu County military warehouses are guarding the city, and there are few such things. These simple versions of catapults are craftsmen brought by Ye Zhao with the army to make the second city temporarily. The range is not long, and the weight of each shot is less than ten kilograms, but it is better because of its simplicity. As long as there is enough manpower, a large number of can be made at any time, and the frequency of stone shooting is not even lower than bows and arrows.
Five hundred catapults were driven under the city, and it was impossible to bombard the city wall. However, according to Ye Zhao's instructions, there was no need for large stones, but replaced with a small stone of only two or three kilograms. One shot of three stones, five hundred catapults operated at the same time. The control of the Luo County wall was like a stone rain.
Even if three or four kilograms of stones hit people, even if they are not dead, they can hurt people's muscles and bones. The wooden shield can break the shield after being hit one after another. In addition, the cluster of arrows falling from the sky made countless Shu troops guarding the city run away in a mess.
Before the two sides officially began their confrontation, the morale of the Shu army was continuously weakened. After being shocked and angry, Pang Xi came to his senses and hurriedly came out of the city tower under the protection of several shield hands and walked around the city wall. While boosting morale, he also began to direct the shooter to counterattack against the simple stone casting car.
Only fifty steps away from the city wall, it has been encircled within the shooting range of the shooter.
Although ordinary bows and arrows cannot destroy those stone generators, they can at least suppress the soldiers operating around them, greatly reducing the power of the stone rain.
At this time, Ye Zhao's vanguard had already begun to climb the city, and various materials to defend the city began to show their power. The soldiers brought by Ye Zhao were elite, but the Shu army was not a mob. With the advantage of defending the city, he barely defended Luo County under the dispatch of Pang Xi for three consecutive days.
However, because of the continuous shooting of arrows on the top of the mountain, even after Ye Zhao retreated, arrows still descended from the sky from time to time, which made the morale of the entire Shu army still not high.
"We must try to defeat the bandit army on the top of the mountain, otherwise this Luo County will be difficult to defend!" Three days later, Pang Xi summoned the generals of Luo County to discuss matters and gritted his teeth.
He really didn't expect that the influence of such a team on the top of the mountain would have so great affair. If it weren't for these people's suppression, he wouldn't have been suppressed by Ye Zhao. After all, the defender's side was generally beneficial to the defender's side, but now he was suppressed by Ye Zhao.
"Pang Yi, for you two thousand soldiers, I will kill all the thieves on the mountain tomorrow!" Pang Xi looked at a general, who was his clan's brother.
"The last general will take the order!" Pang Yi bowed and bowed.
The next morning, the war broke out again, but today, the cluster of arrows on the top of the mountain did not fall again. When Pang Yi led his army to the top of the mountain, there was no sign of Zhang Liao.
After searching for nothing, Pang Yi returned to Luo County to report his life.
When Pang Xi heard this, he felt a little bad. With his understanding of Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao could not give up such a favorable tactic so easily. Now there are only two possibilities for Ye Zhao to give up. One is that Ye Zhao is preparing to retreat, and the other is that Ye Zhao already has other methods.
Pang Xi hurriedly ordered people to strengthen their defense. Although he didn't know how Ye Zhao would attack the city, since Ye Zhao gave up his favorable position on the top of the mountain, he probably would have been thunderous once the next method was launched.
"General, look!" Just as he was shocked and suspicious, he saw a general pointing at the distance and saying with a look of horror.
Upon hearing this, Pang Xi hurriedly followed the direction pointed by the general, but was seeing huge lanterns flying towards this side.
"What... is this!" Even Pang Xi was quite knowledgeable, and when he saw flying boats coming into the air, he was also shocked.
The soldiers guarding the city were like the soldiers from Jiameng Pass and Baishui Pass at that time, and the morale of the army was in chaos. However, compared to Zhang Yi and Zhao Wei, Pang Xi was traveling around the world and had a more stable mind than Zhang Yi. After the initial shock, he quickly realized and ordered the soldiers to lift the giant crossbow pair at the air and attack the flying boats.
Most giant crossbows shot in the air, but one or two flying boats were shot through the airbag by giant crossbow arrows that broke through the air, falling down staggeringly.
In the formation of the three armies, Ye Zhao sighed in his heart as he watched the two flying boats being shot down. In this way, people's sense of panic about this type of flying equipment will be greatly reduced due to the crash of these two flying boats. After all, once there is loss, it means that this thing is not invincible, and naturally there is no despair.
But even so, with the addition of the flying boat, it is much better than the previous goalless shooting of arrows on the top of the mountain by Zhang Liao.
Two flying boats crashed, and the rest were raised a little higher. As the flying boat approached, the giant crossbow on the city wall also lost its function. If it was lifted up, the crossbow arrows could not be filled.
With the flying boats condescendingly, targeted archery, and even throwing two turbulent tanks from time to time, the pressure of the defenders in Luo County doubled. He was snatched up to the city wall several times by Ye Zhao's army. Pang Xi ordered people to fight to the death to counterattack and also transferred the soldiers who were resting in the city to barely defend the city wall. He sent more troops several times to barely defend the city. But now, it is almost time for Luo County to be broken.
Chapter completed!