Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 359 Siege Battle

On the head of Sishui Pass, the three generals Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen and Fan Chou stood proudly, looking solemnly at the coalition troops in the distance.

Even if the city of Sishuiguan was solid, and the city wall stretched for several miles, the dense coalition forces still gave them a lot of pressure.

On the top of the city, all the materials for defending the city are ready, and the soldiers hold the weapons in their hands tightly, with a fiery light in their eyes.

"Dong dong dong..."

The drums of the coalition troops sounded.

Go!

The team of player forces that had already been prepared rushed forward immediately.

The army of player forces, no less than 50, rushed towards Sishui Pass on a front stretching for ten miles.Looking from a distance, it looks like a rolling black wave rolling forward.

These are players who have never experienced a real war.But they didn't back down, nor could they.

They are attached to the player forces, and their parents and children still stay in the territory. If they become deserters, their relatives will have nothing to rely on.Like NPCs, become disheveled refugees.

If they die in battle, their relatives can still get a lot of pensions, which is the helplessness of the players.Now, they are not much different from NPCs.

Cheng Huang sighed secretly as he watched the team of players rushing away like a tide.War is cruel. Today, I don't know how many soldiers will die on the battlefield.

The team rushing to the front had a wooden shield tied in one hand and sandbags on their shoulders.Wooden shields are used to resist sharp arrows at the top of the city, and sandbags are used to fill up the moat.

This group of soldiers has only one task, which is to throw sandbags into the moat.

"shoot……"

Hua Xiong at the top of the wall shouted loudly, sharp arrows poured down like raindrops.However, this round of arrow rain had little effect.

The player team, of course, had sacks and wooden shields to resist the rain of arrows at the top of the city, and only a few soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

Gudong………………

The soldiers at the front had already thrown their yards into the moat, and the soldiers who had completed their mission immediately retreated.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers stepped forward in turn, and it didn't take long for the moat to be filled.

Watching the siege battle going on in an orderly manner, Yuan Shao showed a smile on his face, "I didn't expect that Wang Taishou also has a lot of research on siege!"

Seeing Yuan Shao complimenting him, Wang Kuang immediately beamed with joy, "This is the leader of the alliance, of course the leadership is good!"

Seeing the two flattering each other, both Liu Bei and Yuan Shu had a sneer on their faces.Everyone knows that this is just the beginning, and the worst battle is yet to come.

The back of the moat is filled, and the real siege battle begins!

The sword and shield soldiers under the city rushed down the city carrying long ladders. At the same time, dozens of siege vehicles, driven by the soldiers, also moved quickly towards the city wall. The city-breaking cone of the gate also moved at the same time, rushing towards the opponent's city gate.

Looking at the orderly siege team below the city, Hua Xiong's face became more dignified.Talking about this is a group of rabble, it seems that I underestimated the coalition team!

Although he was nervous, Hua Xiong didn't panic, and immediately sent Hu Zhen to adjust the defensive plan according to the opponent's formation.

Soon, the coalition forces were within range of the defenders.

"Shoot..." Hua Xiong waved the flag.The archers and the arrow towers fired together, and the arrows, like locusts, poured down towards the coalition troops.

This time, without the cover of sandbags, the coalition troops suffered heavy losses. A round of arrow rain passed, countless white lights flashed, and one-third of the soldiers who entered the enemy's range fell down.

Fortunately, most of these soldiers are players, and there are not many corpses left on the battlefield.

After two rounds of arrow rain, at least [-] players were killed, but the remaining teams have successfully built the ladder onto the city wall.

rush……

The drumming became more intensive, and the players immediately climbed towards the top of the city.

At this time, the rolling stones of the soldiers defending the city came in handy. The soldiers at the top of the city, holding a huge boulder weighing a hundred catties, aimed at the soldiers on the ladder and threw it down.Needless to say, the consequences of being hit by a white catty boulder!
Compared to Leimu, Jushi is considered gentle!
Several soldiers defending the city rolled down the ladder carrying a log that could only be hugged by two people, and the soldiers climbing on the ladder were immediately emptied.

Just as the sword and shield soldiers were climbing up the ladder, the siege vehicles of the coalition forces had already arrived near the city wall.There are more than a hundred elite soldiers standing on the chariot as high as ten feet, and they are about to rush to the city wall, and these soldiers can directly attack the top of the city.

However, at this time, the catapult of the defenders moved!Under Hu Zhen's order, dozens of catapults fired at the same time, and dozens of boulders smashed into the siege vehicles.

This siege vehicle is only made of wood, so it can't withstand the attack of boulders.

A round of boulders passed by, and more than a dozen siege vehicles were smashed to pieces, and the soldiers in the vehicles were either killed or injured.

It was also the first time for Cheng Huang to see such a large-scale siege battle. He had already seen that it would be impossible to capture Sishui Pass today!

"Leader, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. If this continues, it will be futile!" Kong Rong said.As a Confucian, he was unwilling to see more casualties.

Yuan Shao was about to order to withdraw troops, but he heard Cao Cao say, "Don't retreat. If we retreat today, I'm afraid the morale of our coalition forces will be hit. At that time, it will be even more difficult to capture Sishui. Even if we can't take Sishui today, Let the other party see our determination to attack the city and make them fearful. Only in this way can the morale of the other party be hit."

It really is the vicious Cao Mengde, Cheng Huang's heart moved, this Cao Cao is worthy of being the hero of the Three Kingdoms!Anyway, it was the cannon fodder troops of the player forces who died, so he didn't feel bad.

After hearing Cao Cao's words, Yuan Shao nodded slightly, "Meng De's words are reasonable, pass on the order to step up the attack."

The sound of drums was like thunder, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Players were brave enough to rush towards the city wall in batches, but it was all in vain.

This siege battle lasted until dark, and Yuan Shao ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

In this battle, more than half of the player forces were killed or injured. Poor for them, instead of earning points, they lost their lives in vain.

After this day's battle, the confidence of the players has been shaken. Who wants to be a stepping stone for others?
Yuan Shao also felt that the players were in a desperate mood. In the next few days, there was no order to continue the siege.

At Sishui Pass, Hua Xiong sat on the general's chair, feeling very happy.In today's battle, the coalition forces did not even reach the top of the city, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were sacrificed in vain.

"Haha! It turns out that the princes of the world are all fancy but not useful, even our Sishui Pass can't be broken, and they dare to attack Grand Master Dong." Hua Xiong laughed.

"General, don't underestimate the enemy," Fan Chou persuaded, "According to my subordinates, those who attacked the city today were all foreign troops from the coalition army, and their elites did not move out. Did the general forget that! The elites of Dongting Chenghuang ?”

Speaking of Dongting Cheng Huang, Hua Xiong's face turned cold.The Giant Elephant Legion is indeed the nemesis of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, plus the crossbowmen.

If strong crossbowmen were used to suppress the firepower at the top of the city, it might not be possible to hold the Sishui Pass.

After calming down, Hua Xiong immediately dispatched soldiers to Luoyang to report the battle here and ask for reinforcements.

(End of this chapter)