Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 283 Attack on the City Wall
Li Mu's choice to go to the siege army was naturally the result of careful consideration.

With my own identity, I can't enter the decision-making level of this battle at all, and the changes brought about by the catapult are not direct, and they are even far from Li Mu's vision.

The fastest way Li Mu can think of to reduce casualties is to break through the city faster.

As long as the city is broken and the casualty data is stable, it is possible for him to pass this time smoothly.

And to achieve this step, the easiest way is to go up the city wall by yourself and work hard together with those experienced siege veterans, only then will there be a miracle.

Li Mu knew the final outcome of this battle in history, but Li Mu didn't intend to just watch it.

Even because of today's battle, Li Mu's heart was filled with anger.

It is to take down this city, history has changed, so what can be done, the most important thing is to pass this battle smoothly.

Hu Yanzan was shocked when he heard this request, and persuaded Li Mu, but Li Mu insisted on going, even if Hu Yanzan stopped him, he would go to talk with Zhao Guangyi in person, although King Qin had a bad relationship with him , but Zhao Guangyi would never refuse such a request.

So in the end, when Hu Yanzan left, he agreed to help Li Mu find some veteran siege fighters to act together.

But the premise is that Li Mu wants the equipment battalion to speed up the production of more catapults.

In the next two days, the Song army rarely launched any attack, but began to hoard troops and manufacture more siege equipment at the same time.

Li Mu saw more engineering equipment being built and more soldiers coming here.

It seems that Zhao Guangyi has recruited all the surrounding troops, ready to fight the enemy to the death.

During this period, Li Mu also heard something.

Most of the Liao army saw that the Song army was in full swing, and the defending Liao army surrendered one after another, and some refused to surrender and were surrounded by the Song army.

Many troops of Yelu's family were afraid of the Song army's offensive and did not dare to step forward, and some even had difficulty in protecting themselves.

For a time, Zhao Guangyi was so famous that wherever the Song army went, Liao people were frightened by the news and had the potential to wipe out the world.

Everything seemed to be so logical, and another attack on Youzhou City began again.

This time Li Mu stood in the front with firm determination.

When the soldiers of the supply camp heard that their boss had gone to the siege camp, their expressions changed slightly, and they even discussed in private whether they had done something wrong and offended the people above them.

Shuanzi also came to inquire about Li Mu's situation, and wanted to go to the siege camp with Li Mu, but was blocked by Li Mu.

Siege is not just about being brave and fierce, but also finding a way to climb the city smoothly, then kill the head of the city and open the gate.

Among them, the danger is not that veterans who have experienced many battles and superb martial arts cannot do it, let alone a soldier in a supply battalion.

So in the end, under the watchful eyes of the soldiers from the Equipment Battalion and the Supply Battalion, Li Mu embarked on his way to the siege camp alone, and a new chief took over the duties of the Equipment Battalion.

After staying in the siege camp for two days, Li Mu learned some siege skills from those veterans, just as a new round of siege began.

This time the momentum was so great that Zhao Guangyi went directly to the front line to supervise the battle.

Li Mu followed the siege battalion and set off first, seeing large groups of soldiers marching forward along the way.

Li Mu, who was holding a sword and shield, was also wearing a Zhajia that was still in good condition.

Hu Yanzan originally sent him better equipment, but the veteran who attacked the city told Li Mu that it was on the top of the city, and the armor on his body was definitely not as trustworthy as the sword in his hand.

So Li Mu was the same as the soldiers who attacked the city, wearing thin clothing and armor, wrapped tightly with cloth strips and the knife in his hand, and holding a shield inlaid with iron, walking in the queue.

Most of the soldiers in the siege battalion were desperadoes, and they had nothing to do with them, but the soldiers in the siege camp were rewarded a lot, and they were rewarded directly for winning the first prize, which made this group of guys have a high fighting spirit at all times.

This is a group of people who really lick blood on the tip of a knife.

Although Li Mu was still a school lieutenant, he naturally had no right to speak in such an occasion, but Hu Yanzan had also told this group of people that after the attack on the city, everything was under Li Mu's command.

As for whether they will listen, of course only they themselves know.

The troops quickly formed a formation on the front line, Li Mu was also standing among them, and a few miscellaneous soldiers were carrying ladders on the side. When the battle started, they would be at the forefront. After the stairs were erected by the city wall , you only need to straighten the ladder to ensure that it will not be overturned.

Looking at this ladder with a length of 30 meters, Li Mu inevitably felt a little nervous.

And at this moment, the drums of war had already sounded.

The sound of rumbling drums and horns filled the entire battlefield, and the troops of the Song Army began to move forward.

The archers and catapults were the first to move. This time Li Mu stood in the battle formation, seeing the arrows and stones passing by in the sky, it was quite a spectacular scene.

After a while, the officer at the front also drew his sword and pointed it at Youzhou City.

There was a roar in the phalanx where Li Mu was, and the soldiers stepped forward one after another, and the soldiers carrying the ladder beside Li Mu had already rushed out.

Li Mu also clenched the knife and shield in his hand, and moved forward quickly.

Looking down from the sky, in front of the neatly arrayed army outside the city wall, a large number of people and horses are spreading out and charging towards Youzhou City.

Seeing the Song army charging, the Liao army on the top of the city began to resist even more fiercely. The dense arrows were thrown at Li Mu and others' advancing troops frantically. Soldiers around Li Mu kept grunting and then fell down.

Li Mu just raised the shield above his head, lowered his figure slightly, and moved forward quickly.

Thick smoke has risen from the base of the city wall. It is because the haystacks hanging on the top of the city have been ignited, and the yellow-white smoke produced by the incomplete combustion of the haystacks doused with sulfuric water is sinking rapidly. Some soldiers have already started shouting loudly. cough.

Li Mu covered his nose with the wet cloth stuffed under his neck without hesitation.

At the same time, Li Mu quickly found the nearest ladder and climbed up involuntarily.

The ladder was still shaking at this moment. It was because the defenders on it were trying to knock off the claws of the ladder, and it was also the soldiers climbing up quickly that caused even greater shaking.

Li Mu only felt that his whole body was shaking, and the knife was still tied on his hand, which made Li Mu's grip a little unstable.

The hardest ones are the soldiers carrying the ladders. They braved the rain of arrows and ran forward all the way, endured the huge stimulation brought by the sulfur smoke, and also had to be careful of the rolling stones that might appear around them at any time, and they had to desperately keep the ladders from being caught. Overturned.

But being able to do this is already extremely difficult, because those soldiers who lined up to climb the ladder are the real life and death uncertain.

Li Mu has reached the middle of the ladder at this moment, and the height below is already more than ten meters.

In front of him, several soldiers were clinging to the ladder and struggling forward. There were screams from the ladder next to him. Li Mu saw a Song soldier who was about to climb the city directly pierced through the chest by a Liao spear, with The spear fell directly from the top of the city.

Bloody scenes happened almost everywhere, and a soldier above Li Mu also fell down after a scream.

And this also allowed Li Mu to climb a little higher. Li Mu could already see the blood and sweat intertwined on the face of the guard at the head of the city.

The ladder was still swinging, but Li Mu clenched the knife tightly in his hand, while wearing a shield in his other hand, he grabbed onto the ladder in front to block the attack from above.

But at this moment, the soldier above kicked Li Mu's shield suddenly. Li Mu looked up, and a black and strong man was looking down at him.

"Boy, uncle, jump in directly later, you speed up for me!"

Before Li Mu could respond to him, the soldier above him also fell down, and this guy roared loudly, and then shouted to kill him, using both hands and feet, he quickly climbed over the last few ladders and rolled into the city head.

Li Mu was horrified, he thought he was going to die, but unexpectedly he stood up and took away several Liao soldiers with a long knife.

Li Mu felt ruthless, and quickly climbed up with hands and feet.

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(End of this chapter)