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The two sides come and go, shooting at each other. The defenders are covered by wall stacks. Although the bed crossbows on the Qianjun side are fired quickly, the hit rate is not high. There is no cover in front of the Qianjun bed crossbows. Crossbow arrows can easily cause casualties to them, and bed crossbows have also suffered losses one after another.

Soon, the crossbow arrows of both sides were shot, and the scene of crossbow shooting on the bed was over.

Gao Xu looked at it. Although the lethality of the crossbow was terrifying, the casualties caused by both sides were not too high because the command rate was not too high.

"Send an order, let the peasants start filling the moat!" Gao Xu gave the order.

"Yes!"

After the order was issued, tens of thousands of peasants rushed to the moat carrying baskets of soil on their shoulder poles. Their task was to fill in dozens of earth dams on the moat for the soldiers and generals to pass through. The dam must also allow well fences and siege vehicles to pass through and reach the city.

Filling the moat does not mean filling up the entire moat, it is impossible, because the project is too huge and takes too long, and the soil has to be dug out again after the city is knocked down, which is causing trouble for our own people. Before the siege, it is only necessary to fill in a few dams to allow people, horses and siege equipment to pass through.

The defenders on the city wall saw a large number of peasants rushing towards the moat carrying baskets of soil, and they all raised their bows and arrows.

"General, what should we do? Do you want to order the soldiers to shoot arrows?" The deputy general walked up to Xue Tong and asked.

It is not uncommon to use force to force civilians to fill in the moat. Almost every large-scale siege battle has to fill up the moat before they can attack the city. The moat is much wider, and the length of the wooden planks is not enough, so the moat can only be filled, and if the attacking party is a foreign invader, they usually have to recruit nearby people to be peasants, and filling the moat is what the peasants have to do.

"Would it be possible to kill some peasants with arrows and stop them from filling up the moat?" Xue Tong asked.

Chapter 630 Siege Weapons Are Restrained

As Xue Tong said, even ordering the soldiers to shoot arrows to kill some civilians will not prevent the army from attacking the city. More importantly, a lot of arrows will be wasted. There are a lot of arrows on the defender's side.

Xue Tong didn't order the defenders to shoot arrows at the peasants, because he knew it was useless. Could all the peasants be killed?The dry army can ruthlessly drive the civilians to fill up the moat, but he can't be ruthless to shoot these innocent people.

The defenders and generals could only watch helplessly as the peasants carried baskets back and forth and filled the moat with soil to create more than a dozen dams.

"General, ten dams have been filled on the moat for soldiers and siege equipment to pass through!" The officials in charge of the civilians sent someone to report to Gao Xu.

Gao Xu nodded, let the soldiers who reported the letter go down, and then ordered: "Order the first echelon of the siege, attack!"

"Attack—" a loud roar came out.

The drummer began to beat the drum: "Boom—boom—boom—"

The soldiers held shields and swords and moved towards the city wall in neat steps. The team was carrying siege ladders, wheeled siege ladders were pushed forward, siege vehicles and a The well fence was also pushed and followed behind.

The defenders became nervous when they saw so many siege machines in the siege team. In the past when the Northern Wei army attacked the city they were stationed in, there had never been so many siege machines. Because of the confidentiality of the drawings and the technical blockade, The Northern Wei Dynasty could not make these siege equipment at all.

For example, the well curb is not just a few pieces of wood nailed together with iron nails. The height of the well curb is more than ten meters, or even more than twenty meters. There must be a person standing on the platform above, and it must be able to push forward smoothly. Once the chassis is unstable If it falls, everyone above will be finished.

There are also trebuchets. There was no shortage of craftsmen in the Northern Dynasties, but the craftsmen had never seen trebuchets. Without reference objects, how could they make them?Even if you have seen it, you may not be able to make it. It takes two years to make the wood of the trebuchet after drying in the sun. The long arm of the trebuchet is made of wet wood. The weight is definitely a piece of cake for the person who operates the trebuchet. The terrible thing, the key is that it affects the launch distance.

In addition, the Xianbei nobles have always advocated fast horse scimitars and riding and shooting, and dismissed these siege equipment at all, so the siege equipment in the Northern Wei army was almost blank.

The packed trebuchets were pulled into the formation by the carriage. Two peasants carried a stone bomb and put the stone bomb next to the trebuchet. The soldiers who operated the trebuchet unloaded the speculative wheels. , Fix the trebuchet with stakes nailed to the ground.

Seeing all these situations, the soldiers of the Liu Song Army in the Southern Dynasties were particularly dignified. The northerners even built trebuchets?

As Xue Tong, who has experienced many battles, he is no stranger to trebuchets, but he has never been attacked by trebuchets, but he has used trebuchets to beat northern captives, and he knows the power and function of this thing.

"General, the army has trebuchets and well curbs, what should we do?" the deputy general said to Xue Tong anxiously.

Xue Tong turned his head and looked at the defenders around him, and he immediately said: "Brothers, don't panic, the trebuchet can indeed hit people with huge rocks, but the distance and area of ​​its killing area are limited. , even if it hits it, it’s just a death. It looks scary, but it’s actually not as lethal as the rain of arrows. When the enemy shoots down a wave of arrows, more than a few people will die? The reason why the trebuchet is scary is that The main reason is that the people who died under it died in a miserable state. People are dead, so what else do you know? Is there a difference between being miserable and not being miserable?"

After being told by Xue Tong, the surrounding defenders were slightly less afraid of the trebuchet.

The lieutenant general asked again: "General, the opponent still has a well rail. If they push the well rail close to the city wall and deploy a large number of soldiers on it, our army will suffer a lot!"

Xue Tong waved his hand: "Don't be afraid, prepare more shields for the soldiers. If the opponent's well rails approach, use the shields to resist. The general is ordering people to build guys to deal with the well rails. Once the construction is completed, I will definitely make them look good!"

While the city wall was talking, the soldiers and generals under the city had already launched an attack. When the first siege echelon came within a stone's throw of an arrow, they began to charge.

Armed with swords, they rushed towards the city wall quickly, and they divided into more than a dozen teams and rushed under the city wall through the filled earth dam on the moat.

"Fire the arrows——" Xue Tong gave the order, and the archers defending the city wall walked behind the wall and stretched out their upper bodies to shoot arrows at the soldiers and generals below the city.

Some arrows hit the shield, some arrows hit the ground, and some people who were not well protected were shot.

Huge shouts of killing spread from the bottom of the city, and the siege ladders were set up on the city wall by the soldiers of the dry army. Step on the prong arrow.

After a while, many soldiers were climbing on the outside of the city wall, and the soldiers on the ladder were also climbing up one by one.

The dry army infantry are not those Northern Wei soldiers who are not effective in siege combat. Each of these infantry has undergone long-term siege training. There is a spectrum in the heart of the individual.

The defending generals of the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties had also undergone training in defending the city. Only they knew how well the training was, but the Southern Dynasties' generals were good at defending.

As soon as an expert makes a move, he will know if there is any. For Xue Tong, who has rich combat experience, he knows that this time will be a big trouble when he sees these siege soldiers. It goes without saying whether Linzi City can be defended. Live, the key to the problem is how long you can stay!

Tan Daoji didn't stipulate how long Xue Tong should guard Linzi City. Xue Tong's original idea was to nail it to Linzi City so that the Qianjun could not get an inch!

But when he saw the combat quality of these cadres, he knew that he had underestimated these cadres. These cadres were by no means comparable to other Northern Wei armies. These people had undergone strict and very formal siege training, and their offensive steps were very organized.

How to fight this battle?A shadow was cast over Xue Tong's heart.

Xue Tong knew that he wasn't thinking about these things at this time. He gathered his mood and focused on defending the city. Seeing that many soldiers had already climbed to the top of the ladder, he immediately ordered: "Spearman step forward!"

A group of spearmen stepped forward, stretched out their spears and stabbed at the soldiers of the dry army on the ladder.

Some of the dry soldiers on the ladder were stabbed and fell down because they didn't react in time, some hid too much and slashed at them with a knife, and the defending soldiers from the Southern Dynasty were hacked to death. The spear stabbed him dead, and the body fell.

There were also soldiers who stretched out their hands to pull the defenders off the city wall and fell to death after evading, and killed two defenders in one breath and charged up the city wall. Dudou was not an opponent and was quickly killed.

The sound of killing extended from the bottom of the city to the city wall, and soldiers continued to fall down, and some defenders were killed.

Before the wheeled siege ladder was pushed up, the attacking generals did not have a particularly large advantage. After all, the Southern Dynasty soldiers’ reputation for being good at defense was not blown out. to cover each other.

Zhao Junsheng had already returned from the siege battalion to under the banners and canopies in the army formation, and asked, "What's the situation now?"

Dongfang Chen replied: "Your Majesty, these Southern Dynasties' defensive combat effectiveness is very good, and our army has not taken advantage of it for the time being! I have observed and calculated just now, and the loss of troops between the enemy and us should be about one to one." between!"

"What? The casualty ratio is so high? According to what you said, our army will kill more than 2 defenders, and we will lose [-] horses if we break through this city? This deal is not worth it!" Zhao Junsheng frowned. .

Dongfang Chen said helplessly: "My lord, the generals of the Southern Dynasty are not just paper. They have the reputation of being good at defense. Let's not underestimate them, and we must face up to their defensive combat effectiveness! And they are defending the city. I It is already a lot of advantage for the army to hit one to one casualties!"

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the front and said: "Look, the wheeled siege ladder has been pushed over, let's see if they can bring good news to this king!"

The appearance of the wheeled siege ladder is definitely a nightmare for the defenders. Its stairs are only 45

The steps are wide and thick, and trained soldiers can run on them with weapons and shields as if walking on flat ground. At the same time, four people can run side by side, and they can rush up the city wall in one breath.

Sure enough, when the wheeled siege ladder was placed on the city wall, and groups of dry soldiers rushed up with shields and swords, the defenders at the top of the city began to panic. With such a powerful attack force, the defenders How can I not panic?

Four pawns can be charged at a time, and they can cooperate with each other to fight, which is too much of a threat to the defenders.

"Kill—" Four dry army soldiers rushed up, and the defenders surrounded them.