kvmb Chapter 116: Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw!
Chapter 116: Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw!
Wait, if the Yu army has 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers coming to the border town, then Yunzhou has less than 200,000 soldiers? Less than 200,000 soldiers against General Xiao's 300,000 troops? What the hell is the Yu army planning?
The remaining general Chang Ji had no time to think, and hurriedly gathered the garrison soldiers in the city to go out of the city to resist. They just had to hold out until Xiao Yunting won a great victory, and then come back to support.
On the city wall, five large crossbows that could fire dozens of arrows at the same time were neatly lined up in a row. The remaining soldiers wore armor and stood on the city wall with bows and arrows in their hands, waiting for the Yu army to reach the hunting range and then fire several arrows at the same time!
The maximum range of a bow and arrow is about two hundred meters, but the effective range of a crossbow is more than one thousand meters!
The two sides started fighting two miles outside the border town, with Deputy General Qin leading his troops to hold back this part of the enemy forces.
He Chengfeng and Ye Ze led the shield soldiers and slingers to rush to the gate of the border town. When they reached the range of the enemy's crossbows, the soldiers in front held shields as tall as a person to form a protective wall. The shields covered the front and the top of their heads tightly to cover the catapults, ladders and battering rams below as they advanced towards the city gate.
As the soldiers holding shields approached in unison, arrows from the city wall suddenly fell like raindrops. The arrows hit the shields with a crisp metallic collision sound, but no one was hurt.
Chang Ji was guarding the city gate, looking down at the overall situation from a high vantage point, and he couldn't help but feel secretly anxious.
"Ready rockets!"
At the command, the enemy soldiers on the city wall wrapped oilcloth around the arrows, dipped them in kerosene, lit them, and shot again.
The flaming arrows shot straight at the shields like a meteor shower. The shield soldiers in the front were better off. The rockets touched the shields and fell to the ground. The soldiers who were holding up the shields to protect their heads were in a miserable situation. Iron conducts heat and soon their hands felt scorching hot. The soldiers immediately lost their composure and cracks appeared in the airtight defense. Flaming arrows kept falling at the soldiers' feet.
Chang Ji showed a look of joy on his face: "Yes, that's it, keep shooting!"
More flaming arrows flew over, and Ye Ze had to stop the team temporarily.
At this time, they were still nearly 800 meters away from the city wall! The effective range of the catapult was only about 200 meters, so this was obviously not the best battlefield for them.
Soil! That’s right, soil can put out fire!
"Use the weapons in your hands to shovel the dirt and put out the fire. Listen to my command, move in unison, and keep moving forward!"
Although the soldiers who were far away could not hear clearly what Ye Ze shouted, they could understand Ye Ze's flag signals and the formation was quickly restored.
The large crossbow has the advantages of long range and the ability to fire dozens of arrows at once, but it also has disadvantages in that it requires a certain amount of preparation time between each launch.
Ye Ze and his team took advantage of this free time to move forward steadily.
I didn't expect that Yu Jun would be so calm and at ease in such a short time. The panic on Chang Ji's face was obvious.
"Prepare the manure! Prepare the big stones! Prepare the long wood! Prepare the kerosene!" These are used to prevent Yu's army from setting up ladders and climbing up the city walls.
Few people would be able to endure the pain of having a bucket of manure poured down on them. The big rocks were used to knock people off the ladders, and the long wood could directly push down the ladders set up by the enemy. Needless to say, the role of kerosene was even more useful.
In order to defend the border town and not hold Xiao Yunting back, Chang Ji tried his best!
The Yu army attacked suddenly and fiercely. Chang Ji had no time to discuss troop deployment strategies and was caught off guard. It was still unknown whether these impromptu preparations could repel the Yu army.
Once they passed the effective range of the crossbow, the soldiers hiding under their shields suddenly charged forward bravely as if they were injected with chicken blood!
On the city wall, Chang Ji immediately ordered the archers to prepare! The archers stood on the edge of the city wall with bows and arrows, drawing their bows and arrows, and shot at the soldiers rushing up from below.
The shield soldiers immediately reorganized their formation and protected the soldiers behind them under their shields.
Chang Ji was so angry that his eyes almost popped out and his fists clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound. Did the Yu army not only want to capture his city, but also not want to lose a single soldier?
Ye Ze left part of the shield to protect the slingers and threw stones at the city wall, while the others continued to follow him.
Soon, ladders were placed on the wall, and the soldiers began to climb up. With the cover of the catapults behind them, the soldiers on the wall could only dodge and try to knock the enemy off the ladders. They aimed manure, boulders, and burning kerosene at the enemy soldiers on the ladders and threw them down. Several soldiers supported the long wood together to push the ladders down...
However, as soon as the dung, kerosene and rocks fell on the soldiers, the soldiers on the ladders jumped out one after another and continued to climb up! The Yu army's operation directly stunned the soldiers on the city wall. What was going on? Didn't they know that they didn't have much dung, kerosene to begin with?
As for the stones, the Yu army below will send them up to them continuously.
Regarding this point, Ye Ze taught the soldiers this way: Those who face challenges knowing that they will get hurt or die are not heroes, they are fools! Only when there is life, there is hope!
The Yu army had a clear goal, which was to climb up the city wall alive! Fight hard when it was time to do so!
Just when everyone on the city wall was busy dealing with the soldiers on the ladders, the city gate was hit by the battering ram. The soldiers inside the city gate immediately became busy, holding on to the gate tightly to prevent it from being broken.
Due to the difference in numbers, the soldiers who went out of the city to fight were constantly forced to retreat, and at this time they were almost within the range of the crossbows.
At this moment, Ye Ze and He Chengfeng flew up to the city wall in unison and headed straight for the enemy's five crossbows...
He Chengfeng just doesn't understand strategies, but he still has certain strength.
There was chaos on the city wall. Some soldiers took time off to deal with Ye Ze and his men, and the soldiers on the ladders climbed up the city wall while the enemy was busy dealing with the situation!
Soon the city gates opened and the soldiers outside the city rushed in. In this battle, the Yu army won a great victory without any suspense!
The North Vietnamese army suffered heavy casualties, and the surviving soldiers became prisoners of the Yu army. Of course, Ye Ze and his men also suffered casualties, but this was the best outcome.
the other side,
Mu Heng was able to lead his troops to resist Xiao Yunting's 300,000 troops. The long snake formation played a crucial role. This type of combat method was unprecedented and the North Vietnamese soldiers were confused.
Even so, Xiao Yunting was sure of victory. It would be a joke if he lost with an army of 300,000 attacking a force of more than 100,000. Just when Xiao Yunting was reorganizing his battle plan and attacking again, he received a secret report from a spy that He Chengfeng had led an army of 100,000 to the city.
Xiao Yunting felt his head buzzing, and all his previous battle plans were instantly messed up.
"Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw!"
He almost shouted out these words with all his strength, but how could Mu Heng let him go back to support the border town? His mission was to hold Xiao Yunting back!
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