Another morning, when his soldiers were busy filling their stomachs so that they could launch another siege, Chao Gai stared at the top of Dongping City with a solemn expression, looking at Dong Ping who was still swaying in the wind. Zi Daqi asked Wu Yong next to him with some uncertainty: "Military advisor, do you think this plan is really successful?"
Wu Yong touched his beard under his chin and said with a half-smile: "As long as Brother Yu can receive our code, things should be settled. I know Cheng Wanli's character. He values fame most, especially reputation. , now that his daughter has done such a scandal, he can't bear it no matter what. So the King of Heaven can just rest assured, there will definitely be fewer obstacles if we attack Dongping today."
"I hope so." Chao Gai said with a somewhat complicated expression: "I, Chao Gai, have always acted upright, but today I made a fuss about an innocent woman's name because of my own selfish motives. I am really ashamed."
"Why did the King of Heaven say this? The two armies only wanted to win in front of the formation. It doesn't matter what means they used." Wu Yong persuaded in a serious tone: "And now that the war is in full swing, the King of Heaven cannot be merciful and disturb the morale of the army. .”
Chao Gai then gathered his thoughts and nodded in response: "The military advisor is right. If we can really get rid of Dong Ping this time, then we can attack the city with all our strength. I will personally lead the troops to attack the city today, and we must attack the city in one fell swoop." Down!"
"King of Heaven, this is too risky..." Wu Yong was immediately worried when he heard this, and hurriedly tried to persuade him, but this time Chao Gai no longer listened to his advice, and immediately waved his hand and said: "You don't have to persuade me anymore, I have already made my decision." Defeat. I can't just watch my brothers fight in the front while I hide behind and enjoy the results, right? Even if I really capture Dongping City, my face will be disgraced when I return to the stronghold."
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Wu Yong opened his mouth but said nothing. In his heart, he listed another place where Chao Gai was inferior to Song Jiang, that is, he was too motivated and too loyal to the world. In an ordinary village, this would naturally win the hearts of brothers, but in today's Liangshan Village, what is needed is a village leader who is calm enough and can put the overall situation first, not a hot-blooded village master like him.
Although Chao Gai is respected by his brothers, Song Jiang is undoubtedly the one more suitable to be the big boss!
Just after midnight, the drumming of war drums sounded again. Following a burst of encouragement from Chao Gai and many leaders, the Liangshan Army once again launched a frontal fierce attack on Dongping City. This time, the Liangshan Army was larger in scale than before. In the past few days, only a thousand men were invested in each attack on the city, but today, three thousand men and horses were killed at once. Among the three heroes of the Ruan family and Liu Tang Under the leadership of the leader, the minions howled and rushed towards the city wall like wild beasts, not paying attention to the arrows that kept falling in front of them.
After seeing this scene, the defenders on the city immediately became timid. Although the arrows continued to shoot downwards, they were obviously hesitant in their actions. Because they have felt greater pressure than before, and more importantly, Dong Dujian has not shown up until now.
"Fire arrows! Prepare to throw rocks and kerosene. Once the thieves get close to the city wall, hit them down. Be sure to block their ladder before they can get to the top of the city!" Pang Xu gave the order loudly with a hoarse voice, although on the surface he looked Still calm, but there is also a feeling of uneasiness in my heart. Why have I been in prison since I left yesterday evening
Never come back
Even if he is really tired and goes home to rest at night, he should be back early this morning. Dong Dujian is definitely not a person who would ignore the overall situation at such a critical moment. Could it be that he encountered some changes later? The doubts in his heart made Pang Xu more and more restless, and he could only cheer up with orders one after another, but he also knew in his heart that such a massive siege was not something he could lead his troops to stop.
"Captain, please come back quickly!" Looking at the approaching enemy troops, even though some of them kept falling, the army didn't even stop at all. Soon, there was only a few hundred steps left from the city. , Pang Xu felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
Immediately, while staring at the city, he whispered to a general next to him: "Dong Jian, haven't the people sent to the Governor's Mansion and the Prefect's Mansion come back yet?" Since early this morning, he discovered that Dong Ping had not come back. Later, Pang Xu asked Dong Ping's personal guards to send people to these two places to inquire about information.
Dong Jian also looked puzzled and shook his head slightly: "There is no news yet, and I don't know where he went yesterday..."
"Throw oil, release rocks, release arrows!" At this time, Pang Xu could no longer care about this problem, because the enemy had already rushed to the bottom of the city. He immediately ordered everyone to use various weapons guarding the city to continuously attack the enemies below. Smashing it, this immediately triggered a burst of screams from the city.
But at the same time, the Liangshan Army below was also under orders to shoot waves of arrows at the city head. Once someone peeked out from the cover of the city head, he would definitely be killed by the arrows shot from below. As some soldiers fell down after being hit by arrows, the defenders on the city began to become timid and moved more slowly. Some of them even blindly threw rocks and oil down without even looking down. In this way, the lethality will naturally be greatly reduced.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the first aerial ladder has been steadily put up on the top of the city by the Liangshan Army.
This ladder is not just a ladder, but an extremely strong siege equipment equipped with hooks. Although it is not as good as the siege weapons carefully crafted by the army, once it is set up on the top of the city, the hooks will kill you. On top of the city wall, it would be extremely difficult for the defenders to push it away from the city.
After seeing the ladder being erected, the Liangshan Army under the city burst into cheers again, and then more than a dozen soldiers climbed up the long ladder toward the top of the city like apes. Seeing this scene, Pang Xu hurriedly shouted: "Quickly, pour oil and fire rockets!" After hearing the order, the shrinking defenders around him reacted and quickly poured boiling oil on the ladder, and then used the torch with force. Throw it over and quickly ignite the ladder.
Once the ladder caught fire, the fire spread rapidly downwards. The first Liangshan minion who was climbing up at full speed had no time to dodge and was directly burned by the fire. He screamed and fell down as soon as his hands were released. The condition of his comrades below him was not much better than him, and they all screamed and wanted to run away, but how could it be so easy to escape in mid-air? If not careful, several people would fall through the air, and then all of them would fall down. The ladder also turned into a huge torch.
But the defenders at the top of the city had no intention of celebrating this achievement, because just in time they stopped the enemy on the first ladder from ascending.
At the same time, five or six ladders had been set up on the top of the city, and then more enemies roared and climbed up the ladders.
Even though Pang Xu had shouted that his throat was completely hoarse, the soldiers still could not stop the continuous onslaught of these enemies. Concerned with one thing and the other, the first Liangshan bandit who killed him with a knife soon appeared on the city wall, and then the second one. The third... For the soldiers defending the city, it is most advantageous to defend against the city. The advantage of being high up is gradually being lost.
Only then did Pang Xu know how difficult it was for Dong Ping. Except for yesterday's battle where a small group of Liangshan troops came to the city - but soon he still relied on his superb martial arts to kill them and fell into the city - the battles in the previous few days were Under his order, the enemy was completely blocked under the city wall. As for myself, I only had a brief contact with the enemy today, and the defense line at the top of the city was already close to collapse.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Liangshan Army has invested more troops today, but Pang Xu has no intention to care about this. He just misses Dong Ping eagerly and hopes that he can come back as soon as possible to turn the tide.
But his expectation was obviously in vain. Not only did he not wait for Dong Ping to return, but he encountered a greater challenge, because Chao Gai was already holding a simple knife at this time, and rushed up the ladder to the city like a tiger out of the cage. After seeing the brothers lying on the top of the city at a glance, he immediately roared: "The dog officer deserves to die, I'll give you a knife from Grandpa Chao!" Where the sword flashed, a man was trying to sneak attack him before he could stand firm. The soldier's head was cut off, and others followed him into the city, their swords flashing and waving, cutting down the enemies in front of them one by one.
Seeing that the leader of the village, King Chao Tianwang, actually went into battle to kill the enemy in person, this boosted the morale of his brothers. The brothers who had already gone to the city naturally rushed forward with him, forcing the defenders to retreat continuously, while the soldiers who had not climbed the city also Taking advantage of this opportunity, they rushed to the city. Soon, there were hundreds of Liangshan troops on top of the city, almost as many as the number of soldiers guarding the city.
Under the circumstances, the momentum of the defenders dropped again and again. Although Pang Xu desperately killed several enemy soldiers who were rushing to the front, despair appeared on the faces of the soldiers around him. —It’s over. Dong Dujian has not returned. The Liangshan bandits have climbed to the top of the city. We can no longer defend it...
"Kill down, open the city gate, and let our brothers rush into the city as soon as possible!" Chao Gai was even more powerful at this time, waving his sword constantly, and there were almost no enemies under his command, as long as he was on his way forward The officers and soldiers who came up were all cut down.
At this time, King Chao Tian was really powerful. The Liangshan brothers really saw the power of the master of the cottage, and he was really sulky. Ever since he robbed the birthday card and went to Liangshan, he had never fought so freely. The anger that had been stuck in his heart was finally released this time.
"Kill!" Chao Gai, who was eager to kill, roared loudly and rushed forward faster, vowing to kill all the officers and soldiers in front of him. But this rush put a slight distance between him and his brothers at the rear, and also completely exposed him to the eyes of the officers and soldiers.
Pang Xu stared at Chao Gai and recognized that this person was the leader of the thieves. Knowing that his martial arts skills were not as good as that of the other party, he took a bow without any hesitation and pointed at Chao Gai from a distance. Chao Gai, who was charging with all his strength, released a cold arrow...