The phalanx of bows and crossbows slowly stopped, and it took half a minute to check the crossbows in their hands to see if there was any malfunction or problem.
"Raise the crossbow!"
"Raise the bow!"
As the commanders of each formation shouted loudly, the first 1,000 people on both sides of the formation raised their crossbows.
"put!"
"put!"
Whoosh! Two thousand arrows flew out and rained down from the sky. Above the city, the new soldiers didn't know how to dodge the arrows.
He just stared blankly at those arrows hitting him. Phew, the sound of arrows passing through kept ringing out, followed closely by the sound of mourning all over the land.
Awakened by the screams, the soldiers thought of hiding, but before they could take any action, three seconds after the batch of arrows fell, another two thousand arrows were fired.
There was another thumping sound, and another four to five hundred of his men fell down sparsely. At this moment, twice in a row, the soldiers who were stunned by the crossbow array had completely lost consciousness.
Only a few of the more alert people quickly hid. Thus escaping, his eyes looked happily at the soldiers who were still standing stupidly.
Whoosh whoosh! Three more bursts of arrows passed by. Those soldiers already knew how to hide, but they were still killed and injured by the waves of arrows.
Next, this period of time is the performance time of those bow and crossbow formations. A square formation is divided into five sections of shooting, shooting three rounds in a row, a full fifteen waves, and the arrow rain pours onto the city wall, 30,000 arrows They were densely packed inside the city wall or the houses behind the city wall.
From time to time, soldiers were brutally nailed to the city wall by more than a dozen arrows. They were wailing in pain and wanted to get up and roll around. However, they were so sad that they found that their whole bodies were locked and they could not move even if they wanted to. They could only freeze. He stared blankly as his blood flowed out, losing his precious life in endless pain.
After fifteen rounds of arrow rain, more than 3,000 of his people were sparsely lying on the city wall. Some of the remaining people were shivering and could only hide behind the city wall, using the female wall to resist the attack of the arrow rain.
Seeing that the archers on the city wall had been suppressed by his side's arrow array, Zhong Yu continued to order the cannon fodder to move forward, although he said that if he kept releasing arrows, he would probably win the war.
However, this is not what I want. These cannon fodder are new recruits who have never experienced war and are still very immature.
This siege must be used and countless lives must be used to build an elite army. Now the only 25,000 cannon fodder left on the account is just an appetizer.
The eight thousand strong men who came from Wudu County before will also press forward as a reserve team.
Bang bang bang! War drums sounded, and the first batch of cannon fodder teams were pressed forward again. This time, those supervising teams will not be so easy to talk to.
They have received orders from their superiors. If these five thousand people do not die until he kills three thousand people, they will never be allowed to go down.
That is to say? Counting the hundreds of people who died before, more than 1,000 more people will die here, and only about 3,000 people will be able to retreat.
"Come on!"
With a roar of anger, all the strong men and cannon fodder started shouting and yelling, in order to encourage their own little courage.
Seeing everyone around him rushing up with him, constantly looking from left to right, and finding that there was a sea of people all around him, as far as the eye could see, he felt a lot more confident.
They held the weapons tightly in their hands, knowing clearly that this would be their most important partner to save their lives in the future.
Ten steps, fifty steps, a hundred steps, very quickly, under the rain of swords, guns and arrows, like thunder and rolling stones. This group of cannon fodder gradually approached the foot of the city wall, and a group of people worked together to place a more than 20-meter ladder on the city wall.
More than ten people were left to hold on to their feet to prevent the ladder from being pushed down by people on the city wall. The remaining people hurriedly climbed up the ladder.
Sizzle! Pots of scalding hot oil and golden juice were brought up. Numerous wooden barrels had been prepared on the city. Plop, the wooden barrels were put into the pot one by one, and the hot liquid contained in them was poured down hard under the city wall.
Blah blah blah! Countless amounts of hot liquid were poured on the soldiers climbing up under the city.
"ah!"
Countless screams rang out under the city, one after another, but it was of no use. Soldiers under countless ladders grabbed those who were injured and moved and threw them down from the ladders.
Just like that, we started attacking back and forth. The crowd is like ants, you push me, I push you through it. There are hundreds of ladders to climb up the city wall.
People kept climbing up the city wall, and before they started to feel happy, they were stabbed down by several guards with their spears.
Puff puff! All the cannon fodder is like dumplings, being picked up and dumped one after another. From a distance, it looked like raindrops falling from the top of the city wall into the moat or at the foot of the city wall.
The corpses were spread out in a thick layer, and soon, in less than half an hour, 3,000 of the 5,000 people saw him, and more than 1,000 corpses fell under the city wall forever.
"Dang, Dang, Dang!" As a burst of bronze drums sounded, the sound of Jinling reached the battlefield and reached the ears of the struggling cannon fodder. All the cannon fodder had a look of surprise on their faces.
There is a system in the army. When you hear the drum, you advance and when you hear the gold, you retreat. It's not like no one had thought about escaping before, but the 1,000-strong supervising team behind them surrounded the entire battlefield from a distance, leaving no room for anyone to escape.
As long as someone dares to take a step back, a hail of arrows will immediately come, turning the person trying to escape into a hornet's nest, leaving no chance or surprise.
As for everyone turning back together, don't be kidding. Behind the more than 1,000 troops, there are 4,000 supervisory troops, and behind him, there are more than 20,000 troops neatly lined up in a row. Looking at him, where can he escape to? place
It is better to move forward and try your luck, betting that you can survive this battlefield and be promoted and make a fortune.
Now hearing the sound of ringing gold, everyone under the city wall quickly retreated and took away all the ladders. As for the hundreds of people on the city wall.
Now he is fighting with the enemy and is entangled. It will take at least a moment to escape. And in this moment, the troops below the city who are still lining up on the city wall will kill at least a hundred of his people.
Are all these strangers in the city the Holy Mother? He is so great that he gives up his own life in exchange for hundreds of people to live for dozens of others. In that case, the whole world will be peaceful.
Before going to the battlefield, these troops were told by their commanders that when retreating, you can retreat if you want, but you must bring back all the ladders that are still intact, otherwise, any ladders that can still be used will be lost. Well, all the troops responsible for guarding the ladder were killed.
Also, you cannot throw away your weapons casually. If you lose them, you will have to go to the battlefield empty-handed next time. When the time comes and someone kills someone without weapons or armor, don’t blame Shangguan for being ruthless!
Otherwise, these soldiers who wish their parents had less legs so that they could quickly exit the battlefield would not even want to follow the ladder, and would just abandon everything and rush back to the rear.
(End of chapter)