Chapter 430 Fierce siege battle 1
Chapter 430 Fierce siege battle 1
"Kill!"
The war came so suddenly, with the general soldiers and some officers being shot and killed, and then at the instigation of someone who was interested, thousands of servants immediately began to attack Yilan County in a swarm.
"Counterattack, fire arrows!"
Under the order, three teams of Han archers began to fire arrows at the charging enemies.
And in order to deal with today's situation, Lu Yulin had already made a plan, so when they assembled at the Jiangnan camp, 370 and five archers had already gathered on the city wall.
Every 120 five people are divided into an archery team, which is used to respond to the enemy's attack from three directions.
"Shhhhhh!"
Faced with this situation, the soldiers did not need to aim. All they had to do was to raise the bow and arrow, and then shoot the arrows one after another.
This is called Arrow Cover.
According to the requirements, the first batch of shots must be ten consecutive shots, with an interval of two shots per breath.
So ten arrows, in just five breaths of time, a team of archers can shoot 1000 or [-] arrows.
It can be said that in this short period of time, the attacking enemy may be hit by one arrow if it is fast, and it is not impossible to hit three or five arrows if it is slow.
"what!"
For a time, the servants who fell to the ground were wailing everywhere.
Under such a rain of arrows, the pursuit is not to kill the enemy, but to injure them.
"Raise your shield, raise your shield!"
Those with large wooden shields who were exposed raised their shields, and three or five people hid underneath and charged forward.
The siege ladders moved slowly, so when many soldiers rushed under the city wall, these siege ladders were still moving forward unsteadily.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way!"
Some people drove away those who stood in front of the siege ladder, even fighting with fists and kicks.
"There is a corpse blocking the road, drag it away quickly!"
When advancing on the siege ladder, it is natural to encounter many servants who were shot dead and wounded in front of them.
For these people, someone quickly dragged the bodies or people aside.
As for the servants who pushed the siege ladder away, they didn't have to worry about the Han army's arrows.
Because the siege ladder is too high and too big, it is enough to block them tightly and not be hurt by an arrow.
"Rocket ready!"
The Han army naturally had a way to deal with the siege ladder. When they were a hundred steps away from the city wall, the arrows were replaced by rockets.
"Target, siege ladder and open space behind, shoot!"
After the order was given, 120 five rockets were fired in an instant, shooting on or behind the ladder like a shower of meteors.
"what!"
The penetrability of rockets is not high, and they mainly rely on their combustion characteristics to injure people.
Therefore, some of these rockets could not be nailed to the siege ladder and fell to the ground. When the ladder passed by, the servant army pushing the cart behind could trample it.
"There's a rocket stuck in the ladder!"
Someone found a rocket burning on the ladder and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Don't be afraid, the ladder has been watered and cannot be lit."
However, these are only for the soldiers pushing the ladder forward. For the servants hiding further behind the ladder, these rockets cause greater damage.
Although these people are equipped with wooden shields and planks to facilitate them to quickly rush to the city wall after the ladder is put down, this does not mean that they need to hold up their shields while hiding behind.
For a moment, the rockets that landed behind them immediately hit these people.
"what!"
"It's on fire, it's on fire."
"Save me, save me!"
"Raise your shield, raise your shield, raise your shield quickly!"
This time, the ladder was fine, but the servant behind it was unlucky.
However, the damage caused by these rockets was still too small without enough igniters and combustibles, and they were quickly extinguished by these people.
"Change the arrow, break the armor, take two breaths and shoot with one arrow!"
In response to this situation, the archer team is equipped with many types of arrows as standard, and all the arrows add up to three pots.
You know, a pot of arrows comes with thirty arrows as standard, so these 120 five archers have 250 arrows, and the three archery teams have 750 arrows.
If coupled with other archers and the arrows prepared for preservation, the 20th Infantry Brigade alone has [-] arrows.
This does not include the arrows used in hand crossbows. After all, hand crossbows are logically required for every soldier. However, due to the expansion of the army, only soldiers in old infantry battalions have them.
The arrows used in this kind of hand crossbow are different. They have short range and low power. They only have three iron arrows. The others are just wooden sticks that have been sharpened and roasted with charcoal to turn into arrows.
Moreover, the range of use of this kind of hand crossbow in large-scale battles is only for close combat and face-breaking.
Therefore, just talking about the archers and the arrows stored by the Han army, it stands to reason that they are enough to intercept the enemy under the city wall.
But this is just a theory. Because the Han army used strong bows, firing ten arrows in a row was a huge drain on arm strength. Therefore, at this time, it was replaced by firing one arrow in two breaths. Some archers could only It takes three or four breaths to fire an arrow.
Therefore, it is not easy to block the enemy's attack.
"Kill!"
The servant army maintained high morale under the attack of arrows and did not flinch at all, as if they were not afraid of death at all.
"His grandma's, a bunch of lunatics!"
Some Han soldiers couldn't help but curse when they saw this situation. They really didn't understand why these people were acting like lunatics. Didn't these people simply understand that they couldn't attack at all?
However, in such a fierce battle, some of the servants still ran away out of fear.
It's a pity that the Han army is willing to let these people go, but the 3000-strong supervising team behind them will not let them go.
Anyone who dared to escape was executed on the spot, and then an old man, an old woman, a woman, and a child were pulled from behind.
They don't care whether these people are a family, they give them a stick or a hoe and let them rush forward.
Desperate?
Yes, it is despair.
I'm talking about these servant armies.
Therefore, they could only overcome the fear in their hearts and rush forward desperately. Even if they died, they would have to be on the battlefield.
"Han thief, I'll take care of your grandma!"
The servant army did not dare to scold the supervising team behind them or the officials who oppressed them, but they scolded the Han troops who prevented them from attacking the city.
Even though these Han troops had given them food and allocated fields to them before, this did not prevent them from hating and insulting the Han troops.
If the Han army hadn't abandoned them, why would they be like this.
So at this time, they really hoped that the Han troops on the city wall would die quickly so that they could board the city wall.
It's a pity that the Han army ignored them at all.
From the moment these people took up weapons, put on armor and took the initiative to attack the city, they were already enemies.
Regarding the enemy, the Han army only followed two points, one was the enemy's surrender, and the other was the enemy's death.
There is no other way.
"boom!"
As the siege ladder gets closer and closer to the city wall, after reaching a certain position, the siege ladder begins to release the rope.
Then with a loud bang, the siege ladder was already set up on the wall.
Seeing this, the servant army hiding behind the ladder immediately shouted.
"The ladder is set up, brothers, come on up!"
"Kill!"
Accompanied by the cry of killing, these people climbed up with shields in hand.
"Quick, the siege ladder is up, kerosene, kerosene!!"
The defending Han army immediately took action, immediately poured the kerosene in their arms onto the ladder, and then put the torches on.
"boom!"
Suddenly, the torch ignited the kerosene and turned it into a raging fire.
"what!"
The servant army was completely caught off guard and was directly ignited by the fire, and then subconsciously fell to both sides.
"Come on!"
He immediately fell heavily to the ground, and then rolled back and forth on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on his body.
"Ah, ah! Save me, save me!"
hsntnovel