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Volume One Chapter 608: Filling the River with the Enemy

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    More than two hundred large cowhide drums beat in rhythm and uniformity, deafening! Amidst the sound of the drums, more than three hundred toad carts loaded with earth and rocks, pushed hard by the soldiers of Dou Army, slowly approached the Hulao Pass moat, arrows like arrows  Under the rain, the nails were clanging on the toad carts, turning the toad carts into giant hedgehogs. Even with shields, soldiers from Dou Army continued to fall down after being hit by arrows.  On the edge of the moat, behind the temporary fortifications built with hundreds of long shields, the archers of the Dou Army were not to be outdone. They also worked hard to draw their bows and release arrows, desperately throwing the arrows up to the top of the city. In the sky, the arrows came and went like locusts, densely packed.  The arrow feathers almost blocked the sun. The arrow feathers on the city head were as dense as the reeds beside the river bank. The Sui soldiers on the city were also constantly being killed and wounded by arrows.  When Dou Jun's toad convoy approached within 80 steps of the city wall, the war drums on the city beat, and when the city gate opened, two teams of Sui army crossbowmen filed out. They quickly spread out behind the sheep and horse wall with their short bodies, and then fired arrows in a straight line.  The soldiers of Dou Army behind the long shield and behind the toad cart had no time to dodge, and were shot down immediately. The soldiers on the cart hurriedly used their shields to protect the two wings.  Shooting wildly at the Sui soldiers who emerged from behind the sheep and horse wall, the bow and crossbow battle instantly entered the most intense stage.  Dou Jiande's army was extremely determined to attack the city. After suffering the casualties of more than 300 soldiers, Dou's army dumped soil into the moat one after another. More than 200 trucks of soil also filled several sections of the moat in a matter of seconds.  After dumping the soil, the toad truck quickly retreated, and immediately another group of Dou soldiers holding axes, hammers and shields rushed toward the moat.  Seeing this scene, Taiyuan veteran Yin Kaishan on the top of the city was not surprised but overjoyed, and hurriedly said to Li Keshi: "Wang Fubao is right, Dou Jiande is indeed not good at attacking tough battles, he is too impatient, and there are so many toad carts, he actually  They didn't have the patience to wait until the moat was completely filled, so they directly deployed their troops to attack our antlers and horse fortifications. They wanted to speed up the siege as much as possible. We can fight this battle!" Li Keshi nodded, agreeing with Yin Kaishan's judgment, and added  He ordered the pine cannons on the city to adjust their positions and get ready. When Dou Jun's infantry rushed within 80 steps, Li Keshi waved his flag and seized eight pine cannons from Zheng Jun and fired at the same time.  Amidst the louder explosions of the war drums, countless pebbles were shot at Dou Jun's infantry in the firelight. Although Dou Jun's infantry had round shields in their hands to protect them, they could not protect their faces, chests, but not their waists and abdomen, and they were immediately beaten.  The stone bullets knocked down everything and the formation was in chaos again. The Sui Army crossbowmen behind the sheep and horse wall also seized the opportunity and shot down more Dou Army infantry with precise shots.  As Yin Kaishan expected, although the power of the pine tree cannon was far less powerful than the bronze artillery, after the sudden use, Dou Jun's soldiers who had never seen such a weapon were still greatly affected. The generals and soldiers screamed and ran away.  Dou Jiande, who was more than a mile away, stood up from the chariot in shock and blurted out: "What is that? Is it the legendary Chen Tie Pao?" Zheng Army generals Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben, who knew the details of the pine cannon, hurriedly came forward.  Before, I briefly told Dou Jiande about the various situations of the pine cannon, especially the detailed introduction of the destructive power of the pine cannon's shells against dense formations. When Dou Jiande heard this, he was furious and roared: "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?  "Had I known that Chen Zei's army had some weapons, why would I have deployed infantry to attack the Antler fortifications so quickly?" Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben complained in their hearts, saying that it would be difficult for us to even meet you, so would there be a chance to introduce these details?  But under the eaves, Yang and Wang did not dare to say a word. They could only bow their heads and admit their guilt. Dou Jiande yelled again, ordering the soldiers who had attacked the Lujiao Ma fortifications to withdraw and replace them again.  The toad car, which had strong defense against long-range weapons, moved forward to fill the river, killing many soldiers in vain.  The toad truck is a slow siege weapon, but its defensive power and river filling effect are indeed quite good. By noon, after three back and forth attempts, the moat outside the east gate of Hulao Pass had been filled in for fifty or sixty feet.  Basically, the road directly to Hulao Pass has been opened.  Dou Jiande also ordered the infantry to move forward to attack the Juma Lujiao on the other side of the moat. Li Keshi did not want to lose too much troops in the peripheral fortifications, so he immediately ordered the Sui army's crossbowmen behind the sheep and horse wall to withdraw, allowing Dou's army's infantry to charge.  Destroy the fortifications in front of Lujiaojima, and only use bows, crossbows, and pine cannons to attack the enemies under the city, causing as many casualties as possible to the enemies.  Many soldiers were sacrificed and destroyed some antlers and horses that were actually built by Zheng's soldiers, forcing the Sui soldiers to no longer rely on the sheep and horses wall to shoot the enemies coming from the front. Dou Jiande couldn't wait to order the trebuchets to come forward, three hundred of them.  The trebuchets kept pouring stone bullets on Hulaoguan City, and soon the city was destroyed.
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