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Chapter 2606: Attack and Defense

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    On a large open space in the city, more than forty catapults had already been set up. Following Wang Shichong's order, the arms of these catapults began to fall heavily, and as the strongmen manipulating the arms began to fall,  At the same time, they exerted force, and a large number of watermelon to pumpkin-sized flying rocks flew into the sky, crossed the city wall, and then with a shrill whistling sound, crossed a wide arc and smashed into the dense crowd outside the city.  .  The screams began to sound non-stop. The sergeants hit by the big rocks did not even have a chance to be injured. Their brains were burst and red blood and white brains were scattered all over the ground.  But those who were hit more hard were quite a few chariots. The eight-bow crossbow just now was mainly used to kill sergeants. A single crossbow can often kill five, six, or even a dozen enemies.  However, these chariots covered with roofs and rawhide did not suffer much damage. More than a dozen chariots were hit by crossbows, which meant that a broken stick was inserted on the roof. Look.  It looked very conspicuous, but it was still difficult to penetrate the thick rawhide cover. These carriages continued to move forward, and there were even many infantry following behind, in order to avoid the crossbows at the city head.  After being hit hard, they also ducked down and got under the car to seek protection.  However, with this attack of flying rocks, even if these chariots were in bad luck, the thick wooden roofs could prevent crossbows and bows and arrows from being fired, but they could not withstand the impact of these rocks weighing more than ten kilograms, which were flying all over the sky.  The stones hit at least 20 churro chariots, and six or seven of them were hit so hard that the tops flew out, revealing more than ten or twenty infantrymen hiding underneath. These people were quickly killed.  The bows and arrows at the top of the city were cleaned for a while. Because they were too dense, they fell all over the ground. Some arrows could even penetrate sugar-coated haws.  Li Shimin had no expression on his face and was still riding on Shivachi, while Luo Shixin's face changed drastically and he said anxiously: "Commander, there are still catapults in the enemy city. What should we do?" Li Shimin said coldly:  "This is an issue that must be considered before attacking the city. Wang Shichong will not sit in the city and be beaten by us. The attack of the catapults has already made him start to use these catapults in the city in advance. This is a good thing, pass the order  , let our army's catapults raise their elevation angle, throw them forward a hundred steps, and smash the catapults in his city for me to protect our siege weapons." Monk Jueyuan frowned: "The eight at the top of the city.  What to do with the crossbows? If our catapults cannot suppress their crossbows, the infantry will suffer heavy losses." Li Shimin shook his head: "It's okay, as long as the catapults attack the city, or the infantry can get close.  The city wall, these eight-bow crossbows cannot hit it. Today we spread out the formation to attack the city, just to prevent the enemy's crossbows from killing our dense troops. This effect has been achieved. Give me the command, and the follow-up troops should not rush.  I stepped forward and got out of the range of the crossbows. The archers outside the city maintained a skirmish line and fired at the city. They found a place where the enemy had eight crossbows and shot me with rockets. Didn't they add more now?  The top cover, then light it all up and let me see how they continue to launch!" Wang Shichong sat coldly on the top of the city. There was already a lot of fiery smell in the air. Those were the rockets of the Tang Army, which were constantly shooting towards them!  When they were fired from the top of the city, many capped eight-bow crossbows began to catch fire. Although the soldiers kept beating the flames, they also carried bags of water bags over the fire points with bamboo poles.  , shot another arrow, and poured water to extinguish the fire, but most of these rockets were made of boiling oil, so it was difficult to hit them all at once. The tops of four or five eight-bow crossbows were already burning with raging flames, and the tops of the arrows were already in flames.  Seeing that the flames were unstoppable, the shield bearers under the covers could only throw the covers to the bottom of the city. Among the already dense crowds of enemy siege troops, black smoke was billowing above and below the city, and there was a puff of smoke everywhere.  The smell of gunpowder is choking.  Wei Zheng curled his lips and was about to speak when a flying stone made a "Woo" sound and flew less than three feet from his head. It drew a curve and landed on the trebuchet group behind the city wall. He only heard "  With a "boom" sound, a trebuchet hit the arm. The entire arm made of big wood suddenly fell apart from the fuselage and fell weakly to the ground. Several sergeants beside the machine  He quickly dispersed to the side and was not hit.  The commanding officer behind cursed and waved his hand, and a dozen auxiliary soldiers rushed forward with another strong arm and began to hurriedly set up a new trebuchet.  Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "Lord, the enemy started to stare at our catapults and smashed them. Now the catapults behind the city have suffered a lot of losses. What should we do? If we let them smash them like this for two more hours, I'm afraid  There are no catapults left behind." Wang Shichong said calmly: "It was expected, but our catapults did not hit their trebuchets, but the enemy siege weapons that rushed under the city wall.  Haven't more than 20 cars been knocked down? We can still make some money." Wei Zheng pointed to the city with his hand.There were seven or eight people on the ground, and more than a dozen people rushed forward, carrying the large wooden roof that was more than a foot thick, and re-erected a barrier on the top of the churro that had its roof blown off.  The auxiliary soldiers of the Tang Army with shovels and shovels had already got under the sixty or seventy culls that were still standing, and began to use the tools in their hands to smash up the wall of the south city. The entire wall was covered with  There was a "ding-ding-ding-ding" sound on the construction site, and the entire city wall was shaking slightly.  In addition to the Tang soldiers under the chariots who were smashing the city wall, more than a hundred cloud ladders had also been set up on the top of the city. The Tang army infantry wearing heavy armor kept climbing up the city wall from these ladders, but  They were pushed down again and again by the steel forks, push rods and other objects of the defenders at the top of the city. In the past half an hour, only a dozen warriors had climbed up to the top of the city. They were immediately attacked by the defenders at the top of the city with swords, guns and sharp knives.  Cut the corpses into pieces, then throw the corpse pieces off the city wall and smash them into the opponent's crowd.  Wei Zheng said anxiously: "My lord, the enemy's troops ascending the city are easy to deal with, but the soldiers covered by the chariots are smashing the city wall. We have to find a good way to solve it. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will take another hour or two to smash the city wall."  , this city wall will open several big holes." Wang Shichong smiled slightly and waved his hand: "What's the hurry? I just want more and more of them to gather under the carriage. If there are no people gathered, why am I so big?  Mass destruction. Okay, now give me the order to launch the rolling stone."
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