Chapter 89 Absolutely Unambiguous

And the archers on the city wall worked hard enough, switching in two rounds, each round with more than 20,000 bows and arrows flying out, endlessly, and the song was extremely small.

Since the ones who charged up first were cannon fodder puppet troops, their equipment would not be improved. After these few waves of arrows, more than 10,000 people fell down.

Under the cover of dense arrows, the puppet army had difficulty advancing, but the city defenders also paid some price for it.

The catapults behind the Mongolian army kept throwing boulders. It was impossible for the defenders to dodge in time, and it was even more impossible for those who were pulling people.

For a while, people were constantly being crushed to death.

Fortunately, the density of throwing stones is not as good as that of bows and arrows, and the aim is also uncontrollable. So far, only a hundred people have been lost.

In the end, after paying the price of 300 people, more than 9,000 people were finally rescued.

At this time, the siege battle officially started, but Night Breeze looked at the generals behind him, "Xue Rengui! This king wants you to command alone and defend the city wall with one-third of the troops for five hours. Can you do it? !"

"Yes!" Xue Rengui usually tried to be conservative in his speech, but he was absolutely unambiguous when he actually went to the battlefield.

"Okay! That's what you said. What if something goes wrong within five hours?" Night Breeze asked.

"The final general would like to meet each other!" Xue Rengui said firmly.

"Then you will be in full command of this place. Xiaofeng will stay and help, and everyone else will go to rest and join the battle in five hours." Night Breeze said to the others.

"I don't have to stay either?" Qin Shubao asked.

"No, everyone go to rest." Night Breeze ordered.

yes!

For a while, everyone went down to the city wall to rest.

This siege battle is destined to be long and must be played in rotation.

Night Breeze didn't mess around either, a commander-level figure was enough for a frontal battle, let alone a city defense battle.

And Xie Xiaofeng is currently the number one expert in Night Breeze's hands. He helped put out the fire in an emergency, and it was not a problem to defend for five hours.

And after five hours of fighting, the situation should be worse. The rest of the people are full of energy, and if they rotate up again, the pressure will be reduced.

On the battlefield, Xie Xiaofeng looked at Xue Rengui, "Marshal Xue, can we really hold out for five hours with only one-third of our troops?"

Xue Rengui smiled, "You will find out later, but I hope that General Xie can fully cooperate."

"That's natural." Xie Xiaofeng also knew the military regulations. He was Ye Feng's subordinate, and now he belonged to the inner city as a vanguard general. In addition to Ye Feng's orders, the marshal's orders were also to be obeyed.

When the two were talking, a big rock happened to fly towards them. Xie Xiaofeng had quick eyesight and quick hands, and with a finger of the sword in his hand, a burst of sword energy flew out, and the big rock that was still in the air was instantly shattered.

"If you encounter such a situation later, just get out of the way and save some effort." Xue Rengui said.

"This is a natural response to danger, and I try my best," Xie Xiaofeng said.

At this time, the puppet army under the city also set up the ladder and began to climb.

The veterans have gotten used to it, and now they are ready to change the rolling logs and rocks.

Xue Rengui's order was issued immediately, "Don't worry about them, continue to shoot the rear army with bows and arrows."

This move looks very risky, but as a soldier, obeying orders is the first rule.

The bows and arrows still didn't stop, and they flew into the enemy group round after round. The Mongols were also worried about the puppet army, so they didn't equip the puppet army with bows and arrows. At this time, they had no way to use bows and arrows to display counter-suppression.

In the continuous shooting, the puppet army kept falling.

But at the same time, because the defenders didn't care about it, five or six puppet troops climbed up each ladder, and the nearest one was only seven or eight steps away from the city wall.

At this time, if there were bows and arrows below, some people would definitely be able to climb up the hundreds of ladders, but unfortunately, the puppet army did not.

Xue Rengui also saw this, before he dared to ignore the people on the ladder, but now it is impossible to treat them as non-existent.

"Fire oil! Pour kerosene on both sides of each ladder!" The order was issued again.

The soldiers at the edge of the ladder immediately picked up a mouthful of the cauldron and poured the boiling oil inside.

When the first person was directly hit, the whole body sizzled, and the bones of the joints and other places directly appeared.

ah!

Amidst the screams one after another, the first person on all the ladders fell down amidst the screams, and at this moment, the soldiers on the city wall poured kerosene onto the handrails on both sides.

Facing the terrifying temperature of the kerosene, the handrails could no longer be grasped, and the soldiers below hurriedly grasped the middle crossbar.

"Pick the biggest and most even log and roll down the ladder!"

For a while, the soldiers took back the cauldron, and the cauldron that was put down was filled with new fire oil and continued to burn.

A suitable log was selected and rolled down the ladder, knocking down the entire row of people.

The first wave of attacks was completely suppressed.

At this time, it was time to order the city defenders to set fire to the ladder, but Xue Rengui didn't. Instead, he ordered all the city defenders to put on bows and arrows again, and continue to shoot and kill the enemy troops below.

The battle was repeated, waves of puppet troops rushed up, but they were beaten down again and again. After more than two hours, no one was able to charge up the city wall.

The puppet army under the city wall has fallen more than 60,000, and the city defenders have not been killed by the puppet army.

Now only a few hundred people have been lost, all from the trebuchet behind.

It is unbelievable to say that the battle was fought like this, but it can be understood by seeing the inferior equipment of the puppet army. The armor protection is extremely poor, there is no bow and arrow cover, no shield to resist, but they are here to attack the city.

Under Xue Rengui's command, they were no different from those who came to die.

"This is not a war. This is basically letting these people die. Why don't the Mongols equip them with some equipment? Even if they are equipped with 10,000 to 20,000 archers, it will not be like this." Xie Xiaofeng said.

Xue Rengui smiled, "After the equipment is configured, it will not be as easy for the Mongols to control them now."

"Indeed!" Xie Xiaofeng suddenly realized.

Behind the Mongolian army camp, Tuo Lei looked at the situation and cursed, "These white pigs look good, why are they so useless?"

"Prince, don't be angry. They were defeated by my Mongolian warriors. Their inability to conquer the city only means that the Han people are stronger than them." Jebe said.

Tuo Lei nodded, "It seems that we can only look at my Mongolian warriors!"

With an order, the Mongolian cavalry rushed over in an instant, and the horses trampled all the way. The puppet army behind was not killed by the defenders, but was trampled to death by the Mongols themselves. In the eyes of Tuo Lei and Jebe , aliens are no different from animals.

The Mongolian army was a mixture of heavy cavalry and light cavalry. The heavy cavalry was in front and soon entered the range of bows and arrows, but ordinary arrows fell on the heavy cavalry.

Relying on the thick armor of the heavy cavalry, the Mongolian army approached the city wall with a loss of less than a thousand.

Some light cavalry began to dismount and climb the ladder, while the rest covered with bows and arrows.

The heavy cavalry exists as a shield for the time being.

While climbing the ladder here, a newly made battering ram was also pushed up.

Sishui Pass is also one of the five major passes of the Sui Dynasty, but the city gate is not as thick as Baguan, and the city gate can still be opened if the siege hammer is hit more.

"Fire the arrows to prevent the enemy's battering ram from approaching!"

Bows and arrows kept shooting at the person in charge of pushing the battering ram, and from time to time someone fell down from the arrow, but soon new people joined the ranks of pushing the battering ram, which could not completely stop the approaching of the battering ram.

At the same time, there were people climbing up the ladder continuously.

The attack methods of the Mongolian army and the puppet army are different. Under the cover of dense bows and arrows below, the defenders are always facing the threat of being shot, and rolling logs, stones and the like cannot be thrown out, so the effect is also ineffective. so good.

The battle that the Mongolian army pressed up on lasted only half an hour, but from time to time, a few Mongolian soldiers rushed to the city wall.

The physique of the nomadic people is naturally better than that of the Han people. If it is better than wrestling, the combined force of two or three may not be able to knock down one.

However, there are weapons on the battlefield, not hand-to-hand combat. The comparison is not only about physique, but also fighting skills. .