Chapter 826: Not Totally Destroyed

Outside Huangsha City, Li Tie had fought two rounds with Jie Liancheng. He still remembers the feeling of having no place to use his strength.

He never thought that he would experience it again here.

But he was sure that the black-faced man on the opposite side was far less powerful than Jie Liancheng.

Jie Liancheng was fighting one against two at the beginning, and he easily resolved his attack and directly counterattacked, leaving him with no room to fight back.

But this black-faced man, although he could resolve the attack, was suppressed by him in the only fight, and could only passively defend the whole time.

Not to mention that Jie Liancheng didn't even take it seriously at the time, while the black-faced man was concentrating on parrying the whole time.

In a simple comparison, the gap between the two is still very large.

At this moment, the deafening shouts of killing continued to come from outside the military camp. Li Tie knew that the enemy should have started to attack the city.

"Damn it!"

Li Tie tried to hold the weapon, feeling the tearing pain, and cursed.

In his current state, his hands were half disabled and he basically lost his combat capability.

He had no combat capability anyway. Instead of going out to affect morale and get in the way, he might as well stay here, at least he wouldn't be a burden to his comrades.

As for this city defense battle...

His defeat and escape must have affected his own morale, which made Li Tie feel a little uncomfortable.

But even so, he didn't think the other side could break through Anling City.

This was not only because of his trust in Shi Lei as the commander-in-chief, but also because of the strength of both sides.

The enemy should have some misunderstanding about their garrison.

If they only had 1,000 garrison troops at this time, and almost 4,000 siege troops, they could indeed fight a sure battle, but they now had nearly 3,000 garrison troops!

Counting the advantages in weapons and equipment, even if they fought head-on, they might not be afraid of the 4,000 troops on the opposite side, not to mention that they still had the city defense advantage provided by Anling City.

Once the siege began, the Liang army immediately began to advance, and as important siege equipment, siege towers and siege hammers also followed the army to advance.

Faced with such a battle, Shi Lei did not hide from them, and waved his hand and gave orders directly.

"Prepare the city defense crossbows!"

With Shi Lei's order, the two-meter-long city defense crossbows quickly opened their brackets and were placed on the wall of Anling City.

"Teams one, two, and three will attack the opposite siege hammers, and teams four to eight will focus on attacking the opposite siege towers. As long as the opponent enters the attack range, there is no need to wait, aim and fire directly!"

At this moment, the siege troops of the Liang Kingdom on the opposite side were far from the wall of their Anling City. In this case, Shi Lei directly gave the wall space to the crossbow troops responsible for operating the city defense crossbows.

Just hope to defeat the opposite siege equipment in the shortest time.

The crossbow troops who received the order in advance locked the target throughout the whole process, and only waited for the target to enter their attack range, and opened fire immediately without saying a word!

At the same time, they were attacked by the concentrated fire of the first, second and third teams. The crossbow arrows like iron spears burst out one after another. In the blink of an eye, the enemy soldiers who were pushing the siege hammers below were instantly blown up!

In comparison, the siege tower on the opposite side is much more resistant to attack.

In order to improve the defense, the surface of the tower should be covered with a layer of iron sheet. According to the destructive power of the city defense crossbow, although it can directly penetrate the iron sheet, it is difficult to completely destroy it in a short time.

Of course, for situations like this, the crossbow troops usually have training during their daily training.

The best way is naturally to directly blow up the wheels installed at the bottom of the siege tower!

But this is a difficult job.

On the one hand, it is an angle problem, which is destined to make this attack not so easy. On the other hand, compared with the main body of the siege tower, the wheels at the bottom are much smaller, which is not conducive to aiming.

Quickly adjust the attack angle, and multiple teams cooperate with each other to launch a concentrated fire attack on the wheels at the bottom of a siege tower from multiple angles at the same time.

Directly increase their success rate with the simplest and crudest number.

After a round of concentrated fire attack, the wheel of one side of the siege tower that was under concentrated fire was blown up on the spot.

In an instant, the center of gravity of the siege tower shifted, and the side that lost support could not bear its own huge weight, and the related structures broke and fell to the ground.

Amid the roar, many Liang soldiers who did not have time to react were killed on the spot.

"What's going on? Why did the siege tower fall?!"

The movement on the front line soon attracted the attention of the Liang army commander.

The information transmission in this era was not so fast, and the same was true on the battlefield. He was now staying in the rear to command the battle, and he was too far away from the front line. With just a pair of naked eyes, he could not see what was deployed on the top of the Anling city wall. He had to rely on the messengers who shuttled through the battlefield to provide him with information.

In this process, the city defense army headed by Shi Lei would not stop their offensive.

After a quick reload, another round of concentrated fire attack, the second siege tower of the Liang army fell down, and the Liang army commander in the rear was shocked.

Although it was normal for the siege equipment to be taken care of by the enemy in a siege battle, it was the first time he saw two siege towers fall down just halfway through the advance.

Compared to the huge and conspicuous siege tower, he didn't know that the siege hammer was also blown up.

Their siege troops only had four siege towers in total, and half of them collapsed in a blink of an eye. This doubled the pressure on the Liang army commander, and he even began to have some thoughts of retreat.

However, what he was worried about did not happen. During the time when the other two siege towers collapsed, the remaining two siege towers had been successfully pushed to the opposite wall.

Seeing this scene, the Liang army commander couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately they were not completely destroyed.

If all four siege towers collapsed, there would be no need to fight the siege battle in front of them.

However, what he didn't know was that the remaining two siege towers were deliberately left by Shi Lei.

Their city defense advantage can only be fully reflected when the opposite side attacks the city.

At the same time, Shi Lei's goal is to use the city defense battle to train new recruits and quickly reduce the opposite side's troops.

Otherwise, when they go out to meet the enemy, the new recruits who lack practical experience will face the enemy directly, and the casualties will be huge.

Based on this premise, if the enemy orders a retreat directly because all the siege equipment is destroyed, he will be in trouble.

That's why he deliberately left two siege towers to let the enemy push up, creating an opportunity for him to train new recruits and reduce the enemy's strength.