Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Seven: Keshuo City
Shuocheng is more than 100 miles away from Xiangzhou City, and is the last gateway to Xiangzhou City. After taking Shuocheng, Xiangzhou City was completely exposed to Hong Niangzi. From then on, he could directly threaten the core of Xiangzhou.
Compared with Shenwu, Taikang and other counties, Shuocheng's city defense is undoubtedly much better. The solid city wall is covered with blue bricks and the protruding corner towers expose the entire front of the vulnerable city wall to the attack of its long-range weapons. On the city wall, carefully polished stones are laid on the ground, and even if the thunder cannons fall on it, they will not break it. Various types of hidden soldiers are hidden under the city tower, rows of crossbows shine sternly, and crossbow arrows as thick as arms completely cover the front of the city wall hundreds of meters.
The moat several meters wide is about two meters deep. It actually has a mystery under the seemingly calm water surface. Countless iron spears penetrate into it. If you forcibly wade across the river, you will inevitably be hurt.
Compared with the strong city defense of Shuocheng, the army defending this place seemed much worse. Here, about 10,000 Xiangzhou Town Army was concentrated to guard the guard. The information collected from various places clearly showed that the Baotao Guard arranged the main force in Taikang Shenwu and Xiangzhou City. Obviously, Huang Rui made the opponent alert in the battle of his wealthy people, and the Three-eyed Tiger on the other side was even more famous. The three-eyed cavalry under his jurisdiction was one of the core strike forces of the White Lotus Army. The city defense of these two places was weak, so they could only arrange stronger troops to guard the city. Shuocheng's city defense was strong and could get support from Xiangzhou City at any time. There was no tactically wrong to arrange 10,000 Xiangzhou Town Army here.
Hongniang led more than 20,000 troops from his headquarters to the city. Without any wait and see or hesitation, on the second day after arriving in Shuocheng, Hongniang immediately launched a fierce attack on Shuocheng.
Braving the sharp arrow like rain, the White Lotus soldiers shouted slogans, carried sacks and rushed to the moat, poured the bag full of sand into the river, then turned around and ran with their legs spread.
Four hundred steps away from the city, Hongniangzi gathered nearly a hundred bed crossbows and thousands of powerful crossbows in the army. He shot against the defenders above Shuocheng to cover his soldiers to fill the moat.
After a fierce battle of one day, the two sides had not yet fought in close combat. Hundreds of corpses had fallen under the city, and more than 100 soldiers guarding the city were injured and killed. The result of Hong Niangzi's victory was to fill the moat that had been hundreds of meters long.
"Saint. There are tens of thousands of Xiangzhou town soldiers in Shuocheng. Although these town soldiers are not good at fighting in the field and lack strong fighting will, they still have the courage to fight behind the city walls. The passage of hundreds of meters is obviously not enough. It is too easy for the enemy to defend." Chen Ji shook his head and said, "We have to find another way!" Chen Ji was a senior officer of the former Shanzhou town army. After being captured by Hongniang, he surrendered to Hongniang. Now he is an important general under Hongniang. This person has strong military qualities and has great experience in siege and defending the city.
"Saint, there are many trees outside Shuocheng. We can cut wood and build bridges to avoid bagging and filling rivers, which means that wastes more waste and damages when waste is lost!" Suo Wenhai paused on the ground and said.
"Build a bridge?" asked the Hongniang strangely.
"What I mean by a bridge is actually cutting down those long enough trees, nailing them together, shaped like a raft. During the battle, dozens or hundreds of soldiers carried it to attack the city, put it on the moat, and naturally formed a passage, and there was a wonderful thing. The soldiers carried him forward and could also be used as shields. The enemy's feather arrows could not hurt them." So Wenhai used a kid to draw a look on the ground.
"It's a good idea!" Mark Jinji closed his palms, "Lao Suo, I didn't say such a good idea earlier. If we used him from the beginning, wouldn't we lose more money?"
Suo Wenhai smiled slightly, "I thought the Xiangzhou town army was vulnerable, but they were still a little bloody."
"Phizard, you can do this and make this raft across the river overnight! The more the better."
"Yes, saint, I'll do it right away!"
Chen Ji stood up and said, "Saint, I think the time for our attack should be adjusted."
"When do you think it's best?"
"The town army is used to fighting during the day and resting at night. We might as well launch an attack in Lingcheng. At that time, it was the time when a person was most tired. We launched a fierce attack at this time. At that time, the shocking shouts and torches all over the mountains and fields caused a great visual impact on people. For those who have not experienced the war, it is enough to make them fear, and we can use their fear to make profits."
"Miaoji!" Hongniang laughed and said, "I asked brothers to rest early today, have dinner at the third and fourth, the attack began. I hope that at dawn tomorrow, we can step onto the wall of Shuocheng."
The stars moved and the fight was turned. At the fourth o'clock, a quiet White Lotus Sect military camp suddenly shone brightly, and countless torches rushed out of the camp. The sound of the shocking shouts of killing awakened the soldiers on the city. As the alarm bells erupted, countless soldiers rushed towards the city wall in panic.
With the countless torches under the city, I saw groups of soldiers carrying huge rafts, shouting horns, and strode towards the city wall.
"Enemy attack! Get ready for battle!" The officers carried their swords and ran back and forth on the city walls, driving the soldiers up. In the night, countless feather arrows broke through the air.
As Suo Wenhai said, these rafts made of giant trees became natural shields. The soldiers hid under them and held these rafts and rushed to the city, with few casualties. With a shout, the huge rafts stood up under the city, stood up, and fell towards the moat. With a loud bang, they connected the two banks of the moat, some of which were a little shorter, one end was on the shore here, and the other end fell into the river, splashing water in the sky.
As the raft was settled and was still trembling violently, soldiers had already rushed up the ladder. With a choking sound, the anchor hook at the front of the ladder hooked tightly against the city wall. The soldiers used their hands and feet to climb up the ladder.
The White Lotus Sect's soldiers suddenly launched an attack from the front of the city wall about a thousand meters long. To the expectations of the defenders, the generals of the Xiangzhou Town Army, where the moat that was filled during the day, suddenly discovered loopholes everywhere. On the entire front wall, the White Lotus Sect's soldiers rushed up the city wall and started a close contact with the defenders.
"It's coming to the city!" Suo Wenhai shouted in surprise.
"It's coming to the city!" Hongniang looked excited, "Military Suo is in charge of our army, but I see me breaking through the Shuocheng!" After saying this, without waiting for Suo Wenhai to make an objection, Hongniang was already riding a war horse and running forward like an arrow.
"Kill!" Seeing the Red Lady himself appearing, the White Lotus Sect soldiers were immediately energetic, "The Saint is Always Birth!" For a moment, they were like chicken blood, and they all fought for the first place and followed the ants.
The war horse stepped on the raft and leaped across the moat. The red lady's red cloak was waving in the fire. She jumped over the moat. She was already standing on the back of the war horse. When the war horse was about to hit the city wall, the red lady had already soared into the air. She rolled the long horse whip in her hand, wrapped around the cloud ladder, pulled it hard, and the whole person was like flying clouds and fog. She jumped up about a foot, grabbed the cloud ladder with one hand, and held the horse whip with both feet. She waved up again with her right hand, and this time it was rolled up on the city.
With the hand, she pushed hard, and with a click, the crossbar of the ladder under her feet was broken, and the Hongniang rose into the air again. This time, the height of her entire jump had exceeded the city wall, just like a goddess descending to earth, falling from the air. Before her feet could be completed, the horse whip in her hand shook and shook several circles, which happened to be put on the necks of several Shuocheng Town Army under her feet, and strangled hard. The several town army immediately stared at her eyes and spit out their tongues, which were strangled to death.
His legs were stepped on the battlements, and the horse whip was howling. Within about a meter, screams suddenly formed. More than a dozen people were thrown to the ground. One of them was swept across his eyes by the tip of the whip and immediately burst his eyes. The soldier covered his eyes and screamed loudly. He ran wildly on the wall like crazy. He stepped on the air and fell from the wall. In the air, his shrill scream could still be heard.
Like a witch, Hongniang's bright red boots stood steadily on the battlements, attacking from a long whip, guarding with a sword, and being more than a meter away. The defenders of Shuocheng fell to death one after another. Behind her, more and more White Lotus soldiers broke onto the city wall, with Hongniang as the core, constantly spreading the occupied area around.
Seeing the crisis, the commander of the town army rushed up with a spear. With a roar, the spear shook out the size of a bowl of gun flowers, snatched straight from the periphery, and rushed towards Hongniang. If he did not drive this person to the city wall, Shuocheng would be broken today.
With the long laughter, the long whip in Hongniang's hand suddenly became much shorter. Holding the sword in his hand, Hongniang ravaged her body and raised her head, and the sword in her hand was shining brightly, facing the general.
Thinking about the fact that Lian Yunzhao's close fighting skills were learned from Hongniangzi. Although this general was not weak in martial arts, he was like a barbarian who was not good at martial arts. Within a few moves, the spear in his hand was knocked away, and his hands were cut off. The two of them passed by. The horse whip in Hongniangzi's hand was already put on his neck. When his wrist tightened, the general's throat made several sounds, and his head was soft and drooped to the side. Hongniang's saber turned around, and the sword light flashed, and a head was chopped down.
The death of the general became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The soldiers nearby saw that their general was shot dead in several rounds, and they lost all their fighting spirit. They shouted, turned around and ran down the city.
The Red Lady rolled up a long whip, wrapped around the battlements of the city tower, flew up, waved her saber, chopped down the flag of the Xiangzhou Town Army, and stood on the city tower with a knife. The red cloak rose high in the wind, making a sound.
At this time, above the city wall, Chen Ji and Martin Ki also attacked the city wall from the other two directions. More and more White Lotus soldiers attacked the city wall and began to sweep the two sides.
Chapter completed!