Chapter 20 20. City defense (1)
In the next few days, Qin Jun calmed down very much. Wang Hong's minor injuries all healed up, and Zhang Tiemao took Wang Hong's medicine and survived.
On the second day of the battle, their superior officer Feng Li found him. Since the original centurion was seriously injured, his life and death are still uncertain. In view of his performance in this battle, he was appointed as the centurion of the Sixth Battalion of Qingyang Camp.
After accepting this appointment, Wang Hong was still a little proud. After all, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. When he and his younger brother entered Qingyang Academy, they dreamed of becoming a general.
It's just the current situation of the sixth team, which has poured cold water on his enthusiasm. Counting Wang Hong, there are only seventy-three people. After the fierce battle last time, these seventy-three people were almost all wounded, the difference was only in severity. Wang Hong went to Feng Li to ask for some healing medicine, but Feng Li's answer was still so crisp and neat, two words "no"!
There is no way, he is also his own soldier after all, and he has fought side by side together, so he can't just watch like this. If there is no timely medical treatment, and those who are seriously injured and retired and die of serious injuries, at least 10 to 20 people in the Sixth Brigade will be reduced.
Wang Hong went to the space to pull a lot of five-year-old Bai Yuzhi, and prepared some Bai Yu San. Anyway, Bai Yuzhi has grown a lot in his space in five or six years, and it only takes two or three months to cultivate it.
As for Baiyu Xumingwan, he dare not reveal it casually now. Wang Hong only secretly poured a few pills into the water of the seriously injured and dying people, and fed them to drink. Once this kind of thing that can directly save a life is revealed, he can't keep it with his current strength, and even if he can keep it, he will be in trouble. He is not a saint who wants to save the world.
Wang Hong used a few bottles of Baiyusan to replace Li Xiaoya, Lu Jingou, and Zhang Tiemao from their brigade. As for Hua Wenjue, he is also very old now, so it is not easy to change, so he can only wait for the future. With more confidantes around, everything will be much more convenient.
After the Qin army stopped for five days, they began to attack the city again. This time the Qin army was well prepared for the siege and did not advance rashly.
Wang Hong's brigade and an archery team defended a small section of the city wall. Wang Hong's brigade mainly consisted of sword and shield soldiers and spearmen. There were no archers, but only ten spear throwers. The number was too small. The effect is not very big.
At the beginning of the battle, the Qin army did not launch a violent attack, but rolled out teams of wheelbarrows with bags full of earth and rocks on them, and a tall wooden plank on them.
The Chu army on the city immediately shot arrows when they saw this, but after a shower of arrows, they saw that the wooden board in front of the wheelbarrow was nailed with arrows, and the wheelbarrow driver shrank behind the board, and the injured Liao Liao.
"The trebuchet is ready."
Soon, head-sized stones flew out roaringly, smashing into the unicycle convoy on the opposite side, sending earth and rocks flying below.
Wang Hong saw a stone hit the wooden board of a wheelbarrow, sending sawdust flying all over the place. The driver who was hiding behind the board was smashed until his head exploded. One life is gone. Many more people were smashed, lying there hugging their wounds and screaming.
But the killing efficiency of trebuchets is not very high. First of all, there are not many trebuchets, and it is impossible to form dense coverage strikes like bows and arrows. It is also impossible for the trebuchet to aim at a single small target for precise strikes. Therefore, for the sparse formation of the unicycle team, the hit rate is also extremely low.
After this round of blows, most of the wheelbarrows successfully filled the bags full of earth and stones into the ditch under the city wall. Sooner or later, the trenches will be filled if this continues, and the price paid is only the casualties of some coachmen, and these coachmen are just captured from the conquered cities, more or less.
As long as the trench is filled, the opponent's siege equipment can be easily pushed over, and even a **** can be directly paved with earth and rocks, leading directly to the city wall. By then the difficulty of defense will be doubled.
The trebuchet is still throwing stones, but the trench has been half filled.
Seeing this, Wang Hong was also a little anxious. He found some short spears, picked one up and threw it at a wheelbarrow. With his arm strength of more than 1,000 jin, the short spear made a howl when it was released.
"Boom!" With a short spear, the wooden board was directly blasted, and the power was not diminished, and it directly passed through the chest of the coachman and nailed it into the ground behind.
Wang Hong ordered the whole team to switch to throwing short spears, and sixty or seventy short spears flew downward at the same time.
"Bang bang bang"
Sure enough, the effect is much better than that of bows and arrows and trebuchets. The spear-throwing range is short, but its penetration is stronger enough. Although it is not a professional spear-thrower, it also caused more than a dozen casualties in this round. Several more rounds of projection followed, and the coachman was killed by dozens of people.
The legs of the rest of the drivers were trembling, and they didn't dare to take half a step forward. They threw down their wheelbarrows and fled back howling. Before he fled back to the formation, he saw a rain of arrows flying out of the Qin army's formation, shooting and killing all the fleeing coachmen in front of the formation. At the same time, another group of coachmen were pushed out, and those who refused to go forward were beheaded directly.
The rest of the brigade saw that throwing spears was effective, and followed suit one after another. Suddenly, the casualties of the coachmen under the city increased greatly. From time to time, some coachmen were frightened into a nervous breakdown, and those who fled back were all shot and killed in front of the battle without exception.
The Qin army beheaded some people on the spot, and promised many benefits, only then coaxed these coachmen to continue to work hard to transport earth and rocks, and sent heads by the way.
At the same time, the Qin army moved in a big formation, and slowly advanced several hundred steps forward, entering the range of the bow and arrow. A large shield was erected in front, and the archers behind were divided into several rows, continuously shooting dense arrow rain towards the top of the city wall.
There are baffles on the city wall, which can block most of the arrows. Standing at the top of the city, Wang Hong's arrows were like a rainstorm, "Du! Du! Du!" hit the baffle above his head, and after a while, the baffle was covered with dense arrows. From time to time, Wang Hong stretched out his hand and pulled out the incoming arrows.
In this way, the spear thrower was suppressed by the arrows, and people were hit by arrows from time to time. Wang Hong took out a few bottles of ordinary Baiyu powder and handed them to Li Xiaoya, ordering him to treat the wounded in time. There will be many battles in the future, so try to preserve your own combat power.
The two sides continue to shoot at each other. If the arrows are not enough, they will pick up the arrows shot by the opponent and continue to shoot them back. The shooting continued until dusk when the troops were withdrawn. Both sides suffered casualties. On the whole, the Chu army had a favorable position and the casualties were relatively small.
And the trenches under the city are about to be filled. It is estimated that the Qin army will launch a siege battle tomorrow.
Late at night, in the meeting hall of the General's Mansion, Xiang Chengzheng, the chief general of the Chu Army, and several confidant generals gathered around a map.
"Our task this time is to send an elite group to burn the food and grass of the Qin army. In addition, Baili City will also cooperate with troops to cut off the passage between this Qin army and the rear. At that time, this Qin army will not be at our disposal." When Xiang Cheng said this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and a murderous look loomed in his eyes.
"It's just that if you want to sneak into the rear of the Qin army, do you have any tricks?" Xiang Cheng asked.
"My subordinate Mi Yan is willing to lead a group of people to Xiaoping Peak, sneak into the enemy's rear via Tengshe Cliff, and attack the enemy's food and grass." A white-robed general said while pointing to the location on the map.
"General Mi, Teng Snake Cliff is tens of feet high and extremely steep. How can you survive?" a red-robed general asked.
"I plan to use a rope to fall directly from the top of the cliff." Mi Yan replied.
"If you fall from tens of feet, if you are negligent, you will be smashed to pieces. In this way, the casualties will definitely be not small."
"The Qin army invaded our land and enslaved the people of our great Chu. No less than 100,000 people died under their swords. Hundreds of thousands of people died every day while fighting on the wall of the tiger. We soldiers, why do we cherish this body?" Mi Yan said with a look on his face. Resolute and authentic.
"Okay! Mi Yan takes over!" Xiang Cheng clapped his hands.
"I order you to lead five thousand elite..."
In the other direction of Huju City, an elite team of 5,000 people quietly left the city in the dark. This group of people moved neatly, with a stern look, but they didn't make any sound while walking. After leaving the city, this group of people got into the mountains and disappeared without a trace.