Chapter 192 East Mountain Fortress (1)

The Yan army's trebuchets began to slowly angle upwards, and a round of projectiles followed, the frequency was a bit slow, but the rhythm was very good.

Liang Cheng once compared the confrontation between two armies to Zheng Boye, saying that it was like a pianist playing, and in fact, everything had to have a score.

No matter what the situation, if you have a plan in mind, you won’t have divine inspiration, but at least you can deal with soldiers coming to block you, and water coming to be blocked by earth.

And if the score is messed up, that is, the rhythm is messed up, then it is inevitable to mess up one's own position, and mistakes will be made everywhere.

Later, Zheng Boye gave this passage to Tian Wujing as homework, but changed the piano to a zither.

Now, the Yan army is attacking the city, accompanied by drumbeats, one thing after another, and the various troops are following up in an orderly manner.

It's just that the Chu people's trebuchets inside Dongshan Fortress have not moved. There must be some, but the Chu people are so calm, which makes people feel a little uneasy.

It's not that the Chu people's trebuchets are considered to be much better in performance than their own. With San'er's design and the processing of the Tianji Pavilion, Zheng Boye believes that his trebuchets are definitely among the best in the world in terms of performance.

But the Chu people are so good at holding back, which makes people look up at the sky from time to time.

Zheng Boye, who had the experience of being greeted by trebuchets, has developed a slight psychological shadow on that thing.

At this time,

Arrow towers began to move forward. This was a helpless move, because the generals knew that the Chu people's trebuchets might be preparing to deal with these arrow towers, but you really can't stop eating because of choking. You still have to attack as you should.

Guo Dong and Xu An, these auxiliary soldiers, went up. They didn't carry weapons, they just held shields and moved forward in formation.

However, what made Guo Dong and Xu An feel a little relieved was that their hundred-man team was assigned to the front and back of an arrow tower, holding shields on one side and helping to push the arrow tower on the other.

With such a behemoth as the arrow tower as a support, at least one side of the arrows can be completely blocked, and then the other side can be blocked with a shield, and the sense of security comes.

But even so, feeling the arrows constantly hitting their shields, the bursts of force still made their arms numb and their hearts trembled.

After all, this was the first time for Guo Dong and Xu An to go to a real battlefield.

On the city wall, the Chu people's counterattack ability was not comparable to the wild people who practiced as targets on the snowfield, and their weapons were more sophisticated.

"Dongzi, move a little more to this side, lean closer to my side, quickly!"

Xu An shouted to Guo Dong in front.

Because the arrow tower was constantly moving forward, the position of those who were huddled around the arrow tower was also constantly changing. It was inevitable that someone would fall behind, fall, or be unlucky and be shot by an arrow and fall to the ground, so the gaps and loopholes that did not exist originally appeared in this way.

Guo Dong immediately took two steps back, so that he and Xu An were close together.

Guo Dong, who had been hit with a full chest of watermelon blood before,

After really coming to the battlefield environment, he became more cautious.

It's not that the watermelon blood came and went quickly, but at this time, in addition to protecting the arrow tower and providing cover for the strong men pushing the arrow tower behind them, they had no means of fighting back.

If a person is always in a state of being passively beaten and unable to fight back, their mentality will often be under great pressure.

"Buzz!"

On the city wall, a giant crossbow bolt was shot out.

It hit a comrade in front of Guo Dong. His shield could not withstand the giant crossbow bolt at all. It was directly shattered, and the giant crossbow bolt also pierced his chest, nailing his whole person to the side of the arrow tower.

While these auxiliary soldiers were protected by the arrow tower, they were also often taken care of by the Chu defenders on the city wall. It can only be said that blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.

"Form formation, pull it down!"

The squad leader shouted, and at the same time, the squad leader took a few people beside him and moved some distance to the outside, propping up their shields.

Originally, it wouldn't be a big problem if the crossbow arrow hit other parts of the arrow tower. Even with a corpse, it wouldn't be a big problem. After all, there were archers on the arrow tower.

But the position of this corpse nailed to the top was too close to the wheels, and it was likely to get stuck in the wheels, so it would not be so easy for the strong men behind to push it.

Xu An let out a low shout, directly threw the shield on the ground, grabbed the giant crossbow with both hands, and used all his strength to pull it out.

Perhaps the crossbow arrow had already pierced the shield and a person's body, and also because of the angle of insertion, although it was inserted very deep, the other end had already emerged, so Xu An turned it outward after exerting force, and the giant crossbow fell down.

The corpse of that comrade also fell down. When the giant crossbow was pulled out, it also involved his wound, which was equivalent to performing another laparotomy on his corpse. For a time, a large pile of intestines flowed out, just pasting Xu An's face.

Huff…

Xu An didn't dare to delay, and didn't even dare to spend a little time wiping his face first. Instead, he immediately lay on the ground and reached for the shield he had put down before, picked it up again, and carried it in front of him as he had been taught in the previous training.

Guo Dong took the initiative to come over, so that his brother could take a breather.

"We'll pull it together next time!"

When Xu An started, Guo Dong hadn't had time to react. When he saw Xu An throwing down his shield and starting to pull out the crossbow arrow, Guo Dong's heart was directly raised to his throat.

Fortunately, the crossbow arrow was pulled out quickly, and Xu An was fine, otherwise Guo Dong really didn't know what to do.

"I have a snake in my chest!"

"Puff!"

When Xu An, with a face full of blood, spoke, the blood and intestines on his face were about to fall into his mouth, which made his speech a little unclear.

At the same time, he also sprayed Guo Dong's face with blood foam.

Huff,

Good fellow,

This smell is strong!

Maybe it was a psychological reason, Guo Dong felt that the smell was not so strong when his father slaughtered the New Year pig during the New Year.

The distance has been pulled to a certain extent.

The small baffles on each floor of the arrow tower were lowered, and the archers inside began to fight back.

The small baffle is the same as the effect of the battlements. While ensuring the design angle, it also has to protect the archers behind. It is convenient to shoot people when it is fully opened, but it will be more convenient to be shot by others at the same time.

Perhaps because they found that the shooters on their arrow tower had begun to fight back, although the Chu people's greetings here did not decrease, Guo Dong and Xu An still felt a lot more at ease.

At least,

They are no longer purely passively beaten!

"Dong dong dong! Dong dong dong!!!!!!!"

The auxiliary soldiers in the rear began to move forward with shields. They were covering batches of archers. The arrow tower went first, and after reaching a position where they could fight back, the rear echelon immediately followed.

For a time, the Yan people's counterattack force under the city wall was further enhanced, and the archers of the Xuehai Pass war soldiers had a foundation in cavalry shooting, and there were many good hands who could pull hard bows and shoot accurately, so even under the city wall, they could give the Chu people above a great deal of damage.

"Dong! Dong dong! Dong! Dong dong!!!!!!!"

The savage slave soldiers carrying bamboo baskets began to swarm forward.

Guo Dong and Xu An found that savage slaves were constantly rushing past their sides. These savage slaves basically had no protection on their bodies. Some of them were even scantily clad. It is conceivable how insecure they would be in this battlefield environment.

But filling the trenches and filling the moat cannot be separated from them.

Many savage slaves were shot by arrows on the way, because when they appeared, the Chu people on the city wall also discovered the fragility of these slave soldiers. Compared with shooting those arrow towers and Yan archers protected by shield soldiers, shooting these dirt-filling savages was obviously more efficient.

"Ah!"

In front, a savage was shot in the neck, blood splattered all over the ground, and the basket on his back also scattered.

Guo Dong and Xu An remained unmoved and continued to push the arrow tower forward.

Another savage had already filled the trench with the soil he brought and returned. When he was running back, an arrow hit his right arm, and he staggered and rolled to the ground, just at the feet of Guo Dong and Xu An.

Guo Dong subconsciously moved his shield over to protect him together.

The savage looked up and saw Guo Dong, and immediately stood up supporting his arm. He was obviously in great pain, but he was still holding on.

Immediately afterwards,

He did not continue to run to the rear in one go, but turned back and picked up the bamboo basket he had dropped earlier.

He knew that only by taking the bamboo basket back could he get the bamboo stick and get a full ration of food today.

He also had two younger brothers in the slave soldiers of the military village. He could exchange a bamboo stick for a full meal for himself and his two younger brothers tonight.

"Hey!"

Guo Dong shouted anxiously.

In fact, as a Yan person, he didn't care about these lowly savages at all, but this was a battlefield. Once on the battlefield, all racial discrimination and regional discrimination disappeared in an instant.

Everyone, regardless of their status, is a comrade.

Because what everyone is doing at the risk of death is to capture the city wall in front of them.

The savage picked up the bamboo basket and took a few steps back when an arrow hit his back.

"Puff!"

The bamboo basket that the savage had just picked up fell down again, and his whole person fell to the ground face down. He seemed to want to struggle, but he was obviously unable to struggle anymore.

Before he died, what he thought of was not only that his two younger brothers would not have food to eat tonight, but even that they would be sent up to continue filling the soil tomorrow.

"Xingchen………"

"Dongzi, get out of the way!"

Xu An suddenly rushed forward and knocked Guo Dong over, and he rolled to the other side together with Guo Dong.

"Bang!"

The Chu people's trebuchets in the city wall launched. Obviously, the target was these tall arrow towers.

And the arrow tower that Guo Dong and Xu An had been protecting and pushing forward was hit by two boulders in a row in an instant. The arrow tower's defense had been modified, but no matter how modified, it was impossible to withstand this kind of blow.

The arrow tower was broken in the middle, and the upper half just hit the position where Guo Dong and Xu An were before. If Xu An hadn't seen the boulders flying out of the Chu people's city wall and had a premonition, he and Guo Dong might have been crushed to death by the collapsed arrow tower.

Many of the archers in the arrow tower were injured, and some who were not injured immediately climbed out and began to look for cover, or picked up shields on the ground, and those with crossbow arrows and longbows picked up crossbow arrows and longbows to continue fighting.

As long as the retreat drum is not sounded in the rear, they cannot retreat no matter what happens, otherwise they will be punished by military law.

The Chu people's trebuchets launched after holding back for a long time caused great damage to the Yan army.

However, the Yan people, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately calculated the approximate location of the Chu people's trebuchets in the city based on the trajectory of the boulders thrown out of the city.

The next round of projectiles from the Yan army obviously extended into the city.

The effect was also extremely obvious, because in the next round of trebuchet launches by the Chu people, the number of boulders thrown out was obviously much less than the first round.

After the battle started, Zheng Boye stopped eating melons and carefully observed the battle situation.

Beside him, Gong Wang and Gongsun Zhi were also watching very seriously.

To be honest, they found this kind of orderly siege warfare extremely enjoyable. At least, it was much more effective than they had originally expected, which also meant that the casualties required to capture this Dongshan Fortress would be much lower than expected.

However, there was one thing that made them feel a little strange, that was, it seemed that the person commanding this siege warfare was not the Boye sitting beside them at this time.

This…

Such an important siege warfare was actually left to the generals under his command to command?

Of course, the two of them would not think that Zheng Boye did not know how to fight.

What a joke,

How could the Lord of Pingye, who had outstanding military achievements, not know how to fight!

Moreover, each of them had two books in their hands, one was Zheng Boye's "Zhengzi's Art of War", and the other was also Zheng Boye's "Siege Essentials".

They could only admire, admire Zheng Boye for being so good at training his subordinates.

After all, he is a direct disciple of Prince Jingnan!

At this time, two rows of cavalry in the rear of the Yan army began to press forward from the flanks.

"Boye, what is the meaning of this?" Gong Wang immediately asked.

He came to watch and learn, so naturally he would ask questions as soon as he had them.

Now that the siege warfare is in full swing, what do they want to do by suddenly deploying cavalry forward?

Zheng Boye's eyes narrowed,

Of course, he knew that it must be Liang Cheng who mobilized these two cavalry units,

He actually didn't expect what Liang Cheng was doing by deploying cavalry at this time,

But he believed that Liang Cheng would never do something without a purpose, so Zheng Boye's brain quickly began to backtrack.

Soon,

Zheng Boye said:

"The Chu people are planning to attack."

"Huh?" Gong Wang.

Gongsun Zhi stood up and began to look at the battle situation.

In fact, in front of Dongshan Fortress, there are not only trenches and moats, but also a low wall, which stands in front of the city gate.

In fact, Liang Cheng had also designed this when Zheng Boye led his troops to defend Xuehai Pass.

This wall, combined with the trenches below, is actually to block the line of sight.

So that the attacking side cannot see whether the city gate is open or whether soldiers have rushed out of it, and then have a surprise attack.

Under the premise that the defending side also has trebuchets, the main general in charge of the siege would naturally not be too close to the city.

For example, Zheng Boye at this time, his chariot had been parked in the rear and had never moved, even though Gong Wang and Gongsun Zhi hinted several times that they could not see clearly, Zheng Boye remained unmoved.

But Liang Cheng, who was commanding in front, was obviously not so afraid of being smashed to death. Moreover, he probably inferred the Chu people's plan based on the movements and rhythm of the Chu people on the city wall, combined with the current situation.

Sure enough, a group of Chu heavy armored soldiers suddenly climbed out of the trenches, wearing heavy scale armor and frantically killing towards the arrow towers in front.

But their real target was probably the Yan army's trebuchets.

In order to be able to bombard the Chu people's trebuchets in the city, the Yan people's trebuchets had been pushed to an extremely dangerous position.

The battlefield is very large, but if it is refined, the battlefield is actually very small. Often, a stroke of genius can achieve miraculous results if you seize the moment when the other party is out of touch.

However, these Chu soldiers wearing heavy armor had just run out when they immediately heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Yan cavalry were galloping from both sides of them.

These knights were also wearing fine armor, and the weapons in their hands were not sabers, but horse spears or large hammers.

The Chu people on the city wall discovered the two cavalry units that suddenly joined the battlefield first and immediately released arrows at them, but the arrows did not have much effect on these fine armored cavalry. Unless they were really unlucky or the warhorses under their crotches were hit by arrows, they could not stop them at all.

The Chu heavy armored warriors had just run out when they were given a cross charge by the two cavalry units.

No matter what kind of armor you are wearing, the blunt weapon, with the speed of the horse, directly knocks you unconscious.

After this round of strangling charge,

The Chu heavy armored warriors, who were originally intended to be a surprise force to achieve miraculous results, immediately suffered heavy losses. For a time, they fell into an awkward situation where they could not advance or retreat.

Because they came out secretly, if they failed to achieve results and force the Yan people to give up this round of offensive, they would not even be able to go back. The city gate could not be opened for them in this situation, otherwise there would be a risk of being swept back into the city.

"Huff………"

Gong Wang and Gongsun Zhi almost breathed a sigh of relief together.

Gongsun Zhi sighed: "Boye, I am really convinced by this battle."

He had predicted the enemy's prediction in advance. As the attacking side, it should be at a disadvantage everywhere, but it happened to play out a situation where they were evenly matched, no, even overwhelming the Chu people in terms of momentum and means.

Zheng Boye modestly shook his head and smiled;

"Today, it will be almost enough to level the trenches and the wall."

You have to eat one bite at a time.

Although they pushed the arrow tower up, Zheng Boye, or rather Liang Cheng, did not intend to do the work of climbing the city in one breath today.

Take it step by step first, just like when attacking Yanshan Village, do the peripheral preparation work first, and clear the obstacles.

Gongsun Zhi immediately patted his chest and said:

"Boye, please allow this general to personally lead his own guard camp to climb the city tomorrow!"

As the son-in-law of Li Bao, Gongsun Zhi naturally also had the tigerishness of Li Bao, otherwise it would have been impossible for him to enter Li Bao's eyes in the first place.

As for the separation from Li Bao's son, well, it has to be viewed one yard at a time.

"Okay, General Gongsun has this heroic spirit, this Boye admires it."

"Come, take the sticks, take the sticks."

All the savages who came back with bamboo baskets received bamboo sticks symbolizing a full meal from the Savage King.

However,

Just at this time,

There was a savage who did not go to the Savage King to eagerly receive the sticks, but directly bypassed here and pounced forward as fast as a leopard. At the same time, the bamboo basket in his hand cracked open, and a purple longbow appeared inside.

In an instant, his figure leaped up, his body released a dazzling white light, and he drew his bow and shot an arrow in mid-air. The arrow pointed directly at the chariot in the rear.

"Buzz!"

An arrow was shot out, with terrifying force!

Zheng Boye, who was already very cautious and very cowardly in the rear, suddenly felt a lift in his heart,

And at this time,

The Sword Saint, who was in charge of cutting watermelons on the chariot, directly appeared in front of Zheng Boye, and Long Yuan, carrying watermelon juice, was sacrificed to collide with the arrow in mid-air.

"Bang!"

The arrow shattered,

Long Yuan flew back and fell back into the Sword Saint's hand.

In the next moment,

The assassin who was disguised as a savage and sneaked back was immediately surrounded by a group of Yan soldiers. The arrow he had shot earlier might have gathered all his energy and blood. He was already unable to fight anymore and was instantly pierced through the body by a group of spears.

The Sword Saint turned his head to look at Zheng Fan standing behind him.

Zheng Boye, who had been frightened, breathed a sigh of relief,

Shrugged his shoulders,

Said:

"Look, I said that I didn't deliberately bury you and let you come to help me cut watermelons. I'm right, right?"