Tibet

Chapter 245 War Between the Two Countries ([-])

At dawn the next day, there was a muffled sound of drums in the coalition army camp. The gates of the camp opened, and armies rushed out of the camp like black streams. Five thousand troops quickly gathered two miles away.

Under the sun, Li Ye squinted his eyes slightly, watching the enemy army gathering in the distance. The soldiers were not very tall, but they were all strong, wearing leather armor, wearing round helmets with brims, holding spears, swords and square shields .

"This is the army of the Stone Kingdom!"

Prince A Luolie whispered to Li Ye: "From their helmets, we can tell that the helmets of the Shi Kingdom soldiers have eaves and domes, and the helmets of the Dashi army cover their heads."

Li Ye nodded and said: "We still follow the previous division of labor, the prince is in charge of the overall coordination, I am in charge of the southern half of the city, and General Suo Lan is in charge of the northern half of the city."

A Luolie nodded helplessly. He originally asked Li Ye to take command as a whole, but the generals under him were quite critical, so he had no choice but to take up this responsibility by himself.

"If there is a crisis in the northern half of the city, I implore General Li to help!"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry! Now is not the time to be arrogant."

Li Ye was not angry with Suo Lan, those generals who pulled sweat. Others had been the chief generals of the military for more than 20 years, but he deprived others of his command right after only a few days.
What's more, the other party doesn't know his real age. If he knew, everyone would have jumped up a long time ago. He is only 16 years old and wants to lead the overall situation?

In fact, Li Ye's age has always been a mystery, and only Feng Changqing knows about it in Anxi. Hanzhong County King Li Yu told Feng Changqing that even Hei Mao always thought of Li Ye, not to mention others, even Gao Xianzhi was vague. unclear.

Of course, it is Tianbao's tenth year now, and Li Ye is 16 years old, which is considered a semi-adult, but he needs experience but no experience, and qualifications but no qualifications. At this age, he is still too young to command the overall situation.

According to the defense arrangement discussed yesterday, everyone agreed that the enemy army would attack the western city. In terms of specific division of labor, Li Ye led the new army to defend the southern section of the western city, and Suo Lan led the [-] army to defend the northern section of the western city.

Another 500 soldiers and [-] civilians were distributed on the other three walls, with [-] people on each wall. All the civilians were wearing armor like regular soldiers, holding spears, and standing densely on the top of the city. It sounds pretty bluffing.

At this time, Kundushi, the king of the Shi Kingdom, raised his sword to encourage the five thousand soldiers, "The first one who kills the leader of the city will be rewarded with [-] dinar gold coins, and the first one who kills the city will be rewarded with Princess Bahana." He, reward another [-] sheep!"

Five thousand soldiers were so excited that they raised their spears and shouted, their morale was high.

"Beat the drum and attack!" Kun Dushi gave an order, and the war began.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With the sound of fierce drums, five thousand soldiers rushed towards the west wall like a tide. The soldiers carried dozens of siege ladders. This kind of siege ladder was also learned from the treasure book. It was light and strong. The hook can hook the top of the city, so it is difficult to overturn the ladder.

In fact, there are ladders in the treasure book, but the technical content of the ladders is too high, and the craftsmen of Shiguo couldn't make them even if they got the blueprints.

The Wuqianshi Kingdom's army mainly concentrated on attacking the southern half of the west city. The land in the southern half is more flat and easier to run and attack.

Twenty of the thirty ladders were placed in the southern sector, and the other ten ladders attacked the northern sector.

"Fire arrows!"

Li Ye gave an order, and three thousand soldiers shot arrows down the city together. The arrows fell like raindrops. The soldiers who were running were shot by the arrows and fell down. However, the soldiers of Shi Kingdom were equipped with shields. It can withstand the arrows shot from the top of the city.

After a few rounds of arrows, more than [-] people were shot down. This result is not very satisfactory. Of course, this is also related to the small number of troops invested by the opponent. The first attack must have a tentative intention.

Thousands of soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city, set up huge wide planks, and nailed both ends to the ground. This is also a small country with few people, and it is impossible to carry out major projects. Li Ye's idea is to dig a three-foot-wide moat, so that It is necessary to build a pontoon bridge, and the general plank is not so long.

But the time was too short, and the manpower was not enough. In the end, they only dug a foot and five feet wide. This is still the West City, and the moats on the other three walls are less than one foot.

Since it was only one foot five, there was no need to build a pontoon bridge. Just find some thick long planks to build a wooden bridge. Shi Guo had the information and made preparations in advance.

After rushing through the moat, a siege ladder was erected, and the iron hook at the front hooked the top of the city. Soldiers swarmed up, scrambling to climb to the top of the city. They bit their swords in their mouths, held their shields in one hand, and climbed up with the other.

At this time, the rolling logs and stones on the top of the city fell like raindrops, and a huge boulder weighing fifty or sixty catties fell head-on, even if they could not resist it with shields. Three or four soldiers screamed and rolled down the city, but the stone country behind The soldiers continued to climb desperately upwards.

The city wall was not considered high, only two feet, that is, six meters, about two floors, and the throwing of rolling logs and stones slowed down a bit, and the soldiers of the Stone Kingdom immediately rushed to the top of the siege ladder, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

Although the soldiers trained by Li Ye all practiced swords underwater, on the battlefield, an army cannot use all long swords, and must use a variety of weapons in combination to exert the greatest effect in different situations.

After the enemy attacked the top of the city, they used long knives to go up in formation, and the killing effect was extremely strong. However, if they fought fiercely with the enemy on the siege ladder, because they were blocked by the siege ladder and shields, the effect of the long knives would be reduced. It's a big discount, but spears are the best weapon at this time, poking in from all the gaps, and a dozen spears piercing through together, the soldiers on the siege ladder can't resist at all.

There are constant siege soldiers who are pierced by spears and fall down the city screaming. Li Ye is patrolling the battle on the top of the city with a piercing spear in his hand. And kerosene is not used.

On the other hand, he also hopes to sharpen the recruits through actual combat. No matter how well the recruits are trained, but they have not experienced the test of actual combat, they will always be recruits. Death and blood are the best catalysts, which can make recruits mature quickly.

Twenty battalions, each battalion was facing a siege ladder, the soldiers took turns to fight fiercely, the spearmen assassinated in front, and the long-sword team waited behind, soldiers from the Stone Kingdom kept breaking through the barrier of the spears, jumping and jumping. He went to the top of the city, but what greeted him were dozens of long knives slashing mercilessly.

Although this set of tactics is quite sophisticated, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it will never be so precise. The two-foot-high city wall is enough to make the siege soldiers think of other ways to go to the city.

"The enemy is coming!" shouted the soldiers.

Li Ye was also taken aback, seeing countless Shi Guo soldiers rushing up from various battlements.

Li Ye immediately realized that he had underestimated the enemy. The enemy army would never climb up the siege ladder honestly. They also began to build human ladders to climb.

"Long knife team to kill!"

With a roar, Li Ye rushed up, swung his armor-piercing lance, and chopped out a dozen heads. He chopped and killed dozens of people all the way, and the whole city became bloody.

[-] soldiers with long swords fought fiercely with the rushing enemy troops. Although they were all new recruits, they drew their swords extremely fast and succeeded again and again. Pressed down hard.

Taking a breath, the enemy's offensive slowed down a bit, but the opponent was also planning a bigger offensive. If this opportunity was not seized, the opportunity would be fleeting. Li Ye didn't dare to underestimate the enemy anymore. He turned his head Shouted sharply: "Take hay to the city!"

Hundreds of stacks of hay were prepared under the top of the city, each stack containing fifty bundles, all soaked in kerosene, and placed on a cart. Two thousand peasants pushed the cart up to the top of the city, and the soldiers used iron forks to dry the hay. The dry grass was pushed directly down the city. Some soldiers had prepared torches and threw them down together. The dry grass was ignited and burned rapidly. The raging fire spread below the city, and thick smoke billowed.

The soldiers on the top of the city were so smoked that they couldn't open their eyes and squatted down one after another, but the soldiers below the city were screaming and screaming. Many soldiers were covered in fire and jumped into the moat in a panic. Dozens of human ladders also collapsed.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

Kun Dushi ordered the withdrawal, and more than 3000 soldiers retreated like an ebbing tide.

(End of this chapter)