Tibet

Chapter 248 Fierce Offensive and Defensive Battle

King Murdo paced back and forth anxiously in the palace. He could hear the shouts of killing coming from the direction of the west city. Fear and uneasiness weighed on his heart like a mountain. He was not afraid of death, but what about his wife and children?
His son would be executed, his wife and two daughters would be taken to Baghdad as slave prostitutes, and they would be reduced to a tragic fate from then on. Thinking of this, Murdo felt as uncomfortable as being poked by a needle.

"Your Majesty the King!"

General Solan's hoarse cry was faintly heard, and he was locked in the dungeon.

"We will definitely not be able to defend Kesai City. Negotiate with them. We must save the lives of our families!"

Murdo was upset for a while, and now, what room for negotiation is there?He ordered the guards: "Tell him to shut up!"

The two guards ran down in a hurry, Murdo couldn't help it, got up and walked out of the palace, just in time to meet his son Arolie running in a hurry.

"How, can you hold it?" Murdo asked nervously.

"It looks okay so far, but the casualties are heavy. General Li asked us to take out all the gold coins and distribute them to the soldiers to boost the morale of the army."

"can!"

King Murdo agreed, "I remember that there are 60 million gold coins in the treasury, all of which will be rewarded to the soldiers."

Fierce battles were fought on the west city wall. The 1 allied forces attacked across the north and south sections. Soldiers kept screaming and fell to the ground from the top of the city, and people rushed up. Not only the siege ladders, but dozens of human ladders were also built After that, countless soldiers climbed up with the help of human ladders.

The long-sword army on the top of the city was specialized in dealing with human ladders. The enemy soldiers just showed their heads, and a few sharp long knives slashed at the opponent fiercely. The heads were chopped off, and the headless corpses rolled down.

The blood at the beginning scared the long-sword soldiers to tremble with fear, but gradually, they got used to it, and the killing became more decisive and ruthless.

Li Ye was also fighting fiercely with the enemy army on the top of the city, but he no longer targeted individual enemy soldiers, but tried to destroy the enemy's offensive as much as possible in a four-two way.

He is currently mainly targeting the enemy's military ladder, attacking its weakest point.

There are about 40 people on the ladder in front of me, but there are about 15 people on the backbone of the ladder, including eight people at the bottom, four people on the second floor, and three people on the third floor. Other soldiers stepped on their shoulders Climbing upwards, the bottom eight become even more important.

When a gap was exposed, Li Ye seized this opportunity and shot an arrow. The arrow was extremely powerful and shot through the gap. A low-level soldier screamed and fell to the ground to die. The whole ladder collapsed instantly, and all 40 people fell down. When it landed, the guarding soldiers on the top of the city took the opportunity to smash down the rolling logs and rocks, and there was howling and screaming under the city wall.

Li Ye shot down more than [-] human ladders in a row. At this moment, Yu Changyang shouted: "General, the heavy siege ladders are here again!"

I saw a heavy-duty siege ladder rushing up, this is the fourth heavy-duty siege ladder, hundreds of soldiers pushed it forward, directly crossed the moat, the bottom hit the city wall heavily, and the city wall became a heavy-duty siege ladder. The fulcrum of the city ladder.

Dozens of soldiers struggled to pull the rope together, and the originally folded ladder was pulled up. The ladder was filled with dozens of soldiers. Li Ye ordered his men to keep an eye on the heavy siege ladder and notify him immediately if it appeared.

They have already experienced the power of this kind of heavy siege ladder. Soldiers can jump directly to the top of the city. The defenders suffered more than [-] casualties and finally destroyed two heavy siege ladders.

Li Ye stepped back more than a dozen steps, and drew out an arrow with a flat tip, which was specially used to shoot ropes, also called broken rope arrows, which were commonly used in water battles, and were specially used to shoot off the ropes of the opponent's sails.

Li Ye has a good understanding of this kind of heavy siege ladder, and knows its weakness. He drew his bow and set up an arrow, and shot it at the most critical strap at the bottom. The strap was hit by the broken rope arrow, and it collapsed. It broke, and the ladder that was about to be erected was smashed back again, with a loud bang, dozens of soldiers above screamed, and more than [-] people died on the spot, and the rest of the soldiers were also seriously injured. Cheers.

A heavy siege ladder had just been shot down, and the last heavy siege ladder was erected dozens of steps away. The ladder was placed on the top of the city, and a dozen soldiers jumped up to the top of the city. Hand roared and rushed up.

A steady stream of enemy soldiers climbed up the heavy-duty siege ladder and rushed to the top of the city. This is also the most terrifying part of the heavy-duty siege ladder. The defenders formed a defensive barrier, creating an opportunity for the siege soldiers behind, and the enemy troops on the ladder rushed up quickly. In the blink of an eye, seven or eighty people rushed to the top of the city.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Li Ye jumped onto the battlements, rushed up, and rushed to the heavy siege ladder in an instant. His long spear flew over and killed seven or eight enemy soldiers who were blocking the way in front of him, attacking the city. The ladder appeared before him.

Seven flying knives were fired in succession, and the seven soldiers on the siege ladder screamed and fell down, revealing a gap in the siege ladder.

Li Ye yelled, hooked his feet to the top of the city, and swung his lance vigorously to chop down, "Crack!" The five horizontal bars under the siege ladder were chopped into pieces at the same time. Li Ye grabbed the side of the ladder with his hands, and a Turning over, the body jumped up, and the long lance was swung upwards, and the five cross bars above were also cut off, and pieces of wood were scattered everywhere.

Although the heavy siege ladder is still there, it has been smashed by Li Ye. When the soldiers climb halfway, they will suddenly find that the rungs on the ladder are gone, and they can no longer climb up.

Li Ye rushed into the enemy army of 80 to [-] people from behind, and instantly his limbs flew horizontally, heads rolled, and there were screams from the top of the city
The momentum of the enemy army was gradually suppressed, and Li Ye immediately ordered: "Attack with fire!"

When attacking with fire, you also need to pay attention to timing. If you attack with fire too early, the morale of the opponent will be high. Even if they retreat temporarily, they will continue to attack the city after discussing the strategy of setting fire.

But if the enemy's large siege weapons are destroyed, the enemy's casualties are heavy, their morale is frustrated, and they are set on fire in the end, it is likely to destroy the enemy's will to fight

Li Ye gave an order, and the peasants at the top of the city immediately sent thousands of barrels of kerosene. This is the local kanda, which is oil. The quality of the oil here is good. Used as lamp oil.

The soldiers poured barrels of kerosene down the siege ladder and the man ladder, and the soldiers below were poured all over their heads and faces. Immediately, some soldiers threw the kerosene down. The body was on fire, and there was a scene of ghosts and wolves howling, and many soldiers screamed and jumped into the river.

The [-] fire-fighting soldiers arranged in advance could not play a big role. Many fire-fighting soldiers themselves were doused in kerosene and burned immediately.

The pouring of fire oil caused the siege army, whose morale had already started to be low, to collapse at last. All the soldiers rushed back and fled back.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The bell to retreat in the distance had already sounded, and the seven thousand remnants retreated hastily, and the soldiers on the top of the city were jubilant.

The battle lasted from noon to dusk. Bahan's army killed more than [-] enemies, and he himself suffered nearly [-] casualties.

King Murdo announced on the spot that every soldier who participated in the battle would be rewarded with fifty gold dinars, and each commoner would be rewarded with ten gold dinars.

At the same time, King Murdo rewarded Li Ye with [-] gold dinars. Li Ye divided one into three, kept one for himself, one rewarded twenty of his subordinates, and the other rewarded three thousand new troops.

On the top of the city wall, Li Ye said to King Mo Duo: "I have thought about it for a while, we may be able to send out surprise troops tonight and defeat the Dashi coalition forces in one battle."

King Murdo asked with great interest: "How come the surprise soldiers?"

"Our trebuchet has wheels and can be pushed. We can push it out of the city in the middle of the night tonight. The opponent has set up a camp on the other side of the river. We can attack the opponent across the river!"

"But what if the opponent comes across the river?"

Li Ye smiled slightly, "We need to send out a surprise army first to destroy the bridge, for example, burn down the pontoon bridge and kill the sentinels on the east bank of the river."

King Murdo nodded, "We dug the moat, so we can go to the enemy's pontoon bridge from the waterway!"

(End of this chapter)