The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 273
Under the city of Jing'an, inside the tent of the commander of the army.

"Bang!" There was a loud noise, Cao Ziyan's face was gloomy, and he slapped the table with his palm.

"Everyone, I didn't expect the rebels to implement the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness in Anzhou. According to the report from the scouts, there is no one in the two hundred miles of Jing'an City, and all the counties and towns in various places have been burned." Cao Ziyan said with cold eyes, "that is Said, it is impossible for us to feed on the enemy. Unless we can break through Jing'an City in the shortest time, otherwise we will have a food shortage in a month and have to mobilize food and grass from Huazhou."

"Marshal, the walls of Jing'an are high and thick, and there are many enemy troops. It may not be easy to capture this city in a short time." Gan Zongwang looked at him cautiously, and suggested, "Why don't we divide our troops and go to the nearby counties? The cities there are relatively easy to capture. As long as we capture other cities, we will be able to seize a large amount of supplies and completely solve the logistical pressure."

"This commander has also thought about it, but don't forget that there are still [-] cavalrymen from the Hengshan Army who are missing. Once the troops are divided, he will easily take advantage of him." Cao Ziyan shook his head with a heavy face, rejecting his suggestion.

"But if you don't do this, it will be at least hundreds of miles away from Huazhou to here, and hundreds of thousands of civilians will be recruited. These 10 people will also eat and drink. I am afraid that the state capital of Huazhou will not be able to supply such a large amount of food." Food and grass." Gan Zongwang frowned deeply, shook his head and sighed.

"Hmph, the Anzhou traitor's move is really amazing. In this way, even if we win, the land of Anzhou will be starved and filled with wilderness. Li Ni is really vicious." Cao Ziyan hated He scolded and looked up at Gan Zongwang, "In any case, we can only rely on the supply from Huazhou now. The commander will order the state government to cooperate fully, and we must also speed up the attack on the city, and strive to take down Jing'an City and relieve us. logistical pressure."

"The last general requests to attack the city first!" Gan Zongwang immediately stood up and said loudly.

"Okay, I'll let you lead [-] troops to attack the city. This commander wants to see how strong this group of traitors are." Cao Ziyan's eyes focused, revealing bursts of killing intent.

"Kill!" The tens of thousands of troops formally launched a charge towards Jing'an City. The main attack was launched by the south gate of the army, while the other three gates clamored for a feint attack.Tens of thousands of troops flowed down the city like a red tide. Countless ladders and carts were mixed in with the army. Carriage crossbows and catapults were lined up behind the army, and the adjustments began.

Soon, the army entered the range of the city head, advancing forward densely.

"Fire the arrows! Shoot!" Following the command, a rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun was shot from the top of the city, crossing the sky and plunging into the crowd.

Under the dense rain of arrows like migratory locusts, the dense crowd was diluted.Many soldiers screamed and fell on the charging road. Before they could react, they were trampled by the comrades who came after them, and they were instantly submerged in the crowd.

"Shoot!" "Shoot!" The rain of arrows on the top of the city counterattacked continuously, countless corpses were piled up on the way of the charge, blood and water flowed horizontally, and it was mixed in the mud, showing a dark red color.But these court soldiers did not hesitate, still stepping on flesh and blood, roaring loudly, and marched forward bravely towards the city.

At this moment, the ballistas behind the imperial army were finally adjusted. Fifty ballistas were aimed at the city. With an order, fifty crossbows as thick as a child's arm, "Om!", turned into a bolt of lightning , fly out.

"Bang bang bang!" A burst of loud noises sounded from the top of the city.He saw crossbow arrows stuck everywhere on the city wall, reaching more than a foot deep, the tails were still trembling unceasingly.At the same time, on the top of the city, there were screams and exclamations one after another.It turned out that some unlucky soldiers were pierced by the crossbow arrows flying into the city, tearing the man into two pieces.While still alive for the time being, he struggled in vain on the ground and howled miserably.Such a tragic scene caused the surrounding soldiers to tremble with fear.

"Come quickly, clear up the dead." The generals endured the fear in their hearts, ended his painful life with a knife, and quickly ordered, "Everyone stay on guard, and the archers keep shooting! Watch out for the enemy's crossbow arrows!"

After cleaning up the broken corpses, everyone felt a little more at ease, and they gritted their teeth and stuck to their posts.After a while, another wave of crossbow arrows struck, but with preparations, the originally poor accuracy of the crossbow caused less and less damage to the city.However, the function of the crossbow is not to kill, but to deter.Under the attack of the crossbow, the siege army under the city was getting closer and closer to the city wall.

Seeing the Chongche and the ladder getting closer, the defenders on the top of the city panicked.The generals of the Li family who were in charge of commanding the defense of the city immediately ordered the bed crossbow on the wall to aim at the siege equipment below.In an instant, dozens of crossbow arrows scattered into the crowd, splashing a lot of blood.Some rushing cars and ladders were hit, and they were immediately terrified.

"Aim the rocket at the siege equipment, shoot!" The arrows with oilcloth wrapped at the bottom of each arrow flew out, landed on the siege equipment, and slowly burned.Some fell into the crowd, burning and rolling all over the ground, screaming miserably.

Under the full counterattack of the defenders, the siege army suffered heavy losses, and no longer had the momentum of the previous attack.Gan Zong looked at the situation in front of him, his face was livid with anger.But he also knew that the soldiers had tried their best. This first battle was intended to be a test, and there was no need to increase casualties, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw.

When the soldiers retreated to the front line, Gan Zongwang sneered, "Do you think this is over, now let you taste the power of the catapult."

The catapult trucks that had been debugged immediately began to show their power. Thirty catapult trucks raised their long arms, and dozens of huge boulders flew out loudly, hitting Jing'an City like meteorites.

"Everyone, be careful! A rock is falling!" The defenders were terrified, seeing the growing black shadow in the sky, panicking and avoiding the boulder.

"Boom!" "Boom!" . . .

The continuous loud rumbling sound shook the entire city wall, and the wall trembled after the impact of the boulder.

"what!"

"I was hit!"

"Help!" . . . .

At the same time, amidst the smoke and dust, there were screams and screams, which made people's hearts tremble uncontrollably.

When the dust settled, the survivors patted the dust off their bodies, looked up, and saw that the entire city was in a mess, many battlements were smashed to pieces by huge boulders, and the huge pieces flew around with unparalleled force, hitting people's heads Broken blood, broken bones and tendons.At this time, the entire wall was in a mess, gravel was everywhere, blood was splattered, and the flags were crooked.

But before they recovered from the tragedy, they heard a shrill cry, "The stone is flying again, quickly hide!"

"Everyone, don't mess up, lie down on the spot immediately, don't run around!" A general ordered urgently there.

But how could the already flustered soldiers listen to these words, and there was chaos on the wall again.The inexperienced Li Jiajun suffered heavy casualties under the attack of the catapult, and the city was devastated.What made them feel the most heartache was that dozens of bed crossbows had been destroyed.

The stone-throwing attack lasted for an hour until the stone bullets were exhausted.

After the truce between the two sides, the battlefield was cleaned up one after another, and the casualties were counted.

In this battle, the real attack took only two hours, and the imperial army suffered more than 2000 casualties, more than 30 ladders were damaged, and eight chariots were smashed.In this battle, Li Jiajun suffered nearly a thousand casualties, damaged more than 20 bed crossbows, and severely damaged the city head.Faced with such a result, no one on both sides can be happy. It seems that the battle of Jing'an City is bound to be bloodshed.

As the sun set, the confrontation between the two armies was fierce, and the murderous intent did not weaken for a moment after the truce.

(End of this chapter)