I’m The King Chapter 474: : Desperate Fight (Part 1)

The water source of the moat of Jishi City was blocked, and everyone in the city could only watch helplessly as the moat revealed a dark river bed overnight, except for a small amount of water accumulated in some lower puddles. All the mud at the bottom of the river was exposed, and a large number of fish and shrimp were struggling desperately in the mud, trying to bury themselves in the muddy water.

Among the sound of the drums, one after another Meng Chong vehicles, the siege vehicles were pushed up covered with thick cowhide, followed by Liaoxi County soldiers and Tianhe County soldiers who rushed up like ants carrying sandbags.

"Bed crossbow, aim at those chariot battles, shoot them down for me, trebuchet, and make extended shots." The general of the Zhengdong Army in the direction the attackers attacked was Tang Ming. Cold as stone.

The chassis of the bed crossbow slowly rotated, and the huge crossbow arrows aimed at the huge Mengchong vehicles and siege vehicles. Several bed crossbows were more or less hit on the approaching large attack vehicles below the city. The huge destructive power of the bed crossbows was clearly revealed at this moment. There was an overwhelmed sound of creaking and creaking, and the huge body began to shake. The soldiers who pushed these siege vehicles fled in all directions screaming. Amidst the rumbling sound, the giant vehicles fell in all directions, and pillars more than a foot thick fell from the air. They fell from the middle and hit the ground fiercely, or some unlucky soldiers who couldn't avoid it. The first batch of dozens of siege vehicles and hundreds of Mengchong vehicles suddenly fell apart again. Turned into a heap of ruins.

"Arms stretched, cover and shoot!" Tang Ming's cold and hard voice sounded again.

The buzzing sound was endless, like a dark cloud floating down from the city, those attacking soldiers who lost the cover of the Mengchong chariot and the siege chariot fell down in groups.

At the same time, countless catapults in the city fired stone bullets. After crossing the city wall, it landed far behind the Yan army. When it fell for the first time, it did not cause much damage. But the next secondary damage. But it is even more frightening, after these ball-like stone bombs hit the ground. The bullets will rise up, scatter in all directions irregularly, and when they fall from the air, the trajectory can be distinguished. But after landing, it is no longer possible to judge where these stone bullets will fly. Perhaps, a small stone on the ground can change his original direction.

These stone bullets knocked down among the crowd, knocking down one soldier after another, and some stone bullets shattered after falling to the ground. The shrill whistling and whirling flakes of stone are even more unpredictable.

The casualties were not small, but the attackers were not intimidated by this, and there were no destroyed Mengchong vehicles. The siege engine rushed up at a faster speed, and countless feathered arrows shot upwards, suppressing the city. Meng Chong, the siege engine did not stop, and was directly pushed into the moat, and the soldiers behind quickly moved The sandbag was thrown down, then turned and ran.

With just one attack, nearly 100 meters of the moat was filled. In the Yan army lineup, the second batch of attackers had already set off amidst the sound of drums.

Ye Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the city defense of Jishi City, walked to Tang Ming's side, looked at the approaching Yan army, and murmured, "Why are the soldiers from Liaoxi County and Tianhe County?"

Tang Ming looked back at Ye Zhen, "It's nothing surprising. Filling up the moat is a deadly job. The counterattack is limited, and they are passively beaten. Naturally, let these fish belly come up. When the moat is filled up, they can attack directly. When the city wall is destroyed, the standing army should start."

"It should be like this!" Ye Zhen nodded, "I'm just a little surprised, Tianhe County soldiers are soldiers of the Ji family, not bad. Tang Ming, can you stand it?"

Tang Ming grinned, "To tell you the truth, General Ye, I'm quite nervous. This is the first time I've seen such a big battle. It's the first time I've experienced it. The Hejian County soldiers who fought before, Compared with these guys on the opposite side, it's a lot worse."

"Naturally!" Ye Zhen said with a smile, "But everyone has their first time, just like when you fought the first battle with General Gao, you must be very nervous, right? Have you vomited?"

Tang Ming laughed loudly, "I didn't vomit, but after leaving the battlefield, I lay on the bed for a whole day. In the end, my old boss, General Sun, beat me up violently, so I was relieved." .” He shook his head, “I’ve killed pigs and sheep before, but it’s really different to kill people!”

"No one wants to kill people, and we are not beasts!" The smile on Ye Zhen's face slowly faded, "But now, we can only treat them as beasts, cattle and sheep."

Tang Ming nodded, "Don't worry, General Ye. The city is densely populated with long-range weapons. For every five recruits, there is one veteran with them. There are not enough field battles, but there are more than enough to defend the city. Only crossbows and arrows are sufficient, and the enemy will not be defeated. Don't even think about getting close to the city wall."

"Okay, then I'll go to another place to have a look, you should be more careful. Hu Yanchao is an expert in siege, don't underestimate him."

"Understood!"

In the middle army of the Yan Army, Zhang Junbao looked at batch after batch of fallen Liaoxi County soldiers, his heart twitched, and he stole a look at Hu Yanchao, but saw that his face was as usual, and there was no expression on his face , I can't help but hate it even more.

"General Hu, with this way of fighting, I'm afraid Tianhe County soldiers and Liaoxi County soldiers will lose their combat effectiveness until dark." Tan Feng shook his head slowly. "The bows and arrows in the city are too dense."

Hu Yanchao sighed: "It is not easy to train a qualified archer, but the Zhengdong Army uses their own arm-stretched crossbow, which is several times beyond the range of ordinary crossbows, and this dense It seems that there is no shortage of crossbow arrows in Jishi City. There are tens of thousands of arrows shot from the city in this short period of attack."

"After taking Jishi City, the craftsman who made this kind of crossbow must be in his hands. In the future, the standing army will be equipped with this kind of crossbow, and its combat power will be doubled." Tan Feng said.

"Let them persist until the afternoon, and go to the standing army. The combat experience and physical protection of the standing army are stronger than them."

"When will the war on the other side start?"

"Let's fight for two days first!" Hu Yanchao raised his eyebrows, "It's not easy to deceive Ye Zhen!"

Two days means more casualties. Tan Feng frowned deeply. For him, the last thing he wants now is too many casualties. The Kingdom of Yan needs a lot of troops now. In the Yang direction, the war alarm has sounded. The small-scale conflict between Jiang Xinliang's subordinates and the Zhao army is increasing day by day. The war is imminent. Tan Feng originally planned to invest in the tens of thousands of standing troops who managed to break out of the encirclement to Yuyang to resist Zhao. military. If there are too many casualties here, it is inevitable that Yuyang will be stretched.

But Hu Yanchao's judgment is justified. A veteran like him will not casually take the lives of soldiers to make fun of. Since he said it needs to be so, it must be so.

At this point, Tan Feng's last bit of guilt towards Gao Yuan disappeared, replaced by deep resentment. This man quietly built such a majestic and steep city deep in the grassland. It was clear to him that if it wasn't for this city, Gaoyuan's lair would have already been in his hands, and he should already be on his way to Yuyang by now.

The corruption of the country is all caused by these self-interested people. If everyone is the country, how can there be the tragedy of Yan State.

"Let's fight, for the future strength of Yan Kingdom, it is worth making some sacrifices now."

"What about Yuyang?" Hu Yanchao sighed, "General Tan, I guess if Jishi City is really going to be taken, the casualties may be close to 10,000. When a remnant army goes to Yuyang, they won't be able to get up again." How useful it is!"

"Chunyuyan is already on his way to Yuyang after returning from Donghu." Tan Feng said: "Let's negotiate with Zhao Guo, it's great, just return those four cities to him in exchange for what we need Time. Ten years, no, it only takes five years before we can rise again. Five years is enough for us to build a strong standing army. With the support of the whole country, Zhao Guo will fight again. Don't forget that there is a powerful Qin army behind Zhao Guo. We only need to show our strength, and Zhao Mu will retreat in spite of difficulties, and even unite us to deal with the Qin army. When the time comes , we will be able to march into Donghu again, and even take down Qi and Wei."

Tan Feng's eyes are shining. "So General Hu, do your best."

After noon, Tang Ming suddenly felt great pressure, because the attackers were replaced by Yan State's standing army. The moat had been filled in the morning, hundreds of siege vehicles were pushed to the front of the city, The city chariot is almost as high as the city wall, and the bed crossbows and archers arranged on it, shoot at the city, greatly restraining the defenders.

The tactical level of the standing army is far higher than that of the county soldiers. The accuracy of the bed crossbow shooting alone is far superior to that of the East Conquering Army in the city. , but they can accurately destroy the bed crossbows on the city one by one.

As the siege vehicles collapsed one by one, amazing casualties began to appear on the city. Behind the Yan army's siege city, more trebuchets stood up.

The Yan army crossed the moat, and a long ladder was erected. The anchor hook at the top of the ladder hooked the battlements, and the Yan army began to attack the city.

Tang Ming handed over the command of the long-range attack to the lieutenant general, and began to direct the soldiers to deal with the Yan army attacking the city with ants.

The anchor hooks of the ladders were cut off and overturned to the ground. The soldiers on the ladders screamed and fell down, but more ladders were erected.

Ye Zhen appeared on this side of the city wall when the Yan army started to ascend the city. Behind him, there were five hundred reserve players ready to fight.

The first Yan Jun finally appeared on the top of the city. Tang Ming roared and rushed forward. The corpse was splashed with blood and fell downside down.

Tang Ming jumped in front of the ladder, and before he could overturn the ladder, he stood there, making mechanical movements with one knife at a time, until the soldiers behind rushed up, cut off the anchor hook, and the push rod resisted The ladder, with a yell, pushed the ladder far away.