Chapter 280 The Moderate Li Kuo

The slingers standing on the city wall of Xiyuan City followed their generals in character, and after several days in a row, their expressions did not show any slack.

Holding the monocular, Zhao Pan squinted at the army formation opposite, "The number of troops has increased..."

In the first few days, the strength of the other party was only around 2,000, but today, Zhao Pan glanced at it and saw that the strength of the troops gathered outside the city had risen to at least 3,000.

"It seems that this trip is coming." Zhao Pan, who realized this, shouted at the soldiers behind him while putting down his telescope, "Everyone cheer up! The slingers confirm that The slings in their hands and the number of stone bullets in front of them, the crossbowmen who are responsible for controlling the three-bow crossbow and the heavy crossbow will check the three-bow crossbow and heavy crossbow again to make sure that nothing goes wrong!"

Orders were issued quickly, and the changes in the atmosphere on the city wall made the soldiers of the defending army tense. The siege army began to advance, and Zhao Pan's eyes fell on the two huge siege towers for the first time. According to what they discussed before, these two siege towers are undoubtedly the most in need of defense!

It is difficult to see any innovation in the routine of siege warfare, but this time, the siege army of Shangyuan City unexpectedly played a little different.

I saw that the other party directly gave up the use of the crossbow. There was no doubt that Zhou Dongnan was defending Luo Ji's three-bow crossbow. When the bed crossbow comes out, the range is not as good as the opposite side. Isn't that waiting to be blasted by the three-bow bed crossbow on the opposite side?

In addition, although this Songhe City has been captured by the enemy, it is his own city after all, and it is not good for him to cause extensive damage to the city wall.

In this way, Zhou Dongdong launched his two siege towers quite simply, and the focus of the entire siege battle suddenly shifted from the common 'break the city gate' to 'capture the wall', making it clear that he wanted to. Relying on his two rough-skinned siege towers, he pushed them all the way up, and then took down the city wall in one go.

In the face of this changed routine, Zhao Pan was very calm. After all, Luo Ji had already analyzed it thoroughly with him. In a word, first confirm the opponent's advance configuration...

The shield and axemen played the vanguard, followed by the halberdiers and the ladder troops. As the highlight of this siege battle, the two siege towers were placed on the left and right sides of an entire army formation. The soldiers gathered their strength and were pushing the siege tower slowly forward.

In order to protect these soldiers from being shot by random arrows, Li Kuo, the general who commanded this siege battle, also specially arranged two large shield troops to form a shield wall and accompany them all the way to protect them. The center of gravity of the entire army formation is there. It can be said that it is obvious at a glance.

At the same time, the offensive of the siege troops can be divided into two types: fast attack and slow attack, and Li Kuo, the defending general of Shangyuan City, who was rated as a moderate faction by Zhou Yi, is obviously an expert at slow attack.

The advancing speed of the entire army formation was not fast, but the calm aura made Zhao Pan feel a slight pressure, making him fully aware that this battle would not be easy.

"Huh—" He let out a long breath softly, adjusted his breathing, and let Zhao Pan, who was highly concentrated, glance at the advancing army array on the opposite side again, and then ordered loudly, "Three three-bow beds. Crossbow, after the opponent's siege tower enters the range, directly focus on the siege tower on the left, and aim at the wheel at the bottom of the siege tower as much as possible! Don't worry about the one on the right. "

After receiving Zhao Pan's order, the soldiers who were manipulating the three three-bow crossbows quickly adjusted the attack angle of the three-bow crossbow. Then, when the siege tower entered their range, a series of muffled noises were heard. , Three huge heavy crossbow arrows flew out from the city wall one after another and slammed into the siege tower on the left!

It was too late to say, it was fast, when the heavy crossbow bolts bombarded the bronze baffle of the siege tower, the three consecutive loud noises were deafening. Li Kuo's pupils shrank when he was at the back. Even if Zhou Dongdong had reminded him, the power of these three-bow crossbows still shocked him.

Then his eyes swept away quickly. After confirming that the siege tower was okay, Li Kuo couldn't relax. The opponent's first attack caught his attention, and the three bed crossbows on the wall focused fire at the same time. He took the siege tower on the left of his army formation, but ignored the siege tower on the right. The opponent's intention to destroy one by one was obvious, which brought a lot of psychological pressure to Li Kuo.

Everyone knows that as the distance gets closer, the destructive power of the crossbow will become stronger and stronger. He has fought so many battles in his life, but this is the first time he is worried about the safety of the siege tower.

On the other side, Zhao Pan, who was standing on the top of the wall, was also shocked by the defensive power of the siege tower. Although the first round of the three-bow crossbow attack was stuck at the limit of the effective range, in the face of a series of three heavy The bombardment of the crossbow, the siege tower was basically stable, and there was definitely a lot of stuff underneath, which stabilized the entire center of gravity. I am afraid that there are dozens of soldiers pushing, but they are still pushing. The main reason for the slowness is that the portion is not light.

Originally, it directly attacked the wheel under the siege tower and blew the wheel directly, then the siege tower was basically useless, but the problem is that in the age of cold weapons, long-range attacks all have a clear parabola, and the hit rate is the highest. The long-range weapons are basically bows and arrows, and large equipment like bed crossbows will inevitably sacrifice in terms of hit rate. You let the crossbowmen operate the bed crossbows to attack the siege tower, which is no problem, but you let them aim If you hit the two rows of wheels under the siege tower, you are making things difficult for people.

The battle is still going on. With the steady advance of the enemy siege army, the slingers who won by the quantity began to fire frantically. The overwhelming rain of stone bullets formed a strong suppressing force, which further reduced the enemy's siege army Propulsion speed.

Li Kuo tried to command the archer troop to counter-suppress the stone slingers on the city wall, but the rain of stone bullets on this side was too ferocious, and the undisguised suppression of the number was so overwhelming that the archers could not lift their heads. Under the blessing of the skills of Panna's gold-level slinger specialization, the fierce offensive that broke out was enough to make a large number of people stunned!

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