bookbashuk Page 1354
Page 1354
Li Ying went down with Xiu Hua in her arms.
Zhao Yuan reluctantly turned his gaze away.
Soon, the money and grain of Dongping Prefecture were tallied up.
Zhao Yuan ordered his army to replenish its rations for five days.
He then led his troops to Qizhou.
Originally, Zhao Yuan intended to use the siege as an opportunity to discipline his troops.
However, what was unexpected was that after the army arrived in Qizhou...
The prefect of Qizhou actually abandoned the city and fled.
The army easily captured a city.
However, Zhao Yuan's goal of training troops was not achieved.
Zhao Yuan left Hao Siwen with 1,000 troops to garrison Qizhou.
He then led his troops to Binzhou.
Outside Binzhou City, Zhao Yuan looked at the densely packed soldiers on the city walls.
Can't help but laugh.
At Lin Chong's command,
Hundreds of moat-filling vehicles then headed towards the moat outside the city.
The archers, however, were unable to fill the trenches.
The defending soldiers could only rely on a few catapults to attack the trench-filling vehicles.
However, these government troops were clearly poorly trained.
That catapult was ridiculously inaccurate.
Until the moat was filled in,
They only damaged five or six trench-filling vehicles.
Li Kui oversaw the filling of the moat.
He then stepped forward and said,
"Your Majesty, let me lead my band of card players to seize this city."
Chapter 1628 Siege
Zhao Yuan shook his head and said, "You should rest. I already have a plan."
"Instructor Lin, you lead your troops to attack the city,"
"Without my command, you shall not retreat."
"Anyone who retreats without authorization will be killed."
The last word, "kill," was uttered.
Everyone could feel the chilling killing intent emanating from Zhao Yuan.
Lin Chong understood.
He led a newly reorganized army of ten thousand into battle.
The order from the King of Liang was conveyed.
Then he ordered a thousand-man squad to attack the city.
That centurion was also a newly surrendered imperial guard commander.
Having received the general's order, they dared not be negligent.
He then commanded a thousand soldiers to carry ladders and charge down the city wall.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The imperial guards below the city walls had not yet received their Liang army uniforms.
Still wearing the scarlet armor of the Song Dynasty,
Just to distinguish them from the Song Dynasty officials and soldiers,
He wrapped a black cloth around his arm.
The archers on the city wall showed no mercy, even though the people below were wearing the same armor.
Watch them enter firing range.
They then unleashed their bows and arrows.
A volley of arrows
The entire sky darkened.
The arrow fell,
A series of screams erupted instantly.
Many soldiers fell to the arrows.
However, due to the military discipline of the Great Liang,
They continued their charge forward.
When they arrived at the city wall,
More than half of the thousand soldiers have been killed or wounded.
The remaining soldiers leaned the siege ladders against the city wall.
Climb up.
"what!"
A soldier had just climbed halfway up...
He was then hit on the head by a boulder the size of an iron pot.
With a scream,
He fell to the ground.
A soldier next to him climbed halfway up.
But then they discovered that the ladder suddenly tilted backward.
Looking up,
However, the soldiers guarding the city wall used push rods to push the ladder backward.
If you fall on your back...
Their lives would certainly be in danger.
The soldiers weighed their options,
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and jump from a height of nearly two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters
Although he didn't die from the fall.
But he broke his leg.
He collapsed there, screaming in agony.
However, in a short time,
The hundreds of men who rushed to the city walls were almost all killed or wounded.
Lin Chong then ordered another thousand-man squad to charge forward.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
This time they didn't need to carry ladders.
However, more people managed to dodge the arrows.
Upon reaching the city walls, they erected the siege ladders that had been toppled.
Strive to climb upwards,
However, they were still no match for the officers and soldiers who were positioned on higher ground.
Only one soldier climbed to the top of the ladder.
However, its body was taller than the city wall.
A guard jumped up from the side.
With a single stroke, the head fell to the ground below the city walls.
Only his body remained, still climbing the ladder.
Lin Chong saw that the second thousand-man unit still could not achieve any success.
He then waved his hand to signal the third thousand-man squad to charge forward.
"Kill!"
The battle cries of the third thousand-man squad,
It seemed to be a bit louder than the previous two thousand-person teams.
However, upon closer examination,
You can then hear that many of the voices are trembling.
Clearly, they were just trying to bolster their own courage.
The archers defending the city fired their bows repeatedly.
When the third thousand-man team arrived,
The number of arrows falling had clearly decreased.
More soldiers rushed to the city walls.
But after more than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded,
Still, no one climbed onto the city wall.
A soldier holding onto a siege ladder listened to the cries of wounded soldiers below the city walls.
Like dumplings being lifted up and down a ladder,
With each thud, one living person after another fell to their death or maim.
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he yelled.
Ignoring everything, they fled.
Chapter 1629 Retreating, then slashing!
These imperial guards were already used to running away.
Seeing that someone had run away,
Immediately, someone followed closely behind.
Soon, all the soldiers who could still run fled back from the city walls.
The archers on the city wall also need rest.
They didn't shoot any more arrows from behind.
Li Kui, seeing this from behind the lines, couldn't help but angrily say,