Chapter 555 Attack and Defense of Yecheng

Although the attack and defense of Jinyang City was very fierce, it was inevitably inferior to the attack and defense of Ye City.

Yecheng is the largest city north of the Yellow River, located in the center of Jizhou. Liu Ye had nearly 50,000 troops under his command. It was still difficult to surround Yecheng.

The sky was clear and cloudless, and Yecheng and the more than 40,000 Xiliang troops surrounding it were all exposed to the blue sky without any cover. Thousands of feet of golden light spread down from the sky, shining the golden light on the faces, armor, and weapons of countless Liangzhou troops, reflecting it one after another.

Outside the three walls of Yecheng, more than 40,000 Liangzhou troops formed a square formation for every 10,000 people, which was exactly four large formations of 10,000 people. They stood majestically in the wilderness, but there was no movement at all, as if they were a group of bronzes. The people were ordinary and motionless. Only the hundreds of flags in the four formations fluttering in the wind added a touch of life to the Liangzhou Army formation.

On the top of Ye City, Yuan Shao frowned and stared at the Liangzhou Army formation outside the city. Although the Liangzhou Army did not attack, did not beat drums and trumpets, and remained motionless, there was an overwhelming feeling, like a tiger in the forest, staring at you closely, seemingly not attacking, choosing to But his eyes have been locked on you.

"Zhengnan, the troops from Liangzhou are not doing well."

"That's right. It seems that this will be a hard battle." Shen Pei also looked solemn, but said firmly: "Please rest assured, my lord, Pei will do his best to defend Yecheng."

Yuan Shao nodded with relief: "With Zhengnan here, I have nothing to worry about."

"The enemy is about to attack the city. It's dangerous on top of the city. Please get down, my lord!" Shen Pei suddenly frowned. When he saw the Liangzhou Army formation outside the city making some moves, he hurriedly said to Yuan Shao.

"Well, Zhengnan, I leave everything to you." Yuan Shao solemnly told the judge, then turned around and walked down the city, escorted by hundreds of fully armed Euphorbia warriors.

Only four large formations of Liangzhou Army with ten thousand people were seen. Like hesitating giants, they suddenly made a move and marched forward slowly. They rushed to the front of Ye City more than a hundred steps away. Seeing the movements of Liangzhou Army, the Jizhou Army on the top of the city suddenly became nervous. He stood up and held the crossbow and shield in his hands.

Liu Ye stood on a war horse, standing out like stars over the moon among the tens of thousands of Liangzhou troops guarding him.

"Fill the river!"

Upon hearing Liu Ye's order, tens of thousands of Liangzhou Army officers and soldiers could no longer hold themselves back. They grabbed huge trees, sandbags and other things in their hands and rushed towards Yecheng. Rushing to the moat, the Liangzhou Army immediately threw out the debris in their hands and threw it into the moat.

In order to facilitate defense, large-scale cities in ancient times dug a ditch around the city wall and filled it with river water, which naturally formed a moat. The so-called city, "city" refers to the city wall, and "chi" refers to the moat.

Once faced with a large-scale enemy attack, the city would close its gates and retract the suspension bridge. This would make the entire city impenetrable, and the attacking party would have to fill in the moat before they could continue their attack.

Tens of thousands of Liangzhou troops held giant trees and threw sandbags into the moat. The water level in the moat suddenly rose a lot.

The reviewer frowned: Not good! Wouldn't it be bad if the enemy troops filled up the moat?

"Archers, shoot! Don't let the enemy fill up the moat."

After the judge gave an order, the archers of the Jizhou Army on the top of the city immediately fired thousands of arrows. Thousands of arrows fell from the sky and aimed at the Liangzhou Army who was filling the river.

Tuk-tuk-tuk! However, the Liangzhou Army was not reckless. A row of soldiers went to fill the river, but the rest of the soldiers held shields above their heads. The arrows hit the shields, making a "knock" sound.

The judge's face was cold: "Put in the rolling logs and rocks!"

After the Jizhou army on the top of the city heard the order of trial and distribution, two or three people lifted a huge stone together, then lifted it up with all their strength and threw it down.

boom!

The huge stone hit the shield, and the shield was immediately dented. The Liangzhou soldiers holding the shield could not hold up, and the stone naturally fell down.

"Ouch!"

A Liangzhou sergeant was hit on the head and bleeding, and he fell to the ground. The bright red blood dripped on the ground, immediately dyeing the loess red.

The stones and rolling logs were so huge that once they were thrown down, they could not be protected by shields. The soldiers of Liangzhou who filled the river suddenly suffered casualties.

"Continue to fill the river, don't retreat!"

However, even so, the Liangzhou army was still not allowed to retreat. The military orders were like mountains. Filling the river was a necessary step before attacking the city. If the moat was not filled in, it would naturally be difficult to capture Ye City. Therefore, despite the casualties, the attack But the city still has to continue. Wouldn't it be a joke if we retreated after encountering just a few casualties?

Although the Liangzhou soldiers who filled the river suffered losses, some clever Liangzhou soldiers made use of the waste and threw the logs and stones thrown by the Jizhou army from the city into the moat, filling up the moat instead. .

"Boost!"

More than 40,000 Liangzhou soldiers were united and worked together. Tens of thousands of people carried trees and sandbags. The moat gradually rose, but the water level became lower and lower.

"Fill it in, retreat!"

Xu Huang was not afraid of arrows and stones, and personally led his troops to fill the river, threw a huge tree out with all his strength, and threw it into the moat. The wide moat outside Ye City was actually filled in by the Liangzhou Army.

After filling up the moat, the Liangzhou army slowly retreated with shields in hand, out of the attack range of the Jizhou army on the city.

Although the Liangzhou Army retreated temporarily, Shen Pei's face showed no joy at all, but his brows furrowed even more tightly. The Liangzhou Army was not retreating, but because it had filled in the moat, it had to retreat temporarily to prepare for the next attack.

In other words, the Liangzhou Army is "accumulating strength."

"Archers are ready, swordsmen are ready, the enemy is about to attack the city." Shen Pei said deeply.

As expected, after the Liangzhou soldiers who filled the river retreated, the archers immediately stepped forward, opened their long bows, pointed them at the top of the city, and fired.

Whoosh whoosh!

The offensive of the Liangzhou army's archers can be described as surging, because the Liangzhou army not only has infantry archers, but also nearly ten thousand Liangzhou cavalry who can mount and shoot. At this time, when attacking Yecheng, the cavalry will naturally be of no use, but they can transform after dismounting. for archers.

Therefore, more than 10,000 archers in the Liangzhou army aimed at the city head of Yecheng and fired. Thousands of arrows flew out, as if thousands of golden lights flew out, covering Yecheng. in.

"Cum again!"

Fortunately, the archers in Ye City relied on the solid city walls to defend themselves against the Liangzhou Army's shooting, and fought back from time to time. For a while, the firepower was evenly matched.