Soldiers from the Yong Kingdom swarmed in and began to set up ladders.
The ladder was set up on the outside of the trench, directly across the trench, with the other end resting on the wall.
The barbarian soldiers of the Yong Kingdom began to climb up the ladder, but there was still no movement in the city.
This made Yong Li feel a little guilty because it was too unexpected.
When half of a mediocre soldier's body was exposed from the top of the wall, he was about to climb over the wall.
Two halberds thrust upward, and the blade of one halberd instantly penetrated his skull from his jaw, and blood gurgled out of his mouth.
Another halberd plunged into his chest.
The mediocre soldier was killed immediately, but his body was hung on the wall, blocking the way of the soldiers behind him.
This scene was played out almost at the same time on six or seven hundred city ladders.
The only difference was the number and location of holes in each corpse, and whether many corpses were hung on the wall.
Blood flowed down the wooden pole of the halberd, soaking into the linen wrapping the wooden pole.
These linen cloths were wrapped just before the battle to prevent slipping.
It was the first time for many of the Xie Kuomintang soldiers to kill people, and their hands holding the wet halberd poles were shaking slightly, but they continued to perform mechanical and simple killing movements, occasionally stabbing the halberds upwards.
The mediocre soldiers in the rear had no choice but to free their hands, curse, push the corpses in front into the wall, or pull the top of the wall.
Then continue to attack inside.
Some people were still killed by the spear blade of the halberd.
A few other mediocre soldiers made innovations after learning from past mistakes.
When climbing to the top of the wall, first pause for a few breaths to gather strength, then explode with force, kick a few steps, and leap into the wall.
Many of these people would hit the spear blade or sword blade on the opponent's halberd in the air, and fall to the ground with their stomachs broken open.
A very small number of lucky people did not hit the opponent's halberd in the air, and before they could stand up after landing, their heads were chopped into pieces by several shield fighters who rushed up with short swords.
The mediocre soldiers who climbed up the ladder were constantly killed and injured, and interruptions were inevitable.
Some of the halberdiers responsible for stabbing the enemy soldiers at the top of the wall seized the gap, and together they used their halberds to hold the end of the ladder that extended out of the top of the wall, and lowered the top of the ladder to the foot of the wall.
The Yongguo soldiers who were climbing on the ladder rolled down into the trench together with the ladder, and the trench was filled with sharp bamboo thorns.
In just a few hours, inside and outside the walls, the trenches were filled with corpses and wounded soldiers of the mediocre soldiers.
The heartbreaking wails of the wounded soldiers in the trench greatly shook the morale of Yong's army.
Yong Li did not hesitate to order some archers and spearmen to kill the wounded soldiers lying at the bottom of the trench.
Yong Li looked at the soldiers around him who were constantly killing the opponent's "walled city", and gradually became anxious in his heart.
On the surface, it seemed that a large number of mediocre soldiers had entered the "walled city" along the ladder, but then there was no sound.
It was not known whether they were dead, alive or fighting.
They seemed to have fallen into a bottomless pit.
"The archers continue to shoot to cover, don't stop."
Yong Li ordered coldly.
"General, there are our people on the wall, and there may be our people fighting inside the wall.
This would be misleading," a general guard beside him reminded.
"Do as I say, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
Yong Li glared and stopped the other party.
"In addition, organize manpower to fill up a section of the trench, and then try to hit the city wall with a giant log to see if it can be broken open."
Yong Li issued another order.
He circled the "walled city" twice and couldn't find the door, so he could only hit the wall directly.
In fact, the gate of this "walled city" is a movable wall, which looks similar to a fixed wall, so it cannot be seen from the outside.
People outside the city did not know the fighting situation inside the city, but the defenders inside the city had a clear understanding of the situation outside the city.
There were more than a dozen soldiers in the watchtowers at each corner of the city observing the enemy's situation.
Because these watchtowers are much taller and stronger than the "city wall", there is no intention of attacking them with mediocre soldiers.
When they saw a large number of enemy bamboo bow shooters approaching, they knew that the enemy was about to attack again, and quickly notified the ministries downstairs.
Arrows rained down from the sky again.
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Despite being warned in advance, many halberdiers were still hit by arrows.
Fortunately, their armor could withstand the projections of bamboo bows.
Except for six or seven soldiers who were shot in the face by arrows and were injured or killed, the rest were intact.
But they were forced to stand closer to the wall, and only the shield wielder stood fearlessly in the open space with his shield above his head.
The archers of Yongguo were using bamboo bows to fire arrows into the "walled city" to their heart's content, when suddenly dozens of arrows struck them with a sharp sound of breaking through the air.
Just as a barbarian archer was about to draw his bow, a strong arrow shot through his palm and then sank into another man's thigh.
Before he could scream, another arrow shot into his temple, and a cluster of arrows emerged from the cheek on the other side of his face, and his whole body went limp.
Seeing such a tragic situation, the surrounding shooters dispersed unconsciously.
Above the watchtower, the soldiers stationed there had already used powerful crossbows to attack these Yongguo archers.
They used powerful crossbows.
The range is far greater than the bamboo bows used by these barbarians.
Although their shooting accuracy does not meet the qualification standards of a shooter, when more than a dozen arrows are thrown at the dense crowd, there are always a few blind cats that can hit the dead mice and harass the enemy. .
Under the rain of arrows, the Yongguo and barbarian soldiers continued to climb the city wall crazily, but they still made no progress, and many of them were injured or killed by their own arrows.
This kind of casualties made the cold Yong Li feel heartache.
Even if he wins this battle, excessive casualties will inevitably make him despised or even reprimanded by the king, not to mention that there is no sign of victory.
He had no choice but to order a temporary halt to the attack.
The Yongguo soldiers finally got four thick logs and prepared a large number of dry firewood branches.
With the sound of drums and trumpets, Yongfang launched another attack, and rounds of soldiers threw bundles of dry firewood and branches into the ditch.
Suddenly, a row of Xia soldiers appeared on the wall.
They quickly put their heavy crossbows out of the wall, fired a wave of powerful arrows, and then quickly squatted down.
These mediocre soldiers filling the trenches with firewood were too dense, and the powerful arrows shot them down in an instant.
The bundle of firewood in a soldier's hand blocked the arrow, but the huge force pushed him to the ground.
When he stood up again in fear, he found that many of his companions around him had been pierced by arrows in their heads and bodies.
"Why don't the archers provide cover?"
Yong Li shouted angrily.
The mediocre archers were indifferent.
How could this provide cover?
The other party would suddenly pop up and shoot a wave from time to time, and then immediately retract their heads.
They couldn't always hold the bowstring ready to shoot.
At this time, most of the mediocre archers' arms were sore and numb, and they didn't have many arrows left.
After paying a huge price, a section of the trench was finally filled in each of the four directions, and bamboo strips were laid.
Four groups of strong men carried giant trees and began to rush towards the city wall: