With Xiang Yu's order, thousands of crossbowmen under the city wall drew rockets from the quiver one after another, pulling the bowstring and shooting it towards the city wall like a full moon.
As rockets rained down from the sky, the cowhide tents on the walls of Athens burst into flames, emitting the smell of burning.
The scorching flames forced the Roman soldiers who were hiding underneath to spramble in all directions.
Seeing this, Ran Min, He Yuanqing and others, who were besieging other city walls, followed suit, and ordered the surrounding crossbowmen to first use rockets to ignite the cowhide tents on the Athenian city walls, and then use catapults, well fences and other siege equipment to bombard the city with catapults, well fences, etc., to cover the siege of the city by the first dead soldiers.
The Han army that surrounded the city of Athens like an ant colony fired arrows in unison, and in the earth-shaking drum cheering, tens of thousands of rockets were sprinkled on the head of the city of Athens, and suddenly the fire soared into the sky, and the round city wall seemed to have become a hot wheel, and a ring of flames burned overhead.
Taking advantage of the chaos of the defenders at the head of the city, countless Han soldiers put one cloud ladder after another on the city wall, with shields on their heads, swords and axes in their hands, and bravely climbed upward, "Kill, climb the city wall, and take Athens" Seeing that the situation was precarious, the main general Pirlo brandished his spear and ripped off a large piece of the burning cowhide tent above his head, and threw it at the Han army who was climbing on the ladder, and at the same time loudly ordered the Roman soldiers to follow his example: "Throw the tent onto the ladder with a spear and burn the Han army" The Romans used to use spears, even the spears in the hands of ordinary soldiers exceeded two zhang, and some brave soldiers even used special spears with a length of more than two and a half zhang.
They threw up their arms and imitated Pirlo, wielding spears to tear the flaming cowhides apart, and throwing them from the walls to the ladders one by one.
These cowhide tents have not yet dried, the grease has not been exhausted, and the sulfur and fire nitrate sprinkled on the rockets are burning even more vigorously, and the skin and flesh of the Han soldiers who fell on the top of the ladder are opened, and the screams are one after another, and the smell of burnt skin and flesh is permeated everywhere.
The burning cowhide tent not only burned many Han soldiers, but also ignited the ladders, causing many ladders to fall apart and break, and countless Han soldiers "crackled" dumplings falling to the ground, wailing everywhere.
"Shoot arrows, suppress the enemy troops on the city walls, and cover the siege of the first dead soldiers" Ran Min was furious, turned over and dismounted and rushed straight to the city gate, preparing to use his own pair of iron shoulders to smash open the city gate of Athens, replicating the classic scene of the Battle of Jinyang.
But the reason why Ran Min crashed open the city gate in Jinyang was only because the bolt of the door bolt was broken due to the continuous impact of the rushing vehicle, so Ran Min smashed open the city gate with his flesh and blood, and now it is in vain in the face of the intact Athens city gate.
After a violent impact, Ran Min felt pain in his arms, and the shoulder pads on his shoulders were a little damaged and deformed, but the tall and majestic Athenian city gate was still immovable, so he could only sigh and shake his head and retreat.
Seeing that the morale of the Roman defenders on the city wall was restored, and the Han army was shot with waves of arrows, Xiang Yu frowned slightly, and his eyes swept to the rolling stones all over the city wall, and he immediately counted it in his heart.
"The Han family's sons and daughters should be impatient, and see Xiang Yu build a platform for you with his bare hands" As he spoke, Xiang Yu bent down and picked up a boulder and threw it forward, making a loud "boom", landing at the foot of the city wall, shaking for a moment and then never moving again.
While dodging the arrows above his head, Xiang Yu bent down again to pick up a rock, and threw it at the previous rolling stone with all his strength, making a loud bang, falling to the ground, side by side.
"Hoohoo" Xiang Yu let out a roar and threw more than a dozen rolling stones in a row again, building a layer of stone platforms under the city wall.
Just when the city was in amazement, Xiang Yu was still busy, flashing and moving in the rain of arrows and stones, shuttling back and forth among thousands of troops and horses, throwing the surrounding rolling stones endlessly, and soon built a second layer of stone platforms.
The two layers of rolling stones were stacked nearly a zhang, and Pirlo on the city wall woke up like a dream, and understood that Xiang Yu was trying to stack the rolling stones to build a platform for the city, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.
These rolling stones are two or three hundred catties smaller, and the larger ones are five or six hundred catties, and it is easier to stack them at the beginning, and many Roman Hercules may be able to do it, such as Luo Shixin, such as Spartacus, but when stacked to a height of five or six zhang, Xiang Yu can still stack the rolling stones Just when Pirlo was in doubt, Xiang Yu had already roared angrily, and the third and fourth layers were stacked on top of the stone tower, which were more than two zhang high from the ground, and the height was staggered, like the stone steps of mountaineering.
"Alas, this feather is simply a natural power, at this speed, I can build a platform under the city wall in another hour, why are the crossbowmen shooting him at me" Pirlo was shocked and angry, and waved his sword to order the archers to gather fire at Xiang Yu.
In an instant, the crossbow arrows on the city wall rained down, and the arrows fired at Xiang Yu in unison, and the persecuted Xiang Yu could only draw his sword to block, and he no longer had time to collect rocks to build a stone platform for climbing the city.
Seeing this, Zhang He, who was directing the charge of the Han army, hurriedly led 5,000 longbowmen and 3,000 soldiers to rush over to support: "The archers sent a salvo to the city wall to suppress the enemy.
The pawn helped King Xiang collect rocks and build a stone platform for climbing the city."
"Whoa" Five thousand archers agreed, opened a rectangular phalanx under the city wall, and then fired a burst of fire at the city wall, and the defenders on the city head dodged in all directions, and the rain of arrows shot down suddenly became much thinner.
The soldiers collected rocks from the foot of the city wall in groups of three or five, and then carried them to Xiang Yu's feet, and Xiang Yu lifted them high, let out a roar, threw the rolling stones into the air, and then landed on the stone platform, and soon built the fifth and sixth layers With the support of the pawns, Xiang Yu didn't need to go around to collect rolling stones, he only needed to use all his strength to throw them into the air, stacking them layer by layer, and the speed was greatly accelerated.
Within half an hour, a five-foot platform rose from the ground under the city of Athens.
As the masonry of the platform is getting higher and higher, it is more than five zhang from the ground, and it is not easy to throw stones weighing two or three hundred catties, but Xiang Yu has thrown hundreds of rocks in a row, and built a stone tower with his hands, which made hundreds of thousands of soldiers stunned and shocked "Two more floors to the city" Xiang Yu roared like thunder, raised his arm to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead, took the boulder from the hand of the pawn, and threw it forward.
The rock, which weighed 300 catties, flew into the air and landed on the stone platform impartially, stirring up dust.
Xiang Yu kept roaring, and soon threw more than a dozen rocks in a row, and finally built the platform to a height of six and a half zhang, and he only needed to jump to fly to the top of the city and start a white-knuckle battle with the Roman defenders. t1706231537: