Chapter 412

Looking at the excited people below, all the people on the high platform feel excited. As the saying goes, the country is the ship, the people are the water, and water can carry the boat and overturn the boat. Long Ao's move has completely angered the people of Shenhua city. You know, the population of Shenhua city is more than one million, and the army besieging the city outside the city is only about 300000, If the people really join in the defense of the city, in absolute terms, this is rolling. The city master is even confident that he can defend Shenhua city with the power of the people.

In the next few days, the imperial army was very quiet and there was no movement, but the silence did not last long. On the morning of the fifth day, the loud drum outside the city woke up the sleeping people. The city master got up quickly after hearing the sound, Just as he was getting dressed in a panic, his soldiers reported that the imperial army had started the whole column, and it was obvious that they were going to attack the city again.

When the city Lord heard the report, he immediately ordered all the city guards to defend the city wall, and the resources in the north of the city to assist the people guarding the city are responsible for transporting the materials guarding the city to the city wall.

In order to defend against the attack of the Imperial Army, the people in the city also went out. Some even demolished their houses and transported the demolished stones and wood to the city wall as weapons for guarding the city. All food shops in the city contributed all the stored oil. More than a dozen blacksmith shops built 180 huge iron pots day and night to boil oil, It can be said that during this period, the whole Shenhua city was mobilized, and everyone actually had only one purpose, that is to survive the war.

When the city Lord hurried to the city wall, mu Youqian and Han Fengyu had already arrived, and some senior students and teachers of the college were also there. All of them looked at the Imperial Army lined up below with serious expressions.

The first time the city Lord boarded the wall, he looked at the imperial army below, and he was a little silly. At this time, the city was full of people, and the heavily armed soldiers were neatly arranged into a square array. In the center was a square array of ten ten thousand legions of infantry, and on the two wings were a long array of four light and heavy cavalry with five thousand people, Behind the infantry phalanx are five 10000 person archers, and at the end are five door bumpers, 50 stone throwers and 20 building vehicles. It's really frightening to put it away, and this is not even the more than 100000 reserve army behind the army.

Although there are millions of people guarding the city, there are actually less than 30000 Chengwei troops who have received military training. It is OK for the people to transport materials to rescue the wounded. If they really want to let the people go to the city wall to fight directly, the city Lord will certainly not do it. Therefore, it is actually the 30000 people of the Chengwei who really have to face the 300000 army.

After the imperial army was lined up, the drums of the attack sounded again. More than 100000 imperial soldiers gave a low cry neatly, and then walked neatly towards Shenhua city. The sound of neat and heavy footsteps knocked down the hearts of every soldier on the wall like a heavy hammer.

"Archer, get ready! Wait until I order to launch. Push all rolling logs and thunder stones in front of the wall, ignite the oil pot and boil all the oil! Move fast! Hurry!" the city Lord was calm despite the great pressure. After seeing the imperial army moving towards the wall, the city Lord immediately issued a series of orders, The soldiers on the city wall began to operate quickly.

As the battle line of the imperial army is getting closer and closer, the pressure of the air is getting greater and greater. The sky does not know when thick dark clouds are covered, which makes the world dizzy. The huge pressure makes everyone on the city wall feel out of breath.

Finally, the army entered the shooting range of bows and arrows. The city Lord raised his right hand and suddenly put it down. His mouth shouted: "archers shoot freely!"

With the order of the city master, 3000 archers in the city loosened their bowstrings at the same time. The sound of banging even exceeded the sound of war drums coming from the opposite side, and 3000 bows and arrows shot at the imperial army below like rain.

The imperial army was obviously well prepared. Although the infantry square at the front was all infantry, the arms were not exactly the same. The ten thousand person square was composed of broadsword soldiers and shield soldiers. The sword soldiers and shield soldiers were mixed together. When the bow and arrow came, the shield soldiers immediately raised a round shield that could cover half of their bodies, He also protected the swordsmen around him. With the banging of bows and arrows on the shield, the attack and defense war finally officially began.

The battle was fierce. Both sides had red eyes. At first, the Imperial Army approached the city wall step by step with the auxiliary defense of shield soldiers. Although there were casualties, they were not large. When they came to the front of the city wall, the engineering soldiers protected in the center of the array rushed up and took off the telescopic siege ladder on their backs after they came to the city wall, After fixing the siege ladder on the ground, the engineer pressed the ejection button on the side of the ladder, and the ladder immediately extended and directly reached the height of the top of the city wall. When the ladder extended to a sufficient length, the engineer pressed a button again, protruded two metal grab hooks on both sides of the top of the ladder, and firmly fastened them on the wall buttress of the city wall.

On the city wall, when the imperial army was close to the city wall, the archers changed to shooting freely. Ordinary soldiers began to throw a large number of rolling logs and thunder stones from the city wall, and the boiling hot oil was poured directly from the city wall.

Even if the infantry square below has the defense of shield soldiers, the terrible falling rolling wood, Thunder Stone and liquid hot oil are still defensible. As a result, the imperial army below suffered huge losses, and thousands of people died under the city in just a few minutes.

For more than an hour, the defensive weapons on the city wall didn't stop. Rolling logs and thunder stones seemed to be thrown down endlessly. Hot oil became a nightmare for the soldiers below. Although an hour passed, no one in the imperial army had climbed the city wall, and only a few could climb half the height on the ladder.

In the distance, long Ao frowned at the huge loss of the siege troops. Then he suddenly turned to the herald and said, "pass on my will, the infantry array will retreat, the engineering equipment will start, attack with a catapult first, 100 boulders and 50 oil bottles, and blow up the wall for me!"

Hearing long Ao's order, the herald left quickly. Soon, the infantry under the city quickly began to retreat, and all the engineering equipment set at the end of the army policy were pushed up.

Seeing that the other party was going to use siege equipment, the city Lord took a look at mu Youqian and Han Fengyu around him, and then said, "I'll give it to you next!"

"Don't worry! Our college can't be spared when the city is broken. After all, the queen, crown prince and princesses are in the college. Long Ao won't let us go. We will go all out!" Mu Youqian nodded seriously and replied. It's really not easy to see such a serious expression on the old guy's face.