Once the siege began, it was extremely brutal.

After all, Nanhe City is a much larger city than the small broken city in Wen'an County. The small Wen'an County City caused huge trouble to the rebels back then. This time, the walls of Nanhe City are high and the trenches are deep, making it even more difficult to attack.

A siege team on the right, with sword and shield warriors carrying a siege ladder, had just arrived in front of the trench to protect the city. Unexpectedly, the trench was too deep, and the one in front stepped in, causing several people to stumble and several to kneel on the ground.

The people carrying the siege ladder were one body, but the people in front stumbled and fell, and the ladder suddenly tilted. The shield covering the ladder to prevent arrows slipped and fell. Many people carrying the ladder on both sides were hit by the ladder.

brain.

There is a detail in the turtle shell siege ladder tactics. When the siege ladder is lifted to the bottom of the city, the person carrying the ladder on the right side must first retreat and then let go.

This is because shields are not light. Many shields are covered with iron. If they accidentally hit their feet, it is possible for them to limp. They are about to climb the siege ladder, and their feet will be limp again.

, which greatly affects the siege speed. Therefore, in order to avoid accidental damage as much as possible, the unloading action of the turtle shell siege ladder has the detail of retreat.

The moat of Nanhe City was too deep and too steep. When the people carrying the ladder in front rushed down, they immediately lost their balance and slipped. As a result, their shields fell and hit many people's heads. Some people even got their eyes hit by the corners of the shields, and the injuries were even more serious.

More than one siege team was in dire straits when crossing the trench, and almost all the siege teams were unable to cross the trench safely.

The moat is deep and steep. It is difficult to slide down from one side and climb up from the other side.

Especially for heavy ladders, to lift the ladder up from the ditch, the person in front has to pull it up hard, and the person behind it has to carry it up hard, which is extremely difficult.

The deep trench protecting the city now became a killing pit. The swordsmen and shield warriors fell into the trench. Firstly, they had no formation. Secondly, they could not form a shield formation. Thirdly, they had to carry ladders to climb up. They could not take into account defense at the same time.

The yellow turbans on the top took advantage of the chaos and fired arrows at the siege soldiers in the trench. Many siege soldiers were directly shot to death in the deep trench.

For a time, the siege momentum was blocked by the trenches. A certain siege team and the siege centurion behind became anxious. If there was any delay, all the people inside would die.

"Everyone get down! Go down together! Lift the ladder!" With a roar, the centurion put the knife in his hand into the scabbard, held his shield and jumped into the ditch first.

The centurion took the lead in jumping, followed by the half-formed shield warriors jumping into the ditch.

In desperation, the centurion made the right choice.

Li Mengxi just recently figured out the problem of firepower sharing. The more people there are, the fewer people will die on average.

If there were just a few people carrying ladders in the moat, more than a dozen people would be dead in a short time, and their deaths would be in vain.

Everyone rushed down the ditch together. There were so many people, and they climbed over the ditch to lift the ladder together. The yellow scarves on the city top could not reach them. The ladder was lifted up in a short time, and they were able to reach the top of the city in a short time.

The centurions of this siege team were a bit quick-witted and could make the right choice immediately when faced with sudden untrained situations.

But some siege teams were in trouble.

The person carrying the siege ladder in front was shot over in the ditch, and the ladder also tilted into the ditch. The centurion still followed the established tactics and sent a few people down to lift the ladder first, while the people behind still maintained the shield formation.

A mere few people concentrated the enemy's firepower at the top of the city. The few people carrying the ladder down were just holding the ladder up when they were hit by arrows one after another and died.

When the centurion saw that he couldn't see it, he sent more people down to continue carrying the ladder, but the shield formation behind remained motionless.

The result was that of the dozen or so people who went down, four were shot down. The arrows from the city were shot at the bottom of the ditch. The remaining six people were in the rain of arrows. They were so heavy that they did not dare to raise their heads, and they did not care about the ladder.

The shield is pushed up to the head and goes straight back.

The difference in ability among the lower-level officers was clearly demonstrated at this time. Some centurions could simply and decisively rush down the ladder with their entire team, while some centurions only sent a few people to try to lift the ladder up at once, which became a fuel for trouble.

tactics.

The fifty siege teams were all blocked by the deep trenches in front of the city and suffered heavy losses.

In the rear, Li Mengxi and Liu Bei watched the siege situation from a distance. They saw that the siege ladder was slow to reach the top of the city. The people seemed to have fallen to the ground. They only saw the ladder moving, but no siege people were there. Li Mengxi

The frown became tighter and tighter.

What's wrong here...

When attacking a city, especially when they get under the city wall, the archers on the city head almost shoot in the face, causing casualties with every breath.

Judging from the failure of the siege ladder to build the city, the siege must have suffered huge casualties.

No matter what, the siege force this time was up to 3,000. If we attack four walls, we don't have enough manpower. But if we attack one wall alone, we have plenty of manpower.

After the initial embarrassment and a period of casualties, siege ladders finally began to be built up on the top of the city one after another.

Up until this point, the offense and defense were still asymmetrical.

A ladder is used to build a city. If the yellow scarf on the city head pushes or kicks it with his hand, the ladder will fall down.

At this time, it was different from the time when Wen'an County was attacking the city. At that time, there was no deep trench to protect the city in front of the city. Ladders that were pushed down and fell to the ground could be lifted up quickly.

Now the deep ditch under the city has brought great trouble to the siege team. Once the ladder fell down, it slipped into the ditch again. They had to continue to lift the ladder out of the ditch with difficulty before they could set up the ladder again.

For a certain team, the ladder was pushed down several times. Finally, once, the hook of the siege ladder was hung on the battlement, and the ladder was stable.

The siege warriors can finally climb the ladder to attack the city.

Unexpected troubles followed one after another.

After the ladders were built into the city, the city wall was narrow at the base, and the space for standing was extremely limited. A large number of siege soldiers were still in the ditch, unable to move forward, and there was no place to stay if they moved forward.

They started to climb the ladder, and the people at the base of the wall began to climb up with their shields. Only then did the people in the ditch climb over the ten-foot-deep ditch with difficulty, and climbed over the ditch with difficulty.

The people on the ladder were either shot down by arrows or knocked down by stones, and the people behind them just climbed out of the ditch.

When attacking a city, the speed and connection of manpower deployment are extremely important. After all, the survival time of a person on the top of the city is no more than five seconds. Within these five seconds, a second siege soldier must immediately board the city to survive.

The head gradually opens up space. If the speed of manpower deployment is not fast enough and the connection is not tight enough, one person in front will be chopped into pieces by others, and then another person will slowly come up from behind. This becomes a tactic of adding fuel to the fire.

Giving away people's heads is a taboo in siege.

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Instead of one person following the other, one person climbed up the ladder, and the other climbed across the ditch. It took a while to reach the base of the city wall, and then he could climb the ladder again.

A defensive trench no more than two feet deep caused serious trouble for the rebels. No one expected this.

Li Mengxi, who was watching the siege situation from a distance, saw from a distance that what was supposed to be an ant attack on the city, and that after the siege ladder was built, people climbed up the ladder one after another, and there should be a group of people on the ladder.

There is a long list of talents, but what about, looking from near to far, all the siege echelons and all the ladders, why are there so few people on the ladders, with less than three or four people climbing up and down one ladder?

How could such a sparse flow of people create a passage at the top of the city?

Something went wrong.

Li Mengxi turned to look up at Liu Bei, and saw that Liu Bei was also frowning, "Xuan Degong, the offensive has been frustrated. Let's go and see why..."

When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately went to lead the horse without looking back, "I'll go take a look, you stay here!"

After saying that, Liu Bei strode out, walked a few steps to his mount, and got on his horse.

"Drive!" Liu Bei kicked the horse in the belly, and the horse was about to leave.

Not far away, "Hey!" Liu Bei suddenly tightened the reins again, the horse stopped suddenly, and he stood up.

Liu Bei turned around and shouted to Li Mengxi hastily, "Xi'er, you are not allowed to follow!"

Li Mengxi opened his mouth, "Oh!"

Liu Bei was afraid that Li Mengxi would follow him if he was disobedient, so he specifically explained this.

After explaining, Liu Bei waved the reins again and said, "Drive!"

Riding away in a jiffy.

Li Mengxi watched Liu Bei go towards the city wall, but he stayed where he was, scratching his head helplessly.

The progress of the siege was indeed in trouble because of a small defensive trench. The progress of the war was unfavorable, and not a single person climbed to the top of the city for a long time.

Liu Bei hurriedly drove his horses, and arrived at the city in a moment. As he approached, many yellow turban crossbowmen on the city turned their bows and fired arrows at Liu Bei. Liu Bei held swords in both hands, and the male and female swords in his hands slashed left and right. A sword light danced around him.

, covering up the incoming arrows.

Only when Liu Bei got under the city wall did he see clearly that the ditch in front of the city was so deep that all the attackers were hiding in the ditch, unable to lift their heads under the weight of arrows and falling rocks.

When Liu Bei arrived, a stone was being thrown from the top of the city. The stone rolled down the slope into the ditch and hit a sword and shield warrior in the ditch on the head. The shield in the sword and shield warrior's hand was still strong, and the stone did not hit him.

Yes, the shield was knocked to one side and the stone rolled away.

Unfortunately, there was a heavy rain of arrows at the top of the city, and the shield was hit by a stone. An arrow came and hit the shield-man's arm with a whoosh, and the shield-man immediately screamed.

Looking at the people climbing the ladder, there is only a narrow landing at the base of the city wall, where two or three people cannot stand. Fortunately, the siege ladder is well made and has a hook. Otherwise, there is no one to hold the ladder, and the ladder may not be able to stand.

Come to the city.

A sword and shield warrior was knocked down by a tree stump at the top of the city. He screamed and fell from a high place. Before he hit the ground, he was hit by several arrows.

For the ladder climber at the back, climbing the ditch is more difficult than climbing the ladder. The ditch is steep and deep. The sword and shield climber can only climb faster by using both hands and feet. He can hold the shield with one hand, and those who are bent over can only use one hand to climb up.

No.

If you can't keep up here, you can't keep up on the ladder.

Liu Bei understood clearly that the trench was too deep and too steep, and all his troops were trapped in the trench.

Suddenly there was another roar of arrows, and Liu Bei swung his sword to slash. There was a scraping sound, and the sword power rose and fell. The feathered arrow was cut in half with one sword strike. Although the direction of the remaining arrow changed drastically, it still hit the horse with a whoosh.

The war horse was frightened and neighed, its hooves thrashing.

Liu Bei saw that it was useless to stay for a long time, so he immediately turned around.

Arrows rained down from the city, chasing Liu Bei with hissing fire. Several more arrows were hit in the back of the war horse, which screamed loudly and charged even more urgently.

Liu Bei knew from the shield he was carrying on his back, especially the loud sound behind his ears, that the arrow had hit the shield.
To be continued...