mtl008 Chapter 493 The East City Gate is broken
Chapter 493 The East City Gate is broken
At the third watch of the night, everything is silent.
The winter wind blew the surrounding mountains and forests, making bursts of rustling sounds. In the military tent, the snoring of Sergeant Chen shook the earth, while the soldiers on night watch blew the evening breeze, subconsciously tightened their sleeves, and hugged each other. Hug your arms.
Outside the handsome tent, Chen Mo looked at the stars lighting up on the city in the distance, his eyes slightly focused.
The sound of footsteps approached behind him, and then a large cloak was draped around Chen Mo's body.
"It's late, what are you thinking about?" Xia Zhining, who had just woken up, saw no one beside the bed, so she put on her cloak and came out to check. She saw Chen Mo in single clothes, blowing the cool breeze and looking at Bingcheng in the distance.
"The weather is getting colder and colder. It seems that winter is coming early."
Chen Mo turned around and looked at the beautiful lady in plain clothes with a beautiful face. He took her into his arms, hugged her gently, and covered her together in the cloak. He said: "These days, I watch the Jinxia barbarians in the city. The morale of the army is somewhat unstable. We just need to gather more strength to defeat the enemy."
Under the cold wind, Xia Zhining also hugged Chen Mo's waist and faced Chen Mo's body, as if the patrolling soldiers couldn't find her as long as she didn't look.
In the past few days, Xia Zhining also understood what Chen Mo had been trying to do with her before.
First, make the enemy panic and feel that there is no way out, and then they will become determined to resist desperately. Finally, they will deliberately release a way out, so that the enemy's determination will be shaken.
In the art of war, this is taking advantage of human nature's survival psychology.
When the enemy defenders see that there is no hope of escape, they will fight desperately. But if they are left with a way to survive, they will lose their fighting spirit and choose to flee if they have a way out.
"What if the enemy general sees through your plan?" Xia Zhining looked up at Chen Mo, her eyes twinkling.
"It's not difficult to see this strategy. It's all about morale and military morale. As long as the opponent loses any hope of victory, they won't be able to defend the annexation."
Chen Mo said confidently.
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November 8, the first year of Yong'an.
Chen Mo reduced the troops attacking the south city gate and the north city gate, dispatched them to the troops attacking the east city gate, and launched a fierce attack on the east city gate of the annexed city again.
Dozens of catapults shot stone bombs towards Bingcheng almost continuously, suppressing the Jinxia defenders on the city wall.
A series of ladders were set up on the wall of the east city gate, and the Shenwu guards climbed up with a round shield in one hand and a horizontal sword in the other.
Under the city wall, there are archers holding longbows, crossbows, and divine arm crossbows, shooting upwards to provide cover.
Once Jin Xia's defenders tried to move rocks or knock trees down at the battlements, they would be shot immediately.
"Hurry up and push down these ladders."
While Gar ordered his subordinates to push down the ladder on the city wall, he stepped forward and personally pushed a ladder on the wall to Chen Jun's side.
The ladder is not a ladder, but a vehicle. It is a necessary weapon for siege warfare. It is equipped with defensive shields, winches, grappling hooks and other equipment. It is also extremely heavy. Once it is firmly set up, ordinary soldiers cannot even think about it. It would take several strong men to push it down.
However, as a middle-grade warrior, Gar would naturally knock down a ladder.
"Click."
Under the force of Gar's push, the mechanism of the ladder truck suddenly couldn't withstand the huge force and broke. Then it hit the ground with a bang, and a scream was heard.
Just when Gar was about to push another ladder.
"careful."
A sharp yell sounded from the side.
Tuoba came in violently and slashed with his sword.
"Qiang!"
"when!"
Two crisp sounds sounded almost at the same time.
"Gulu."
Gar's face turned pale, and he touched the helmet on his head that had flown to nowhere. His Adam's apple rolled up and down, he swallowed, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
"when!"
"Bang"
Two more crisp metallic sounds sounded one after another.
There was the sound of a helmet falling to the ground.
There was a sound of the knife being shaken off and falling to the ground.
Before Gal could react to what had happened, Tuoba Zhu, who had already arrived next to Gal, threw him to the ground.
"Whoosh"
A feather arrow flew past where Gar was standing, between his eyebrows.
It turned out that when Gar went to push the first ladder, Tuoba Zhu, who had been hiding in the dark and observed without showing up, discovered through the telescope that Chen Mo had arrived at the moat and was leaning against the city wall. arrow, and aimed at Gar.
Tuoba Zhu, who had seen Chen Mo's terrifying archery skills, immediately changed his expression, drew his sword and rushed towards Gar.
When the hidden arrow was about to hit Gar, the sword he swung happened to collide with the hidden arrow. This also caused the hidden arrow to be shot between the eyebrows to be slightly deflected, and the helmet that Gar was wearing was shot away.
The huge force generated by the hidden arrows during the collision also made Tuoba's wrist holding the sword numb. His fingers loosened and the sword fell to the ground.
Tuoba Zhu also reacted extremely quickly. The moment the sword fell to the ground, he knocked down the standing Gar.
"Your Majesty, what happened just now?"
Gar said in a trembling voice. He was still a little uneasy, but he understood that he had just passed through the door of death.
"You were targeted by Chen Mo. Tie Mutee, Kuimu and Yelu Tongku all died under his arrows. This man's archery skills are extremely good. If you are targeted by him, it will be difficult to escape. Tuoba Zhu said in a low voice.
Gar's heartbeat quickened, and he felt scared and extremely shocked at the same time.
The moat is more than eighty feet away from the city wall.
Although he knew that powerful warriors, with special longbows, could shoot arrows so far, the accuracy and power would be reduced.
But the arrow just now seemed to have knocked the sword out of the prince's hand.
By the moat, Chen Mo frowned and was a little disappointed. This distance was not within the locking range of the sun-shooting arrow, so the accuracy relied on his own archery skills and strength.
"Send the order, let the Shenyong Guards, the Trap Guards, and the Jiangdong Army advance in sequence. They will capture Bing City today." Chen Mo put down his strong bow and said to Sun Meng.
"promise."
As the order was conveyed, Chen Jun on the moat passed through the pontoon bridge one by one and pressed towards the city.
afternoon.
The east gate of Bingcheng was broken.
As the east city gate was knocked open, Chen Jun's officers and soldiers seemed to have been given a shot of blood, their morale soared, and they shouted loudly: "Brothers, the city gate is breached, charge forward and kill these barbarians."
But at this moment, an order came from above, telling them not to pursue them too closely after entering the city.
In the city.
He was almost shot down in the morning. He was so frightened that Gar did not dare to show his head on the city wall all day long. Instead, he hid in the rear and commanded.
Now I know that Chen Jun has arrived.
Gar's face changed suddenly. He knew that if the incoming Chen army was not killed and retreated, it might be a rout. The situation was extremely urgent.
Gar shouted loudly: "No chaos, we will definitely be able to stop Chen Jun!"