The infantrymen quickly caught up with the siege vehicles. Under the cover of the siege vehicles, they slowly advanced towards the city wall.
Li Xiu Ning stood on top of the city gate tower and watched. When the siege engine was fifty steps away, she immediately ordered calmly,"Have the ballistae aim at the siege tower and prepare to fire.”
"Yes, sir!" Ma Sanbao responded and immediately went to command.
After all, Yu County was only a county, and the city walls were not wide enough.
The catapults could not reach the city walls at all, so they could only rely on the ballistae to block the siege towers.
The ballista was actually a huge bow and arrow.
A dozen soldiers were needed to stand on both sides to turn the capstan to pull the bowstrings made of more than fifty high-quality beef tendons.
On top of a ballista, there were three giant arrows made of refined iron that looked like spears.
Making ballistae was very difficult, and Li Xiuning only had five ballistae.
However, the power of the ballista was very impressive, especially at close range.
"Release! Release!"
At this moment, Ma Sanbao shouted with all his might.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Five ballistae and fifteen giant arrows shot out.
Bang bang bang!
In the first round, they hit three siege vehicles.
The siege vehicle that was built at the last minute was immediately shattered by the huge force.
The soldiers on the siege chariots screamed in fear and fell to the ground.
Li Xiu Ning saw the siege vehicle fall and the soldiers behind it were exposed. She immediately shouted,""Release the arrows!"
This time, there was a rocket with a burning arrow.
Fire arrows were used to deal with siege vehicles.
The rain of arrows fell like rain, and the three soldiers who lost the cover of the siege chariots screamed and fell.
The fire arrows were burning on the siege chariots. However, because the siege chariots were made of wood that had been cut down on the spot, the wood was still wet, so the fire arrows were of little use.
However, the attack did not stop. Instead, the siege chariots attacked even faster.
With a bang, the siege vehicle's slide landed on the city wall of Yu County.
The soldiers seized the opportunity and immediately rushed towards the city wall from the inclined slide.
Li Xiu Ning didn't move at all, as if she had already realized it.
Immediately, an organized team of spearmen appeared in front of the siege vehicle.
The soldiers who had yet to come into contact with the edge of the city wall were killed by the pikemen.
However, the soldiers continued to rush down the slide.
As the soldiers approached with the help of the siege chariots, the city ladder was also set up.
The battle had entered an intense stage.
"Kill them!"
"The general has ordered us to capture Li Xiu Ning alive."
"Take down Yu County and capture Li Xiu Ning alive!”
"Ah!"
Surrounding the city wall, the soldiers below tried to climb up the city wall, but the defenders on the city wall tried their best to defend. Pot after pot of golden liquid mixed with horse urine poured down, and huge rocks and logs fell down. Li Zhiyun's soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
Of course, Li Xiu Ning was not having it easy as a defender. There were a few times when Li Zhiyun's soldiers climbed up the city wall.
Li Zhiyun watched as the soldiers climbed up the city wall a few times but were all beaten down. He could not help but frown.
He realized the problem.
The archers no longer dared to shoot.
Because his archers were too weak, the two sides were close to each other by the city wall. He did not know if his archers would hit the enemy or his own people.
Secondly, his army lacked strong generals.
Although the soldiers were brave, every time they climbed up the city wall, there were no brave generals who charged in front to create a foothold to support the subsequent reinforcements.
Even if ordinary soldiers charged up, they would not be able to hold on for long.
"Zhiyun, this isn't a solution. Our soldiers can't take it.”Wan Xuandao said anxiously as he looked at the corpses of the soldiers at the entrance points. They were more than a meter tall.
Li Zhiyun's expression was cold as he said in a deep voice,""We have to take down Yu County in a short period of time.”
"Marshal's flag, move forward!" Li Zhiyun ordered.
However, before he could drive his warhorse forward, Wan Xuandao grabbed the reins of Li Zhiyun's warhorse and said,""Zhiyun, I know you're anxious, but you have to calm down. As the commander-in-chief, nothing can happen to you!”
In fact, they were already in danger at this time.
The flag was already 150 meters away from Yu County.
Some scattered arrows could even land in front of them.
They were already within the firing range of the ballistae.
It was just that the Ballista's accuracy was very poor at this distance, and the battle on the city wall was intense. Li Xiu Ning did not have the opportunity to organize the Ballista to attack Li Zhiyun.
He definitely could not let Li Zhiyun take the risk to move the marshal flag forward.
" Fifth Young Master…" Tang Jian, who had returned safely and was sitting on the ground after surviving the disaster, suddenly spoke.
Li Zhiyun looked over and saw Tang Jian hesitate for a moment before saying,""Fifth Young Master, most of the families of the soldiers guarding the city are natives of He County. Their families are in the villages around He County.”
"No, we're forcing the commoners to attack the city. Once word gets out, we'll lose the hearts of the people.”Wan Xuandao immediately pointed out. He turned his head and glared at Tang Jian with killing intent flickering in his eyes.
Tang Jian grinned with a hint of provocation and mockery.
Li Zhiyun knew that Tang Jian's plan was a vicious one. If he used it, he might be able to break through Yu County.
However, he would still suffer the backlash of this plan. This was Tang Jian's revenge.
However, a light flashed in his mind, and a smile appeared on his face.
Ta, ta, ta…
At this moment, the sound of hurried hooves could be heard from behind. A cavalryman with armor of a different color than the one Li Zhiyun's army had reported was charging over.
When the cavalryman was not far from Li Zhiyun, he reined in his horse and dismounted. He knelt on the ground and said loudly," General, I'm from Chang 'an. His Highness ordered you to go to the Yellow River ferry immediately. Li Yuan has mobilized 130,000 troops and another 10,000 troops. They are attacking Song Laosheng's troops stationed in Huoyi. Song Laosheng can't hold on and Huoyi is in danger!”
When Li Zhiyun heard the news, his body shook violently.
He was very clear about Huo Yi's geographical location.
Once Li Yuan broke through Huo Yi, he would be able to charge straight into the Yellow River.
Guanzhong Pass is dangerous!
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