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In the Maling City Prefect¡¯s Mansion, Liu Cong summoned Huangfu Hong, Fazheng, and Wang Ping.
Recently, the scouts received news that Liu Bao sent General Bas to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to leave the camp. A few days later, these 5,000 soldiers and horses came back. But coming with them were many Huns slaves, pulling carts. Because it was covered with some thatch, the scouts were far away, so they didn't know what it was.
Liu Cong is certain that this must be related to the siege. Yiqu, Fuping, and Liucheng have all stopped moving recently. It is obvious that Liu Bao has changed his strategy. The other three cities are just containment, and Maling will definitely attack by force.
Liu Bao suffered a big loss when he attacked Liu Bao for the first time. This time he must have thought of a new way to attack the city. But what is the method of siege? What are the things being pulled on those carts?
"My lord, are those carts loaded with fire starters?" Huangfuhong thought for a while and said.
"No!" Wang Ping shook his head after hearing this, "The scouts reported that the ruts were very deep, so they were not a fire starter! The general guessed that they might be rocks!"
"Stones?" Liu Cong frowned and thought for a moment, "Since it is a stone, why did Liu Bao cover it with weeds?"
"Without catapults, or even other siege equipment, what's the use of stones?" Fazheng couldn't figure it out either.
Liu Bao built some siege equipment, but He Hetie took them all to attack Yiqu.
"Report¡ª¡ª" At this moment, a soldier rushed in, "Report to the prince, the Huns soldiers are about to attack the city!"
"Go to the city!" After hearing this, Liu Cong made a decision immediately, "Let's go and see what kind of medicine is sold in Liu Bao's gourd!"
"No!"
So, Liu Cong, Huangfu Hong, Fazheng, and Wang Ping, under the protection of Shi Ahe and a group of personal guards, climbed to the top of the city.
"Lord, look!" Liu Hu, wearing armor and full of confusion, pointed to the outside of the city and said.
Liu Cong took a look and saw that Liu Bao had assembled an army of 10,000 people. Each soldier had a bag on his horse!
And behind them, there was also a group of slaves, each carrying a bag.
"What's in that?" Liu Cong asked.
"The general doesn't even know!" Liu Hu said blankly.
"Woo¡ª¡ª" The charging horn sounded.
"Kill!" the Huns soldiers shouted, beating their horses like flying, and rushed towards the city.
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The Han army¡¯s crossbowmen at the top of the city had already been prepared. As soon as the general gave the order, they fired thousands of arrows to kill these Xiongnu soldiers.
Liu Hu¡¯s face was full of excitement. In his opinion, the Huns soldiers attacking the city like this were the same as last time, and they were just here to die.
Liu Cong was not as relaxed as last time. The Huns soldiers did not bring weapons, but only bags, which made Liu Cong feel a little uneasy.
Getting closer and closer, and seeing that he was about to enter the range of bows and arrows, Liu Hu was also ready to give orders.
Suddenly, the Hun soldier threw the bag out.
"Could it be a flying thunder?" Liu Cong thought to himself.
However, after the bag was thrown to the ground, there was no explosion or fire. In fact, there was no movement or threat.
After throwing away the bag, the Huns soldiers turned their horses and went back. The soldiers behind were still rushing forward, throwing away the bags and leaving.
Soon, there was already a layer of bags on the ground.
"No, lord, that's sand!" Fazheng suddenly said loudly, "They are going to fill the city with sand!"
¡°Fill the city with sand?¡±
"Yes!" Fazheng's face was full of worry, "The Huns had such sieges before. Once the sand was piled up, their horses could charge to the top of the city!"
"My lord is right, Liu Bao must be behind this conspiracy!" Huangfu Hong also suddenly realized, "Beidi County is in a drought and there is no moat. There is nothing we can do to fill the city with sand!"
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow quickly!" Liu Hu shouted.
A shower of arrows rained down, and the Hun soldiers were shot off their horses one by one.
But the soldiers behind didn¡¯t care whether the soldiers who were hit by arrows were dead or wounded. They still threw sandbags over and buried those soldiers under the sand. Some of the horses were injured and they were quickly buried.
"Ha" Liu Bao burst out laughing in the distance, "Come on me all of them!"
Those Xiongnu maidservants each carried a sandbag.Rushed under the city.
The Han army¡¯s crossbowmen kept shooting, but the corpses were mixed with sandbags, and the city was filled faster.
"Stop shooting arrows!" Liu Cong shouted.
Shooting those slaves has no meaning at all, it is just a waste of arrows. Liu Bao doesn't care about the life or death of these people, and in Liu Bao's view, they are the same as sand.
"Liu Cong, isn't your repeating crossbow very powerful? Why don't you shoot! Ha" Liu Bao laughed wildly at the top of the city.
Those slaves took the sandbags all the way to the bottom of the city and piled them on the roots of the city wall.
While the Huns soldiers were throwing in the distance, the city wall seemed to have sunk into the sand and was falling rapidly.
"My lord, if this continues, the city wall will be filled in in less than two hours!" Wang Ping said worriedly.
"Wang Ping, put the soldiers and horses in the city into a team of five thousand people, and take turns guarding the tower!" Liu Cong knew that facing Liu Bao's plan, the only option was to fight to the death!
"Promise!" Wang Ping immediately went down to the top of the city. In a short time, he led a group of soldiers and horses to the top of the city.
The area at the top of the city is not very large, and only five thousand soldiers and horses can be deployed at most.
More than an hour later, two-thirds of the city wall had been filled. However, the soldiers on the top of the city had already formed a formation. Originally defending the city, the Han army had the advantage. But now it has become a field battle, and the Huns soldiers can charge forward on horseback.
The holding repeating crossbow is at the front, followed by the flying thunder hand. The lethality of flying thunder is very large, but the number is too small! The efficiency of the Ministry of Industry was incomparable to that of the arsenal of later generations. Then there are the combination of various types of soldiers such as sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and spearmen.
And every team under the city is also configured in this way. The defenders of the city could only send five thousand soldiers and horses. On the siege side, large groups of soldiers and horses will not be able to deploy, and the two sides will be a war of attrition.
In less than two hours, a slope about thirty feet long appeared outside the city, leading from Liu Bao's feet to the top of the city. The Huns soldiers outside the city stopped, and the slaves who filled the city also went back.
The horn stopped and the city became quiet.
But everyone knows that the silence is temporary, and a fierce war is about to begin.
"My lord, please return to the prefect's mansion. The general will definitely guard the city!" Wang Ping said.
"My lord, please return to the prefect's mansion!" Fazheng, Huangfuhong, and Liu Hu also said in unison.
"Liu Bao wants to attack the city himself, how can I retreat!" Liu Cong pulled out the sword from his waist, "Xiaozhi and Jianshou, you two immediately go down to the city tower to prepare the defense equipment, treat the wounded soldiers, and appease the people in the city! "
"Lord"
"This is an order!" Liu Cong's voice suddenly became very stern.
"No!" Fazheng and Huangfuhong walked off the city.
"Soldiers, follow my king and fight to the death with the Huns!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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