Chapter 446 Night Song
Three strange feather arrows shot out from the camp of the Northern Wei army to the south. When they flew into the sky, they seemed to be no different from ordinary feather arrows, but when they reached a high place, they were blasting, spewing out countless scarlet flames.
On the water surface outside the northern wall, a Northern Wei general wearing a round hat raised his head and looked at the beautiful flames scattered in the sky. The corner of his right eye was jumping slightly unconsciously.
Reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty arrived on the opposite land, and there were practitioners in the realm of divine thoughts.
This is naturally an ominous sign for him.
But since it has been launched, what he needs to do now is to continuously fill all the Northern Wei soldiers here. Even if he cannot directly make a gap in the north wall near the water here, it will at least prevent the Southern Dynasties troops in the city from destroying the floating bridge leading from the Huai River on the north side to the Zhongli City.
The battle formation he experienced in the past has allowed him to coldly execute the military orders above and pile up these fresh lives like dead objects like wood and stone. But as before, his heart can be cold and numb, and his face can be indifferent, but the flesh and blood in the corner of his right eye will still twitch and beating unconsciously.
He remained silent, no new military orders were issued.
More sounds of water sounded on the dark river.
Some larger ships appear with the sound of water.
The speed of these ships is very slow, and the sergeants on the ship can be described as extremely poorly, and they cannot even make these ships go straight on the water.
There were no powerful naval armies in the entire Northern Wei Dynasty, and the subordinates of Zhongshan Wang Yuanying could be said to have no naval armies at all before.
The generals of the Southern Dynasty on the north wall looked at these ships that were crooked on the water, but none of them felt ridiculous.
They thoroughly understood the other party’s strategic intentions.
Without powerful naval forces, they would not have to fight against the naval forces of the Southern Dynasties, so they would turn the water routes into land routes.
Most of these ships should be civilian ships and merchant ships plundered along the way. When they come here, their use is no different from ordinary driftwood. However, with the addition of these ships, it will be more convenient for these Northern Wei troops to lead to the north wall.
The Wei army did have amazing ability in building roads and bridges. The ships slowly sailed, floating giant trees, ordinary door panels, and even some sheepskin rafts, bamboo rafts, and all kinds of floating fragments were all pulled and tied together by these people. Huge splashes kept ringing, and those ships were piled with thick ropes and heavy objects, constantly smashing into the water like heavy anchors, fixing these floating objects on the water surface.
Even some chariots and horses began to appear, dragging a large amount of reeds, hay and other objects to fill them up.
As the road on the water became more and more large, the Wei army, which seemed to be about to end, even gave up shooting on the city wall. The only way to fight back was to pave the road on the water was paved more intact.
From time to time, Northern Wei soldiers were hit by arrows and heavy objects and shouted to the ground, but their location was soon filled with the successor Northern Wei soldiers.
The bodies that fell into the water and could not be picked up in time quickly disappeared under the bloody water surface, and seemed to have never appeared before.
The Southern Dynastic archers who kept shooting on the edge of the city wall were becoming slower and slower. As more Northern Wei soldiers advanced from the continent in the center of the river towards the city wall, there were more and more targets in their eyes that they could shoot. However, facing opponents who did not fight back at all and were allowed to kill, it was easier for people to feel tired and powerless.
"If so, let them all take a break."
A voice sounded behind Wang Chaozong, "It should be only half an hour at most, this Wei army will attack the city with all its might."
This is an extremely unfamiliar voice, but it is extremely calm in such a battle formation, even with an unquestionable smell.
Wang Chaozong turned around and saw Li Wenzhao, Qi Zhuji and others.
On the way to the north wall, Qi Zhuji had heard Li Wenzhao tell the story of the "rebellion" that occurred in the city before he and Xiao Suxin and others arrived.
He looked at Wang Chaozong, who was only a few years older than him and Lin Yi, and looked at each other's young and iron-blooded face, and suddenly felt great respect in his heart.
Without any extra greetings, Li Wenzhao said a few words to Wang Chaozong, and Wang Chaozong, Qi Zhuji and others greeted him calmly.
"Why do you think they will launch a strong attack soon? Especially when the enemies in the south have retreated." Wang Chaozong looked at Qi Zhuji and asked without any extra words.
"Because they are preparing to climb the wall and ladder."
Qi Zhuji clicked on the continent not far away and said very simply: "I don't understand their intention, but if it weren't for a strong attack immediately, they wouldn't have assigned so many people to prepare the ladder at this time."
Following the direction pointed by Qi Zhuji, Wang Chaozong's eyes sterned, and then a strange feeling arose in his heart.
There were indeed many enemy troops there rushing around some ladder parts, looking very anxious. However, when the young general of the Tie Ce Army arrived here, he discovered what he had ignored at a glance, which showed that the other party was not only absolutely calm, but also had a very meticulous and meticulous mind.
“Thinking too much is useless.”
Qi Zhuji easily saw through the thoughts of several generals beside Wang Chaozong. He smiled as a self-deprecatingly, "Most of Yuanying's body could not arrive soon, so it should not be most of his body from the north bank, but if the 7,000 Wei army can only be regarded as a vanguard army. The Wei army from the north bank will be at least tens of thousands. And since the other party decided to attack at this time, the Wei army from the north bank will likely arrive tomorrow. But no matter who the army is from the north bank, if we can't survive tonight, there is no need to be afraid."
Wang Chaozong also laughed at himself.
The reason why he dared to launch such a "rebellion" and directly executed the generals in the city with the official rank above him was that he felt that there was not much future to imagine.
He nodded and stretched out his palm to make a military order.
All the archers stopped shooting.
Shortly after the sound of arrows disappeared, a desolate singing sounded from the water.
The singing became louder and louder, and all the Wei people on Hemenzhou were singing loudly.
Amid the singing, many people began to shout loudly.
The neat shouts were like horns during farming, full of enthusiasm, one after another.
Qi Zhuji took a deep breath.
His face did not change, but his hands hidden in his sleeves trembled slightly.
He was very nervous.
A sneer.
An arrow shot from the water surface, just a sound arrow shot into the sky.
The chaotic but thunderous footsteps sounded.
In the night, many Northern Wei soldiers wearing soft armor and holding swords and shields rushed up the not-solid floating bridge like ants and rushed towards the city wall.
In the center of them, many ladders that had been prepared were directly carried by some soldiers with great strength. With the sound of shouts, they were constantly shaking, but they approached the city wall very quickly.
"put!"
Almost at the same time, shrill shouts sounded from both sides at the same time.
With a buzzing sound, countless shaking sounds of bowstrings sounded on the city and on the water at the same time, followed by two extremely palpitations of roaring sounds interspersed in the air.
In the night, two rains of arrows gathered in the air, crossed, separated, and fell.
Puff puff puff puff...
A group of people fell down on the floating bridge in an instant.
On the north wall, one of the Southern Dynasties soldiers also fell.
Angry whistling sounded on the walls and on the water at the same time.
The Northern Wei archers shot the few feather arrows above the north wall at the fastest speed, and then began to charge with the infantry holding swords and shields.
Ladders rose from the shaking floating bridge and headed towards the city wall.
Behind these ladders, some Northern Wei soldiers carrying Changzhu also braved the rain of arrows falling from the city wall, and leaned Changzhu towards the city wall without fear of death.
The Northern Wei soldiers who began to climb were as swaying and fragile as bottles hanging on ropes. However, life seemed to be the most valuable thing at this time. With the continuous blood and flesh smashing into the ground and the sound of falling into the water, in just over ten breaths, Northern Wei soldiers had already climbed up with arrows and chopping.
Qi Zhuji always stood at the forefront of the city wall and remained motionless.
In front of him, a Northern Wei soldier appeared, pressing his hands on the edge of the city wall, then he jumped up, drew his sword with his backhand, and the sword light fell towards him.
Qi Zhuji narrowed his eyes slightly, and he took a step forward and kicked the Northern Wei soldier away with a heavy kick.
Chapter completed!