Chapter 418: Siege (1)

When the distance was close enough, Huaxia began to use the Strong Crossbow to attack. At this time, the attack power of the Strong Crossbow was already being perfectly unleashed; as long as they were not holding particularly thick wooden board shields, a single Arrow could pierce through a whole row of people. Shields made of bamboo or tree branches were completely ineffective, and even wooden boards could be easily nailed through, killing several people.

Because the Arrows used by Huaxia's Giant Crossbow were as large as a Spear and fitted with Iron arrowheads, and to prevent these arrowheads from being recovered by the enemy and used as hand-held Spears after simply changing the shaft, Huaxia was not yet using Iron arrowheads.

The enemies below were dying in droves, and the people on the city wall were terrified, though fortunately, they were the ones defending the city.

Huangpin's face was also pale; he had not expected that the power of Huaxia's Weapon could already ignore the defense of shields.

Fortunately, there were still enough Soldiers present at this time. They had reached the appropriate positions and began trying to set up giant logs against the city wall. However, basically, while they were lifting the logs, attacks would be concentrated directly on them. Most of the time, they would only get halfway, and with too many people dying and not enough strength left, they would fall to the ground, only for more Soldiers behind to replenish them, until the ground beneath their own feet became slippery with blood.

But gradually, some teams succeeded in setting up the logs and even took the opportunity to adjust the angle. The Huaxia Soldiers at the position of the logs immediately panicked, actually putting down their Weapons and intending to use their own hands to push the logs over, but despite using great effort, it was still in vain.

Baifeng, who was closely observing the surroundings, saw this scene and told the Soldiers to give up and quickly pick up their Weapons; as long as someone climbed up, they just needed to stab them down.

At the same time, Baifeng also hurriedly asked if the boiling water was ready, as it could be brought up for use now.

All of the Suiren Clan's enemies had already reached the foot of the wall, and the catapults could no longer be used. Relying solely on bows and Crossbows could not achieve large-scale lethality, and the Soldiers were gradually showing signs of exhaustion; after all, drawing the string was not an easy task, let alone doing it incessantly.

Thus, Baifeng gave the order to change the method of attack: everyone was to start throwing Bombs.

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to give their arms a moment of respite, so they hurriedly took out the Fire Tinder at their sides, opened them, and began to blow on them to make them burn again.

Huaxia's Soldiers did not have percussion-type triggers—they did not have that capability—so everything had to be lit before being thrown down, making timing very important.

Just in this gap of stopped attacks, all the giant logs had been set against the city wall, and enemies had already begun to climb up with the speed of monkeys.

The first ones held shields to bear the damage, while the Soldiers behind held a Weapon in one hand, which could speed up their advance, but the disadvantage was that if the first Soldier met with an accident, those behind them would be directly exposed.

The Huaxia Soldiers who discovered the situation did not need Baifeng to issue an order; the commanders with strong military quality had already thought of a countermeasure: not everyone should go to throw Bombs; among every few people, someone had to use a Spear to stab the enemies climbing up.

The enemy was infinitely close to the city wall, and the Soldiers began to panic and stab with Spears, but because of the existence of the shields, it was almost ineffective, though it could slow down their speed of advance.

The first Bomb finally exploded, followed by the second sound, the third sound...

But this almost only caused damage to the enemies below; those on the upper level were not affected due to the timing of the Bomb explosions, and many Explosive Packs even exploded only after landing for a while.

The Soldiers also dared not let the lit Fuse of the Bomb stay in their hands for too long, because they knew the power of the Bomb very well; once it exploded in their own hands, there would be a patch of casualties for themselves and those nearby.

The Suiren Clan was still attacking incessantly, and the Soldiers below were enduring fear and bombing, waiting and preparing to climb up.

Just as the enemy was about to board the city wall, the Huaxia Soldiers finally found an opportunity to stab the person holding the shield on the slope.

After the shield-bearer fell, the enemies behind were easy enough to kill; they could be shot down one by one using bows and Crossbows.

Such scenes were constantly being staged on dozens of giant logs, and some enemies would even try their best to throw the long Spear in their hands at the Soldiers on the city wall to counterattack.

Such a melee continued constantly, and Baifeng was also holding a Crossbow and attacking incessantly. At this moment, he was not only the supreme commander but also a Soldier. Now everyone had quickly mastered the division of labor: some threw Bombs, some targeted the shield-bearers, and after a shield-bearer fell, a Soldier would immediately use a Crossbow to finish them off.

Huangpin was anxious watching from afar, but there was already an opportunity to storm the city wall. At this time, he was no longer afraid; after all, Huaxia was busy dealing with the Soldiers under the city, so he kept moving his position forward and then shouted to command the crowd.

Seeing that Huaxia had mastered the method to counter the siege formation, he had the Soldiers below go up in pairs, one holding a shield and one holding a Weapon, so that even if the shield-bearer died, at most two people would die, and the Soldier behind the shield-bearer held the weapons of both; if they reached the city wall, the shield-bearer would immediately drop the shield and take the weapon.

The Bombs were still exploding with a boom, which even made Huangpin very afraid. Every time there was an explosion, a circle of Soldiers would lie on the ground wailing. Now they had already lost nearly one-third of their men, but fortunately, there was still hope of storming up.

Suddenly, for no reason, an explosion rang out on the city wall, scaring everyone into turning their heads to look. They saw that in the smoke, there were severed limbs and broken arms, flesh and blood were blurred, and many Soldiers were wailing. Baifeng was also very surprised; was it thrown too late and ended up blowing up his own people?

In this battle, Huaxia's first casualties appeared. Baifeng quickly let others continue the attack, while he hurriedly ran to the accident site. The medics were already on the scene looking for Soldiers who were not dead, and then quickly carried people down.

Soon, only a pile of severed limbs and minced meat that could not be cleaned up for the time being was left on the ground. Baifeng inferred from the traces left by the Gunpowder explosion that it should have exploded above their heads, rather than at a lower position. This was also lucky; if it had really exploded in a Soldier's hand, I am afraid that all the Bombs in the box containing the Bombs next to him would have exploded, not only killing more people, but their section of the city wall would likely have been blown open.

Baifeng wanted to ask about the specific situation, but there were no Soldiers left around who had witnessed the process; the other Soldiers had no time to observe the situation here, as they were all trying their best to fight the enemy.