Chapter 419: Siege (2)

It was at this moment that many logistics personnel, carrying buckets of boiling water, walked up to the Huaxia City Wall. After Baifeng saw this, he told them to continue boiling water and not to stop.

Subsequently, Baifeng immediately had the commanders direct the Soldiers to pour the boiling water onto those logs. Pouring it directly didn't have much effect because there were Shields held up in front, but their Shields could not possibly be seamless; in reality, there was a large gap between the Shields and the logs, but their Weapons could not attack through that gap.

The Soldiers carrying the boiling water began to pour it with a splash onto the logs. Although most of it flowed elsewhere, it still caused the closest enemies to let out screams, and then they tried to raise the legs that were clamping the giant logs. However, this made their centers of gravity unstable, and the attacks of the Huaxia Soldiers could easily take effect.

After doing this several times, all the boiling water was used up, and it did have some effect, but it could not completely stop the enemy's attack. Baifeng also had no time to consider where that explosion came from.

The Soldiers above were already so tired they were nearly collapsing, so Baifeng gave the order to let the Soldiers below the wall begin to rotate, but they could not all be swapped at once; they had to be swapped in an orderly fashion.

Just in that small gap while they were swapping, some enemies climbed onto the Huaxia City Wall. The Shield-bearers climbed up under immense pressure, and then, instead of using Weapons, they used their own wooden boards to charge at the Soldiers above. Some of those Soldiers were not holding melee Weapons, so they were caught off guard.

Fortunately, the Soldiers nearby hurriedly used their Knives to deal with the enemies, but the enemies who were climbing, with no one to block them, climbed rapidly, then got onto the wall, took the Weapons of the Soldiers coming up behind them, and began to attack, all in one go.

This could be considered the first breach the Suiren Clan made in the Huaxia City Wall, but the surrounding Soldiers dared not all go to help, because they had their own checkpoints to guard; they themselves were already exhausted and unable to spare the effort.

Fortunately, the Huaxia Soldiers were all wearing armor, and after dodging the attacks aimed at their heads, they quickly began to counterattack.

At this time, that breach was also blocked by the Soldiers who had come to rotate in, but the success of their teammates gave these enemies, who were in a desperate situation, great encouragement. They began to charge regardless of everything, and in the places further away where the rotation hadn't arrived yet, enemies climbed up one after another.

At this time, it was no longer suitable for Baifeng to participate in the fighting above, so, urged on by Yishang and Lu, he entered the Arrow Tower and used the inside as a temporary command post.

Based on the current battle situation, Baifeng decided to open the city gate to let the Soldiers below conduct a melee charge, and now stop the attacks from the Bombs and Bow and Crossbows, use Swords and Knives to attack, and carry out a full rotation to let these exhausted Soldiers rest.

As for the boiling water, it was no longer needed; melee combat easily injured one's own people. As for the city, let them come up; now the number of people on both sides was about the same, and what remained was to rely on the advantage of Weapon equipment, and their Soldiers were stronger.

Yishang received the order and immediately went out to execute it. At the same time, Baifeng also had Lu send an order to the two units of the Navy, telling them to close the distance and attack the Suiren Clan's base camp; just launch Bombs to blow them up, and if there were no Bombs, use the Strong Crossbows. Even if they couldn't kill many people, they had to make them afraid.

Now, messages could only be sent by carrier pigeon; the battlefield was too chaotic, and no matter how loud you shouted, you couldn't be heard.

The Soldiers who rotated up had already unsheathed their Changdao. After they took over the city defense, they no longer paid attention to those climbing enemies; as long as they dared to get on the Huaxia City Wall, they would be greeted with a flurry of slashes.

The city gate also began to open with a creak. After Huangpin discovered this, he was first pleasantly surprised, then immediately began to panic. He remembered that the Huaxia City Wall did not contain all of their military strength; there was still an elite force wearing Iron Armor inside.

So he shouted, telling the Soldiers waiting anxiously below to hurry and charge toward the city gate. He did not say that enemies were coming from the city gate, but that the city gate had opened.

The Soldiers who heard the order were overjoyed, and immediately the majority began to charge toward the city gate. The Soldiers who were climbing and those who had already climbed up did not pay attention to this order; this was their current attack target.

Baifeng noticed Huangpin commanding in the distance again, so he turned and ordered the Soldiers to load the Crossbow and shoot at that Leader.

Inside the Arrow Tower was the strongest Crossbow, with extremely high power, but it was troublesome to manufacture and also required seven or eight people to operate together, so it could not be mass-produced. Other Strong Crossbows only needed four people to operate.

This time they used Iron-headed Arrows, and the entire arrow shaft was made of the best materials. The cost of this one arrow was extremely high, so they did not dare to use it casually.

After aiming carefully, they used a hammer to knock the trigger of the Crossbow, and the arrow flew out with the sound of a tiger's roar.

Huangpin had just felt more and more panicked, and this panic was not because the enemy was coming to attack, but as if it were aimed solely at him alone.

So he involuntarily took two steps back. It was at this moment that a Spear flew over at an incredible speed, easily shooting through the extremely thick wooden board, then skewering two Soldiers together and pinning them firmly into the ground.

Huangpin was so frightened that he sat on the ground, then crawled backward a bit, looking up to search for the source of the arrow.

Baifeng saw that the arrow he had aimed had actually been dodged by the opponent, as if it were Heaven's will, so he did not give another order. As long as the Soldiers below charged out, he would die all the same; there was no place left here for him to escape.

The city gate was wide open. Chi, riding an ox, saw a group of enemies charging toward them, so he was not polite at all. He had been afraid that, like last time, he wouldn't be able to catch up.

A team of Ox Cavalry, lined up neatly, began to accelerate their charge. This time there were a full thirty Ox Cavalry; they were afraid that if there were more, the space would be too small, the oxen would go mad, and they wouldn't be able to control them themselves. After all, actual combat and training were still different.

The roaring of the oxen and the clashing of the Iron Armor immediately caused the Suiren Clan's Soldiers to lose their will to fight, and they began to crowd backward and retreat. But the Soldiers behind couldn't see, and instead of retreating, they were pushing, until they saw the iron men who were so much taller than themselves, and only then did they understand why the people in front wanted to retreat.

Once the oxen passed, they immediately scattered the entire team. This time, the experienced infantry Soldiers in armor would not charge with all their might, but would take small steps to chase the enemy.

The two Boats of the Navy received the news, so they pulled up their anchors at the same time and began to head toward the shore respectively. They knew the depth of this river and did not stop until they reached the limit of almost running aground.

Baoxi was already able to see the people on the Boats clearly by this time. Upon seeing their preparatory movements, he immediately got up, retreated rapidly to the rear, and ordered everyone to stay away from the riverbank.