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Chapter 239: Qinghe Offensive and Defense

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Lin Zhen watched helplessly as hundreds of arrows were shot towards the people on the shore.

The scene was so shocking, far more dazzling than movie clips that cost hundreds of millions to shoot.

Lin Zhen used his unique combat concept and did not deploy all the archers. Instead, he arranged a hundred people to stand in a row and shoot first, with two rows of archers behind them.

In this way, after the first row is shot, the second row will move up, and after the second row is shot, the third row will move up.

This will give the archers a short rest and time to redraw their bows and arrows. At the same time, the arrows will continue to flow, leaving the enemy no chance to breathe.

However, it was obvious that Xiang Ying had rich combat experience. After the first row of archers arrived, the second row of soldiers immediately put up shields to protect the soldiers crossing the river behind them.

"Shhhhh-"

"Ding Ding Ding!"

"Ah!!" There is always that unlucky guy who gets hit by arrows and falls to the ground. The endless arrows instantly turn him into a sieve.

But Nan Chu's group seemed to be energized. They didn't even look at their fallen comrades. After crossing the river, they only hid under the shield for a short time and rushed forward again.

At the same time, archers drew their bows and shot back, providing them with protection.

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

Before anyone could shoot the arrow, a soldier threw Lin Zhen to the ground with a thud. Lin Zhen was so angry that he kicked him away.

"Get out! Bring me a shield!"

"Yes!"

A small shield was handed to Lin Zhen, who grabbed the ring and raised it up.

The soldier who had just tackled him shouted, "Prince, it's too dangerous here. You should return to the government office first. With us guarding it, Qinghe County will not be lost!"

"Bullshit! I don't believe any of them can climb up to the city wall and kill me. Order the archers not to stop shooting, and have the boulders and logs in the rear ready to respond at any time!"

This veteran soldier had fought with Lin Zhenxian and his men for more than ten years and was now forty-five years old, but he had never seen such a tough dude.

Although he was just a weak scholar, he insisted on being on the front line of the battlefield, vowing to live and die with the soldiers.

With such a leader, why worry about defeating the enemy?

He picked up the long axe again and shouted, "The prince has given orders! Archers, keep shooting, and prepare to roll logs and boulders!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers from Nanchu who first broke through to the city had already begun preparing ladders.

The huge and long ladder had just been placed on the edge of the city wall when it was pushed down by Daqian's soldiers, and the soldiers who were climbing up also fell to the ground.

But this little pain was nothing. After landing, the soldier prepared the ladder and started climbing again.

At the same time, Xiang Ying finally prepared the eight-ox crossbow and catapult.

Although there were only a few of them, Lin Zhen's pupils still constricted.

The Eight-Ox Crossbow was okay, as Xiang Ying had no idea how to use it. He only knew how to nail the siege chisel on the city wall for his soldiers to climb, but the catapult was difficult to deal with.

There is no way to resist the stones and fire bottles thrown from a long distance by this thing.

Lin Zhen made a prompt decision and shouted, "Open a hole in the southwest and let them in!"

"What!? Prince, if they rush onto the city wall, we'll be in trouble!"

"What are you wasting time on? Follow my orders. I'll take the blame if anything goes wrong! Open up!"

The messenger gritted his teeth and went to deliver the message.

"The Crown Prince has ordered an opening in the southwest to allow the enemy to advance!"

In fact, Lin Zhen had no choice. Once the catapult started working, the city wall would be a sea of fire, and Daqian soldiers would die in large numbers. Only by letting the soldiers of Nanchu come up would they not start the catapult to avoid accidental injuries.

In addition, it also created a false impression for Xiang Ying.

That is because the garrison force in Qinghe County was insufficient, and only 5,000 people were able to climb onto the city wall. If a large force attacked, they could take it down directly.

But how could the soldiers think so? They just thought Lin Zhen didn't understand the battlefield and was giving blind orders.

"What? Opening up? Is the prince crazy?"

"Isn't this just blind command? If the enemy comes, how can we defend ourselves?"

"Sergeant, what should we do?"

The corporal shouted, "What to do? I damn well know what to do. Follow orders!"

The soldiers gritted their teeth.

"Yes! Execute the order!"

The garrison at the southwest corner of the tower immediately retreated, and all the boulders and logs were moved to the front.

Seeing this, the soldiers of Southern Chu felt like they had found a breakthrough. They immediately set up three ladders and scrambled to climb up.

One soldier couldn't hold back any longer and came to the edge of the ladder to push it out, but the soldier from Nanchu was so fast that he jumped onto the wall in a blink of an eye and chopped him down with one sword!

"Dachengzi!"

When several of his comrades saw him sacrificed, their eyes immediately turned red and they rushed towards the Nanchu soldiers waving their swords.

Lin Zhen shouted, "Leave two hundred men to guard the entrance, and the rest will continue to defend the front."

dong dong dong-

Rumbling--

The rolling logs and boulders smashed the Nan Chu soldiers who were climbing the ladders into meat patties, and also broke all the siege hammers that were shot at the city walls.

But the Nanchu soldiers climbed up fearlessly, like zombies in Resident Evil.

Lin Zhen had never seen such a scene before, and he didn't care to be afraid. He saw a Nanchu soldier climbing up, but the soldiers on the edge of the city wall didn't see it.

At this critical moment, Lin Zhen drew out his sword and stabbed forward fiercely.

puff--

"Uh-huh!!"

The long sword stabbed directly into the man's temple and he fell down heavily.

The soldier was still in shock and shouted, "Thank you, Prince!"

"Soldiers, cheer up! If we can hold on for another half an hour, we will be victorious!"

"drink!!"

On the other side of the river, Xiang Ying saw that some people had already climbed onto the city wall and immediately ordered, "Stop firing the catapults!"

Zou Renbiao immediately shouted: "Marshal! The catapult cannot stop!" He wanted to protect these soldiers.

"Didn't you see our men had already climbed up? Are you going to kill them too?"

"But there are only a few of us climbing up there? Most of the people up there are from Southern Chu!"

"No, we must not cause any accidental injuries to the soldiers, otherwise no one will dare to climb up! Order the soldiers to speed up the reloading of the eight-ox crossbows and fire more siege hammers! Prepare the follow-up ladders and continue the attack!"

"Marshal..."

"Shut up! Go beat the drum yourself to cheer!"

"Yes!"

Before the war, Zou Renbiao dared to say a few words, but once the war started, everyone had to obey orders, otherwise, issuing multiple orders would hurt the soldiers.

At this moment, a creaking sound suddenly came from the other side of the river.

Zou Renbiao looked over and his eyes widened immediately.

"What!? The door's open?"

Xiang Ying was also confused.

Why did the defenders open the gate? Could it be that they were planning a cavalry assault?

Impossible, if there were cavalry, they would have attacked long ago and would not have waited until now.

"General! They've opened the gate. Order the soldiers to charge!"

Xiang Ying was a little hesitant.

He always felt that there was something wrong here.

Even if Mao Mengji didn't know how to fight, he would never open the city gate at this time.

"Marshal! Marshal!!! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as we rush in, we can occupy Qinghe County!"

Xiang Ying stood up from his horse and squinted his eyes, but as it was getting dark, he could not see clearly what was inside the city gate. It was so empty and scary.

Fight or not...

However, before he could give the order, the black-headed man attacking the city gate saw that the city gate was open, and he didn't care about anything else and shouted immediately.

"Soldiers! The city gate is open!!"

"Kill with me!!!"

The charcoal-headed man rode his horse and rushed towards the city gate first. Behind him, countless soldiers bravely took the lead and followed him to the death.

Then when Black Charcoal Head arrived at the city gate, he was dumbfounded!

What was waiting for him inside was not fame, success, money or beauty.

Instead, it was built on a high platform, with six Eight Ox Crossbows stacked on top of each other! !

"what!!"

"Hit me!!!"

Mao Mengji gave an order.

thump——

The two eight-ox crossbows at the bottom roared immediately, and two siege hammers as thick as an adult's arm were ground into the shape of arrows and shot out with a whistling and thundering force.

歘——

"Wow!!"

"Hey!!"

A siege hammer directly pierced through the charcoal-headed man's horse, and pierced through a dozen soldiers behind him as well. In the end, the siege hammer continued to push through their bodies and nailed them firmly to the moat drawbridge!

Black Charcoal Head fell off his horse, still in shock. He stood up and was about to run, but the second siege hammer was shot out!

"puff!!!"

"what!!"

Dozens more people were pierced.

"What the hell is this?"

This is the solution Lin Zhen came up with.

Because the Eight-Ox Crossbow had been improved, it was small in size, easy to string, and extremely powerful, so Lin Zhen ordered his soldiers to build a rack for the Eight-Ox Crossbow, divided into one, two, and three layers, with two Eight-Ox Crossbows on each layer, for a total of six Eight-Ox Crossbows, operated by twelve soldiers and under the unified command of Mao Mengji.

This is the same approach as for archers, because even the improved Eight Oxen Crossbow will be slow to reload, so the advantage of taking turns is used, so that when the third layer of Eight Oxen Crossbows is shot, the first layer will be loaded, forming a perpetual motion machine.

It was also thanks to Lin Zhen that during this period of time he ordered the Ministry of War to do nothing but produce siege chisels for the Eight-Ox Crossbow. Now there are tens of thousands of siege chisels in Qinghe County, which is more than enough to resist the attack of Nanchu on the city gate.

At the same time, to be on the safe side, Mao Mengji also arranged twenty archers in the gaps of the Eight Ox Crossbow racks. If there were any fish that slipped through the net or if there were any fearless people who came close, they would be shot with bows and arrows to avoid close combat.

Black Charcoal Head had just dodged the second round of Eight Ox Crossbows by luck by lying on the ground, but he didn't know there would be a third round!

Just as he was about to get up, he saw the Eight Ox Crossbow on the highest point aimed at him. He was so scared that he rolled over and over in the city gate tower.

Then Mao Mengji shouted, "Archers, shoot!"

call out--

Puff puff puff puff.

The sound of arrows piercing the body was heard, and then a black-haired man was seen rolling on the ground with five or six arrows stuck in his head. Some of the arrows still had force and were moving around on his head, making him look like a savage chief.

"General!!"

Seeing this, the other soldiers rushed in with red eyes, but they never expected that the Eight Ox Crossbow on the third floor would be activated!

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"what!!"

Another group of Southern Chu soldiers were dressed like candied haws.

That's it, they are not afraid of the danger of death, and are ready to use a human wave offensive to pay with their lives!

"They don't have the Eight Ox Crossbows anymore, brothers, charge!!"

"No more?" Mao Mengji sneered, "Oh, what are you thinking about, brother."

"First floor, shoot!"

thump——

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