The bronze armor plate was penetrated.
Watching the heavy crossbow bolt embedded in the siege tower's bronze armor plate, the defending soldiers on the city wall went wild.
The enemies outside went insane, too.
But the difference was that the former was ecstatic, while the latter was probably left with only terror.
Fire.
Keep firing.
Blow it up for me.
At that moment, Xiaoan, standing on the city wall, shed his usual calm demeanor.
After being suppressed for too long, the pent up emotions exploded in an instant, plunging him into unprecedented excitement.
The crossbowmen, who had been firing until now, finally saw clear results, and became energized.
They loaded heavy crossbow bolts, adjusted their attack angles, and their movements became more agile.
The bombardment from the three crossbows continued, gripping the nerves of everyone on this battlefield.
Meanwhile, at the rear of the siege army, Lee Qua, the commander of this force, wore an extremely grave expression.
He did not deny that he had harbored a glimmer of hope for the siege tower.
wishing it could be as indestructible in this siege as it had been in the past.
But reality fully revealed its harshness at that moment.
Watching the siege tower, which had just been pierced by three heavy crossbow bolts in the blink of an eye, Liquist still felt a sense of unreality.
After all, the siege tower held a status in the hearts of their Dhou soldiers equivalent to that of the crossbows in Lu G's hands.
And now their Dhou army's trump card.
The siege tower, which was supposed to be indestructible in the siege, was actually about to be breached.
The blow to morale was undoubtedly immense.
Fortunately, as a commanding general, Lee Kqua had a strong grasp over his troops.
After using a skill to boost morale, he quickly stabilized the situation and issued a series of new orders.
The intense battle continued to escalate on the battlefield and finally with a thunderous crash.
The swaying siege tower was completely destroyed at that moment.
The defending soldiers were engulfed in wild joy.
But before they could cheer, a loud muffled sound suddenly came from the right side.
It was another siege tower from the attacking army.
While they focused their fire on the siege tower on the left, the siege tower on the right had violently collided with their city wall.
Faced with this situation, Ziaoan, standing on the wall, maintained a calm demeanor.
since he had already decided to defeat them one by one, he naturally had to be prepared for both attacking and letting one go.
Therefore, while ordering the three crossbows to concentrate fire on the left siege tower, he also deployed a squad of spear soldiers to guard the right wall.
A move clearly aimed at the right siege tower.
When the soldiers hiding in that siege tower charged out, he instructed the spear soldiers stationed outside to push them all back in one go.
By the way, these spears were picked up by Luo Gi from the armies of Dongjing City and Sona City, quickly reconfirming the battlefield situation.
The battle had progressed to the point where the enemy's advancing troops were nearly at the city gate and the stonethrowers had maximized their value.
Without hesitation, Xiaoan waved his hand, ordering all stone throwers to make one final toss and then retreat from the city wall.
The shield axe soldiers move forward.
Pay attention to the enemy's ladders.
Don't let those ladders reach our wall.
The troop replacements proceeded quickly.
The infantry waiting below rushed up the city wall to replace the stone throwers upon receiving the order.
The situation here basically required no worries from Xiaopan.
So most of his attention was focused on the approaching siege tower.
The closed bronze armor plates came crashing down on Sona City's wall like a drawbridge, making a heavy thud, accompanied by a surge of shouts and battle cries.
Inside the siege tower, a group of shield act soldiers charged out wildly.
For these shield soldiers hiding inside the siege tower, each time they rushed out from the tower and jumped onto the enemy's wall, it was a matter of life and death.
If half of them managed to return alive, it would be considered good.
However, reality dealt them a heavy blow the moment the bronze drawbridge fell, making them acutely aware of the cruelty of reality.
Sharp spears came stabbing it all at once, and some unlucky soldiers were pierced right through.
The long spears, which were much longer than ordinary spears, effectively suppressed a wave of the enemy's charge with their length advantage.
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End of chapter chapter 281.
The divided battlefield.
The moment Lie Kqua realized that the left siege tower was under concentrated fire, he had already made a response.
Suddly shifting the entire army's focus to the right side.
In other words, the soldiers maintaining a slow advance at the lower level would use the right siege tower as a bridge to charge up in large numbers the moment the siege tower crashed against the city wall.
However, as an experienced general on the battlefield, Lie Qua clearly could not concentrate all his forces on that one point.
Attacking a single point with all available forces might sound impressive, but for the defenders, such concentrated assaults were actually easier to defend against.
For example, now facing the incoming siege tower, Ziaoan on the city wall unceremoniously dispatched three squads of spear soldiers to directly block it with their long spears.
With a blockade tactic, the enemy could not advance at all.
In this way, it was time for the latter troops to play their role.
Accompanied by the sound of the assault horn being blown again, the soldiers surged forward and the latter troops directly targeted the left city wall.
The purpose of this maneuver was to divide the defender's forces while also increasing their chances of climbing up the walls.
As long as a group of soldiers could get up and create a breach, their opportunities would arise.
This strategy directly split the fighting on the west city wall of Songha City into two parts.
On the left, three squads of spear soldiers formed a spear formation to hold off the soldiers in the siege tower.
And the formations on both sides were distinctly defined.
In contrast, the scene on the right was much more chaotic with a large number of shield axemen and halarders running back and forth on the wall.
Some were pushing down the ladders while others were throwing stones and logs down.
Occasionally, one or two enemy soldiers managed to climb up immediately, provoking a surrounding attack.
The second phase of the wall contest had just begun, and both armies had fallen into a stalemate of mutual attrition.
The defending general opposite had some skills.
Gritting his teeth, Lie Qua realized that capturing the city wall of Seongha was proving to be exceptionally difficult and even climbing the wall had become unusually challenging.
This situation made Lee Qua's expression noticeably worse than before.
What about Jang Wei? What was going on? According to the plan, Jang Wei should have started attacking the east city wall of Son City by now, but the defending forces opposite showed no signs of being divided.
Could there have been an unexpected situation? However, what Lie Ki did not know was that at that very moment, Jang Wei was having similar thoughts.
Damn, why isn't T that guy Lee Ka captured Son City yet? Could something have delayed the attack? It couldn't possibly be that they still hadn't taken it after all this time, right? That shouldn't be the case.
Considering the reinforcements available, there should be at least 3,000 siege troops at the battlefield near Shang Yuan City along with two siege towers.
Even if Lee Qua siege tactics were slow, they should have taken the city by now.
As his thoughts raced, a clash of weapons suddenly interrupted him.
A bronze battle axe collided fiercely with the bronze long sword in his hand.
This guy is really tough to deal with.
At that moment, Jang Wei maintained his two-handed sword stance, veins bulging on his forehead and neck as he exchanged blows for another three rounds.
Among the generals under Zhao Dong Nan, Jang Wei's overall strength ranked in the top three and both his command and marshall prowess reached four-st star levels.
According to Luajia's standards, he was already qualified to be among the first class generals.
However, in terms of personal strength, the furious and aggressive style of Gujan with his dual four-star combat and endurance clearly had the upper hand.
His relentless assaults forced Jang Wei into a passive defense.
And his bronze long sword had been chipped several times, making him feel a pang of pain.
This sword wasn't cheap.
He had spent quite a bit of money on it, gritting his teeth during the clash of weapons.
Jang Wei had exchanged two more moves with a burly enemy general in front of him.
A glance around revealed that as the ambush side, they had already lost the initiative and were outnumbered.
After a round of combat, not only was he struggling, but his soldiers were also nearing their limits.
With his thought, Jang Wei suddenly exerted his arms, forcing Gujan back a step, then launched two fierce counterattacks.
He then shouted, "Retreat.
" There was no point in continuing the fight.
If they pressed on, it would only lead to their demise.
It was wise to retreat while they still had some troops left and regroup at Song City.