Chapter 152 - The Siege Begins (1/2)
Chapter 152 - The Siege Begins
Translated by Bloodfalcon, Edited by Krayto
“Clang!!!” Finally the great arrow stopped and raised dust.
“Milord!!!” When the arrow missed Jiang Qin due to Tais.h.i.+ Ci's intervention, that arrow changed its direction toward Sun Ce. That great arrow's momentum is too great and no man can prevent that.
Sun Ce has fallen down, both of his feet are on the ground and bleeding from his right side and both of his arms each on its side still attached to Sun Ce, but his Conqueror Spear was split into two.
“Milord!!!” Tais.h.i.+ Ci truly stunned. Sun Ce just maintained that posture while bleeding, this appearance really too gory.
“Cough, cough!!!” When Sun Ce coughed, Tais.h.i.+ Ci's heart is eased a little but suddenly “POOF!!!” Sun Ce spit out blood from his mouth. He is heavily injured.
“ALL ARMY ATTACK, RESCUE MILORD!!!” Lu Su also became afraid and fl.u.s.tered and quickly signaled all army to charge. Where he stood, the view is very clear and he is able to see when that ballista launch the great arrow. That huge momentum made Lu Su tremble very much, if that arrow comes one more round, his lord will die.
Another shot? Liu Mang also wanted to shoot one more round and kill Sun Ce directly and bring Jiangdong into a standstill, but alas, the bowstring is broken. This is the prototype of the oxybeles, it can only shoot one arrow. To launch again, they must install the bowstring and asked 100 people to pull the bowstring.
Moreover the ballista also did not have good accuracy but Liu Mang's crossbow was able to shoot with this much precision because the person who shot it is Huang Xu. Only a person with good archery skill can shoot all target with ballista.
100,000 troops finally moved and Liu Mang also quickly responded. Front door of Wancheng city quickly opened to give retreat to 2,000 of Urban Army along with Huang Zhong. Actually Huang Zhong did not want to leave Jiang Qin and Sun Ce but those 100,000 troops have moved and one super-general cannot make a difference at all against sheer numbers.
Liu Mang bellowed “All forces return to the city!!!” All 2,000 troops one by one entered the city and after every single one already entered, they raised Wancheng city's drawbridge and closed the gate.
“SHA, SHA, SHA, SHA, SHA!!!!!” 100,000 troops came one after another, they are all advancing with no interruption. Wancheng city's moat cannot even kept them off. In Sun Ce army's hand there are some cloth sack, inside them is sand in order to absorb the water, some of them set the ladder and put a plank in the moat.
The moat's depth is about 7-8 meters but is unable to prevent these soldiers from attacking the city by scale the ladder. The most brutal siege warfare is about to start.
“STEADY, STEADY!!!!” Liu Mang ordered. He is the current master of Wancheng city, his every movement and action decided the future of this Wancheng city, decided the safety of the Liu private soldiers and it decided the Liu clan's fate as their soldiers are not elites unlike the Zhou.