Chapter 181 - Movement (1) (1/2)

Chapter 181 Movement (1)

Translated by Gamer

“Besiege!” Sun Ce waved the large flag within the army. This time Sun Ce is not rus.h.i.+ng out to place ladders but pus.h.i.+ng the huge siege tower towards Wan Cheng.

“Release the arrows!” Liu Mang has never dealt with this kind of siege weapon before. Even when Old Cao besiege Lu Bu at Xia Pi and Kai Yang, this kind of weapon did not appear. Liu Mang wanted to test the first volley of arrows. The arrows aimed high was not able to reach the enemies on the siege tower and fell to the grown before it even hit the siege tower.

“Haha!” Sun Ce laughed as he looked at his siege tower. His siege tower is a hundred feet tall and is much taller than the walls of Wan Cheng City. Even generals need to put in effort to shoot so high up not to mention ordinary troops. Unlike the soldiers on the siege tower that just need to face the city and shoot, those on the walls need to aim which makes it harder.

“Wasted effort!”

Siege towers! Sun Ce’s eyes heated up. He truly looked forward to Liu Mang desperately attack the siege towers and then give up in despair.

“Rggh!” Liu Mang groaned. Liu Mang also saw the arrows fly halfway before dropping to the ground. The height and distance of the siege towers was still out of range for the archers. From inside Wan Cheng, the father and son pair, Huang Zhong and Huang Xu, appeared at the walls. Adding in Xu Sheng and himself, there is only 4 people who can shoot the siege tower. What can 4 people do?

Sun Ce, did you really think there is no hope for us! Liu Mang has not issued the command for the second volley of arrows. The first screams came from the below the walls.

“Liu Mang!” Sun Ce’s eyes grew cold again. Below the siege towers there were still people. The ones that screamed was the siege tower escorts and some other soldiers preparing to siege the city. The Lu Bu’s Army may not be able to shoot the towers but they managed to shoot the soldiers below it. The Black Flag Army pulled their bows hard to shoot the siege towers but was not able to reach it. The arrows then fell with the power of gravity, making it a deadly projectile.

As the siege towers take up a lot of s.p.a.ce, the surrounding area became more crowded. The arrows were able to inflict harm to the rest of Sun Ce’s Army, earning shrieks and screams from below.

“Wait!” The first one to lose blood was Sun Ce’s side. How could he endure it? “Move quickly, tell them if they don’t want to die they need to advance quickly!”

“Yes!” The flag waved again. The soldiers also know that in this crowd, there is nowhere to hide or dodge. They can only quickly advance closer to the walls where there are dead angles to save themselves.

Suddenly, the Sun Ce’s Army pushed the siege towers harder and their speed increased.

“Release the arrows! Release the arrows!” The arrows rained from the walls again but it is like trying to put out a forest fire with a cup of water. Under the threat of death, the siege towers quickly reached the walls of Wan Cheng. Soldiers boarded the siege towers fully equipped. They have also already raised their bows. Liu Mang can see their facial expressions.

“Now is my turn!” Sun Ce narrowed his eyes. The battle has reached this level. At this stage, no mercy can be shown. The moment an opening is seen, it must be used to make sure the opponent dies. There can be no escape.

“Pull the bow!” Sun Ce do not need messengers and stood up to directly shout his orders, relying on his own voice. With one shout, half the battlefield was able to hear his voice.

*Rustle* The sound of the bows being prepared can be heard on the siege towers. Liu Mang and the others felt a chill when confronting these arrows.

“Release!” Sun Ce shouted without hesitation. He wants to see Liu Mang become nervous looking at the inconceivable siege towers. He also wants to see the fear, and his collapse. This is Sun Ce’s payback to Liu Mang. After this he will hang Liu Mang’s head on the walls of Wan Cheng.

“You are about to die! Your Royal Highness!” Sun Ce’s eyes twinkled.

*Whoos.h.!.+* The sounds of truth arrived. The Sun Ce’s Army occupying the higher ground ruthlessly raining arrows onto their mark. Not much strength is needed to draw the bow. Gravity will help accelerate the arrows until they are powerful enough to pierce the city walls that was made out of limestone.

These limestone city walls were strong enough to repel the hackings of ax and knives. These walls were now not strong enough to defend from small arrows.

“Raise the s.h.i.+elds!” Liu Mang also knows that the siege towers are hard to destroy using ordinary methods. Fortunately, in Liu Mang’s hands was the giant s.h.i.+eld. The army suffered heavy casualties. Many giant s.h.i.+eld soldiers were killed, dropping their giant s.h.i.+elds. Liu Mang hid behind these giant s.h.i.+elds and avoided the first volley of arrows.

“Did you think that giant s.h.i.+eld would be of use!” Sun Ce was not impressed. The s.h.i.+eld’s purpose was for heavy armor infantries to defend themselves against cavalry charges and arrows. Against the arrows that came from high ground, the giant s.h.i.+eld is only able to defend the first volley.

The first volley was meant to determine the distance between the siege towers and the walls. From the second volley onwards, with a little bit of aiming, archers would be able to easily claim lives with the longbow.

Sure enough, the second volley of arrows followed. Liu Mang used the large s.h.i.+eld to block the front but he is unable to block the rear. The archers with little experience shoot the arrows towards the sky and the gravity brought the arrows behind Lu Bu’s giant s.h.i.+eld troops.

“N, n, n” Groans frequently came out. The one that is groaning was the Black Flag Army. The arrows shot pierced through the body and penetrated the wall.