Chapter 309 (1/2)

”Dong Dong Dong Dong!”

The sound of battle drums rang out from behind Cao's army. When Cao's troops on all sides heard the drums, they began to attack the weak walls of Cai City. Do not know whether Ma Chao is lucky or not, Wang San is arranged by Liu Mazi in the west gate he attacked. Although Wang San is very impulsive, it does not mean that he has no brain. At present, each city gate has only a little more than 10000 troops, facing the attack of 80000 people outside the city. Wang San also had to calmly organize the counterattack.

”Damn it!” Ma Chao waved the steel gun in his hand. Although he didn't know the news of the east gate, from a distance, the city heads in the South and north of the city began to smoke. It was obvious that Gao Lan and Xu Rong had already attacked the city head. However, looking back on my side, I rushed several times in a row, but even a soldier didn't rush up. At most, half of the city wall was smashed down.

Ma Chao obviously underestimated Wang San, a guard general who came from the family of soldiers. Although he said that Wang San's skills might not be good, Chen Ren, commander-in-chief of the new Jiangdong army, was good at guarding the city. As a soldier under Chen Ren's command, if he didn't have any skills in guarding the city, how dare he come out to meet people. Wang San's skills in defending the city may not be as good as Bao Bao's, but Ma Chao rushed forward and had no tactics to speak of. Naturally, Wang San could barely cope with it.

Seeing that the first feat of attacking Cai Cheng was about to be taken away by others, how could Ma Chao, with his legs clamped, lifted the reins, drove his mount to the wall. Ma Chao decides to attack the city in person, and the soldiers behind him naturally follow Ma Chao and protect his life.

Siege war is different from field combat. Under normal circumstances, generals on the siege side are only responsible for commanding the battle and rarely show their own martial arts. After all, to attack the city, the first thing is to climb the high wall. In the process of climbing the wall, the life of the general will be in great danger. Maybe a stone falls down and you'll lose your life under the wall. So most of the generals are just standing behind the army, commanding and boosting morale. However, Ma Chao could not help it. If he could not capture the city, he would not have the face to see Xia Houdun and others after the war.

Ma Chao drove his mount and rushed to the bottom of the wall in one breath. It was probably because Ma Chao's silver armor was too conspicuous. Several arrows immediately shot at Ma Chao. However, how could such a few arrows hurt Ma Chao? I saw that he swept the steel gun in his hand. Just relying on the strong wind swept by the steel gun, those arrows were blown away directly. Ma Chao jumped up from the horse's back with one hand and jumped to a ladder on the wall of the city. While waving a steel gun with one hand, Ma Chao shot down the arrows that were fired at him, and climbed up the city head quickly.

Although this ladder is the simplest siege equipment, its manufacture and use are very exquisite. First of all, it must be firm. When a ladder is used, it must stand at least 20 people, so it must be able to bear weight and not collapse when it is stepped on. Secondly, the length of the ladder must be set according to the height of the city wall. After all, not all the walls of every city are of average height. If the ladder is too high, it will be bad for the soldiers guarding the city Don't worry about anything else. Just push the ladder away.

And the use of the ladder is also very important, that is, when you build the ladder, you must be stable and accurate. Stability means that the bottom of the ladder must be firmly inserted into the ground at the first time when building it. In this way, the ladder forms a triangle with the ground and the wall, and the soldiers will not feel insecure when climbing the ladder. The criterion is that the top of the ladder must be at the bottom of the city head, not on the top of the city head. In that case, it will be pushed away by the city guards immediately, and it can't be too low, which is not convenient for the siegers to climb up the city head. They can only lean a little lower than the head of the city. If the garrison wants to push away the ladder, they must lean out more than half of their body and use long weapons. As long as the climbing soldiers climb to the top of the ladder, they only need to reach out and grab, and then they can climb to the top of the city. Therefore, do not underestimate this small ladder, but also has a lot of knowledge.

When Ma Chao climbed the ladder, he quickly climbed to the top of the city. Wang San on the top of the city noticed Ma Chao and immediately ordered to attack Ma Chao. For a moment, stones, arrows and wood were smashed at Ma Chao. Ma Chao now people on the ladder, can only use one hand to wave the steel gun to fight back, that is called in the heart of a strangled ah!

”General, be careful!” The soldiers under the wall also began to climb the ladder one after another, but they were far away from Ma Chao. They could not protect Ma Chao at all. Only when Ma Chao was in danger, they made a sound warning.

Hearing the reminder from his relatives, Ma Chao looked up and saw that on the top of the city, several garrison soldiers were holding up a big pot right above Ma Chao, which was still steaming out.