Chapter 187 Battle of Liyang - Part 17 (1/2)
Chapter 187 – Battle of Liyang - Part 17
'I can't waste time with the sword fight. I have to be efficient.'
Tong pulled out his pistol and pointed at the incoming Imperial soldiers.
*BANG* *BANG*
Two chargers were shot and collapsed, but the incoming soldiers did not stop. There were thousands of soldiers lined up below the siege ladders. As long as the ladders connected to the top of the wall, Zhu Jun's soldiers below could continue flooding the wall with numbers.
His free left hand dipped into his [Inventory] and took out a wine jar. He threw the wine jar at the wooden tower in front of him.
”Light the fire at the soaked location! Hurry!” Shouted by Tong.
One of the archers reacted first and shot a fire arrow at the wet wood. The fire ignited and burnt the outer wall of the ladder tower.
Like ants running away from the broken ant nest, the soldiers inside the siege ladder jumped off the tower to escape from the sudden fire.
'One down, four remains.'
'I'm too slow. I have to be faster!'
He observed the surrounding situation. Zhu Jun's force did not only rely on the siege ladders, but they also brought ordinary bamboo ladders for this siege. Some of the latched the bamboo ladders on the wall and started climbing.
The garrison soldiers on the wall also knew their duties. They poured hot oil and boulders onto the climbing imperial soldiers.
Tong rushed to the other two siege towers. After a minute of the lighted-feet-dashing-on-top-of-his-men, Tong already reached the chaotic scene near the second tower.
Five burly Imperial soldiers swung their maces, sending the garrison soldiers flying off the wall. These men were paving the ways for the invading troops.
”I spot the general! He's over there!” One of the burly men shouted.
*BANG*
Tong did not bother being intimidated or wasting his times introducing himself. He put a bullet into the burly man's head without hesitation.
*BANG* *BANG*
*BANG* *BANG*
Four more shots dropped the two-meter-tall men down.
The imperial soldiers who followed behind these men looked at Tong in shock. Before they got back to his sense, Tong splattered liquid substance from his [Inventory] at them with his left hand.
They were the boiling oil.
”ARGH!”
”AAHH!”
The attackers lost their momentum with a single oil splashing. The defenders stabbed their spears, killing the Imperial men on the wall using this chance.
Tong took a spared glaive from his inventory with his left hand and swung it horizontally, sending more Imperial soldiers flying off the wall. The blade part slashed those who were unlucky, cutting them in half.
One hand was shooting his pistol at a potential threat, while the other hand swept away the trashes. Tong took the role of a spearhead and led the garrison troops to gain ground.
After a few sweeps, Tong cleared the attacking troops on this sector and reached the tower. He let go of his glaive and opened his left palm at the soldiers who were still queued on the tower. Another boiling oil slammed at these men.
”Throw the wine and a torch! Burn them!”
Tong ordered and moved toward the other tower, leaving the clean up to his men as they had stolen back their momentum. In three seconds after Tong left them, the fire ignited and burnt the troops inside.
'Three to go!'
Tong decided to not running on top of his men's helmets. He leaped onto the tooth battlements on the outer edge of the wall and started running.
Because Tong stood out when the Imperial troops looked up from the lower ground, the archers below attempted to shoot Tong. Arrows flew at the locations he was previously. Two of them managed to touch his shoulder armor plate and ricochet off to the other direction.
In another minute, Tong reached another chaotic frontline on the wall. The Imperial troops had the upper hand and stabilizing a foothold for the following soldiers.
One of Zhu Jun's soldiers saw Tong coming toward them on the battlements. He swung his spear to the side, planning to make Tong lose his balance and fell off the wall.
Tong's overclocked mode was still active. He kicked the edge of the wall and leaped forward. The spear strike hit the air.
The soldier turned around to look at Tong if he fell down the wall. However, Tong did not fall. He leaped over to the air at the direction of the tower, but the angle was off to the outer side of the wall.
From the imperial spearman perspective, the guy just now jumped to his death.
However, from Tong's point of view, he managed to leap over the unnecessary obstacles. In a second, Tong's flying body reached the side of the siege ladder, but his altitude was about to decrease. His leap power reached its ending momentum, and Tong was about to fall to earth from the physic laws.
'Eep, I fOOked up.'
'Screw it. I can climb it back up.'
Tong tossed his pistol back in his inventory and took out a knife from his waist. He stabbed it into the tower side wooden protection, which the knife embedded into the tower. Tong exerted his strength to clench onto the knife handle. He managed to stabilize himself by hanging onto the handle of the knife, and tried to lift his body and climbed the siege engine upward.
”There's a guy on the side of the tower! Kill him!”
The Imperial soldiers on the ground shouted as they spotted Tong. The soldiers inside the siege ladder also heard the voice. They took a peek through the crack and saw a climbing man.
”There's a rebel over here! Give me a spear!”
Men in the siege ladder thrust their spears at Tong's direction. The spears penetrated the protection planks to the outside.