Chapter 660: Snowstorm and Cold Blade (12)

Chen Bin never hoped that the snow would fall any heavier or more violently. The enemy's continuous attacks had already caused serious damage to the walls of Dubozhai. The only thing he was thankful for was that on such a snowy day, he could use the gaps in the war to quickly repair the walls, pat the snow on them, sprinkle water on them, and in a blink of an eye, they would freeze solid. But now, the accumulated snow in the city and the new snow that fell every day could not keep up with the extent of the damage. The walls covered with ice and snow were getting shorter every day. The snow platform outside the city was now higher than the wall, and the crossbows installed on it were now attacking the city from a high position. If it weren't for the large number of crossbows equipped in the city, with faster firing speed and higher accuracy, they would have been suppressed by the enemy and couldn't raise their heads.

Compared with those snow platforms, what worries Chen Bin more is the siege ramp that is getting closer and closer to the city wall. The three-meter-wide ramp starts from the range of the ** crossbow, and the closer to the city wall, the higher it is. Although the Donghu people have paid a heavy loss to build these three siege ramps, this ramp is still firmly approaching the city wall every day.

The arrival of three thousand infantrymen has accelerated his progress. The infantrymen can use various weapons more effectively than cavalry to resist the attack on the city and speed up the construction of the ramp.

I don’t know which bastard came up with it. Use bamboo to make large slingshots. Tie a rope to two bamboos as thick as a bowl, and tie a piece of animal skin at the end. Several Donghu men pull the rope to pull the bamboo back, and the stones wrapped in the animal skin will fly up. The power should not be underestimated. The ice and snow wall of Dubo Village was basically destroyed by these bamboos.

"Xiao Mo, how many of those things have you prepared?" He turned around and looked at a guy beside him whose head was wrapped like a zongzi.

"Two hundred have been prepared."

"One ramp can be divided into about 60, which should be enough." Chen Bin murmured, "As long as we can kill the opponent a lot in the first time, they will be cautious."

In the Donghu camp, He Tianju looked at Mo Yanduo dimly, "Tomorrow, we can send the cavalry to charge. The three ramps will attack at the same time. As long as there is a gap, the Dubo Village will be broken."

Mo Yanduo was a little uneasy, "General He, these days, we have been piling up ramps with great fanfare. Chen Bin must know what we want to do. Guess, how will he respond?"

"I don't know!" He Tianju shook his head.

"Don't know?" Gu Jili on the side looked at the other party in amazement, "How can I not know?"

"There are many ways to deal with it. I don't know which one he will use. I can only wait and see."

"But if we wait and see, it will cost the lives of many Donghu warriors." Mo Yanduo said angrily.

He Tianju laughed out loud,

"General Mo Yanduo, a general's success is built on the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. You are a general who leads troops. You must know this truth. The victory of the war has always been accumulated with lives. How can you win without sacrifice? This is a tough battle. In the past, the war was the best to attack the heart and the worst to attack the city. Let me tell you, in the history of our Great Yan, there was a rebellion. At that time, our Great Yan standing army attacked a city guarded by 5,000 rebels. It took three months and 20,000 lives before we finally entered the city. The casualties were four times that of the defenders. There were more than 1,000 defenders in Dubo Village. At this season, hey, even if 5,000 people died, I would not be surprised."

Hearing such huge casualties, Mo Yanduo and Gu Jili both had dark faces, "Is there no better way?"

"No!" He Tianju shook his head and said, "If time permits, we can slowly grind, but General Yanqi is so anxious and has given you a time limit, what else can we do? We can only use corpses to build a passage to the top of the city. Unless you don't care about General Yanqi's military order."

Mo Yanduo was silent for a while, "Tomorrow, send cavalry to charge the city."

This time, many soldiers in Dubo Village did not sleep. They worked all night before they finished the work. The ramp was only a few feet away from the top of the city. At this distance, let alone horses, even people can jump from the ramp to the top of the city with a strong leap. Chen Bin is not worried about people, but about the cavalry. Once the opponent's cavalry rides up to the city, they can occupy a piece of territory on the top of the city, and then Dubo Village will not be able to defend.

As the sky gradually brightened, drums suddenly sounded in the Donghu camp. As the rumbling drums sounded, the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army, who were lying on the ground like corpses on the top of the city, jumped up. In an instant, they became energetic. The bowstrings of the crossbows were quickly replaced, and brand new arm crossbows were taken out from the hiding cave. At this time of year, the probability of bowstring damage was alarmingly high. If you are not careful, a crossbow will be scrapped.

The Donghu infantry held up large shields and slowly advanced. On the snow platform in the distance, pieces of felt were torn off, revealing the crossbows underneath. Like on the city, the crossbowmen also began to replace the bowstrings of the crossbows.

Chen Bin stood behind the parapet, but his eyes were fixed on a vague figure under the waving flag among the infantry on the opposite side. He felt that this person looked familiar.

The sky gradually became brighter, and Chen Bin almost leaned half of his body out of the battlement. This time, he finally saw the man's face clearly. In an instant, his face changed drastically, and his teeth chattered. He Tianju, it turned out to be General Kumamoto's deputy general He Tianju.

No wonder the Donghu people are still doing the same thing when attacking the city. It turns out that this person is guiding the Donghu people. Chen Bin roared in his heart, and ducked to the side of a crossbow. "Help me!" he roared in a low voice.

Behind the wall stack, the crossbow rotated slowly, and an experienced crossbowman adjusted the angle and distance, aiming at He Tianju in the distance.

"Captain Chen, the distance is too far. Even if the shot reaches there, it will have no lethality." The crossbow soldier said with some embarrassment.

"I know." Chen Bin gritted his teeth and said, "This is my declaration of death to him. This is my attitude, and I want him to know it."

"Who is he?" the crossbowman asked curiously.

Chen Bin sighed, "You are just a soldier. I used to be a general after all. The man opposite is called He Tianju. You have never seen him before. But I often see him in General Kumamoto's tent. He He is the deputy general of General Kumamoto.”

The crossbowman opened his mouth wide, "Well, that's a high official. Why did he surrender to the Donghu people?"

"There are always people with weak bones in this world!" Chen Bin stroked the cold arrow shaft.

The crossbowman swallowed, "Captain Chen, He Tianju surrendered, General Kumamoto will not..."

"Fart, who is General Kumamoto? How could he surrender to the Donghu people?" Chen Bin took a sip, "Stop talking nonsense, aim at Luo, even if you can't shoot him, it's still good to scare him from peeing in his pants. In this weather, As soon as the urine comes out, it will freeze into ice, so it’s best to freeze his vagina.”

The crossbowman chuckled, "Captain Chen, you are so funny."

"Aim and shoot!"

With a muffled buzzing sound, the crossbow arrows shot out and flew towards the big flag in the distance. But as the crossbow soldier said, the distance was too far. When it flew in front of Li He Tianju, it had no strength at all. , Porphyry's gun came down, but it still shocked He Tianju. He thought he was safe enough at this distance, but the range of the opponent's crossbow was obviously farther than what he judged. Some. He raised his head and stared angrily at the city, and then he saw Mr. Chen Bin standing on the wall with his legs on top of the city, raising a middle finger high at him.

Chen Bin learned this gesture from Xu Yuan, and it is said that Xu Yuan learned it from Governor Gao. It is an extremely contemptuous gesture.

He Tianju didn't understand the meaning of this gesture, but he knew that when Chen Bin made this gesture towards him, it was definitely not to praise him. Looking at this general who he had never even looked at before, He Tianju was filled with shame and annoyance.

The kind of person who becomes a traitor himself will be so cruel that the whole world becomes a traitor.

"Shoot!" He waved his horsewhip angrily and shouted angrily. On the snow platform, dozens of crossbow arrows were fired at him. Chen Bin jumped to the ground and stuck to the base of the battlement. One of the crossbow arrows was broken fiercely. On top of the ice wall, the shock caused Chen Bin's body to bounce, but Chen Bin laughed, "I'm really scared!"

Below the city, drums beat rapidly. The infantrymen held up large shields and turned themselves into moving turtle shells, slowly pushing forward. Above the city, the soldiers silently loaded stones onto simple slingshots. There is no fresh moso bamboo in the city, but there are still a lot of bamboos that were used to build frames when the capital was built. Inspired by the big slingshots outside the city, the city also started to make this kind of thing, although it could not be shot due to the material. It's too far, but it's still no problem to fly a stone weighing ten kilograms from the city to dozens of meters away. The craftsmanship of the Central Plains people is naturally not comparable to that of the Donghu people. These bamboos have gone through a series of quenching processes and are extremely elastic and not easy to break. Unlike the Donghu people outside, two pieces of moso bamboo as thick as the mouth of a bowl can be broken in just a few times. Have to replace.

"Knock their turtle shells open!" A company commander lay on the wall and waved his hand fiercely. Dozens of stone bullets flew out from the city and landed on the shield approaching in the distance with a rumbling sound. The sound kept ringing, and the shields were smashed, revealing the infantry below. Many people were hit with bloody heads. Unlucky, the last stone bullet broke the shield, but the next stone was. It fell directly on the head and settled the matter on the spot.

Chen Bin didn't pay attention to this. He kept looking at the opponent's cavalry. Today, the opponent will definitely use the cavalry to attack the city.

"Get ready." He shouted to the soldiers who had already prepared in front of several snow platforms, "Let's serve Dong Hu Barbarian a fresh dish." P