xymnovel Chapter 830 Yellow Turban Warriors!
Chapter 830 Yellow Turban Warriors!
"Hmph, so what if they're Yellow Turban Warriors? We Thunder Swamp Dragon Riders have no fear of them!"
Nangong Tianxia snorted coldly, a resolute glint in his eyes.
As soon as the Yellow Turban warriors appeared, they immediately joined the battle. Thousands of burly figures, wielding heavy weapons, launched a fierce charge against the city wall.
Huge stone hammers, iron axes, and spiked clubs were swung through the air, making a series of whooshing sounds, as if trying to smash the city wall to pieces.
Upon seeing this, the defenders on the city wall immediately strengthened their defenses, using the arrow towers, parapets, and other fortifications on the city wall to counterattack the Yellow Turban warriors' offensive with rolling logs, stones, and powerful bows and crossbows.
However, the Yellow Turban warriors were heavily armored and armed with heavy weapons, so even the arrows and rolling logs and stones from the defenders could hardly cause them much harm.
"Don't panic! Shoot them in the eyes and joints with your longbow!"
"Where are the ballistae? Aim at them!"
Nangong Tianxia roared loudly, his furious shouts echoing across the city wall.
Instruct the defenders on the city wall to follow Nangong Tianxia's instructions and aim the many ballistae and longbows on the wall at the eyes, joints, and other vital parts of the Yellow Turban warriors below.
This tactic worked as expected. Although the Yellow Turban warriors were incredibly strong, their eyes and joints were their weak points.
If the defenders' longbows can hit their targets accurately, they can render the defenders incapable of fighting once they strike these vital areas.
However, the Yellow Turban warriors were not to be underestimated. They quickly adjusted their tactics, using heavy weapons to block the defenders' arrows while looking for opportunities to charge the city walls.
Below the city wall, Meng Zhang watched the Yellow Turban warriors' performance without any surprise.
In such fierce siege battles, all kinds of siege and defense equipment flew everywhere, and the role of the Taoist soldiers was not as great as in open field battles.
After all, no matter how strong the Taoist soldiers are, if they are hit by ballistae and other weapons of war on the city walls, they will still die, and they are no different from ordinary soldiers.
Moreover, although these Yellow Turban warriors were powerful, they were not invincible.
If the defenders can find and exploit their weaknesses, they can effectively weaken their fighting capacity.
"Order Zhang Hao, Liang Lin, and Liang Fang to each lead a squad of Yellow Turban soldiers. While the defenders' attention is focused on the Yellow Turban warriors, they must scale the city walls as quickly as possible!"
Meng Zhang's lips moved slightly, and the flag bearers beside him waved their flags continuously, adjusting the battle formation in front.
Upon receiving the order, Zhang Hao, Liang Lin, and Liang Fang took advantage of the moment when the Yellow Turban warriors were targeted by the defending troops and led another group of Yellow Turban soldiers in a fierce charge against the city wall.
Holding his eighteen-foot spear, Zhang Hao charged towards the siege ladder below the city wall like a tiger descending a mountain.
The brothers Liang Lin and Liang Fang also cooperated well. Liang Lin wielded a pair of bright silver hammers, while Liang Fang wielded a phoenix-winged gilded cymbal. The two attacked and defended, continuously climbing up the cloud ladder.
Seeing the fierce attacks from Zhang Hao, Liang Lin, and Liang Fang, Nangong Tianxia, standing atop the city wall, couldn't help but feel a strong sense of crisis.
If these three were allowed to climb the city wall, given his limited resources, his Thunder Dragon Riders would likely be unable to stop them.
Once the three of them manage to gain an advantage on the city wall, Qianyuan City will be completely indefensible.
However, what he needs to be particularly wary of now is the Yellow Turban warriors under Meng Zhang's command below the city wall!
The same army of Taoist soldiers posed a completely different threat under the command of Zhang Jiao versus Meng Zhang!
Now that the Yellow Turban Warriors have entered the arena, although he doesn't know Meng Zhang's specific plans, he dares not be careless in the slightest.
Therefore, faced with the climb by Zhang Hao and his two companions, Nangong Tianxia could only order a stronger defense and send more Thunder Dragon Riders to provide support.
For a time, shouts of battle echoed from the city walls.
With the addition of thousands of burly Yellow Turban warriors, cracks began to appear in the defensive line forged by the Thunder Dragon Riders.
Just then, a deafening roar suddenly came from below the city wall.
Following the sound, Nangong Tianxia saw that in the distance, among the rear guard of the Yellow Turban Army, rows of huge catapults slowly revealed their massive and ferocious shapes, rapidly approaching Qianyuan City.
Furthermore, the lead catapults were covered with various mysterious runes and patterns containing ink-like artifacts, clearly another powerful siege weapon modified by the Mohist disciples within the Yellow Turban Army.
"Oh no! Those are giant catapults from the Yellow Turban Army! Quickly strengthen the defenses!"
Nangong Tianxia roared loudly, his urgent shouts echoing on the city wall, making the surrounding guards' hearts leap into their throats.
Upon hearing this, the defenders sprang into action, reinforcing the city walls and preparing to meet the Yellow Turban army's massive catapults.
However, at that moment, a row of giant catapults in the distance suddenly launched huge stone projectiles. Countless stone projectiles drew beautiful arcs in the air before heading straight for the city wall!
With a loud "BOOM!", the stone projectile slammed into the city wall, creating a huge hole in it.
The defenders were thrown about by the enormous impact, and many were even knocked off the city wall.
At the same time, as soon as the Yellow Turban warriors below appeared on the battlefield, they were immediately met with concentrated fire from various defensive weapons on the city walls, as well as longbows and crossbows, drawing away the majority of the enemy's firepower.
However, as members of the Taoist army and the elite of the Taiping Sect, the Yellow Turban Warriors were not so easy to deal with.
As if they had anticipated the reaction of the defenders on the city wall, they all took out a specially made, huge iron shield from behind them.
These iron shields, each over a meter tall and several inches thick, are covered with patterns, clearly defensive weapons meticulously crafted by the Mohist disciples.
Many burly Yellow Turban warriors, holding iron shields as protective barriers, slowly advanced forward, followed closely by a long line of Yellow Turban soldiers.
Hiding behind their burly figures, using the giant iron shields in the hands of the Yellow Turban warriors to dodge the rain of arrows from the city walls, while simultaneously manipulating various heavy siege weapons, they began to slowly approach Qianyuan City.
One type of heavy siege weapon, known as the "City-Breaking Crossbow," is particularly noteworthy.
It resembles a giant crossbow, but the arrow is a thick iron rod with an extremely sharp tip, enough to pierce through the bricks and stones of the city wall.
There is also a device called the "city-breaking cone," which is shaped like a giant cone with an extremely sharp tip, designed specifically to break open city gates.
And the "Earthshaker," a massive vehicle with huge wooden wheels, loaded with boulders, capable of smashing through any obstacle in its path once started.
However, the most eye-catching thing is the huge "battering ram".
Like a sleeping behemoth, it was being pushed with great effort by dozens of Yellow Turban soldiers, slowly approaching the city gate of Qianyuan City.