Chapter 876 - Chapter 876: Jiajia Is Here (3)
Chapter 876: Jiajia Is Here (3)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
At this moment, under the cover of black gunpowder and bows, the soldiers of the Wu Kingdom below had already pieced together the main ladders and built several scaling ladders.
The Wu Kingdom army’s black gunpowder attack also stopped at this moment.
This further confirmed Song Jingchen’s guess.
The Wu Kingdom had limited black gunpowder.
Actually, it was not difficult to analyze. Saltpeter mines were rare. Since it was one of the materials used to make black gunpowder, the black gunpowder produced by the Wu Kingdom could not support a war.
Therefore, although he had already gotten someone to study it, he did not bet all his chips on it.
Outside the city wall, the enemy forces struggled to climb up the ladder.
The soldiers on the city wall threw rocks and poured oil down. However, they had already used up a lot of these things in the previous attacks. If this continued, they would run out of ammunition and food sooner or later.
Song Jingchen said in a low voice, “Get the locking bridge ready.”
The bridge was made of wooden frames and a wooden stake that could be spun freely. The stake was tied with a retractable rope lock. One end of the rope was tied to the soldier’s waist, and the other was pulled by multiple soldiers.
Through the bridge, the soldiers could be hung directly outside the city wall, making it easier to kill the soldiers who had climbed the ladder and pull it down with flying hooks.
When everything was ready, Song Jingchen ordered, “Release.”
Everyone quickly pushed the lock bridge and put down their companions with flying hooks.
After dodging the boulders and kerosene, the Wu Kingdom soldiers, who had finally reached the city tower, saw the person who had suddenly appeared behind them. They quickly swung their swords to slash at him, but their throats were mercilessly slit.
At the same time, ladders and the Wu Kingdom soldiers on the ladders were pulled back by the other party’s flying hooks.
For convenience’s sake, their ladders were pieced together piece by piece. After landing, they instantly disintegrated.
Han Tong’s eyes darkened. He looked at the horn soldier beside him and the other party understood.
A loud sound reverberated in the area.
The horn sounded again. The soldiers of the Wu Kingdom outside the city wall quickly raised their shields above their heads. The twelve of them rushed down the city wall.
“Why? Do these people want to be cowards again?” Meng Wu could not help but mock when he saw this scene.
The others also laughed along.
Xiao Qirui frowned. With Han Tong commanding, he felt that it wasn’t that simple. He turned around and was about to ask Song Jingchen for his opinion.
The shield in the middle of the small turtle shell array suddenly opened. An archer flew out and drew his bow.
Before the soldier controlling the bridge could pull his companion back, he watched as the arrow pierced through his body.
Seeing this, the archers on the city wall quickly shot at the other party’s archers. However, after the other party shot an arrow, they fell back into the turtle shell formation. At the same time, their shields closed again.
More and more soldiers who were still on the bridge lost their lives. Song Jingchen’s eyes darkened and he used his internal energy to shatter the longsword in his hand.
Another Wu Kingdom soldier flew out of the turtle shell formation. However, this time, before they could shoot the arrows in their hands, they were killed by the fragments.
The generals on the city tower were stunned and looked at Song Jingchen, who was standing there motionless. When they reacted, they imitated him. They couldn’t break a sword with their bare hands, so they snatched the bow from the soldiers at the side.
After figuring out the pattern of the Wu Kingdom’s soldiers, as long as someone flew out, they would shoot the arrows in their hands.
If they were lucky, they would fall after being shot by an arrow. If they were unlucky, they would be targeted by more than two people and have a few more holes in their bodies.
However, before they could be happy with this progress, a loud bang came from below.
Everyone quickly looked over. It turned out that two war chariots had rushed through the arrows and rocks on the city gate tower under the cover of shields and were taking turns hitting the tightly shut city gate.
This city gate had been bombarded by black gunpowder a few times. Although it had been repaired, it would not last long if this continued.
Song Jingchen stuffed the bow in his hand into Xiao Qirui’s hand. “Cover me.”
Thinking about how his sword had broken just now, he took Xiao Qirui’s sword and turned to walk towards the bridge.
Xiao Qirui almost instantly guessed what he wanted to do and quickly stopped him. “I’ll go. Cover me.”
Song Jingchen glanced at him. “Are you confident?”
Xiao Qirui was silent. He hadn’t even tried. How would he know if he was confident?
However, there were so many soldiers protecting the chariot. To be honest, he was not confident that he could kill all of them before he died.
“Anyway, you can’t go.” He grabbed Song Jingchen’s shoulder and said directly.
Song Jingchen smiled.. “If you could be so unreasonable when facing Miss
Yuan, why would you have to worry about not being able to woo her back?”