Chapter 275
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Chapter 275: Battle on the City Wall
The defending forces of Songshan City were not fools.
As soon as they heard the battle cries and woke up from their barracks, they instinctively rushed to the city wall without needing orders from Wang Tong.
Watching the continuous surge of enemy reinforcements, Guo Zhen, now covered in blood, frowned.
While cutting down an enemy soldier, he roared.
“Brothers! Push forward quickly!”
The space on the city wall was relatively limited.
If it became completely crowded, those behind wouldn’t be able to get up.
These defending soldiers clearly understood this, and they intended to rely on their superior numbers within the city to forcibly occupy the city wall space, preventing Luo Ji’s soldiers outside from climbing up via the scaling ladders!
The objectives of both sides were evident.
The two groups immediately engaged in fierce combat.
It was much easier for the opposing soldiers to climb the stairs from the other side than to climb scaling ladders.
In an instant, they occupied nearly 60% of the entire wall.
The scaling ladders set against the wall were continuously pushed down by Songshan City’s defending forces.
For a moment, the advance of Luo Ji’s attacking forces was halted.
Feeling the increasing pressure, Guo Zhen’s brows furrowed deeper.
The situation was simply too unfavorable for them.
Although they had a numerical advantage in overall troops, if they couldn’t ascend the city wall, even more troops standing outside would be useless!
Luo Ji undoubtedly saw the current situation very clearly.
He began directing the soldiers who couldn’t climb the wall to attack Songshan City’s gate, hoping to disperse the enemy’s forces this way and buy time for the soldiers on the wall.
Without large siege weapons, this siege battle was quite difficult for him.
But what could he do?
The area surrounding Songshan City was a ring of rugged and difficult mountain paths, making it impossible to push siege equipment through.
It was quite helpless.
He couldn’t very well complain that Zhou Dongnan didn’t build roads, could he?
After a round of fierce fighting, Guo Zhen, who had already consecutively slain at least 30 to 40 enemy soldiers, found his breathing becoming slightly heavy.
The enemy soldiers’ tenacity exceeded his expectations, and the falling bodies seemed to further frustrate him.
Guo Zhen, with his feet deeply embedded in piles of corpses, felt his movements becoming increasingly difficult.
Just then, from within the enemy ranks, a sharp bronze sword suddenly swung towards him!
Guo Zhen quickly recovered and instinctively raised his shield to block.
At that moment, he heard the clang of a blade striking a bronze shield.
Guo Zhen’s gaze immediately fell upon the attacker.
It was a middle-aged man wearing bronze armor.
Needless to say, this person was Wang Tong, the defending general of Songshan City!
From the start of the siege battle until now, Guo Zhen, as a fierce general, had been at the very front of the formation, leading the charge.
It was no exaggeration to say that he had relieved at least a quarter of the pressure on the soldiers behind and beside him, completely fighting as if he were worth 10 men.
But people get tired.
If a person’s peak condition is 100, then no matter how fierce the general, their value will begin to decrease from the moment the battle begins.
Undoubtedly, Guo Zhen was far from his peak condition at this moment.
Wang Tong was clearly very skilled at finding opportunities, striking directly when he spotted an opening.
If it had been a slightly weaker general, they would likely have fallen into his hands.
But Guo Zhen was different.
His years of constant warfare had made his crisis awareness on the battlefield particularly acute.
His instantaneous reaction allowed him to block the opponent’s sword strike.
Then, Guo Zhen continued his movements.
While parrying the opponent’s attack, he quickly stepped forward, bringing his bronze battle axe to deliver a ferocious counterattack!
This counterattack came so fast that Wang Tong, who had just failed in his own strike, instantly paled, his heart leaping to his throat.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, something unforeseen suddenly occurred.
Perhaps it was the ghosts of the corpses slain by Guo Zhen’s bronze battle axe at work, but at a crucial moment, his advancing foot was tripped by a pile of corpses at his feet.
His entire body’s balance was instantly disrupted.
Seeing this, Wang Tong’s fear immediately turned into delight.
He quickly swung his long sword again, pursuing Guo Zhen, who had lost his balance in the distance!
“General, be careful!”
Those fighting alongside him on the city wall at this moment were undoubtedly his loyal brothers from the army.
The tacit understanding they had built on the battlefield allowed them to react immediately.
At this moment, the 2 shield-axe soldiers standing to Guo Zhen’s left and right displayed perfect coordination.
While 1 raised his shield to parry Wang Tong’s attack, the other’s bronze battle axe swung directly towards Wang Tong’s head!
This coordinated effort startled Wang Tong, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.
“Seeking death!”
As his words fell, Wang Tong’s offensive posture had already changed.
Guo Zhen, sensing the movement of his opponent’s hand and realizing what was happening, immediately paled.
“Old Li! Get out of the way!!”
Almost simultaneously with Guo Zhen’s shout, the sharp bronze long sword had already pierced Old Li’s heart.
“Ah, ah…”
The shield-axe soldier, whom Guo Zhen had called Old Li, seemed to want to swing his bronze battle axe and kill Wang Tong, but he couldn’t.
The fading of life instantly drained all strength from his body.
His gradually cooling corpse was ruthlessly kicked away by Wang Tong, and then, with a spray of blood, the sharp bronze long sword was quickly pulled out.
“AAAHHH!!!”
The splattering blood, the falling corpse, these scenes continuously stimulated Guo Zhen’s senses, making his eyes bloodshot with fury.
“I’ll kill you!!!”
Guo Zhen, having regained his footing, was almost overwhelmed by a berserk rage.
At this moment, he was like a fierce beast choosing its prey, roaring as he charged towards Wang Tong!
Wang Tong, seeing this, actually avoided the fight.
He pushed 2 soldiers next to him towards Guo Zhen, while he quickly squeezed towards the rear.
“Don’t even think about running!”
Seeing this, Guo Zhen’s emotions became even more volatile.
As he swung his bronze battle axe, the exaggerated force instantly cleaved the two soldiers at their waists.
His appearance, like a blood-soaked demon god, was truly terrifying.
“Damn it! What a monster…”
This bloody scene made Wang Tong’s eyelids twitch.
He had absolutely no interest in going head-to-head with such a monster.
After all, no matter how strong one person was, could they defeat 100 people?
With this thought, Wang Tong scornfully curled his lips, also tinged with a hint of jealousy.
In a real battlefield, the strength of a fierce general is often not enough to change an entire battle.
However, when the troop numbers are not vastly different, if one side has a vanguard led by a fierce general, and the other has a vanguard led by a less powerful ordinary general, and they clash head-on, is there even a need to compare which side is stronger?
