Following Lu Bu's order, the first to rush out was the ballista battalion.

The guys in the ballista battalion suffered a lot of losses in the battle a few days ago but the results were not great. Although Tian Fan didn't say anything, they couldn't stand it. From Mi Fang to the most ordinary person who was responsible for loading various ammunition into the ballista cart.

The top soldiers were all holding their breath. Today, Tian

Fan fought hard to incapacitate Jiang Yiqu's naval force with losses far exceeding their previous losses. They believed that if the crossbows could not play their due role by this time, then the more than 2,000-strong crossbow battalion could be disbanded immediately and they could return.

The family married a wife, had children, and lived a good life.

The remaining 180 or so ballista carts galloped with an astonishing momentum, which was very shocking. They divided into three groups and dispersed to the outside of the three city walls. Then they stopped their cars and threw oil cans wildly at the arrow towers on the city wall.

Mi Fang went crazy. At this time, he no longer cared about any losses. He only knew that if all Jiang Yiqu's arrow towers were not burned down today, he would not come back alive. This person had always been hiding in the army formation, only in the

The guy who only appeared when the order was issued stood beside the ballista cart uncharacteristically.

Each vehicle in the ballista battalion is equipped with twelve soldiers. In addition to two coachmen, two ballistaeers, four Hercules string pullers responsible for stringing, and three porters responsible for carrying various ammunition, there are also

One is a technical soldier who specializes in vehicle maintenance, that is, they have been specially trained by Tianjia Workshop and Craftsman Battalion, and can deal with ballistae and vehicle capacity.

Soldiers who are prone to general problems. When they usually go into battle, each vehicle is equipped with four soldiers, a driver, a ballista, and two bowstringers. But today, they went crazy. All the soldiers equipped in each vehicle were

Once on the front line, the tortoise shell on the ballista cart was also removed in order to launch and aim as quickly as possible.

The crossbowman carefully watched the distance and shouted: "Elevation three, distance two hundred and twenty steps, kerosene bombs, cock!"

The two string-pullers worked hard to pull the bow string, and the ballistae took a kerosene jar personally, placed it on the ballista, lit it, and aimed again before firing.

The kerosene bomb drew a graceful curve and hit the target arrow tower heavily, igniting a huge fire that reached the sky.

The crossbowman nodded with satisfaction, but before he was satisfied for long, he found that the fire on the arrow tower gradually became smaller. He lowered his face and shouted loudly: "Two hundred and twenty steps away, kerosene bombs, five

Continuous shots!"

Fired five times in a row, four kerosene bombs hit the arrow tower perfectly, and one hit the top of the arrow tower. The fire on the arrow tower was extinguished, extinguished and rekindled. All Jiang Yiqu's soldiers on the arrow tower were killed.

After being burned to death, the Arrow Tower finally burst into flames that reached the sky and could no longer be extinguished.

The crossbow gunner chuckled and said loudly: "Advance thirty steps, cock the string, and use kerosene bombs!"

The driver drove the cart forward for about thirty paces. At the same time, the string puller and the ballistaeer worked together to wind the ballista. The rest of the crew also pushed the wheelbarrow before following. After the winding was completed, the ballistae took over.

The kerosene bomb handed over by the porter under the car was placed on the ballista and ignited. After taking aim, he shouted: "Distance 240 steps, elevation 3.5, kerosene bomb, test fire once, fire!"

"

There was a loud bang, and the kerosene bomb hit the city wall heavily in an arc. The crossbowman gritted his teeth and said: "Elevation four, kerosene bomb, one test shot!"

This time, the shot was successful. The crossbow gunner learned the lesson this time, and before the other party put out the fire, he shouted: "Elevation four, kerosene bombs, three consecutive shots!"

…

In less than a quarter of an hour, each ballista cart fired no less than ten kerosene bombs, finally burning all the arrow towers in the city. However, without turtle shell-like armor, they also paid a great price.

Nearly a hundred casualties.

But they don't care at this moment, they must win Dong'anping today.

Mi Fang said: "Send me the general's order to exchange for stone bullets and crossbow arrows, and shoot freely!"

Free fire does not mean shooting randomly, but the crossbow gunners themselves choose the target. As this order was passed down, the soldiers of the ballista battalion drove their cars on the battlefield. Where there were enemies who resisted tenaciously, they stopped their cars and fired.

Suppressed by crossbow arrows or stone bullets.

"Distance is two hundred and ten steps, elevation is 2.5, crossbow, cock!"

"Distance is two hundred and forty steps, elevation is 3.5, crossbow, launch!"

"Distance 180 steps, elevation 4, stone bullet, launch!"

…

The weather at the end of July makes it impossible to stand in the sun. If it lasts a little longer, even if you don't suffer from heat stroke, you will have to shed a layer of skin. Tian Fan no longer thinks that his face is his own. After being exposed to the sun, there is some peeling. In addition,

The beads of sweat that kept flowing down were soaked. Now he just felt that his face was a little warm and the corners of his eyes were a little painful, but he would probably turn red in the evening.

It hurts all the time, and the skin will peel off non-stop in the next few days, making it painful and itchy. He also knows that it is not just him, most of the generals and soldiers who went to the battlefield today will have such an experience. Tonight

All the soldiers will spend their time screaming in pain. In the next few days, the army will be filled with wounded soldiers in the true sense.

In his heart, he thought that the battle should be stopped for a while. The soldiers just had breakfast. Now that the sun was setting in the west, they should be hungry, and the sun was too poisonous. However, he could not decide to withdraw his troops.

When the battle comes to this point, it depends on who can endure and who can hold on. If you can hold on and hold on, victory will be yours. In this case, if he gives the order to retreat, he will

Not a qualified general.

Seeing the soldiers climbing up the city wall and being pushed down again, Tian Fan let out a long sigh. It is said that in troubled times, human life is not as good as that of a dog. When people do not regard their lives as life and do not cherish their bodies seriously,

It's true that human life is worse than that of dogs.

Tian Fan turned to the five men who had just returned and said: "You go back to the camp now. Yuan Ren and Xiao Nao prepare tea soup. All the soldiers and generals who go out tonight will definitely be sunburned, and the injured areas must be soaked in the tea soup.

Or apply it with a cloth soaked in tea soup. In addition, Shi Yuan and Kong Ming, you two return to the camp and arrange for more soldiers.

Cook more mung bean soup and bring it over immediately after it cools down. The more the better. You know how to make ice with saltpeter. Make some more ice and bring it over together. Boyan, tell the doctors at the medical camp to make it.

Be prepared, there will definitely be a lot of soldiers suffering from heat stroke today, we must try our best to treat them, I don’t want to see a single soldier die from heat stroke.”

The five men took the order and left. Tian Fan looked at Lu Bu and said: "First of all, let all the archers in the army press forward, including your back guards. Their archery skills are superb and they can effectively suppress the opponent no matter what.

Also, half of the crossbow battalion assigned to us by the lord is also pressing forward. In addition, today’s battle is like this

I didn't expect the extent, but it seems that we still have the advantage. Since the soldiers don't want to retreat, let's end the war today. If you want to stretch your muscles, I won't persuade you. By the way, let the soldiers

Wear leather armor instead, iron armor is too heavy, and it’s hot in this weather, so it’s not as good as leather armor.”

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Okay! I'll go right away."

Tian Fan shouted: "Blow the drums to cheer! In addition, the order is passed, the soldiers will take turns to attack the city, and each army cannot fight continuously for more than half an hour."

Since the battle cannot be stopped, we should try to reduce non-combat injuries as much as possible.

The rumble of the drums made the earth shake and the mountains shook. After receiving the order, the archers and soldiers of the company's crossbow battalion rushed towards Dong'anping.

Jiang Yiqu's current state is really exhausted. All the arrow towers were burned down, but the Xuzhou Army's ballista battalion did not withdraw. Their precise shooting made him suffer. Many soldiers were protected by large shields. As soon as their heads showed up,

Then they will knock down the city wall with their stone bullets, people and shields. Their threat

It was too big, so Jiang Yiqu sent his archers to form an array inside the city, and then kept shooting arrows outside the city. But in an instant, so many arrows came from nowhere, and they accurately hit the archers inside the city from outside the city.

, he lost more than half of his thousands of archers. Now, his bad days have come.

The soldiers on the city wall suffered heavy losses, and all the reserve soldiers and civilians had been sent to the city, but they still could not restore the decline. Jiang Yiqu led his personal guards like firefighters. Where the pressure was high, where there was a gap, he rushed to

There.

Just after killing a few soldiers who climbed up the city wall, Jiang Yiqu threw away the long sword in his hand, took a fork pole from the ground, and with the help of several guards, he pushed up the high ladder. The high ladder had just fallen,

He sat on the ground leaning against the city wall, took a huge shield and put it behind his back. After a while, he heard the clanging arrows hitting the shield. He let out a sigh of relief, there was no way to fight such a battle, the opponent's

There are too many archers,

The archery skills are quite good. As soon as someone shows his head, he will be shot. The most terrifying thing is that you don’t even show your head. As long as the high ladder at this position falls to the ground, countless arrows will be shot.

Come over, not only are they accurate, but they are also shot over by dozens or hundreds of feather arrows. It is this kind of ** method that killed no less than two hundred of his own guards. Jiang Yiqu did not understand, could the feather arrows of the Xuzhou Army...

Don’t want money?

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yiqu turned his head and looked around. It was so miserable. The city wall was full of corpses with broken arms and legs, people with lost heads, people who were shot to death by arrows, and the blood of countless people on the city wall was flowing out.

Dried, otherwise it will be fresh

The blood would not cover the entire horse road, making the sticky road make noise when walking. Some soldiers were fighting bravely one moment, but died on the spot the next moment. Some soldiers jumped off the city wall with Xuzhou soldiers in their arms, and died together.

Some soldiers were even worse. One moment, they raised their spears high and tried their best to kill a Xuzhou sergeant who came forward. The next moment, they fainted to the ground. He knew that the soldier was suffering from heat stroke, but he could not save him. If it were normal times, he would still have something to do.

But at this moment

At this moment, he had no time. He didn’t understand, did the Xuzhou army not want their lives? They chose such weather to attack the city? It was midday, the sun was just westward, it was the hottest time of the day, and people should not move at this time.

, it should be soaked in water and stretched out!

Suddenly he heard a cheer not far to the left. Jiang Yiqu turned his head and saw a dozen Xuzhou soldiers climbing up. Jiang Yiqu tried his best, but found that he could not move at all. A dizzy feeling made him almost crazy. He knew

He was about to suffer from heat stroke, but the situation was critical and he did not dare to stop.

With a long breath, Jiang Yiqu took off his armor with the help of his personal guards, then picked up his sword and rushed in that direction.

After finally killing the opponent, Jiang Yiqu picked up the big shield and hid again. He heard the sound of countless arrows hitting the big shield again. He didn't know how long he could hold on, but one thing was for sure, they couldn't hold on.

Until the moment the sun sets.

It's no longer possible. We have to withdraw. If we don't withdraw, it will be too late.

Thinking about this, Jiang Yiqu quietly went down to the city with the few dozen remaining guards and boarded a boat that had been prepared long ago. He knew that some people would think that he was greedy for life and afraid of death due to such behavior, but he had some feelings for himself.

Clearly positioned, he is a general, he will die in a more valuable place!

A small boat sailed gracefully into Zishui without anyone watching. After passing Zishui, the people on the boat disembarked and headed straight for Linyi on the opposite side.

Jiang Yiqu left, but his soldiers didn't know it yet and were still fighting. They thought the general had come back to save them. However, the situation on their side was so critical, why hadn't the general come over yet?

Half an hour later, the Xuzhou Army opened the gap, and countless soldiers climbed up the city wall on ladders.

At mid-afternoon, Dong'an was defeated.

ps: This chapter costs 3,500. Because I am pressed for time, I don’t have time to write too much, so I will consider it as today’s chapter. I have to work the night shift tonight and will take over at 5 pm. I really can’t help it. Sorry, I will make up for it tomorrow. In addition,
Chapter completed!