Zuo Qiuming looked at Guang Rui's army retreating back, and suddenly understood one thing. Today is the day of decisive victory, not three days as he thought.

Just now, Wang Jun personally led his troops to the scene.

Although this person is only a ruler, he is undoubtedly the second-largest figure in the Guangrui Army. And those who attack with him are no longer the party members and the young men and prisoners of war they expelled, but all Guangrui troops.

Ruijun Headquarters.

The intensity of the attack suddenly increased, and the losses of the defenders immediately increased in a straight line.

A quarter of an hour ago, Guo Peng and two Guangrui soldiers died together. He was hugged by these two men, and the three of them were entangled together and fell down the city not far from Zuo Qiuming.

The enemy was in danger and attacked the city wall.

In fact, they have already occupied a small position on the city wall.

He looked up at the sky and saw that it was just past noon. Xiao Ding would never rest today.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!" someone shouted from behind, and baskets of steamed buns were brought up. The usually rare broth was also supplied in buckets these days.

Fighting requires strength.

I usually eat two meals a day, but these two days, I had three meals a day, and every meal was filled with steamed buns and broth.

Sitting next to the corpses of comrades and eating is not a good experience for anyone. So although the food was good, the soldiers did not have much joy. They just mechanically grabbed a few steamed buns and took a bowl.

broth, then silently walked aside and took the time to eat.

If you don't eat well, you won't have strength. If you don't have strength, you might die the next time the enemy attacks. Let's stay with the brothers who are now neatly stacked against the wall.

The people above the city are eating, and the people below the city are also eating.

However, compared with the gloomy atmosphere above the city, the city below seemed much more cheerful.

They have already seen the hope of destroying the city.

"Commander, give me another chance, and I will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold on the city." Zheng Jihua said loudly. Just now, he was the vanguard of Wang Jun's troops who rushed to the city wall, and there were many knife marks on his fish scale armor.

And the bloody scabs on his head show the tragedy and cruelty of war.

"You've already tried it. Next time, it's my turn." Reid stuffed a steamed bun into his mouth in a few mouthfuls, drank the steaming soup in another mouthful, and said, "Commander, I humbly wish to issue a military order."

Xiao Ding said with a smile: "Okay, Brother Zheng has already severely damaged the enemy. Next, Brother Lei will come again, but this time, we have to arrange it carefully. It will be good if we can save a few brothers from dying."

The so-called arrangement was hosted by Chen Qiao from the logistics camp.

Huge slingshots were placed at the forefront of the battlefield.

In fact, they are tree branches with their branches cut off, the main poles are buried deeply in the ground, and straps woven from beef tendons are tied on both sides.

With a roar, a stone bullet was shot out by a slingshot and landed on the city wall, making a muffled sound.

Next, more than a dozen stone bullets were fired, some hit the city, and some flew over the city wall and landed in the city.

The stone bullets fired by this thing are not big in size, and the damage caused to the enemies in the city is not great, but it is better than the speed of firing.

Of course, Xiao Ding would not expect to rely on these things to open up the siege situation.

What he really counted on was the things covered by felt cloth behind Chen Qiao.

They were black ceramic jars.

The jar was filled with gunpowder.

Xiao Ding actually had no trust in gunpowder weapons at all. The army of the Song Dynasty had been using gunpowder weapons for some years, but the results had always been unsatisfactory.

Like a swarm of flaming arrows and a general's thunderbolt, each one's name is impressive, but his actual performance on the battlefield makes the generals shudder.

It can still scare people the first time it appears.

But that's all.

Xiao Ding still remembered the scene when he first put a nest of sharp flame arrows into actual combat in Tianmen Village. With a whistling sound, these feather arrows flew into the Liao army formation and then sent out bursts of explosions.

With the sound, the Liao people's military formation instantly became chaotic. Then he led the crowd to cover up the attack. He should have achieved good results, but then the rockets fired from another launcher all fell on his brothers.

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Suddenly, his team was also in chaos.

After a few battles, the Liao people also figured out the basics of these things. When encountering these things again, the armored soldiers only had to cover their faces and charge forward. In addition to blowing their armor black, there was no other way.

It won't work.

The effect of the General's Thunderbolt is about the same.

But after his brother arrived in the army, he became a little obsessed with these gadgets. He even instigated Luo Gang to empty the armory under the governor's government of these things.

Ma Xing is not stingy with these things. The key is that if you give these things to other armies, they will find them difficult to transport and manage.

Before leaving for the expedition, Xiao Cheng took Chen Qiao and his gang to stay in an independent house. I don't know what they were busy with. Anyway, it was said that not only could sparks not be seen in that house, but even iron objects were not allowed to be brought in.

He was as cold as a monkey.

Later, Xiao Cheng explained it to Xiao Ding.

It's not that gunpowder is useless, but the current production process is not good enough, so its power is relatively weak. As for him, although he can't fundamentally change everything, he can still slightly improve his explosive power.

Those black jars were also specially made, mainly with a layer of paint on the outside. In Xiao Cheng's words, the previous jars were full of trachoma and had poor air tightness.

After doing this, Xiao Cheng filled the jar with a lot of finely ground white flour, filled it with a gunpowder bag that he had modified, and then sealed the mouth of the jar.

White flour is for eating, but Xiao Cheng uses it as a weapon.

Xiao Ding, who was confused, saw Xiao Cheng testing such a jar in a mountain valley, and immediately regarded these jars as treasures.

"Chen Qiao, have you measured the distance? If there is a problem with the wind speed or distance, then the flying cannon will be useless!" Xiao Ding grabbed Chen Qiao who was busy and asked.

"Commander, don't worry. The stone bullets we used just now are exactly the same weight as the flying cannon. The wind speed has not changed now. I guarantee that every flying cannon will land on the top of the city." Chen Qiao said loudly.

"Okay!" Xiao Ding laughed, "If it's true as you said, after this battle, you will definitely have a lot of credit, and by then, you will also be able to have an official status."

"Thank you very much, Commander!" Chen Qiao said happily.

After a day and a half of fighting, Xiao Xiang expressed to Zuo Qiuming that he would fight him to the death in Dongcheng. He also thoroughly implemented this idea within this day and a half, allowing Zuo Qiuming to use all his elite power.

They were all transferred to Dongcheng. Now the war has reached a fever pitch. Zuo Qiuming has used all his strength, and Xiao Ding is also preparing to use his treasures at the bottom of the box to solve the problem at once.

"Leide comes in, are you ready?" Xiao Ding looked at the attacking team that had assembled behind him.

Lei Jin reached out and took out two cloth dumplings from his ears and said: "Commander, I have already told the brothers that when we attack, there will be thunder from the sky and the sound of thunder. This is the god helping me. Please don't

If you don't want to panic, just follow your commander and try your best to kill the enemy."

"Very good!" Xiao Ding nodded with satisfaction.

"Wang Jun, my second wave!" Xiao Ding patted Wang Jun on the shoulder. "You are right behind me."

"Zhou Huan, after the city is broken, the cavalry led by you must enter the city as quickly as possible and control all strategic points, including warehouses, military camps, and government offices, as soon as possible."

"As you command!"

"Xin Jian, your iron kites are going to block the roads outside Yanzhou City and defeat all the troops who escape from the city." Xiao Ding said.

"Yes!" Xin Jian said loudly.

Xiao Ding turned his head to look at the city wall not far away, clenched his fists, and shouted sternly: "Beat the drum, attack!"

Reid rushed to the front of the team with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.

As the only two generals in the Dingbian Army who were retained and promoted by Xiao Dingrong, both of them were eager to show their abilities in front of the former generals of the Guangrui Army. To do this, they only needed military merit.

On the city, arrows are like locusts and stones are like falling rain.

The running warriors couldn't care less about all this.

Life and death depend on fate, wealth and honor depend on heaven.

They held up their shields and ran forward crazily. The further they moved forward, the safer they would be, until they encountered layers of distress troops on the slope made of straw bags.

The army was unable to move these bags away, but they arranged layers of guards on this slope that was more than 100 meters long. Behind the breastwork built with sandbags, there were many spears and dense crossbows.

It is the focus of the Guangrui Army's attack and the essence of the Dingnan Army.

Redjin, who was running, raised his head and looked at the sky.

The black jar cut across the sky, and on the rotating black, there were dots of flames. If you don't look carefully, you really can't tell them apart.

Redjin grinned.

"Brothers, follow me!" He roared with all his strength, but the sound coming from his ears was very small, and his soldiers probably couldn't hear any impassioned words, but his body movements already represented

everything.

There was a huge impact on the shield, which was the feeling of a stabbing spear on it. He turned his shoulders against the shield and unloaded several long stabbing spears to the side. His people followed this rotation and snatched away

Entering, the knife was swung, and blood burst out!

Zuo Qiuming stood on top of the city and looked at the black things falling in the sky with some confusion. As a general with the keenest intuition, he knew that it was definitely not a good thing.
Chapter completed!