Dark clouds cover the sky, and the entire sky is like a black pot lid. It seems that the next moment, it will slam down hard and bury everything underneath.

The strong wind swept everything, and the sharp whistling sound made people upset.

On the entire battlefield, the heads of countless burning fires moved sometimes to the east and sometimes to the west with the wind. Occasionally, some burning firewood flew up with the wind, but after leaving the fire, they were flying in the wind.

The flame, if it persisted for only a moment, turned into a puff of smoke.

Naturally, the only thing that could suppress the howling wind was the hoarse shouts of the attacking soldiers and the cheering drums that sounded from time to time.

The Dali army has cleared all obstacles in front of Gao Yingxiang's camp.

Now they were facing the other side's own army.

The entire ground was forcibly raised by nearly one meter, and then a large camp was built on top. Don't underestimate this one-meter-high earthen platform. When the two sides fight, with just a little height, he can give the other side an advantage.

Two trebuchets were slowly pushed onto the battlefield, shouted by hundreds of soldiers.

After half a decade of work, Dali's craftsmen finally produced these two trebuchets.

The huge battlefield weapon is slowly approaching the opponent's camp. This giant trebuchet, with a range of more than three hundred steps, can throw large rocks weighing hundreds of kilograms into the enemy camp, let alone the temporary camp opposite.

, even a fortified city cannot withstand repeated attacks from such trebuchets.

Seeing such a sharp weapon appearing on the battlefield, the Dali army suddenly let out bursts of cheers.

As long as the trebuchets can attack as scheduled, they will be one step closer to victory.

Seeing the sudden surge in morale, under the banner of the Chinese army, Dong Xian couldn't help but smile on his face.

"Rewards, the officials who supervised the construction of the trebuchets should be rewarded, and the craftsmen should be heavily rewarded!" he said to the lieutenant commander beside him.

"You deserve a heavy reward!" The Chinese military officer nodded repeatedly: "Prime Minister, our army will definitely defeat the rebels today!"

Dong Xian took a deep breath and saw that after many days of fighting, there had never been such a long-range weapon in the enemy's camp. It was probably because Gao Yingxiang did not bring the craftsmen with him when he came out. This difference would be of great benefit to himself.

. It is not in vain that when I came out, I would take these hundreds of craftsmen with me regardless of the lack of food and grass.

Above this distance, you can only attack them, but they can't hit you at all.

The trebuchet finally moved into the predetermined position, and the craftsmen began to wield sledgehammers and drive bowl-thick wooden stakes into the ground to stabilize this huge thing. The soldiers pushing the trebuchet quickly moved in.

A military formation was set up in front of the trebuchet, with large shields, spears, and crossbows, densely stacked one layer after another.

According to past experience, at this time, the enemies in the military camp will definitely send out cavalry or other elite troops to rush out in an attempt to destroy the trebuchet.

At present, the trebuchet is only about 250 steps away from the opponent's military camp. The cavalry can rush over without even breathing, and the infantry will not take long.

The frontline commanders didn't even quite understand why the enemy on the opposite side didn't rush out as they were advancing. You must know that that's when they were at their weakest.

At present, the military formation has been established and the defense is already quite solid.

In the military camp, Gao Yingxiang sat on a high platform, which was the center for his command of operations. Around the high platform, there were hundreds of drums, and flags were placed on the platform. Under the platform,

An orderly soldier was waiting there, ready to receive orders at any time and then rush to all directions of the position.

This high platform is within the attack range of the opponent's trebuchet.

Gao Yingxiang rejected his flag officer's suggestion that he step down from the high platform, and still sat there, looking coldly at the trebuchet in the distance.

Behind the fence of the military camp, two giant crossbows were being pushed out by soldiers. The felt cloth covering them was torn off, revealing the ferocious face of this cold machine.

These are the two giant crossbows provided to Gaobu by Guiyang Road.

Gao Yingxiang knew all too well the value of a giant crossbow that could be freely disassembled and assembled at any time. Its range and power were comparable to the Eight Ox Crossbow.

The Eight Ox Crossbow is too huge and requires too many people to operate it. It is basically impossible to follow the army. It is more often used to defend the city.

The giant crossbow developed by the Song Army perfectly overcomes the weaknesses of the Eight Ox Crossbow.

Currently, this giant crossbow only requires four people to complete all operations.

An iron cradle was inserted into the machine frame. The two soldiers stood facing each other and grabbed the cradle and turned it hard. Then they could see the thick bowstring being pulled apart bit by bit, and with the sound

There was a clicking sound, and another soldier next to him put a crossbow with a thin arm into the groove.

Different from ordinary crossbow guns, the front end of this crossbow gun is tightly wrapped with some packages, and the long leads hang down.

The ballista was hunched over, his eyes were at the same level as the ballista. He squinted and muttered something to himself. Then he took a knife from his belt, carefully cut off part of the lead, and then pointed it to the side.

nodded.

In the distance, the cheers of the Dali army came, accompanied by a huge roar.

The soldiers raised their heads and followed the huge stone bullet flying in the sky.

When a big thing weighing more than a hundred kilograms flies over, the people below actually feel like they are resigned to their fate. If it really wants to land on your head, even if it touches you, it will be a dead end.

However, generally speaking, this thing is not used to kill people. Its greater function is to destroy buildings.

With a loud bang, boulders fell, and a barracks in the camp suddenly turned into rubbish, and even a sentry tower next to the barracks collapsed. The soldiers above screamed and fell. After falling, they fell again.

He crawled out with his hands and feet tied, limping and cursing.

"Fire!" Shi Chang roared.

The fuse was ignited, burning with a chirp, and then a small mallet was hammered down, hitting the mechanism of the crossbow. The crossbow arrow came out with a sharp whistling sound.

Gao Yingxiang's eyes followed the huge crossbow arrow forward.

Looking at the falling trajectory, Gao Yingxiang couldn't help but frown. It was so close that it could only hit the opponent's formation, but could not reach the opponent's trebuchet.

Killing and injuring human lives has little meaning.

But the next moment, Gao Yingxiang stood up suddenly.

The crossbow arrow indeed landed closer, and it stuck right in the middle of the enemy's formation. A Dali soldier below was pinned to the ground by the huge crossbow arrow, which was extremely miserable.

But that doesn't matter.

What's important is the next moment, when everyone's eyes fell on the dead soldier, the sound of a huge explosion resounded through the battlefield, overwhelming all other noises.

Then, with the crossbow as the center of the dense army protecting the trebuchet, there was no one standing within a few steps around it, and an irregular circle appeared.

At this time, another crossbow arrow flew towards another trebuchet with a screaming sound.

This one had great luck. With a snap, it stuck on the thick base pillar of the trebuchet.

The huge kinetic energy of the crossbow arrow allowed him to break the pillar that was directly hit in half, and then stuck it diagonally on the ground. The trebuchet shook a few times, and it was not the most core support, so it had little impact on the trebuchet.

But the sound of the subsequent explosion caused the trebuchet to shake more and more. Amid everyone's exclamations, the behemoth that took less than half a month began to tilt slowly, and the soldiers below scattered in all directions.

With a loud crash, the trebuchet fell to the ground and turned into a pile of rubbish.

Gao Yingxiang let out a heavy breath.

A smile appeared on his face.

It wasn't because of the collapse of the two trebuchets. Even without such sharp weapons, he could have come up with other ways to destroy the opponent, but it would just cost more.

What he values ​​​​is the opponent's morale, which suddenly fell to the bottom because of the two strikes of the ballista.

He stood up, stretched out his hand to hold a flag in front of him, and was about to issue an order to let the troops who had been prepared to rush out and catch the opponent by surprise to expand the victory.

I pulled out the flag, but felt a little cold on my face.

Gao Yingxiang looked up and felt more raindrops on his face.

It's raining!

He put the flag back in front of him.

The heavy rain came as soon as it was said to be coming.

In an instant, it fell like a pouring water, so densely that both sides could only hear its sound and never see its shadow.

The ravines on the ground were filled with rainwater in the blink of an eye.

In weather like this, there is no need to talk about fighting.

Listening carefully to the sound of the golden gong coming from the opposite side to withdraw troops, Gao Yingxiang also uttered two words.

"Ming Jin!"

The rain not only fell heavily, but also lasted for a long time.

When night gradually fell, although the rain slowed down, it still had no intention of stopping. Gao Yingxiang, wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, patrolled the military camp.

At this time, one has to admire Gao Yingxiang for building a one-meter-high earth platform before setting up camp.

At this moment, under the earth platform, the yellow muddy water was flowing, like a rolling river. It looked extremely scary, but above the high platform and inside the military tent, it was still dry.

Gao Yingxiang, who was standing with his sword in hand, looked toward the southwest. Although he could see nothing at the moment, Dong Xian's army was stationed in that direction.

"Old man Dong, you are going to suffer a lot now!" Gao Yingxiang sneered.

"General, if there is another battle, they will disperse on their own without us fighting!" One of the guards laughed.

Dong Xian's camp is indeed in a worrying situation right now.

Not to mention the tent of an ordinary soldier, it was Dong Xian's own tent of the Chinese Army. The water inside it at the moment was no more than ankle-deep.

Dong Xian stood behind the big case with a livid face. Below him stood two rows of generals, all of whom had extremely ugly expressions.

Their feet were soaked in the rain, and above their heads, the sound of rain hitting the military tent was even more disturbing. If it rained like this, their camp might not be able to be saved.
To be continued...