The leading troops of Rong Di quickly entered the firing range of the Sky-shaking Cannon. Ji Lin ordered the cannon to be fired without hesitation, and a Sky-shaking Cannon shell roared out.
Several Rongdi soldiers raised their heads and looked at the cannonballs that hit them. They had never seen this thing before, and they thought it was just an ordinary stone bullet. They reminded their companions around them to raise their shields.
How much damage can such a small stone bullet cause? It is estimated that it cannot even hit an ordinary shield.
There were only two people with their hearts in their throats, and that was King Red Di and Bullechuan. Bullechuan even felt a little gloating about his misfortune, but King Rongdi didn't want to listen to his advice. Be wise.
King Red Di was different from what he thought. When Ji Jie didn't appear, Zhentian Run and Thunderbolt didn't appear either. These two things also appeared just after he came back. Is it just a coincidence?
No, definitely not!
If the defenders have such a powerful weapon, can they still attack the border city?
The people of Rong Di had just recovered their strength, but they could not withstand a big blow. King Chi Di did not want King Rong Di to make the same mistake again, but he remembered what King Rong Di said before the war, and he began to retreat in his heart.
"boom……"
The sky-shattering cannon exploded, causing people within five feet of the surrounding area to flip on their backs. Hundreds of shrapnel flew in all directions, followed by soldiers falling all around, and screams one after another.
King Rong Di's eyes widened. He hoped that the people around him would tell him that what he saw was not real, but looking around, everyone's faces were full of horror.
Thinking about what King Chi Di and Bu Lechuan had said, King Rong Di suddenly realized.
However, King Rong Di still had some illusions. After all, the Sky-shattering Cannon exploded one by one. Although it was extremely lethal, it did not have much impact on the overall situation. As long as he could rush to the city wall, the new ladder could If it comes in handy, it can save the defeat immediately.
"Keep charging!" Emperor Rong waved his command flag.
Then the bows and crossbows fired in unison, and the Rongdi soldiers raised their leather shields and continued to charge forward.
The leather shields of the Rongdi people are superior to wooden shields and iron shields to a large extent. Especially when the animal skins are soaked with water before the war, they can not only resist ordinary bow and crossbow arrows, but also cannot be damaged by the rockets.
The feather arrow was shot on the leather shield, and the weak one was bounced away directly. The strong one could only penetrate an inch deep, and was caught by the extremely elastic leather. It could not move forward even half a minute, so it could not hurt the people behind it. Soldier.
In the previous battles, the Rongdi people rushed to the bottom of the city wall in this way and set up ladders to rush up.
King Rong Di smiled and said to the people around him: "Ji Jie only has so much ability, and he can't stop my army at all. Just watch, we will definitely capture the border city today. Not only do I need the tens of thousands of stones stored in the city, Food and grass, but also the lives of the defenders! It has been passed down that if one person is beheaded, he will be rewarded with five taels of gold, two gold is ten taels, and so on, if more than three people are beheaded, cattle and sheep will be rewarded."
"Yes!" The messenger immediately went to deliver the order.
King Rong Di thought that everything was under his control, and the soldiers had already entered a position sixty feet away from the city wall.
Ji Jie on the city wall raised his hand, and two hundred personal guards raised their thunderbolt crossbows.
Forty-five feet away, Ji Jie put down his arms and shouted: "Let go!"
Two hundred thunderbolt bombs flew over the enemy formation and fell like raindrops, followed by a series of explosions. The enemy suffered heavy casualties. The phalanx that was pushing the ladder forward was the key target. Ji Jie had already made careful arrangements in front of the station. .
King Rong Di was sweating profusely. It was still too late to retreat at this time. He could only show his unprotected back to the enemy when he turned back.
He could only grit his teeth and rush forward. He gritted his teeth and waved the flag several times.
The scene in front of him was like the hell of Shura. Bullechuan was no longer in the mood to watch the excitement. He and King Chi Di came to find King Rong Di and persuaded him to temporarily stop the army.
"No!" King Rongdi maintained a rare calmness and said: "It is not good for us to withdraw our troops at this time. The only way to resolve the crisis is to rush to the bottom of the city wall with all our strength. Give me the order for the reserve team to prepare to attack and assist the vanguard!"
"yes!"
More people rushed towards the city wall, and Ji Jie accepted them all.
The Sumeru Ring was really empty. Ji Jie did not lie to Ji Lin this time, so he asked his personal guards to save some money. If he could not force the Rongdi people back in one battle, he would have no choice but to retreat with his team.
Retreating would mean handing over the northern gate of the Yan Kingdom to the Rong Di people, and King Rong Di would be able to lead a large army to march straight in without any hindrance, putting the Yan Kingdom in danger.
Therefore, Ji Jie will not choose to retreat unless it is absolutely necessary. This is why Ji Lin has been holding on. Of course, waiting for Ji Jie's return is also a very important reason.
Half of the enemy's sixty ladders could no longer move forward and were stuck in place.
Although there are no thunderbolts or sky-shattering cannons, Ji Jie's Sumeru ring contains a lot of sulfur and saltpeter. He took the time to buy it after arriving in Yan State. Of course, the person who sold it to him didn't know what he was going to use it for. .
Sulfur and saltpeter are both flammable substances. When burned, they will emit highly irritating gases that can make people choke and make them burst into tears.
"Come two hundred people and transport things with me!" Ji Jie ran to a warehouse under the city, asked everyone to wait outside with carts, and then sent sulfur and saltpeter one cart at a time to the city wall.
The whole piece was thrown at the foot of the city wall. Although everyone didn't know the reason why Ji Jie did this, everyone worked very hard.
At this time, the Rongdi people rushed to the bottom of the wall and began to drag the rope of the ladder.
"Set fire!" Ji Jie threw down the torch, and everyone followed suit.
A burst of extremely irritating white smoke followed, covering the enemy soldiers below like a thick fog.
There were coughs everywhere, and the ladder that had just been pulled up fell down, throwing the people on it to pieces.
"Throw logs, rocks, and kerosene all down!"
The soldiers took the opportunity to kill and kill numerous enemy soldiers.
"Retreat quickly, Ming Jin..." King Rong Di shouted hysterically regardless of his identity.
"Hit the drowned dog!" Ji Jie took action, firing his bow and arrows at the retreating enemy soldiers.
Although Ji Lin was told to save some at the beginning, she didn't save at all. She threw the Sky Cannons out one after another, as if they were free things.
Ji Jie raised his head and saw a team running quickly from the south. They were led by three generals holding giant axes. They were obviously different from the soldiers behind them who were wearing Yan armor.
"Haha, the three brothers of the Xiong family have arrived. It's just the right time!" Ji Jie waved his hand boldly and said, "The new army is responsible for defending the city. The old army will rush out with me and cooperate with the reinforcements inside and outside!"
After Ji Lin garrisoned the border town, she sent people to Jicheng, the capital, to ask for help. However, the King of Yan did not have any soldiers to mobilize, so he had no choice but to recruit new soldiers. The three Xiong brothers volunteered and picked out two thousand soldiers from each of their formations. The recruits who performed well came to the grassland in great force.
After several days of running wildly, 6,000 people could have reached the border town yesterday afternoon. After Xiong Kui saw that the border town was heavily besieged, he decisively ordered an ambush 40 miles south, waiting for the enemy to attack suddenly from behind. , kill them by surprise!
Xiong Kui was not stupid. He knew that if these 6,000 new troops were to go head-to-head with 20,000 enemies, the result would be annihilation. If Xiong Ba and Xiong Bi were to make the decision, they would definitely choose to charge forward regardless of the cost.
The attack was thwarted, and King Rong Di didn't even have time to adjust his strategy, so how could he deal with the highly efficient strategy of combining internal forces and external forces.
The Rongdi people were attacked from both sides and were in chaos.