Since yesterday, the military formations outside the city have been gathering one after another, advancing towards the four gates. The soldiers have all been clad, their bows have been strung, and the siege equipment has been lined up in front of the formation.&{}..{}At that time
Ladders have not yet appeared in Bayuan, but siege engines have begun to be used in wars, and there are several styles of siege engines.
The most common one is the siege archery tower. A high platform is set up on a cart. There is also a bunker on the high platform. Soldiers can climb up the high platform to shoot arrows into the city. When the cart is pushed all the way to the base of the city wall, the soldiers on the high platform can
Jump on the city wall to fight.
There is another thing called city climbing slope, in which a thick raft or plank is erected in front to resist arrows, and above it is a sloping thick plank, which can be moved forward on a vehicle, or can be carried forward by strong soldiers hiding underneath.
Once the city climb is against the city wall, the siege soldiers can rush up the city wall from the bottom of the city along the inclined wooden planks.
Another kind of ordnance is called a battering ram. The top of the main body is a huge wood covered with metal. There are many handrails on both sides of the big wood. Wooden boards or shields are often nailed to the top of the handrails to block flying stones and arrows. It can be mounted on a vehicle.
It can also be carried by two teams of soldiers, mainly used to break open city gates, and sometimes used to attack fortresses, such as breaking through walls.
These large-scale siege ordnance is inconvenient to transport over long distances, so they are often made from local materials by the sergeants led by Gonggong, and the young army is ready. Siege towers, climbing city slopes, and battering rams are lined up in a row, and the neat troops
The formation was solemn and majestic. Standing on the city wall and looking out, it was frightening. The Lord of Hongyuan City's legs felt weak.
Shaowu's army has been besieging the city for five days, and rumors have spread in the city during these five days. There are even rumors that Xiangqiong has been captured by Shaowu. Feihong City is the last city of Xiangshi Kingdom that has not been captured. This is not the last.
It was fatal, but not many people believed it anyway, but the nearby Guxiong City area was safe and sound. The people were not only comforted, but also went home to harvest wheat.
This makes the people in Feihong City feel that the city perimeter does not have to be defended. Why bother fighting with the Shaowu Army? Therefore, these days, Feihong City has not effectively organized a defensive army formation. If the army does not attack, Feihong City will
The food in the warehouse in Hongcheng is enough to last for half a year, but as long as the young minister orders an attack on the city, the Lord of Hongyuan City knows that he cannot defend it. His only hope is that the Xiangshi Kingdom sends a large army to help.
However, so many days have passed, and the news of the young minister raising troops should have reached the capital of Xiangshi. However, there is no trace of reinforcements. Now, the army outside the city suddenly prepared to attack by force, and everyone in the city is panicked. Except for
With the original three garrison formations and the two militia formations that were barely cobbled together, Feihong City had no other defensive forces to climb the city.
Shaowutun gathered heavy troops at the north gate, which was obviously the main direction of attack. When the war drums beat and the siege vehicles and military formations slowly moved forward, Hongyuan stood on the tower and felt that his body was shaking with the drums.
The oppressive aura that hit his face made him breathless. The captain of the personal guard stretched out his hand to help the city lord stand firm.
Whether to fight or surrender, the time has come to make a choice, but the city lord can't make up his mind. The people in the city may be fine, but he, a royal nobleman of the Xiangshi Kingdom, will have a good end if he falls into the hands of the young minister.
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In any case, Hongyuan has not forgotten the responsibilities of the city lord, and ordered the young men in the city to mount the city wall to defend, and the ordnance for the city defense was also distributed. As for whether it will be effective, and whether the people will actually fight, Hongyuan is sincere in his heart.
Very hopeless.
Seeing the military formation approaching the city walls, the sound of war drums suddenly stopped, and the Bashi Kingdom army separated to the left and right. They made way outside the north gate and left a carriage in the middle of the avenue. This carriage was made of special wood.
It is made of snow white, with natural wood grain decoration, and has been refined with special magic power, making it light and strong.
There were two snow-white horses in front of the carriage, but there were no drivers. There was no hood on the carriage, and two people were sitting side by side, the young minister on the left and the tiger boy on the right. This scene attracted the attention of everyone on the city wall, and they were still close.
It was far away, and it was impossible for ordinary people to see clearly who was in the car, but someone had already shouted: "That is the car of Bajun Shaowu, and the people in the car are Bajun Shaowu and Mr. Peng Keng!"
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Immediately afterwards, someone shouted: "It's the young gentleman. He and Ba Jun are sitting in the car and rushing to the city gate!"
The Shaowu army did not move, but only one carriage was dispatched. There was no driver to control the horses, but the two snow-white horses came straight towards the north gate like psychics, walking slowly and extremely smoothly. Of course it was impossible for the Shaowu
I found two horse demons pulling a cart in front of the formation, but Huwa was actually controlling the horses with invisible sword energy.
How can the invisible sword energy be used in this way? After Huwa's cultivation reached the completion of the fifth realm and nine turns, he has cultivated this magical power to the extreme of the current state. One of the foundations of cultivating the invisible sword energy is to control invisible things.
, Huwa mastered it when he was very young. He once used to control water droplets to extinguish the rockets shooting from the sky.
Now he can turn his sharp edge into something invisible, and can even control the wind without seeing it. He can just condense it into an invisible soft rope, tie it to the horse and control it. This magical power is exerted quietly, without even leaving a trace.
Even Xin Lan, a fifth-level monk standing on the city wall, was secretly frightened. Ordinary people only saw the carriage coming on its own, but she didn't understand who it was and what methods were used to control the carriage.
This carriage came slowly from a place far outside the city, leaving enough time for the people in the city to react. The shouts on the city wall soon spread, and many people in the city also heard about it, and the results continued.
Some people flocked to the city wall and stood on tiptoe to watch the excitement. Many people just wanted to see the young minister with their own eyes, and even more wanted to see the true face of the young gentleman.
The city walls on both sides of the north gate were soon crowded with people. If the military formation of the Shaowu Army rushed up to attack the city at this time, the sergeant standing at the front would not be able to turn around, let alone fight with his arms.
The soldier village treasure was standing not far from Hongyuan City Lord. His attention was completely attracted by the carriage outside the city. At this moment, he suddenly frowned and looked to both sides, and lowered his voice and said: "Mr. City Lord, the people in the city are all here."
Swarm up to the city wall and look at that car. If the enemy attacks the city, the military formation will not be able to move at all. If you really want to defend the city, you should order the irrelevant people to remove the city wall."
Hong Yuan's eyes were still looking at the carriage, and he subconsciously replied: "The military formation is still far away. Only the carriage of the young minister is coming. If the enemy really attacks the city, the people will go down." The city lord was also very happy.
Doubts - What does Ba Jun mean? How did he leave the army and come to the city gate like this?
The carriage got closer and closer, and those with good eyesight could already clearly see the appearance of Shaowu and Huwa. Someone shouted on the city wall: "I saw it, it's Ba Jun and Mr. Xiao. They are indeed a wise king and an expert."
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Although there were only two people in a carriage, the city lord's personal guards seemed extremely nervous. The captain of the guard had already subconsciously raised his bow and arrow, aiming at the young minister on the carriage. At this time, the carriage stopped, only a shot away from the city tower.
, already within the bow and arrow range of the guard captain of this man with strong arms. After a while, the carriage actually took another three steps forward, getting even closer!
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The young general left the formation behind, but he came to the city by himself in a carriage, looking very courageous. Just now on the carriage, he used his spiritual consciousness to converse with Huwa quietly: "Junior brother, if we leave the city tower and there are ordinary soldiers
At a distance of one shot, if a master like Mr. Changling shoots an arrow with all his strength, are you sure you can catch it?"
Huwa replied: "I am quite familiar with Mr. Changling's cultivation. If he shoots an arrow with all his strength from an ordinary person's shooting distance, I can cast a spell to deflect it. But if the opponent has several Northern Swordsmen,
If a general like the general draws his bow and fires a volley on the city, I'm afraid I can only protect you and abandon the car and retreat. If you block it and run away, there should be no problem. As long as you don't stay where you are, there will be no danger."
The Shaowu smiled and said: "If that's the case, I didn't come here in vain. Both of us will have to make the people on the city wall laugh. As far as I know, the number one master in Feihong City is the Five Realm Women's Kingdom."
Gong Xinlan, there are no generals like Beidao clan, let alone a group of them who will suddenly appear."
While they were talking, the carriage stopped at the first shot, and there were people on the city tower with bows and arrows. The young minister said again: "Huh? There is really someone with bows. Junior brother, please take the carriage three steps forward!"
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The enemy army was approaching the city, and the soldiers were drawing their bows and setting arrows. This was a normal thing! But the action of the guard captain shocked the Lord of Hongyuan City. He quickly reached out and put his hand on the arrow and said: "What do you want to do! Li Li
It's so far away, and there's a young gentleman next to the young minister, how can he hit it? ... No matter whether it hits or not, if you shoot your arrow towards Ba Jun, we will all be dead."
You may survive if you surrender in Kaicheng, or if you are defeated and captured, you may survive, but if you order your personal guards to take the initiative to shoot an arrow at Bajun, you will definitely be dead! If Shaowu captures Feihong City afterwards, the people may be exempted, and Hong
Yuan Ze is not guilty, the city lord is very clear-headed, and he has no determination to die for the city.
The guard captain said: "Sir, you have an idea whether to fight or to surrender!"
Hongyuan: "Mr. Xiao and I are old friends. Ba Jun and Mr. Xiao came to the city in the same car. They must have something to say. Let's listen to their intentions before making any arguments!"
At this time, the Shaowu had already stood up, saluted with clasped fists at the city tower and the city walls on the left and right sides, and then used his magic power to speak loudly: "Fellow elders of Feihong City, I am Shaowu Bajun, son of Houlin, She
The great-grandson of Geng, a descendant of Yanzhao. A hundred years ago, there was civil strife in the clan of the Ba Kingdom. The Ba Yuan kingdoms were divided into five, and now there are the Xiangshi and Zhengshi kingdoms.
I have succeeded Ba Jun for more than a year. I have been protected by gods, blessed by my ancestors, the weather is smooth, and all the people live in peace. Because I found out that Zheng Jun and Zheng Gu sent thugs to assassinate me a year ago, massacred innocent caravans, and conquered Zheng Gu to question me.
His crime was that he unexpectedly raised troops and invaded the border on a large scale without any reason, massacred the border residents and plundered the people.
How can I, as the Lord, sit back and watch my people suffer, and launch a large army to counterattack and pacify the homeland of Ba? Xiangqiong is about to tie up his hands, and the army has arrived at Feihong City. The chaos among the countries a hundred years ago was actually a rebellion within the clan. I can't bear to see all the people because of the clan's affairs.
And suffered from the disaster of war, so the army did not cause any harm to the people.
City Lord Hong Yuan on the north gate, please open the city to welcome the army of Ba Kingdom, and do not intimidate the innocent people in the city to suffer. It is the time of autumn, and the wheat is yellow in the fields and no one has harvested it. Do you want to cut off the harvest of all the people in the city in the coming year? Livelihood? After I enter the city, I will exempt the people from taxes and servitude for one year, and regard all the people of Feihong City as the citizens of Ba!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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