At about nine o'clock in the morning that day, many tattooed officers and soldiers saw six beautiful giant cranes flying in the distance. They couldn't help but look up curiously. Many people praised the beauty of the giant cranes, while others praised Mo Li and the generals.
It is said that the crane is an auspicious bird, so the crane's arrival is an auspicious sign of auspiciousness from the sky. It may indicate that reinforcements will soon arrive and the Sixteenth Army will soon be victorious.
A general of the Tattoo Army suggested to Mo Li: Let the soldiers ride on the big-eyed gray harriers to catch those giant cranes that were not flying fast, and present them to the Emperor of Tattoo as auspicious tributes to make up for the mistakes of the previous defeat.
But not long after the tattoo soldiers were happy, they were surprised to find that many rockets flew from six big cranes, landed on the grain and grass piles in the camp, and immediately caught fire! The tattoo officers and soldiers suddenly became busy and started to panic.
Pick up the bucket and basin and go to the pool not far away to get water to put out the fire.
Rockets continued to fall from the sky, igniting piles of grain and grass everywhere. More and more tattoo troops participated in putting out the fire, and they quickly put out the rising fires. Although the rockets burning grain and grass were a clever trick, they were unfortunately too few in number to keep up with thousands of tattoos.
The army's fire-fighting speed was so fast that almost all the grain and hay piles were wetted in a short time.
Some tattoo archers shot arrows at the big crane, but even if the strongest archer used the strongest bow to shoot, the height of the arrow was far from the big crane. Two tattoo archers mounted.
The only two remaining big-eyed gray harriers flew into the sky, trying to shoot the big crane or the rider on it. However, before they could reach a high enough height, they were hit by sharp arrows shot from the big crane and fell from mid-air.
Fell down.
One of the unfortunate guys fell on the hard ground and died on the spot. The other luckily fell into a wet pile of grain and grass and was dug out by his comrades. The two big-eyed gray harriers also slowly descended to the ground in the camp.
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The rockets flying down from the Qingyun Crane began to shoot at the dry weapons depots, and the tattoo army poured water on the burning weapons depots, quickly extinguishing the rising fires, so the damage to the weapons depots was not significant.
Half an hour later, the rockets carried by the Qi army finished shooting, and the big cranes flew away and disappeared into the woods in the distance. The tattoo soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and many people began to insult those who once said, "The big crane is auspicious."
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But not long after, the six beautiful giant cranes all flew back, came to the sky above the Tattoo Army camp, and continued to shoot rockets at the armory and accommodation tents. As a result, the Tattoo Army camp once again launched a fire-fighting and rescue operation.
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But as the water in the pool became less and less, the effect of extinguishing the fire became worse and worse. Finally, when the water in the pool dried up, the tattoo army could only watch half of the tents burned to the ground!
Two more brave tattooed archers mounted the big-eyed gray harrier and rose into the air. This time, the Qi army archers on the big crane no longer shot arrows at the tattooed troops on the big-eyed gray harrier, but kept firing arrows at them.
It circled and rose higher into the sky. The two tattooed men piloted the big-eyed gray harrier and also circled and chased upwards.
The speed of the big-eyed gray harrier was faster than that of the big crane. After a while, the height difference between the two sides was only less than 80 feet. The tattooed archers began to shoot arrows at the big crane in the sky, but most of the arrows missed, and even a few of them missed the target.
When the arrow hit, the tip of the arrow only lightly touched the crane's feathers before turning around and falling. A Qi army archer on the big crane even reached out and grabbed a tattoo arrow that was flying up slowly.
Seeing that the Qi Army archers on the big crane had risen high enough, they began to shoot arrows at the Tattoo Army on the big-eyed gray harrier below. The Qi Army arrows shot from top to bottom hit the Tattoo Army quickly and accurately.
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Soon, the two brave tattooed archers were stabbed with many sharp arrows, and they fell down one after another. They fell faster and faster, and finally hit the ground with the sound of howling wind.
Two bangs, and he fell out of shape!
The big-eyed gray harrier lost its driver and began to fly slowly and aimlessly, gradually landing downward. At this time, multiple ropes hung from the big crane of the Qi army, and there was a loop at the bottom of the rope. Qi
The military archers used collars above to lasso the two slow-flying big-eyed gray harriers.
After trying for a while, a Qi soldier caught the neck of a big-eyed gray harrier, so the Qi soldier asked his comrades to control the big crane, and he pulled the big-eyed gray harrier to fly to his camp. The other
After playing with the ring in the air for a while, the big-eyed gray harrier was also ensnared by its new toy, and was then pulled to fly towards the Qi army's camp.
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"It seems that it is difficult to burn all the food and fodder of the Tattoo Army!" Several generals of the Qi Army were disappointed by this.
Lu Jing discussed with several generals, and they all agreed that since the tattoo army's puddles were constantly replenished by streams, it would be difficult to burn the food and grass quickly, so he formulated a new "fatigue tactic"
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He divided six Qingyun cranes and four captured big-eyed gray harriers into two squads, and divided more than 40 archers into three squads, taking turns to carry out air strikes!
Starting from noon, the Tatmen Army saw three big cranes and two big-eyed gray harriers belonging to their own side hovering above the camp. At this time, all the dry tents had been burned out, and the damp piles of food, grass, and weapons
The warehouses and tents could not be burned. So the rockets from the big crane were fired at the tattooed officers and soldiers. Later, they gradually reduced the amount of arrow shooting, and instead lit the bundles of straw on fire and threw them at the black-armored officers and soldiers below.
Although rockets and fireweeds rarely hit people directly, these two things force all the tattoo soldiers to constantly look up to the sky, otherwise they may be hit. Because the sun is very strong, the grain and grass piles, weapons depots and
The water on the tent quickly evaporated a lot, so the rockets were fired at these flammable targets, and the Tatmadaw had to start watering the fire again.
The water in the pool has long been used up, and they can only wait for the stream to replenish slowly. Therefore, they can only protect the most important food and grass first, and move all the weapons in the arsenal to the open space, allowing rockets and fireweeds to destroy them.
The empty armory and all accommodation tents were burned down. Next, rockets and fireweeds began to focus on attacking siege weapons, such as ladders, mobile archery towers, crash carts, trebuchets, etc.
Two hours later, before nightfall, almost all the wooden parts of the siege equipment were reduced to ashes, and the few remaining metal parts that were not burned could not be used at all.
The tattooed officers and soldiers were looking forward to the coming of night so that the Qi army could not attack and so that they could take a rest after not sleeping all day and night.
The night came as they expected. But what was very disappointing was that the rockets and fireweeds shot by the Qi army in the sky still landed accurately on the pile of food and grass!
After the Tattoo Army wetted all the grain and grass piles again, they found that those rockets and fireweeds began to be thrown at the stationary crowds and horses. The most incredible thing for the Tattoo Army was that even though these stationary crowds and horses were surrounded by
Even in the darkness, the Qi army in the air could still spot them and accurately shoot rockets and fireweeds at them, forcing them to dodge or resist! Of course they could not have thought that this was the result of radar.
All the tattooed soldiers and horses were forced to keep moving all night, at least to keep their spirits awake, otherwise they would be hit by rockets or fireweeds! The tattooed soldiers were tired and angry, and they would
Those people who said "the big crane is an auspicious thing" were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, and they finally regained their temper.