The bed crossbow fired from the top of the city is not a true bed crossbow. The real bed crossbow can only fire a big arrow. The big arrow is three feet long and has a range of two miles. Its power can penetrate gold and crack rocks.
Strictly speaking, the bed crossbow that shoots five jackdaw arrows at one time is more like a repeating crossbow. Its killing range is not as good as the real bed crossbow. The range can reach 500 steps, but it is still more than enough to deal with heavy trebuchets 350 steps away.
Moreover, the jackdaw arrow is an iron arrow, and its lethality is equally astonishing. It can penetrate the enemy's armor from a distance of five hundred paces.
Because of the fear of the large crossbow arrows and jackdaw iron arrows, giant shields were gradually formed in actual combat to protect the trebuchets and operating soldiers.
This kind of guard board is made of logs nailed directly, and the bark is not peeled off. It is very rough, but also very strong. It can withstand the strong force of the crossbow and the heavy blow of the boulder.
Outside the North City, four hundred crossbows fired two thousand jackdaw arrows at once, hitting the eighteen heavy trebuchets outside the North City like a storm.
"Take shelter!" a commander shouted, and the soldiers hid behind the one-foot-high barrier.
After a round of arrow shooting, neither the trebuchet nor the soldiers suffered any losses, but dozens of cattle were unfortunately hit by arrows and fell down. The remaining cattle were sent to the rear in time by the Western soldiers.
The craftsmen seized the intermission and began to quickly adjust the trebuchet. Sixteen soldiers pushed the winch, and the long throwing rod was pulled down. Two soldiers placed an eighty-pound thin-skinned clay pot on the trebuchet, which was filled with fire.
Oil, this kind of clay pot broke into pieces when it fell to the ground. The outside of the pottery pot was also coated with a layer of kerosene. The soldiers lit it with a torch, and the whole pottery pot burned.
"emission!"
The commander shouted, and the heavy trebuchet was thrown out. Burning clay pots flew toward the city head. The fire and thick smoke trailed across the sky and hit the city head.
"Marshal Du, retreat quickly!"
The soldiers shouted, and hundreds of guards raised their shields high to guard Wanyanchang as he retreated toward the inner city wall.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Large clay pots fell to the ground and were smashed to pieces, black kerosene splashed out, and then they were ignited by the burning fragments and burned rapidly.
Some clay pots fell on the top of the city, some fell inside the urn, and some smashed on the city wall. There was smoke, wind and fire everywhere. Many soldiers were splashed with kerosene and burned, screaming and running away.
Hundreds of crossbows were ignited by kerosene and began to burn. "Dang! Dang! Dang!" The bells on the city top rang loudly, and the soldiers retreated towards the inner city wall.
Immediately afterwards, several rounds of fire oil were projected, and the entire city was burning with fire and thick smoke billowing. Even the city tower was engulfed in flames.
Chen Qing watched the fireworks billowing above the city, and Liu Cui whispered: "I feel that if we attack the city now, we should be able to capture the city wall."
Chen Qing said calmly: "There are no soldiers on the city anymore. A large iron fire mine would be enough to blow open the city gate, but this is not what I want. In street fighting in the city, the enemy has a far advantage over us."
"Your Highness wants to force them out?"
"Yes, but it doesn't have to be kerosene."
Chen Qing looked at the city and said slowly: "It depends on Cui Jiu's sincerity."
The Western Army's fire attack was more of a deterrent or a warning to undermine the morale of the Jin soldiers. After a whole morning's attack, fires were ignited inside and outside the three city walls, including hundreds of residential buildings.
Thick smoke filled the city, and the scorching heat of fireworks could be felt everywhere. Both the people and the soldiers were frightened.
It was not until noon that the Western Army finally stopped the fire attack and slowly retreated.
The military medical camp was in chaos. Thousands of soldiers were burned and needed urgent medical treatment. The military doctors were busy. At this time, Cui Jiu led the soldiers to deliver dozens of carts of medicine, all of which were collected from drug stores in the city.
medicinal materials.
"Warehouse, send it to the warehouse!"
Cui Jiu directed the soldiers to deliver dozens of carts to the warehouse. Liu Zhen hurriedly came up to him and said, "Manager Cui, there are too many medicinal materials. We can't fit them in the camp here. Moreover, they have to be sorted and collected from the warehouse."
Get some medicine to treat burns, we don’t have enough in stock here.”
"Then I'll leave it to you. You can sort the medicinal materials yourself, then send them to Cangcheng, and then get the medicine from Cangcheng."
Cui Jiu handed a sign to Liu Zhen, "With this sign, you can enter Cangcheng. Only five people can enter, and then all five people must come out. These large trucks can also transport medicinal materials, so make good use of it!"
After saying that, Cui Jiu patted the cart again. Only then did Liu Zhen notice that the bottom of the cart was generally thick. He realized Cui Jiu's hint. Could it be that the bottom of the cart was empty?
After everyone left, Liu Zhencai and Jiang Tao looked carefully one by one. There were more than thirty large trucks in total, but they were basically all with solid floors and no hollows. Liu Zhen was really disappointed.
"Shopkeeper, come and see this!" Jiang Tao noticed.
Liu Zhen walked over quickly and tapped the bottom with a wooden stick, making a hollow sound. The bottom of the cart was empty. Cui Jiu had indeed made arrangements for himself.
In the afternoon, Liu Zhen led four of his men and followed a dozen large trucks to the warehouse.
When they arrived at the gate of Cangcheng, they were stopped by soldiers. The first commander stepped forward and asked, "Are you a military medical camp?"
Cui Jiu has already said hello. Too many soldiers were burned by the fire, and the military medical battalion is coming to get medicinal materials.
Liu Zhen quickly stepped forward and said: "We are the staff of the military medical camp's pharmacy, this is the brand."
He took out the sign and handed it to the commander. The commander looked at the sign, then looked at the convoy and said: "Only five people can enter at most. The driver cannot enter. Wait outside!"
The drivers got out of the car one after another and went to wait outside. Next was the inspection and frisking process. All the medicinal materials were unloaded from the vehicle. After the soldiers opened the medicine packages and checked that they were correct, they reloaded them into the vehicle. The bottom of the large vehicle was also checked to prevent anyone.
Hide under the car.
Then all four of Liu Zhen's subordinates were carefully searched, and the commander said: "You are not allowed to bring fire in. All operations must be carried out under the supervision of soldiers, for up to one hour. This is a rule. It is very strict. Do you understand?"
"we know!"
The commander waved his hand, and dozens of soldiers drove the carriage into the warehouse. They went directly to the medicine warehouse.
"Everyone unload the medicinal materials and park the cart next to the warehouse!"
The medicinal materials were very heavy, so all the soldiers helped to carry the medicinal materials into the warehouse. At this time, a dark shadow flashed in the carriage and quickly hid behind the warehouse.
Everyone found the needed medicinal materials in the medicinal material warehouse and loaded the medicinal materials onto the carriage. The soldiers drove the cart out of the warehouse. Liu Zhen and others also sat on the cart. From beginning to end, their every move was monitored.
Under the supervision of soldiers.
After counting the carriages and the number of people, the commander waved his hand and the warehouse door slowly closed.
Liu Zhen took the carriage back to the military medical camp, and the clerk started busy making medicines and delivering medicines to treat burns to the military doctors.
Liu Zhen found an opportunity and knocked on the bottom of the special carriage with a stick. It was empty and Chang Song who was hiding inside was gone.
Two more days passed, and everything was fine. People were constantly coming in and out of the Cangcheng, carrying food and fodder.
At midnight on the third day, the warehouse was silent. A dark figure appeared behind the fodder warehouse. It was Chang Song who had been hiding in the warehouse for three days. They did not move that day because they were worried that Jin Bing would suspect Cui Jiuhe and went to the military medical camp.
It was not until three days later that many people came in and out of the warehouse, covering up the traces of the military medical camp, that Chang Song took action.
He has already figured out the location of the forage warehouses. There are a total of sixteen forage warehouses, all close together. Each warehouse contains hundreds of thousands of hay or black beans. The two warehouses are more than thirty steps apart.
It's not necessarily possible to burn them all.
Chang Song's strong martial arts skills began to fully manifest. He ran in the dark, lit two short torches, and threw them directly from the transom into the two warehouses on the left and right. He continued running at an extremely fast speed, throwing the lit torches one after another.
Entered Cangcheng.
But when he was throwing seven torches and the eighth torch, he was discovered by the soldiers patrolling the city. "There is fire!" someone shouted.
"Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!" The alarm sounded loudly on the top of the city, and soldiers began to run down.
Chang Song had already thrown in fourteen torches, and the warehouse in front was filled with thick smoke and fierce fire, with tongues of flame spitting out from the transom.