The defenders who were closer kept shouting and cursing.
The ladder truck, which had a corner broken, did not overturn after all. Many Beidi people who climbed the ladder turned from worry to joy and began to cheer.
"I'll follow the example of a little bow dog, with one eye closed!"
Si Hu bulged his bull's eye, raised his hand angrily, and threw two more flying guns. Although only one shot was accurate, the power of the explosion caused the ladder truck to shake violently again.
In addition, there were splashing iron fragments and diffuse arsenic.
Under everyone's gaze, the huge ladder truck soon fell to the ground with a rumble, and its wooden body was shattered to pieces.
Many Beidi people were also smashed to death on the ground.
Even those who came to help were suddenly poisoned by arsenic dust and turned blue in the face.
"Brother Mu, what's up?"
"pretty."
Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the transformation of the flying musket was successful.
This weapon was popular in the Kingdom of Jin in the previous life. The difference is that it was originally used as a fire-breathing spear, not for throwing.
Xu Mu was helpless.
As a ladder truck overturned, a wave of morale suddenly erupted on the top of the Hezhou city. Di Gou who climbed the wall was killed with a single blow. Coupled with a lot of city defense equipment, in a short time,
Let the whole battle become a stalemate.
…
"Zhao Qingyun, what is that?" Tuoba Zhao frowned again while riding on his horse. He couldn't figure out how good and capable a small wine-making owner could be in blocking Beidi's army again and again.
"I still don't know."
"You are such a waste." Tuoba Zhao raised his whip in displeasure and slapped him again.
Zhao Qingyun lowered his head, his face suddenly turned cold.
"Come here, let's inform the frontline troops that we have conquered Hezhou and go south to massacre ten cities. Everyone will have a happy time!" Tuoba Zhao rode forward and roared twice.
Just waiting for the word to spread from the various princes, Beidi's morale, which was originally a little depressed, became fierce again.
"Zhao Qingyun, take a good look at how we Beidi people raise wolves!"
Zhao Qingyun raised his head and showed a flattering smile.
…
"Arrow! Don't let Di Gou get close to the city gate!"
The flying arrows all over the sky made a whistling sound and were thrown two hundred steps away in front of the city gate. The Di people's phalanx was disrupted again.
The goshawk in the sky circled for a while, and seeing that there were no torches to burn it, it flew down again insidiously, pecking out the eyes of many defenders.
Chang Wei shouted in anger, picked up a halberd, threw it into the sky, and flew two goshawks together.
"Get a fire and drive away these dirty things!"
The goshawks had just retreated far away, and the catapults covering the march roared overhead again, bursting many city walls. Along with them, there were horse arrows fired by the enemy cavalry, one after another, and they shot
The entire city wall is crumbling.
The defenders, holding their breath, had no choice but to avoid the parapet again and bent over tightly.
"General Xu, Di Gou's offensive is getting tighter and tighter." Yu Wen breathed a sigh of relief. Blood was already seeping from the armor on his shoulders. It was obvious that he had been hit by a machete.
Xu Mu was not surprised. If Beidi wanted to take over the Central Plains, then this Hezhou city would be the biggest obstacle.
Otherwise, they would not have assembled nearly 300,000 troops and tried to capture it in one fell swoop.
By now, the stalemate battle has passed for more than half a day. There are countless layers of corpses piled up in the moat outside the city. It is estimated that there is no need to build bridges.
"The baggage is somewhat insufficient. I have asked the peasants to boil water."
It has to be said that the situation is getting more and more dangerous. If it were just an ordinary army of 300,000 people, they might be able to defend it with the high walls and high walls.
But the Beidi dogs in front of them were clearly equipped with sophisticated siege equipment, including such thankless things as bamboo curtains and shields.
When the fire and rocks stopped, the roar of the Di people nearby could be heard in the ears.
"Change camp!" Lian Yong, his face covered with dust and smoke, raised his knife and shouted.
Several teams of reserve battalions climbed up the city wall with swords and bows. The civilians who came in, with red eyes, quickly helped the wounded who retreated to a safe open space.
Some soldiers had just stepped off the city wall, then turned around and died, coughing blood. They were still standing just because they had the courage to defend their homes and country.
"Save people, save people quickly." An injured general shouted angrily.
Several military doctors came over and trembled to help stop the bleeding.
"I want to kill Di Gou——"
The injured general had his entire arm broken, but he still looked in the direction of the city and gritted his teeth.
…
Xu Mu walked to the top of the city and looked at the city gate in front of him. The bamboo curtains and shields protecting the siege equipment were getting closer and closer.
"cover."
The flying arrows in the sky were firmly blocked by the bamboo curtain shield. The phalanx with only a few infantry fell down in large numbers.
"Shield, raise your shield!" Lian Yong said hurriedly on top of the city.
The enemy cavalry outside the city came roaring in a roundabout way, and shot out bursts of horse arrows, which pierced many of the defenders' tiger shields, and the layers of arrows were airtight.
"Si Hu, throw the flying musket."
The power of the flying fire gun was acceptable, but this time, the Di people clearly used a three-layer bamboo shield to block the explosion of the flying fire gun.
Xu Mu's eyes trembled. He hated those traitors more than Di Gou now. If it weren't for these people, Beidi wouldn't have such siege equipment.
He was a little afraid. When he first guarded Wangzhou, King Guli had very little luggage left. Otherwise, he would not die again if he really wanted to.
"Yu Wen, have someone pour kerosene on the wood and remember to remove the iron rope."
"Xu, what is General Xu going to do?"
"Don't ask." Xu Mu gritted his teeth.
Without the iron rope, the rolling wood can only be used once. When poured with kerosene, it can become a rolling fire wood.
Not long after, under Xu Mu's command, the wood poured with kerosene immediately broke the iron rope and was thrown down the city wall.
"Divine Bow!"
In mid-air, several sharp-headed archers roared and shot out rockets one after another.
The fallen wood was immediately covered in flames and was constantly being crushed towards the Di people's siege equipment. At least four or five of the baggage equipment were suddenly set on fire, burning fiercely.
In just a moment, a sea of fire made from more than a dozen huge oak trees temporarily blocked the Beidi army and the baggage that was about to be pushed in front of the moat.
Vaguely, I could also smell the fishy aroma of meat.
Xu Mu's eyes were cold, and his face was yellowed by the gunpowder smoke.
The reason why Hezhou City is in danger is nothing more than the baggage. Without these baggage, the pressure of defending the city will be much easier.
"Six thousand riders!" He turned his head and looked at the thousands of people in the city.
Headed by Chang Wei, everyone's face has a look of death.
If there were other choices, Xu Mu would not be a fool and use six thousand horses to attack Di Gou's siege baggage.
There is no other way, this is the fucking choice. Before the sea of fire ignited by the fire outside is extinguished, this is the best opportunity right now.
"Wearing iron armor."
The few thick iron armors were quickly put on by the thousands of people. Obviously, the number was not enough, and many people were still wearing simple leather armors.
"Each person takes a fire rock, three cans of fire oil, two iron spears, and a long knife with a rope hook."
Xu Mu put on his thick iron armor and got on top of General Feng. Si Hu didn't find a suitable one, so he simply tore off his clothes and left his upper body bare.
"I want to take you out and tell those Beidi bastards outside how cavalry battles are fought! If we die, we will leave our loyal names on the green mountains and call ourselves heroes in bamboo books."
"Since there is no savior hero in the world, we will be heroes ourselves!"
"Six thousand knights, follow me out into battle——"