Several buglers stood at the forefront of the formation, waiting for Wang Quanbin's order to blow the attack horn!
The horns in their hands are all made of rhinoceros horns, which are tough and fine in texture. The sound they make is loud and crisp, and can travel a long distance!
One hundred thousand troops came to the city, and a strong sense of oppression hit us!
Especially at this time, the clouds are overcast, the sky is dark, and the wind and rain are blowing. The cold iron armor and stern eyes exude a murderous aura!
Red lanterns were lit one after another in the Song Army's formation, and there was a lantern holder for every thirty people.
This kind of red lantern was originally used in camps to facilitate night duty, but now it comes in handy!
The lampshade of the lantern is made of special red silk, as thin as a cicada's wing. It not only has good light transmittance, but also has good air permeability. Even if it is rained on, it can dry quickly, because the rainwater will not slide enough on it and almost no water will stick to it!
In the misty dark night, countless red lights
When attacking a city, it is natural to have the momentum of attacking a city!
Yuan Zishan and Chang Zijin held up the umbrellas handed over by a Song soldier just now, and looked quietly at the Song army in front of them! The overwhelming momentum gave people a strong sense of oppression! Every soldier stood like a javelin
His upright, resolute face showed indomitable determination, and the sharp spear tip shone with a bloody light under the red light, revealing a strong murderous aura!
The heavy cavalry and war horses were silent, but it made people feel a kind of terrifying depression, as if a volcano was about to erupt, and once it released its flames, it would destroy everything!
The ten trebuchets were slowly pushed to a suitable position in front of the formation. They were not only outside the range of the opponent's crossbows, but also as close as possible to the opponent. In this way, the stone projectiles thrown could cover the widest attack range! Inflicting the greatest damage to the enemy
Damage! The trebuchets used by the Song Army followed the Tang Dynasty model and were quite powerful! It is said that the trebuchets used by the Tang Dynasty when fighting Goguryeo could throw stone projectiles weighing more than 300 kilograms, causing heavy damage to Goguryeo's wooden city gates.
! Nowadays, it is no problem to use it to attack Xingzhou City Gate. No matter how thick the city gate is, it is still wooden. If one stone bullet is not enough, just two, if two is not enough, then four! But the flight path of the stone bullet is a large upward curve.
Curved, the trajectory of the stone bullets when they fall is almost perpendicular to the ground, and the city gate is usually retracted several feet away from the door opening, so the stone bullets usually cannot hit the city gate, so the stone bullets nowadays are mostly used to bombard the city walls or city walls.
The enemy's baggage is overhead!
Each trebuchet is controlled by four soldiers! When pushing the cart, four people work together. After arriving at the designated location, one person is responsible for placing the stone balls. Of course, most of them are earth balls now. After all, making stone balls is troublesome, while the other three
Responsible for pulling the cannon tip attached to the crossbar and firing stone projectiles! The slingers are ready to throw stones!
The Song Army's twenty ballistae carts were lined up in a row, and the arrows of the giant crossbows were packed with gunpowder! Unlike the three-bow crossbow, the main target of the ballistae was the infantry. Once the gunpowder package of the arrowhead was among the dense soldiers,
An explosion will cause massive casualties to the enemy!
The ten-chased three-bow crossbow was also pushed into the formation! This is the real killer weapon of the Song army! The reason why it is also called one gun and three sword arrows is because its arrow shaft is as thick as a gun shaft. This is one of the
One shot, as for the three swords, first of all, its arrowhead is as thick as the tip of a sword. This is the first sword among the three swords! Normal feather arrows have feathers at the tail to play a balancing role, usually eagle feathers, and the "tail feathers" of this crossbow arrow are
They are two "iron pieces" shaped like two swords. These are the second sword and the third sword! This is the origin of one gun, three swords and arrows!
The reason why it is also called the stepping arrow is because it can be used as a ladder!
The power of the giant crossbow is so great that it can penetrate the city wall! When the arrows are shot into the city wall one by one, they will be connected to form a hanging ladder. Soldiers can "step on the pillar" along this hanging ladder composed of giant arrows.
"Go up" and attack the city! Compared with the ladder, this method of siege is obviously more efficient! The ladder is vertically placed on the city, and all the soldiers rush vertically along a line. The defenders on the city are equivalent to
Sit back and wait, one man is at the gate, and the attacking party will have to pay an extremely heavy price to gain something, or even gain nothing at all!
The four battering rams are lined up vertically, ready to advance in sequence!
The advantage of the battering ram is that its impact is extremely powerful. As long as twelve soldiers shake the hammer at the same time, the city gate will be broken in a short time!
But the fatal weakness of the battering ram is that it is too heavy. If you want to push this big thing under the city gate, you need to withstand the rain of enemy arrows, flowing fire, and the baptism of boulders. The chance of making it to the city gate is almost slim! This is also
The reason why Wang Quanbin prepared four battering rams! If four of them attack together, one of them will survive the heavy firepower and reach the city gate, right?
At the top of Xingzhou City, several soldiers looked down through the crenellated walls. The heavy rain was pouring, and countless lanterns were lit up in the Song Army's position in the distance, illuminating the Song Army's armor in the rain and illuminating the battering rams in front of the formation.
, trebuchet, ballista cart and three-bow bed crossbow!
"Sunta Immortal Banban, they actually have ten trebuchets!"
"What the hell, if ten trebuchets bombard us in turn, we won't have anywhere to hide!"
"Hurry up and inform General Wang so that you can prepare for the situation as soon as possible!"
Suddenly I heard someone behind me say: "No need!"
They saw Wang Zhaoyuan and seven people coming behind them. A Shu soldier held an umbrella for Wang Zhaoyuan!
Several Shu soldiers suddenly discovered a strange thing! The seven men who came up with General Wang seemed to be covered with an invisible layer of raincoats, and rainwater actually flowed down through their clothes!
The haggard and skinny Commander-in-Chief said, "They actually have so many siege weapons!"
Behind him was the corpse general who also had a fleshless face and a dead look on his face and said: "General Wang, if the Song army attacks by force, I'm afraid you won't be able to defend the city!"
Wang Zhaoyuan laughed and said: "How is that possible? There are countless rolling logs and rocks on the top of my city, and they can't get on it! My city gate is now covered with iron plates on both sides, and they can't break through it! The city gate can't be broken, and the city head can't be broken.
If you can’t come up, why can’t you defend it?”
The dragon-controlling saint dressed in yellow said: "Their trebuchets will destroy all the belongings on your city!"
Wang Zhaoyuan stared at the rows of trebuchets under the red lanterns outside the city, frowned and said, "Can they shoot so accurately?"
Commander Bai Gu said: "You don't believe it?"
Wang Zhaoyuan said: "I don't believe it!"
General Yi Zhi said calmly: "You are very stubborn!"
Wang Zhaoyuan laughed dryly and said: "Haha, even if they can reach the top of the city, aren't there still some of your great masters here?"
The Dragon Controlling Saint said: "You want us to block the stone bullets for you?"
Wang Zhaoyuan noticed that the other party's tone was not kind, and immediately laughed and said: "Don't dare! I just said that once the Song army attacks the city, you will still be in charge!"
Marshal Baigu said: "You are too passive in your defense! Your soldiers can only climb up one by one from the passage, but the Song army has three bows and crossbows to shoot trample arrows, and can build more than a dozen arrow ladders. They can
The troops were divided into ten groups to climb the city wall. In such a narrow place, the Song army came up much faster than your Shu army. Do you think you can hold it?"
Wang Zhaoyuan smiled and said: "Aren't there still you guys?"
General Yi Zhi was also a little angry this time, "We?"
Wang Zhaoyuan smiled and said: "No, I mean your skeleton soldiers and living corpse soldiers can support you on the top of the city!"
Commander Baigu said: "You may not understand a situation!"
Wang Zhaoyuan immediately said solemnly: "I would like to hear the details!"
Commander White Bones said: "Once my skeleton soldiers are released, they will kill all the living people around them!"
Wang Zhaoyuan was startled, "You mean... you mean... the skeleton soldiers kill everyone on sight? No distinction between friend and foe?"
Commander Skeleton looked outside the city, "Why don't they distinguish between ourselves and the enemy? As long as they are on the right battlefield, they will never kill the wrong one of their own!"
Wang Zhaoyuan also looked outside the city, "You mean to put the battlefield there?"
Marshal Baigu said: "That's right! Only by defending the enemy outside the door can you minimize your losses!"
The Dragon Controlling Saint said: "It is better to attack than to defend! And our army is best suited for positional warfare! If the Song army breaks through the city gate, our army will not be good at street fighting!"
Zhao Chongtao felt that what she said was very reasonable. Regardless of whether it was Warcraft or living corpses, although the Song Army would still have the upper hand in a battle against the Song Army in a maze-like city, the efficiency of killing the enemy would be much lower. The Song Army would make full use of various buildings as bunkers.
In guerrilla warfare, even if all the Song troops were finally annihilated, the entire Xingzhou City would be in ruins!
Zhao Chongtao said: "General Wang, I also think we should take the initiative! Otherwise, even if we win the war in the end, Xingzhou will be reduced to tatters. What's the point of defending an empty city?"
Wang Zhaoyuan looked a little unhappy when he saw that Zhao Chongtao had sided with the Demon Cult so quickly, but he did not dare to get angry. After all, Zhao Chongtao was responsible for supervising the army! He thought about it for a moment, and it made sense. He straightened his back immediately,
"Commander!" A Shu soldier behind him shouted loudly: "Here we are!"
In the wilderness outside Xingzhou City, the Song Army's position!
Many soldiers of the Song Dynasty discovered a strange phenomenon. When the rain hit everyone's armor, it would splash up layers of water mist, which exuded a gorgeous luster under the light of the lights. From certain angles, it looked like there was something strange.
A small rainbow appeared in Ruowu! But when the rain fell on the deputy ambassador, a strange phenomenon occurred! When the rain dropped three inches above his head, it flowed around, as if he was wearing a helmet on his head.
The invisible hat protected him from the rain! The sharp-eyed soldier even saw that the rainwater flowing down his body did not touch his clothes at all!
There seems to be an invisible bell outside the body of the Deputy Envoy, blocking out the raindrops all over the sky. His white clothes remain spotless! How magical!
Wang Quanbin said: "Taoist Master Qingsong, can all fellow Taoists take their seats?"
Taoist Master Qingsong said: "All the fellow Taoists have already taken their positions behind the army!"
Wang Quanbin said: "Okay!" He turned to Feng Jiuxiao and asked: "My lord, the general is preparing to launch an attack. Do you have any other instructions?" Although he is the commander-in-chief, he still has to make sure that all his skills are spotless.
!
Feng Jiuxiao said: "You are the only coach here and now, you have the final say!"
Wang Quanbin immediately bowed and said: "Thank you, Sir!"
Feng Jiuxiao thought to himself: "You don't have to give orders to the generals. If I overstep my authority and command, won't it be criticized?"
Wang Quanbin thought to himself: The deputy ambassador is really big enough. Others would have to at least pretend to give instructions, but he directly declared in public that he was the only supreme commander here. That gave him enough face!
After all, Feng Jiuxiao was a "distinguished guest" whom he specially asked Taoist Bai He to travel thousands of miles to Kuizhou to invite him to assist him in the war. The other party could give him opinions regardless of circumstances! What's more, the other party's official position was far above his own, so he could give him whatever he wanted.
No opinion is too much!
Although Wang Quanbin can laugh and refuse to implement the unreasonable opinions put forward by the other party, once Feng Jiuxiao speaks in front of the soldiers of the three armies, regardless of whether his opinions are correct or not, his tall image as a general will immediately be reduced by three points!
So he was very grateful that Feng Jiuxiao didn't steal the limelight from him as the general who conquered Shu!
Wang Quanbin rode a war horse in front of the formation and scanned the entire army, and then reviewed from the left to the right in front of the formation, "Brothers! The enemies we have to face today may not only be Shu soldiers, but also the evil corps of the Demon Cult.
! Skeletons, living corpses, demonic crows, and even magical beasts. Although these monsters are very ferocious, it’s not like we haven’t fought them before! We fought several bloody battles with them outside Jingyang City! A few days ago, General Pan also fought against demonic beasts in Southern Han Dynasty.
The teaching armies have fought against each other, and we won in the end! Today, victory will still belong to us! Therefore, don’t be frightened by the enemy’s ferocious appearance, and don’t be fooled by the enemy’s bluff! Perhaps, at the beginning, we will
The sacrifice will be huge, but evil will never prevail against good, and no matter how crazy the evil is, it will eventually come to an end! Brothers, the time has come to test us, prepare to attack the city!" All the soldiers looked shocked, and the war was about to begin!
Wang Quanbin paused for a moment, letting the rain flow down his cheeks, and suddenly said with a serious voice: "But today I will put my ugly words at the front! We are brothers, and our feelings are feelings, but after all, we are all soldiers of the Song Dynasty! We eat the emperor's salary,
Loyalty to the king! Raise troops for a thousand days, use them for a while! If anyone escapes from battle, don’t blame me for the military law of the general!"
Suddenly a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, and the strong electric light illuminated the entire earth like daylight! Then several thunderbolts exploded from above the head!
Wang Quanbin raised his spear high and pointed at Xingzhou City, "Attack!"
The infantry begins to charge!
Whoosh whoosh——
Ten trebuchets instantly launched ten huge stone projectiles!
The stone bullet drew a perfect arc and hit the head of Xingzhou City!
At the same time, the gate of Xingzhou City suddenly opened, and a torrent rushed out!
Shu infantry!
Wang Quanbin's eyes flashed, "They actually took the initiative?"
Taoist Priest Qingsong pointed to the city head and said, "Jiuxiao, do you think that's Commander Skeleton?"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Yes!" He took out the Sky-shattering Bow from behind, "Damn, it dodges so fast!" Before his Thunder Dragon Ice Soul Arrow could condense, the White Bone Marshal actually dodged! Could it be that he saw himself?
?Feng Jiuxiao couldn't help but have questions!
Xingzhou City Head.
General Yi Zhi was dragged behind by the Bone Marshal. He was a little confused and asked, "What's wrong?"
Commander Bai Gu said: "Didn't you see that white clothes?"
The Corpse General's pupils suddenly shrank!
"Isn't he in Kuizhou? How is that possible?" He didn't believe it, and he even wanted to lean against the wall again!
The Holy Girl Who Controlled the Dragon said: "No!"
General Yi Zhi stood still, not daring to take that step after all!
Everyone looked at each other in shock!
"He's coming, we can't face him! None of us can catch the Zhentian Bow!"
Suddenly I heard someone say: "You can't do it, I can give it a try!"
Everyone turned around, only to see purple robes and golden crowns standing proudly!
"Master Lian?"
Liancheng smiled proudly, "To be precise, I am the Emperor of the Han Dynasty now!"