Outside Jiangning City (Shangyuan County), in Stone Town, the third general of the Zhenhai Navy, Zhang Yu, looked dry and bitter at the crowds of grass thief who surrounded the mountains and plains; some regretted volunteering to bring troops to guard the local area.
Now that the culprits have been able to appear here with flaws; apparently, Dongshanshu, Danyang Town, Moling Town, and Qishui Town were stationed by the Tujunjun and the town ambassadors who had relied on the periphery of Jiangning to screen the feudal clan and echo. And so on, no longer exists in the process of unawareness.
Nowadays, there are only three thousand soldiers and horses in Jiangning City, dominated by Stone City, of which only one thousand are the Zhenhai battalions he brought, and the rest are the soldiers and united children gathered from the local area. In addition, the volunteers and Ding Zhuang, who were temporarily recruited from the local tens of thousands of accounts, are just five or six thousand defenders.
Although he has repeatedly defeated several waves of thieves who came to attack and harass, but in the face of the real raging tide of thieves, their rough repairs in Jiangning County are just an island in the ocean, or It's just a loose rock between the torrents.
The guards standing beside him were all faceless and their hands and feet softened. As the saying goes, there is no bounds when there are tens of thousands of people, and there are more than tens of thousands of grass thieves appearing in the mountains and plains outside the city.
The dust and smoke generated by them was completely submerged. The greenery was born in the fields outside the city and on the road; and everything in the field of vision was stained with a pale yellow and dim hue.
Moreover, these thieves are very different from those previously defeated, with ragged clothes, only shaved bamboo tips, pick handles, wooden forks, and hoe tips. At least they all have decent weapons and protective equipment; and According to a unified shape and style, the arrays are either loose or compact, but clearly spaced marching teams.
And in the center of these grass thieves, the reflection of armour light like scales swimming among waves, from time to time, flashes like a fish leaping among these mighty and silent crowds; this is the sharp and elite of the grass thieves. Signs.
"This...this...but the old battalion soldiers from the grass thief headquarters are here... and there are even the cavalry team among them. I'm afraid that the big thief's head is still waiting and watching."
An old military academy also sighed and wailed.
"Then I am afraid it will not be an arduous battle to death..."
"Whether it is a deadly battle or a bloody battle, our generation has been deeply affected by the grace of the country for a long time, and there is no reason to wait for death..."
At this moment, Zhang Yu finally came back to his senses, and said to the left and right remedially.
"Lu Yao knows horsepower, and in danger sees Zhongliang, so let these thieves take a good look at the benefits of the imperial court's army; I have sent people to ask for help from the Dantu, and Yiyi Zhenhai Xingying came to help after hearing the news, and it was his generation. It's time to fall..."
Then he added to the defenders who still had little reaction.
"The reward for all the soldiers in the city will be doubled when they come to the enemy. Beheadings and seizures will be calculated separately, and they will be settled the next day. After retiring from the enemy, all the debts will be made up. I will ask Jieya for another reward..."
"I hope Congdu will work hard to kill the thief..."
At this time, someone yelled one after another, and from the uneven forests, one after another, they became impulsive shouts in unison; at last they encouraged and uplifted the somewhat sluggish and low morale and military spirit. Woke up.
With the sound of his order to prepare for the enemy and the raised battle flag, the city that had been silent in front of the enemy also rushed and got busy as if it had been awakened and boiled again.
"Hurry up and bring hot coal and boiling water to the city..."
"Quickly tear down more houses on the side of the city, and give me more gunstones and logs..."
"Kerker, I want more kerner. From then on, private use of lights is forbidden in the city..."
"Quickly hoist all the raw ash up to the city to fill the cans, with sharp hands and feet..."
"Prepare more hooks, fork handles, and long axes to prepare for the thieves to climb the city."
"Hurry up and fill the water tank and wooden trough with water. It won't be time for the culprits to set fire..."
At this time, among the thieves under the city, it was finally a stone's throw away from the city, slowly halting, and pushing out many large vehicles from it as if racing through the waves. And on these carts there are many people with dry bloodstains and mosquitoes flying around. They are dumped on the ground one by one and piled up into several small hills, and are plugged in with the corresponding seized names and surnames. Tattered banner.
This harsh scene suddenly suffocated the officers and soldiers on the city. Then, the thick log pillars that were tapped into the soil, and the ropes with leather pockets on them, also appeared in front of the defenders at the head of the city along with the thieves who retreated. But it was a whirlwind gun of various colors that was initially popularized by the rebels.
After a while, following these rotating pillars that were swayed so hard, many stones of various sizes were suddenly thrown out by the gusty wind, but they were thrown on the ground near the root of the wall with noise. A few fell on the low part of the wall and on the city gate, making a puff and smashing sound.
This result could not help but let the officers and soldiers on the front of the city stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst into deliberate laughter; then soon they couldn't laugh out. Because as these tornado cannons were continuously re-adjusted in position and angle, more heavy pebble stones came out and began to fly up to the top of the city, and then ping-pong over the crevices with a sound, and the soldiers standing at the back were beaten with misery. Scream, or fall down without time to speak.
At this time, among the thieves, a number of cars that looked like triangular houses were launched, and with the polished stone cones and heads, they began to slowly advance against the city gate under the cover of a large row of wheels. Come here; just like the first awakening of a dream, the officers and soldiers leaned forward, bowed their bows and took arrows at the position of the car, shooting fire arrows with smoke trails.
It's a pity that, whether it's a car or a big row with wheels, it has been attached with a layer of soaked and tattered quilt in advance, and it has also been smeared with the thin mud dug in the river ditch. Therefore, no matter how many and dense the fire arrows fell on it, they could not be ignited as desired.
"Stop, don't waste any more arrows..."
Upon seeing this, Zhang Yu realized something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted. It's a pity that most of the defenders in the city have seen such a grass thief battle before, and they are eager to shoot. After all, he hesitated and delayed for a moment when he gave the order.
Then, in the midst of a certain drum beat and the fine whistling wind, the archer arrows among the grass thieves who have been attracted but never fired burst out a rain of fine arrows, like a torrential rain. It usually pours on the people and things at the head of the city; it's like a thin layer of vellus grows suddenly on the city wall with the gate tower as the center.
And the defending archers who got up and shot at You Hao but had no time to dodge were also shot and pierced through them; and leaned over and fell with a screaming scream, or plunged a few arrow feathers into their bodies. Planted back. There are also a few who were crucified on the edge of the city wall but did not die, so that they knew a little bit of wailing there.
At this time, there was a sound of a gong, and many light-armed grass thieves who were holding the bale of firewood suddenly rushed out from behind the row. After a hurriedly accelerated trot, they threw the bale of firewood in their hands into the full In the moat of shallow cement nao. Just a few back and forth, a temporary road has been filled and paved, which is barely enough for rushing cars to step through.
After a few breaths, as the rushing car rushing into the doorway made the first impact, the rolling stone wood fell down from the top of the city, and the boiling water was poured into hot oil. The battle reached its peak in an instant. In the intense heat.
However, in the ensuing fierce battle, the officers and soldiers gathered on the gatehouse tried various methods of boiling water, boiling oil, dusting, burning, and pounding, only to discover that most of the assault cars stood among the fireworks. , Is still standing still.
And under the quilt and sludge that have been dried and burnt and evaporated, and the fragmented leather cover, it shines with the blackish luster that this certain metal panel has; although it looks like it has been smashed by the falling object. The pits are wow, but they are still firmly sheltering the active voices underneath.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers in the city also felt something unpleasant, and holding a group of cards, braving the splashing arrow rain, pushed a large cylinder of red hot coal against the wall, and Make every effort to raise and pry against the outside of the crenel;
And between the doorway below them, the stone cow, a member of the mountain team, was also ignited with a special phosphor-headed ignition device. It was fixed and blocked on the city gate by the weight of the car itself. The fuse of a short-barreled flared cannon.
With a faint tremor, the ash and dust rolled out from the doorway; the rebel soldiers who gathered after the row and shot at the head of the city also seemed to have received great encouragement, cheering and thunderous embrace. But entering is without any hindrance.
Following the panic and noise over the city of Jiangning, the two-character "Zhenhai" flag representing the officers and soldiers was also cut off the pole and swung in the air for a few times and disappeared.
"The earth tank battles successfully, the plan is clear..."
Zhou Huaian, who had witnessed all this, couldn't help but secretly said in his heart. Human-powered iron-frame steel top-punching vehicles and special-made door openers are enough to face most situations in the entire era.
"Is this won..."
"It's that easy..."
The leaders of the rebels who followed him to watch the battle were dumbfounded and stunned.
"Fortunately not insulting life..."
Afterwards, Wang Tianming, who was covered with fireworks, held a large flag broken in half and presented it to Zhou Huaian in front of him, speaking loudly.
"Jiangning City has it for you..."
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