"My lord, you are a spy from the Great Xia Army." When Ren Baqian was still half a day away from Liaocheng, he could see the scout horses of the Great Xia Army looking at everyone from a distance from time to time. It was time to turn the horse's head and leave.
"Be careful at all times." Ren Baqian said while stroking the machine gun hanging on the horned bull's back.
"Wake up the one who is still sleeping, and untie the rope for her."
Now Ren Baqian began to doubt whether it was Lin Qiaole who was protecting her or herself protecting Lin Qiaole.
Along the way, Lin Qiaole basically tied a rope to the back of a horned bull to sleep. It seemed that this was the most important and happiest thing for her.
Afterwards, everyone raised their vigilance to prevent the Daxia Army from suddenly rushing over to surround them.
When it was still a few miles away from Liao City, Ren Baqian could already see the gate of Liao City open, and a group of sheep knights jumped out of Liao City, and went up to Ren Baqian's team.
At this time, Ren Baqian could already see the barracks of the Great Xia Army in the distance, just outside the east gate of Liaocheng.
The reinforcements of the Great Xia Army arrived yesterday, just as Ren Baqian had thought before, only 100,000 troops arrived, joining together with the previous 70,000 troops, once again surrounding the east, west, and north gates of Liao City, They don't care about the people going south in the city. It seems that they are trying their best to isolate Tiesuoguan and Shuncheng from Dayao, but it's hard to say what kind of idea it is.
"How's it going in the city?" Ren Baqian asked the flying knights who were coming.
"Everything is normal." The flying knight's face was not serious, even if the 170,000 Xia army was under the city, it didn't make them too nervous.
Ren Baqian nodded, looked up at a small red dot on the tower, feeling a little eager in his heart.
However, before the crowd arrived at the city, they heard a cannon fire from afar, followed by overwhelming shouts of killing.
"They attacked the city?" Ren Baqian immediately responded.
When I used the radio to contact the Empress in the morning, I hadn't heard the news of the Great Xia Army attacking the city. It seems that the Great Xia Army is ready now.
"Enter the city." Ren Baqian looked up, and the figure on the city wall had disappeared.
The crowd galloped with oxen, surrounded by a group of bouncing sheep knights.
Even though I have seen it many times, even though there are shouts of killing in the distance, in such a severe situation, Ren Baqian still can't help but want to laugh, MD, it's so joyful.
It is estimated that filmmakers would not dare to make it up like this. A group of sturdy masters, like those who come from Yangcun, sitting down are beaming, lazy, beautiful sheep...
The murderous spirit was gone in an instant.
The city gate was not closed from the beginning to the end, and no one came to stop Ren Baqian and the others from the beginning to the end. It was not until everyone entered the city that the city gate slowly closed.
Although three directions have launched an attack on the city, the people in the city are not in a panic.
It's just that many people walked out of their homes and stood on the street looking towards the direction of the shouts of killing in the distance, with fierce expressions on their faces.
The defense of the city in the few days before the Empress came had completely aroused the blood in the hearts of these people. Now that the Empress is still in the city, these people can't wait to go to the city to kill the enemy immediately.
Seeing Ren Baqian and his party coming in, he took a few extra glances, and cast appreciative glances at Ren Baqian in the crowd, examining the husband-in-law chosen by the empress.
A group of people arrived at the Chengling Mansion in the city.
A city order is an official in charge of a city and its surrounding villages.
Dayao can be regarded as a vast land with a sparse population, with a total of 175 towns, including 93 towns where the survivors of the Southern Hao Kingdom shrank.
There are actually only 82 towns of the ancient people, and many ancient people living in the plains live around the village.
Ren Baqian jumped off the back of the horned ox and hurried in. When he reached the hall, he saw the empress sitting on a chair above, Qingyuan and Hongluan standing behind, and some generals in leather armor standing below.
"Your Majesty!" Ren Baqian stepped forward to salute.
The Empress responded with a "huh" from her nose.
"Everyone go busy with your own affairs, Li Qianqiu will follow me to the city wall to have a look." The empress said lightly, everyone glanced at Ren Baqian and filed out.
Ren Baqian looked up at the one left behind. He was a two-meter-tall man like an iron tower. He was covered in bronze and had a fierce expression. He looked full of intimidation.
"You also go with me." The empress nodded Ren Baqian.
"yes!"
Ren Baqian didn't think about reuniting after a long absence, or getting married after a long absence, and after saying hello, he followed the empress to the city wall.
"Master Ren." Li Qianqiu grinned at Ren Baqian, showing a ferocious smile that always made people feel that threats far outweigh goodwill.
Since the outbreak of the war these days, Ren Baqian has actually done a lot of things, including the radio station that everyone used as a chat group. It was the first time that everyone knew that there was such an edited contact method, and they almost regarded it as a treasure.
There are also salt and iron, weapon building, and the previous suggestion of fortifying the wall and clearing the field and the militia regiment. Ren Baqian's importance in the hearts of all the big shots in the court has skyrocketed.
Li Qianqiu showed kindness to him as soon as they met.
"I've met Lord Li!" Ren Baqian cupped his hands, smiling all over his face.
Before the group reached the city wall, they heard the whistling sound from the air, and then the loud sound of heavy objects hitting the city wall.
Climbing up to the city wall and looking outside, I saw several catapults placed two hundred meters away. Two wooden boards were placed on both sides of the catapults to block arrows. Rows of soldiers were carrying huge stones to the catapults. tops.
From time to time, a few bone arrows shot past, and someone fell to the ground with a miserable grunt.
Although Daxia's artillery has a long range, its power is still too small to deal with fortified cities. Although the distance of this kind of trebuchet is short, the stones thrown will do more damage to the city wall.
Ren Baqian saw the empress looking into the distance, so he handed over the binoculars hanging on his chest, in exchange for an appreciative look. When he turned his head, he found that Li Qianqiu was looking into the distance with a telescope that he didn't know where, and he was empty-handed.
After a while, he took over the binoculars handed by the empress and looked into the distance.
Behind those catapults, there are rows of chilling military columns. The first row is holding silver shields, and the second row of soldiers is holding a huge box. The next three rows of soldiers held bows and arrows in their hands, and the soldiers behind them pointed their spears in the air, like a dense forest.
In the distance are continuous military camps, with almost no boundaries to be seen, and rows of fences have been erected outside the camps.
Not long after putting down the binoculars, he took a breath. Although he had seen the army before, he had never felt such a sense of oppression.
Sure enough, quantitative changes caused qualitative changes. From the outside, it looked like there were at least 30,000 to 40,000 people.
When I looked through the binoculars just now, I saw some huge ordnance being built outside the enemy's barracks. It seemed that this catapult was just an appetizer.
After reading it, Li Qianqiu cupped his hands and said to the empress: "Your Majesty, they are waiting for us to go out and destroy the equipment. The second row of the Xia army is the Shenji Battalion, and the back is the archers. If you want to destroy the stone-throwing equipment, you may be injured. many people."
While a few people were talking, the trebuchet threw another round of boulders, and several stones weighing almost half a ton hit the city wall one after another, causing the entire city wall to vibrate accordingly, giving people the feeling that the city wall would collapse at any time.
Two more pieces crossed the city wall and smashed into the city, and several houses close to the city wall were immediately turned into pieces.
Fortunately, the personnel there had already evacuated without causing any damage.
The empress stretched out her hand: "Bow here."
Immediately, someone handed the longbow to the Empress, and she bent the bow and shot an arrow. A wooden beam on the trebuchet was shot off immediately, but soon several soldiers took the wood to repair it.
"Your Majesty, at least half of it must be destroyed, otherwise they will be able to repair it soon." Li Qianqiu said.
Then the three of them looked at the other two directions along the city wall, which was similar to here.
Only in the direction of the south city has there been no soldiers attacking.
However, the Great Xia Army in the east and west directions sprinkled a large area of caltrops near the south, and there was a row of Shenji Battalion holding crossbows to prevent Dayao from going out from the south gate to make a surprise attack.
"What do you think about those trebuchets?" the Empress asked casually on the city wall.
"This matter is simple, Your Majesty, let them see it in a while." Ren Baqian asked immediately.
The Empress nodded.
Although Ren Baqian is not omnipotent, he can often hear what he wants to hear when he asks him.