The face of the red-armored general who had been feeding mosquitoes in ambush outside the city became more and more ugly, it was already the second half of the night, the noise in the city was gradually disappearing, and even the number of torches was decreasing, obviously the operation failed, but I didn't know the extent of the loss????? Even he himself is in danger.

The more the melancholy red-armored general thought about it, the more impulsive he became, and he even wanted to attack the city!

But this is obviously unrealistic?????

With a hard blow to the ground, the red armor general's face was gloomy and almost dripping, but unfortunately the musketeers were not good at stealth, otherwise the success rate of the two of them acting together would definitely increase greatly.

And the news brought by his subordinates made him even more annoyed, even if the propellant was sealed layer by layer, but the musket could not be tightly wrapped all the time, otherwise there was no time to react when encountering the enemy, but the thick fog penetrated the thick cloth so that the inside of the barrel condensed water droplets, obviously this bad news made the entire musket team lose its combat effectiveness.

Time passed mercilessly in anxious waiting, as the night dissipated, the effect of the altar gradually faded, the rain before dawn did not leave even a trace of mist, and the embarrassed figures of the musketeers were also exposed under the noses of the forbidden army defending the city, provoking bursts of laughter, and the sound of the city gate opening made them flee in embarrassment.

Returning to the camp with the wet and embarrassed musketeers, the red armor general's face was extremely gloomy under the ridicule of the Liang Shan soldiers, but it was not because of ridicule, but the black armor general never appeared.

Apparently he had guessed correctly, and the Black Armor General seemed to have been sure to fall into the hands of the enemy, and even possibly die.

When he received the report from his own soldiers, Dong Ping, who had just freshened up, sneered and directly ordered their food to be halved. It was a complete blatant mockery, but the man had to bow his head under the eaves, and the red-armored general gritted his teeth and confessed, he had to endure it before he could take revenge.

After resting for three days, Dong Ping led his troops out of the camp again, this time with a full list of 7,000 men and horses, and the whole army was dispatched, obviously this time to attack the city with all his might.

Even the red-armored general also took all the musketeers out of the battle, obviously the unknown life and death of his good friend made him full of anger waiting to vent, which made Dong Ping look sideways, and secretly said in his heart that there was really righteousness, it seems that he will have to go to apologize for collecting troops at night.

The Liangshan soldiers who had been taught a lesson were no longer as reckless as last time, and under the command of Shi Chang, they walked in front in groups of four with huge wooden platoons, and the rest hid in the back. The main purpose is to prevent arrows, although this method is simple but very effective, at least thirty steps of feather arrows can not penetrate this simple wooden row, unless the wooden row is broken with a dense rain of arrows at any cost.

Yan Yi sneered at this, if the bow and arrow were so easy to deal with, it would not be listed as the number one weapon for defending the city. However, he did not intend to waste more arrows, but to have the catapult that had been hidden pushed out.

With the support of a whole county town, and the craftsmen in the army, these are very simple repetitive tasks.

The catapult is not a little difficult for the carpenters of the Great Song Dynasty, it itself relies on the elastic force of the wood to launch stone projectiles, in addition to being strong there is no technical content, after all, there is no need to guarantee the hit rate, only the direction is about the same, even if there is no design drawing, explain that those carpenters can also figure it out by themselves.

What's more, when you use it, you are either facing an attacking enemy formation, or attacking an enemy building, and the hit rate is a floating cloud.

Ten catapults were pushed to the foot of the city wall, and after they were fixed, the soldiers shouted to pull the throwing arms down, put in a pound or two of gravel as ordered, and then launched them one after another.

It can't be said that it is dark in the sky, but hundreds of stone bullets weighing one or two pounds fall from the sky, and the power is not small, but the simple processing of the wooden row cannot be stopped at all, and the wooden row is built in a large area for safety, which is simply a good target.

A rain of stones fell, smashing the wooden rafts that were only used to block arrows, and the soldiers below were also smashed to the head and bleeding. The sudden attack immediately caused a commotion, and it was useless to scold Shi Chang, even if he pulled out a knife and threatened it, but was stabbed in the back by many people.

In fact, this is not surprising, after all, they were all robbers before, not law-abiding citizens, and they can do anything to save their lives in danger, and stabbing them in the back is commonplace.

Fortunately, although Dong Ping did not expect that the other party had trebuchets, he was already prepared for the disobedience of these ruffians, and with a wave of his hand, he supervised the team!

The well-armed ironclad cavalry, with a spear in one hand and a round shield in the other, brutally rushed into the place where chaos occurred, and stabbed to death with all the blood on the knife as long as they dared to make trouble, without mercy.

Sure enough, this gang of thieves ate this set of bones, not only did the riot not expand, but quickly regrouped and continued to attack, obviously Dong Ping had figured out their details, as long as it took some more time he could revive the prestige of the former army.

Without the shelter of the wooden platoon, the Liangshan soldiers were all exposed to the rain of arrows and stone bullets, and they didn't know how many dead and wounded for a while, and the forbidden army standing on the city wall was still in the mood to take advantage of the calm of the last period to replenish some salt water, although their faces were a little nervous, but compared with the performance of fainting before, it was much better, and Yan Yi's hard work was not in vain.

The archers who were protected by the sword and shield soldiers came to the city wall through the interception of arrows and stone bullets, and before they had time to shoot their bows and arrows, the second archers who had been preparing but did not open their bows took away half of the archers in one round of arrow rain, and basically wiped out in three rounds.

There is no way, the infantry siege can still be dispersed, and the archers must maintain a dense formation if they want to suppress the city wall, and they will naturally suffer heavy casualties in the face of the rain of arrows.

At this moment, some somewhat bloated infantry suddenly lifted their disguises, and it turned out to be the musketeers of the Red Armor General who had lurked to a very dangerous distance through camouflage at some point.

Taking advantage of the gap created by the shooter's three rounds of rapid fire, the musketeers quickly lined up and skillfully divided into five teams to shoot in turns.

After a burst of fierce gunfire, the musketeers successfully suppressed the forbidden army on the city wall, allowing more ladders to be put on the city wall, and many Liangshan soldiers rushed up with cheers, which greatly increased the pressure on the forbidden army defending the city.

The muskets are fired in a straight line, and they are well protected by the swords and shields that do not need to be thrown, and the rain of arrows does limited damage to them, and the trebuchets can't attack them due to the angle, so the wall defenders will be under great pressure for at least a while.

Yan Yi frowned, and said sharply: "Adjust another twenty taels of catapults, make the barrage more dense, and don't let more Liangshan soldiers rush under the city wall!" Order the 2nd Marksman Brigade to suppress the musketeers with all their might! ”

To tell the truth, Hantan County has not shown its full strength, firstly, for fear of scaring the other party away, and secondly, it is also to let the forbidden army, which has been peaceful for a long time, feel the atmosphere of war. But all of this has to be premised on the premise that they can't lose too much because of it. So as soon as the musketeers showed up, Yan Yi immediately chose to expose part of his strength.

The round shield used by the sword and shield soldiers is only a skin wooden shield, and the short bow of the lower archers is still formed, and the longbow and feather arrows in the face of the archer are a little powerless, and the shield is broken and killed when the strength is strengthened, and it is inserted like a hedgehog, which can expose the musketeers and suffer heavy casualties.

The musketeers who were suppressed by the rain of arrows had to disperse, so the threat was greatly reduced, after all, the hit rate of shooting a target a hundred meters away with a musket at this time all depends on the character, and the hit rate can only be increased with a dense formation, even if the bullets are flying around, it can be guaranteed to be in a limited area, even if it is a mistake, it can increase the damage. But once separated, they were not even as good as archers, not to mention the loss of many people.

Under Dong Ping's cold eyes, the red-armored general gritted his teeth and did not withdraw the musketeers, but ordered them to close the distance, and Dong Ping turned his head with satisfaction. Now he can't control so much, if he can't capture Hantan County this time, he won't even be able to save face.

The distance of fifty meters is the most powerful range of the musket, and it is not safe to go down to three layers of armor with one shot, and even if it does not penetrate, it will suffer serious internal injuries, and the hit rate can be increased to a barely acceptable level.

With the smoke of gunpowder, the forbidden troops on the city wall who were concentrating on defense fell to the ground one after another, like targets, and the panic caused gradually expanded, after all, the forbidden army has never been known for its strong will.

"Huh!" The musketeers, who were not in their eyes, became a huge hidden danger, but Yan Yi still didn't take the other party in his eyes, and transferred three hundred shooters to the city wall to shoot at the musketeers, completely suppressing the opponent for a while.

An elite archer can shoot five to eight arrows a minute, and the musketeer, even the most skilled musketeer, can do one shot a minute at most, and with the vastly different hit rates between the two sides, the musketeer is completely invisible on the battlefield in less than a stick of incense.

The musketeers were all wiped out, and the face of the red-armored general did not change at all, and Dong Ping also looked at it differently, thinking that this person was a man.

The sudden increase in casualties made some of the forbidden army movements who were still not used to it hesitate, not to mention that last night's movement was so big, how much it affected their mood and rest, and the shooters needed to relieve fatigue after continuously firing the bow, resulting in a large number of Liangshan soldiers being crowded under the city wall for a while, and the strength of the siege suddenly increased by several grades, and the forbidden army actually showed signs of being unable to resist, and some of the stones and rolling logs used to defend the city were also put into use in large quantities.

But the Liangshan soldiers also began to work hard, although they couldn't shoot arrows, but the three-meter city wall they could throw the knives and guns in their hands, and they couldn't kill people and scared people to death, no one could watch a bunch of knives and guns fly over without changing their faces.

Yan Yi frowned, there was no way to change defenses in a siege war of this level, and the only thing he could do was to send the living soldiers to the vacancy that arose due to death. The heavy use of rocks and logs is also not a good thing, and the low walls make it difficult for this kind of defensive weapon to exert enough lethality, and on the contrary, the walls will be relatively low due to accumulation.

At present, there are many agile Liangshan soldiers who use the stones and rolling logs piled up under the city wall to grab the city wall and climb up, the forbidden army has to carefully observe, chop off their fingers, prevent them from climbing up, and after a while, a lot of broken fingers are sprinkled on the ground, and many people climb up in this way, causing many riots.