What momentum? Ah, why are their eyes so fierce, as if they see the enemy who killed their father!

Xinding felt that something was wrong, and the sentinels of the old fritters were even more sensitive, and when they felt a sense of depression, the sentinels looked at the troops outside the city suspiciously. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the watchful eyes of the sentries, the dozens of carts at the head stopped when they advanced to three or four hundred meters away from the city gate, and the soldiers pulling the carts began to quickly untie the ropes that were tied. The ropes were untied, the canvases were lifted, and dozens of carts either dropped dozens of heavy barrels or dozens of logs.

Seeing the objects that emerged from the barrels and logs after the cart had fallen, the old fritter immediately exclaimed.

"Siege crossbow!"

As he shouted, the alarm bells rang. The alarm bell rang, the silent morning was broken up, and the city immediately became noisy.

The troops under the city were also in a hurry, and a dozen or so siege crossbows were quickly loaded and set up, with piles of long arrows thick with arms on the sides, while a dozen or so catapults were also in the midst of intense formation, flanked by round stones the size of their heads poured from barrels.

Kaihai, the chief officer of the siege team, jumped up and down to correct the angle of the siege equipment.

The other troops were not idle, two or three thousand archers, under the cover of swords and men with rudimentary wooden shields, began to approach the city, while the spearmen began to advance slowly with siege equipment, followed by the militia guarding Zhao Hu. At the same time, as the bell on the tower rang, the sound of horses' hooves and a hula shout could be heard in the distance.

The sentries on the tower were so frightened that they could see clearly that there was a group of cavalry flying in the dust, and those with a little better eyesight could see that there were at least a thousand cavalry there! It's half more than the cavalry on his side, but the lord's cavalry doesn't seem to have come back since he went out yesterday.

The city gate officer hurriedly ran over: "How many enemy soldiers?" Who is the enemy? ”

But he didn't have to listen to his subordinates, because when he came out, a dense rain of arrows flew over, and immediately shot the city gate officer, who had once again awakened from his sleep, into a hedgehog.

And the few sentinels, all cleverly hid under the battlements, dodging the arrow rain attack, they didn't bother to fight back, the task of counterattacking was still handed over to the brothers who rushed up from behind.

The city lord of Mingyue, who was awakened by the alarm bell, was dressed and stood on the balcony on the top floor, staring at the troops outside the city with an indifferent expression. He muttered: "Sure enough, my 7,000 soldiers were co-opted by you, a rebel, and the sailors were also pulled by you, and those siege crossbows and catapults were all dismantled from the warship." ”

Speaking of which, he looked at the cavalry in the distance, and sneered: "Amazing, in addition to my six hundred cavalry, you have made so many yourself, I'm afraid it's also because of that Zhao Hu's support."

"Hmph, I really underestimate you, I actually know how to use cavalry to exterminate the spies sent out to guard, so I don't know where you are, I believe that the people I sent out to invite mercenaries were also intercepted by you, and finally you picked a city to attack at dawn, and I was caught off guard, very thoughtful."

The city lord of Mingyue still thought that it was his illegitimate son who rebelled, and he thought that Zhao Hu helped that illegitimate son, but he didn't expect that Zhao Hu was the mastermind, and this battle was completely provoked by excitement.

While the city lord was muttering to himself, the siege crossbow began to wield its might, and dozens of long arrows thick as thick as an arm strung the soldiers on the city tower into blood gourds, and the newly formed catapult immediately aimed at the city gate and began to throw stones the size of a skull.

The stone fell on the city gate, and there was a loud bang, and all the stones were broken, and the city gate was intact.

The city lord on the balcony saw this scene and a smile appeared on his face: "Rebel, since you have prepared everything, why didn't you think that your city gate is made of copper?" Hehe, you just smash it slowly, the stones are used up, I'll see what you smash! After saying that, he sneered a few times, turned around and went downstairs.

Zhao Hu and the others, who saw the effect of attacking the city gate, were all dumbfounded.

Sun Jie was stunned and said, "How can there be such a voice?" Is the gate of the city made of iron? There's enough luxury! ”

Finding that the attack was ineffective, Kaihai immediately ran to ask for instructions: "Lord, the city gate is made of bronze, and the stone bullet attack is useless, so it's better for us to smash a city wall." ”

"Copper? And the gates were all made of brass? How many pounds of copper does that cost? Zhou Wen asked in surprise.

"It's all made of copper, and it is said that it cost 50,000 catties of brass." Kaihai said casually, but found that Zhou Wen and Sun Jie were drooling very indecently, so frightened that he didn't see it, and continued to propose to Zhao Hu: "Lord, it's not okay to attack from the gate, we can only attack from the city wall." ”

Zhao Hu nodded and said, "Okay, the direction of attack of the siege equipment is according to what you said, and I will let the sword soldiers cooperate with you to attract attention." Speaking of this, Zhao Hu whispered a few words to the guard, and the guard immediately went to give the order, and Kaihai also hurriedly ran back to the troops.

Upon receiving the order, Maud immediately ordered the sword men to carry ladders to attack the city, while the spearmen took over the wooden shields of the sword men to cover the archers, and only the militia led by Juan remained as the rearguard.

Although Juan was eager to try, he also knew that now was the worst time, and he could not afford to waste his men's lives here.

As for the rogues, although they also knew that the losses in the early stage of such a siege were the greatest, in order to make meritorious contributions, the leaders did not pity their subordinates and directly issued strict orders.

However, the strict orders of the leaders are obviously not as effective as Maude's pre-war shout: "The lord said, the first to climb the tower!" The official will be promoted to one level and rewarded with 200 stone territory! ”

The centurion, the ten-commander, and the ordinary soldiers were immediately thrilled! His eyes were red and he roared, and he rushed forward without hesitation.

The archers and spearmen who remained in place all looked at their companions with envy.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Hu sighed: "It seems that on the Southeast Peninsula, land is the most attractive prize." ”

And Zhou Wen and Sun Jie only put away their saliva at this time, and then suddenly shouted out - of course, this sound was forcibly suppressed by them to the lowest.

Of course, Zhao Hu knew what they were called, and said with a smile: "Don't be so surprised, didn't you already know that the Southeast Peninsula is rich in copper ore?" ”

"My lord, knowing is knowing, but now it is really clear how rich the copper mines in the Southeast Peninsula are!" Zhou Wen said excitedly.

And Sun Jie also said excitedly: "Wow, a copper coin over there only contains one gram of brass, and these 50,000 catties of brass can be cast into ...... One catty of 500 grams, 50,000 catties is 25 million grams, that is, 25 million copper coins can be minted.

"In other words, this city gate can be exchanged for 250,000 gold coins in the empire! It's like a city gate made of gold! ”

"Hehe, don't think about it so much now, I don't know if the city can be beaten yet." Zhao Hu said with a smile, he was in a mood that had not been in a mood after hearing the value of that city gate among so many people.

Money is really not attractive to Zhao Hu.

The catapult attacked the city gate to no avail, Zhao Hu's side was surprised, but Mingyue City's side cheered.

The commander on the castle tower took the opportunity to boost morale: "Haha! Our gates are all bronze, and no matter how the enemy throws them with stones or wood, they simply cannot break through them! Brethren! Since the city gate is worry-free, then it is necessary to give the enemy a good look!

"With less than 10,000 troops, they want to break through a huge city guarded by thousands of our brothers? Let them understand what daydreaming is! ”

"Yes! Let these dogs know how good we are! The soldiers immediately shouted with a boost of morale.

However, they were just a little more morale-boosting, except for bows and arrows, these soldiers defending the city could not hurt the enemy at all, because the enemy army did not come forward at all, except for using siege equipment, they used bows and arrows to shoot, which made the soldiers of the Mingyue Army depressed for a while.

However, the situation soon changed, and the target of the catapult was changed to the city wall, which was strong, but not as strong as the bronze gate, so it was immediately smashed into a slag of gravel, and the swordsmen of the enemy guards also carried a ladder made of several logs, and swarmed into the surrounding walls.

When the commander of the Mingyue Army saw it, he immediately shouted: "The archers continue to attack, and the other infantry support the city wall!" The reserve team prepared sandbags for me to plug the gap! ”

The soldiers who were originally depressed immediately became busy, and the soldiers who were already on the city wall could excitedly use stones, bows and arrows, boiling oil, and spears to stop the knife soldiers who were climbing up quickly with ladders, and the soldiers who served as reserves in the back were a little helpless, not only to put down their weapons, but also to serve as coolies carrying sandbags, which was really unpleasant.

Because the swordsmen were almost scattered for the reward of two hundred stone territory, one point here and one ladder there to carry out the attack on the city, which blossomed on all sides, plus thousands of archers and siege crossbows firmly attracted the Qingyue archers, and the catapults attracted a group of people carrying sandbags, the troops of Mingyue City on the city tower were immediately very nervous, and the commander quickly sent all the reserves up.

There is only a small group of men and horses guarding the city gate, and this city gate that cannot be broken from the outside not only gives stability to the Mingyue army's heart, but also makes the Mingyue army not care much.

After all, now the enemy forces are directly attacking the city walls. Moreover, the gate of the city is locked, and there is no key to open the mechanism, even if it is inside, it cannot be opened, and the key is on the lord's body, which is very safe. So after the reserve team left, there is now only a pitiful small group of a dozen or so people guarding the city gate.

Nangong Dun, who sneaked into the city last night, saw this scene, his heart was ecstatic, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of people wearing tight black clothes, covered their heads and masks, moved briskly, and were thin and small, and immediately followed Nangong Dun to the city gate.