The next day, the battle array brought a touch of coolness to this slightly sultry summer morning.

Although the commanders of both sides had anticipated the outcome of this war, it still had to be carried out as scheduled, like a battlefield drill, and in the early morning, the two sides were in battle above and below the city, and the curtain of this slightly strange battle was opened.

The Pinglu army has jurisdiction over five counties, Qizhou, Qingzhou, Zizhou, Laizhou, Dengzhou, each county is stationed about 10,000 troops, and this time it is Qingzhou Wei Zizhou Wei and its Pinglu Army under the command of Liu Jingwu.

With the sound of war drums, stone bullets were frequent, but it seemed that they could not hurt Qizhou City at all, and the stone bullets on the city were extremely accurate, and after a few rounds, the catapults made by the Pinglu army overnight lost their effectiveness.

In desperation, Liu Jingwu had no choice but to wave the flag and order the Zizhou guard to attack the city, if he didn't know that the governor of Zizhou, Lian Chenghe, was Liu Jingwu's confidant general, Liu Jingwu's move was tantamount to excluding dissidents.

Liancheng and brave and good at fighting, but not scheming, for matters outside the battlefield, do not care and do not care, so Liu Jingwu is particularly valued, in yesterday's discussion, Liancheng and then asked for life, to lead the troops to attack the city.

With the order of the Chinese army, Liancheng and Zizhou Wei launched an attack.

With more than 5,000 people, the whole guard carried a simple ladder and launched an attack, while Deng Jieyu raised and strengthened the city wall, but did not dig a deep trench in the south of the city, which also gave the Pinglu army the convenience of attacking the city.

The thousands of people in the city who were sprinkled by Deng Jieyu flocked over, and they also looked at it a little, waving their hands to let the ballistas fire with all their might.

"Whoosh!"

The ballistas installed on the head of the city opened fire with all their might, and stone bullets roared up, smashing out blood pits in the Zizhou military formation. Where the stone bullets passed, there was no obstruction, showing their power, and many of the ladders of the Zizhou army attacking the city were directly hit by the stone bullets and shattered on the spot.

However, due to the open terrain in the south of Qizhou City, the Zizhou army was scattered very widely, and rushed towards Qizhou City, and more than 30 ballistas were deployed in such a large area, which was a drop in the bucket.

Although the accuracy of the ballista's firing speed has been greatly improved, it still leaves a certain amount of time for the Zizhou army to charge, and the Zizhou army can always advance dozens of meters in the interval between the preparation of the ballista.

"Whoosh!"

The casualties caused by the stone bullets fired by the ballista became more and more limited, and it was more of a deterrent to the Zizhou army, and it has to be said that Lianchenghe was indeed a good way to train troops, and the Zizhou army under his command did not stop because of the whistling stone bullets.

"Knock knock!"

There are constantly stone bullets smashing into the Zizhou army under the city, and the loud sound of stone bullets falling to the ground is so deafening, whether it can rush to the city is only a personal force value, more luck.

However, the Zizhou army of Lianchenghe did not disappoint Liu Jingwu, and a large number of Zizhou sergeants rushed to the front of Qizhou City a hundred meters without scruples.

On the city of Qizhou, he had already been waiting for the battle, and there was no suspense about the outcome of the battle, but in terms of tactics, Deng Jieyu still maintained a certain amount of attention.

"Bow!"

The longbowmen of the Fanyang Mansion army had already assembled at the head of the city, and they were ready to fight, and when the army had reached the firing range, when they heard the captain's order, they immediately drew their bows and arrows.

The three-edged arrow pointed obliquely at the Zizhou army rushing towards the city, and the bright morning sun shone on the cold three-edged arrow, giving the arrow of death a trace of warmth.

The three-edged arrows that are hot-cast and cold-forged on the assembly line are shot with a longbow, which is enough to tear apart any solid armor within fifty meters, not to mention the Zizhou sergeants, but not all of them are armoured, only a few elite sergeants and officers are armoured.

"Shoot!"

Captain Longbow shouted,

"Woohoo!"

A battalion of integrated archers, more than 1,000 archers released arrows in unison, and the cold arrows broke out of the air, covering the bright morning sun, turning into iron rain and falling on the heads of the Zizhou army under the city.

The wails continued to sound, such a strong bow and such a dense rain of arrows, the power can be imagined, and within the range of arrows, the Zizhou army fell like wheat.

The originally orderly military formation suddenly became full of holes, and only a few sergeants with good fate were lucky to survive in this rain of arrows, but they still advanced, which also made the Fan Yang army in the city admire.

The battle was fought between the flames and stones, and the Zizhou army fell, and Liancheng and how not to feel heartache, but the war was so cruel, and the lives of the sergeants were sometimes so fragile.

He is a soldier, even if his heart is already dripping blood, he still waved the flag to advance, and the follow-up Zizhou sergeant, trampling on his brother's body, continued to rush towards Qizhou City.

"Free Fire!"

The captain of the Longbow Battalion commanded loudly,

The longbowmen of Fanyang Mansion immediately dispersed, all over the city wall, and aimed their bows and shots, harvesting the lives of the Zizhou army under the city.

"Woohoo!"

Icy arrows kept flying out of the city, and the screams under the city were continuous!

If Liu Feng was in Qizhou, he would be able to understand why the Hedong army could not take the city after besieging the city in Hezhong for half a year, because the battle damage of the strong attack on the city was terrible.

Just as Liancheng and were about to personally lead the army forward, the sound of Mingjin came from the Pinglu Central Army.

The crisp sound of Mingjin, in the ears of the Zizhou sergeant, is tantamount to the sound of heaven, hearing that Mingjin did not wait for the officer's order, he consciously began to retreat backwards.

If it was a tentative battle, it would be over, there were only a few sergeants in the Fanyang Fu army, and they were injured by the stray arrows of the Zizhou army, but it was not serious, and after the medical battalion was simply bandaged, they returned to the army.

The Zizhou army, which had experienced the baptism of stone bullets and arrows, suffered nearly 300 casualties, and such a proportion of battle losses made Liu Jingwu's heart tingle.

Liancheng, whose eyes were red, entered the big tent of the Chinese army, without saying a word, even if he was sluggish, he could also understand the hardship in Liu Jingwu's heart, and whether he fought with Fan Yangfu or not, but it was not in their hands.

After seeing the attack power of the rain of stone bullets and arrows, the generals under the Pinglu army were also silent for a while, although Qingzhou and other places are rich in minerals, they have been in disrepair for a long time, and their arrows, iron shields, spears and horizontal knives are far inferior to Fanyang Mansion.

The rain of arrows pouring from Fanyang Mansion gave them a great shock, not to mention the surprisingly accurate stone bullets, which made them also feel apprehensive, for fear that Liu Jingwu would let him lead the army to attack the city next.

However, not only have they already had the intention of retreating, Liu Jingwu, who was sitting in front of the case, had already had the intention of retreating, although Qizhou occupied the canal and could provide some money and food, but the local squires of Qizhou did not buy his account very much.

And now that it is occupied by Fan Yang, a strong neighbor, he can only pinch his nose and agree, although he is not proficient in military strategy, but he also figured out that Fan Yang Mansion is unwilling to expand the war, so this time he came more to promote peace.

But he didn't expect that the Fan Yang Mansion army was so powerful and sharp that the attack was sharp, although he did not do his best to attack the city, but the Fan Yang army also used all his strength, and the first battle gave him a full dismount, so that he could not attack, nor could he retreat.