"General, the last general is willing to lead troops to attack the city." Under Zaoyang City, Xin Fang'er, Kan Ling and other generals asked Luo Shixin for battle. The battlefield is the destination of the generals, and it is also the source of the generals' military achievements.

"Don't bother." Luo Shixin, who had a mustache, shook his head lightly, and said with a faint expression: "Bring me the broken army crossbow." ”

"Whoa."

In an instant, the banner was unfurled, the Sui army lineup was separated, and the cavalry was divided into two, separating to both sides like a tide, revealing the infantry crossbowmen phalanx behind, and 10,000 infantry and crossbowmen quickly stepped forward and came to the city.

"Array."

Luo Shiluo gave another order.

The crossbowmen were guarded by the sword and shield soldiers, in groups of three, and began to assemble the broken army crossbows, they cooperated with each other, and the techniques were skillful, and it didn't take long for the huge broken army crossbows to appear.

The biggest advantage of the Sui Dynasty crossbow is not that it has a long range, strong strength, and amazing lethality, but that it is produced by using an "assembly line" operation, and the parts can be interchangeable and universal, and if a crossbow is broken on the battlefield, the parts of the other can be disassembled and assembled. In addition, there is the feature of easy disassembly, the Sui army has a large number of war horses, not only the foot soldiers have war horses, but also the materials are transported with war horses, which also greatly enhances the mobility of the Sui army.

The crossbow is a long-range heavy lethal weapon, its disadvantage is that it is huge and bulky, not one person can carry it, once it is attacked by the enemy, it can only be killed, and it is a crossbow array that needs infantry cover. When the huge crossbow array was listed, a complete lineup was suddenly presented.

Looking down from the top of the city, I can see very clearly that this is a huge crossbow array composed of more than 1,000 giant crossbows. The crossbow array is guarded by cavalry on each flank, with sword and shield soldiers in front of it, and spearmen with crossbows in the array, so that the enemy can quickly meet the enemy whether it is killed from the front or from the left and right. Behind the crossbow array, there was also a murderous cavalry, divided into three columns: left, center, and right. These three cavalry were trained by the major legions in imitation of the Xiaoguo Army, and their status in each legion was second only to the most demanding Modao soldiers.

When they saw this huge crossbow array, Li Xiaoyi and Lu Jie in the city couldn't help but gasp.

Not only because of the large number and huge volume of crossbows, but also because on each giant crossbow, there is a row of huge crossbow arrows, a crossbow arrow is a spear, and counting carefully, ten "spears" are supported on each giant crossbow.

Although it has not yet been fired, everyone knows what this huge "spear" will look like if it is shot into the city by a crossbowman.

Li Xiaoyi didn't dare to think about it, and Lu Jie didn't dare to think about it either, and a chill rushed up from the backs of the two of them as the crossbow array slowly stepped forward.

The two of them turned a little pale, especially when they saw the giant arrows that kept retreating and accumulating as the Sui soldiers pulled the winch, the suppressed emotions suddenly shrouded the hearts of all the Tang soldiers in the city, facing the arrows that pointed obliquely at the city, some people began to subconsciously look for cover, subconsciously to dodge, for human beings, unknown things are always so frightening.

Li Xiaoyi moved his lips, and was about to let the soldiers and horses go out of the city and destroy the giant crossbow before the crossbow array could be used.

"General, no!" Lu Jie saw that Li Xiaoyi was about to give an order, so he hurriedly shouted: "The power of this kind of giant crossbow is unknown, whether it can shoot / to the city or two to say, even if it can shoot / up, but the Sui army is as many as a thousand, and our soldiers will not be able to destroy all the crossbow arrays for a while." There are fewer people sent, it is to send them to death, if they go out, they will fall into the arms of the Sui army. ”

When Li Xiaoyi heard this, he immediately looked at the countless cavalry cruising on his side, knowing that if he sent troops at this time, the cavalry of the Sui army would be killed immediately. He frowned and said, "It's just that this crossbow array is really unsettling!" ”

"The crossbow array is too far away from the city, neither catapults nor bows and arrows can reach it, and now it can only be passively defended, even if the range of the crossbow is really more than five hundred steps, but when it comes to the city, I am afraid it will not have much power." After Lu Jie's analysis, he suggested: "The general can order the soldiers to retreat and set up shields for defense." ”

Li Xiaoyi nodded, and after calmly estimating the range of the Tang army's crossbow defending the city, he gave the order to set up a shield for defense.

In fact, not to mention the Tang Army, even Kan Leng, who was crisscrossing the Jianghuai, was a little stunned when he looked at these behemoths, and even suspected that this thing was a showmanship: "General Luo, can this thing shoot / to the city?" ”

"Of course you can, when we attacked Goguryeo Pingyao City in the past, we used this kind of army-breaking crossbow, and the five-zhang high city wall is no problem, let alone Zaoyang City." Luo Shixin said confidently: "And over the years, the skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry have been improving, and the broken army crossbow is not only lighter, smaller, and more labor-saving than before, but it is also more convenient to disassemble and assemble and load crossbow arrows, but it also sacrifices some range." ”

After Luo Shixin finished speaking, he sighed regretfully.

"What's the range?" Kan Ling asked again.

"It used to be more than 700 steps, but now it's just over 500."

"More than five hundred steps?"

Kan Ling's voice has changed, the previous rhubarb crossbow was only about 400 steps at most, and this broken army crossbow has reached an unimaginable more than 500 steps, if this is the case, there is no city in the world that can withstand the bombardment of this kind of giant crossbow.

At this time, Kan Ling finally understood why the skilled craftsmen of the Great Sui had to sacrifice the range of more than 200 steps, because the range of more than 500 steps was far beyond the bearing range of each big city, and it was obviously very smart to exchange the excess range for a lighter and smaller volume. If there is really a fortified city in the world that cannot be reached by a 500-step crossbow, it will be replaced by a 700-step bulky crossbow.

"Actually, the Broken Army Crossbow is not the most powerful crossbow in my Great Sui, it is more powerful than it, it is a new type of crossbow called the honeycomb crossbow, and that thing is desperate." Luo Shixin introduced.

"Honeycomb crossbow?" Kan Ling was shocked again.

"That's right, that thing is too terrifying, and the Holy Lord doesn't plan to use it in the country." Luo Shixin smiled and said gloatingly: "It is estimated that the army of Tuyuhun and Tubo will be unlucky." ”

"General, the arrows are ready, do you want to fire them?" The crossbowmen general rode his horse to Luo Shixin's side and asked for it.

"Adopt a four-stage burst of fire, the first group shoots at the city head, the second group shoots/on the city wall, the third group aims at the city head, and the fourth group fires the siege rope, so that the slave soldiers are ready to attack the city, and the crossbowmen are responsible for covering." Luo Shixin gave the battle order, which was a new siege method derived from the crossbow array.

It's the first time I've been on the battlefield.

"Crunch." With the waving of the flag, under the gaze of tens of thousands of pairs of eyes, the crossbowmen responsible for operating the first and second rows released the winch, and the dull sound was accompanied by a muffled sound.

"Buzz."

In an instant, the heavens and the earth were filled with a humming sound, and the first and second rows, with a total of 500 crossbows, 5,000 giant arrows passed through a distance of 500 paces in an instant, and slammed into the shield wall and the middle of the city wall respectively.

"Click~"

With a series of cracking sounds, the shield array erected by the Tang army in the city was pierced and shattered in an instant.

"Poof, poof, poof, poof......"

The giant arrow that shattered the wooden shield continued to roar into the body of the shield soldier, and the sound of a series of sharp weapons tearing the body sounded, after piercing the human body, it was nailed to the city tower behind, and the Tang soldiers were shot / Flesh and blood flew sideways, some of the corpses were still intact, and some were directly torn off by the huge force, and the city seemed to have become a hell on earth.

Li Xiaoyi and Lu Jie, who were standing on the city tower, felt the wooden planks under their feet shake violently, and when they looked down, they gasped at the same time, and the area below was shrouded in blood mist.

The sound of misery resounded throughout the world, but at this moment, three or four hundred soldiers and soldiers were swallowed up without resistance under the giant crossbow. Countless soldiers who narrowly escaped had an indescribable sense of fear in their hearts.

But they haven't noticed that the city wall under their noses is also full of dense giant arrows.

"Haha......" Luo Shixin, who saw this scene, laughed happily and ordered: "The third and fourth groups continue to fire, so that the slave soldiers can immediately attack the city." ”

"No!"

When the soldiers of the Tang Army recovered, when they looked at it, there were 5,000 huge arrows that shot fiercely into the city in the roar, the city wall was destroyed to tatters, and there were more dead and wounded soldiers, and the death was extremely tragic, the chest and abdomen were pierced with holes the size of fists, and even the internal organs were torn out, and the whole city was like a hell on earth, which made people look horrible.

In the thick smell of blood, Li Xiaoyi, who was crawling on the ground, slowly stood up, saw this tragic scene, heard the cry echoing in his ears, and shouted angrily: "What the hell is this, it has such power." ”

"Look, General." At this time, Lu Jie, whose face was pale, pointed to a huge arrow that fell on the ground from an empty wooden wall.

Li Xiaoyi looked at the situation, and saw that the giant arrow seemed to be a shrunken anchor, the arrow seemed to be an upside-down claw, and a narrow square hole was chiseled behind the shaft, on which a thumb-sized hemp rope was tied.

Li Xiaoyi suddenly realized that this wave of big arrows of the Sui army should be tied with ropes, and then let the soldiers climb the city, and after reacting, he anxiously ordered: "Pass the order, let the soldiers cut the ropes." ”

"Whoa." The herald went down in fear to give the order.

。。。。。。。

"Kill."

"Kill."

"Roar! Roar! ”

At this time, the slave soldiers in light armor and short swords were stirred by the power of the broken crossbow, and they rode to the city, and then dismounted, pulled the ropes, and stepped on the huge arrows firmly nailed to the city wall, and climbed to the city with vigorous hands.

There are slave soldiers who can't get the rope and hold the arrow shaft directly, and the smarter ones will grab the bottom and climb up step by step; The stupid one grabbed the tail, and the shaft of the arrow could not bear his weight, or broke or fell off, and then fell into the crowd below with the arrow.

The entire city wall is densely packed with slave soldiers climbing up, looking at it from a distance, as if it is a game of zombies attacking the city.

"Archers, cover." Seeing that the Tang army began to emerge to release arrows and cut ropes, Luo Shixin gave a faint order.

"Whoa."

With the dance of the flag, the archers suddenly let out a loud shout, and when the horn sounded, they rushed towards Zaoyang City with high fighting spirit and fearlessness, with a momentum like a tiger, as if they were about to break through the city wall.

When they got to range, they began to fire crossbows.

Woohoo......

Rows of crossbow arrows were as dense as rain, and the frightened Tang soldiers in the city fell to the ground one after another in wailing.

At this time, in the city, except for the few elite soldiers of the Tang Army who had been tested for a long time, most of the people had already been frightened by the crossbow array, and the morale that was already small was completely wiped out, and they only knew how to hide everywhere.

"Defend the city, defend the city."

Li Xiaoyi beheaded a few deserters like crazy, but he couldn't stop the collapse of the people who were temporarily brought to defend the city, they were just ordinary people, how could they have ever fought such a battle? Even the people of the troubled times have never seen this kind of deadly siege method, let alone the terrifying crossbow array, when they saw the tragic scene caused by the giant arrow, the whole person was frightened, and turned around one by one.

"Get back, get back!" Li Xiaoyi's team of warlords kept shouting and scolding in an attempt to stop the deserters. But where can they stop all the frightened auxiliaries?

At this time, the archers and cavalry under the city fired crossbows in unison, and the dense arrows shot into the rout of the city, setting off a rain of blood.

Zaoyang City is three zhang high, converted, it is only about ten meters, some agile slave soldiers under the protection of the rain of arrows, killed the city without damage, wielding short knives and the chaotic Tang army to kill together.

With these people fighting in front, the follow-up slave soldiers were more relaxed, and they continued to climb up to the city, killing on both sides, knocking the rout soldiers down the city, and some people seized the drawbridge, slammed a few knives, and smashed the drawbridge winch.

With the sound of a bang, the iron cable was pulled by the falling suspension bridge, like a long snake swimming outside the city, the increase of strength, the speed of the iron cable swimming faster and faster, at a certain moment, the suspension bridge slammed to the ground, falling to pieces.

At this time, in the sound of a huge horn, the battering ram came out of the battle, which was a heavy battering ram made of nanmu, hammer scalp iron, the mallet was nailed with handles, weighing thousands of catties, firmly tied to a trailer similar to a gantry crane, pushed by two hundred slave soldiers, and another two hundred people raised shields to cover.

The huge battering ram is like a black centipede, along the flat open space, slowly walking towards the city gate, behind them there are a thousand cavalry in heavy armor ready to enter, and when the city gate is knocked open, they will kill into the city, at this time the slave soldiers on the city have suppressed the Tang army on the city, and the shield man guarding the battering ram saw that no arrow flew down, so he simply put down the shield and pushed the trailer forward together.

Li Xiaoyi saw from the city tower that the speed of the battering ram was getting faster and faster, and it was close to the city gate, and he was immediately anxious, but his soldiers had been scattered and lost control of the city head.

Seeing that there was no extra soldier to send in the city tower, a desperate mood spread in his heart, and he glanced at Lu Jie, and saw the determination in the other party's eyes, and the two of them invariably pulled out their swords and rushed down the stairs. Fight with slaves in light armor. The two fought side by side, killing the heads of the slave soldiers and the corpses of the city.

But at this time, the Tang soldiers realized that Zaoyang could not be defended, and the city gate would be broken by the battering ram sooner or later, and the slave soldiers continued to come up, so the military spirit of the elite soldiers of the Tang Army who were shaking from everywhere also began to collapse, and many soldiers turned around and left, ran towards the west city, fell down the rope from the west city wall, and ran wildly in the direction of the official road, intending to flee to Xiangyang.

When their guards were annihilated, the two were surrounded by the city back to back, and the slave soldiers picked up the crossbow and fired at the lower body of the two.

Lu Jie's martial arts were slightly inferior, and after a few arrows, he was finally shot in the left leg by an arrow, and the huge arrow force knocked him to the ground, the tip of the arrow leaked out from behind, and the pain in his heart made him fall to the ground several times.

Losing the cover of Lu Jie, Li Xiaoyi was soon hit by an arrow.

There was a sudden roar from the city, and the battering ram slammed into the city gate again under the swing of the trailer, and the city gate finally could not support it, and was smashed open, and the two hundred guards rushed into the city with the battering ram.

When Luo Shixin saw that the city gate had been opened, he waved his big gun and ordered sharply: "Kill into the city, and those who resist will not be spared." ”

A thousand heavy cavalry horses galloped and slashed their blades into the city.

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After about two hours, Zaoyang City completely settled down, the remnants of the Tang army were all surrounded and annihilated, and some ruffians and hooligans who took the opportunity to make trouble were also captured and beheaded by the Sui army. The people saw that the Sui army did not enter the chaos, and also helped them arrest the crazy broken soldiers and hooligans who broke down the door and robbed, and gradually relieved, although they still did not dare to go out, but they were no longer afraid that the Sui army would harm them.

At this time, in the wide open space in the north of the city, a large camp surrounded by a camp fence appeared, and a huge battle flag with the word "Sui" was waved in the wind.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the sand table that has been dismantled here has been rebuilt, and several craftsmen accompanying the army are seriously comparing the mountains and rivers on the sand table.

Coach Yang Shanhui stood in front of a map, silently looking at the map of Chungling County, north of Zaoyang is a large area of forests and hills, which are full of rivers, from the perspective of time, Li Xiaogong's army will come out of the mountains in these two days, but if the news of Zaoyang's loss is known to him, it should turn to the west of Caiyang County.

At this time, Li Xiaoyi and Lu Jie were escorted in by the soldiers.

Luo Shixin, who commanded this battle, followed closely and stepped forward to salute Yang Shanhui and said: "Dashuai, these two people are the chief general and deputy general of Zaoyang, the main general Li Xiaoyi is the son of Li Shentong, and the deputy general Lu Jienai is the younger brother of the bandit Lu Mingyue. ”

"Li Xiaoyi, Lu Jie?" Yang Shanhui turned his head and looked at the two, only to see that the two of them were pale, obviously caused by excessive blood loss, and the wounds on their bodies were only simply bandaged, and the blood was still oozing.

"I'm Li Xiaoyi."

Li Xiaoyi looked at Yang Shanhui very honorably, "I don't want to say anything more, since I was caught by mistake, I just want to die." ”

"It's a man, and he didn't insult the name of the Li family." Yang Shanhui waved his hand lightly and said coldly: "Push them down and cut them down." ”

As one of the relatives of the Great Sui clan, Yang Shanhui wished that the children of the Li family would die completely, and a character like Li Xiaoyi would be a bane if he kept it, and he would kill him in one hundred ways.

If he is sent to Luoyang, the saint will fall into a dilemma, kill it, and the people of the world will say that the Great Sui Emperor is not tolerant of elegance; If you don't kill him, you will have endless disasters, and if you kill him on the battlefield, you can still fulfill the name of Li Xiaoyi's loyalty, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone. And Lu Jie is not only the younger brother of the thief Lu Mingyue, but also the son of the Lu family, and he also got together with the Tang Dynasty to rebel against the Great Sui, which is even more deserving.

"Whoa."

Several soldiers pushed the two out.

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