"Boss, the new Chu army has been dispatched."

Just when Zhang Tai, the leader of the Green Forest Thieves, focused all his attention on the situation of the pseudo-thieves in front of him, a henchman suddenly reminded him by his side.

He subconsciously turned his head to look at the main formation where the New Chu Army was located, and sure enough, he found that the New Chu Army had dispatched two teams of troops, and the total number was almost half.

"Finally ......"

Zhang Tai exhaled slightly.

When the first group of about 2,000 puppet thieves were killed by the Kunyang County Army, he had already realized that if he wanted to reduce his casualties and capture Kunyang County at the same time, he had to let the 10,000 soldiers of the New Chu Army under Huang Kang go out.

But unfortunately, although this attack on Kunyang was nominally dominated by him Zhang Tai, he did not have the authority to command Huang Kang and his 10,000 Xinchu soldiers.

The only thing he could do was wait, waiting for Huang Kang to make the decision to attack the city on his own.

He was not in a hurry at all, anyway, in his opinion, Kunyang County in front of him was very important to the new Chu army, and Huang Kang would definitely do everything to conquer this city, and the garrison was here to exert pressure on Ye County.

He still has this eyesight.

After thinking about it, he sent someone to ask Huang Kang for instructions - he didn't care about the face of the 'master and slave' at all, what he valued was to conquer the city and gain benefits.

Soon, the people sent by Zhang Tai came to Huang Kang, the general of the new Chu army in Changsha, only to see him clench his fists and ask the latter: "General Huang, the boss of my family sent me to ask you for instructions, I don't know where I can help your army." ”

"Help?"

A few traces of contempt flashed in Huang Kang's eyes, and he said meaninglessly: "Leader Zhang sent 4,000 servants to attack the city before and after, which has already done Huang a great favor, and next, I will hand it over to the soldiers of our army." ”

There was a hint of sarcasm in his words, after all, in his opinion, Zhang Tai just let the four thousand pseudo-thieves go to death, which did little to help the current war situation.

It was only because of Qu Shuai Guan Shuo's advice that Huang Kang suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and did not say anything humiliating, but secretly ridiculed.

"A rabble."

After the man sent by Zhang Tai clenched his fists and said goodbye, Huang Kang glanced at the Green Forest Thief Formation in the distance with a contemptuous expression, and after sneering, he once again turned his gaze and attention to his own army that was about to engage the enemy in front of him.

Unlike the previous undisciplined siege of the pseudo-thieves, the rebel army, or the new Chu army, they have tactics.

For example, Chen Lang, the general who commanded the 2,000 crossbowmen, took his colleague Song Zan one step ahead of him, and led his soldiers to a place only a stone's throw away from the Kunyang city wall, preparing to shoot the guards on the city wall with his bow and crossbow.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With Chen Lang's order, two thousand crossbowmen fired a volley towards the city wall in the distance.

A full 2,000 crossbowmen, a salvo is a full 2,000 arrows, compared to the 300 county army crossbowmen on the city wall, the salvo of these 2,000 crossbowmen of the new Chu army is obviously more spectacular, and the black and oppressive arrows are like locust tides raiding and plundering.

"Arrows are coming! Arrows are coming! ”

Warnings rang out on the walls of Kunyang.

Under this warning, the black tiger thieves who guarded the city wall in place of the county army, as well as those county soldiers who would rather wear black scarves than remove the city wall, gathered together under the command of a cadre chief and a chief, and pasted the shields held high together with the shields of their companions next to them to resist the incoming rain of arrows.

"Tuk-tuk-"

As if the sound of a torrential rain hitting the door, most of the arrows fired by the crossbowmen of the New Chu Army fell on top of their heads.

Fortunately, the black tiger thieves and county guards on the city wall at this moment, each of them had a wooden shield in their hands, except for a few really unlucky guys, who were shot by arrows through the gap between the two shields and hit the vital point, but there were no big casualties.

I have to say that this is thanks to Zhao Yu's foresight, he had long expected that the rebel army outside the city would definitely be equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows, so Chen Cai, who called the Brotherhood in advance, arranged for the workshop in the city to step up the production of a batch of wooden shields, otherwise, even the black tiger thief would probably suffer heavy casualties under the rain of arrows at this moment.

Just being beaten and not firing back, this is not in line with the character of the black tiger thief, no, after blocking the enemy's arrow rain, this group of black tiger thieves shouted: "Where are our crossbowmen? Fight back, fight back. ”

Under the shouting and urging of these people, the black tiger thieves on the city wall who used hand crossbows tried to shoot back with hand crossbows.

Unlike the county army and the rebel army outside the city, the Black Tiger Thieves have no 'class' distinction, like those Black Tiger Thieves veterans who have survived to this day, most of them have a crossbow hanging behind their waists to deal with emergencies.

Considering that crossbow equipment is also a relatively scarce combat tool, this is also a criterion for the black tiger thief to highlight his personal identity: if you see a black tiger thief with a black scarf on his head, wearing armor, holding a shield in his left hand, a spear in his right hand, a sharp sword hanging from his waist, and even a crossbow hanging from his waist, then this person must be an old pawn among the black tiger thieves, who can be sent anywhere, no less than the elite soldiers of the army.

Compared to these old pawns, most of the new pawns of the Black Tiger Thieves only have spears and shields.

And at this moment, under the blow of the enemy crossbowmen outside the city, these black tiger thief veterans with crossbows immediately counterattacked, but unfortunately, the scattered backfires like them did not play a tactical role, and they could not prevent the rebel crossbowmen outside the city from launching a salvo again, even if the arrows they shot did hit the enemy crossbowmen, causing casualties on the other side.

No, there was only a dozen breaths of space from the previous salvo, and the two thousand Changsha crossbowmen outside the city once again launched a salvo at the Kunyang city wall.

"Arrow strike! Arrow Strike! ”

When the alarm sounded again on the city wall of Kunyang, a group of black tiger thieves could only hold up wooden shields to resist.

Seeing this scene, or experiencing this scene in person, a few hints of urgency flashed in the eyes of Shi Yuan, the head catcher of Kunyang County.

As he could see, the black tiger thieves on the city wall were completely suppressed by the arrows shot from outside the city, although the casualties were still within an acceptable range for the time being because of the relationship between each man and a shield, but the grim thing was that it was difficult for the black tiger thieves on the city wall to fight back.

"We must organize the crossbowmen of our county army to help them!"

A thought immediately flashed through Ishihara's heart.

In all fairness, he didn't care about the casualties of these black tiger thieves, and even felt that if he didn't have these people in Kunyang, he would probably be better, but now facing the threat of the rebel army, even if he has prejudices against the black tiger thieves, he hopes to reduce the casualties of the black tiger thieves.

After all, now the Black Tiger Thief is also a reliable force to defend Kunyang County, if the Black Tiger Thief is defeated, the lone army of his county army alone will definitely not be able to hold the county seat.

And just as he was about to make a suggestion to that Zhou Hu, suddenly, there was a strange swishing sound behind him, which frightened him to stand on end.

When he looked up, he realized that a wave of arrows had just flown over his head and shot at the rebels outside the city.

"Shot from inside the city?"

Surprised, Ishihara hurried to the inner side of the city wall, looked down, and immediately saw the county lieutenant Ma Gai commanding a group of county army crossbowmen, telling them to shoot their bows outside the city wall.

Nodding secretly, Ishihara shouted at the horse cover below, "County Captain." ”

"Huh?"

Ma Gai raised his head, saw Ishihara on the city wall, and said with a smile: "Ishihara, you won't be frightened by our salvo, will you?" …… By the way, let's see how accurate the salvo was. ”

"Yes!"

Ishihara nodded, and immediately ran to the outside of the city wall with his shield in hand, looking out of the city.

Probably because the county army crossbowmen who launched a salvo in the city could not see the enemy and could not aim, so most of the arrows shot out missed, and only a third of the arrows were close to the two thousand rebel crossbowmen, nailed to the ground, and some of the rebel crossbowmen were in a riot.

However, what is wrong is that although they did not shoot those rebel crossbowmen, some of the arrows hit another siege foot of the rebels who were rushing towards the city wall - those rebel foot soldiers obviously did not expect that under the blows of their two thousand crossbowmen allies, an effective salvo could be organized in Kunyang City, so that there were dozens of casualties for a while.

Ishihara hurriedly told Ma Gai, who was in the city, what he had seen.

After listening to Ishihara's account, Ma Gai laughed, and he encouraged the nearly 300 county soldiers and crossbowmen: "Don't worry about shooting in the air, our task is not to shoot how many rebels will be killed, but to disturb the rebel crossbowmen outside the city, so that they will be frightened and unable to concentrate on launching a salvo at the Black Tiger Village brothers on the city wall." …… So as long as you still have the stamina, shoot me! Shoot though! We have the people of the whole city to help us make arrows, and there are arrows! ”

"Yes!"

Encouraged by Ma Gai, the nearly 300 county army crossbowmen launched another round of 'blind shooting'.

As Ma Gai said, it doesn't matter whether the arrows shot can hit the rebels or not, their existence is to let the rebels outside the city understand that he Kunyang still has the strength to shoot back and fight back, don't think about completely suppressing the city wall with long-range shots.

In all fairness, it seems that the return fire of these nearly 300 county pawn crossbowmen can only cause psychological pressure on the rebels outside the city at best, unless these county pawn crossbowmen can do the elite archers of the Han Dynasty - according to legend, those elite archers, even in the fog around them, can use their ability to listen to the sound and accurately shoot those enemy troops who are moving in the fog, which can be called the highest level of the bow and crossbow troops.

But it's a pity that the county crossbowmen in Kunyang City don't have the skills of archers at all, so their return shots and counterattacks can't effectively help the black tiger thieves on the city wall reduce the pressure, and the latter is still overwhelmed by the volley of enemy crossbowmen outside the city.

Under this volley of arrows, the black tiger thieves could only hide under their shields, using the lookouts between the battlements to peek into the condition of the siege infantry outside the city, and the distance between the latter and the city wall.

"Two hundred steps, only two hundred steps!"

"One hundred steps, everyone is ready to meet the enemy......"

"Fifty steps!"

"Twenty steps!"

"Ten steps!"

"Engage the enemy!!"

After the last shout, the 3,000 foot soldiers led by Song Zan, the general of the New Chu Army in Changsha, risked being shot by their own crossbowmen and erected the long ladder they carried on their shoulders under the city wall.

"Siege!!"

With Song Zan's order, the countless Changsha army foot soldiers under the city wall continued to climb up the long ladder and try to attack the city wall.

At this time, out of fear of accidentally injuring his own soldiers, the two thousand crossbowmen under the command of Chen Lang, the general of the Changsha Army in the distance, temporarily stopped firing volleys.

But unfortunately, the black tiger thieves on the city wall did not breathe a sigh of relief, after all, 3,000 enemy foot soldiers had attacked their city.

Unlike the fight between the county army and the pseudo-thieves, the black tiger thieves on the city wall suffered casualties as soon as they met the enemy.

It's no wonder, after all, the Changsha Xinchu Army, which they regard as rebels, is actually a trained regular army, and they are all wearing armor and holding spears, and the spears in their hands can also stab the black tiger thieves on the city wall who try to kill them.

If you look at the long ladder outside the city wall at this time, it is not difficult to see those Xinchu soldiers climbing the long ladder with one hand, and stabbing at the black tiger thief probing on the city wall with only the other hand.

Although this is more physically exerting, these new Chu infantry soldiers have sufficient siege experience, for example, when the foot soldiers on the long ladder feel exhausted, they will actively jump off the ladder to make room for the friendly troops behind them.

And this means that the black tiger thieves on the city wall are basically enemy soldiers with the power to fight back, and once they make a mistake, they will be killed by the enemy.

It is for this reason that the black tiger thieves on the city wall soon suffered hundreds of casualties, mainly new pawns.

In the face of such casualties, Chen Mo's face became extremely serious, and he waved his big hand and said, "Change the old pawn!" ”

Under his order, the old soldiers of the Black Tiger Village, led by Liu Tu, Le Gui and others, replaced the new soldiers in the village to the front line, which temporarily controlled the soaring battle losses and gradually caused casualties among the new Chu soldiers who were attacking the city.

"Bell-"

"Ding—"

"Bell—"

For a while, the side of the city wall sounded the sound of endless Jin Ge collisions, and countless new Chu soldiers stood on the long ladder and fought with the black tiger thieves on the city wall.

During this period, sometimes the new Chu soldiers who were physically exhausted took the initiative to jump off the long ladder, and sometimes the black tiger thieves on the city wall were injured by the enemy instead of killing the enemy, but in general, there were more New Chu soldiers who were stabbed to death in the end.

And the whole war situation has also fallen into a stalemate and has become a war of attrition.

Fortunately, the new Chu army attacking the city did not have any other siege equipment except for the long ladder, but the black tiger thieves who defended the city had sharp weapons such as pry bars.

"Bang."

"Bang."

With the help of the pry bar, several long ladders were immediately overturned in reverse, smashing and injuring a large number of Xinchu soldiers at the bottom.

However, the good times did not last long, and Song Zan, the general of the new Chu army who commanded the battle, quickly saw the limitations of the pry bar, waved his hand and ordered: "Let the soldiers below stabilize the long ladder!" ”

Under his command, the soldiers of the new Chu under the city wall tightened the long ladder one after another and fixed it firmly.

In this case, even if the few black tiger thieves operating the pry bar on the city wall tried their best, it would be difficult to overturn or pry over the long ladders.

Seeing this, a black tiger thief immediately reported the matter to Zhao Yu, who was near the city gate tower.

Knowing that his pry bar was ineffective, Zhao Yu did not hesitate to order: "Get on the oil tank!" Attack with fire! ”

Yes, in addition to the pry bar, Kunyang County has also prepared other equipment to defend the city, and the crockpot filled with oil is one of them.

"Let one go, let one go."

With a shout, the two black tiger thieves picked up the oil canisters stacked on the inside of the city wall, and smashed the clay cans about the size of a human head towards the Xinchu sergeant on the long ladder.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

When the sound of the crockpot shattering sounded, the Xinchu sergeant was smashed to the ground.

Before they could react, several torches were dropped from the walls......

"Ah——!h

"Ah——!h

The most terrible scream so far sounded, and the poor Xinchu soldiers who were smashed on the head by the oil cans were ignited by the torches dropped on the city wall, and they became burning men one by one.

If they die, they don't need to experience pain, but the worst thing is that the fire on their bodies will not burn them to death for a while, at least a dozen breaths of work.

"Help...... Help ......"

"Help...... Save ......"

I saw the burning people rolling on the ground in pain, trying to extinguish the fire on their bodies, or asking for help from Tongze from the side.

Sadly, most of them were burned alive.

It's not that the soldiers of the nearby Xinchu Army can't save them when they see death, but there is really no way to save them - once the people who are drenched in oil are ignited by the fire, they basically can't be saved.

Even if a few desperate soldiers did their best to extinguish the fire on their friends, the friendly soldiers who had been burned beyond recognition were basically left with a breath that could only be used to explain the aftermath.

Seeing this scene, Song Zan, the general of the New Chu Army, was unmoved.

Because this is a common thing - whenever a city is attacked, the defenders will inevitably prepare oil canisters and other sharp weapons to defend the city, and even at the extreme, they will use 'gold juice', that is, boiled dung juice.

Once drenched by the hot 'golden juice', even if a person does not die at that time, his whole body will festering and die within a few days, which can be called the most vicious.

Therefore, compared with those soldiers who were burned to death, Song Zan was more concerned about the siege ladders that were about to be burned.

Fools know that once these siege ladders are destroyed, their siege will be over.

Thinking of this, Song Zan ordered to rescue the wounded and rescue the long ladder as much as possible, while urging the besieging soldiers to step up the siege.

Under his order, the soldiers of the new Chu army who were besieging the city showed a more ferocious offensive momentum than Fang Cai.

In the face of the ferocious offensive of these new Chu soldiers, the black tiger thieves defending the city were also provoked to be ferocious, only to see this group of red-eyed warriors, even if they were injured in many places, they still fought to the death, so that until now, the new Chu soldiers have not been able to attack the city wall, and the results are even worse than the previous puppet thieves - the previous puppet thieves also took the opportunity to jump on the city wall.

"Unbelievable......

A few hints of surprise flashed in Song Zan's eyes.

In all fairness, their new Chu army has not been without resistance along the way, such as Zhaoling County, which has not yet been captured.

But he never imagined that he would encounter such fierce resistance in a small Kunyang County.

"The Man of the Black Turban......

Looking at the soldiers on the city wall who wore black scarves and fought bravely, Song Zan, who originally thought that there was no suspense in breaking through the city, finally showed a dignified look in his eyes.

But he firmly believed that no matter how brave these black-turban soldiers were, they would not be able to withstand the attack of his men.

Before sunset today, Kunyang must be attacked!