Six heavy transporters used to transport sandbags, two bodies apart from each other, were approaching the moat of Arr.

The soldiers of Ar City, under the command of the general, kept attacking the advancing transports with projectile carts, but the attack of the catapults seemed to be very futile, these stones that were enough to smash the shield could not cause substantial damage to these transports, at most they blocked the wheels of the transports, but the soldiers inside could use wooden sticks to remove the stones, or simply hook the stones into the carts with hooks and use them as raw materials to fill the moat.

Seeing that the catapult attack had no effect, the defender at the head of the city ordered to attack with a bed crossbow, which could penetrate the wooden armor of the transporter and kill and wound the soldiers inside, thus breaking the besieging party's river reclamation operation.

After a few rounds of bed crossbow fire, some of the bolts hit the top and front of the transporter, but due to the thick armor of the besieging side, the bed crossbow could not penetrate it, but only scratched the surface.

In this situation, Qi Yad was quite proud, and Abu *** was also very happy, the morale of the entire Khorasan soldiers and horses on the besieging side was high, while the soldiers and horses defending the city were demoralized, and they could only watch the enemy's heavy transport vehicles slowly approaching, and they had no measures to deal with it.

Although the heavy transport truck was extremely heavy, and the fifty sandbags loaded were also heavy, the pressure was relatively small when pushed by twenty strong soldiers, and the speed of the advance reached the speed of an ordinary person's walk, which was very impressive.

Soon, six heavy transport trucks arrived at the edge of the moat, the small cover in front of it was gently opened, and the soldiers inside threw fifty sandbags filled with dirt into the moat, because at the angle of the moat, the soldiers on the city wall could no longer attack the front of the heavy transport truck, so even if the cover was opened, it would not be attacked, besides, this front was still tilted inward, and it was already difficult to attack.

"Plop Plop Plop ......"

Three hundred sandbags and a small number of stones were thrown into the moat again and again, making a big splash and making a loud noise.

The generals and soldiers on the city wall just watched these behemoths filling the moat, and since the attacks of catapults and bed crossbows did not work, they naturally did not need to continue to attack, so as not to waste resources.

However, the city must be defended, they have offended Abu *** before, if the city is breached, all the soldiers and civilians in the city will suffer, so they must find a way to hold the city, and destroying these transports is the immediate priority.

The attacks of catapults and heavy crossbows all worked, so they needed to find another way, not too far outside the city there were 10,000 elite Khorasan cavalry, which made them dare not go out of the city easily, even if they gathered all the soldiers and horses defending the city to go out of the city, it may not be the opponent of the 10,000 Khorasan cavalry, besides, the other party has already set up the formation of attack, and the soldiers and horses in the city must go out of the city from the city gate in batches, so that they have no strength to confront the Khorasan cavalry.

Therefore, fighting out of the city is not considered, and if the enemy army takes the opportunity to break through the city gates, the consequences will be even more serious.

But if you don't go out of the city, how can you solve the crisis in front of you? You can't just watch the enemy fill the moat in front of you!

It was necessary to destroy the enemy's transports, this was a task that had to be carried out completely, there was no room for negotiation, and the generals and soldiers defending the city understood this.

"General, it seems that the only way to attack is fire, no matter how thick the planks are, they are afraid of fire oil, let the catapults throw fireballs and burn the enemy's transports."

The soldiers proposed.

The general said loudly: "Then what are you waiting for, don't hurry up and prepare." ”

Many of the defenders went to prepare fire oil and flammable cotton balls, and even prepared stones for breeding.

They made the cotton into a ball, put a small weighted stone inside, and soaked it with oil, so that when it was ignited, it could be easily ejected.

It takes time to prepare these things, but it also takes time for the attacking side to fill the moat, and with the size of the moat, three or five trips are not very effective, and it is necessary to carry out continuous transportation to make it possible to fill the moat completely.

After the first batch of sandbags was thrown into the moat, the six transports began to fall backwards, and the vehicles did not turn in the slightest, but the soldiers inside turned around and pushed them back.

After returning to the starting point, the twenty soldiers were tired enough, so they were replaced, and the other twenty soldiers took their place, and after loading the sandbags, they continued to move towards the moat.

After the first success, the attackers were demoralized and pushed the transports faster, and soon reached the moat again, throwing the sandbags into the moat.

The defenders on the city wall are still preparing, they need to prepare a sufficient number of fireballs, so that the attack can be effective, if it is one or two, it will not have much effect, if it cannot burn the attacking transport vehicle in one fell swoop, it will lose its due meaning.

When the attacker's transporter goes to the fourth round, the defender's fireball is ready, in addition to the fireball used by the catapult, there is also the fireball used by the heavy crossbow, after all, the fireball thrown by the catapult is easy to be bounced off by the transporter, and if it is bounced off, it will not be able to incinerate the transporter well, while the bed crossbow can nail the fireball to the transporter and continue to burn until the transporter is burned.

Watching the transport vehicle he invented to transport sandbags to the river side of the moat again and again, Ziyad's expression became more and more proud, this is exactly what he wants to see, as long as the transport truck is different, sooner or later the moat will be filled.

The soldiers on the city wall were keeping a close eye on the approaching transports, and in order not to give them too much time to escape, they had to wait until the transports were fully reached the river before launching a fireball attack, and at the same time, they had prepared a large number of rocks to prevent the transports from escaping.

"General, the enemy transports are almost at the river."

The soldier reminded.

The general ordered loudly: "Prepare the bed crossbow and throw stones, put ......"

Suddenly, the soldier threw the fireballs, crossbow bolts and catapults on the transport vehicles outside the city, and some of the fireballs that did not hit the transport vehicles fell on the ground, and the fireballs that hit the transport vehicles were also bounced down, and only the fireballs shot by the crossbow arrows were tightly attached to the transport vehicles and burned the transport vehicles.

Considering that the crossbow bolt is made of wood and cannot withstand the burning of fire, the arrow shaft has been refractory treatment when tying fire oil batting, so that the arrow shaft is not so easy to burn.

"Run out of fireballs with stones, quick."

After seeing that the catapults had projected all the fireballs, the general hurriedly ordered them to continue throwing stones to seal the retreat of the enemy transports, so that the enemy transports could not retreat easily, so that they would have enough time to burn to ashes in the middle of the road.

A large number of fireballs either fell on the transporters or on the ground, forming a sparse net of fire, making the front of the entire city bright and spectacular.

Wood is very unrefractory, and it doesn't take long for the transporter to start a flame, and the flame keeps getting bigger.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers defending the city on the city wall were all very excited, and they worked hard in their hearts, wishing that the flames would burn faster, so that all the enemy's transports would be burned to ashes.

And the soldiers of the besieging side, especially Qi Yade, who invented this kind of transport vehicle, smashed his chest in great annoyance, he was in a hurry, and he actually forgot such an important one as arson, which was really undeserved.

"Retreat, let them withdraw immediately."

Ziyad roared hoarsely.

At the beginning, the soldiers in front did not feel the fire, and they threw their sandbags into the moat as usual, completely ignoring the fact that the transport vehicle had been ignited.

By the time they found out that the transports had been lit up, the fire was already quite large, and the transports were burning from the outside, and they could not extinguish them inside, so if they ventured out, they would probably be attacked by the crossbows on the walls.

A soldier ventured out of the transport cart and was randomly shot by a crossbowman on the city wall.

Soon, they received the order to retreat, so they pushed the transport cart with all their might, and prepared to escape back to the place from which they started, as long as they successfully escaped back to the place from which they started, they would be safe.

However, when they turned to look at the way they came, they were completely dumbfounded, the road they came from was densely covered with fireballs and stones, and it was impossible to retreat quickly.

However, no matter how difficult it is, they must withdraw, because the only way to stay where they are is to die.

They tried to push the cart back, and when they encountered a fireball blocking their way, they used a stick to pick the fireball away, and when they encountered a stone blocking the wheel, they had to use a stick to push the stone away, and then continue to move on.

However, there were so many fireballs and rocks along the way, and even without these obstacles, they couldn't have pushed too fast, after all, the transporter was so heavy that they could only reach the speed of a walk at the fastest, not even that fast.

In the process of returning, the distance between the six transports and the city wall is getting farther and farther, but the fire on the transporters is getting bigger and bigger, and even the wooden planks on the top have burned through a large hole, which makes the soldiers inside very difficult, because they feel that the temperature around them is getting higher and higher, and they are even about to burn them, just imagine what it is like to put a person in a pot to cook.

The soldiers on the city walls did not sit idle, they continued to throw stones, and continued to block the enemy's transports and make it more difficult for them to retreat.

After the roof of the transporter is burned, the stones can easily smash the roof and the bed crossbow can be thrown into it, thus killing the soldiers inside.

The fate of the six transports was different, some retreated more smoothly, some retreated very unsmoothly, and the situation of being hit by fireballs was not the same, which caused some transports to escape far away, and some only walked a short way, and they were all burned by the fire and were about to be scrapped.

Seeing that the transports were burned by the fire, the soldiers on the city walls all laughed and applauded, and continued to attack, adding to the burden on the transporters.

On the other hand, the lungs of Ziyad were about to explode, and they were in a hurry but there was no good way to deal with it, just like the soldiers on the city wall watched each other fill the river before.

One of the transports burned so badly that the soldiers inside couldn't take it anymore and abandoned the transport, got out of the tail of the transport, and ran back quickly.

The crossbow on the city wall had already been prepared, and when they saw the enemy soldiers detached from the transport vehicle, they immediately attacked, and shot these soldiers who wanted to escape, of course, there were also those who ran relatively fast to escape, but they lost the transport vehicle, and they could not expect a reward after they returned, and it would be good not to be punished.

With the escape of these soldiers, a heavy transport vehicle was completely burned down, and there was no possibility of repair.

"Send a squad of shield soldiers to cover their retreat."

Ziyad ordered loudly, he had already seen that the other transport vehicle was completely surrounded by fire, and the soldiers inside would soon be unable to hold on, and it was inevitable to abandon the vehicle and flee.

Soon, dozens of shield soldiers moved forward step by step, walking to the side of the most burning transport vehicle, and they were about to face the bed crossbow and Fuyuan crossbow of the soldiers defending the city, and the pressure was still very great.

The scorching heat of the fire made the soldiers in the transport cart unbearable, and when they saw that a shield soldier was coming to their rescue, they quickly ran out of the transport cart, hid behind the shield and slowly retreated.

However, the bed crossbows on the city walls were so powerful that many of the shields were directly penetrated, while the soldiers hiding behind the shields were shot.

Soon, the third and fourth transporters were burned, and the last two transporters were badly injured when they returned to the place of departure with difficulty, one of them was mostly damaged, and the other was in better condition, but it also had to be overhauled before it could be put into service.

But the problem now is that the soldiers defending the city have learned to attack by fire, so even if they repair the transport vehicle, they can't continue to use it, otherwise it will be burned for the soldiers to burn and play.

In any case, the withdrawal of the two broken transports at least saved a little face for Ziyad, but Ziyad did not have the slightest sense of happiness in his heart, because he failed completely, and he did not think about it well enough at the beginning, which led to the current fiasco.

"General, a total of twenty-three soldiers were killed, and more than sixty soldiers were wounded, most of them burns, and some of them were arrow wounds."

A soldier told Ziyad directly about the results of the count.

Ziyad touched his forehead in annoyance, and saw Abu *** riding his horse.

"General, I've disgraced you again."

Ziad said embarrassedly.