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Qu Tuquan was also a well-known general in the Tang army, known for his bravery, and he soon ran to the front of the trebuchet array.

After visually measuring the distance, Qu Tu Quanfang raised his left hand high and shouted, "Trebuchet ready!" Adjust the corners! Tilt to the left......"

About fifty zhang away from the Luoyang city wall, near the row of trebuchets, the Tang soldiers began to get busy around these big guys, carrying round stones one after another onto the big spoon of the trebuchet, and then following Qu Tuquan's instructions, nervously adjusting the firing angle.

After a period of adjustment, the trebuchet was pushed forward again a short distance, under the weight of the round boulder. The trebuchet's wooden wheels were pressed to a "creak, creak".

"Hide, everyone! Watch out for enemies who are about to shoot boulders! Our trebuchets are also ready to fight back! Archers, keep your guns! The infantry took refuge behind the bunkers of the city walls. ”

Red Sleeves stood on the city tower and commanded, she was wearing a fiery red skirt and armor as always, with her slender figure and beautiful face, like a red fire fluttering on the head of Luoyang City.

Qu Tutong also saw the young women wearing bright skirts and armor, beautiful appearances, and slender figures on the upper floor of Luoyang City in the distance. Under their command, the soldiers of the Zhou army were all highly motivated and waited on the city walls.

"Humph! It seems that the city is really running out of people. I learned from the captives that Li Jian had been killed in battle, and now Luoyang City was commanded by several women from Yuming. I was afraid that it was a counter-plan, but now it seems that it is true! Perhaps among these women, like Shumeng and Red Sleeves, they are good in medicine and martial arts. But it's war! I don't believe that they can command operations better than me, a veteran of war! Qu Tutong snorted coldly and muttered to himself.

At this time, Qu Tuquan, who was in front, also opened his mouth and laughed fiercely. Then raise your arms high and swing them down hard!

"Put!"

With a roar from Qu Tuquan, a dense roar suddenly sounded from behind him.

Dozens of trebuchets catapulted heavy cobblestones towards the walls of Luoyang.

Dozens of silver-white arcs suddenly crossed the sky. As one huge stone after another bombarded the city walls, the roar of a landslide resounded throughout the city.

Luoyang City is worthy of being the eastern capital carefully built by Yang Guang. Its name as the world's first fortified city really deserves its name. The masonry of the walls is very strong. The boulders that smashed on the outside of the city wall from the front were barely able to break the bricks outside the city wall, causing the stone chips on the city wall to collapse and scatter in all directions. However, the foundation stone of the city wall remained majestic, and there was no breach in it, let alone any danger of collapsing.

It's just that some boulders fell on the city wall, and immediately smashed many Zhou soldiers who were sticking to the city wall. The boulders, each weighing several pounds. As soon as they landed on the city wall, they would slide forward for a distance before stopping, and many Zhou soldiers who could not dodge would be crushed under the boulder and become a mass of meat sauce.

With this wave of boulders projected by the Tang Army, several boulders were blasted towards the head of Luoyang City. The walls of the city were full of scars, and in some places there was smoke and dust, and stone chips were flying everywhere.

Fortunately, thanks to Red Sleeves' timely order for the defenders to retreat to the rear, only about a few casualties were taken, and most of the soldiers were still intact, and most of the dead and wounded were some archers who did not have time to withdraw.

When the smoke and dust gradually cleared, Shumeng and Red Sleeves still stood heroically on the city wall.

And those Zhou troops who ran to the back bunker to hide also rushed out again, and for a while, the wide city wall was crowded with dense Zhou soldiers.

At this time, the red sleeves standing on the city wall, looking at the black and oppressive enemy who had already flocked to the city wall, a pair of beautiful eyes also showed anger, and she also waved her jade hand and issued an order: "Let the bastards of the Tang Army also taste our strength, and let them know: it is not that throwing some stones can intimidate our warriors of the Great Zhou...... Prepare for the crossbow! ”

As her order snapped through. The soldiers of the Zhou army quickly pushed out the giant crossbows. At the mouth of the wall, the arrows of giant crossbow arrows protruded from the wall.

"Shoot at the enemy's archers!" Redsleeves ordered. She knew that only archers could inflict damage on their own soldiers when the enemy had not climbed the walls.

The crossbowman of the giant crossbow immediately began to adjust the inclination of the crossbow. A moment later, the Zhou army sent out their powerful counterattack!

On the city wall, several giant crossbows were fired at the same time. In the sky, several huge crossbow arrows flew violently.

These giant crossbows are launched by using the mechanical elastic force of the twist, and the range can reach about 70 zhang at most. Originally, it was designed by Zhou Qiang and used as a sharp weapon on the naval warship, which could pierce the enemy's hull within fifty zhang, and the power was very huge.

At this moment, the giant crossbow arrows flew out powerfully. The metal crossbow arrows reflected bright light in the sunlight, and they streaked across the sky, flying straight into the crowd of Tang Jun like several meteors......

"Our army is mighty!"

With the cheers of the soldiers of the Zhou Army on the city wall, I saw that the Tang soldiers who were crowded under the city wall were suddenly like being cut wheat, and they were harvested by crossbow arrows and strings of life.

Due to their large numbers, the Tang soldiers who charged forward were very densely crowded. However, the impact of this crossbow arrow is very huge, and it can often shoot through five or six Tang soldiers with one arrow. that they may be like gourds of sugar that have been strung up, and they will fall down one by one.

"Don't be afraid of death! Give Ben will work hard to move forward! If we don't take Luoyang quickly, it won't be long before we will face the enemy's reinforcements inside and outside! Qu Tuquan shouted. Naturally, they also knew about Yuming's return to Luoyang to rescue Luoyang, so they were also a little flustered in their hearts.

Inspired by him, the soldiers of the Tang Army also cheered up, with shields on their heads, braving huge crossbow arrows that kept flying over their heads, and desperately rushed forward.

The war drums sounded again, and with a burst of shouts, the Tang soldiers had already rushed under the city wall, and they began to put the ladder up the city wall. They roared loudly, and the people in front of them had begun to climb up the ladder.

The red-sleeved face on the city wall was covered with a layer of frost, and she immediately shouted: "Archers prepare, listen to my orders!" ”

By this time, the archers on the walls had already withdrawn to the steps on the inner side of the walls, and when the enemy had already begun to climb the walls, they were of little use standing on the walls.

And on the steps on the inner side of the wall, more than five thousand archers had been assembled, and they formed a standard column of ten horizontal columns. After hearing the command to prepare for fire from Red Sleeves. These elite archers in the Zhou army immediately removed the longbow from their shoulders with a uniform movement.

These archers came from the Praetorian Guard in the Imperial Palace. The soldiers were all selected from the Qinglong, Baihu, Xuanwu and other armies of the Zhou army. Their combat effectiveness is definitely on par with the elite divisions of the Zhou army, such as the Modao Army, the Ironclad Cavalry, and the Yulin Guard.

Now, these archers all took off the wolf's tooth arrows from their back quivers with resolute faces, and then, in the blink of an eye, with a uniform movement, they put the wolf's tooth arrows in their hands on the longbow that had been opened.

At this time, Red Sleeves carefully observed for a moment, and the Tang soldiers who were already crowded under the city wall. In her crisp and sweet voice, she shouted, "Directions: Under the walls!" Distance: Twenty zhang! Diagonal projectile! ”

"Buzz"

The bowstrings of the five thousand longbows trembled at the same time, and there was a terrible roar. With this sound, five thousand iron arrows rose densely from the steps on the inner side of the Luoyang city wall. They flew over the walls and into the sky.

A moment later, the black-pressed arrow rained down from the sky like a drop, making a fatal "whoosh" sound, and accurately dumped on the heads of the Tang soldiers who were crowded under the city wall. It only took half a minute, and the Tang soldiers who were still running around the ladder with "snorting, snorting" fell down like wheat.

"Second round salvo ready!" The red sleeves' charming eyes did not show a little pity, she knew that war is a life-and-death struggle, and being merciful to the enemy is ruthless to her own people.

"Get on the arrow!" Her crisp, melodious, yet cold voice sounded again.

"Put it again!"

Just listen to the loud roar of "buzz" again. This time, more than 5,000 iron arrows galloped out from the inside of the city wall......

On the battlefield under the city walls, the screams of soldiers after being hit by arrows were constantly heard from the crowd of the Tang army. One by one, the soldiers who were originally alive and vigorous fell unwillingly under the ravages of fine iron and arrows.

Since the shield soldiers of the Tang army rushed to the front, now most of them are building ladders close to the city walls. They were followed by light infantry armed with broadswords or spears. As a result, these two rounds of projectiles inflicted heavy casualties on them, and more than 6,000 infantry were killed.

The shield soldiers, who were already building the ladder, lost their support from the rear, and suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of the Zhou army at the head of the city.

Looking at all this, Qu Tutong's face was also covered with haze, he didn't expect that Shu Meng and Red Sleeves and other women, despite more than half of the casualties, were still in a disorderly position, and commanded the Zhou army to inflict such heavy casualties on his troops. Moreover, the enemy's arrows and fortified materials are very sufficient, if they continue to drag on, I am afraid that their troops will collapse first.

Qu Tutong immediately called his Chang Qu Tushou at this time.

"Shou'er, pass the order to your younger brother Quan'er, if he can capture Luoyang before sunset, I will guarantee to Your Majesty that he will be the general of Eagle Yanglang, the first army to capture the city wall, and all officers and soldiers will be promoted to one level and rewarded with ten taels of gold. If someone can catch or kill those women in Yuming, the reward will be a thousand taels, and the official will be promoted! ”

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