Dozens of Liangzhou army thousand-strong phalanx suddenly erupted into a deafening roar, and the soldiers in the front row took a big step forward with a shield in their left hand and a sword in their right hand.

When they took the third step, the soldiers of the second row began to raise their shields in unison, followed by the third row. Soon, the originally dense infantry phalanx was quickly dispersed and enlarged into rows of infantry field charge formations.

Seeing that the rebels were so well-trained, the Han army in the city was disgraced together, Xu Huang whispered behind Nanying: "Didn't you say that the rebels were only good at riding and shooting?" Why are the infantry so strong? ”

"So, don't believe any intelligence, only by witnessing it yourself can make the most accurate judgment!" Nan Yingtou didn't reply: "This, for the way of the general!" ”

"But that's weird!" Su Fei muttered, "When the infantry storms the city, shouldn't they rely on each other and establish an impenetrable shield array? Why did the rebels scatter on their own? ”

"Han Sui is really smart!" Gao Shun didn't know when he came to the front of the generals, he stared at the slowly approaching enemy formation, and said softly: "He knows very well in his heart that if he orders his soldiers to charge the city with a dense shield formation, he will definitely suffer heavy casualties under the sharp heavy ballista fire on Luoyang City. Therefore, he was unwilling to pay even a little damage, and made it clear that he would consume the arrows in the city first, and then attack them slowly! ”

"Humph! I dare to use this little carving insect skill to show off, and I am not so easy to fool! Nan Ying turned his head and shouted: "Herald, order everyone to stand by without firing a single arrow!" ”

"No matter how far-sighted he is, Ben would like to see how he plans to cross the moat!" Nan Ying couldn't help but sneer: "Attack it slowly? Does he have the time? ”

"The moat of Luoyang City is drawn from living water, and if you want to open a canal to lead it away in a short time, no one can do it......," Gao Shun muttered: "Then the only way to use a cart to transport earth and stone to fill it in!" ”

"Han Sui's opening of the net is not simply to force the Son of Heaven to give up the imperial capital, let alone to induce the people of the imperial capital to flee!" A faint voice said: "He chose to attack the city on the Western Front because of the moat!" ”

"Wenhe?" Several people shouted together: "The big war is coming, why did you come to the city?" ”

"Wait until I'm done!" Jia Xu looked at the enemy phalanx that was gradually stopping a stone's throw away in the distance, and a worried look flashed in his eyes: "Luoyang is bordered by Pishan Mountain in the north and Luohe River in the south, both of which are not conducive to the deployment of a large-scale army. And the eastern front, not only deep into the hinterland, is often surrounded by reinforcements from all walks of life, but also has to face the wide canal of the moat, which is second only to the southern front! ”

"Only the Western Front!" He affirmed: "The open terrain makes it easy for the army to spread, and the ditch of the city is the shallowest and narrowest, which is the best shortcut for the rebels to retreat!" ”

"So, let him Han Sui say it in a fanciful and high-sounding manner!" Jia Xu shook his head and sneered: "It's all just to cover up a fact, once the strategic goal of taking Luoyang in the short term cannot be achieved, he will not hesitate to give up the siege and immediately flee!" ”

"Wenhe, we understand what you mean!" Nanying and the others opened their mouths wide when they heard this, and said in surprise: "But what exactly do you want to show?" ”

"Abandon the illusion that the enemy army will slowly attack the city!" Jia Xu suddenly turned around and walked directly down to the city, and he didn't look back and said: "This is just an illusion that Han Sui confuses you, once the war starts, it will immediately enter an unprecedented tragic state, because the enemy army will capture Luoyang at any cost and as quickly as possible!" You'd better be prepared! ”

"What a Han Sui dog thief!" Nan Ying could hear a cold sweat, and he was shocked: "Dare to play a trick of tactical deception with Ben General!" ”

"Herald!" He roared again: "Modify the previous order, all archers and crossbowmen are on standby, as long as the enemy enters the effective range, strike with all their might!" The arrow in his hand is open to the general! ”

Gao Shun's palms were sweaty, and he said in a deep voice: "Wenhe's reminder is too timely!" If we continue to act as rebels and only carry out regular tentative attacks, we will most likely suffer heavy losses in the first round of confrontations! ”

"I see!" Several generals changed color together, but Xu Huang couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask the general, what is tactical deception?" ”

"Tactical deception is the deliberate misinterpretation of our military capabilities, intentions and actions by the adversary's decision-makers, in order to cause the adversary to adopt specific activities that are conducive to the achievement of our mission." Nan Ying looked into the distance and said lightly: "Sure enough, all their siege equipment is slowly approaching, so come on!" Let's see what you do? ”

Large swaths of the enemy forces slowly stopped beyond range, still maintaining a neatly spaced line, as if waiting for the forest of siege chariots behind them.

Suddenly, dozens of strange-looking siege towers sped up and rushed out of the queue, and with the vigorous swing of countless soldiers, they quickly rushed towards the moat along the gap in the infantry phalanx.

"What is this?" Someone in the Han army blurted out.

Only Nan Ying saw the rectangular arrow shield hanging in front of the siege tower at a glance, and he couldn't help but feel a sound in his heart, he couldn't believe it: "This, this is Hao Bridge?" ”

What era is the bridge a product of? The answer to this question seems to have been found, although the most well-informed people in the city are also showing signs of dementia.

The bridge had rushed to the range of the Han army in the city, attracting arrows like flying locusts, but unfortunately it was not built under the protection of the huge arrow board, and the wide and heavy wooden planks were nailed like dense crops.

Hao Qiao continued to rush to the moat without stopping, in the unbelievable gaze of the Han army, a pair of front wheels of the Hao Bridge suddenly fell into the river, the body of the car leaned forward, but the long arrow board fell straight down with a "bang", just set up a suspended wooden bridge on the river surface.

The faces of the Han army were as white as earth, but the rebels suddenly erupted into a tsunami-like cheer. Groups of rebels quickly crossed the slowly following siege equipment, alternating between numerous carts laden with sandbags and rocks.

The longest arrow board on the bridge has been lowered to become a wooden bridge, but there is still a wooden hut-like body behind it for soldiers to shield themselves from arrows. Using this as a cover, the rebels dumped sandbags and earth and stones on the carts along the line of the wooden bridge made of dozens of Hao bridges, and frantically poured them into the moat. Soon, hundreds of paces of moats were either covered with wooden bridges or filled with earth and rock.

Seeing that the moat leaning on the Great Wall was instantly conquered by the rebels, the Han soldiers were all stunned, and the longbows in their hands also slowed down. For a moment, above the city, only the sound of hunting and the heavy breathing of the army could be heard. It is in stark and eerie contrast to the unbridled screams of the rebels under the city.

On a siege tower, a rebel general waved a small flag and directed the wooden bridge that had been lowered to retreat slowly, and the carts that had been unloaded also retreated. Their purpose was obvious, and a short strip of a few hundred steps was still not enough to launch a large-scale offensive. Therefore, the river reclamation drama just now still has to be staged a few more times.

Just when the Han army was at a loss, but the rebels were in high spirits, a long arrow on the city burst out with a terrible sound of breaking the sky and went straight to the sky.

Just when everyone thought that this arrow was just a random vent of anger from some Han soldier, the arrow's upward momentum had waned, and it paused slightly in mid-air, and suddenly swooped down again.

"Poof!" Blood burst out, and in the horrified eyes of the rebels, the rebel general who was waving the flag and commanding shook his body, let out a terrible scream, and fell straight down the siege tower.

In this way, the archery technique of using arrows to throw trajectory but still be able to carry out precise strikes can only be described as miraculous. The shouts of the rebels suddenly fell silent, and there was no more horror on their faces, and there was no longer any arrogance in the right place.

Even Han Sui and the young lady who were far behind the battle also had miserable changes in their faces and looked at each other.

"Who is the archer?" Han Sui was dumbfounded: "There is such a master under Nanying? ”

"Little sister doesn't know!" The young lady also said with a disgraced face: "Among the masters of his subordinates that I know, there is no one whose archery skills are so shocking!" Could it be that there are any high-ranking people who have joined his command? ”

"I understand now! Why do you want to have him in the palm of your hand? Han Sui slowly clenched his fists, and immediately burst out with a terrible knuckle popping sound, and he said calmly: "This surnamed Nan is both civil and military, and his subordinates are even more masters, if he can't be used by me, he can only destroy him by unscrupulous means!" ”

The corners of the young lady's mouth twitched, and a look of struggle and confusion flashed on her jade face, and she finally didn't speak.

"Good shot!" Nan Ying praised loudly: "This is what Li Jin's kid did, right?" It's a pity, if there were a few more Li Jin, I would have seen that his rebels would dare to be so arrogant? ”

"Sons! Cheer up! Cao Xing shouted violently: "As long as you see the enemy coming out from behind the turtle shell, shoot Lao Tzu hard!" ”

Hearing Nanying's praise from afar, he couldn't help but stir up a competitive spirit in his heart. Before Li Jin, he was the number one archer under Yingyang Zhonglang's account, and his subordinates even had five hundred long-trained archers. Now, hundreds of archers have achieved nothing, but they have been put in the limelight by a newly promoted general, how can they not make him lose face!

"No!" The five hundred archers are all the elite of the Northern Army who followed the Southern Eagle to fight in the south and the north, which one is not a proud soldier who was killed in the sea of corpses and bones? Hearing this, they all responded with a bang, staring at a pair of blood-red eyes, pulling strings and arrows with both hands as if they were bringing up a slippery afterimage, and shooting away one arrow after another as vigorously as if they didn't need money. Although the hit rate was only 23 out of 10, it swept away the previous decline, and even suppressed the morale of the rebels that had just been inspired.

"Good boys! Didn't lose the face of the general! Nanying laughed wildly: "This general ordered, all the soldiers are ready to meet the enemy at the head of the city!" Do you want to bully people because you have a lot of siege equipment? Dream on! Which one doesn't carry a head on both shoulders, and whoever comes out of his head will cut his mother! ”

With a series of wild laughter, the Han soldiers finally regained their composure again. The archers continued to rain arrows wildly, and the crossbowmen tightened their thick strings,

Under the loud command of the soldiers, the sword and shield men and spearmen crouched behind the battlements, quietly waiting for the arrival of the battle on the other side.

After several rounds of busy round-trips, the rebels' Hao Bridge and carts finally succeeded in filling the vast area of more than 1,000 steps on the western front of Luoyang after paying hundreds of casualties.

With the sound of the horn in the enemy's formation, the banner was unfurled, hundreds of rushing carts, arrow carts, siege towers, and ladder carts rumbled together to launch a charge, and a very small number of simple catapults were also mixed in, and began to throw small stone projectiles weakly, although their power was far less than that of the Eagle's Nest, but it was better than nothing.

What really troubled Nanying and all the Han troops was the great threat of at least 30,000 enemy troops, carrying countless wooden ladders. Although these long ladders are not as strong and durable as the ladder truck, they are superior in number, light and convenient, and not like the ladder car to build from time to time, the rebels can completely attack the weak area and erect at will, maneuverable, if thousands of long ladders are erected at the same time, countless enemy ants are attached, it is indeed impossible to guard.

Although these infantry were marching on foot, they were faster than the bulky siege equipment, and they had overtaken the chariots and approached the city. It is conceivable that while the defenders were dealing with them with all their energy, a large number of siege engines arrived at the bottom of the city, and the defenders would be even more exhausted.

"General! Are you ready to throw fire oil? Gao Feng came behind Nan Ying with a heavy face, and he said in a low voice: "The enemy army is really exhausted, if you don't use all the oil reserves, you are afraid of countless siege equipment against them!" ”

"Kerose?" Nanying shook his head: "The power is not great, and the number is small, facing so many targets is tantamount to a drop in the bucket!" ”

"General! The catapult is in place and ready to launch! Ma Jun's voice came from afar: "The last general is on standby!" ”

"General, the oil has been packaged and is being transported to the city!" Pei Yuanshao's voice also rang out.

"It's raining just in time!" Nan Ying let out a loud laugh: "Didn't Han Sui Lao'er play tactical deception with Ben General?" Cheng, Ben will also pay tribute to him once! ”

"What does the general mean?" Gao Feng was stunned and said, "Did you throw oil and oil immediately?" The long ladder of the enemy infantry is approaching the bottom of the city......"

Several long arrows flew over his head, and he shrank his head in fright before continuing: "If you don't use it again, it's too late!" ”

"Order, only use a small amount of ordinary fire oil to return fire, and counterattack with bows, crossbows, wood and stones!" Nan Ying suddenly shouted, slashed away, and flew back with a stray arrow, before calmly saying: "If Han Sui thinks that our army is short of fuel, he will definitely attack a certain section of the city wall in a dense attack formation, then our opportunity has come!" ”

"What is the range of the ballista?" He thought for a moment and asked.

"The original ballista in Luoyang is no more than three hundred steps!" Ma Jun immediately replied: "And our own ballista can reach 400 steps!" ”

"Yes! Considering that there are still heavy loads to be hung...... Nan Ying silently calculated, and said resolutely: "Just one hundred and fifty steps!" ”

"As long as the enemy siege vehicle is within one hundred and fifty paces! Oil clay pots were hung with heavy crossbows, fired with full force, and the archers prepared rockets, fully cooperating. The catapult is also ready to beat the water dogs, remember, all the clay pots must be wound with straw ropes and ignited to launch, the speed must be fast! He smiled a little cunningly: "I'm going to have a barbecue dinner in Luoyang City!" Let's get ready to go! ”

"No!" The generals finally understood the intention of the main general, and excitedly rushed out to prepare.

"Four hundred barrels of oil is still too little! So, you only get one chance! Nan Ying looked at the Rulin car formation that deliberately slowed down in the distance, and muttered: "If you can't completely annihilate these siege equipment in one battle, Lao Tzu will be in trouble!" ”